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The Art of
Matching Charts
Gayatri Devi Vasudev
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Preface
Interest in astrology today has assumed a never-before kind
of dimension. This has been due to the one-man crusade of
DR. B.V. RAMAN for over 6 decades to impress on the
educated public the scientific foundations of astrology and the
tremendous potential it carries in addressing the various ills of
society.
The fundamental unit of society is the family. This unit
faces great danger today and is more or less in a state of
disintegration with more broken families everywhere than ever
before. The reason for this sad state of affairs is not difficult to
gauge and can be traced to the increasing fragility of marriages
all around the globe. Divorce, separation and single parenting
have combined to produce children with deep psychological
scars that make them quite unfit to face the emotional
challenges involved in their own adult lives, especially in
man-woman relationships. It is only in India, inspite of various
cultural and other onslaughts on her social fabric, that the
institution of marriage and therefore, the building block of
society, the family, continues to be in relatively good shape.
This can be attributed to the high percentage of stable
marriages in Indian society where a marriage, even today, is
finalized, in most cultured families, on the basis of
horoscopes. In other words, the role of horoscope matching in
contributing to the health of the marriage, and therefore, of
Indian society, is indisputable.
Matching of charts for marriage is not an easy job. It
requires many years of practical experience as well as a good
understanding of the theoretical aspects of astrology. Many a
time, horoscope matching is entrusted to the family priest or a
friend who, on the basis of the Kuta agreement (Porutham)
found in almost every panchanga (traditional almanac), either
endorses or rejects the match outright. Such a snap-shot
approach to the intricacies of horoscope matching, many
times, leads to disastrous results and brings a bad name to
astrology.
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In the nearly thirty years I spent working in astrology under

DR. B.V. RAMAN, I was able to watch the great circumspection
with which he approached the task of horoscope matching. He
was never a professional astrologer but many friends would
come to him for guidance. He seldom paid importance to Kuta
agreement. He generally approved or rejected the match over
the general strengths of the charts than merely on the Janma
Rasis or Janma Nakshatras to which horoscope matching has
been reduced to by half-baked practitioners of astrology. Such
a slipshod and indifferent approach to matching has several
times led to grave marital tragedies where either one of the
spouses has died prematurely or irreconcilable differences
have erupted between the couple damaging the union beyond
repair. When this happens, the blame is conveniently shifted to
the marriage Muhurtha or the horoscopes being wrongly cast,
both reasons being absolutely untenable to a conscientious
student of astrology.
One of the first steps in predictive astrology and which
includes matching, and which DR. RAMAN always emphasized
strongly as absolutely necessary, is to check the correctness of
the charts of the boy and the girl furnished by the parties. Only
after ensuring this, can we proceed to the next step of
analysing the chart. Therefore, anyone who puts the blame for
wrong matching on wrong charts may be deemed to be ill-
qualified to do the responsible job of comparison. Of course,
now, with computers casting the horoscope, the excuse of
wrong charts cannot work any more.
Muhurtha is a time-point defined by well-laid principles of
astrology and planetary positions such that any activity
initiated at that moment of time has a harmonious take-off.
But a Muhurtha, no matter how good, cannot replace the
indications in the birth chart. It can, at best, enhance the
existing favourable natal indications or in their absence, dilute
the malefic significance of a natal chart. In other words,
shifting the blame on Muhurtha for a marital mishap resulting
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from a badly done job of matching is like putting the cart

before the horse.
In cases of marital disasters occurring inspite of matching
charts (invariably done by those ill-equipped to do it), I found
the reasons for the mishap were inherent in the charts
themselves and had been simply overlooked and not handled
at all, possibly because it was thought Kuta agreement was the
entire process of matching. The longevity would be poor or the
indications for marital misery would be very strong or multiple
unions would be shown by the natal planetary positions. Such
situations needed corrective planetary factors from the other
chart. Where this had been done, probably by some
experienced well-versed astrological savant, I found the
marriages survived and this, despite major planetary
afflictions. It was then I realised how important it was to take a
very careful and deep look at each of the charts from different
angles before venturing an opinion. In some cases, the
afflictions can be so bad and so severe, nothing can be done
about them and the only solution then is stoical acceptance of
what awaits the native. This happens in the medical world too
where the best expertise and the most sophisticated techniques
simply fail to help in certain cases. However, as in medicine,
in astrology too, the majority of cases can benefit from a
judicious use of the principles of horoscope matching.
Marriages sometimes end in dowry-related tragedies. This
led me to pay particular attention to horoscopic features that
indicate such unhappy developments and which I have dealt
with in a separate chapter. A careful study of the chart, while
matching, can alert parents to dowry dangers before it is too
late.
Likewise, astrological indications for early widowhood
need not cause panic. There are methods to diffuse such
indications at the time of matching. Early detection of such
horoscopic features can even help in planning not only the
young girl's marriage but also her future life by impressing
upon the parents, the need to pay equal, if not greater,
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attention to her education and career. A separate chapter

covers the topic of widowhood.
I also found that unusually but also unerringly, the Sun also
has a strong adverse impact on marital life when placed in
certain sensitive zones of a chart. While Mars, Saturn, Rahu
and Ketu are universally acknowledged as malefic and, under
certain conditions, as leading to marital havoc, the Sun's role
in causing such adversity is, by and large, never recognised.
After a careful study of innumerable charts, I found the Sun
could be no less responsible for such unhappiness and more
especially, in his Dasa, and which I have discussed in the
following pages.
Marriages are sometimes finalized without matching of
charts. This is because of the wide ignorance amongst parents
of the importance of matching of charts and of its role in
staving off post-marital dangers. Sometimes, matching is
overlooked due to a strong prejudice against astrology. Both
situations can be remedied by an open mind and diligent study
of the subject. The sole reason for scoffing at astrology is
because it has no official recognition and is not part of the
academic curriculum, whether at school or college level,
which also explains the many misconceptions concerning both
its scope and limitations.
DR. RAMAN'S one desire in life was to bring astrology into
the portals of the university so that this ancient heritage of our
land could be applied to improve the quality of life at all
levels. Unfortunately, for reasons best known only to those
entrusted with our educational system, astrology has been
denied a place in it. Of course, we are the losers for it.
However, with more and more educated people, and more
especially, b r i l l i a n t Indians with excellent academic
backgrounds evincing great interest in various aspects of
astrology, it may not be long before DR. RAMAN'S efforts will
be recognised in the West when Jyotisha will be given its due
place in the academia in our own country too. This has always
been the pattern with Indian brilliance and attainments. Formal
recognition must come from the West first, then
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only will it follow in our land. Astrology is already causing ripples

in thinking circles in the West.
This volume on the important subject of horoscope matching is
meant to give a correct idea of the complex process involved in it.
This book is a compilation of my editorials that have appeared earlier
in THE ASTROLOGICAL MAGAZINE. The illustrations and the
questions and answers are additional and aimed at clearing some
common doubts usually encountered while matching charts. I am
sure the book will help in removing many misconceptions on the
subject amongst the laymen and in educating the students on the
complex art of matching.
I express my thanks to my brother Mr. Niranjan Babu for his
suggestions during the typesetting process.
I also thank Mr. K. Gopinath for typing the manuscript neatly,
Mr. Y. Sanjeeva Rao for his suggestions, assistance and meticulous
care in reading the proofs and Mr. Manohar, for the well-done job of
typesetting.
I also express my sincere appreciation to Mr. J.P. Jain of Motilal
Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd., for his interest in publishing this
volume and his continuing support to our crusade for astrology.
June 30, 2000 Gayatri Devi Vasudev

Bangalore
Contents
PAGE
Preface vii
I The First Steps 1
II Points to Ponder 15
III Mental and Psychological Health 29
IV More than One Marriage 39
V Dosha Samya or Balancing of Malefic Content 51
VI Kuta Agreement 63
VII The Sun Dasa and Marital Disasters 85
VIII Detecting Dowry Dangers 99
IX Watching our for Loss of Spouse 109
X Practical Examples of Matching 127
XI Some Questions Answered 161

Chapter I
The First Steps

I
Matching of charts for marriage is a very important
area of astrology. Matching becomes indispensable if we
realise that there are more factors than meet the eye that
go to make a marriage not only happy but also lasting.
Matching is, as often wrongly understood, not the first
stage of negotiating an alliance. It is reserved until all
other considerations have been taken into account.
When a prospective groom or bride is found
unsuitable at the very first instance, there is no point in
commending the match on astrological grounds. For
example, such unsuitability may arise out of a wide
difference in academic qualification, physical
appearance, cultural or economic backgrounds in which
case there would be no point in studying the charts since
common sense would warn against such a match. Sooner
or later, in most cases, such differences surface bringing
in an ever-widening gap between the two, making marital
life meaningless.
The task of matching begins only after the boy and
girl have been found suitable in factors which can be
gleaned through the diligent use of our faculties of the
intellect and the senses.
There are 4 factors, each of varying importance, that
must be considered thoroughly before coming to a
conclusion. The much touted practice of Kuta agreement
does not deserve the importance it is usually given nor is
it to be a decisive factor in matching.
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The 4 factors are :

(1) Longevity
(2) Mental and psychological health
(3) Factors showing more than one marriage
(4) Malefic content or Dosha
Kuta agreement comes only after these four factors
have been found satisfactory.
An approximate estimate of longevity of either party
to the match is indispensable. Premature death of either
party to the match could result in great pain and
unhappiness and therfore, charts with too short a life-
span, whatever their other merits, must be rejected.
The importance of longevity is highlighted in the
following case. The relevant parts of a letter dated 8-4-
1993 are reproduced here :
I am furnishing hereunder the birth details and
the horoscope of a young girl which were given to
me by a friend in the first week of March 1993 for
matching with another chart for marital
compatibility. I told my friend that the two
horoscopes matched well and he could go ahead
with the alliance.
A tragic event took place thereafter. The girl
died on 12-3-1993 in the bomb-blast in the Air
India Building at Nariman Point, Bombay. She was
working in the Bank of Oman which was situated on
the ground floor of the Air India Building.
When the horoscope was given to me for
matching, a week before the event, I could not
foresee the tragedy.
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Yet another reader wrote to us on 4-5-1993 :

I have been referred to you by X from Calcutta. I
had been looking for a suitable alliance since 1987
for my only daughter whose horoscope is enclosed
herewith.
I was not successful in getting a proper alliance
for her till 13-3-1993. She was employed in the
Bank of Oman Ltd., Bombay, which was housed in
the Air India Building, Nariman Point.
There was a bomb-blast in the building on the
afternoon of 12-3-1993 (Friday) at about 2-45 p.m.
A bomb placed in a car in the parking lot of the
building blew up the walls and the false ceiling and
everything came down. My daughter was hit by a
big piece of mortar and she fell unconscious. She
was rushed to the Bombay Hospital by the bank staff.
She underwent head surgery on the night of 12-3-
1993 but her condition deteriorated and she passed
away on the morning of 13-3-1993 at around 10-30
a.m. Many days have passed since then but our
minds are numb. Why did she die while so many
others escaped death ?
In the first case, though the chart had been cleared for
marital matching, the reader had not foreseen her
premature and tragic death.
Perhaps, the Nakshatras in the two charts were found
to be in agreement and so they had been okayed. Yet,
how was it the girl died ?
Such cases highlight the importance of matching
charts for marriage with great care and in even greater

detail.
One of the foremost tasks incumbent on the matching
job is to first assess the longevity of the individuals
concerned. It is not necessary the exact span of life
and the possible date and month of death should be
determined. What is needed is to examine the charts
for premature death or short life. Where the approximate
longevity estimates of the two charts show a wide gap,
then matching becomes redundant. Where one chart
shows short life and the other, a long life, the
compatibility tests need not be carried out and the pair
must be declared as not suitable. Certain delicacies are
involved when communicating such information to the
young people or their parents seeking the compatibility
report. The aim of astrology is to ensure the welfare of
all concerned and this must always be borne in mind
when expressing an astrological opinion. At such times,
though we are not bound to give the specific detail
of Alpayus or short life, we have a duty to express
an opinion against the match in strong terms.
In the first case, before concluding on the
compatibility, the longevity should have been estimated
approximately.
The span of life is divided into 4 categories :
l) Balarishta
2) Alpayu
3) Madhyayu
4) Purnayu
Balarishta covers cases of infant mortality and
childhood deaths. The range is from 0 to 8 years.
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Alpayu is reckoned from 8 to 32 years and is

understood to imply short life, but not death in infancy or
childhood.
If the life-span is somewhere between 33 and 75
years, it is described as Madhyayu.
The last category comprises of cases with a longevity
stretching beyond 75 years or Purnayu.
There are standard combinations given in most
classical works for these different categories of Ayus or
longevity.
We shall not go into the specific combinations for all
these categories except to concentrate on those for
Alpayu as this becomes a most important factor in
rejecting a chart at the very first step of the matching
process. Even in considering combinations for Alpayu,
since marital negotiations are to be initiated only after 18
years (for girls) and 23 years for boys according to
statutory law as well contemporary social custom,
combinations that do not support longevity after 18 years
become important.
(a) If the Lagna lord is exalted but not aspected by any
benefic planet and Saturn occupies Sagittarius or Pisces
Navamsa, the term of life is 19 years.
(b) When the Moon occupies the 6th or the 8th from
Lagna and malefic planets in Kendras do not receive any
benefic aspects death comes in the 20th year.
(c) If Mars and Jupiter are in Lagna and the Moon is
in the 7th while the 8th house is occupied by a planet —
benefic or malefic — the life-span is 22 years.
(d) If Lagna lord is in Lagna, the 8th lord is in the 9th
and the planet in the 8th is aspected by a malefic—24

years.
(e) If the 8th and 12th lords are devoid of strength
and Saturn occupies Lagna in a common sign, death
occurs at 25 years.
(f) If Mars is in Lagna and the Sun and Saturn occupy
quadrants, life ends at 20 years.
(g) If the 8th lord from Lagna or the Moon be in the
12th or a Kendra — the native lives for 28 years.
(h) If Saturn occupies the Lagna in an inimical sign
and benefics are in the 3rd, 6th, 9th or 12th — 26 or 27
years.
(i) When the Sun, the Moon and Saturn conjoin in the
8th house, the native lives for 29 years.
(j) When the 8th lord is in a Kendra and the Lagna
lord is weak, the native lives for 32 years.
(k) If Mercury in strength occupies a Kendra and the
8th house be free of occupation by any planet, the native
dies in his 30th year.
(1) If the Lagna lord and the Moon be weak and
occupy Apoklimas (the 3rd, the 6th, the 9th, the 12th)
and be aspected by malefics, the native lives for 32
years.
(m) If the Lagna be occupied by the Sun and be
hemmed on either side by malefics, the native hves upto
31 years.
(n) When there are no benefics in Kendras and the 8th
house is occupied by a planet, the native lives for 30
years.
(o) When the 8th lord being Saturn or a malefic in
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conjunction with another malefic planet occupies an evil

Shashtyamsa, it shows short life.
(p) When the Lagna is occupied by malefics and the
Moon also is with malefics with no benefic aspects,
Alpayu results.
' In all these cases, the exact span of life indicated
against each combination may or may not turn out to be
accurate. But, the important point to be noted is that, in a
broad sense, a short life is indicated. It may be any time
before 32 years. Sometimes, some mild exonerating
factor may stretch Ayus to slightly beyond this.
For example, a chart that may survive the 32nd year
may succumb to a Maraka factor when 35 or 38 or even
39 years when also, the chart could be brought under the
short-life category.
Combinations for Balarishta, especially those that
have the Moon in the Dustanas, the 6th, 8th or the 12th
— and afflicted by Rahu or Mars or Saturn alone or in
Chart 1: Female: Born 15-12-1964 at 16h. 4m. (1ST) at 18 N 58,72 E 50
with a balance of 1 year, 2 months and 2 days of Ketu Dasa at birth.
combination can also make one vulnerable to early

death.
In the Bombay-blast cases, where the longevity point
was missed by the reader when approving the chart for
marriage, we find Taurus rising aspected by the
Ascendant lord Venus in Chart 1. Malefics
— natural—Mars and Saturn occupy the two Kendras,
the 4th and the 10th powerfully. The Moon is in the
12th with Jupiter. Jupiter, in turn, is the 8th lord
(Ayustanadhipati) and his being relegated to the 12th
tends to decimate Ayus. Combination (g) requiring the
8th lord from Lagna or the Moon being in the 12th or
Kendra is fulfilled with 8th lord Jupiter plus the Moon
occupying the 12th. The native died in her 28th year.
The exact combination and the text-book result tally.
But this is rare and infrequent. What we should bear in
mind is that, it is not material to know if death will
come at 28 years. What is really of importance to us is,
the chart shows short life and it should not matter if
death should occur in her 24th year, 28th year or 30th
year or even the 31st. The different life-spans do not
make a substantial or material difference to the feasibility
of such a chart. What does it matter if the bride or
groom should die when one is 28 or when 33 years ?
It would all be the same for the bereaved spouse
— a shattering blow and a premature termination of
marital life which is what matching of charts tries to
avoid or overcome using astrological parameters.
Apart from the specific combination, Venus as Lagna
lord aspecting Lagna has not helped. Two powerful
malefics in Kendras are a heavy affliction.
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Venus, though in a Kendra, occupies Visakha, a

Nakshatra ruled by 8th lord Jupiter who himself is
pushed to the 12th.
Chart 2: Female: Born 13-12-1964 at 00-07 a.m. (1ST) at 18 N 58,
72 E 50 with a balance of 2 years, 8 months and 29 days of Mars Dasa
at birth.
In the second case (Chart 2), the Lagna lord Moon

is in the 8 th, the worst Dustana, afflicted by the 8th
lord Saturn as well as malefic Mars. The Lagna is
hemmed between malefics, Rahu and Mars. The heavy
affliction to the Ascendant tends to weaken the
Ascendant or the well-being of the body.
Both charts have the combined influence of Mars-
Saturn on the Ascendant lord. Chart 1 has Mars-
Saturn aspecting the Lagna lord Venus. Chart 2 has
Mars and Saturn aspecting the Lagna lord Moon in the
8th.
In considering the Ayus of any chart, the Moon
afflicted in the 8th by the malefics Sun, Moon, Saturn
or Rahu is always to be interpreted cautiously and can

show sudden and premature death.
Assessment of longevity, even if done
approximately, is quite a tough job. Classical works
carry many methods for doing it and some of these
give fairly good results. Some of the methods lead to
conclusions that go wide off the mark. They have to
be carefully applied and judiciously interpreted before
coming to a conclusion on the life-span of the individuals
concerned.
In the case of young man, who was a brilliant student
of astrology, an astrological assessment of his own
chart prevented him from letting his mother pursue any
marital alliances. In our country, even today, hundreds
of academically qualified and vocationally well-placed
boys and girls leave it to their parents to choose their
marital partner for them. This, the parents take upon
themselves as a moral and filial duty and carefully screen
many proposals before finalising one. The family
background ranks high in the list of important factors
followed only next by the appearance and qualification
of the potential bride or groom. These factors, even if
found satisfactory, are not final. The horoscopes must
match. Otherwise, no matter how eligible in terms of
family, looks, academic degrees, affluence etc., the
match is seldom approved. Such careful and methodical
selection of marital partners makes the institution of
marriage in India a solid and sustaining unit of society.
Divorces and separations are few and far in between.
In fact, if there is a perceptible rise in their figures, it
can be attributed to modern methods of contracting
marriage by disregarding the chart and family
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background and banking on such trivial and worthless

factors as common interests, vocational prospects and
worse, assessments based on dating and frequent
meetings between the two young people.
Chart 3: Male: Born 1/2-11-1935 at 5-40 a.m. (1ST) at 13N 28,77E 23
with a balance of 6 years, 1 month and24daysof VenusDasaatbirth.
In this case (Chart 3), there is the Sun in the Lagna

debilitated while the Moon is with malefics Mars and
Rahu as given in combination (p). A closer look would
show only malefics in Kendras and Trikonas, the Sun
in the first and Saturn in the 5th. The Ascendant and
8th lord Venus is in the 12th [combination (g)]. The
Moon afflicted in an Apoklima (the 3rd) and the Lagna
lord in the 12th (Apoklima) with the Moon and Lagna
afflicted by Rahu-Mars and the Sun respectively fulfil
combination (l) The native consistently refused to even
consider any proposals. He passed away in September
1963 after a heart attack described by the doctors as
myocardial infarction. He was hale and healthy right
through to the last day. •
Chapter
II
Points to Ponder
II
Matching is a long-drawn process that calls for careful
scrutiny of a large number of factors. Some charts are
easy to decipher; others are knotty and tangled. As in
other fields, no one should grudge a reasonable fee for
the work of matching charts for marriage. Some people
are aghast when a fee is quoted for the job. They
complain that sometimes 10, 15 or even 150 charts have
to be scrutinised before a suitable match can be found
and how on earth can one afford to pay for so many cases
? This question points to the great ignorance in the minds
of the public on the role of matching charts, and more
importantly, of its place in the scheme of things in
negotiating an alliance. Matching, it must be
emphasised in no uncertain terms, is to be reserved
until all other factors of a lesser nature have been
cleared. When this is done, then the number of charts
that may have to be screened dwindles to the one-digit
figure and only in the rarest of rare cases does it touch
two digits.
Matching is a job for the expert and an appropriate fee
is only reasonable. Often, those who hesitate to pay for
matching quote the ancient practice of the astrologer not
charging any fee. Several classical works like Prasna
Marga, Prasna Tantra and others start with a Sloka that
calls on one to go to an astrologer laden with fruits,
flowers and gold coins (fees in modern parlance) which
means there is really nothing to support the argument
that astrological work should be rendered free. Some
people even go to the extent of saying
charging fees for astrological work tends to make the

