By Vaughn
Paul Manley, M.A.
The most common questions that I hear as an astrologer are
about relationship: "When will I meet someone?"
or "When will I get married?" These may appear to
be essentially the same question, however it's important to
distinguish between starting a romance, and getting married.
Why? Because casual romance or dating is seen from the 5th
house, whereas marriage is seen from the 7th house.
Romance is frequently listed as a 5th house indication in
Jyotish texts, however this can be confusing because both
a casual fling and marriage could be considered "romantic."
The distinction is in the level of committment. Dating and
casual romance belong to the 5th house because it's the house
of entertainment, fun, and play. These are also traits of
the sign of Leo, which is the 5th sign corresponding to the
5th house. Whereas the 7th house is the house of marriage
and partnership which imply committment.
The following chart is of a woman who began dating someone
in her Saturn-Moon-Saturn dasha. If you only looked at the
7th house as the time for beginning a relationship you may
scratch your head and wonder why she met someone during this
dasha. You'll notice that neither Saturn or the Moon have
much relation to the 7th house, the 7th lord, or Venus (the
significator of the 7th house) in either the natal chart or
the navamsha chart. Saturn only aspects the 7th lord, the
Sun, in the natal chart but it's not a tight aspect by degrees.
Saturn also aspects the 7th house in the navamsha chart. The
Moon is disposited by Venus who is placed in the 7th house.
The Moon has no relation at all to the 7th house in the navamsha
chart. In my opinion, these three indications are not enough
to indicate a time for marriage.
 Natal
Chart
Saturn, however, has a much stronger influence on the
5th house and 5th lord in both the natal chart and the navamsha
chart. Notice how Saturn aspects the 5th house, while also
aspecting the 5th lord Mercury. This repeats from chandra
lagna (Moon ascendant) with Saturn again aspecting the 5th
lord Mercury. This again repeats in the Navamsha chart with
Saturn being placed in the 5th house, and again aspecting
the 5th lord Mercury. In the Navamsha chart, the Moon is in
the 9th house (5th from the 5th) and aspected by Jupiter from
the 5th house.
 Navamsha
Chart
This woman has already been married and divorced twice, which
unfortunately is not too uncommon in the US. She wasn't looking
to get hitched up a third time, but primarily wanted to find
a nice man to spend time with. This becomes a 5th
house matter. In fact, throughout her entire Saturn dasha,
which began in September 1995, she has not been interested
in remarrying. However, now that Saturn has just transited
into her 7th house, Leo, and will be transiting over Venus,
this could represent that this new romance could evolve into
a more serious and committed relationship.
Copyright 2007. Vaughn Paul
Manley. All Rights Reserved.
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