An academic* doubt on a marriage chart:

I received following questions on a marriage chart on email:

1. Marriage - when

2. Spouse details - how will he meet her - near or far

3. Same community or not

4. love marriage or not

from some students of astrology and I decided to analyse the chart. I took up analysis at 3.08PM today when the RPs were: Me, Ma, Ra, Ve, Ma. As per the given time, the 7th CSL was Moon which did not find place in the RPs, so I tweaked the chart upward by 2 minutes to make Mars as the 7th CSL. I have used the 7th CSL to rectify the chart as the question is marriage related. Notably, while Mars is in the star of a retro planet (Saturn), it does not matter for the purposes of BRT. Anyway the rectified chart and the Nadi sigs are given below:

First I checked if 7th CSL denied marriage. 7th CSL is Mars posited in the 6th and owns 7 and 12. It is in the star of Saturn which is in 5th and owns 9th and 10th. Thus significations are:

Ma 6 7 12; Sa 5 9 10

Since Mars (albeit weakly) signifies the 7th house, we cannot say that marriage is denied. But through its strong significations of 10th and 6th cusps which oppose marriage, to the question about marital happiness, I would have to say, "troublesome".The several significations of 1 6 10 8 12 grouping in the Nadi table above also suggest the same thing. In fact another point that regular readers might have noticed is that Saturn is in the 5th cusp and signifies the marriage negating 6 and 10 cusps. From this position, Saturn aspects the 2nd house, 7th house and 11th house with its 3 aspects, further suggesting that if marriage happens, the native will have to work hard at it.

Since 7th CSL is Mars one can say that the age difference is likely to be about 2-4 years (i.e. not far from what society considers as a normal age gap between man and wife). Mars strongly signifies 10, so perhaps the connection between the spouses is through a person of authority or even through workplace. SS has not dealt with this expressly so I am only applying logic. Since 7th CSL signifies 9 and 12, it is likely that the potential spouse belongs to a place that is far from the native's home. Since the 7th CSL signifies the 5th house, it is possible for the native to have a love marriage.

What is interesting for me is the prevalence of 5 8 12 + 2 7 11 combination in multiple grahas. It suggests that the marriage, if and when it happens, may not be immediately accepted by the parents of the native. This is because 2 7 11 will give marriage and 5 8 12 will give scandal. This is a point that I would like to follow up on and request my fellow jyotisha student to let me know when it happens, and whether it happens this way.

I was told that the native has had failed love affairs earlier. This is not surprising. As per Nadi formulations while 5 11/ 5 8/ 5 12/ 5 8 12 (scandalous love) give love affairs, 5 6 8 12, 5 6 12, 5 6 8 refers to failure in love affairs. We can see an abundance of both in the Nadi signification chart above. Interestingly the 5th CSL signifies both 6th and 12th houses. It means some relations have been called off by the girl (6th) and some have been called off by the native (12th). But I think the 12th signification is stronger as the 12th cusp is empty and as such if I had to pick one, then the chances of the native having called off an affair are slightly higher, but overall both are equal possibilities. 

I was also told that the native did not get married as he was busy in his career so far and has only now "settled down". Allow me to also forward an astrological reason. The current Dasha lord is Jupiter. While Jupiter signifies some of the marriage positive houses (2 / 7 / 11), it is based in the sub of Sun which signifies the 4th cusp by ownership and occupation and the 3rd and 9th cusp through its starlord Moon. As such the Dasha lord is not being supported by its Sublord in giving marriage. As such marriage is not possible in the Dasha of Jupiter. 

The Dasha of Jupiter will end on 25th Nov 2018. After that Saturn Dasha starts. Saturn signifies the 7th house through the ownership of its starlord Mars. It is in its own sub and so through sub's star it again signifies the 7th cusp. In addition it is aspecting all 3 houses needed for marriage. So marriage is not denied by Saturn. Notably, Saturn Dasha also suggests that the person may marry someone of a lower class (economic), much older in age or someone from a different caste. 

Now which Bhukti to select. I cannot select Saturn bhukti itself because Saturn is allowing marriage but not wholeheartedly supporting it. Based on the Nadi significators, only four planets are positive for marriage. They are (in desc order of strength): Moon, Mercury, Jupiter and Sun. I turned to the ruling planets at the time of examination of query. Mercury is appearing as one of the RPs and thus I took this as divine guidance. Mercury bhukti runs from November 28 2021 to August 7 2024. I chose the Mercury Antara which is from November 28 2021 to April 16 2022.

In terms of transits in this period, it seems two months are key: December 2021 and March 2022. I realise that the native will be 39 to 40 years old when this date arrives and whether he will still be interested in marriage or not then is up to him. For what is worth, I pray that this analysis is incorrect and he gets married in the current DB Ju-Ra (as the questioner had contended to me). But this is what I understood and I am bound to faithfully reproduce it here. 

* this is an analysis for academic purposes only for solving a query of an jyotisha student. I assume no responsibility for actions ostensibly stemming from this analysis.