Signs of Divorce in a Horoscope

The signs of divorce offered in popular lists are mostly Mangal dosha, and Mangal dosha is a specific Mars rule, not a synonym for a broken marriage. Mars is checked in the 2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th, or 12th from the lagna, from the Moon, or from Venus. Some traditions also count the 1st. The dosha is about heat, haste, and conflict in partnership, and it has cancellations when Mars is in its own sign, Mesha or Vrischika, or exalted in Makara, among other conditions the full chart must confirm. A cancelled dosha that is still called 'a sign of divorce' has left the rule behind. Mars aspecting the 7th from the 1st or the 4th is a different geometry from Mars sitting in the 8th, which does not aspect the 7th at all.

Saturn in the 7th is the second popular sign, and it describes delay and duty, which is not the same as an ending. The 6th house is the cleaner classical pointer toward strife inside the bond, especially when the 7th lord occupies it or exchanges with the 6th lord. The 8th, being the 2nd from the 7th, is a maraka place for the spouse and a place of rupture. A 7th lord in the 8th belongs in a serious reading. A Saturn aspect on the 4th, which happens when Saturn is in the 7th, belongs in a reading about the home, not automatically about the court. Collecting every hard aspect into one pile called divorce signs makes the chart sound decided before D9 is opened. Navamsa can show a stable spouse under a noisy rashi chart, or the reverse.

Even a heavy combination waits for its Vimshottari period. If the 6th lord and the 7th lord are not running, the 'sign' is latent. If they are running, the years can be quarrelsome without becoming a legal end. Remedies sold against divorce signs, a gem for Venus, a Tuesday fast, a particular ring, do not delete the 7th lord. Pacifying Mars through Hanuman is a traditional response to Mangal, and it is not a guarantee the marriage holds. The useful question is narrower than 'will we divorce': where is the 7th lord, is the 6th involved, what does D9 say, and which dasha is live. A list of signs that skips those four steps is a list of fears.