7th House of Horoscope

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7TH HOUSE :

Wife, business, destruction, inspect, death, body of self -judge from the 7th bhava. After the 1st house (Lagna/Ascendant), the 7th house or Saptam Bhava is the second most important house. One – because it is the exact opposite of the 1st (Ascendant), hence it should be the descendant of the native’s Lagna, which indicates the Kama (desire) of the native; and two – it is a strong controller for the 4th (Sukhasthan) and 10th (Karmasthan) houses (being a pada to the two houses on the principle of Bhavat Bhavam). 7th is a very vital house of the chart in many aspects. It indicates the inner desires, carnal desires, objective of life, character, value systems of life etc.

7th, being the house that indicates the private parts, is also very important to determine the sex/gender of the native. Hence it is also known as the ‘Kalatra’ meaning that which indicates the sex and sexual instincts of the person. 7th shows rebirth. It is also the 8th house (longevity/delay) for the 12th house (moksh/emancipation. It could be known from this bhava whether, when, where and why will an individual be reborn. In fact, there is a practice of preparing “Mrityu Kundlis” which is prepared at the time of death and the 7th bhava of this chart would indicate exactly the nature, why, when and where about the rebirth. A ‘papa’ graha in the 7th would indicate ‘Punarjanma’ (rebirth).

Here comes the relation between the 6th and the 7th bhava. The 6th indicates enemies and the 7th indicates vanquishing enemies or being vanquished by them. A weak 6th Lord and a strong 7th bhava is sure to vanquish the enemies, while in the converse the native is defeated. 7th bhava of the naisargika bha chakra is ‘Vanij sthana’ meaning the house of trade and commerce. What is the aim behind the karma? If it is to earn money, then the second from the karma house (10th house) i.e., the 11th house and its trines come into focus. And of these, the 7th happens to be the 10th from the naisargika 10th bhava of the chart which indicates the karma to be performed and the actual desire for the performance of the karma (to earn money for sustenance).

Thus, the 7th also becomes the house of business and being the naisargika house for ‘Wife/Ardhangni’ it also becomes the bhava for determining the compatibility with partners in business. Therefore, the 7th is truly reflective of the inner self of the person. It is reflective of the ‘Ayana’ of the person. An inappropriate lordship/placement/rasi of the 7th bhava indicates the extent to which a person bears a character, disposition in life, whether the person will be reborn or will attain moksha. Any affliction to the 7th would be detrimental to the development of the person as a good social being.

Hence the 7th is a very vital bhava which holds the key to success or failure of life. Thus, to determine the strengths and results of native’s chart, the 7th, 7th Lord and is Darapada (A7) placement become very significant and important. Mars in the 7th Indicates Kuja Dosha (this is due to the anger of Deva Rishi Narad – Upaya: Prayer to Hanumanji is the sole remedy). The placement of Mars in 7th indicates war or ‘Yudh’ in life (as may be seen from Lord Rama’s life) which means a life full of struggles with frequent separation from wife. This could mean a separation, incompatible natures, angry nature/hot constitution of the wife/business partner, disharmony in marital life – which means a generally tense and strained personal life. However, the positive signs of have Mars in the 7th would mean that the person is very strong physically and also mentally as it aspects the 1st (Ascendant/Lagna), which is also because struggles actually strengthen the person mentally and physically.

Venus in the 7th This would indicate love for all beautiful things, strong desire for sex (being the natural Kalatrakaraka i.e., the significator for sex), beautiful wife/partner, desire for material luxuries of life, a robust physique with sexual appeal, attractive body etc.
Saturn in 7th This would indicate the dirty side of sex and other likings, a delayed marriage, spouse/partner being older than self, this would also mean that the spouse could be older in thoughts, disposition, age etc., separation, disharmony. The desire for sex could even be a carnal desire (as it gains Digbala in the 7th) without any discretion for caste, creed and levels.
Jupiter in 7th Jupiter, the Devaguru, is considered the best placement in the 7th. A Guru, and that too a Devaguru, could never do anything wrong. Hence he indicates the best for the overall wellbeing of the person, particularly in a female’s chart where he indicates absolute chastity. He should indicate the chaste desires of the person.

Sun in the 7th Sun, king of all grahas, would mean that the spouse/partner is very dominating in nature, very regal/authoritative in disposition, angry/hot nature, reddish complexion, strong in physique and mental nature, a burning and never ending desire for sex and all things rich and royal.
Moon in the 7th Moon, queen of all grahas, would thus indicate beauty, cool disposition, strong mind, charming, regal taste, splendorous mannerisms and dressing, urge for good and clean sex, white complexioned wife, good acumen to trade, gullible etc.

Rahu in the 7th Being a demon, will indicate diabolical nature, carnal (sex)desires, ruthlessness in all aspects of life, dirty thoughts, filthy sex, involvement in prostitution, gambling and the likes. However, a controlled Rahu could also give the better things of life and material fulfilment. Propitiating Lord Shiva with water (Rudrabhishek) to control and calm the heated and passionate desires or have controlled sex is the best Upaya for Rahu, while – the mantra: “Hari Om Tat Sat” – Satyanarana Mantra is helpful to just cut off the effects of Rahu i.e., no desires at all).

Ketu in the 7th Being the dismembered body of the demon Rahu, it would indicate a sickly spouse. Being the natural significator for Moksha, it would indicate that the partner/spouse will be a spiritual person. It could also indicate a nagging partner. An afflicted placement could mean sickness, unsteady mind, general destruction i.e., the infra-red passion of Ketu leads to self-destruction as Lord Shiva destroyed Kamadeva. (The 7th house, is also the house of Kamadeva – hence the desires. Destruction of desires (i.e., Kamadeva) eventually leads to moksha).

7th Lord in the 6th bhava would mean the spouse turning an enemy where the faithfulness or fidelity is to be doubted. This could be redeemed only with a strong and benevolent Jupiter in the chart. 7th Lord in the 9th would mean that that bhagya (fortune) of the person will turn for the good after marriage.

Since 7th indicates rebirth and the 12th bhava indicates Moksha/sleep, 7th is a naisargika enemy of the 12th (7th bhava is 8th from the 12th bhava) as, to attain the desires one has to remain awake and be attached to the desire for its realization. Non-realization of the desire would eventually lead to rebirth for its fulfilment. The longevity of the first marriage (M1) is to be seen from the 2nd house to the 7th (i.e., the 8th bhava of the chart – the principle of 2nd being the maraka) as it is the sustaining house for the 7th. The 7th from the house of first marriage (M1) (i.e., 2nd bhava of the chart) would indicate the possibility of the second (M2) marriage and the longevity of this marriage is to be determined from the 2nd house to this bhava (M2) (i.e., the 3rd bhava of the chart). The 7th from M2 would indicate the 3rd marriage (M3) and the 2nd bhava from M3 would indicate its longevity. Subsequent marriages, usually till the 4th, are to be seen so on and so forth. Such a syndrome normally stops with the fourth marriage when the effect of Moon (in the form of mother or mother-in-law) comes in as a natural obstacle.