Sanskrit verses with English translation from Sage Satyacharya. Read the full classical treatise on AstroFusion Learning.
सप्तमे शुभसंस्थाने सप्तमेशबलान्विते । दाम्पत्यं सुखमायाति दारसौख्यमवाप्नुयात् ॥
saptame śubhasaṁsthāne saptameśabalānvite | dāmpatyaṁ sukham āyāti dārasaukhyam avāpnuyāt ||
With benefics seated in the seventh and its lord fortified, conjugal happiness arrives and the joy of partnership is secured. The seventh is the mirror of union: whoever stands in it, and whoever owns it, writes the terms of married life.
सप्तमेशो केन्द्रगतः शुक्रो निर्मलदर्शनः । भर्तृसौख्यमवाप्नोति कुटुम्बं परिपूरयेत् ॥
saptameśo kendragataḥ śukro nirmaladarśanaḥ | bhartṛsaukhyam avāpnoti kuṭumbaṁ paripūrayet ||
When the seventh lord occupies a kendra and Venus remains unstained by affliction, happiness through the spouse is obtained and the household fills to completeness. The home becomes an altar of mutual care rather than a field of negotiation.
भौमः सप्तममासाद्य दृष्ट्या वा कलहं ददात् । स्वक्षेत्रस्थे गुरुदृष्टे दोषः शाम्यति निश्चितम् ॥
bhaumaḥ saptamam āsādya dṛṣṭyā vā kalahaṁ dadāt | svakṣetrasthe gurudṛṣṭe doṣaḥ śāmyati niścitam ||
Mars arriving at the seventh — by occupation or aspect — is declared to give quarrels within union; yet when he stands in his own sign or receives Jupiter's aspect, the defect certainly subsides. The classical mangal concern always carries its built-in exits.
सप्तमं सप्तमेशं च गुरुर्दृष्ट्वा शुभं ददात् । वैवाहिकं सुखं पूर्णं पातित्यं च विराजते ॥
saptamaṁ saptameśaṁ ca gurur dṛṣṭvā śubhaṁ dadāt | vaivāhikaṁ sukhaṁ pūrṇaṁ pātityaṁ ca virājate ||
Jupiter beholding the seventh house and its lord grants auspicious results: complete marital happiness shines and the bond endures. His glance is counted the supreme safeguard of wedded life in every affliction audit.
शुक्रभौमयुतिर्यत्र तत्र रागविशेषकम् । शुभदृष्टिविहीने तु कलहं परिकल्पयेत् ॥
śukrabhaumayutir yatra tatra rāgaviśeṣakam | śubhadṛṣṭivihīne tu kalahaṁ parikalpayet ||
Wherever Venus joins Mars there is exceptional passion; bereft of benefic aspect, the same heat is read as quarrel. Temperament runs ardent — blessed by Jupiter or Mercury it becomes devotion, abandoned it becomes contention.
सप्तमेशोऽष्टमं यातः पापैर्युक्तो न शुभैः । दारवियोगमायाति युगधर्मं विचारयेत् ॥
saptameśo 'ṣṭamaṁ yātaḥ pāpair yukto na śubhaiḥ | dāraviyogam āyāti yugadharmaṁ vicārayet ||
The seventh lord gone to the eighth and joined by malefics without benefics was classically said to announce separation from the spouse; weigh this as a dharma of its age. Such formulas mirrored eras when widowhood carried total social consequence and must be read today with historical humility.
सप्तमं चन्द्रशुक्राढ्यं शीलं पातिव्रतं भवेत् । पापदृष्टिविवर्जितं सतीत्वं परिकीर्तितम् ॥
saptamaṁ candraśukrāḍhyaṁ śīlaṁ pātivrataṁ bhavet | pāpadṛṣṭivivarjitaṁ satītvaṁ parikīrtitam ||
A seventh house rich with Moon and Venus, unvisited by malefic sight, was celebrated as conferring gentle conduct and devoted fidelity. Read as its age intended: the formula praises emotional warmth and loyalty — virtues of every era — while the social framing belongs to its time.
अष्टमं दारसौख्यस्य स्थैर्यं परिनिर्दिशेत् । शुभसंस्थे शुभाधीशे दाम्पत्यं दीर्घमायुषम् ॥
aṣṭamaṁ dārasaukhyasya sthairyaṁ parinirdiśet | śubhasaṁsthe śubhādhīśe dāmpatyaṁ dīrgham āyuṣam ||
The eighth house points to the endurance of conjugal joy: with benefics placed there and a benefic lord, married life runs long. What the seventh begins the eighth preserves — shared resources, intimacy through crisis, and the vows' second half.
स्त्रीजातके गुरुः पुंसो भर्तृकारक उच्यते । बलवान् शुभसंयुक्तः साधुभर्ता प्रकीर्तितः ॥
strījātake guruḥ puṁso bhartṛkāraka ucyate | balavān śubhasaṁyuktaḥ sādhubhartā prakīrtitaḥ ||
In the horoscopy of women, Jupiter is named the significator of the husband: strong and joined with benefics, he is proclaimed a righteous spouse. His sign, house and associations sketch the husband's character, standing and conduct toward the native.
शनिः सप्तममासाद्य विलम्बं विवाहस्य ददात् । गुरुदशायां शुभं युक्तं कालं परिनिश्चिनोति ॥
śaniḥ saptamam āsādya vilambaṁ vivāhasya dadāt | gurudaśāyāṁ śubhaṁ yuktaṁ kālaṁ pariniścinoti ||
Saturn reaching upon the seventh grants delay of marriage; in Jupiter's period the fitting auspicious hour is settled. Delay is here a refinement, not a denial — the union arrives mature when the great benefic's season opens.