predictions go awry; in other words, fees tend to affect
adversely one's predictive skills. It is true that in the
ancient history of our country, the concept of fees was
something unknown for thousands of years, especially
in the teaching, medical and astrological fields. Social
conditions were such that no doctor charged a fee as it
was thought his diagnostic and prognostic abilities
would not function properly, if he did so much as accept
a copper for his services. Likewise, it was for the
teacher. Teachers took it upon themselves as a religious,
spiritual and moral Dharma or duty to impart education
free to the young. Not only did they charge no fees,
but also took the youngsters under their wing, treating
them as their own children. Sometimes, the Guru's
fondness for his students even exceeded his attachment
for his own sons. But no matter, how admirable such
attitudes at one point of time, they cannot be emulated
any more in present times. The learned — doctors,
astrologers and teachers — were patronised by the kings
and well-to-do who gave them vast grants of land and
gifts of gold and cattle to run their institutions and their
lives. This is no longer possible and unless a modest
fee is charged, no professional can lead a life of
independence or self-respect. The astrologer is no
exception too. Grudging an astrologer his legitimate
fee for the work he does speaks only of double
standards. A marriage costs a fortune now-a-days with
a lot of vulgar waste and extravagance thrown in. The
fee charged for matching can only be described as
infinitesimally minute and negligible in a marriage
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budget, especially, if only one ponders on and

appreciates how important and invaluable, correct
astrological guidance can be to the soundness and
stability of the match in question.
Doctors, today, charge sums that leave many patients
financially devastated. Education, even for the merit
student, can cost a fortune even at school level. For
others, there is also a big racket with unscrupulous
pedagogues trading marks cards and degrees for brazen
considerations running into lakhs of rupees. Yet, people
servilely accept these trends and decline in ethical
standards as a necessary part of the system and as
something that cannot be questioned. No competent
astrological savant can ever dream of competing with
the doctor or the pedagogue in terms of the fees they
charge. Nor can one dispute the superiority of the
services rendered by a conscientious qualified
astrologer. Of course, there may be quacks claiming to
be astrologers who may fleece the gullible. They must
be brought to book. Nobody disputes that. But then
which discipline does not have its quota of cheats and
quacks — science, medicine, law, banking,
accountancy, engineering, teaching ? In every area of
knowledge there are people who bring discredit to the
discipline but these people are not identified with the
discipline. It is only against the astrological savant, dual
standards are practised and the discipline is criticised
when a quack claims to be an astrologer. This is unfair
to the science and matters can be set right only when
astrology is introduced as a subject of serious pursuit
in schools and colleges.
Often, some scientists go off at a tangent talking

angrily against matching of charts saying it does not fit
into the scheme of science. And if it is not science, it has
to be superstition, they conclude at once. Why should it,
in the first place, fit into the parameters of science ?
Science is not a panacea for all the ills mankind is heir to.
Science can do very little. In fact, too much of science
can make one lopsided and machine-like. Just because
matching cannot be explained in scientific jargon (or in
terms of physics and chemistry as the rationalists would
have it), one need not rush to shout from the roof-tops it
is nonsense. The compositions of the great saint
Thyagaraja or the benedictory words of the
Paramacharya of Kanchi or the music of Mrs.
Subbulakshmi have no science in them — yet they have
an indescribable power over the one listening to them to
bring in phenomenal changes in the heart and mind, that
no doctor or scientist can either explain or bring about.
Likewise, it is with matching charts. Marital tragedies and
premature termination of manages can be prevented only
through astrology. No scientist or rationalist can do this
kind of work.
Immature budding journalists are often known to
attack matching of charts under the delusion they are
omniscient. Oftentimes, newspapers carry headings such
as "Match blood, not horoscopes" with stories of how an
AIDS patient married and died shortly afterwards, but
not before passing on the AIDS virus to his young wife.
It is not clear why the unfavorable comparison to
astrology is made in such newspaper stories and reports.
But it is quite evident that those
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who write such stories do so from a point of total

ignorance of the scope of matching charts and what
astrology actually is. Many times, their idea of astrology
is based solely on Sunday supplement forecasts which no
serious student of astrology will endorse as being
astrological.
In a case such as that referred to above, the horoscope
could have definitely given a better picture of the whole
thing. In the first place, it would have shown a serious
deficiency in the longevity of the dead man and of the
presence of some serious physical malady. This, in itself,
would have been sufficient to have saved the young bride
not only from widowhood but also from the dreaded HIV
virus.
Some sections of the media and one or two members
of the scientific community talk of tests carried out on
couples married according to the Zodiacal signs and of
couples married without reference to horoscopes facing
the same levels of marital peace or unhappiness. They,
therefore, conclude, horoscopic matching does not work.
There are two angles to such claims. Firstly, no tests
have ever been conducted at all as claimed by these
critics. Secondly, they do not have even the faintest
acquaintance with the methods of matching
horoscopes as enunciated in classical works.
The matching tests, they claim, are based on Zodiacal
signs. What do these "rationalists" mean by this ?
Matching cannot be done on Zodiacal signs. This is
not matching at all. The Zodiacal signs
(the Sun-signs as given in newspaper Sunday

supplements) they talk about are not recognised in
Jyotisha at all. No classical astrological text defines Aries
as coming between April 22 and May 22 as made out
by these "rationalists". Such a basis for their tests is
nonsense. How can people who are ignorant of even
the basics of Jyotisha arrogate to themselves such
omniscience as to talk of conducting tests in the
area of matching charts ? Matching charts is the
job of a highly experienced astrologer. How can
those who do not even know the meaning of the
Zodiacal sign or the definition of a Graha or
Nakshatra claim to conduct such tests ? It is akin
to a vegetable vendor (with no academic training)
questioning the Einsteinian equation E = mc2. Or, it is
like these "scientists" saying just because two men are
of the same height, the heart of one can be transplanted
to the other. Such a conclusion would be dangerous,
presumptuous, foolish and arrogant and can never be
acceptable to medical experts. Likewise, the claims of
rationalists to be qualified to conduct tests on matching.
Such claims are a sad reflection on the arrogance and
foolishness of these rationalists who claim to be the
repositories of "scientific temper" and "rationalism"
of the land.
In fact many a time, these critics, who seem to be
desperate, take recourse to crude lies. I can recall how,
not once but several times, a so-called scientist-cum-
science-fiction writer and also a Sunday supplement
wag, neither of whom loses no opportunity to talk
disparagingly of astrology, began to cook up "facts"
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to support their case against astrology. One of them first

concocted the "proof and the other followed suit when
they began to write that a certain Professor Bernard
Silverman, psychologist at Michigan State University, got
records of 2,978 married and 478 divorced couples
between 1967 and 1968. He found no co-relation with
astrologer's predictions. Those married under
"compatible signs married and divorced just as often as
those born under "incompatible" signs. This piece of
research was claimed to be based on "statistics and
careful reading of birth dates in "Who's Who". Such
"studies" are a mockery of the scientific temper which
these rationalists profess to monopolize and show to what
unethical levels they can stoop as my enquiries to locate
Professor Bernard Silverman of Michigan State
University ultimately proved. After reading this report, I
addressed a letter dated 31-1-1995 to Prof. Bernard
Silverman, Psychology Department, Michigan State
University, Michigan, U.S.A. in which I wrote :
Dear Prof. Silverman,
I am interested in knowing if you have
carried out any studies on astrological factors
and marriages. If yes, kindly let me know if
these astrological factors are based on Vedic
or Hindu astrology. I would appreciate an
early reply from you.
Thanking you,
Yours sincerely,
Gayatri Devi Vasudev
(Associate Editor)
The letter was posted on the same date. I was eagerly

looking forward to hearing from the "Professor", but I
was in for a disappointment when the letter came back to
me on 25-2-1995 marked in red ink "Not at MSU —
Return to Sender". Instead of giving up, I wrote another
letter dated 18-5-1995, addressed not to the "Professor"
but to the Head of the Department, Department of
Psychology, Michigan State University, Michigan,
U.S.A., as follows :
Dear Sir,
I would appreciate very much if you could kindly
furnish the following information relating to Prof.
Bernard Silverman who was said to be the Head of
the Department in your University in the 1960's (?).
Please clarify if he was the Head of the Psychology
Department in either the late 1950's or the 1960's
or at any other time. Kindly also let me know if any
details of his studies (provided, he was there in the
University) on astrological factors and marriages
can be furnished. If he is alive and if his
whereabouts are available, kindly let me have his
address so that I can correspond with him direct.
Thanking you,
Yours sincerely, Gayatri
Devi Vasudev
This time happily, the letter was not returned to me by
the University but elicited a reply from Professor Gordon
Wood, Chairperson, Department of
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Psychology, Michigan State University. His reply drove

the last nail on the coffin of the concocted proof of the
fiction-writer-cum-scientist. The reply is reproduced here
and is dated 31-5-1995. It says :
Dear Mr. Vasudev,
I am responding to your letter of May 18th in
which you ask whether Professor Bernard Silverman
was ever Head of the Department of Psychology at
Michigan State University.
I have never heard of Professor Bernard
Silverman. He was never the Head of the Department
of Psychology at Michigan State University. I was
unable to find his name in the directory of the
American Psychological Association. So I cannot
provide you with any information about him.
Cordially,
Gordon Wood
Professor and Chairperson
Not only was there no Professor Bernard Silverman in
Michigan State University but also in the whole of the
United States of America. How strange !
It is pathetic an officially designated scientist of
India should descend to such a level to push his
prejudice against astrology. Why I cite this case is to
show that nowhere has matching of charts been
proved wrong, although a lot of stories are made up
and floated by pseudo-rationalists to decry this
traditional method of making stable and harmonious
marriages. In fact, if in India, all sorts
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of political invasions and cultural onslaughts on her have

not been able to make a dent on her social fabric, the
credit to a great extent, should go to the practice of
horoscope matching. This method of making marital
alliances has made many marriages survive all kinds of
problems making the basic unit of society strong
contributing thereby to the mental and moral health of
generations.
Sometimes, a question is raised if matching of charts
can do anything to thwart destined events and situations
like unhappy marriages, divorce, separation etc.
Astrology, as we understand, is only a science of
tendencies and there is no such thing as absolute
determinism. What matching does is to allow scope for
human effort to overcome the negative indications in a
chart vis-a-vis marital life. It is in this frame of mind that
matching of charts should be done. The job of matching
is not for novices for it calls for a careful assessment of
several factors, not the least important being of longevity,
one of the hardest nuts to crack in horoscopic delineation.
The merits of horoscopic matching and its role in keeping
society cohesive are now being recognised by Western
societies. More and more people in the West are now
veneering to matching of charts before taking their step to
the altar. •
Chapter III
Mental and Psychological Health

III
Once a chart has been cleared on the longevity count,
the next step is to examine the afflictions in the chart,
especially in relation to the Ascendant (showing the
body) and the Moon (ruling the mind) as well as
Mercury (ruling the intellect).
Afflictions to the Moon and Mercury, if strong, result
in severe psychological complexes that could affect
normal life.
Heavy afflictions to the Moon have a two-fold
significance.
Depending upon the rest of the chart, the afflictions
to the Moon can adversely affect longevity. If this does
not happen, then the native becomes a case for a
psychologist. Such natives may display normal social
behaviour; but deep underneath, they are cauldrons of
serious emotional disturbances and psychological
complexes. Such natives can make life miserable for
those they marry. Depending upon the intensity or nature
of affliction, they can either be schizophrenic, paranoid,
neurotic or even homicidal. If the affliction is from
Saturn, such natives suffer from excessive melancholy
or depression and living with them can impair severely
the peace of the family. They suffer from a persecution
complex and believe they are martyrs in life and that
everyone should be beholden to them; otherwise, they
gd haywire.
Afflictions centering on the Moon from Mars make
for violent moods, behaviour and action. They are
very harsh in speech and can lash with their tongues with
such ferocity, their victims may soon end up as mental
wrecks.
If the Moon is afflicted by Rahu, then one suffers
from dangerous levels of suspicion and homicidal
tendencies.
If the Moon is with Ketu, the native suffers from an
intense inferiority complex, clams up and withdraws into
a shell. The escape route that appeals to such natives is
self-destruction or suicide. Otherwise, there may be a
great longing for spiritual life.
If the Moon is afflicted by two or more of these
malefics — Saturn, Mars, afflicted Mercury, Rahu, Sun
or Ketu — then, whatever the other merits of the chart,
one is safe by staying away from such individuals.
In all these cases of affliction to the Moon, the aspect
or association of Jupiter, Venus or the sign-dispositer
tends to tone down the affliction considerably, when the
chart can be considered if other factors are favorable.
When a Moon - Mercury combination occurs,
involving the watery signs, especially Pisces or Scorpio
where Mercury and the Moon are respectively in
debility, we have demonic natures cloaked in an
apparently attractive exterior. Such natives can harbour
horrendous levels of avarice, hate, jealousy and other
morbid emotions that can lead to ruin, death and
depravity.
A simple looking woman who could easily pass off
for a quiet, docile but friendly type, the native of
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Chart 4 possessed an insatiable lust for money. This

woman was convicted for several murders and sentenced
to death.
She married after high school and had 3 children.
Chart 4: Born 4-4-1943 at 19h. 10m. (ZST) at 34 N 18, 99 W 44 with
a balance of 7 years, 8 months and 17 days of Mercury Dasa.
The husband died on 15-5-1971, when she collected a

huge sum on insurance. Thereafter, she collected fire
insurance money on 2 houses that got burnt.
In January 1978, she moved in with a new boy-friend.
In May 1980, a son died in a drowning accident. In June
1980, another son survived lead and arsenic poisoning
when the whole truth came tumbling out. All the
accidents and deaths were engineered by the woman
with an eye on the insurance money.
Virgo rising is aspected by the Lagna lord Mercury,
the Sun and the Moon. Mercury is in very close
conjunction with the Sun and the Moon. The Moon is
New. This combination involving the Lagna lord made
her a heartless killer who meticulously planned each
killing to look like an accident.
One of the best things to have in a chart for a marital

alliance is a Moon, free of associations. Such individuals
carry the traits of the sign occupied by the Moon. These
traits may be good or bad, but their intensity is in control
and can be easily diffused. For example,
(a) The Moon in Aries can make one assertive and
impulsive but also frank.
(b) The Moon in Taurus gives a stable mind but a
streak of obstinacy cannot be ruled out.
(c) The Moon in Gemini gives duplicity but within
safe levels. It also gives an intellectual leaning.
(d) The Moon in Cancer makes one emotional and
utterly concerned with the needs of those around them.
(e) The Moon in Leo shows up as a somewhat egoistic
nature but gives a positive and sunny disposition.
(f) The Moon in Virgo gives practicality and an eye
for detail but it can make one extremely sensitive.
(g) The Moon in Libra gives a vascillating mind that
can have difficulty in making decisions and fickleness
but can make one affectionate also.
(h) The Moon in Scorpio gives a capacity for loving
others and deep loyalties but a touchy nature.
(i) The Moon in Sagittarius is a blessing. Broad-
mindedness and respect for the feelings of others
characterise the native.
(j) The Moon in Capricorn gives a friendly nature and
an ability to do anything well to the minutest detail. But
there is also an obsession for perfection.
(k) The Moon in Aquarius gives a reserved, serious

nature. Though not friendly, they are humane.
(1) The Moon in Pisces gives a large heart and a
loving nature but marked by changeability.
All these traits are in themselves desirable in life.
Depending upon the association of the Moon with
benefics or malefics, the positive traits may get enhanced
or the negative ones may get aggravated.
The Moon with Venus gives a friendly nature,
whatever the sign occupied by the Moon. The natives are
amicable, fond of beauty or aesthetics and have an ability
to share happiness. They are optimistic.
Jupiter with the Moon is also always welcome and
gives a great magnanimity of mind and heart that can
easily forgive. Irrespective of the sign, these streaks
flavor the native's mental disposition. Depending upon
the nature of the signs and the house occupied by the
Moon, the expression of these characteristics may vary.
The Moon in the 6th (house of sickness), 8th (house
of sins) or the 12th (the house of loss or weakness) tends
to get weakened and can create a mindset that is not
healthy in attitude. However, the Moon even if in these
houses, but aspected by benefics or endowed with digital
strength overcomes the deficiency he would otherwise
suffer from.
The following combinations point to deficiencies in
mental health and depending upon the strength of the
rest of the horoscope, can either get diffused or get
sufficiently aggravated to varying degrees and manifest
in the form of abnormal behaviour and moods:
(1) Jupiter in the Ascendant and Mars in the 7th.
An Aries native with Jupiter in the 1 st and Mars in

the 7th was capable of extreme cruelty and terrorised all
the members of the household.
(2) Saturn in the Ascendant while Mars is in the 6th,
8th or 12th from Saturn.
(3) Saturn in Lagna, the Sun in the 12th, the Moon or
Mars in a trine.
(4) The 3rd lord eclipsed (in conjunction with Rahu or
Ketu) or in depression or in the 6th house aspected by a
malefic — madness caused through poison.
For example, for Aries Lagna, if Mercury is with Rahu
or in Pisces or in Virgo and is at the same time aspected
by Saturn, it causes a predisposition to mental and
psychological abnormalities.
(5) The waning Moon and Saturn in the 12th.
Such a combination produces psychopathic
behaviour when one becomes capable of glib social
behaviour while at the same time one can be subject to
moods of great hate, violence and self-pity leading to
severe aberrational behaviour.
(6) If Saturn and the 2nd lord conjoin malefics:
a. Saturn and the 2nd lord with the Sun,
b. Saturn and the 2nd lord with Mars,
c. Saturn and the 2nd lord with Rahu and
d. Saturn and the 2nd lord with afflicted Mercury.
(7) The Moon and Saturn aspected by Mercury who
should be in the Ascendant.
(8) If the Moon be eclipsed and posited in Lagna and
malefics occupy the trines, the native becomes demonic
— malevolent, wicked, diabolical.
(9) If a malefic be in the 4th and the 4th lord be
associated with another malefic, an hostile mind and

wickedness would result.
(10) Saturn in the Ascendant and Mars in the 5th,
7th or the 9th.
(11) The Moon and Mercury combust in the
Ascendant.
(12) Weak Moon associated with a malefic in the
Ascendant, the 5th, 8th or 9th houses.
(13) Mandi in the 7th conjunct a malefic.
(14) Afflicted Mercury in the 3rd, 6th, 8th or 12th.
These combinations, if present in a chart, are to be
carefully analysed. Exonerating factors such as a strong
Ascendant, the Moon or Mercury or the influence of
natural benefics must be identified carefully. If such
factors are present and the Dasas are also favorable, then
the afflictions may be deemed to be ineffectual.
However, if no redeeming factors are present, charts with
such combinations must be put aside as being unsafe for
peace in marriage as well as for containing explosive
material at the mental and psychological levels.
Chart 5, of a man accused and arrested for the violent
murder of his wife, makes an interesting example in this
context.
The Ascendant is Gemini whose ruler Mercury is in
the 4th in his sign of exaltation with the Sun.
The Ascendant is occupied by the Moon and Rahu.
Both the Ascendant and the Moon are in Aridra ruled by
Rahu. Saturn, a powerful malefic, is retrograde in the
9th, a trine. Combination (8) is present in part.
Both the Ascendant and the Moon are afflicted by
38 THE ART OF M ATCHING CHARTS
the Nodal axis. The afflicted Moon in the Ascendant

and Mercury are in Kendras. The Moon has no
favorable aspects. Mercury is, somewhat, helped by
Chart 5: Born 28-9-1964 at 23h. at 13 N 49,76 E 32 with a balance of
6 years, 8 months and 22 days of Rahu Dasa at birth.
Jupiter's aspect. But as both the Ascendant and the

Moon are heavily afflicted,one should be wary of such
a chart rejecting it even before taking up the matching
proper. Events after the marriage in the case of Chart
5 justify the astrological factors of aberrational
mental behaviour and health. •
Chapter IV
More than One Marriage

