Vedic Astrology Timing of Marriage | Delays and Remedies

Timing of Marriage | Delays and Remedies

Prediction of marriage and delays has to be seen from effect on the factors associated with 7th house.  An attempt is made in this article to predict marriage and to provide remedies for delays. It is not an attempt to predict horoscope compatibility as it is covered in other articles.

The main factors that are important in a horoscope are as follows:

7th house in the horoscope, 7th house lord and its placement in the kundali

Venus for male birth and Jupiter for female birth

2nd house & its lord because it denotes family

Lack of Marriage vs. Delay

As with other houses in the horoscope, any malefic influence on these factors will indicate delay or lack of marriage. A delay should be predicted by a malefic influence followed by a beneficial planetary influence. There is no age for marriage. There are some who get married late in life and there are some who never get married. Lack of marriage is predicted by a strong malefic influence on all the factors in the horoscope. Rahu’s influence along with other beneficial influence indicated marriage, but an unconventional one.

Timing of marriage

Assuming that there is some favourable influence that does not deny marriage in a kundali, lets try to  put down rules for marriage To predict marriage using vimshottari dasha alone, consider the ruling mahadasha and antardasha lords. If these are placed 6/8 or 2/12 from each other in a kundali, it is an unfavourable combination and adverse to all the factors that are falling under their influence. Therefore, these planets, if associated with 7th house, will deny marriage.

Lets tabulate factors that do predict marriage:

1. If these are Venus, Jupiter, 7th house lord or beneficial planets located in or having drishti on 7th house in rashi chart or navamsha chart, the marriage is directly predicted. If these dashas are not running at a given time, it become a little tricky and question arises if marriage is not possible at the given time or is predicted through some other means. This is when we need to bring other factors in.
2. Rahu is putrakaraka, if associated by location or drishti with 5th house. Rahu is a malefic planet, but its influence does help in marriage. Ongoing Rahu dasha can help in marriage.
3. Going by putrakaraka logic, marriage should be predicted by 5th (and 9th) house also.
4. Jupiter and ascendant lord’s transit over trikonas from 7th house in rashi and navamsha can be used to predict marriage.
5. Lagna lord and 7th lord if are in conjunction in transit – if they are disposed favourably in a kundali and are not temporal or natural enemies.

If these factors are all negative, then marriage is unlikely at that time. This is an indication of delay in marriage.

Please refer to the example kundali here. Venus is 7th lord in this horoscope. It therefore signifactor of marriage from two angles. It is located 7th from a strong Moon in a friend’s house. Therefore, marriage is not denied.  However, this horoscope has effect of Manglik dosha on the marriage factors an angle – it is 4th from Moon. Mars is in Libra and 12th house and is an exception to manglik dosha, but it is still 4th from moon. It aspects both 7th from lagna and 7th from Moon in the kundali. Mars has an additional blemish of being 6th house lord in this kundali.

Lets look at the timing aspect here:

• As of the time of writing the article, Jupiter is transiting in Gemini and will not be able to transit either trine from 7th house in rashi chart (Virgo or Capricorn) or Navamsha chart (Capricorn or Taurus) in near future. The next transit for Jupiter in Cancer starts on 19th June 2014. Its effect is out of question then.
• Lagna lord is also the 6th lord and its transit will also not be useful.
• Looking at the Vimshottari dasha, the person is currently running Venus/Moon, which will get over soon and Venus/Mars will start after that.
• It will not be possible to get the person married in Venus/Mars due to the issues mentioned above.
• Only when Venus/Mars gets over and Venus/Rahu starts is when there is a possibility of this person getting married. Rahu is in 7th house and will affect marriage directly also.

It is interesting to note that these very factors that cause delay prior to marriage can cause rift between husband and wife post marriage. These may lead to separation and divorce if there are indications of multiple marriages in a horoscope. These should also be carefully judged in a horoscope during the process of horoscope matching. More of that in a later post.

Remedies to take care of delays:

An astrologer usually prescribes the following for delays causing marriage:

1. Worship Lord Krishna. His worship helps not just for marriage but for progeny also.
2. Stone of Jupiter – pukhraj or topaz to be worn. It should be a clear yellow stone of approx 4-5 carats and needs to be cast in a gold ring. It needs to be worn in the right index finger. Usual rituals of wearing a gemstone need to be followed. This remedy is relevant for women and not for men.
3. Goddess Parvati got married to Lord Shiva after an arduous tapasya on the day of Mahashivratri. Both Shiva and Parvati are hence karakas of marriage. Their worship is very important. Fasting and praying to Shiva on Mondays helps. This remedy is again relevant for women.

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