Who Will I Marry? navamsha marriage compatibility

It is easy to be lulled into a comfortable pattern of mutually satisfied expectations, raising children and satisfying parents' need for social respect. When the mutual expectations are easy and positive in this benefic-ruled style, the couple will have no motivation to seek astrological advice!

The items should match to secure a committed marriage (not effortless, but committed!):

D-1-to-D-9 links show the issues on which you two partners are spiritually working together. Traits which are dormant or subordinate in partner-1 will be alive or dominant in partner-2. Thus each partner "mirrors" the other's arising consciousness, and facilitates spiritual growth by evoking astral imagery into real world action.

The navamsha reveals traits, desires, hopes, dreams, fears, etc. which are dormant but trying to rise into consciousness in your life.You find the partner who is already acting these out in the material world. You are intensely attracted to this person; they are everything you admire, everything you crave, everything you want to be. This person completes you; expresses you; forms your "other half".

Examine each house in Navamsha from the appropriate partner lagna to know the level of your soul that is just now moving from subconscious to conscious. We usually need partners to bring out this new personality growth in us. (Even if that partner is the ishtadevata.)

This female's marriage has lasted for more than 25 years, through several cycles of upheaval, and much mutual happiness. She is an architectural designer and she has excellent negotiating skills (thula = 10th navamsha = design).

VargottamshaL-7+L-10 Guru, the karaka for a woman's first husband, is not ideally situated:

From the Shukra Lagna, a somewhat problematic L-3+L-8 uchcha Shukra (hidden things) is joined by the highly auspicious L-5 Chandra

She liked all that. Decades later, it's all still there. He's the same nut she married. And she's still crazy about him.

Marriage chart 4navamsha displays some subtle disappointment in marriage (neechcha lagnesha Shani), but overall quite nurturing, with very little overt conflict.

Yet in private this native is quite happy in her marital situation - despite the occasional moment of performance anxiety stress. Fallen Shani, significator of the husband in the female's navamsha, may cause restless or immoral behavior from the spouse during Shani's periods.

Marriage chart 4 swakshetra Chandra in seventh navamsha shows the husband's wonderful parenting persona; with his emotional caretaking strength, he is also able to "parent" the (admittedly neurotic) female native. This woman will no doubt remain content to stay married, since the plusses far outweigh the minuses.

Finally, the matching energy between wife and husband is found by locating the lord of the navamsha sign of L-7. Guru, radix L-7, occupies Thulanavamsha, so the psychic link is Tula's lord radix Shukra.

It is true that Shani's Nakshatra quarter is more favorable than the general reading.

Yet it is also important to appreciate the insights gained from checking FIRST the role of lord of navamsha L-7 (spouse in marriage) and navamsha L-1 (self in marriage), in order o avoid unbalanced predictions from judging only material conditions of the radix.

Marriage-2 is a strong, traditional union with children. Psycho-emotional Matches:along three axes provides a broad base of supporters. (Note the powerful connection across Mesha/Tula axis. This couple has a lifetime shared commitment to stay athletically fit and physically attractive. They have always motivated each other to exercise and dress well.)

Marriage-4 is a strong, traditional union with children. Psycho-emotional matches: along three axes provide good support. This couple are creative artists who permit each other a wide range of independent function but they also enjoy family life together.

Marriage-5 is a strong, non-traditional union with children. Psycho-emotional matches: his is a non-traditional relationship and the psycho-emotional matching shows that this couple is not "out" in most public venues where male-female compatibility would strike a different balance. This is a creative bond and a lasting bond. Their strength is interpersonal support.

Marriage-6 is a strong, traditional union without children. Psycho-emotional matches occur on one axis only. (This couple is somewhat isolated socially.)

Marriage-7 is a strong, traditional union with children. Psycho-emotional matchesare extensively bonded on four of six possible rashi axes.

This couple participates in several different interlocking communities, (school, church, fellowship, sports etc.) and have a large repertoire of mutually enjoyed activities. Multiple bonds give many different "stakeholders" a share in socially supporting their marriage.

Marriage-11 is a strong, non-traditional union with children. Psycho-emotional matches are limited to two axes, this couple tends to be heavily focused on their home (Chandra) and therefore slightly isolated. :

Marriage Karma (rules for action) seen in Navamsha

When reading the navamsha for spouse profile, keep in mind a peculiarity: 1st partner may be profiled from either7th navamsha (most common) Or1st navamsha.

