When Rahu Becomes Difficult for Marriage

Rahu becomes inauspicious for marriage when it occupies the 7th house or conjoins the 7th lord. The north node brings appetite, foreignness, and an unconventional script. In the 7th that can be a partner from outside the family's plan, a bond that becomes obsessive, or a marriage that starts in a fog. Because Rahu and Ketu are always opposite, Rahu in the 7th places Ketu in the lagna.

Rahu in the 11th is a gains placement and is not this yoga. The cause is the house, not the mere existence of Rahu.

Rahu mahadasha lasts 18 years. If Rahu sits in the 7th, those years are when the marriage theme is loud, especially in the opening Rahu-Rahu antardasha and again when a weak 7th lord takes an antardasha. The antardashas run Rahu, Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury, Ketu, Venus, Sun, Moon, Mars.

Venus antardasha inside Rahu can still bring a wedding, because Venus is the marriage karaka. It brings Rahu's version of a wedding: less arranged, more sudden, sometimes across a difference of community or place. Check the Navamsa. Rahu in the 7th of the D9 repeats the pattern after the birth chart has already said it.

Jupiter's aspect on the 7th is the classical softener. Jupiter aspects the 5th, 7th, and 9th houses from its own seat, so it reaches Rahu in the 7th only from the right distance. A strong 7th lord in a kendra or trikona keeps the house capable of a spouse.

Hessonite, Rahu's gem, strengthens Rahu. It is a poor idea when the goal is a quieter 7th. The node stays in the sign. Read the lagna lord and Venus before you call the chart unmarried.