IV
After one is through with an examination of longevity

and sound mental health, the next step is to look for
factors that show more than one marriage. Where a
combination for such an event is present, it implies the
chances of the marriage surviving are feeble and
therefore, matching tests must be carried out with great
care and thoroughness. It may not be only a second
marriage that is indicated, it could also indicate extra-
marital flings and liaisons (subject to other planetary
features) which could therefore, disqualify the chart in
the first place. Where marriage is deemed a sacrament as
in our country, the boy and girl, both pure in body and
mind, are brought together to live a life of peace, purity
and Dharma. And, therefore, combinations that can hurt
marriage must be carefully identified. Yogas for more
than one marriage are to be carefully looked into before
disqualifying the chart. But it is important to remember
that the more than one marriage result can apply to either
the native or the spouse (and not necessarily to the native
alone) and this can be deciphered only after assessing the
chart from different angles.
The following combinations, unless modified by other
factors, show more than one marriage:
(1) When the 7th lord is combust (by his proximity to
the Sun), debilitated (without cancellation) or very weak
in an inimical sign.
(2) The 7th lord afflicted by malefics in a malefic sign
or debilitated and if Mercury or Saturn be in the 7th.
(3) If Mars, Venus and Saturn occupy the 7th and

the Lagna lord be in the 8th.
(4) If Venus occupies a common sign and the ruler
of this sign occupies his exaltation sign and the 7th
lord is weak.
(5) If the Lagna lord and the 7th lord as well as
Karaka Venus occupy dual signs.
These combinations apply equally well to both male
and female charts and show more than one marriage in
the absence of exonerating factors.
In Chart 6, the Ascendant is Aries. The 7th lord
Venus is in the 6th in a common sign with the aspect of
11th lord Saturn and Lagna lord Mars. While the aspect
of Mars being that of the Lagna lord cannot be faulted,
the aspect of malefic Saturn on the Kalatrakaraka Venus
(in this case, the 7th lord as well) in a dual sign must be
viewed with some reservation. More than one marriage
being indicated, the chart does not pass the test of
matching.
Chart 6: Female: Born 21-8-1930 at 9-22 p.m.at3 WO,51N3 with
a balance of 17 years, 6 months and 27 days of Saturn Dasa.
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After being married for 10 years with 2 children, the

couple separated in 1976 with the divorce coming in
1978.
A more-than-one marriage combination in a chart can
indicate that the first marriage may not last for one
reason or the other. It need not necessarily imply
profligacy or extra-marital associations. However, in
cases of those who have lost their spouses to death or due
to divorce and are seeking a second marriage, the chart
has to be reviewed from this angle also and then
approved.
(6) If the 8th lord be in the 1st or the 7th.
The native of Chart 7 married in October 1979. His
wife delivered a baby boy by caesarean section on 9-9-
1991 and expired on 15-10-1991. The native then
married a widow on 25-4-1993.
Chart 7: Bom 7-3-1953 at 7-15 p.m. at 31 N 30,75 E 40 with a balance of 8
years, 7 months and 22 days of Saturn Dasa at birth.
This chart has the Lagna lord in the 7th in a common

sign joined by malefic Mars. Mars as 8th lord in the 7th
can show more than one marriage. The 7th lord Jupiter in
the 8th is also not favorable for the first marriage and its
durability.
(7) If the Lagna lord be in the 6th.
(8) If the 2nd lord be in the 6th and if a malefic
occupies the 7th.
(9) If the 7th lord along with a benefic occupies an
inimical sign or his sign of debilitation and the 7th house
is occupied by a malefic.
(10) If the significator of spouse, namely, Venus be
with a malefic or occupy a sign of depression or inimical
sign or eclipsed Navamsa.
(11) If 3 or more malefics occupy the 7th house.
(12) If 3 or more malefics are in the 2nd house and are
not aspected by the 2nd lord.
(13) Three or more malefics in the 7th if not aspected
by the 7th lord.
(14) If malefics occupy the 1st, the 2nd and the 7th
houses and the 7th lord is in the 1st in his debility,
inimical sign or eclipsed.
(15) If the Lagna is occupied by an exalted planet or
the lord of the Lagna is himself exalted.
(16) If the Moon and Venus are strong and in
conjunction.
(17) If the 1st, 2nd and 6th lords be conjoined with
malefics and occupy the 7th.
(18) If the 7th lord Saturn be joined by a malefic.
(19) If a powerful Moon occupy the 3rd house from
the 7th lord.
(20) If the 2nd and 12th lords be in the 3rd and be
aspected by the 9th lord or Jupiter.
(21) If the 7th lord is strong in a quadrant or trine

and in a benefic Varga aspected by the 10th lord.
(22) If the 7th and 11th lords be in conjunction or
in mutual aspect.
(23)If the ruler of the Navamsa occupied by the 7th
lord be joined by a benefic and is in Parvata or higher
Vargas and otherwise strong.
(24) If the 7th lord be weak and the 7th house be
aspected by or conjoined with a malefic.
Chart 8: Born 23-8-1952 at 9-14 p.m. at 12N18,76E39 with a balance
of 8 years, 7 months and 28 days of Moon Dasa at birth.
In Chart 8, the 7th and 5th lords Mercury and the

Moon respectively, have exchanged signs. The 7th
house is a common sign with the Moon in it joined by
malefic Saturn. Additionally, Saturn here is the 11th
lord too. The native married in March 1990. In 1995,
the husband started an affair with a girl he met at the
place of his work. In January 1998, he moved into a
new house with this girl and they even had a child.
Combination 24 applies to Chart 8 but unfortunately,
in a different way. In this case, the spouse proved

unfaithful and had another wife (?) even while his marriage
with the native continued. The point in such cases is
not who gets into an extra-marital affair or relationship,
but how the affliction can damage marital fidelity and
peace. Therefore, when such a case as Chart 8 is
brought up for comparison, it would be better to avoid
it than get caught in unhappy marital complications.
A predominance of common signs with the
Ascendant, the Moon, the Ascendant lord, the 7th lord
and Venus occupying them is a clear indication of
marital life going awry due to a break up of the
relationship. It may be due to the native or the spouse
and this depends upon the rest of the chart. The break
up may result from a third party trespassing into the
marriage, but not necessarily for this reason always.
The marriage may not necessarily end in divorce, but
for all practical reasons, it may prove totally
disillusioning. In Chart 8, the spouse has not divorced
the native who continues to live with her in-laws who
are sympathetic to her plight, but helpless. The spouse
spends all his time and money on the other woman and
rarely visits his wife.
Such combinations are a primary indication of the
marriage being destroyed. In certain cases, this may
follow from the native's own death where the chart
may not show good longevity. In a case, with Virgo
rising and the Moon (11th lord) in the 7th in Pisces, the
Kendras were all afflicted by malefics. The native, with
a loving wife and two kids, suddenly succumbed to a
massive heart attack when just 42 years old. His
marriage ended with his early death; so did the marriage

of his wife opening up the possibility of a second
marriage for her. This defect was not identified in the
husband's chart before marriage leading to premature
termination of the match due to death.
(25) If the 2nd lord be weak and the 2nd house is
occupied or aspected by a malefic, the native will have
another wife while the first is living.
(26) If the lords of the 1 st and the 7th houses be in
debility, inimical or eclipsed Navamsa, the native will
have another wife while the first is living.
(27) If malefics occupy the 7th and 8th houses and
Mars be in the 12th house, the native will have another
wife while the first is living.
All these combinations have to be carefully assessed
before concluding that the chart has more than one
marriage. Where such a combination is present and there
is a favorable aspect of Jupiter, the Lagna lord or the
sign-dispositer, then in such a case the combination may
get checked and disallow more than one spouse. These
combinations, although according to classical works are
said to denote more than one wife, can also be extended
to imply more than one husband in female charts. These
combinations can cover cases of extra-marital
relationships which may not necessarily fit into the
definition of a second wife or husband. However, one
must note, such combinations need not necessarily
show more than one spouse. They cari imply the
marriage, the first one — which is usually the only one in
most parts of India — may face danger of breaking up
due to death or divorce of spouse. Such
combinations should be assessed against the background

of the entire chart and no single isolated combination
should be taken as conclusive.
Certain other combinations show loyal and faithful
spouses and if present in one chart can counter-balance
the indication for more than one association in the other
chart. For example, if the Moon and Jupiter occupy the
7th sign from the Karakamsa in Navamsa, then it shows
a loyal, devoted spouse. The Karakamsa is the sign
occupied by the Atmakaraka in Navamsa.
If the 7th lord be in the 4th or the 10th house, then the
spouse will be devoted to the native.
If the 7th lord or the Karaka Venus be conjoined with
or aspected by a benefic or be placed between benefics,
the spouse will be good and faithful.
If Jupiter occupy the 7th house, then also it gives a
good spouse.
If the 7th lord or the 7th house be conjoined with or
aspected by Jupiter and is also strong, it gives a good
partner.
If the Sun is the 7th lord and is aspected by a benefic,
the native's spouse will be devoted to the native.
If Venus as 7th lord be aspected by a benefic, it shows
a devoted spouse.
If the 7th lord be in a Kendra in a benefic Navamsa
conjoined with or aspected by a benefic, a loyal partner
is shown.
If the 7th house is aspected by Jupiter, then also it
shows a devoted spouse.
In a general sense, the 7th house either from the
Lagna or the Moon conjoined with or aspected
by a benefic or the lord of that sign gives marital

peace, fidelity and stability. In other words, it can
stave off the situation of breaking up a marriage. •
Chapter V
Dosha Samya
or
Balancing of Malefic Content
V
Once the mental and psychological health of a native

is confirmed as normal against the background of
longevity and dual marriage ruled out, we then move on
to an assessment of the Bhavas related to personal
happiness. These Bhavas are the 2nd (Kutumbastana), the
4th (Sukastana), the 7th (Kalatrastana), the 8th
(Mangalyastana) and the 12th (Sayanasukastana). No
chart can be totally devoid of afflictions. Every chart has
a certain quanta of Doshas. But it cannot be discarded on
this count.
The Ascendant afflicted by malefics in certain
respects also points to a life of great suffering and
therefore, indirectly has a bearing on the quality or
quantum of marital life.
A careful examination of the Dosha content of each
chart is to be made and if a similar quantum of Dosha is
found in the other, then the two can be paired with
impunity. There are certain Doshas that are more potent
than others. These have to be paired with like Doshas if
they should be diffused and rendered ineffective.
Mars is a planet of aggression, violence and ill-will.
Therefore, his occupation of the Bhavas listed above
breeds these evils in the relevant sectors of life causing
great anguish and suffering to one. One may, therefore,
be deprived of marital harmony due to the cruelty of the
spouse or in-laws or because of hostility in the marital
environment.
Saturn is the chronic trouble-maker and stands for all
that is associated with drudgery, long-drawn illness,
manipulatory tactics, indifference or aversion. So, when

Saturn occupies the Ascendant, the 2nd, the 4th, the
7th, the 8th or the 12th, he brings these factors into
play in the personal life of an individual marring conjugal
felicity.
The Sun rules the ego and his presence in houses
related to marital life leads to ego conflicts, extremely
high-handed and arrogant behaviour patterns and issues
of prestige and social standing as well as a degree of
cruelty (the Sun being a Kruri or cruel planet) surfacing
as a blot on marital peace.
Rahu and Ketu stand for explosiveness and
clamming respectively and, in relevant houses, can lead
to explosive situations revolving around infidelity,
sodomy, perversions, impotency, frigidity, bickerings
and domination from destructive elements in the family
with the sum result marital life gets blighted.
These results are not absolute but factors indicating
them must never be overlooked in finalising a marital
alliance. They must be identified carefully and then
made ineffective by similar factors in the other chart.
Of all the Doshas, coming under this head, the more
dangerous are those caused by Mars or Rahu in the
7th or the 8th. Rahu in the 4th is also to be handled
cautiously.
Mars in the 2nd, 4th or 12th is relatively less
malevolent, so also Rahu in the 2nd and 12th.
Mars and Saturn in the 1st house can be disastrous
depending upon the Lagna and the Chandra Lagna
involved.
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If the Lagna is Aries, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Scorpio,

Sagittarius or Pisces, Saturn in the Lagna, unless
qualified by other factors, can give a life of trial and
tribulation and especially, if the 7th house factors are
weak, loss of spouse. Even here, Saturn in Aries,
Cancer and Pisces seems to be more damaging than in
Leo, Virgo, Scorpio and Sagittarius.
Mars in the 1st, on the other hand, becomes highly
inimical for marital happiness if in Taurus, Gemini or
Virgo or Scorpio. As always, benefic influences tone
down the maleficence that goes with Mars in these signs
as Ascendants.
The following pairs of charts are a good illustration
of the bad matching of charts.
The girl (Chart 9) got married on 15-5-1993 and within
3 months, the marriage broke up. All efforts at
reconciliation failed and the couple separated.
Chart 9 has the following afflictions:
(1) Mars (R) in the 8th from Lagna;
Chart 9: Female: Born 28-9-1973 at 5-10 a.m. at 16 N13,81 E12.

Chart 10: Male: Born 18-03-1972 at 9-04 a.m. at 16 N 59,82 E 20.
(2) Rahu in the 4th from Lagna;

(3) Mars (R) in the 8th from the Moon;
(4) Rahu in the 4th from the Moon;
(5) Mars (R) in the 7th from Venus; and
(6) The Sun in the 12th from Venus.
What are the factors that cause Dosha in the boy's case
(Chart 10) ? They are :
(1) Mars in the 2nd from Lagna;
(2) Saturn in the 2nd from Lagna;
(3) Saturn in the 2nd from Venus;
(4) Mars in the 2nd from Venus;
(5) Mars in the 2nd from the Moon; and
(6) Saturn in the 2nd from the Moon.
The afflictions in the girl's chart centering on the 4th,
7th and 8th houses are far more weighty than those in the
boy's chart which are all cluttered around the 2nd house.
No wonder, the marriage did not work.
Therefore, where a chart has Dosha due to Mars in
the 7th or 8th from either Lagna, the Moon or
DOSHA SAMYA OR BALANCING OF MALEFIC CONTENT 57
Venus, it would be better to look for a similar

placement of Mars in the other chart. For a girl with
Mars in the 8th, it is better the boy too has Mars in
the 8th. But if the girl has Mars in the 7th, Mars in
the 7th or 8th for the boy would be quite okay.
Chart 11:Female: Born 05-11-1959 at 6-35 a.m.
Chart 12: Male: Born 05-11-1950 at 9-30 a.m.

Mars in the 2nd, 4th or 12th from the Lagna, the

Moon or Venus in one chart cannot really keep the
Dosha caused by Mars in the 7th or 8th from Lagna, the
Moon or Venus in the other chart at bay.
The boy (Chart 12) has Mars in the 8th from the
Moon.
In the girl's (Chart 11), Mars and the Sun in the 2nd
from Venus are no match for the boy's Dosha. Marriage
for the girl is miserable.
Married in 1994, the wife (Chart 14) left the husband
(Chart 13) in December 1994. Both preferred a mutual
consent divorce but the in-laws tried making it difficult
for the boy demanding a heavy sum for it.
In Chart 13, Mars is in the 8th from Lagna. In Chart
14, Mars is in the 12th from the Lagna and the Moon.
Mars is in the 2nd from Venus, Rahu is in the 8th from
Lagna. There is no balancing of malefic factors in the
two charts.
Chart13:Male:Born 31-12-1965 at 18h.16m. lST at 30N6,78E10.
A good example of absence of Dosha Samya or

balancing of malefic content in the two charts is of a
Chart 14: Female: Bom 23-03-1972 at 12-54 p.m. at 30 N19,78 E 03.
young girl (Chart 15) married to a boy (Chart 16)

overseas, both hailing from respectable families with
affluent backgrounds. The girl got married and went
abroad to join her husband. Once there, she underwent
continuing mental torture from him. She even had to
Chart 15: Female: Bom 15-07-1969 at 00-30 a.m. (1ST) at 13 N, 77 E 35.
flee to a family friend's house when she could no longer

take it. From there, she came back home to India to
her parents and filed for divorce on grounds of mental

cruelty. The divorce was granted.
Afflictions are to be identified by malefics Sun, Mars,
Saturn, Rahu or Ketu occupying the 2nd (Kutumba or
family), the 4th (Suka or domestic environment), the
7th (Kalatra or spouse), the 8th (Mangalya or the
marital bond) and the 12th house {Sayanasuka or
conjugal life).
There is Mars in the 8th from the Ascendant and in
the 7th from the Kalatrakaraka or natural significator of
spouse, Venus. The Sun occupies the 4th from the
Lagna. These are the main drawbacks of Chart 15.
Additionally, debilitated Saturn is in the Ascendant
which, in itself, only aggravates the already existing
Dosha caused by Mars and the Sun. Rahu is in the
12th from the Ascendant.
Mars occupies the 6th from the Ascendant, the 10th
from the Moon and the 1st from Venus in Chart 16. In
any case, he does not afflict the 2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th or
Chart16: Male: Born 15-11-1965 at 11-15a.m. at 13N.77E35.

the 12th from either the Ascendant, the Moon or Venus.

The Sun is in the 4th from the Ascendant in debility
which is an affliction. Saturn is in the 8th from the
Ascendant and in the 12th from the Moon. But the more
potent affliction from Mars does not touch any of the
relevant houses either from the Ascendant or the Moon
or Venus. Ketu occupies the 12th from Venus.
Therefore, the balancing in malefic content between
the two charts or Dosha Samya is lacking. Although
Saturn in the husband's chart is in the 8th from the
Ascendant, it is not sufficient to balance the strong
affliction generated by Mars in the 8th from the
Ascendant and the 7th from Venus in the girl's chart.
Therefore, the difficulties in the marriage reached a stage
of no-repair until divorce was seen as the only way out.
Where the Doshas or afflictions centering round the
2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th and 12th are quite strong and no
balancing of these afflictions is made while matching,
then the Doshas can take the shape of much suffering,
dowry deaths, emotional alienation and physical
separation or betrayal or even premature loss of spouse
due to death or divorce. •
Chapter VI
Kuta Agreement
VI
Kuta agreement is based on the Nakshatra occupied by

the Moon in the two charts. The Moon is described as
Manahkaraka and naturally this test looks at the mental
compatibility of the two people. But it does not stop here.
There are various levels of relating between the husband
and wife apart from the mental. The Kuta tests take a
deeper look at the compatibility between the two —
psychological, spiritual, physical, sub-conscious and
sometimes, it would seem they take into cognizance
compatibility at the level of blood also. Although modern
medicine has evolved its own categories of blood groups
and their matching, astrology also seems to take this into
account at an even more subtle or refined level. For
example, in many cases where the Nadi factor has not
been properly matched, the marriage has experienced
still-births, miscarriages as well as abortions and birth of
blue-babies. This would imply the Nadi factor takes
cognizance of the physical matching or genetic
compatibility between the couple at a level deeper than
the modern concept of blood groups.
This test of Kuta agreement takes into account 10
factors: (1) Dina, (2) Gana, (3) Mahendra, (4) Stree
Deergha, (5) Yoni, (6) Rasi, (7) Rasyadhipati, (8) Vashya,
(9) Rajju and (10) Vedha.
According to certain other works there are 8 factors :
(1) Varna, (2) Vashya, (3) Tara, (4) Yoni, (5)
Grahamaitra, (6) Gana, (7) Bhakoota or Rasi Kuta. and
(8) Nadi.
Each of these factors is given 1 point more than the

previous one. Varna gets 1 point, Vashya is 2, Tara is 3,
Yoni is 4, Grahamaitra is 5, Gana is 6, Bhakoota or Rasi
Kuta is 7 and Nadi is 8, totalling up to 36 points.
Rajju has not been assigned any specific value but if
we go by the rule of assigning 1 point extra for each
succeeding factor, Rajju should get 9 points and the total
would work out to 45 points. However, since there is no
mention of assigning numerical value to Rajju, we will
leave it at that. However, Rajju being important, it would
help the match if Rajju Kuta too is present.
If the total of the Kutas works out to 18 or more, it is
said to pass the Kuta test. The greater the score, the
better the compatibility.
Varna
The 12 Rasis are classed under the 4 Varnas or castes
as follows :
Pisces, Scorpio and Cancer —Brahmin
Aries, Leo and Sagittarius — Kshatriya
Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn —Vaisya
Gemini, Aquarius and Libra —Sudra
A girl belonging to a higher Varna than that of the
boy is not approved. Both belonging to the same Varna
or the girl belonging to one lower than that of the boy is
approved.
But the deficiency in the absence of Vama is made up
if the ruler of the sign occupied by the Moon of the girl
belongs to a Varna lower than that of the ruler of the sign
occupied by the boy's Moon.
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The Varnas of the planets are as follows:

