Unions 1:

Cross-Cultural Male-Female Union

No Children

This educated Indo-Americancouple have enjoyed many years of wedded happiness. They have triumphed over significant cultural odds to do so.

• They have also built a good measure of material success, despite the significant economic disparities of 1st world - 3rd world marriage.

• They have achieved professional education levels, enjoyed interesting careers and traveled very extensively throughout the world (due to favorable angles between Moons, Suns, lagnas, and Mutual Venus positions).

• They have also maintained their connections to their birth cultures, celebrating holy days in both religions.

• They belong to several expatriate communities(due to rising nodes in both charts, signifying foreignness).

• Childlessness has been graciously accepted, whilst good careers developed.

• Female's L5-Guru and L9-Chandra both damaged in randhra bhava = childless.

• Male's L5-Kuja in 12; L9 fallen Guru yuti L8 Shani = poor prognosis for children

Applying the cornerstone testfrom Light on Relationships, we see that this relationship has exceptionally good compatibility.

Vimshottari dasha male At Time of marriage:

• Rahu/Ketu transit Sagittarius/Gemini = Axis of radix Chandra

• Chandra/Rahuperiod = Rahu the marriage maker, especially suitable to an exotic spouse

Vimshottari dasha for Female At Time of marriage:

• Guru/Rahuperiod - Rahu the marriage maker, especially suitable to an exotic spouse

• Rahu/Ketu gochara Sagittarius/Gemini = navamsha lagna

Rahu bhukti is often a marriage maker. Rahu is notorious as the "evil twin" of Venus, for his capacity to bring spontaneous/impulsive marriage decisions in an environment of urgency and desire.

his couple met in an exotic setting, fraught with intrigue and desire. Their marriage has survived the impulsive Rahu influence successfully because of deep Moon and Lagna affinity,

heir married lifestyle is marked by strong elements of foreign travel, altered states of awareness, sudden changes, and uprising of passion. They are internationally politically active and sensitive to delicacies of many cultures.

Despite having been raised in two radically different environments (small-town USA and urban India) they remain happy, living primarily in the female's birth culture. They speak each other's languages, and appreciate each other's foods and music.

They have an excellent social life which can be attributed to the strong angles between major radix "cornerstone" planets, especially the highly favorable Sun positions in Jupiter's signs.

Prognosis:

Although Rahu/Ketu bhukti and transits to either of the partners' primary points (D-1 lagna, D-9 lagna, D-1 nodes, D-9 nodes) can be destabilizing,

• They will need to travel extensively and do meaningful international work in order to combat their restlessness. So far they have followed their instincts, traveled and socialized heartily - and this has brought them happiness.
• Indeed, they have obtained educations specifically geared toward international development work, which can pay well enough to satisfy her Capricorn Venus/Mars while offering many travel opportunities.
• This marriage has a good prognosis for future growth and stability, presuming they remain as active as they are now in professional commitment to public good
• This partnership is prone to interpret upset as adventure!

Amicable divorce:

At the eighteen-year point, when gochara Rahu-Ketu returned to the place in Dhanushya-Mithuna where it was at the time of marriage, and each party was also in a Rahu period, an entirely amicable divorce was undertaken.

• Female: Shani/Rahu period
• Male: Rahu+L-8 Guruperiod
• Female nativity features L-2 in 8 and L-8 in 2, which indicates a strong personality who enters her life in order to initiate the second marriage. Female also enjoys Guru in 8 which signifies benefits from divorce settlements.
• The male is less benefitted by divorce as his nativity shows L-2 in 8 but L-8 in 6. Divorce causes some financial loss for him, predominantly due to his wife-1 having been the major earner in this marriage.

This couple continues to collaborate (Mithuna) on shared projects. They share an interest in international community development work, which is highly networked and cannot progress with mutual animosity. Therefore, even in divorce, they have not disturbed their their international network of friendships.

May all beings venerate life as a state of deep spiritual intimacy.

file update: 24-Jan-2012