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What to Read in a Partner's Chart
Before marriage, the partner's chart is read from the seventh house, its lord, and the Navamsa. Eight talking points are not a substitute for those three.
The seventh, then Navamsa
The seventh house is marriage. In the partner's chart, look at that house, its lord, and Venus as the spouse karaka. Then open D9 Navamsa and ask whether the seventh is repeated, improved, or damaged. A charming Rashi seventh that collapses in Navamsa is the fact families wish they had seen. The first house is the self you will actually live beside. A brilliant seventh with a lagna lord at war with yours is still a difficult kitchen. None of this fits into eight universal traits.
The Moon match is extra
Ashtakoota scores the two Moon nakshatras out of 36 points. Nadi is 8 of those points. Bhakoot is 7. A low total is a warning about the Moons, not a cancellation of two strong seventh houses. The reverse is also true. A high score does not repair a seventh lord in the twelfth house of loss in both charts. The fifth house is children. Read it if children are part of the plan, without turning the reading into a medical exam.
Periods have to overlap usefully
Marriage is easier to live when the seventh-lord periods are not both hostile at once. Venus mahadasha lasts 20 years for the person running it. You cannot see that from a sun-sign compatibility blurb. Birth times under the Lahiri ayanamsa fix both lagnas. A missing time means the seventh cusp is a guess, and eight clues built on a guess are eight guesses. Do not invent a degree to fill the gap.
Frequently asked questions
What is the first thing to see in a partner's chart?
The seventh house of marriage, its lord, and Venus, then the same seventh in Navamsa.
Does a high guna score settle it?
Ashtakoota is 36 points from the Moon nakshatras. It does not replace the seventh house or the lagna, the first house of the self.
Why are birth times required?
The lagna and the seventh cusp move with the minute. Without a time, eight checklist items have no houses to attach to.
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