Some thoughts on marital harmony

Subsequent to my last blog, which links astrology and psychology, I am trying to talk about marriage aspects (marital harmony) in a horoscope. The seventh house, the house of shadow is linked with marital matters. According to Jyothish, marriage is seen as a tool to form a family. So the second house, the house of family also is to be taken into consideration. Again marriage is an addition of a person to another person. So I believe we should consider the eleventh house, the house of profits also is to be considered. But the eleventh house is always linked with extras, that is , second wife. Maharishi Jaimini suggests that we should look into some more aspects as very important indicators while looking into marital matters. They are Lagna Padha which is otherwise called Arudha Lagnam (AL), Dara Padha which is A7, Upa Padha (UL) which is A12, second house from UL, seventh and eighth houses from Upa Padha. He also suggests us to consider Darakaraka (DK) which he believes as a vital indicator of marriage, Karakamsa the house in D9 where AK is posited and its seventh house, the planet occupying that house, its status etc., I think we should also consider the seventh house from where Dara Padha (A7) is posited.

Maharishi Parasara says that if the seventh house from AL is occupied by Rahu / Ketu, the native will have disorders of stomach. Since stomach is the starting point of all health issues this should be considered. If the seventh house from AL has Ketu in it and he is in conjunction with or suspected by malefic planet, the native will be taking a lot of risk in life being a very adventurous personality, will have grey hair at young age and will become very old soon. If the seventh house from AL has Jupiter, Venus, Moon, either all the three together or atleast two of them, then the native will be very wealthy. If the seventh house from AL has an exalted planet then the native will be blessed with wealth, name and fame altogether throughout his life. He also says if the above combinations are existing in the second house from AL, then also the results will be the same. This shows that the second house and 7^th house from AL, according to Sage Parasara, signify wealth, name and fame.

What can be understood from the above? The AL is the perception of a native by the world. It is his image as perceived by others. It is the side of the native under the spell of Maya. We can extend it further. If benefic planets are placed in Panapara, Kendra and Kona houses from AL, during their period also the native is likely to enjoy all the good things in life. Marital happiness also is one such thing. When malefic are placed in Upachaya sthanas from AL then they bring in wealth. If AL and A7 are in tine or in Kendra there will be marital harmony. If they are 6/8 relationship, there will be enmity between the marital partners. This will affect the marital relationship of the native. We can say the same thing with AL and UL also.

Sage Parasara, while discussing about A7 and its seventh house, he identifies issues like name and fame only. But this A7 indicates the perception of others regarding marital bliss of a native. So I feel we should consider this also while considering marital harmony. I think we can take A7 as lagna and view the planetary positions from there. Definitely the benefic and malefic influences will give us clues.

Uttara Kalamritha says that we should find out everything about the first marriage or spouse from A7 and UL. From the eighth houses of the above two arudhas we can find about the second marriage or spouse. Kalidasa says that the spouse lost can be seen from the malefic connection of these two arudhas. If these two arudhas are benefic ones, then there is marital bliss.

DK, Darakaraka is the planet which has the least longitude, can be considered for predicting marital harmony. We can look at DK, 7^th from DK in D1, DK navamsa and also rasis aspecting DK rasi. The famous astrologer and writer K.N.Rao while discussing Chardasas discuss DK in a detailed manner in his books. He removes Rahu from Charakarakas. He says that there are only seven charakarakas. While not going into the details of this, I would say that we can certainly look into DK, 7^th from DK as reference points and analyse the marital harmony.

Karakamsa in D9 is the house occupied by AK. The seventh house from it, if occupy Moon and Jupiter, then the native will get an extremely beautiful spouse. In case if Venus occupy this house the spouse will be very sexual. If it is Mercury, the wife will be well versed in fine arts. If this house occupy Sun, then the spouse is from a powerful family. In the case of wife she will confine herself to the domestic activities. In the case of Saturn occupying this house the spouse will be looking older, pious and rich. Rahu will bring a widower. We can also try this in looking at D1 also in addition to D9. If the planet in the seventh from Karakamsa curses, then there will be obstacles in marriage.