Sun — Kshatriya
Moon — Vaisya
Mars — Kshatriya
Mercury — Sudra
Jupiter — Brahmin
Venus — Brahmin
Saturn — Sudra
For example, the Varna factor fails if the boy belongs
to Aries and the girl to Scorpio as the girl would be of
a higher Varna than the boy. But on checking the rulers
of these two signs, we find, it is Mars for both bringing
both under Kshatriya which is allowed.
The score for Varna is 1 point.
Vashya
This factor shows the mutual attraction between the
two. The Janma Rasis (Moon-sign) of the groom and
the girl belonging to the same group as shown here
ensure harmony.
Leo and Scorpio — Aries
Cancer and Libra — Taurus
Virgo — Gemini
Scorpio and Sagittarius — Cancer
Libra — Leo
Gemini and Pisces — Virgo
Capricorn — Libra
Virgo and Cancer — Scorpio
Pisces — Sagittarius
Aquarius and Aries — Capricorn
Aries — Aquarius
Capricorn — Pisces.
Example : If the boy's Janma Rasi is Leo and the

girl's Taurus, there is no Vashya Kuta. The score is 0
points.
Example : If the boy's Janma Rasi is Leo and the
girl's is Aries, then Vashya Kuta may be said to be
present. The score is 2 points.
If both boy and girl belong to the same sign, Vashya
Kuta does not obtain:
Example : Boy — Scorpio Girl — Scorpio
Vashya is lacking.
Dina (Tara)
Count the Nakshatras from that of the bride to that
of the groom and divide it by 9. If the remainder is 2,
4, 6, 8, or 0 then it is good.
Example : If the boy's Nakshatra is Anuradha and
the girl's is Rohini, counting from the girl's to the
boy's, we get 14:
14/9 =1 (Quotient) + 5 (Remainder)
Since the remainder is 5, it is not good. The

score for Dina is 0.
Example : If the boy's Nakshatra is Jyeshta and the
girl's is Pubba — counting from the girl's constellation
Poorvaphalguni to that of the boy, Jyeshta, we get 8.
Since this figure is less than 9, it is to be taken as it is.
Therefore, Dina Kuta is present and the score is 3
points.
Yoni Kuta
This factor takes into account the physical appetite
of each Nakshatra and classifies all the 27 Nakshatras
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into Yonis belonging to different animals as follows :
Male Female Nature

of Yoni
Aswini Satabhisha horse
Bharani Revati elephant
Pushya Krittika sheep
Rohini Mrigasira snake
Aslesha Punarvasu cat
Makha Purvaphalguni rat
Uttaraphalguni Uttarabhadra cow
Swati Hasta buffalo
Visakha Chitta tiger
Jyeshta Anuradha deer
Moola Aridra dog
Purvashada Sravana monkey
Purvabhadrapada Dhanishta lion
Uttarashada mongoose
Nakshatras belonging to the same group are desirable.
Nakshatras belonging to different groups but not ruled by
animals hostile to each other are passable, while
Nakshatras belonging to hostile groups are to be avoided.
Rohini and Mrigasira both belong to the snake group
and are desirable. But Rohini and Makha belonging
respectively to the snake and rat come under hostile
categories and are not good. Rohini and Jyeshta belong
respectively to the snake and deer categories and are
passable as a pair.
The score allotted to Yoni is 4. If the Yonis belong
to the passable category, the score is between 2 and 3,

depending upon the specific Yonis involved. If the pair
belong to hostile categories, the score is 0.
Grahamaitra
The Janma Rasi (Moon-sign) is ruled by a planet. If
there is friendship (Naisargika or permanent) between the
rulers of the Janma Rasis of the boy and the girl,
harmony is said to prevail.
If the boy's Rasi is Taurus and that of the girl is
Aquarius, then Grahamaitra is said to obtain as the rulers
of these signs, Venus and Saturn respectively, are
friends.
The score allotted is 5.
If one planet is friendly and the other, neutral, then it
is 4 points.
If both are neutrals, it is 3.
If one is a friend and the other, an enemy, it is 2.
If one is a neutral and the other, an enemy, or both are
inimical, 0.
Example : If the boy's Rasi is Aries and the girl's is
Cancer, the Rasi lord of the boy Mars is neutral to the
girl's Moon-sign lord Moon. But the girl's Moon-sign
lord Moon is friendly to Mars, the boy's Moon-sign lord.
The score would be 4 points.
Example: If the boy's Rasi is Virgo and the girl's is
Sagittarius, the girl's Moon-sign lord Jupiter is neutral to
Mercury, the boy's Moon-sign lord. On the other hand,
Mercury (the boy's Moon-sign lord) is inimical
KUTA AGREEMENT 71
to the girl's Moon-sign lord Jupiter. The score would be

0.
Example : If the boy's Rasi is Leo and the girl's Rasi is
Taurus, the lord of the boy's Rasi Sun is inimical to the
girl's Moon-sign lord Venus. Likewise, the girl's Moon-
sign lord Venus is also inimical to the boy's Moon-sign
lord. The score would be 0.
Gana
All Nakshatras are divided into 3 groups based on
their nature or disposition being divine (Daivika), human
(Manushya) and demonic (Rakshasa) as follows :
Daiva Manushya Rakshasa

Aswini Bharani Krittika
Mrigasira Rohini Aslesha
Punarvasu Aridra Makha
Pushya Poorvaphalguni Chitta
Hasta Uttarabhadrapada Visakha
Swati Poorvabhadrapada Jyeshta
Anuradha Poorvashada Moola
Sravana Uttaraphalguni Dhanishta
Revati Uttarashada Satabhisha
Those born under Daivika constellations are peace-

loving, contented, quiet and forbearing.
Those born under Manushya stars are normally
friendly and fair but under force of circumstances may
be provoked to take an angry stance.
Those born under Rakshasa Nakshatra are cruel,
dominating, nagging, have a tendency to inflict
pain—physical, mental, emotional—and also

demanding, avaricious, greedy etc.
Those belonging to the same category get along well.
A Daivika constellation and Manushya star are passable.
But a Daivika or a Manushya star paired with a Rakshasa
star leads only to misery.
The score here is 6 points.
A Jyeshta man (Rakshasa) and a Sravana girl
(Daivika) would not pair well whereas a Jyeshta man
and a Krittika girl would suit each other, both being
Rakshasa. Likewise, an Anuradha girl (Daivika) and
Rohini (Manushya) pair would see moderate harmony.
A Daivika boy — Daivika girl — 6 points
A Manushya boy — Manushya girl — 6 points
A Rakshasa boy — Rakshasa girl — 6 points
A Daivika boy — Manushya girl — 4 points
A Daivika girl — Manushya boy — 4 points
A Manushya boy — Rakshasa girl — 2 points
A Rakshasa boy — Manushya girl — 2 points
A Daivika girl — Rakshasa boy — 0 points
A Daivika boy — Rakshasa girl — 0 points
Example: Boy - Jyeshta — Rakshasa Girl
- Anuradha — Daivika
Score is 0 points.
Example: Boy - Aridra — Manushya
Girl - Satabhisha— Rakshasa
Score is 2 points.
Example : Boy - Punarvasu — Daivika Girl -
Hasta— Daivika Score is 6 points.
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Rasi Kuta or Bhoo Kuta

This is dependant on the Janma Rasi or the sign where
the Moon is placed. The assessment is made depending
upon the mutual disposition of the Janma Rasis of the boy
and the girl.
(a) If the Janma Rasi of the boy is in the 2nd from
the girl's, it gives fatal results. The girl's should not be
the 12th from the boy's. If the girl's is the 2nd from the
boy's, it prolongs life.
Example : Boy's Janma Rasi - Aries, Girl's Janma Rasi
-Taurus — long life.
Boy's Janma Rasi - Gemini, Girl's Janma Rasi - Taurus
— fatal.
According to some, if the Janma Rasi of the boy is in
the 2nd from the girl's and if the boy's Janma Rasi is an
even sign,.it bodes good and is an exception to the
general rule.
If the boy's Janma Rasi is an even sign, such as
Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn or Pisces, then
it does not matter even if it falls in the 2nd from the girl's,
according to this school.
(b) If the Janma Rasi of the boy is in the 3rd from
the girl's Janma Rasi, it brings misery. If the Janma
Rasi of the girl is in the 3rd from the boy's, it gives
happiness.
Example: If the girl's Janma Rasi is Gemini and the
boy's Leo — misery. If the boy's Janma Rasi is Leo and
the girl's Libra — happiness.
(c) If the boy's Janma Rasi be the 4th from the girl's,
then, it shows poverty. If the girl's is in the 4th from the

boy's Janma Rasi, it gives prosperity.
Example : If the boy's Janma Rasi is Aries and the
girl's Janma Rasi is Capricorn — poverty.
If the boy's Janma Rasi is Cancer and the girl's Janma
Rasi is Libra — prosperity.
(d) If the boy's Janma Rasi is the 5th from the girl's,
it shows widowhood. If the girl's is the 5th from the
boy's Janma Rasi, it shows a long married life.
Example : If the boy's Janma Rasi is Scorpio and the
girl's is Cancer — widowhood.
Example: If the boy's Janma Rasi is Sagittarius and
the girl's is Aries — long married life.
(e) If the boy's Janma Rasi is the 6th from the girl's
— loss of progeny. If the girl's is the 6th from the
boy's, birth of children is favored.
Example : If the girl's Janma Rasi is Virgo and the
boy's is Aquarius, it shows loss of progeny.
If the boy's Janma Rasi is Aquarius, and the girl's
Cancer—it shows birth of children.
Where the Janma Rasi of the boy is the 6th from that
of the girl, then the following exceptions are free of the
adverse result, namely, loss of issue :
Aries — Virgo
Sagittarius — Taurus
Libra — Pisces
Aquarius — Cancer
Leo — Capricorn
Gemini — Scorpio
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If the Janma Rasis of the boy and the girl are in

diametrically opposite signs, then it conduces to a happy
and long married life.
For example, if the Janma Rasis of the boy and the
girl are in Cancer and Capricorn respectively, it implies
happiness.
The number of units for Rasi or Bhookuta is 7.
Nadi
All Nakshatras are divided into 3 groups coming under
the 3 humours of Vata, Pitta and Kapha (Sleshma).
Nakshatras coming under the same Nadi are not
generally approved.
The classification is as follows:
Vata Pitta Sleshma
Aswini Bharani Krittika
Aridra Mrigasira Rohini
Punarvasu Pushyami Aslesha
Uttara Pubba Makha
Hasta Chitta Swati
Jyeshta Anuradha Visakha
Moola Poorvashada Uttarashada
Poorvabhadrapada Uttarabhadrapada Revati
Satabhisha Dhanista Sravana
The number of points given to Nadi Kuta is 8. If the
two Nakshatras belong to different Nadis, the score is 8
points. Otherwise, it is zero.
Nadi Kuta seems to have a special reference to the
health of the couple as well as of the children born to
them. If other afflictions are present in the two charts
and the Nadis of the boy and the girl are in the same
group, it has been found that progeny born to such
couples may not be healthy or even normal.
Rajju
All Nakshatras are classified into 5 groups as
given in the Table.
The Nakshatras of the boy and girl should not come
under the same group.
Pada Ooru Nabhi Kanta Sira

(feet) (thighs) (navel) (neck) (head)
Aswini Bharani Krittika Rohini Mrigasira
Aslesha Pushya Punarvasu Aridra Chitta
Makha Purvaphalguni Uttara- Hasta Dhanishta
phalguni
Jyeshta Anuradha Visakha Swati —
Moola Poorvashada Uttarashada Sravana —
Revati Uttara- Poorva- Satabhisha —
bhadrapada bhadrapada
If the boy and the the girl belong to the same Rajju
group, the results are :
Pada — travel in distant lands
Ooru — loss or decline of wealth
Nabhi — loss of offspring
Kanta — death of wife
Sira — death of man
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Rajju has not been given any numerical value, but is

deemed important.
Stree Deergha
The constellation of the boy should be beyond the 9th
from that of the girl in which case Stree Deergha is said
to be present.
Example: Boy - Visakha Girl - Rohini The boy's
constellation is the 13th from the girl's and therefore,
Stree Deergha is said to be present.
Mahendra
The constellation of the boy should be the 4th, 7th,
10th, 12th, 16th, 19th, 22nd or the 25th from the girl's
Nakshatra. The presence of Mahendra is said to support
general welfare and longevity of the couple.
Example: Boy - Aridra Girl
- Krittika
The boy's constellation Aridra is the 4th from the girl's
Krittika. Mahendra is present.
Exceptions
In the case of no two Nakshatras will all the factors —
(a) Varna, (b) Vashya, (c) Tara, (d) Yoni, (e)
Grahamaitra, (f) Gana, (g) Rasi, (h) Nadi, (i) Rajju be
fulfilled.
If the lords of the Janma Rasi of the boy and the girl
be the same, then the absence of Rajju, Vedha, Gana and
Rasi Kutas need not be considered.
That is, for Nakshatras of the boy and the girl

belonging to the following sets of Rasis, it does not
matter if Rajju, Vedha, Gana and Rasi Kutas are not
present:
Aries and Scorpio; Taurus and Libra; Gemini and
Virgo; Sagittarius and Pisces; and Capricorn and
Aquarius.
Dina, Gana, Yoni, Rasi and Rajju are the more
important of the factors and if there is agreement in
these, then the match can be okayed.
Agreement in Dina gives good luck; in Gana
— wealth; in Mahendra—attachment; Stree Deergha
— general welfare; Yoni — issues; Rasi — growth of
family; Rasyadhipati (Grahamaitra) — prosperity;
Vashya — cordiality, Rajju — felicity and avoidance of
loss of spouse; and Vedha — many sons.
Of these several factors, at least 5 must be satisfied.
Though some factors have been given a numerical rating,
such rating is not conclusive. If these factors are not
found satisfactory, one must also take into account
omens for considering or rejecting a match.
Omens
The following are considered auspicious in
negotiating a marriage proposal:
(1) A new dress; (2) flowers and fruits; (3) arrival of a
couple (husband and wife); (4) someone arriving with
auspicious articles (mangaladravyas) such as kumkum,
turmeric, coconuts and Pooja articles as well as (5)
bringing prasadam from some temple.
KUTA AGREEMENT 79
All said and done, the test of Kuta agreement must

come only after the tests of longevity, mental and
physical health, more than one marriage, balancing of
Dosha or malefic factors and Kuja Dosha have been
cleared.
The test of Kuta agrement is not decisive.
More Exceptions
The following pairs show Nakshatras that do not
conduce to happiness in marriage if a boy or girl belongs
to such pairs. A marriage between them is not
recommended:
Krittika - Aslesha
Aslesha - Swati
Chitta - Poorvashada
Anuradha - Dhanishta
Dhanishta - Bharani
Satabhisha - Krittika
Those born under the following pairs of Nakshatras
make for a happy couple :
Poorvaphalguni and Anuradha
Chitta and Pushya Punarvasu and
Hasta
Jyeshta and Satabhisha, if paired, lead to ruin of the
family.
Uttaraphalguni and Mrigasira show death. Hasta
and Moola indicate financial setbacks.
Marriage between a boy and a girl coming under the
following pairs are said to bestow specific results :
Many sons, if Rohini and Makha or Purvabhadrapada

and Rohini.
More daughters, if Aswini and Punarvasu or Swati
and Uttarashada.
Bitterness, if Revati and Aridra or Jyeshta and
Uttaraphalguni.
Wicked sons, if Visakha and Makha.
Enmity between couple, if Visakha and Sravana.
Separation, if Aswini and Sravana.
Loss of spouse, if Uttarabhadrapada and Mrigasira.
Enjoyment, if Uttarashada and Revati
Prosperity, if Purvashada and Uttarabhadrapada.
Affluence, if Bharani and Pushya.
Some Exceptions
Common Nakshatra
Sometimes, it may so happen the boy and the girl may
have the same Janma Nakshatra. This is generally not
desirable but certain allowances are made. In fact, the
same Nakshatra is deemed to be good in the case of the
following:
Rohini, Aridra, Makha, Hasta, Visakha, Sravana,
Uttarabhadrapada and Revati.
In the following cases, common Janma Nakshatra is
deemed to be mediocre in results :
Aswini, Krittika, Mrigasira, Punarvasu, Pushya,
Purvaphalguni, Uttaraphalguni, Chitta, Anurada,
Poorvashada and Uttarashada.
Same Nakshatra and Rasi
Where the Janma Nakshatras of the boy and girl are
the same, the boy's should precede the girl's.
KUTA AGREEMENT 81
Example : Boy — Anuradha (2) Girl — Anuradha (4)

Since the boy's Nakshatra precedes the girl's it is not
taboo.
Example : Boy — Krittika (4) Girl — Krittika (2) Since
the girl's Nakshatra comes earlier than the boy's, it cannot
be considered.
Same Rasi
Sometimes when the Janma Nakshatra is the same, it
is possible the Nakshatra is limited to one sign.
Example : Boy — Makha (1)
Girl — Makha (4)
Different Rasis
But sometimes, although the Nakshatras of the boy
and the girl may be the same, the signs may be different.
This can happen in the case of Krittika, Mrigasira,
Uttaraphalguni, Chitta, Uttarashada and Dhanishta.
In any case of common Janma Nakshatra but different
signs, the girl's Nakshatra Pada should precede the boy's.
Example : Boy — Krittika (3) in Taurus Girl
— Krittika (1) in Aries
Example: Let us work out Kuta agreement between
the constellation Anuradha (girl) and Jyeshta (boy).
Varna
Both constellations belong to Scorpio which comes
under Brahmin and the score is 1 point.
Vashya
Both belong to Scorpio. Therefore, agreement is
lacking. Score: 0 points.
Dina (Tara)
The boy's Nakshatra counted from the girl's is the
2nd. Since this figure is less than 9, it is not necessary to
divide it by 9 and it is taken as remainder 2 which is
good. Score : 3 points.
Yoni
Anuradha — female deer
Jyeshta — male deer
The Nakshatras belong to the same group and
different sexes, and therefore, good. Score: 4 points.
Grahamaitra
Since both Nakshatras belong to Scorpio ruled by the
same planet, Grahamaitra is present. Score : 5 points.
Gana
Girl - Daiva.
Boy - Rakshasa. Score : 0 points.
Rasi
The Janma Rasi of the boy and girl are in the same
sign Scorpio which is good. Score : 7 points.
Nadi
Anuradha — Pitta
Jyeshta — Sleshma. Score : 8 points.
Rajju
Anuradha — Ooru (thigh)
Jyeshta — Pada (feet)
The two belonging to different Rajjus is favorable.
KUTA AGREEMENT 83
Therefore, the total score for this pair of Anuradha

(girl) and Jyeshta (boy) works out to 28 out of 36 points
which can be described as good. If Rajju is also given the
numerical value of 9 points, the score would be 37/45 or
80 percent agreement in terms of only Kutas. This does
not imply that the agreement between the charts is good,
if the longevity, menial and psychological health, factors
showing more than one marriage, balancing of Dosha or
afflictions and Kuja Dosha factors have not been
evaluated. •
Chapter VII
The Sun Dasa

and Marital Disasters
VII
The Sun is the central point around which the whole
concept of astrology revolves. The Sun is variously
known as Grahapurusha or sustainer of the Grahas,
Rajyakaraka or significator of political power and
Pitrukaraka or significator of the father. His position in
the chart assumes great importance in assessing the
foundational strength of the chart. The Sun is extolled as
predominantly good natured or Sattwic, vide Jataka
Parijata II -543.
meaning, possessed of energy, of square build,

dark-red streaked yellowish eyes, intoxicated
looking (egoistic ?), of a Pitta-constitution, with
sparse hair, the Sun is Sattwagunapradhanah or
predominantly Sattwic-natured.
The Sun is described as Kalatma or representing the
soul. Basically, as the Karaka for the 9th and 10th
houses, he is said to govern ultimate knowledge and
truth. In fact, this is brought out in the Gayatri Mantra
which is addressed to the Sun as Savitr seeking
enlightenment and knowledge.
Results attributed to the Sun in various houses are
usually favorable and these manifest in his Dasa. Most of
the classical works give similar results for the Sun in the
different houses with some minor variations in
between. For example, the Sun in the Ascendant is said to

give thinning hair, a life of ease, few sons, defective
vision, make one well-bred and regal in bearing. If
afflicted, one becomes conceited. If well-placed, it
conduces to acquisition of Gnana or Ultimate
Knowledge, health, good vision and other benefic results.
In the second, it makes one liberal, possess much
property in minerals, eloquent but with wicked desires. In
the 3rd, the Sun makes one brave, with treacherous
servants, very wealthy and liberal. The Sun is not in a
very happy position in the 4th, for then, one becomes
hard-pressed for money, suffers from heart-conditions,
lacks in resources and common-sense, and becomes hard-
hearted. The Sun in the 5th gives one clout in government
circles. It makes one of unsteady mind and always
travelling. One becomes lustful, brave, honoured by
kings, full of self-esteem, renowned and rich with the Sun
in the 6th. When the Sun is in the 7th Bhava, one hates
women and is exceedingly fierce and wrathful. Winning
ways, discontent and being good at arguments are
attributed to the Sun in the 8th. One becomes a heretic,
hates his parents, religion and spiritual teacher and
converts to another religion with the Sun occupying the
9th house. In the 10th where he gets Digbala, the Sun
bestows on one wealth by inheritance, virtue, fame,
success and status. The llth is also a good place for the
Sun to occupy, for then, he confers extensive wealth,
wife, children, retinue and happiness while in-the 12th,
although he makes one energetic, it leads to physical
defect or deformity, apostasy and vagrancy.
THE SUN DASA AND MARITAL DISASTERS 89
The results are of a varied nature but do not seem to

touch any matters connected with marital life except,
perhaps, when in the 7th when it makes one a Stree-
dweshi or hate women. Such a situation naturally blights
marital life, for, no one who hates women, generally can
love his own wife. In a female chart, it creates a like
situation where the native is filled with bitterness and
anger for the husband. This is where some confusion
enters the picture. Malefics, it is well-known, in the 2nd,
4th, 7th, 8th and 12th houses ruling family, domestic
happiness, spouse, longevity of marriage and conjugal
life respectively are said to spoil marital happiness for
one reason or the other. And by malefics, we usually
mean Mars, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu. Afflicted Mercury
and a weak Moon are also classed as malefics. The Sun
as the embodiment of Ultimate Knowledge is generally
not described as malefic. Nor is he, inspite of being
Sattwic, considered a benefic. In some texts, the Sun is
called a Krura or cruel planet. He is fiery in nature,
bilious in temperament and blazing. These attributes are
common to Mars who is also said to be hot in nature,
bilious and wrathful. And Mars, as we know, has the
dubious distinction of creating havoc in married life. In
fact,
Mars occupying the 2nd, 12th, 7th, 4th or the 8th

in the horoscope of a person may cause the death of
the wife. If Mars occupies these same
positions in the horoscope of a woman, it proves

injurious to the husband. Such a disposition of Mars
may result either in death or estrangement between
the couple leading to mutual acrimony and hate.
Results of the Sun occupying the 2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th or
12th house in a chart, more or less, follow the same
pattern as of Mars occupying these Bhavas. Perhaps, the
difference lies in the fact that when the Sun gives these
results, the native begins to look inwards for peace and
thus embarks on the journey to Ultimate Knowledge. No
matter, it may be slow or barely preceptible. But the
orientation of the psyche undergoes a distinct
transformation and the native begins to engage in a
process of spiritual searching and inquiry. This is where
the Sun's Sattwa Guna shows up. Sattwa Guna is usually
translated as "good nature" in most astrological texts. But
this is rather inadequate and does not do justice to the
term. Sattwa may be understood as that which ennobles
one and uplifts the soul. The pain and trauma of the
marital disaster give a feeling of revulsion for the grosser
things of life and the native, for the first time, may be, in
this life, begins to get the feeling that life is more than
external relationships and mundane pursuits. One may
still continue in all of life's activities which one was
earlier involved in; only now, the Sun has stirred a
relatively unknown corner of one's being and set into
motion a process of de-attachment and disentanglement.
The pace of this process may not even be felt or sensed
but it has begun, marking the first
step towards the upward evolution of the soul in this

particular embodiment, taking off perhaps from the stage
at which the process had come to a halt in an earlier state
of existence.
Mars, on the other hand, when he destroys or damages
marital life, creates strong reactions of resentment,
revenge and frustration so that the native engages in a
pattern of thought that is ruled and dictated by these
disintegrative emotions. Such a motivation may lead one
to renewed efforts to regain what has been lost or even to
gain something better than before, but only on a gross
level. Mars does not allow one to accept the loss forcing
the native again into a whirl of pursuit of similar
objectives like the moth which is attracted by the burning
flame only to be reduced to ashes by it. With the Sun, the
pain, the disappointment, the disillusionment and anger
following the marital disaster are very much there; but the
direction of the reaction is ennobling and uplifting of the
soul. As Atmakaraka, the Sun's primary concern is not
rehabilitation of the native's shattered mundane activities
and pursuits but re-orientation of the soul, caught in the
dualities of life towards a freedom that is possible only
when one steps beyond these dualities. Irrespective of the
lordship of the Sun, these changes occur in the individual
at varying degrees and levels determined by the general
potential of the chart for spiritual growth.
Let us move on to the more tangible part of the results
the Sun can give. Another difference between the Sun
and Mars in these houses is that the results begin to
manifest in Sun Dasa or just before it is due to start,
that is, in the previous Dasa of Venus in the last two

