What the 7th house of the horoscope and its lord will show

The 7th house is, above all, the house of marriage and partnership. It speaks of the quality of married life and of the character of the spouse.

The seventh house, the atmosphere in it and the position of its lord also show:

• Marriage and the marriage partner;
• Peers;
• The world around us and our relations with it;
• Partners, one's own business;
• Business trips, including trips abroad;
• Sexual activity and sexual passions;
• The external genitals and the reproductive system (on the anatomical level).

The 7th house is one of the most important in the horoscope!

1. It is the most karmic one, and therefore the hardest to change. It is the 3rd house of the Kendra, and every planet in it plays an important role, because it aspects the house of the personality.
2. All the planets in the 7th house aspect the 1st house, which means that we attract a person who is in some way like ourselves.
3. Success, health and happiness depend on how well a person can build the relationships of the 7th house, sexual ones included.
4. The 7th house is the embodiment of Libra — and Librans are the best diplomats and advisers, people who understand what tact is and who accept the social hierarchy. All these qualities help the affairs of our 7th house to come together.
5. Two houses — the 7th and the 5th — are responsible for love. But the relationships of the 5th house carry no mutual responsibility: there is flirtation, sexual desire, romance, whereas the 7th house means commitment. Why? The 5th house is the house of Leo, and Saturn is in its detriment there, while the 7th house is the house of Libra, where Saturn feels far better — this is the sign of its exaltation.
6. There is a difference between the planets in the 7th house and its lord: the lord of the house is the general significator of all our relationships, while the planets in the house are the types of people who may come into our life.

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It is therefore much better when the lord of the 7th is itself strong — by sign, by house and by aspect. A damaged planet in the house says that the people described by that planet are best avoided!

7. To tell whether a person will marry, what that union will be like and whether the relationship will go well, one has to look at the lord of the 7th house and at the planets inside the house, if there are any.
8. The strength of the 7th house is judged mainly by its lord. If the lord of the 7th is in a dusthana and in debilitation, the private life is a closed one and divorce is 99% certain. If the lord of the 7th is merely in a dusthana, the person will go through at least one divorce or some other disruption of their personal relationships.
9. The fewer planets in the 7th house, the better: any planet there colours the affairs of the house strongly. The 7th house is a very personal one, and its affairs come under great strain from every planet.
10. It is a very important house for women. Eastern psychology holds that however successful a woman may be, it is very important for every woman to marry and to have children.
11. In a child's chart this house shows how the child will get on with friends. And the more planets there are in the 7th house, the less the wish to be alone, to do things on one's own: the child will be far more comfortable in the company of another person, especially a close one.

How to make your 7th house worse

• Criticise, by all means! That, first of all, will help you shake your 7th house loose.
• Do not accept other people — and «happiness» is yours!
• Have as many sexual partners as possible. This brings a loss of energy and misfortune in life. Why? Surely it is good for the health, and Venus is the indicator of the 7th house, and Shukra is love itself. But the more sexual partners a woman has had, the faster her subtle body ages, and that brings a loss of energy, trouble with children and misfortune in life.
• Do not seek a partner. This matters especially for women: it will leave you without success in life. Eastern psychology holds that however successful a woman may be, it is very important for every woman to marry and to have children.

The lord of the 7th in the houses of the horoscope