The 7th house of the horoscope
The seventh house of the horoscope is responsible for: the wife, the husband, sexual desires, intimate relations, marriage, happiness in marriage, children, an adopted son, stepsons and stepdaughters, relations with the family, the second spouse, happiness, the business partner, public relations, official and social status, the masses, contacts, diplomacy, journeys abroad, respect abroad, dealings with foreigners, professional ethics, trade, speculation, partnership business, property, thefts, the appearance of a thief, litigation, the return of lost property, vital force, recovery, death, hernia, sexual disorders.
Karakas: Venus (the spouse); Mars (sexual potency).
Significations: The surface level — the partner. The subtle level — the passions.
Saturn receives directional strength here.
Relatives and other people represented by the house: wife, husband, enemies, stepsons and stepdaughters, the second child, the paternal grandfather, nephew, business partner, superior.
Parts of the body: the womb, the bladder, the ovaries, the urethra, the prostate, the pineal gland, the urogenital organs, the anal region, the groin, the seed.
Drekkanas: 1 — the mouth, 2 — the navel, 3 — the legs.
Kalatra bhava (the spouse), Kama sthana (passion), Badhaka sthana (for dual signs).
The results of the various signs in the 7th house
Aries: a conflict-prone, cruel and greedy spouse.
Taurus: the person marries a beautiful and fair-skinned girl from a well-to-do and noble family, who will be an excellent housekeeper.
Gemini: an intelligent and well-bred wife, from a good family, but too mercenary, nervous and worrying over trifles. A financially advantageous marriage.
Cancer: an early marriage, the wife is beautiful, but sickly and subject to frequent changes of mood. Not the most fortunate combination for conducting a partnership business.
Leo: a good intellect and shrewdness, which are used for the attainment of personal goals. A beautiful and hot-tempered spouse, an independent and ambitious marriage partner who loves to experiment in sex.
Virgo: attractiveness, gentle speech, the person is unhappy with children, relies on his spouse in everything, the wife is intelligent and fortunate. This placement contributes to the development of a partnership business.
Libra: religiousness, charity, joy from children, a beautiful wife with fair skin.
Scorpio: the wife is educated, but strict, merciless and unfortunate.
Sagittarius: the wife has a cantankerous and harsh character, caustic and sarcastic speech, she loves to be in male company.
Capricorn: a hot-tempered, but faithful and reliable spouse, a serious and thorough business partner.
Aquarius: the wife is strict, wilful, dominating and religious, a business partner with leadership pretensions.
Pisces: a selfish, unreliable wife with a fierce disposition and a mediocre intellect, though a good housekeeper.
The lord of the 7th house in the houses of the horoscope
The lord of the 7th house in the 1st house (the Lagna): the partner will dominate, although on the whole the couple seem made for each other, hidden sensual desires, pursues married women; quick-witted, cowardly, complains of indispositions caused by an imbalance of the Vata dosha.
The lord of the 7th house in the 2nd house: a bad character of the wife, a spouse from a rich family; marriage contributes to prosperity. With an affliction of the planet more than one marriage is possible; the person prefers dubious means of earning. A placement in a dual sign makes the person indolent and voluptuous.
The lord of the 7th house in the 3rd house: self-confident, compassionate, capricious, marries a beautiful girl, has more girls in the family. There is a danger that the person's child will die at an early age.
The lord of the 7th house in the 4th house: truthful, devout, intelligent, suffers from bad teeth, happy in marriage. The wife spends much time in the house of her parents.
The lord of the 7th house in the 5th house: a love marriage, a carefree disposition, noble deeds, decency, prosperity, the children are attached to the partner.
The lord of the 7th house in the 6th house: poor health, irascibility, spends too much on pleasures, the favour of fortune after the wedding, a sickly and hostilely disposed wife, the probability of divorce, a joyless life.
The lord of the 7th house in the 7th house: a successful marriage, a well-to-do wife from a good family, the person loves his spouse. In the absence of afflictions this position neutralises all Putra, Mangala and Vishakanya doshas. If there are afflictions, the person complains of an imbalance of the Vata dosha and of the corresponding illnesses.
The lord of the 7th house in the 8th house: a late marriage, a sickly partner, a spouse with a bad character, widowhood (early, if afflictions are present), the person may not marry at all, relations with women of bad reputation, fits of anger.
The lord of the 7th house in the 9th house: a kind and religious wife, prosperity after the wedding, an eminent and well-to-do father of the bride, success abroad. The person feels warm feelings for his spouse, but may become infatuated with other women.
The lord of the 7th house in the 10th house: the favour of fortune after marrying, a beautiful spouse, who assists the person's career and general reputation. Girls are born in the family.
The lord of the 7th house in the 11th house: a beautiful, kind and devoted wife, income from the spouse, an advantageous marriage, children predominantly of the female sex, profits from women and foreigners. The person may have many romances.
The lord of the 7th house in the 12th house: a wasteful wife, death in another country, the spouse will die before the person, illness and hospitalisation of the wife in the dasha of the ruler of the 7th house. A conjunction with Mars gives excessive demands and perverted sex.
The rulers of the houses of the horoscope in the 7th house
The lord of the 1st house in the 7th house: A good name and popularity, an early marriage, an absence of a feeling of attachment to the family, many public enemies, a heightened interest in the opposite sex. Such a person always craves what is not available to him. An affliction of the planet has a bad effect on the length of the spouse's life and on finances.
The lord of the 2nd house in the 7th house: an advantageous marriage, a sickly spouse, an inclination of the marriage partner towards harmful habits, free morals, spending money on sensual pleasures, income from women and from other countries.