Initially, always try using 7th navamsha as lagna for the first spouse.
However, if the 7th really doesn't represent the spouse as you know them, be willing to read first spouse and all of their relationships - parents, children, previous spouses, etc. - from the D-9 lagna.
DeFouw and Svoboda in Light on Relationshipscall this phenomenon the "80/20 rule".
Approx 80% of navamsha charts will read correctly for the spouse = 7th D-9.

Rashi of D-9 Lagna

Self-behavior in marriage, judged from D-9 lagna

and presuming that 1 = self while 7 = partner . Must be adjusted if any graha in lagna.
If the significations of the polar rashi do not seem to match the couple as known by their friends, family, or the public -- consider the possibility that 7 = self while 1 = partner.

Expectation of the partner.

Mesha

USA Pres-27 William Howard Taft
Calif Gov Arnold Schwarzenegger
UK-PM Tony Blair
USA Pres-42 Bill Clinton
USA Pres-29 Warren G Harding
Shah of Iran Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Wikileaks Julian Assange

Mesha

A heroic sport, an athletic competition, an exchange of bodies, a burst of vital energy in new birth and new identity.

Mesha tends to physical-ize the native 's behavior in marriage, focusing relationship expectations on exchange of animal-sexual instincts.

Understanding and expression of the marriage bond may be quite primitive, depending on the role of lord of D-9 in radix..

(Adjust for any graha in D-9 lagna.)

Thula

The spouse should be gracious, diplomatic, balancing and harmonizing. Usually a pleasantly sensual arranger of people and things. Excellent placement for spouse = professional in matters of justice and equality under the law.

The partner may be a professional negotiator, broker, attorney, match-maker, architect, designer, or interior decorator.

UK-PM Tony Blair's wife Cherie is a successful attorney (barrister) as well as a skilled negotiator
So is the wife of USA Pres-42 Bill Clinton, the career attorney, legal consultant, and USA Secy State Hillary Clinton

Such a partner often wishes to live in a very gracious environment, in a diplomatic community, or in the company of deal-makers.

2nd-partner = 8th-from-Thula = Vrishabha

Vrishabham

A luxurious and wealthy pleasure, an exchange of pleasures.

Vrishabham tends to sensual-ize the native 's behavior in marriage, focusing relationship expectations on exchange of pleasure experiences.

collects wealth and sensual pleasures.

(Adjust for any graha in D-9 lagna.)

Vrischika

a fascinating, esoteric, penetrating, and often hidden personality due to Ketu + Mangala.

The partner should be mysteriously powerful, with access to confidential information and magical, transformative energy.

Secrecy is an important power for the spouse. It may be necessary to conduct the marriage in a veiled way, to prevent unwanted discovery.

Carla Bruni had a secret relationship with her fiancé's son, who became the father of her child
when they were students, Albert Einstein had a hidden child with Mileva Maric. The fate of their lost daughter has never been discovered.
UK Queen Victoria I after a period of widowhood carried on a long covert relationship with her attendant, John Brown.

The spouse may be skillful at re-inventing oneself.

This is a particularly sexual or tantrik placement = intensity of controlling behavior in the spouse.

The primary relationship may remain completely hidden from public view.

Alternatively, the native may avail oneself of tantrik practices which transform the marital-sexual energies into more esoteric realms.

Nikola Tesla

2nd-partner = 8th-from-Vrischika = Mithuna

Mithuna

A sexual and verbal conversation, an exchange of narratives

Mithuna tends to mental-ize the native 's behavior in marriage, focusing relationship expectations on exchange of information and ideas.

The general balance of the marriage or union =

the native = messenger, evangelist, the primary communicator, writer and announcer, secretary, media-producer, administrator and event planner in the relationship.
The partner performs important rituals, teaches wisdom, inspires others via sermons and lectures, and leads globalization activities.

(Adjust for any graha in D-9 lagna.)

Dhanushya

One expects the partner to be a wise guide. The partner should be a religious or deeply philosophical person with strong convictions regarding the divine and matters of intuitive faith. Public acts of faith, publicly stated Beliefs of the partner may be orthodox or otherwise according to the stature of Guru in the native 's own radix.

the native expects the partner to be a preacher, professor, a priest, a guru, a spiritual guide, a teacher of high religion.

Mithuna navamsha often remains unmarried because the primary life relationship = the Guru.

The partner should be a world traveler, a frequenter of temples, a ritualist (pujari) a philosopher, or a moral guide with patriarchal wisdom.

Such a partner often wishes to live in a university campus, in a multi-cultural environment, within a community of religious philosophers and world travelers.

