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Mangal Dosha in Marriage by the House Mars Occupies
Mangal dosha is Mars in the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th, or 12th from the lagna, the Moon, or Venus. The marriage effect depends on which of those houses is the one that qualified. Mars mahadasha, 7 years, is when a 7th-house Mars stops being a matching footnote and becomes the climate of the bond.
Six houses, six marriage weathers
Mars in the 7th is heat inside the spouse house: haste, argument, a competitive tone. Mars in the 1st is heat in the native, which the spouse lives beside. Mars in the 2nd heats family speech and the purse. Mars in the 4th heats the home. Mars in the 8th heats rupture, secrecy, and shared resources. Mars in the 12th heats the private life, the bedroom, or a marriage conducted at a distance. A chart that is Manglik only from the Moon, with Mars quiet from the lagna, should say so. The Moon-count and the lagna-count are not the same marriage.
Dignity and the other chart
Mars in Mesha, Vrishchika, or exalted in Makara is Manglik with dignity. Jupiter's aspect softens. A partner who also has the dosha is the comparison matchers use, not a deletion. The 7th lord can be a different graha. For Simha, Mars in the 7th is also yogakaraka, ruling the 4th and 9th, so heat and fortune share the house. For Karka, Mars is yogakaraka too, but if it sits in the 8th it rules the 5th and 10th from a rupture house. Always add lordship. A reading that stops at 'Manglik marriage' has not said which weather.
The seven years and the other years
Outside Mars periods and the 7th lord's periods, the dosha is natal. Couples live ordinary years with Mars in the 4th. The hard season is the antardasha of Mars or of a weak 7th lord. Remedies do not move Mars. Tuesday is Mars's day. Coral feeds Mars and is coherent only when Mars's houses are ones you mean to strengthen. For a Mars that rules the 8th, coral is a questionable marriage therapy. Match the charts, note the house, and do not schedule the marriage's fate from the label alone.
Frequently asked questions
Which Manglik house is hardest on marriage?
Mars in the 7th, because the heat occupies the spouse house itself. The other five houses affect temper, family, home, rupture, or distance, which can reach the marriage without being the marriage house.
Does the dosha act every year?
It is loudest in Mars's 7-year mahadasha and in Mars antardashas, and when the 7th lord runs. Other decades can be quiet.
Does exaltation remove the marriage heat?
It dignifies Mars. Makara Mars is still in whatever Manglik house Makara is. Matchers soften the score. They do not empty the house.
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