All 52 chapters
- Part 1 · The sky and the chart
- The sky above us
- Time and place of birth
- Two zodiacs
- How a chart is drawn
- Part 2 · The building blocks
- The 9 planets
- The 12 signs
- The 27 nakshatras
- The 12 houses
- The lagnas
- Part 3 · How planets work together
- How planets interact
- Friends, dispositors, exchanges
- House lords
- Reading one placement
- Part 4 · Strength and condition
- Dignity in depth
- A planet's mood
- Planetary strength
- Ashtakavarga in depth
- Part 5 · Patterns: yogas and doshas
- Yogas
- Doshas
- Part 6 · The nakshatras up close
- Reading a nakshatra
- Tara Bala
- Part 7 · Divisional charts
- Divisional charts
- Navamsa in depth
- Part 8 · Timing
- Dashas
- Transits
- The annual chart (Tajika)
- Part 9 · Relationships
- Compatibility
- Marriage in depth
- Part 10 · Advanced systems
- Special points
- Jaimini astrology
- Arudha padas
- KP astrology
- Nadi astrology
- Part 11 · Choosing the moment
- Panchanga
- Muhurta
- Prashna (horary)
- Part 12 · Life areas
- Career, money and business
- Travel, abroad, spirituality
- Health and longevity
- Karma and past lives
- Remedies
- Rectifying a birth time
- Part 13 · Western astrology
- Western astrology basics
- Aspects and chart shapes
- Western prediction
- Synastry
- Horary and electional
- Part 14 · The wider world
- Mundane astrology and eclipses
- Astrocartography and branches
- Part 15 · Putting it all together
- How it all fits
- How AstroMatch4u scores a chart
- Using astrology well
Marriage in depth
Beyond the 36 points: what does one chart say about marriage?
Guna Milan compares two Moons. A full marriage reading also studies each person's own chart for what it promises about partnership, and when.
The factors, in the order an astrologer checks them
7th housePartnership itself: planets in it, aspects on it.
7th lordWhere it goes shows where you meet and what the partner brings.
VenusLove, attraction and the wife in a man's chart; romance in every chart.
JupiterTraditionally the husband in a woman's chart; blessing on marriage in every chart.
DarakarakaThe planet with the lowest degree: the kind of spouse you draw.
Upapada LagnaThe Arudha of the 12th house: the marriage as others see it, and how it lasts.
D9The fruit of marriage: the D9 7th house, its lord and Venus.
2nd, 8th, 11th housesFamily life (2nd), shared finances and in-laws (8th), fulfilment of wishes (11th).
Common questions and what is looked at
| Question | What tradition looks at |
|---|---|
| When? | The dasha and sub-period of planets linked to the 7th house, its lord, Venus or the Darakaraka, plus Jupiter and Saturn's double transit over the 7th or its lord |
| Delay | Saturn on the 7th house, its lord or Venus; a weak 7th lord; the 7th lord in the 6th, 8th or 12th. Delay is not denial |
| Love or arranged | A link between the 5th house (romance) and the 7th (marriage) or their lords suggests love marriage; a strong 9th or family houses suggest the family's role |
| The partner's nature | The sign on the 7th, planets in it, the 7th lord's sign, the Darakaraka, the D9 7th house |
| The partner's appearance | Planets in and aspecting the 7th (Venus attractive, Saturn mature or older, Mars athletic) |
| The partner's work | The 10th from the 7th (your 4th house) and its lord |
| A partner from far away or another community | Rahu or the 12th/9th lords linked to the 7th |
| Strain or separation | Strong malefics on the 7th and its lord in both D1 and D9, with no benefic help. Only a pattern, never a prediction |
| A second marriage | Traditionally read from the 2nd house from the 7th (your 8th) and the 9th and 11th; very uncertain |
Relationships are made, not just written. No placement guarantees a
happy marriage or dooms one. Use a chart to start conversations about expectations, never to
reject someone you love because of a number.
Marriage Match reads both charts: the 36 points, Manglik, dashas and the 7th houses.