Bhuktis of Mercury and Ketu particularly. In the case of
Mars, it is not necessarily confined to or tagged to Mars
Dasa. The blow to the marriage can come in any other
Dasa too, so long as it is of a planet related to or
afflicting houses connected with domestic happiness.
Chart 17: Born 3-5-1962 at 7-15 a.m. at 13N 08,80 E18 with a balance
of 4 years, 4 months and 21 days of Ketu Dasa at birth.
An examination of the usual factors associated with

marriage will help one understand better the role of the
Sun Dasa in wrecking the marriage and relationships.
The Karaka Venus is apparently affliction-free in
Chart 17. The 4th house is aspected by Jupiter while the
4th lord Sun, even if in exaltation, occupies the 12th. The
8th house is affliction-free, so also the 7th. The 7th lord is
in the 11th which per se is not an affliction. The 12th
house is quite heavily afflicted by the New Moon. With
reference to the Moon-sign, the Moon as the 4th lord
ruling domestic happiness lacks Pakshabala. Rahu
occupies the 4th house. Mars and Saturn aspect
the 7th house. These factors afflict the chart in terms of

marital life.
The facts of the case: The native, a young girl, fell in
love with a young man and the two, fearing parental
opposition, went in for a civil marriage. However, the
parents of both got to know of it. The boy's parents were
vehemently, even hysterically, against it. The girl's
parents were more realistic and accepted their daughter's
marriage, even if they did not welcome it. The marriage
was registered on 13-1-1984. The girl met her husband
for the last time on 20-11-1984, although at that time she
did not know it. On 21-11-1984, the boy's parents packed
him off abroad promising him his wife would follow him
shortly. But once the boy was gone, his parents refused
to have anything to do with the girl. They did not even
give her an inkling of his destination. The girl's parents
tried to locate him but could not trace him and she never
saw or heard from him again.
The boy and the girl met in October 1982 and fell in
love in Mercury Bhukti of Venus Dasa. The marriage
and the separation took place in this period.
Unfortunately, she was moving into Ketu Bhukti which
marks the concluding part of Venus Dasa. The Dasa due
to start next was of the Sun who afflicts the 12th house.
As 4th lord in the 12th, he ruined her personal life. With
reference to the Moon-sign, the Sun afflicts the 4th lord
Moon by his proximity destroying Sukastana — all
happiness. Additionally, but not by itself, the transit of
Saturn in the 7th and the 8th from the natal Moon opened
up the chart to the danger inherent in the Dasa lord.
Venus, the Kalatrakaraka, is not only in his own sign

but also Vargottama. Yet, the fact he occupies Rohini
ruled by the New Moon in the 12th house overcame the
other positive features of Venus, depriving the girl of
marital happiness.
Mars can kill the spouse; the Sun does not kill but
wrenches the couple apart bringing in more pain and
anguish than Mars can generate.
Chart18: Born 13-10-1954 at 4-10a.m.at13N 10,78 E10 with a
balance of 3 years, 0 months and 1 day of Ketu Dasa at birth.
The afflictions in Chart 18 are not so obvious but what

is cause for concern is the Sun in the 2nd house. Venus in
the 4th is not bad and is even aspected by exalted Jupiter.
The 7th lord Saturn is exalted and with 2nd and 11th lord
Mercury which does not conduce to good results. From
Chandra Lagna too, the 7th house has Mercury and
exalted 11th lord Saturn. This Mercury-Saturn combine
acting on the 7th house gave the native an unfaithful
husband. The native got'married in June 1974 to a man
who had been having an affair
for many years before that. The native did her best to
wean him away from his mistress. When he bluntly
refused to leave her preferring her to his legally wedded
wife, the latter left him in sheer disgust in October 1978.
As in the previous case, the marriage came in Venus
Dasa, Mercury Bhukti. The sordid affair came to light
soon after so that the native really was never happy in
her marriage. The divorce came in Sun Dasa. The
Sun is the Lagna lord in the 2nd house but did nothing
to save the marital interests of the native.
Chart 19: Born 18-5-1966 at 10-30 p.m. (1ST) at 13 N, 77 E 35
with a balance of 2 years, 5 months and 15 days of Ketu Dasa at birth.
In Chart 19, the marriage took place on 18-3-1991.

Right from day one, the native was ill-treated by her
husband and in-laws. Within 6 months, the couple
separated and on 3-11-1993, the native was able to
obtain a divorce.
The afflictions in Chart 19 are not very obvious.
The 7th lord Saturn in a common sign with the Karaka
Venus also there can, but not necessarily, indicate more
than one marriage. The Sun as the 2nd lord is in the
11th from Lagna joined by explosive Mars and

incendiary Rahu. He is aspected by Saturn. With
reference to the Moon-sign, the Sun occupies the 2nd
house in heavy affliction. All the unhappiness and the
divorce were gone through in Sun Dasa.
Such charts show, with unfailing regularity, the
maleficence inbuilt into the Dasa of the Sun placed in the
2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th or 12th houses either from the Lagna or
the Moon-sign. In such charts, marriage taking place in
the closing years of Venus Dasa or in the Sun Dasa,
stands exposed to the danger of breaking up in the latter
Dasa, unless there is a strong relieving factor such as the
aspect of Jupiter on the Sun or the 7th house when the
worst eventuality of divorce or permanent spearation can
be diffused. Jupiter seems to be the only planet who can
help in such charts. Venus, though a natural benefic, can
never get far enough from the Sun to aspect him. His
proximity to the Sun only afflicts him. The saving grace
in such charts is Jupiter's aspect on the Sun. The 5th and
9th aspects help. The 7th house aspect rarely does
because then Jupiter himself becomes Vakra or
retrograde when some of the genial qualities associated
with him fail to manifest.
One of the best examples of the Sun in the 7th house is
found in the chart* of Sarada Devi, the consort of Sri
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. The date of birth is 22-12-
1853.
The Sun in Chart 20 is in the 7th house with the 7th
lord Jupiter. There are other afflictions too but our
*Courtesy: Sri Sarada Devi—The Holy Mother by Swami

Tapasyananda, page 374.
focus is on the Sun in the 7th house. The husband was a

highly illumined soul who became a beacon light to
thousands of spiritual seekers. Blazing with spiritual
lustre like the Sun himself, Sri Ramakrishna
Paramahamsa never led married life in the conventional
sense of the term. That Sarada Devi was uncomplaining,
being herself a rare soul of great spiritual attainments, is
another matter. But honestly, would any parent be
happy with the kind of conjugal life Chart 20 shows for

one's own son or daughter ?
The Sun is basically a spiritual planet and many times,
it is his Dasa that triggers metaphysical questions in
one's heart. Naturally, his position in Bhavas governing
marital matters and domestic relationships cannot
conduce to warmth and cordiality. Rather, the results he
gives are such as to bring in disillusionment in these
areas of life so that the truth of all relationships as being
ephemereal and fleeting is brought into sharp focus
preparing the ground for the native to realign his sights
on the purpose of human birth and the evolution of his
soul. •
Chapter VIII
Detecting Dowry Dangers

VIII
The abnoxious practice of demanding dowry at a
marriage has gathered force in recent times. More and
more cases of dowry are coming to light. While such
cases highlight the plight and misery of young brides,
they also are a sad commentary on the decline in moral
values in the social system. No fair thinking individual
will endorse this unhealthy social practice which thrives
on greed, avarice and exploitation. That this system
centres on marriage is in itself a big shock and an index
to the levels to which human sensitivity, rather
insensitivity, can dip.
Marriage was, and still is, considered a sacrament in
Hindu society. It has, however, its social, religious as
well as legal aspects. The primary object of this
institution is to provide a stable and sound unit for
society to develop around. While in some countries, the
individual is the smallest unit of the social order to which
he belongs, in India barring a minuscule, percentage, it is
the family. Not only does this unit ensure the cultural
roots of the individual but also provides a broad
framework within which his aspirations and urges can
take constructive shape without abnormal suppression or
licentious promiscuousness.
There is no question of receiving gifts, in cash or kind,
as a matter of right by either party, in the concept of
marriage if properly interpreted according to scriptural
injunctions. The marriage solemnisation binds the couple
to remain faithful to each other and never seek to desert
each other for reasons of righteousness
(Dharma), money (Artha) or gratification of desire and

pursuit of pleasure (Kama). The bond is held so sacred
that it cannot be questioned or discarded for any of these
reasons. But should either of the parties seek release
from the marital bond for the specific reason of Ultimate
Enlightenment or Moksha, the sacrament does allow
release.
This is how marriage is envisaged in the scriptures.
Most Indians still abide by this definition, and in doing
so, grow in moral and spiritual evolution, learning to
bear each other's shortcomings, remaining faithful to
each other and looking upon any calamity to the other as
one common to both. In this exercise and endeavour to
abide by the spirit of the union, the couple, more often
than not, grows in patience, forbearance, compassion and
also self-denial. It was for the fostering of these qualities
that marriage was orginally intended. Birth after birth as
the individual advanced in his soul evolution, even
without his being aware of it, he was gradually, but
surely, being directed towards the Ultimate Goal of
Sanatana Dharma — Moksha.
But with modernisation and industrialization taking
over the country and with formal education producing
more and more literates, somehow, soul-culture got lost
on the way. The way people began to look at marriage,
the money angle began to assume undue prominence.
Everything was spoken of as a money proposition.
Dowry became an essential and integral ingredient of
marriage in many families that had drifted afar from the
cultural and moral values enshrined in Sanatana Dharma.
Such families were traditional in food, dress and other
DETECTING DOWRY DANCERS 103
outward forms of life-style. Only the pivot of their

existence had shifted from Dharma to Artha.
Dowry, in the ultimate analysis, is another word for
socially legitimatized greed. The dowry demand begins
with the first stage of the marital process, when the boy's
and girl's families meet to consider and negotiate the
alliance. In some cases, it seeps in after the marriage. It
starts with the harassment of the bride by the husband
and his family for not bringing in gifts or money. How
much is defined only by the avarice index of the groom
and his family. This ill-treatment of the young woman
may take on different forms—humiliation, coldness,
harsh words, mental, and sometimes, even physical
cruelty. Many women's organisations clamouring for
women's liberation and female emancipation must not, in
their excitement, overlook the fact that it is not
harassment of the weaker sex by only the male but also
members of their own sex.
In cases of dowry, the entire marital home develops or
reeks of a sick atmosphere. It is hard to find cases where
the husband alone acts thus and the rest of his family
sympathises with the young wife. Therefore, apart from
the 7th and 8th houses, the 4th house becomes a very
important factor in identifying dowry-prone charts.
In one case (Chart 21), the girl who got married on
23-6-1991 was harassed for money, right from the same
day. Unable to bear the cruelty, she returned home and
applied for divorce.
The 7th lord Venus is heavily afflicted by Saturn,
Ketu, Rahu and Mars. The 8th lord Mercury in the 4th is
aspected by Mars (Neecha and with Rahu). The 4th
lord Saturn also suffers affliction vitiating the marital

home atmosphere. Considered from the Moon, the 2nd
lord Venus is blemished by being with Saturn-Ketu and
Chart 21: Born 11-3-1963 at 11-10 a.m. (1ST) at 14 N 42,77 E 05 with

a balance of 7 years, 10 months and 15 days of Moon Dasa.
aspected by Mars-Rahu. The 8th lord Mars is himself

badly placed showing the high-voltage tension and
torment the girl had to face in her marital home.
The Dasa was of Rahu upto February 1996. Rahu
contaminates the 7th, 2nd and 4th lords and is himself
afflicted by them. Thereafter, begins Jupiter Dasa with
Jupiter better placed. Therefore, the girl's life could
normalise with Jupiter Dasa but not before she gets her
divorce in Rahu Dasa.
In yet another case (Chart 22), the young woman
wrote "Today is my third wedding anniversary.................
but life has been miserable.............. yet I want to live".
This girl had agreed to marry in the first place becasue
there was no demand for dowry either before or at the
DETECTING DOWRY DANGERS 105
marriage. But some days after the marriage, the

husband's family began humiliating and ill-treating her
because she had not brought in any dowry with her.
Chart 22: Born 26-8-1949 at 5-48 p.m. (1ST) at 26 N 55,80 E 59 with
a balance of 7 years, 0 months and 22 days of Moon Dasa.
Most surprisingly, it was the husband who would say

unpleasant things and later, the entire family would get
together calling her names, and finally, after only 3
months and 20 days of staying together, she was
disowned by the husband and his family.
Marriage took place as soon as Jupiter Dasa began.
The 7th house shows the husband and the 2nd from the
7th, namely, the 8th house, his family. The 7th house is
occupied by Neecha ordebilitated Mars while the 7th lord
Moon is in the 9th in Virgo with Venus and Mercury-
cum-Ketu. Further, retrograde Jupiter aspects the whole
lot. The husband should have been a friendly gentle-
natured man since the 7th lord Moon is well-placed. But
a look at the chart from the Moon-sign changes the whole
picture. Not only is the
7th lord Jupiter retrograde or Vakra making the husband

perverse but because he is aspected by the worst malefic
Mars (3rd and 8th lord), also extremely selfish and
vicious-natured.
The 8th house from Lagna has a combust Saturn. The
8th lord Sun is with his bitter foe Saturn, who as 2nd
lord, brings in the monetary angle as responsible for the
girl's suffering. Dowry is essentially avarice for money
(or kind) on the part of the spouse's family; so, some
kind of affliction or adverse relationship between the 2nd
(Dhanastana) and the 7th or the 8th houses or their lords
becomes necessary.
In Chart 23, the 7th lord Jupiter is retrograde in the
4th with Ketu retrograde. The 8th house has the Moon
aspected by the 8th lord debilitated Saturn and afflicted
Chart23:Born11-4-1969 at 10-30 a.m. at 15N51,78E01.
7th lord Jupiter. The Moon, incidentally, is the 2nd lord,

showing Dhana or money.
The 4th house has the aspect of a Rahu-afflicted
Karaka Venus and the Sun. The girl who had a good
DETECTING DOWRY DANGERS 107
job before marriage was forced to give it up. Her in-laws

and spouse began to ill-treat her demanding that she get
gold and money from her parents. She continues to live
in her in-laws' place. The Dasa is of Rahu who afflicts
the 4th house, the 7th lord Jupiter as also Kalatrakaraka
Venus.
The final outcome of a dowry case is determined by
the Dasa-Bhuktis and inherent strength of the girl's
horoscope.
An Alpayu chart with serious afflictions to the 7th and
8th houses can be described as a potential dowry death
case. Mars and Rahu would be more malefic in such
cases than Saturn, since inhuman cruelty characterises
such tragedies.
The marriage of another unhappy victim (Chart 24)
who was not lucky as the other two cases, occurred on
30-6-1975 in Ketu Bhukti of Mars Dasa.
Chart 24: Born 19-10-1959 at 11 -45 p.m. (1ST) at 20 N 56,77 E 48.
Malefics occupy Kendras. No benefics are in angles.

The 8th lord Saturn is in the 12th therefrom.
The 7th lord (who is also the 8th lord here) is aspected
by combust Mars. The 4th house has a combust Mars
aspected by 7th and 8th lord Saturn. On 2-7-1975, barely
2 days after she got married, the girl died in a fire in her
in-laws' house. No information, as to how the fire started,
was available and the girl's parents were left only with a
charred body.
When there are indications for marital cruelty, the best
solution is to wait for the adverse Dasa to finish. This
may not always be practical. At such times, the girl
should also be trained for a job and career. Where
marriage is a sacrament, the bond must be respected and
preserved even in the face of heavy odds. But where one
party to a marriage treats it as a money-producing
institution, the aggrieved party should be geared to walk
out of it and fend for herself. •
Chapter IX
Watching out for

Loss of Spouse
IX
Widowhood is one of the most catastrophic calamities

in the life of a woman, especially when it strikes in the
early years of marriage. Loss of spouse for men can be
devastating too but given the social, economic and
psychological factors involved in such a situation, it is
the woman whose life is hurt more deeply by such an
event.
That is why perhaps, the subject of marriage and its
duration receives particular attention in almost all
classical works of astrology. Where marriage was
deemed to be the be all and end all of a woman's life, its
course, quality and span could never be treated with
scant regard in an astrological understanding of a chart.
The modern young woman may not quite agree with this
line of thinking. Modern-day attitudes precede from a
shallow vision of life, lacking in foresight and the
maturity that comes of the wisdom of generations. Career
goals, money, foreign jaunts, interests — mental,
intellectual, artistic and other — and socialising seem to
be all important and marriage, with so much excitement
around, is deemed an unwanted intrusion. But one must
note that time never stands still—yesterday has become
today and today will soon be relegated to the past with
tomorrow taking over, but even that only temporarily.
For, tomorrow must soon slide back into the past. The
twenties and thirties are an age of exuberance, energy
and zest and one can justifiably feel on top of the world.
But pray, for how long ? Age creeps in from behind
pushing one
all too soon into middle age and then, old age when the
charms of youth begin to fade and cease to be relevant. It
is at such a stage in life that one may be forced to realise
that marriage, not only for its own sake, but also as an
insurance for the travails of middle and old age, is a
necessary institution.
Probably, such logic has been behind the importance
given to assessing the merits of marriage in a woman's
chart for, after all she is more vulnerable than man,
whether in India or abroad. One may point out cases of
women who have led single lives as being happy but this
is only a superficial assessment in 99 percent of the
cases. Open up their hearts and you will find that they are
bitter, angry, cynical and lonely, inspite of male or female
companionship outside of marriage. Marriage gives
mellowness to both the body and mind, and therefore,
after a certain stage in one's life, even if one is deprived
of one's spouse, one is better geared to carry on than one
who has never married.
A British poet wrote "It is better to have loved and
lost, than not have loved at all". Let me paraphrase on
that — It is better to have married and lost (the spouse),
than not have married at all. So much for why
widowhood is given importance in a female chart.
A knowledge that a chart holds indications for loss of
spouse helps one plan one's life better. It also helps in
choosing the right chart for a marital alliance, rejecting
those that can aggravate the indications and choosing
that which can diffuse the indication.
Widowhood (including loss of wife) generally strikes
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when least expected. Like death, many charts are

deceptively misleading when it comes to identifying loss
of spouse by death. Classical texts carry many
combinations for such a tragedy. Some of these
combinations work literally; others have to be suitably
adapted. I must caution readers at this stage that a
fatalistic interpretation of the chart should not be given.
Astrology is indicative, not deterministic.
Some combinations commonly found in almost all
classical works for loss of husband (or wife) are given
below:
(a) The lords of the 7th and 8th houses together and
occupying the 8th house aspected by malefic planets.
For example, if for a Scorpio Ascendant, if Venus and
Mercury occupy Gemini and are aspected by Saturn, it
can show widowhood.
(b) Rahu in the 7th, the 7th lord conjoining the Sun
aspected by the 8th lord.
(c) Mars in the 8th with the 8th lord and Lagna in
malefic Navamsa.
(d) Rahu joined by Mars and Saturn in the 7th or 8th
can show early widowhood.
(e) If the 7th lord is malefic and Mars and Saturn are
in the 7 th or the 8th.
(f) If the 7th and its lord are between malefics in
conjunction with no benefics or not aspected by benefics.
(g) If the Navamsa lord of the 7th is in
debility, eclipsed or combust or between evil planets
and unfavorable Shadvargas.
According to Brihat Parasara Hora, the Moon in
Cancer in Saturn's Trimsamsa can also show

widowhood.
If Mars occupies the 7th, widowhood comes very soon
after marriage.
Malefics in the 7th also show widowhood.
Mars in the 8th is treated with dread.
The female native with Mars in the 8th is

endowed with a weak physique, is sickly, will be
struck by widowhood, is not beautiful and will face
destitution and distress.
The most commonly known combinations for
widowhood are dominated by the positions of Mars.
If Mars, bereft of the aspect or conjunction of

an auspicious (or benefic) planet is posited in the
Ascendant, the 12th, the 4th, the 7th or the 8th, the
husband of such a person will certainly meet with
early death.
These Yogas are not absolute and should not be taken
as decisive because the next two Slokas make provision
for relief from such Martian dispositions.
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If a man takes birth under a Yoga, similar to the