The lord of the 3rd house in the 7th house: a hard childhood, an unsuccessful marriage, thievish inclinations, tense relations with the authorities. An unfavourable placement for an independent profession or business.
The lord of the 4th house in the 7th house: charismatic, attractive, well-to-do, marries early, leads a successful and happy life, copes well with business or service, deprived of the father's property, unable to realise himself fully. The maternal grandmother is long-lived.
The lord of the 5th house in the 7th house: tall, steadfast, a lover of truth, conducts affairs honestly, respected, responsive, devout, has good children.
The lord of the 6th house in the 7th house: well provided for, generous, respected, well known, desperate, an adventurer, constant troubles with servants and subordinates, does not find mutual understanding with those close to him and in society, indifferent to the problems of other people. An unhappy marriage, Putra dosha, poor health of the wife in the dasha of the lord of the 6th house.
The lord of the 8th house in the 7th house: the sufferings of the spouse, an absence of sexual pleasure, discord in the family, two marriages, unprofitable trips.
The lord of the 9th house in the 7th house: virtuousness, fame, a happy marriage, success in all undertakings. A bad placement for rising Cancers.
The lord of the 10th house in the 7th house: a high intellect, decency, the gift of eloquence, truthfulness, religiousness, a harmonious marriage.
The lord of the 11th house in the 7th house: a dominating wife, income from the spouse or from her family, heightened sensuality, two marriages, prosperity abroad, broad views, losses because of enemies. The person may run a private clinic.
The lord of the 12th house in the 7th house: uneducated, deprived of inner strength, not very happy in marriage, a wife from a poor family, losses because of women, weak health, a disturbance of the balance of the Kapha dosha, asceticism in mature age. A marriage with a girl living in distant parts or in another country is possible; the person spends much on his wife.
Mutual exchange between the houses
The 7th and the 1st — susceptible to women, works for his father or for his wife's brother.
The 7th and the 2nd — a dominating partner, a calm family life, material gains from the wife's parents, a profitable partnership business;
The 7th and the 3rd — Khala yoga. The spouse is grumbling, but courageous, temporary separations from the wife;
The 7th and the 4th — a comfortable and happy married life, a family idyll, personal transport;
The 7th and the 5th — this combination has bad consequences for the length of the partner's life and for family life in general, a forced separation from wife and children, a violation of marital fidelity.
The 7th and the 6th — the path of life resembles a roller coaster; the intrigues of enemies, a disapproving attitude to marriage.
The 7th and the 8th — Dur yoga, widowhood, an unhappy family life because of the wife's illness.
The 7th and the 9th — a happy marriage, success in trade and business, the person and his wife believe in God.
The 7th and the 10th — a profitable profession or business, the wife and partners help to conduct the business.
The 7th and the 11th — income from business and marriage partners, business abroad. With such a combination in the chart it is better to have one's own business than to be in subordination.
The 7th and the 12th — Dur yoga, the loss of the spouse, the probability of the partner leaving the business, journeys abroad, marriage abroad, expenses connected with the wife.
Observations concerning the seventh house and its lord
A connection of the 7th house or of its lord with the 2nd or 11th houses promises an improvement of the financial position after the wedding.- The placement of the lord of the 7th house or of Venus in the 3rd, 6th, 7th, 10th or 11th houses increases the person's fortune after marrying.
- Rahu, Venus or Mars in the 7th house indicate a love marriage.
- If the 7th ruler forms a Neechabhanga Raja yoga, the person marries a girl from a poor family.
- When the 7th house is occupied by Venus in Scorpio or by Mercury in Taurus, there is a danger to the health and life of the partner.
- A slow-moving planet in the 7th and a conjunction of the lord of the 7th house with a slow planet postpone the time of entering into marriage.
- The navamsha in which the initial lord of the 7th house is placed tells of the appearance of the future bride.
- For rising Cancers, Jupiter being in the 7th house, with its dispositor in a bad nakshatra, serves as an indication of problems in personal life.
- The placement of the 7th ruler in the 1st, 12th, 11th, 10th, 9th or 8th houses speaks of hidden sensual desires.
- A conjunction of the lord of the 7th house and the Lagnesha foretells a good and harmonious marriage.
- With the ruler of the 6th house being in the 7th it is difficult for the person to find mutual understanding with people.
- The partner will often make scenes if the 7th house is occupied by Saturn and Rahu.
- If the lord of the 7th bhava falls in a movable sign, the person will travel a great deal.
- The rulers of the 1st, 2nd or 7th houses in a dusthana make the person unfortunate after the wedding.
Combinations of sexual dissoluteness
- An afflicted Sun in the 7th house.
- The placement of Ketu in the 9th house from the Karakamsha.
- The lord of the 9th house in the 12th, the lord of the 12th in the 2nd and the placement of an inauspicious planet in the 3rd house.
- An affliction of Mars and Venus, which are in conjunction.
- A weakened and afflicted owner of the 9th bhava.
- The ruler of the 7th house dwells in bad conditions in the 2nd or 12th house.
- Venus falls into the navamsha of Mars or Saturn, or into the 7th house under the aspect of Mars or Saturn.
- The Moon in conjunction with Saturn and Mars in the 7th house.
- The seventh house from Venus will tell of the key characteristics of the wife.
- A conjunction of Mars and Rahu in the 7th says that the person's spouse suffers from constant discharges.
- In a woman's chart the placement of Mars and Rahu in the 4th house disturbs family harmony.
Indications of marital fidelity
- The Lagna or the Moon in a sign of Saturn and in the trimshamsha of Jupiter;
- The Lagna or the Moon in a sign of Mercury and in the trimshamsha of Jupiter.