Downside: the partner may be trapped in a ritualistic worldview, or substitute philosophy when pragmatic and timely action is required.

2nd-partner = 8th-from-Dhanushya = Karkata = land-loving, homebody, parenting, habitual, gardening, steward, patriot, and protector

3rd partner = 8th-from-Karkata =

Karkata

USA Pres-32 Herbert Hoover

Karkata A nurturing, parenting shelter, an exchange of caretaking.

the native is of a rather retiring nature, preferring the sheltered stability of home to the exposure of public life.

Division of labor between the parents is most important.

Karkata tends to parental-ize the native 's behavior inmarriage, focusingrelationship expectations on exchange of protective supports.

(Adjust for any graha in D-9 lagna.)

Makara

Division of labor between the partners = most important., particularly when the partners are parents.

Spouse may be a top-ranked corporate executive, a government officer or other institutional dignitary.

Should be regular, disciplined, orderly in habits, aware of the ranking systems of large pyramid-shaped hierarchies, status conscious, class-conscious.

Typically the partner enters the marriage with high rank or is ambitious to achieve a higher rank with lawful effort and over time.

The spouse must be reliable, pragmatic, mature, have strong bones, stamina, and endurance. The partner should be able to direct a considerable size of social organization, if Shani in strong in the nativity.

2nd-partner = 8th-from-Makara= Simha

Simha

A display of regal, political, theatrical, creative power; an exchange of celebrity.

Simha tends to glamor-ize the native 's behavior in marriage, focusing relationship expectations on exchange of entertainments.

Most of the public attention in the marriage is focused upon the native oneself.A royal expression of joint celebrity and privilege.

the native may believe oneself to be a very important person both within the marriage and in public. Marriage = political relationship. Costume, performance, and noblesse oblige are important.

Partnership is creative and dramatic, ideally it will be focused on channeling divine intelligence.

(Adjust for any graha in D-9 lagna.)

Kumbha

One expects the partner to be a social networker, capable of organizing the vast interconnecting circles of association within the native 's life.

Partner should be a systematic scientific but likely rather eccentric personality who functions well in context of assemblies, congregations, with the masses.

Kumbha = co-ruled by both humble, conformist Shani and risk-runner Rahu.

The partner should be principled, neutral, connected. It is fine if the partner = a somewhat common or working-class person or if from a distinctive background then perhaps a bit Rahu-ish, roguish, eccentric. Scientific in approach, and a competent functionary in large, distributive network environments but there should be a twist of taboo-breaking or unusual behavior.

As a general balance, the native has high entitlement to enjoy limelight attention and applause, while the partner (Kumbha) = a more background structuring force and imposer of order, who advances the couple's material goals and achievements while governing their social network.

2nd-partner = 8th-from-Kumbha = Kanya

Kanya

USA Pres-40, Ronald Reagan
USA Pres 44, Barack Obama
French Pres. Nicholas Sarkozy
French Pres Gen. Charles de Gaulle
Jiddu Krishnamurti
CA gov Jerry Brown
journalist Larry King
Shirley MacLaine
poet Gertrude Stein
George Harrison (Beatle)
JFK, Jr.
Virginia Woolf
Charles Baudelaire
Rudyard Kipling
Stephen King
Arthur Conan-Doyle

Kanya

One is a servant to the marriage.

One proposes an argument, files an accusation, generates an exchange of illnesses or complaints.

a sustained analysis and practice of logical argumentation

Kanya tends to adversarial-ize the native 's behavior in marriage, focusing relationship expectations on exchange of conflicts.

(Adjust for any graha in D-9 lagna.)

Meena

The spouse should be artistic, intuitive, dreamlike, a spirit guide to the native , prayerful; capable of channeling clairsentient visions. Great disappointment if this is not true.

Private bedroom communion is very important in this relationship; public presentation or facade does not matter as much. The marriage partner = deeply intuitive but need not be sexual.

The spouse is often a sensitive or other-worldly person, such as an artist lost in the creative process, or clairvoyant reader performing spiritually guided divinations.

Such a partner often wishes to live in a secluded area, even in a monastery, or in a distant land.
Shirley MacLaine's husband was a film producer who lived in a distant land (Japan) while maintaining their union
Virginia Woolf's beloved husband was her muse but not her intimate partner
Arthur Conan-Doyle's first wife was clairvoyant; due to her illness she was sequestered in her bedroom, and the marriage was rarely consummated
Privacy and sanctuary are very important.

