There are 16 combinations of the position of Planets in the birth chart of

awomen to point to 'widowhood':

1. Lord of 7th and 8th house in a birth chart occupy the 8th house
and inaspect of one or more) malefic planets (Saturn, Mars, Rahu,
Ketu, or Sun) . lord of 7th house combines !ith Saturn, and is in
aspect by Mars, Moon and Rahu in the 8th house" #. Lords of 7th and
8th houses $oin to%ether and occupy the 1 th &ouse from 'scendant
(La%na) and the 7th house is in aspect of Malefic" . Lords of the
si th and ei%hth houses , are placed in the si th or the1 th house ,
and are in aspect of Malefic" *. Lord of 8th house occupies the 7th
house, and the lord of 7th house isin aspect of malefic, early !ido!hood
!ill result" +. f the 7th &ouse is occupied by Rahu, an the lord of 7th
house is co $oined !ith Sun, and also has aspect of Lord of 8th
&ouse" 7. Rahu in combination of !ith Saturn and Mars occupies the
7th or 8th &ouse" 8. f Mars and Saturn are situated in the 7th or 8th
and if Lord of 7th is!ea- and unfa orable" /. f 7th &ouse and its
Lord lie bet!een t!o or more malefic, !ith nobenefic aspects or
con$unctions"10. Rahu in combination !ith Mars and Saturn
and occupyin% 7th or 8thhouse"11. 7th house is hemmed in
bet!een malefic in the +th and 8th houses"1 . 7th or 8th &ouses from
either 'scendant (la%na) or the position of the Moon in a birth chart,
is occupied by more than t!o malefic"1#. Mars occupies the 7th house,
and is in aspect of a malefic planet"1 . Rahu $oined !ith a Malefic in
a house, and that house is ruled by Mars is placed in the ei%hth or
t!elfth house"1*. hen the 8th house is occupied by a malefic, the
!oman !ill becomea !ido! and the !ido!hood !ill occur durin% the 2asa
(3imshothri 2esarules) of the 4lanet o!nin% the 5a amsa occupied
by the Lord of the 8thhouse of the 6irth hart"1+. f Mars is in the
8th house in birth chart, in the combination of lord of 8th and an
ascendant (La%na) fall in a e il na amsa o!ned by
a malefic," 4oints to be remembered at the time of matchin%
horoscopes 1. 9hecareful study of lon%e ity in the male prospect to
be studied referrin% tothe +th, 8th and 1 th houses of his horoscope
to counter the abo e listed placements of 4lanets" . 9he health
conditions of the female chart to bestudied in the same !ay as studied
inthe male chart" #. the counter positions in the boy:s chart
to bestren%thened !ith the 2esa rulin%s to indicate !hen this loss
couldhappen ; old a%e" and other methods of calculation li-e :4apa
Samyam:,etc.