Marriage/ Denial of Marriage/Love Affairs

Houses 2, 7, and 11 are for Marriage; while 1, 6, and 10 are for Denial of Marriage.

2. Consider houses 1, 6 and 10 for separation or divorce (being 12^th from 2nd, 7th, and 11th respectively). These houses denote absence of married life.

3. Venus is the chief governor/karaka of marriage.

4. If the sub lord is the significator of the 2nd, 7th, or 11th,  it is said to be harmonious to, and connected with, the matters of the 2nd, 7th, and 11th.

5. If the sub lord of the 7th cusp is the significator (in the star of the occupant or owner) of the 1st, 6th or 10th, or connected with the 1st, 6th, 10th, Saturn, Rahu, or Ketu; barren or in sterile signs (Aries, Gemini, Leo, Virgo, or Capricorn), it denies marriage.

6. If the sub lord of the 5th cusp (love affairs) is the significator of or connected with the 2nd or 11th, it shows a love affair, and if it is connected with Rahu or Ketu, the love affair is with a person belonging to a different caste, creed, or province.

7. If the sublord of the 7th (marriage) is the significator (in the star of the occupant or owner) of the 5th or 11th, or connected with the 5th or 11th, it denotes marriage with the person in the love affair, and if it is connected with Rahu or Ketu, it denotes marriage with the person who belongs to a different caste, creed, or province.

8. If Venus is connected with Rahu or Ketu, it denotes marriage with the person belonging to a different caste, creed, or province.

9. If the sub lord of the 7th cusp is the significator or connected to the 2nd, 7th, or 11th, the native marries during the joint periods (dashas) of the significators of the 2nd (additions to the family), the 7th (wife or husband; legal tie) and 11th (permanent tie of friendship).

(Click on "connected with" if you don't fully understand the terminology.)