Venus Predicts Love from Its House, with the 5th and the 7th

In a man's chart Venus is the wife karaka, and in every chart Venus rules desire, comfort, and the arts of union. Love predictions come from the house Venus occupies, from the 5th of romance, and from the 7th of marriage. Venus in the 5th leans to courtship and the arts. Venus in the 7th leans to the marriage itself and, if Mars is not also there, a softer bond. Venus in the 12th spends desire in private or abroad. In a woman's chart Jupiter remains the husband karaka, so a prediction about the husband that uses only Venus has picked the comfort graha and missed the husband graha. Use both. Do not use the Sun sign.

Venus is exalted in Pisces, at home in Taurus and Libra, and debilitated in Virgo. A fallen Venus in the 7th is a weak karaka sitting on marriage, which is a harder prediction than Venus in Libra in the 7th. Malavya yoga, Venus in a kendra in Taurus, Libra, or Pisces, is the strong form. Combustion near the Sun weakens Venus and should be calculated, not guessed. Saturn with Venus delays and cools. Rahu with Venus unusualizes. None of these say the person is unlovable. They say the timing and the style. Venus mahadasha lasts 20 years, the longest, so a Venus prediction may cover a generation, not a season.

A love prediction that ignores the antardasha is a horoscope column. If the 5th lord is running and Venus is in the 5th, romance is the chapter. If the 10th lord is running and Venus rules the 4th, the chapter is home and career, and love is background. For Capricorn lagna Venus rules the 5th and 10th and is yogakaraka, so love and public work share a planet. Predicting only romance misses the career half. Navamsa shows whether Venus holds up in marriage. A strong birth Venus and a fallen D9 Venus is a prediction of a difference between display and life. State that difference. Do not promise a wedding month without the 7th lord's period.