Downside: Meena = dissolution of fleshly identity. Spouse overly involved in liquid dissolution.

Thula

USA Pres-38 Gerald Ford
King of England Henry VIII
PM-India Rajiv Gandhi
Mrs. Camilla P-Bowles Windsor
UK Prince Charles Windsor

USA Pres-39, Jimmy Carter
St. Bernadette of Lourdes
St. Catherine Laboure
Maria Montessori

Thula = balance

A balanced contract or legal agreement, an exchange of interests.

Thula tends to equal-ize the native 's behavior in marriage, focusing relationship expectations on exchange of values.

In the event of divorce for such a marriage, the native is prone to split assets equitably or to follow the justice protocol set by law.

a harmonious balance of mutual interest

(Adjust for any graha in D-9 lagna.)

Mesha = movement

Spouse should be innovative, a winner, a competitor, a sporting person, a fashion model, distinctively flesh-body oriented, dedicated to maintaining a competitive appearance. Must be independent, a hunter, a warrior, a dancer.

Gerald Ford's wife Betty Ford was a professional dancer
unfortunately Prince Charles Windsor's first wife was not much of an athlete. He needs a physically oriented partner however so his relationship with the animal-loving equestrienne Camilla P-Bowles continued after marriage

primarily physical, competitive, athletic personality; not afraid of blood.

Partner may be involved in the athletics business, in cutthroat competition, in races and contests to be first, in new ideas and new techniques, a fashion model, a dancer, a racer, a sports coach.

Such a partner often wishes to live near sporting venues, such as horse-racing or ski areas.

Downside partner may be immature or selfish.

Vrischika

USA Pres-26, Theodore Roosevelt
USA Pres-43, George W. Bush
USA Pres-33 Harry Truman
USA Pres-30, Calvin Coolidge
USA Pres-37, Richard Nixon
UK-PM Margaret Thatcher
PM-India Jawaharlal Nehru
Rus Pres. Vladimir Putin
USA Senator Edward "Teddy" Kennedy
USA Pres-35 John F. Kennedy
USA Pres-32 (spouse)Eleanor Roosevelt
Reichskanzler Adolph Hitler
Il Duce Benito Mussolini
Lisa Marie Presley
UK Princess Anne Laurence
Barbra Streisand
Evangelist Billy Graham
dramatist Rue McClanahan
General Electric Jack Welch
Mother Teresa of Kolkata
Shri Aurobindo Ghosh
Rev Jerry Falwell
Rev St Josemaria Escriva

Vrischika

A mysterious discovery, or a tantrik hunt, an exchange of secrets.

deeply confidential, almost secret relationship between the two partners.

Vrischika tends to confidential-ize the native 's behavior in marriage, focusing relationship expectations on exchange of privileged knowledge.

the native retains considerable control in the union.

(Adjust for any graha in D-9 lagna.)

Vrishabham

The partner should be a wealth-accumulator, naturally attracted to money, stored worth, and collections of items of value. Often the partner has musical or artistic talent.

The partner should have a lovely voice, teeth, mouth, and eyes, and be committed to caring for those beauties and other valued assets. Sensual pleasures of fine food and drinks, delicious tastes and sensual touch, are more important than public dignity.

The partner should be knowledgeable, especially re: art, languages and history.

One may tend to think of the partner = as an object of value, a collectable, rather than as a participating equal.

Such a partner often wishes to live on an estate in the countryside, among the grazing horses and cattle, surrounded by works of fine art.

Downside: the partner can become excessively acquisitive.

Dhanushya

William Randolph Hearst
Donald Trump
Bepin Behari
Elvis Presley
Brad Pitt
Brigitte Bardot
Tom Cruise
USA Pres-35 John F. Kennedy
Maria O. Shriver
UK Duchess Kate Middleton
poet, publisher T.S. Eliot
poet novelist Rainer Maria Rilke
novelist William Faulkner

Swami Vivekananda

Steve Jobs
Catherine Zeta Jones
songwriter Phil Collins
Ted Turner
Dennis Hopper
George Harrison (Beatle)
Paul McCartney (Beatle)
esoteric writer Alice Bailey
philosopher, lens grinder Baruch Spinoza
novelist Hermann Hesse
philosopher aesthetic Friedrich Nietzsche
medical fiction writer Michael Crichton

Dhanushya

A temple celebration, a religious oath, an exchange of philosophical confidence.

