Marriage is a complex subject. The definition of marriage has changed with times. This book tries to deal with various aspects of marriage, love and interrelated subjects in a comprehensive way. The book has approached the topic of marriage in such a way that it will interest the students, the common person and those who are deeply interested in this science.
Marriage is a most complicated structure made up as it is of a whole series of subjective and objective facts of a very heterogeneous nature. Since we are concerned with the psycho-astrological aspect of marriage we shall exclude the objective factors of legal and social nature although these factors have a pronounced influence on the psychological relationship of the married pair.
In the horoscope of a person, it is not easy to sway that one will be married at a given time. On the other hand, an astrologer can discover in a chart different periods when marriage is likely to take place. If the marriage somehow does not occur at those times, there might develop a spiritual era or spiritual attachments during those times. If we accept this framework, then the following hints would become significant.
The principal factor in looking for marital concord is Mars-Venus relationship. These planets represent the masculine and the feminine each in its fundamental role and from them the force of attraction for the opposite sex can be derived. Mars rules energy and Venus rules beauty. It follows that the proper use of this combination will produce a desirable union. Venus-Mars dispositions are a yardstick of happiness in sex-relations and understanding of each other in marriage.
Besides other important subjects, author has extensively described about Mars and its malefic effect on the 7th house i.e. the house of life partner. Mars is a planet of violence, crime, miseries, death of the spouse, mishaps, bloodshed, anger and criticism etc. Placement of Mars in certain houses causes Kuja dosha or Mangali dosha, which, in fact, generates fear and sorrow in the mind of a person. Placement of Mars in either First, Second, Fourth, Seventh, Eighth or Twelfth house gives rise to Kuja Dosha and if one is Mangli, then it is taken to mean marital tragedies like loss of life partner, unhappy marriage, divorce, absence of conjugal bliss, violence, unnatural death, denial of children or loss of prosperity etc.
In his book The Interpretation of Nature and the Psyche, Dr. Carl Jung, the eminent psychoanalyst, refers to his researches to test astrological techniques and has used for this purpose the horoscopes of 966 married couple. He counted all the conjunctions and oppositions between the Sun, the Moon, Mars, Venus, the Ascendant and Descendant. His graphs confirmed the traditional astrological correspondence between marriage and the Moon-Sun aspects.
An experienced astrologer after factoring in rashi, nakshtra and other features of a horoscope can advise suitable measures for specific problem. The Remedies and Preventing Measures have been exhaustively discussed in the Chapter of 'Remedial Measures', which are largely divided into many parts.
