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When Venus Is Good for a Relationship
Venus is good for relationship when it has dignity and is not in separating company. Dignity means Vrishabha or Tula, its own signs, or Meena, its exaltation. Kanya is the fall. Saturn, Rahu, or Ketu with Venus strains the karaka even in a strong sign. For Mesha and Vrishchika, Venus rules the 7th, so this judgment is the marriage lord's judgment, not only the karaka's.
Dignity first
Venus in Tula in a kendra is Malavya if the kendra test is met, a Mahapurush yoga, and it is also a strong marriage karaka. Venus in Meena is exalted, very able at affection and comfort, and still subject to the house: exaltation in the 12th is private or expensive affection. Venus in Kanya is debilitated. Neecha bhanga needs the dispositor Mercury, or the exaltation lord Jupiter, in a kendra, or Venus itself in a kendra. Cancellation does not move Venus to Meena. Combustion, Venus lost in the Sun's light, weakens the karaka. Schools do not share one orb, so no degree is stated. If Venus is invisible beside the Sun, say the karaka is burnt and check D9 before you despair.
Company and lordship
Venus with Jupiter is the comfortable company. Venus with Mercury is skill and speech in affection. Venus with Mars is heat, which can be passion inside a marriage. Venus with Saturn, Rahu, or Ketu is the company that frays. For Vrishabha, Venus rules the 1st and the 6th, so a strong Venus is the person and also the conflict lord. For Tula, Venus rules the 1st and the 8th, person and rupture. Calling Venus 'good for relationship' in those charts is true of the karaka and incomplete about the dusthana. For Kanya, Venus rules the 2nd and the 9th, not the 7th. A beautiful Venus is fortune and treasury. The marriage lord is Jupiter. Do not give Venus Jupiter's job.
The season
Venus mahadasha is 20 years, the longest. If Venus is the karaka you have judged good, those years and Venus antardashas are when affection has its charter. A good Venus in a Saturn period is a natal resource, not the year's weather. D9 can reverse the judgment: rashi Venus in Tula, D9 Venus in Kanya, is a strong delivery and a weaker fruit. Read both if the time allows. Diamond feeds Venus and every house Venus rules. For Tula that includes the 8th. The relationship may like the stone. The 8th will take its share.
Frequently asked questions
Is Venus in Kanya ever good for marriage?
It is debilitated, so not by dignity. Neecha bhanga or a strong D9 can soften the fruit. The rashi sign remains Kanya. The 7th lord may still be a different, stronger graha.
Does Venus have to rule the 7th?
No. Venus is the karaka for every lagna. It rules the 7th only for Mesha and Vrishchika. Elsewhere judge Venus as karaka and judge the actual 7th lord separately.
Is exalted Venus in the 12th still helpful?
The graha is strong. The house is loss, privacy, or foreign stay. Affection may thrive in private and cost money. Say both the exaltation and the 12th.
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