Dhanusha tends to ritualize-ize the native 's behavior in marriage, focusing relationship expectations on exchange of ceremonial vows. marriage = a religious vow un dertaken largely for the purpose of producing and teaching children (and not so much for conforming to social regulations).

For a male, marriage is a vehicle toward becoming a guru and entering fatherhood
for a female, marriage purpose is embarkation upon the wisdom-teaching priesthood

(Adjust for any graha in D-9 lagna.)

Mithuna

Ideally the partner = commercialist, administrator, a writer, reporter, in the media-production business, concerned with meetings and plans, writing, films, journalism, publication, story-telling, communicative arts.

partner = a sexual twin, a narrative exchange, a literary conversationalist, mercurial wit, mentalist. There is often a mutual understanding of free interest to mingle with other partners.

Since Budha rules the 10th navamsha as well as the 7th, both partners may be successful writers.

George Harrison (Beatle) first wife was a photojournalist; the marriage was not exclusive
USA Pres-35 John F. Kennedy 's wife Jackie Kennedy was a newspaper journalist
Brigitte Bardot 's husband was a film-maker
Brad Pitt and his first wife Jennifer Aniston developed a film-production company together

If the spouse is not a vibrant and mercurial communicator, much disappointment.

Such a partner often wishes to live in a city or a commercial area, where many mental diversions and communicative exchanges are available.

Mithuna means sexual multiplicity and several important communication partners. Karaka for multiple life partners.

Makara

Marriage is a sober responsibility, an exchange of leadership duties, an establishment of orderly process in society and in the home.

Makara tends to material-ize the native 's behavior in marriage, focusing relationship expectations on exchange of duties. Division of labor between the parents is most important.

Generally, the native wishes for the partner to provide a basis (4) in life, a foundation of emotional security and shelter.

Act of public duty, designed to uphold the leadership reputation and ensure social dignity.

If this essential security can be established successfully (and that depends very much on the condition of Chandra in one's radix) then the native is best suited to public work, managing hierarchical organizations in an orderly fashion, imposing laws upon the populace, and directing groups from the pinnacle position.

If Chandra is well disposed, the division of labor can be smooth with the partner serving as stay-at-home parent and the native secure to pursue a dignified career.

If Chandra is disabled, the relationship however well configured structurally (fine home, good parenting habits etc.) may collapse.

Tiger Woods

(Adjust for any graha in D-9 lagna.)

Karkata

The spouse should be primarily a parent and a homemaker, with a great sense of care for the natural environment and the land. Partner may be a great patriot and roots-culture-activist but generally the patriotic feelings are strongest for the local area.

The spouse does not need a distinguished public profession but rather the skills of emotionally-responsive parenting are the most important contribution to the union from the native 's point of view. A habitual person.

Spouse may be an environmentalist, a school-teacher, a nanny, a parent primarily, a lover of the land and the oceans, a gardener and caretaker, a steward and boater, manager of the homestead.

Such a partner often wishes to live in a tidal region or near the ocean waters. High security for the dwelling and surrounding properties will be needed.

As a general balance, the native is a career professional with a strong orderly urge toward ascent of a hierarchy of rank and respect. The spouse prefers to remain at home and hearth. This is a comfortable public-private balance that supports a traditional family lifestyle quite effectively.

Kumbha

Sigmund Freud
Michael Moore expose-filmmaker

Kumbha

A partnership within the larger community, an exchange of networks

Kumbha tends to collective-ize the native 's behavior in marriage, focusing relationship expectations on exchange of ideologies.

One important link within a larger network of associations.

(Adjust for any graha in D-9 lagna.)

Simha

The partner should be a self-central person, confident and radiantly dramatic; ideally someone with political, theatrical, gambling, or entertainment skills.

USA Pres-32, Franklin D. Roosevelt's wife Eleanor Roosevelt was a highly capable politician whose career outlasted his own
Katie Holmes's husband Tom Cruise = a famous movie actor

The spouse is expected to be politicized and glamorous, in the bright lights of fame, seeking applause and obtaining admiration via expressions of creativity and performance arts intelligence.

Expectation of an attention-getting, visible, high-profile spouse with aristocratic behaviors and royal entitlements. Native expects the spouse to be at the center of one's life system.

Spouse helps to call the native into brighter visibility, promoting the native 's recognition while the native helps the couple to achieve their goals (Kumbha).

Such a partner often wishes to live in a hot, hilly region (Simha) or in a royal neighborhood where courtly entertainments are celebrated.
Katie Holmes's husband Tom Cruise lives in celebrity Hollywood

Downsides: solipsism and extreme self-focus of the spouse, to the extreme of inability to divert personal attention to the interests of the native .