Yoga in which a woman takes birth and attains
widowhood, he will become a widower. If a woman
with such a Yoga marries a man with a similar
Yoga, it will cause cancellation of such a Yoga.
In another version of the Brihat Parasara Hora it
says, under Strijatakaphaladhyayah,
From the 7th house, the husband; from the 8th,

widowhood are to be examined. (Yogas) that
cannot be applied to women must be applied to
their husbands.
Under Patighatakayoga (Yoga for destruction of
husband), the same edition says,
If Mars bereft of the aspect or association of

benefics be in 1,4, 7, 8, 12, the husband dies.
If Mars or Saturn occupy these houses from the

Moon-sign, then also the native's husband dies. If
such planetary dispositions occur in a man's chart,
then his wife dies.
The next Sloka on Vaidhavyayogabhanga deals with
the cancellation of the Yoga for widowhood.
If the combinations for widowhood in a woman's

chart obtain in a man's chart, it leads to
destruction (death) of wife. However, if present in
the charts of both the man and the woman, it causes
good (auspiciousness) to both.
Therefore, although dealt with under Streejataka in
most classical works, combinations for widowhood are
equally effective in bringing about death of wife in male
charts. These combinations, it must be noted, are not
absolute and can be remedied by matching charts with
similarity in afflicting factors.
Mars occupies the 8th house in Chart 25 while Saturn
is in the 2nd. Saturn is aspected by Jupiter. Mars, on the
contrary, gets further afflicted by Saturn's aspect. The
native lost her husband when she was 48 years old in
tragic circumstances.
Chart 25: Born 23-3-1929 at 10-51 a.m. (1ST) at 18 N 56,72 E 51 with

a balance of 8 years, 0 months and 18 days of Venus Dasa at birth.
Two conditions, each individually capable of

decimating the spouse, are present in Chart 26. Saturn in
Lagna is also deemed to be a spouse killer coming
Chart26: Born 9-12-1946 a t9-30p.m.(ZST) at 45N30,11 E33.
under the Yoga that requires either Mars or Saturn in

the 1 st, 2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th or 12th from Lagna or the
Moon. Mars in the 7th from the Moon is also a serious
affliction showing widowhood. The native's husband
died when she was 45 years old, also in tragic

circumstances.
From the foregoing discussion and references to
Brihat Parasara Hora, it becomes clear that Mars
Dosha or the Evil of Mars is rendered ineffective when
Mars is with or aspected by benefics and when the
Dosha of Mars is present in both charts.
A careful study of several charts with these
combinations has, however, shown that there is some
variance in the results attributed to Mars in the fateful
positions.
When Mars occupies the 2nd, 4th or the 12th, then it
leads to friction and bickering and bitterness between
spouses but rarely to death of spouse.
When Mars occupies the 7th, in most cases it has not
killed the spouse but estranged the couple bringing in
deep hatred for each other that has even led to
separation.
Sometimes, where the couple has been happy, it has
prematurely destroyed the relationship by forcing
separation (physical) between the two for reasons beyond
one's control.
The native of Chart 27 married a boy working in the
United States on 1-9-1991. The marriage was never
consummated and the girl left the boy in February 1992.
She went back to him again later in 1992 on the request
of his parents but came away after 14 days on 25-8-1992.
A divorce was obtained in February 1994.
Mars occupies the 7th from the Ascendant and is
rendered extremely malefic by his retrogression.
Chart 27: Born 1 -7-1969 at 4-00 a.m. (1ST) at 25 N 20, 83 E 00 with

a balance of 3 years, 3 month's and 11 days of Sun Dasa at birth.
A closer look at the chart shows Saturn in the 12th from

the Lagna and in the 4th from the Moon. Mars(R)
occupies the 7th from Venus, the Kalatrakaraka, as well.
Therefore, when Mars blasts a marital relationship, the
affliction can come out not only when he occupies the
7th from Lagna or the Moon but even from the
Kalatrakaraka Venus.
When Mars is in the 2nd, he would aspect the 8th
house or Mangalyastana and bring it under stress. When
in the 7th itself, he not only damages the 7th but also the
2nd house by his aspect.
Mars in the 1 st house afflicts the 7th and 8th houses.
In the 8th, as Mangalyakaraka in the 8th, he is anything
but welcome.
In all these instances, only the 7th and 8th house
aspects have been taken into account, but even
considering the 4th house aspect of Mars, it extends to
one or more of these sensitive houses irrespective of

which of the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th or 12th houses he
occupies.
Mars in these houses is deemed to destroy marital
happiness, but if associated or aspected by a benefic, it
gets toned down considerably. For example, Mars and
Venus in the 7th for an Aquarius Ascendant native left
his spouse untouched. In yet another case, Mars, Saturn
and Rahu in the 8th for a Scorpio Moon-Lagna with
Jupiter in Libra aspecting the malefic trio did not harm
the spouse.
Likewise, Mars as a Yogakaraka for Cancer and Leo
natives may be said to be generally harmless.
Chart28: Born21-4-1926 at 2-40a.m. at 51 N 32,00 W 05 with a
balance of 11 years, 9 months and 25 days of Mercury Dasa at birth.
In Queen Elizabeth's case (Chart 28), Mars occupies

the 7th from the Moon giving rise to an affliction from
Mars for loss of spouse. But, as Mars is a functional
benefic for the Moon-sign Cancer, it ceases to be
effective.
However, if other afflictions are present, then the

spouse may die early.
Chart 29 is an excellent illustration of the havoc Mars
may cause when in the 8th house if supported by other
afflictions, irrespective of his being a Yogakaraka or not.
Chart29: Born19-11-1917 at 11-13p.m.(IST) at 25N27,81

E51with a balance of 1 year, 3 months and 25 days of Sun Dasa at birth.
There is Mars in the 8th from the Moon-sign. Malefic

Saturn occupies the Lagna, also unfavorable for
protecting the spouse. The native lost her husband about
16 years after marriage. But even when he was alive,
they were estranged and lived apart.
Likewise, for an Aries Ascendant with Mars in the 8th
in Scorpio, inspite of being a functional benefic as Lagna
Lord, he did nothing to protect the spouse. The native
lost her husband in her early twenties. However, as the
8th lord in the 8th, he made sure she lived beyond 80
years.
In Chart 25, Mars as Lagna lord was not particularly

supportive except to delay the event of loss of spouse.
Chart 30: Born 24-11 -1971 at 22h. 55m. (IST) at 28 N 15,76 E 36 with
a balance of 5 years, 0 months and 5 days of Mars Dasa at birth.
Mars in the 8th in Chart 30 snatched the husband

away by death on 27-7-1993 just weeks after the
marriage on 5-6-1993. Rahu is in the 7th from the
Ascendant too. The affliction from Mars was
compounded by Saturn's aspect on him as 8th lord and
the fact of Kalatrakaraka Venus coming under a
Papakartari Yoga.
There is a school of thought that holds Mars in the 7th
is not harmful if aspected by benefics — Jupiter, Venus
or Mercury; or if benefics occupy the 4th, 5th, 9th or 10th
or even Lagna but themselves should not be in debility,
combust or with the Nodes. In other words, Mars in the
7th can be curbed by a benefic in the Ascendant,
primarily. This is just an application of Varahamihira's
basic principle that Jupiter, Mercury or the Lagna lord in
Lagna strengthen the Ascendant and therefore, the
horoscope in general.
If the lord of the Lagna, Jupiter or Mercury occupy

or aspect the Ascendant, it becomes most powerful. If
other than these planets aspect or occupy it, it will not
be so. An Aries Ascendant native with Jupiter in the
1st
house and Mars in the 7th did not really suffer from the
Dosha of Mars. Her husband did die before her but
when she was 75 years old.
Likewise, malefics in Lagna can be deemed to
aggravate the Dosha of Mars.
In Charts 26,29 and 30 this holds good. Both Charts
26 and 29 have Saturn in the Ascendant as a strong
malefic while Chart 30 has the Nodal axis afflicting the
Ascendant and its lord.
Chart 31: Born 30-6-1972 at 6-10 a.m.
Chart 31 has a strong Kuja Dosha caused not only by

malefic Mars in the 2nd from Lagna but also being
in the 7th from the Moon. The Sun occupies Lagna.

Marriage took place on 14-9-1992 and the girl left the
husband on 1-6-1996. She refused to go back to him
inspite of his repeated efforts. An ex-parte divorce on 6-
11-1997 ended the marriage.
Married on 21-6-1983, the native of Chart 32 lost her
husband on 25-11-1991 in a jeep accident. Mars occupies
the 4th from Lagna while being in the 8th from the
Moon. Rahu with Mars aggravates the affliction.
Chart 32: Born 30-6-1961 at 3-47a.m.
Mars is not the sole agent in curtailing the duration of

marital life. Rahu can be equally destructive.
Rahu, although usually said to give the results of
Saturn, strangely acts like Mars when placed in the 4th,
7th or 8th houses and to a lesser extent in the 2nd or 12th
houses.
In the 7th, like Mars, Rahu can cause death or break
up the marriage. In the 8th, however, he becomes fatal to
the spouse.
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The marriage of the native of Chart 33 took place on

31-5-1989. She was widowed on 26-12-1991. Rahu is in
the 8th from Lagna. Saturn in the 7th strengthens this
affliction; so does Mars in the 2nd from the Moon and
Rahu himself in the 12th from the Moon.
Chart 33: Born 14-7-1966 at 11-01 a.m. (1ST) at 2 2 N 1 8 . 7 0 E 5 6

with a balance of 11 months and 16 days of Sun Dasa at birth.
In Chart 32, Rahu in the 8th from the Moon

aggravates the evil of Mars in the 8th and, in turn, also
gains strength to wreck havoc on the married life of the
native.
Rahu in the 7th is not as malefic as in the 8th. But if
supported by other Vaidhavya or para-Vaidhavya Yogas
can become fatal to the spouse.
Another combination that can deal a death blow to the
spouse centres round Venus. If malefics flank Venus on
either side as in a Papakartari Yoga or occupy the 4th,
8th and 12th from Venus jointly or severally, loss of
spouse can occur by death.
Likewise, the 7th lord in the 8th or the 8th lord in the
7th or a Parivartana or exchange of signs between the 7th
and 8th lords can snatch away one's spouse. For a
Scorpio native, the 7th lord Venus in the 8th brought
about widowhood in her forties.
Moving on to the Navamsa, Yogas for widowhood
gain strength if a Martian Navamsa is rising.
In Chart 30, widowhood struck within 7 weeks of
marriage. Mars occupies the 8th from Lagna. Rahu is in
the 7th from the Lagna. Venus is caught between
combust Jupiter and eclipsed Moon. The Navamsa rising
is Scorpio.
Summing up,
a. Mars in the 1st, 2nd, 4th or 12th damages marital
hapiness.
b. Mars in the 7th usually leads to separation and
estrangement, rather than death. In exceptional cases,
death can occur.
c. Mars in the 8th invariably leads to physical death
of spouse.
d. Rahu in the 7th can either lead to death or divorce
of spouse.
e. Rahu in the 8th causes death of spouse; in rare
cases it can be divorce also.
f. Venus caught in a Papakartari Yoga or with malefics
in the 4th, 7th or 8th from him deprives one of marital
happiness, usually through death.
These afflictions can be checked by benefics
influencing the zone of affliction or by matching with a
chart with similar afflictions. •
Chapter X
Practical Examples of
Matching
X
Example I
Matching of Dosha-free Charts
Chart A:Girl: Bom15-3-1966 at 11-
10.a.m.(IST)at10N49,79E50with a balance of 15 years, 10 months
and 15 days of Venus Dasa at birth.
Chart B: Boy: Bom 2-6-1963 at 6-59 a.m. at 13 N 05,80 E18 with a balance
of 1 year, 11 months and 23 days of Moon Dasa at birth.
These two charts are a good illustration of matching

between Dosha-free charts. The expression
'Dosha-free' does not mean there are absolutely no

afflictions in the two charts. It only means there are no
heavy afflictions that need to be taken care of.
We shall assess the two charts on the different factors
involved.
Longevity
Both charts are found to show good longevity.
Girl
The Moon is in Sagittarius, a powerful sign, aspected
powerfully by its sign-dispositer Jupiter, and threfore,
well-placed. Of course, the Moon's 8th house occupation
is not good but this is made up by the sign involved being
a highly positive sign Sagittarius as also Jupiter's aspect.
Mercury (R) is in the 11th house debilitated but gets
cancellation of debility as his sign-dispositer Jupiter
occupies a Kendra from the Moon. Further, Mercury is in
an exchange of signs with Jupiter which is highly
desirable.
The Moon and Mercury are in mutual Kendras but
there is a powerful Jupiterean influence on both nullifying
any negative effects this can cause.
Boy
The Moon here too has a powerful Jupiterean
influence. Further, the Moon is in the 4th with Digbala.
Mercury, on the other hand, though in the 12th is in a
PRACTICAL EXAMPLES OF MATCHING 131
friendly sign Taurus, free of afflictions.

Both charts, therefore, show sound psychological
health.
More Than One Marriage
Girl
Kalatrakaraka Venus is quite well-placed in the 9th in
a friendly sign Capricorn. Venus, as Lagna lord, in the
9th favors his signification, that is, marital life.
The 7th lord Mars, though in the 11 th, is with benefic
Mercury and the Sun and influenced by the 11 th lord
Jupiter by a Parivartana with Mercury. From the Moon-
sign, Jupiter in the 7th is a stabilizing influence both on
the 7th house Gemini and 7th lord Mercury.
Boy
The 7th lord Jupiter is in the 10th in his own sign
aspected by the Moon and 11th lord Mars. There is no
influence of malefics on Venus who is in the 11 th. The
11th house connection is balanced by the powerful and
congenial influence of Jupiter on the Manahkaraka
Moon.
There are factors which cannot harm marital stability.
Dosha Assessment
Girl
Frdm the Ascendant
1. Rahu is in the 1st
2. Ketu is in the 7th
From the Moon

1. Mars is in the 4th
2. The Sun is in the 4th
From Venus
1. Saturn is in the 2nd
Boy
From the Ascendant
1. Rahu is in the 2nd
From the Moon
From Venus
1. The Sun is in the 2nd
2. Rahu is in the 4th
Both charts are relatively Dosha-free. The Rahu-Ketu
axis across the 1 st and 7th in the girls' chart is balanced
by the Nodal axis across the 2nd and the 8th in the boy's
case. Mars (R) in the girl's 4th from the Moon is
balanced by Mars in the 12th from the boy's Moon. Mars
(R) in the 4th in the girl's chart is diffused of most of his
maleficence by the Parivartana involving Jupiter-
Mercury. Rahu in the boy's 4th from Venus is offset by
Saturn in the 2nd from the girl's Venus.
Kuta Agreement
Girl - Purvashada (1) in Sagittarius Rasi
Boy - Hasta (4) in Virgo Rasi
Varna
Girl - Sagittarius — Kshatriya Boy
- Virgo — Vaishya Varna Kuta is
absent.
Vashya
The girl's Rasi Sagittarius and the boy's Virgo Rasi do
not come under the approved pair. Vashya Kuta is not
present.
Dina
Counting from the girl's Nakshatra Poorvashada to the
boy's Hasta, we get 21. Dividing 21/9, we get 2 plus
remainder 3.
Dina Kuta is absent.
Yoni
The girl's comes under male monkey (Purvashada)
while the boy's (Hasta) is female buffalo.
Since the Yonis are not inimical, Yoni Kuta may be
said to be present.
Grahamaitra
The girl's Rasi lord Jupiter and the boy's Rasi lord
Mercury are neutrals. Grahamaitra is present.
Gana
The girl's Nakshatra Purvashada comes under Manushya
Gana and the boy's Hasta under Daiva. Gana Kuta is
present.
Rasi
The girl's Janma Rasi Sagittarius is the 4th from the boy's
Janma Rasi Virgo. Rasi Kuta is present.
Nadi
The girl's Nakshatra Purvashada comes under Pittha and
the boy's, Hasta, comes under Vata. Nadi Kuta is present.
Rajju
Poorvashada (girl) comes under Ooru (thigh) and Hasta,
under Kanta (neck). Rajju Kuta is present.
Stree Deergha
The boy's constellation Hasta being the 21st from the
girl's Poorvashada, it is beyond the 9th from the latter's.
Stree Deergha is present.
Mahendra
The boy's Nakshatra is the 21st from the girl's
Nakshatra.
Mahendra Kuta is absent.
Therefore, Yoni, Graha, Maitri, Gana, Rasi, Nadi,
Rajju and Stree Deergha Kutas are present. Only Varna,
Vashya, Dina and Mahendra are lacking. Therefore, Kuta
agreement is present.
Summing up, since:

1. Longevity in both charts is good,
2. Mental and psychological health is sound,
3. Neither chart shows instability in marriage,
4. Kuta agreement is good,
the charts may be said to make a good pair and
compatible.
Example II
Matching of Dosha-ridden Charts
Chart C: Boy: Born 30-9-1967at8-40p.m. (1ST) at 10 N49,79 E50

with a balance of 6 years, 7 months and 29 days of Ketu Dasa at birth.
Chart D: Girl: Bom 15-7-1971 at 6-30 a.m. at 13 N 05, 80 E 18

with a balance of 3 years, 6 months and 3 days of Mercury Dasa at birth.
The two charts here have heavy Dosha content.

Longevity
Both have good longevity.
Boy
The Moon is extremely well-placed in the royal sign
Leo with benefics Venus and Jupiter. The Moon does not
receive any adverse aspects and may be said to be placed
congenially.
Mercury is in Libra in the 7th with Ketu which is a
mild affliction. The Sun and Mars flank Mercury but
these two factors may not indicate any psychological
difficulties in the boy as the Moon is very well-placed.
Girl
The Moon is quite well-placed in the 9th house
aspected by 9th lord Jupiter (R). The Moon is
Vargottama which is a plus point, especially that he
occupies the best trine in strength.
Mercury in this case too is with Ketu and receives the
combined aspects of Jupiter, Mars and Saturn. These
aspects are all favorable — Mars being exalted, Saturn's
being the 3rd house aspect from the 11th and Jupiter's,
being a trinal aspect.
The Moon and Mercury are so placed as to give good
mental and psychological health.
More Than One Marriage Factor
Boy
The 7th lord Venus in the 5th is well-placed with
Jupiter and the Moon. The 6th lord Mercury in the 7th,
therefore, does not become harmful.
Venus is also congenially placed and rules out any

serious blows to the marital relationship.
From the Moon-sign, the 1st and 7th lords, the Sun
and Saturn (R) are in opposition but the 7th from the
Moon-sign is favorably aspected by Jupiter.
Girl
The 7th lord Saturn in the 11th is favorably aspected
by Jupiter. Venus in the 12th is with Vargottama Sun but
unafflicted as the distance between the two is quite wide.
The affliction, if any, to Venus from the Sun may be
deemed minor.
Dosha Assessment Boy

From the Lagna
1. Rahu is in the 1st
4. Saturn is in the 12th
From the Moon

3. Saturn (R) is in the 8th
From Venus
Girl
From the Ascendant
1. Ketu is in the 1 st
3. Mars (R) is in the 7th
From the Moon
From Venus
1. Ketu is in the 2nd
3. Mars (R) is in the 8th
The main Dosha in the two charts come from Mars
and the Nodal axis.
The boy's Mars in the 8th from the Ascendant is
matched by Mars (R) in the 8th from the girl's Venus.
Mars in the 4th from the boy's Moon and Venus is
balanced by Mars in the 7th from the girl's Ascendant.
The boy's Nodal axis across the Lagna is balanced by
the axis in the girl's 1st and 7th houses.
Saturn in the 8th and the Sun in the 2nd from the boy's
Moon is offset by the Nodal axis across the 2nd and 8th
from the girl's Venus.
There is good Dosha Samya between the two charts.
Kuta Agreement
Boy - Makha (1) — Leo Rasi Girl -
Revati (2) — Meena Rasi
Varna
Boy -Leo — Kshatriya
Girl - Pisces — Brahmin
Varna Kuta is absent.
Vashya
Boy - Leo
Girl - Pisces
Vashya Kuta is absent.
Dina
The boy's Nakshatra Makha is the 11th from the girl's
Revati. Dividing 11 by 9, we get 1 plus 2 remainder
which is good.
Dina Kuta is present
Yoni
Boy -Makha — Male rat
Girl - Revati — Female elephant
Since the Yonis are of non-inimical animals and of
different sexes, Yoni Kuta is present.
Graha Maitra
The boy's Rasi lord Sun and the girl's Rasi lord Jupiter
are friends. Griha Maitra is present.
Gana
Boy - Makha — Rakshasa, but since Venus and Jupiter
are with the Moon, the affliction is nullified. Girl -
Revati — Daiva Gana Kuta is present
Rasi
The boy's Rasi is in the 6th from the girl's which is not
favorable.
Rasi Kuta is absent.
Nadi
The boy's Nakshatra comes under Sleshma Nadi and the
girl's Revati also under Sleshma Rasi. Nadi Kuta is
absent.
Rajju
Boy - Makha — Pada (foot) Girl -
Revati — Pada (foot) Rajju Kuta is
absent.
Stree Deergha
The boy's constellation Makha is beyond the 9th from the
girl's Revati. Stree Deergha is present.
Mahendra
Mahendra Kuta is not present.
Summing up, Varna, Vashya, Rasi, Nadi, Rajju and
Mahendra Kutas are absent while Dina, Yoni, Graha
Maitra, Gana and Stree Deergha Kutas are present. Kuta
agreement obtains.
In conclusion:
(1) Longevity is good,
(2) Mental and psychological health factors are
favorably placed,
(3) Marital stability is good in both charts,
(4) Dosha Samya is present,
(5) Kuta Agreement is passable.
Therefore, both charts, although with strong afflictions

or Doshas, are evenly placed and the matching between
them may be said to be good.
PRACTICAL EXAMPLES OK MATCHING 143
Example III
A Case of Bad Matching
Chart E: Girl: Born 15-7-1969 at 00-30 a.m. (IST) at 13 N 00,77 E 35

with a balance of 1 year, 2 months and 15 days of Jupiter Dasa at birth.
Chart F: Boy: Born 5-11-1965 at 11-15 p.m. (1ST) at 13 N, 77 E 35

with a balance of 9 years, 9 months and 4 days of Saturn Dasa at birth.
These two natives got married with the marriage

being celebrated on a grand scale. But the marriage
floundered and ended on the rocks. Let us try to see

where the problem began astrologically. Of course, the
marriage, when it was finalised, did not seek astrological
guidance.
Longevity
The longevity in both charts is reasonably good.