Meena

Marriage is a childlike dream, a sleepy sanctuary, an exchange of fantasies.

Meena tends to private-ize the native 's behavior in marriage, focusing relationship expectations on exchange of imaginative awareness..

the native is prone to dissolution, often returning to the otherworldly state in imagination or prayer.

dream, a fantasy, a private enclosure

the native often wishes to live in a lake district, near a deep still lake, for water-gazing.

(Adjust for any graha in D-9 lagna.)

Kanya

The partner is a servant to the marriage, compensating in practical daily manual skill for the dreamy qualities of the spiritually guiding native.

Partner should be humble and exploitable, highly logical and argumentative in nature, clean and youthful with profound attitude of service and a bendable will.

The partner may be exceptionally skillful at measuring, writing, calculations and composing litigation or accusations or formal arguments for a case. Spouse = co-writer or ghost writer for the native 's books.

Spouse = physician or a pharmacist, house-cleaner or agricultural worker, possibly a relative on the mother's side.

Such a partner often wishes to live with the mother's relatives, in a servant's quarters, or in the workplace

Downside: the spouse may be exceptionally articulate in criticism and have a habit of blaming others.

Almost always there is a powerful connection between the native 's D-1 planets and the spouse's D-9 planets - and of course, vice-versa. That is because the D-9 shows "recessive"traits/knowledge/awareness which have been waiting for this particular person to mirror them to us as clearly as possible. When we find that person we feel whole.

All married people realize that getting along with the spouse requires being honest and getting along with one's self. We know we fell in love with them (or were otherwise bound to them) for a reason. That reason is that we are trying to become more like them, or at least to become maximally aware of their knowledge operating in our own space.

Dishonest marriages are painful affairs seething with anger and guilt, victimization and blaming. Honest marriages are exercises in developing consciousness. It seems terribly ironic but also is brutally logical to understand that in fact, in our next life, we will "be"our spouse.

Just as the student becomes the teacher, so the husband becomes the wife and the wife becomes the husband. Our dormant traits will -- through that spouse's evocative role-modeling-- become manifest. We will, oh yes, become exactly the opposite of the person we think we are, whom we have juxtaposed against this inscrutable Other. We will all become precisely those traits which we are SURE that we could never be!

Look to the 1/7 axis in D-9to profile the first spouse. traditional ly Jyotisha takes the sign on the 7th navamsha house and reads it as lagna for the first spouse.

When reading the navamsha for spouse profile, keep in mind a peculiarity: 1st partner may be profiled from either 7th navamsha (most common) or 1st navamsha.

Try 7th navamsha for a first reading of spouse's character, but if 7th-navamsha really doesn't represent the spouse as you know them, be willing to read first spouse and all of their relationships - parents, children, previous spouses, etc. - from the D-9 lagna.

If there have already been several marriagesyou can really test the profiles of previous spouses against the D-9 lagna vs. the D-9's 7th to see which is more accurate.

In fact, it may be that there is a correlation between folks who have multiple marriages and their navamshas, which must be read "spouse-wise"from the D-9 lagna rather than the D-9's 7th house.

If the birth time is correct and 7th-navamsha doesn't work, then reading from 1st navamsha will give truth.

In Light on Relationships , the respected Jyotishi-team deFouw and Svoboda discuss this D-9 lagna-as-spouse-lagna option.

The choice between using the navamsha L-1 or navamsha L-7 as lagna for the first spouse is not a big problem, because all 12 rashi-signs are "yoked"into six yoga-pairs.

For example, Simha must be understood never in isolation but always as the "solar"half of the Simha-Kumbha polarity. (There is no king without commoners; there is no politics without privilege.) So it will be second nature for the experienced Jyotishi to check the ruler of the opposite sign anyway.

T here is one Best method to find the core character Of the spouse. This link represents the aspect of their reality which keeps you linked to him or her. This link when articulated can explain what the native is trying to become (or un-become) in the marriage:

IMO, here is single most valuable technique for finding the point of matching energy which serves to attract the spouse. This matching energy maintains the work roster within the marriage until at least one of the parties has completed the transformation from ignorance into wisdom in regard to the contents of the link.

This small set of core characteristics forms the "matching energy link"that we are using to create consciousness of our own preconceptions, presumptions, and unconscious reactionary behavior.

The vehicle of marriage (including bhakti devotional marriages to a deity) provides the ongoing psychic laboratory for self-knowledge.