Girl
The Moon is in a highly emotional sign. The
proximity of the Moon at 92° 19' to the Sun at 90° 19' in
the same sign calls for great care while matching as it
makes the native deeply emotional and sensitive.
However, the Moon being Vargottama and in his own
sign, are plus points and indicate a sound state of mind.
Mercury is in the 3rd house aspected by debilitated
Saturn and Lagna lord Mars. However, being in his own
sign, Gemini is of some help.
Boy
The Moon, who is also the Lagna lord in the 9th
house, is in Cancer. This by itself is not bad. But the
Moon is aspected by Mars from the 6th house, a Dustana,
with Mars being in Moola. Moola is ruled by Ketu and
Ketu is in Scorpio with Buddhikaraka Mercury aspected
by the unfeeling retrograde Saturn. This gives a tendency
to inflict pain and suffering on others and is not a
desirable planetary feature.
Mercury is in the 5th with Ketu and aspected
powerfully by malefic retrograde Saturn which is again

not a happy feature.
More than One Marriage Factor

Moving on to the question of, if either chart carries
clues to more than one marriage and therefore, jeopardy
to the first marriage, we find the girl's Venus is
Vargottama and quite well-placed in the 2nd house in his
own sign. But Saturn as 10th and, more significantly, as
11th lord is in the Ascendant aspecting the 7th house
which makes the chart vulnerable to instability in
marriage. Further, there is Mars in the 8th from the
Ascendant and in the 7th from Kalatrakaraka Venus
which are factors that require to be balanced in the
groom's chart. Minor afflictions are the Sun in the 4th and
Rahu in the 12th from the Ascendant.
Moving on to the boy's chart, the 7th lord Saturn is in
the 8th retrograde. Even if in his own sign and
Moolatrikona Aquarius, the retrogression of the 7th lord
is a factor that calls for caution. The Kalatrakaraka
Venus is in the 6th with Mars aspected by Jupiter (R)
from the 12th, also from a common sign. The Ascendant
lord Moon too is in Pisces, another dual sign. These are
all factors which distinctly point to more than one
marriage implying the first marriage may not last.
Dosha Assessment
Girl
From the Ascendant
1. Saturn (debilitated) is in the 1st
2. The Sun occupies the 4th
3. Mars is in the 8th from the Ascendant

From the Moon
1. The Sun is in the 1st
From Venus
Boy
From the Ascendant
1. The Sun (in debility) is in the 4th
From the Moon
1. The Sun (in debility) is in the 4th
From Venus
1. Mars (R) is in the 1st
Afflictions in the boy's chart center round the Sun in
the 4th and Saturn in the 8th which may be described as
too mild to keep at bay Mars in the 8th from Lagna and
in the 7th from Venus in the girl's chart.
Further, Saturn in the Ascendant, especially in this
case, as the Lagna happens to be Aries, is a major
drawback in the girl's chart.
Kuta Agreement
Girl - Punarvasu (4) in Cancer Rasi
Boy - Uttarabhadrapada (2) in Pisces Rasi
Varna
Girl - Cancer — Brahmin . Boy -
Pisces — Brahmin Varna Kuta is
present.
Vashya
Vashya Kuta is not present
Dina
Counting the girl's Nakshatra Punarvasu from the
boy's Uttarabhadrapada, we get 16. Dividing 16 by 9, we
get remainder 7.
Therefore, Dina Kuta is not present
Yoni
Girl - Punarvasu (female cat) Boy - Uttarabhadrapada
(female cow) The Yonis are not of different sexes and
therefore, Yoni Kuta is not satisfactory.
Graha Maitra
The girl's Moon-sign lord is the Moon and the boy's
Jupiter. The Moon is neutral to Jupiter and Jupiter is
friendly to the Moon.
Graha Maitra is present.
Gana
Girl - Punarvasu—Daiva
Boy - Uttarabhadrapada — Manushya
Gana Kuta is passable.

Rasi
The Janma Rasi of the girl is the 5th from the boy's
which is good. Rasi Kuta. is present.
Nadi
Girl - Punarvasu — Vata
Boy - Uttarabhadrapada — Pittha
Nadi Kuta is present.
Rajju
Girl - Punarvasu — Nabhi (navel) Boy -
Uttarabhadrapada — Ooru (thigh) Rajju
Kuta is present.
Stree Deergha
The boy's constellation being the 20th, Stree Deergha
is present.
Mahendra
Girl - Punarvasu Boy -
Uttarabhadrapada
The boy's constellation being the 20th from the girl's,
Mahendra Kuta is absent.
Therefore, in this case, Kuta agreement occurs in
Varna, Graha Maitra, Gana, Rasi, Nadi, Rajju and Stree
Deergha — in 6 factors in all.
Kuta agreement is lacking in Vashya, Dina, Yoni and
Mahendra — 4 factors.
As a rule, if at least 5 factors obtain, then Kuta
agreement may be deemed to be present.

Therefore, Kuta agreement is present.
Summing up,
1) Longevity is good,
2) The boy's psychological health is not
satisfactory,
3) Dosha Samya is lacking,
4) The girl's chart shows instability while the
boy'a chart indicates more than one marriage.
The more important factors of psychological health,
Dosha Samya and more than one marriage being
unsatisfactory, the horoscopic compatibility between the
two natives is badly lacking.
The couple left for the United States soon after the
marriage. But the girl was in for a shock, as day by day
she found her husband's ill-treatment growing worse.
Traumatised and unable to bear it any longer, she fled to
a family friend's place, and from there, returned to India
to her parents. She was able to obtain divorce shortly
after.
Pairing with a Suitable Chart

This same girl got married a second time on 26-7-
1998 to a gentle and amicable highly qualified divorcee.
In this case, the groom who had been married earlier
on 2-12-1993 had obtained a divorce on 18-6-1998. He
married the native of Chart E at a simple ceremony and
now, both are happily settled in the U.S.A.
Chart G: Husband: Born 19-6-1969 at 11 -18 a.m. (1ST) at 17 N 22,

78 E 26 with a balance of 9 years, 7 months and 3 days of Mercury Dasa
at birth.
Longevity
Longevity in both charts is good.
The boy has Moon in Cancer in his own sign free of
aspects and association. There are no afflictions to
the Moon by aspect or association which testifies to
the congenial state of mind of the boy. Mercury is in
the 10th Vargottama in a friendly sign and aspected by
Mars (R) and Jupiter. Mercury is not afflicted in any
way.
More Than One Marriage Factor
The 7th lord Saturn is in the 9th in debility and with
Karaka Venus. The affliction to Venus can result in the
first marriage breaking up.
Dosha Assessment
From the Ascendant
1. Ketu is in the 2nd house
2. Mars (R) is in the 4th house
3. Rahu is in the 8th house
From the Moon
1. The Sun is in the 12th house
From Venus
1. Saturn (in debility) is in the 1st house
2. Mars is in the 8th house
3. Rahu is in the 12th house
Comparing these Dosha factors with those in the girl's
chart, that due to Mars (R) in the 8th from Venus and of
Saturn in the 1 st from Venus in the boy's, balance the
same two afflictions in the girl's chart from the
Ascendant. The girl additionally has Mars in the 7th
from Venus which is balanced by retrograde Mars in the
4th from Lagna in the boy's chart.
Further, in both charts, the first marriages have failed
and this fact must be borne in mind in evaluating the
balancing of Dosha in these charts.
Kuta Agrement
Girl - Punarvasu (4) in Cancer Rasi
Boy - Aslesha (3) in Cancer Rasi
The boy and girl both have common Janma Rasi but
the Nakshatra of the girl precedes that of the boy which
is not forbidden. But let us also look at the other Kuta
details.
Varna
Both come under Cancer showing Brahmin which is
desirable.
Varna Kuta is present.
Vashya
Dina
The boy's Nakshatra is the 3rd from the girl's.
Dina Kuta is absent.
Yoni
Girl - Punarvasu — female cat
Boy - Aslesha — male cat
Since both belong to the same animal and different
sexes, Yoni Kuta is present.
Graha Maitra
Both the boy and the girl have the same Janma Rasi, and
therefore, the same planet Moon as their Rasi lord.
Grahamaitra is present.
Gana
Girl - Punarvasu (Daiva)
Boy - Aslesha (Rakshasa)
However, the Moon being free of adverse influences,
the Rakshasa Gana can be reined in.
Gana Kuta is absent.
Rasi
The Janma Rasis are in the same sign. Rasi
Kuta is present.
Nadi
Girl - Punarvasu (vata) Boy -
Aslesha (Sleshma) Nadi Kuta
is present.
Rajju
Girl - Punarvasu — Nabhi (navel) Boy
- Aslesha — Pada (foot) Rajju Kuta is
present.
Stree Deergha
Since the boy's constellation is the 3rd from the girl's,
Stree Deergha is absent.
Mahendra
For the same reason, Mahendra Kuta too is absent.
In this pair, Kuta agreement is present in Varna, Yoni,
Grahamaitra, Rasi, Nadi and Rajju while it is lacking in
Vashya, Dina, Gana, Stree Deergha and Mahendra.
Kuta agreement occurs in 6 factors which is a good
score.
The more important factors of psychological health,
Dosha Samya and the more than one marriage factor
being compatible, the match between this pair can be
said to be good.
Example IV Dangerous
Charts
Chart H: Girl: Born 9-9-1968 at 3-40 a.m. (IST) at 22 N 35, 88 E 21

with balance of 14 years, 10 months and 7 days of Mercury Dasa at birth.
Chart I: Boy: Bom 28-9-1964 at 23h. at 31 N 49,76 E 32 with a balance of

6 years, 8 months and 22 days of Rahu Dasa at birth.
Longevity and Mental Health

Girl
The Ascendant Cancer has its ruler Moon in the 9th,
a trine aspected by natural benefics Mercury and Venus.

But a closer look will reveal the Moon is in exact degree
conjunction with Rahu. Such a planetary disposition
should at once make one sit up and check for negative
factors.
Natural malefics, Mars and Saturn, are in the 1st and
10th Kendras, both in their signs of debilitation. No
benefics occupy the Kendras. Jupiter is combust.
Such a planetary set-up can indicate some serious
deficiency in the mind or the body. Her, the Moon,
though with Rahu is aspected by Mercury and Venus,
both natural benefics. But again, Mercury in mutual
aspect with the Moon, is never desirable in the absence
of strong balancing features.
The Ascendant is heavily afflicted by malefics in
Kendras with no redeeming influences with the Moon as
the Ascendant lord also afflicted. Therefore, this brings
the physical body and well-being of the girl in question.
In other words, longevity becomes highly doubtful.
Boy
The Ascendant Gemini is afflicted by the Moon and
the presence of Rahu in it. The Ascendant lord Mercury
in the 4th in his sign of exaltation is in a cuspal degree.
No benefics occupy the Kendras with only the Nodes and
the Sun in Kendras. This chart too, therefore, becomes
deficient in terms of both mental and physical well-
being. The mutual Kendra positions of the afflicted
Moon and Mercury must be taken note of as well as the
Ascendant sign occupied by the Moon and Rahu.
Jupiter's aspect on Mercury is from the 12th house and a

slight relief.
Therefore, not only do both charts show poor
longevity but also highly complex psychological
personalities. Of course, the girl's is better than boy's as
far as mental health goes.
Therefore, such charts must be marked out as
incapable of normal life, especially marital life.
Let us, however, go through the entire process of
matching and see where the whole thing stands.
More Than One Marriage
Girl
Five planets out of 9 factors are in common signs plus
a badly afflicted Moon. Venus, Mercury and Ketu are in
the 7th from the Moon in a common sign which rules out
stability or durability of marital life. Boy
The Ascendant Gemini has the 2nd lord Moon in it
with Rahu. The Ascendant lord Mercury is in the 4th in a
common sign with the Sun but with some relief from
Jupiter's aspect. But Jupiter as 7th lord in the 12th is not a
happy feature, especially that the Lagna and the Moon
are both afflicted by the Nodes. Marital life does not
appear to be sound or stable in this case.
Dosha Assessment Girl

From the Lagna
1. Mars (in debility) is in the 1st 2.
The Sun is in the 2nd
From the Moon

1. Rahu is in the 1 st
2. Saturn is in the 2nd
From Venus
1. Ketu is in the 1st
Boy
From the Lagna
1. Rahu is in the 1 st
2. Mars (in debility) is in the 2nd
From the Moon
Same as for the Lagna From
Venus
3. Mars (in debility) is in the 12th
The afflictions are about the same and evenly
distributed.
The Nodal axis afflicts the Moon-sign of the girl and
the Ascendant plus Moon-sign of the boy, the latter being
more weighty. But this is offset by the Nodal affliction to
Venus in the girl's case.
Mars in the 1st of the girl's is balanced by Mars in the
2nd from the boy's, but since it occurs also with
reference to the Moon-sign, the boy's Dosha exceeds the
girl's.
Saturn in the 8th from the girl's Venus is balanced by

Saturn in the 7th from the boy's.
Kuta Agreement
Girl - Revati (1) -Pisces
Boy - Aridra (3) - Gemini
Varna
Girl - Pisces — Brahmin
Boy - Gemini — Sudra
Varna Kuta is absent.
Vashya
Gemini and Pisces have no Vashya.
Dina
Girl - Revati
Boy - Aridra Counting from the girl's Nakshatra
(Revati) to the boy's constellation Aridra, we get 7 which
is not good. Dina Kuta is absent.
Yoni Kuta
Girl - Revati — Female elephant
Boy - Aridra — female dog Yoni
Kuta is absent.
Grahamaitra
Girl -Pisces — Jupiter Boy - Gemini
— Mercury Mercury and Jupiter are
neutrals. Grahamaitra is present.
Gana
Girl - Revati — Daiva Boy -
Aridra — Manushya Gana
Kuta is present.
Rasi
The boy's Janma Rasi Gemini is in the 4th from the girl's
Janma Rasi Pisces and is not desirable. Rasi Kuta is
absent.
Nadi
Girl - Revati — Sleshma
Boy - Aridra — Vata Nadi
Kuta is present.
Rajju
Girl - Revati—Pada (feet) Boy
- Aridra — Kanta (neck) Rajju
Kuta is present.
Stree Deergha
The Boy's Nakshatra Aridra is the 7th from Revati,
the girl's Nakshatra.
Stree Deergha is absent.
Mahendra
Revati to Aridra = 7
Mahendra Kuta is present.
Graha Maitra, Gana, Rasi, Nadi, Rajju and
Mahendra Kutas are present which is quite a good score.
But this assessement takes no note of the basic
structure of the charts, either in terms of longevity or
mental health, the primary and most important
considerations while matching and therefore, if taken as

conclusive, can be misleading.
This example is a good illustration of how improper
assessment of charts based only on Kuta agreement can
lead to tragic consequence as will be evident from the
following facts of the case :
The girl got married on 6-3-1992 to the man she had
fallen in love with, despite stiff opposition from her
family. Following ill-treatment from her in-laws, she
took an overdose of sleeping tablets on 30-5-1993. She
survived but went back to her parents on 11-6-1993.
When even after a year and a half, no one from her
husband's family contacted her, her family filed a dowry
case against them. Two brothers-in-law were taken into
custody for 28 days as a result. Some mediation by her
in-laws followed after which she went back to them on
10-9-1994. She took up a teaching job. She was allegedly
murdered by her husband in her flat at Bhubaneswar on
18-10-1997 at about 4-30 p.m. by her throat being slit.
The husband was taken into police custody on 20-10-
1997. •
Chapter XI
Some Questions Answered

XI
Question: Many eligible alliances are rejected simply

becuase the horoscopes are not found satisfactory. Is it
not unfair to the parties concerned and does it not
amount to spoiling the marital prospects of the young
boy and girl who may be eager to get married ?
Answer: This is a very interesting question and whole
tomes can be written before coming up with a complete
answer. However, to be brief, there are two angles to this
question.
If by 'eligible' is meant social status, family
background and such other factors, then marriages made
only on these assessments should have been highly
successful which is far from true. Your question is akin
to asking a doctor to overlook the diagnosis of a terminal
ailment in the patient so that his mental peace and / or
marital prospects are not disturbed. Would a doctor,
when he finds a young man or woman testing HIV
positive, refrain from divulging it because it would mar
their prospects of marriage ? But, in astrology, unlike in
medical diagnosis, when an affliction is pointed out, it is
done with a view to help the natives involved avoid a
disastrous marriage. Because a chart has a certain
affliction, it does not mean it is an absolute write-off of
the marriage. Rather, it is a warning to be careful with the
instruction that if paired with a suitable chart, a normal
marital life can be ensured.
Question: Many a time, it is found that the

compatibility of the boy and girl works out to an
excellent score of 25 points or above out of 36 points.
Yet, these marriages break off or disintegrate in a couple
of years and sometimes, within months. For example, in
the case of a tragic marriage, the compatibility between
the girl — Uttarabhadrapada (4) and the boy,
Poorvabhadrapada (4) — came to 33 out of 36 points.
Why did the marriage end in divorce inspite of such good
matching ?
Answer: If you have gone through the entire text of
this book, you will find that the matching rules have not
been applied at all. Matching is a long drawn process and
takes into accounts several important factors. The test of
Kuta agreement on which the match in question was
made is not the all of matching. It is only one of several
factors involved in the matching process and is not a
decisive one. At best, it can be described as about only 10
percent of the total process of matching. Naturally,
results have gone awry.
Question: It is said that girls born under Moola (I)

Aslesha (I), Jyeshta (1) and Visakha (4) are likely to be
adverse to the father-in-law, mother-in-law, husband's
eldest brother and the husband's youngest brother
respectively. In fact, this is given so much importance that
girls born in these Nakshatras are rejected outright. In
some cases, the families of the girls themselves try to
locate proposals where the respective relative is either
dead or not
SOME QUESTIONS ANSWERED 165
available. For example, the parents of an Aslesha girl try

to find a groom whose mother may be dead. Likewise, in
the case of a Moola born girl, they may try alliances
where the boy has no father. In the case of a Jyeshta or
Visakha girl, they may concentrate on locating a groom
who may have no elder or younger brother respectively.
How far is this belief justified and what is the solution for
such Nakshatras ?
Answer: Almost all classical works that touch on
matching for marriage talk of these 4 Nakshatras and
their connection with the respective relatives of the
groom. But these are very broad generalisations and
cannot be applied literally.
However, the connection cannot be disputed either.
But, one must note the connection is not a cause and
effect connection. If a statistical study is made, then one
would not be surprised to note that the respective
relatives have, indeed, been adversely affected after the
marriage, more in the case of girls coming under the
specified Nakshtras than in the case of those born in
Nakshtras other than these. The adversity, however,
would also be indicated independently in the relative's
chart too.
Secondly, if the girl's chart is otherwise strong and
well-placed, the adversity may not show up. In such
cases, the respective relative's chart will also be quite
safe.
Coming to the second part of your question, the
approach itself is highly defective. What a parent should
concentrate on is the compatibility of horoscopic
factors between the girl and the boy and not extraneous
factors, such as the absence or death of relatives of the
boy. Because, when one takes such factors as the
criterion for the match, one is making the major mistake
of assuming all other astrological factors — longevity,
mental health, balancing of Dosha — are sound which in
fact may not be the case. If the astrological factors are
assessed carefully and completely, then there is no need
to pay undue attention to the Nakshatra of the girl
coming under one of these four Nakshatras.
Question: What is Dasa Sandhi ? How important is it

in matching?
Answer: Dasa Sandhi is given great importance in
certain parts of South India. The Dasas in the charts of
the boy and the girl are drawn up. About 5 Dasas after
the Dasa at birth would normally suffice. The Dasa-
ending periods in the two charts are then checked to
ensure they do not end within the span of one year. For
example, in the case of a couple, the man's Venus Dasa is
due to end in November 2001. The wife's Jupiter Dasa is
due to end in January 2001: That means, the respective
Dasas in their lives end within a gap of 12 months.
Unexpected problems have hit the couple. The husband's
career crashed overnight leaving him shattered and
humiliated. The stress the couple is undergoing is
tremendous because of Dasa Sandhi. Therefore, in order
to avoid major calamities, the Dasa Sandhi is also
checked. However, if the main factors in matching charts
have been found to be good, then
even if there is Dasa Sandhi, the difficulties associated

with it can be overcome.
Question: It is said there should be no three Jyeshtas

in a marriage. What does this mean ?
Answer: Tri-Jyeshta Dosha is the concurring of three
Jyeshtas at a marriage and is to be avoided at all costs.
The lunar month of Jyeshta usually occurs between May
and June each year. Jyeshta Masa is, in fact, considered
desirable for a marriage Muhurtha. But in such a case, if
the birth Nakshatra is Jyeshta or if either the boy or the
girl is the eldest (Jyeshta) child in the respective family,
then there can be said to be concurrence of three Jyeshtas
— the lunar month, the Janma Nakshtra and the boy (or
girl) being the jyeshta (eldest in the respective family).
Such a concurrence is to be avoided if the marriage and
the families involved should be happy. Marriage in
Jyeshta Nakshatra for a Muhurtha also, as a rule, is
forbidden.
Question: Sometimes, birth charts may not be

available. This can happen in cases where the birth time
may not have been recorded at all. How can
compatibility between the couple be tested ?
Answer: According to several classical works such as
Vidya Madhaveeyam, Prasna Sangraha and Prasna
Marga, the compatibility of a pair can be examined on
the basis of the Prasna chart. Of course, in such cases, the
framing of the question should be appropriate. A
question, "Will this proposal be
conducive to a happy and long marriage ?" would be

quite properly putting the whole thing. Or, one may even
ask "Can A (girl) marry B (boy) ?"
The chart for the time of question is cast and the
interpretation may be made based on general principles
of hoary astrology or Prasna.
Benefics aspecting the Ascendant, especially from the
7th house, indicate the proposed match can be happy.
Malefics in the 7th aspecting the Ascendant are a
warning against the match indicating unhappiness or
termination of the marriage.
Jupiter, Venus, Mercury associated with benefics or
the Ascendant lord in the 7th are conducive to the match.
Likewise, the Sun, Mars, Saturn or heavily afflicted
Mercury in the 7th are not indicative of happiness in the
proposed match.
The Moon in the 6th or the 8th from the Prasna
Ascendant cautions against the match. If at the same
time, Mars occupies the 6th or 8th from the Moon, it
shows death of one of the proposed pair. If the Moon and
Mars occupy the 7th, then also it shows dire calamity to
one of the parties.
If the Kalatrakaraka Venus is well-placed in an
Upachaya (the 3rd, 6th, 10th or 11th houses) and so also
the 7th lord, it endorses the match in question.
If the Ascendant, the 5th, the 8th and the 9th houses
are associated with or aspected by their respective lords,
and are devoid of malefic aspects and associations, then
also the match can be recommended.
If the Ascendant and the Moon are in benefic signs

in the Navamsa, then also it is favorable for the match.
Question: What is Nama Nakshatra Kuta ? How

far can it be relied upon for matching ?
Answer: Sometimes, there are absolutely no
particulars of birth available including the date of birth.
At such times, matching may be considered on the
basis of the names of the boy and the girl. Most
classical works on astrology that deal with Muhurtha
carry a table where each Pada of the 27 Nakshatras is
identified with a syllable.
Using this table, one can locate the Nakshatra Pada,
and therefore, the Rasi of an individual.
Let us take the case of a proposal where the boy is
Kartik and the girl is Mythili.
The first syllable in the boy's name is Ka (*) for
which the Nakshatra is Mrigasira (3). The first syllable
in the girl's name is My (*) which is Makha (4). The
compatibility between these two Nakshatras on the
basis of the Kuta agreement factors is passable. As a
confirmation, a Prasna chart can also be erected and
analysed before approving the match.
Table of Nama Nakshatras

Question: Can a chart that shows loss of spouse be

handled effectively by a chart where there is no loss
indicated ? For example, why not pair a chart with Mars
in the 8th with another chart which has good longevity
as also stable married life indicated in it ?
Likewise, what would be the outcome if the chart of a
boy with short life indications is matched with that of a
girl with a long married life ?
My uncle's son died in about September-October
1962. A marriage alliance came for him while he was
about 17 years and still in college. A local astrologer
said that the horoscopes of the boy and the girl matched
well in all respects. But, he failed to examine and point
out the Alpayus (short life) in the boy's chart.
My uncle's son, though inwardly desirous of marriage
with this girl, could not do so because of two reasons. He
had to still complete his studies and secondly, his parents
too were not willing to go ahead with the proposal for
one reason or the other. The girl, then only 14 years old,
was said to be eager to marry the boy.
Unfortunately, the boy, while studying in B.T
(equivalent to B.Ed.), died unexpectedly of smallpox in
1962. The astrologer who recommended the alliance said
that if the marriage had been
performed, the boy would have been alive because of the

Mangalya Bala in the girl's chart.
Kindly clarify if this would have been possible. Can
the short life of a boy who marries a girl whose chart has
strong Mangalaya Bala be saved and extended to long
life ? Is there any sanction or authority in the classical
works for such a match ?
Chart: Boy: Born 31-12-1940 at 0-25 a.m. (1ST) at 8 N 45, 77 E 43

with a balance of 9 years, 0 month and 9 days of Venus Dasa at birth.
Chart : Girl: Born 21-10-1943 at 12-45 p.m. at 8 N 45, 77 E 4

with a balance of 12 years, 5 months and 27 days of Saturn Dasa at birth.
Answer: This is a speculative question and an

experiment on these lines may prove both costly and
tragic. The antidote for Dosha primarily stems from the
mathematical truth that two minuses make one plus. It is
also known that plus and minus never make plus but
only minus and this applies equally well to astrological
matching of charts too.
Such a match has no astrological sanction. Extending
the underlying principle on tackling Kuja Dosha to other
Doshas also, balancing of Doshas can help to tackle the
Doshas by either minimising their impact or intensity or
by diffusing them. Linking a Dosha-ridden chart with a
no-Dosha chart is not the solution.
In this particular case, the marriage did not
materialise. The boy died in his youth. As for the girl,
she got married in 1960 to a clerk who retired from
service in 1992. Both the girl and her husband are living
and have 4 daughters but no son. The lady's married life
has been happy and long.
In the chart of the lady, the 8th and 9th houses have
benefics in them, which tend to protect her Mangalya
Bhava or coverture. However, going back to the
question if a match between these two charts could have
saved the boy, it cannot be answered in the affirmative.
There is no sanction for such a match in classical works.
Three combinations from classical works can be
quoted in this context.
1. When a girl has malefics in the 7th and 8th houses,
a benefic in the 9th will give a long and happy married
life.
2. A benefic in the 8th house, if free from malefic

influences by aspect or conjunction, generally does not
allow the spouse to pre-decease the native.
3. If both malefic and benefic planets occupy the 8th
house, the deaths of the native and the spouse occur
about the same time. If all other factors are also
supportive, then in some cases, death can occur at the
same time or about the same time or within a maximum
time gap of twelve months.
Question: Some say that if one has Rahu in the 7th, it
is a major affliction showing a miserable marriage but if
such a native goes in for an inter-caste marriage, the
affliction gets diffused. Is it the correct way to overcome
this affliction ?
Answer: This question only points to the several
misconceptions prevailing in the minds of people. Rahu
in the 7th can, if not handled properly, give an unhappy
marriage. Most times, this affliction tends to give
marriage out of one's caste, community or even race.
Alternately, it can indicate marriage with a cousin,
mostly maternal. However, simply because such a
marriage is contracted, does not mean the affliction is
overcome. There are countless cases where such an
affliction has caused havoc in the marriage, irrespective
of whether it is an unconventional one or with a maternal
relative. Rahu in the 7th has to be balanced by a like
Dosha in the other chart.
Question: Which are the Maha Nakshatras and why

are they given a special status in matching of charts ?
meaning,
Answer: According to Kala Vidhana,
should the birth star of either the bride or the

groom happen to be Swati, Mrigasira, Makha or
Anuradha, they will match very well even if all the
ten Kutas do not agree.
Mrigasira, Makha, Swati and Anuradha are known as
Maha Nakshatras. They are extolled as being auspicious,
and therefore, capable of overriding Kuta agreement
considerations. For example, the Kuta agreement
between Chitta (3) in Libra Rasi and Anuradha (in
Scorpio) is dismally poor. But as Anuradha is one of the
Maha Nakshatras, the results of the Kuta test can be
ignored. The Maha Nakshatras have an unusual resilience
and can overcome problems associated with a poor count
in the Kuta agreement test. But it is important to
remember that merely becasue one is born in a Maha
Nakshatra, it does not insure one against the other
defective factors of inadequate longevity, mental and
psychological personality imbalances, vulnerability to
more than one partner or absence of a balance in the
malefic content of the two charts. Only after all these
factors have been found to be okay, can the special status
of Maha Nakshatras be recognised.
Question : Matching of charts is advisable to ensure

that the young couple are happy, healthy and
long-lived. Is matching necessary when one contracts a

second or even a third marriage ?
Answer: Whether one marries for the first or the
second or even the 3rd time, normally the objective is to
be happy in the union. Therefore, when the first marriage
has failed and a second marriage is contemplated,
matching of charts continues to serve the same purpose
of ensuring a reasonable degree of happiness and
stability. Marriages are also contracted for money,
prestige and other extraneous reasons but they do not fit
into the concept of marriage as prevailing in India as a
Vedic Samskara or Vedic sacrament. Matching of charts
is meant to ensure a happy marriage and a life of
contentment and satisfaction between the husband and
the wife preparing them to pursue the objectives of
Grihasthasrama.
Question: What are the combinations for widowhood

?
Answer: Many charts are deceptively misleading
when it comes to identifying loss of spouse by death.
Classical texts carry many combinations for such a
tragedy. Some of these combinations work literally,
others have to be suitably adapted.
Some combinations commonly found in almost all
classical works for loss of husband (or wife) are :
(l) The lords of the 7th and 8th houses together and
occupying the 8th house aspected by malefic planets.
(2) Rahu in the 7th, the 7th lord conjoining the Sun
aspected by the 8th lord.
(3) Mars in the 8th with the 8th lord and Lagna in a
malefic Navamsa.
(4) Rahu joined by Mars and Saturn in the 7th or 8th
can show early widowhood.
(5) If the 7th lord is malefic and Mars and Saturn are
in the 7th or the 8th.
(6) If the 7th and its lord are between malefics in
conjunction with no benefics or not aspected by benefics.
(7) If the Navamsa lord of the 7th is in debility, eclipsed
or combust or between evil planets and unfavorable
Shadvargas.
(8) The Moon in Cancer in Saturn's Trimsamsa can
also show widowhood.
(9) If Mars occupies the 7th, widowhood comes
very soon after marriage.
The most commonly known combinations for
widowhood are dominated by the position of Mars.
If Mars, bereft of the aspect or conjunction of an
auspicious (or benefic) planet, is posited in the
Ascendant, the 2nd, the 12th, the 4th, the 7th or the 8th, it
indicates death of spouse.
But there is provision to overcome this Dosha in
classical works according to which, if a man has a Yoga
similar to the Yoga in a woman's chart for widowhood,
then marriage between them leads to cancellation of such
a Yoga. This is the principle behind balancing of malefic
content or Dosha in charts for marriage.
(10) If malefics flank Venus on either side as in a
Papakartari Yoga or occupy the 4th, the 8th and the 12th
from Venus jointly or severally, loss of spouse can occur
by death.
(11) Likewise, the 7th lord in the 8th or the 8th lord in
the 7th or a Parivartana or exchange of signs between the
7th and 8th lords can snatch away one's spouse.
(12) Yogas for widowhood gain strength if a Martian
Navamsa is shown.
(13) If the Sun is in Lagna and Saturn in the 7th, loss
of partner is shown.
(14) Venus, if conjoined with a malefic and with no
benefic aspect, can cause death of spouse through fire.
(15) If Venus, caught between malefics, occupies the
8th or the 4th, loss of married partner is likely.
(16) If Venus and the Sun occupy the 5th, the 7th or
the 9th, it shows loss of spouse.
(17) If Venus joined by Mars and Saturn is in the 7th
house, loss of spouse is indicated.
(18) If Mars be in the 6th, Rahu in the 7th and Saturn
in the 8th, loss of married partner is possible.
(19) If the Lagna lord is in debility or a debilitated
planet occupies the Lagna, loss of spouse is the result.
(20) If Rahu and Saturn occupy the Lagna, the spouse
may be lost due to scandals etc.
(21) If Venus be in the 6th, the 8th or the 12th in
conjunction with either the 7th or the 2nd lord, loss of
spouse is shown.
(22) Malefics in the 4th and the 8th from Venus
indicate loss of spouse.
(23) If Venus be caught between malefics, one may
lose one's spouse.
(24) If the 5th lord be in the 7th and the 7th lord be
joined by a malefic, loss of spouse is indicated. In the
case of a male chart, it can show death of wife through
abortion or delivery.
(25) If Venus or the Moon occupy the 4th house in
depression, loss of spouse is the result.
(26) If Venus be conjoined with the 6th lord, then also
it shows loss of spouse.
In all these combinations, risking the charge of being
repetitive, let me emphasise the influence by aspect or
association of the Ascendant lord, sign-dispositor or
Jupiter is of great help. No single combination should be
taken in isolation to come to any conclusion.
Question: What other factors can overcome Mars in

the 7th ?
Answer: There is a school of thought that holds Mars
in the 7th is not harmful, if aspected by benefics —
Jupiter, Venus or Mercury or if benefics occupy the 4th,
5 th, 9th or 10th or even Lagna but themselves should not
be in debility, combust or with the Nodes. In other
words, Mars in the 7th can be curbed by a benefic in the
Ascendant, primarily. This is just an application of
Varahamihira's basic principle that Jupiter, Mercury or
the Lagna lord in Lagna strengthen the Ascendant, and
therefore, the horsocope in general. Likewise, malefics in
Lagna can be deemed to aggravate the Dosha of Mars.
But the best safeguard against Mars in the 7th is a similar
placement of this planet in the other chart also.
Question: What significance does Vedha have ?
Answer: Vedha is one of the more important Kuta

factors in judging marital compatibility between two
charts.
Vedha defines sets of asterisms that are mutually
repellent. These sets are :
Aswini-Jyeshta, Bharani-Anuradha, Krittika-Visakha,
Rohini-Swati, Aridra-Sravana, Punarvasu-Uttarashada,
Pushya-Purvashada, Aslesha-Moola, Makha-Revati,
Poorvaphalguni-Uttarabhadrapada, Uttaraphalguni-
Poorvabhadrapada, Hasta-Satabhisha, and Mrigasira-
Chitta, Dhanishta.
Aswini (0°), Makha (120°) and Moola (240°) are
known to be critical points of the Zodiac and are in
mutual trine.
Taking Aswini and Jyeshta, the first pair, we find the
two are equidistant from Makha. So also, the next pair
Bharani and Anuradha are equidistant from the 120 point
of the Zodiac or Makha. Krittika and Visakha, Rohini
and Swati are also similarly situated. In other words, it
implies if the Moons of the boy and the girl are situated
in Nakshatras equidistant from Makha, there is bound to
be unhappiness in their combined lives and so, Vedha is
said to be present between the two.
Aridra and Sravana are equidistant from the 0° point
or Aswini, Punarvasu and Uttarashada are also
equidistant from this point, so also Pushya and
Purvashada and Aslesha and Moola.
The pairs Makha-Revati, Poorvaphalguni-
Uttarabhadrapada, Uttaraphalguni-Purvabhadrapada
and Hasta-Sravana are equidistant from Moola. The

forbidden pairs, therefore, follow a distinct astronomical
pattern defined by each pair occupying the same distance
from the Aswini, Makha and Moola triad.
Likewise, just as 0°, 120° and 240° are deemed
inauspicious or Gandanta parts of the Zodiac, their mid-
points at 60°, 180° and 300° of the Zodiac may also be
deemed sensitive or critical points. These points
correspond to the mid-points of the Nakshatras
Mrigasira, Chitta and Dhanishta drawing mutually the
taboo of Vedha.
In the example case of Jyeshta (male) and Anuradha
(female) constellations, there is no Vedha or objection to
the pair.
Question: You say : "For a girl with Mars in the 8th, it

is better the boy too has Mars in the 8th. But if the girl
has Mars in the 7th, Mars in the 7th or 8th for the boy
would be quite okay."
I find this statement misleading and untenable due to
the following reason :
The strength of Mangalya Bhava should be
determined from the 8th house in the female horoscope.
The 7th house indicates the husband and his prosperity,
being the Kalatra Bhava.
In the male horoscope, the 7th house is the Kalatra
Bhava and the 8th is the house of longevity. There is no
Mangalya Bhava in a male horoscope.
In a female horoscope, malefics in the 7th and 8th
houses indicate the death of the husband. Hence, the
boy's horoscope to be matched with such girls, must have
malefics of equal strength in the 7th house only.
For a girl with malefics in the 7th and a boy who has
similar malefics in the 8th house is not a suitable match
at all. Instead, it will speed up the death of the husband.
What do you have to say ?
Answer: While the 8th house in a female chart is

called Mangalya Bhava, the 8th house in a male chart is
not referred to by that name only because of social
reasons. But the 8th house of the boy has equally to do
with the longevity or duration of the marital bond.
Additionally, irrespective of whether it is a boy's or a
girl's chart, the 8th house is the house of longevity also.
According to Brihat Parasara Hora, Chapter 80,
Sloka50, "..." which means, the same combinations for
widowhood in a woman's chart, if found in a man's chart
show loss of wife. Therefore, Mars in the 8th which is a
strong factor for vydhavya or loss of husband if present in
a male chart can also be understood to show loss of wife
in the latter case. Apart from the astrological factor, it is
common knowledge that a woman losing her husband
becomes more vulnerable than a man losing his wife.
Therefore, it was always thought safe that the woman
must be insured against such a contingency. Mars in the
7th may or may not destroy the marital bond as much as
Mars in the 8th. That is, the Dosha of Mars in the 8 th
becomes stronger than the Dosha of Mars in the 7th.
Therefore, a woman with Mars in the 8th has a stronger
Dosha than a man with Mars in the 7th which makes her
more vulnerable to loss of spouse than the man,
astrologically speaking. In order to offset such a result, it
is better to have Mars in the 8th in the male chart also for
a girl with Mars in the 8th.
SOME QUESTIONS ANSWERED 18 5
The following illustration is a good example.

Boy: Born 26-5-1961 at 10-00 p.m. (1ST) at 13N, 77E 35 with a balance of
4 years, 1 month and 20 days of Mars Dasa at birth.
Girl: Born 18-7-1968 at 3-35 p.m. at 13 N, 77 E 35 with a balance of

17 years, 1 month and 15 days of Venus Dasa at birth.
In this case, the boy's chart has Mars in the 7th.

The girl has Mars in the 8th. The marriage did not
survive for long and broke up in 1999 with a divorce.
The girl's chart has Mars in the 8th which is weightier
than Mars in the 7th in the boy's case. The charts
appear to have been approved under the wrong notion,

the malefic in the 7th in the boy's chart was enough to
balance the 8th house Mars in the girl's chart.
As a general rule, it is always better the girl's chart
has slightly less Dosha than the boy's even while
evaluating Dosha Samya. •

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Gayatri Devi Vasudev

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In the nearly thirty years I spent working in astrology under

from a badly done job of matching is like putting the cart

attention to her education and career. A separate chapter

only will it follow in our land. Astrology is already causing ripples

June 30, 2000 Gayatri Devi Vasudev

I The First Steps 1

III Mental and Psychological Health 29

IV More than One Marriage 39

V Dosha Samya or Balancing of Malefic Content 51

VII The Sun Dasa and Marital Disasters 85

VIII Detecting Dowry Dangers 99

IX Watching our for Loss of Spouse 109

X Practical Examples of Matching 127

XI Some Questions Answered 161

The First Steps

The 4 factors are :

Yet another reader wrote to us on 4-5-1993 :

charts for marriage with great care and in even greater

Alpayu is reckoned from 8 to 32 years and is

and the planet in the 8th is aspected by a malefic—24

conjunction with another malefic planet occupies an evil

combination can also make one vulnerable to early

Venus, though in a Kendra, occupies Visakha, a

In the second case (Chart 2), the Lagna lord Moon

or Rahu is always to be interpreted cautiously and can

background and banking on such trivial and worthless

In this case (Chart 3), there is the Sun in the Lagna

charging fees for astrological work tends to make the

budget, especially, if only one ponders on and

Often, some scientists go off at a tangent talking

who write such stories do so from a point of total

(the Sun-signs as given in newspaper Sunday

to support their case against astrology. One of them first

The letter was posted on the same date. I was eagerly

Psychology, Michigan State University. His reply drove

of political invasions and cultural onslaughts on her have

Mental and Psychological Health

Chart 4 possessed an insatiable lust for money. This

The husband died on 15-5-1971, when she collected a

One of the best things to have in a chart for a marital

(k) The Moon in Aquarius gives a reserved, serious

An Aries native with Jupiter in the 1 st and Mars in

associated with another malefic, an hostile mind and

the Nodal axis. The afflicted Moon in the Ascendant

Jupiter's aspect. But as both the Ascendant and the

More than One Marriage

After one is through with an examination of longevity

(3) If Mars, Venus and Saturn occupy the 7th and

After being married for 10 years with 2 children, the

This chart has the Lagna lord in the 7th in a common

(21) If the 7th lord is strong in a quadrant or trine

In Chart 8, the 7th and 5th lords Mercury and the

in a different way. In this case, the spouse proved