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Misunderstandings, Mercury, and the 7th
Arguments live in the 7th and in Mercury. A sofa direction can be adjusted. It does not replace a weak Mercury or a 7th lord in the 8th.

Speech and the spouse's house
Partners who keep misunderstanding each other are a 7th-house question plus a Mercury question. The 7th is the bond. The 2nd is family speech. Mercury is the karaka of language and parsing. Mercury debilitated in Pisces, combust, or in the 6th with the 7th lord, describes talk that turns into a dispute. A 7th lord in the 8th describes a bond that goes underground instead of clearing. Those placements produce the same fight in any floor plan.
Vastu says the couple's room is often preferred in the southwest, and the kitchen in the southeast. That is a building custom. It does not conjunct Mercury with the 7th lord.
When the room is a distraction
A northeast toilet or a mirror placed badly is a vastu complaint people attach to marital strain. The complaint may be real as architecture and still be the wrong cause of a sentence you misheard. If the misunderstanding began with a mahadasha, Mercury's 17 years or the 7th lord's period, the clock is the chart. A room that was the same for years did not suddenly become the dasha.
Fix a room if the room is actually wrong for how you want to live. Do it as housekeeping. Then read Mercury and the 2nd lord if the words still fail.
Two charts, two Mercuries
Misunderstanding takes two speakers. Your Mercury can be precise and theirs combust, or the reverse. The 7th lord of each chart shows whether the bond can hold a hard conversation. Gun milan's Mercury-related koota, Graha Maitri, scores Moon-sign friendship and is not a substitute for the two Mercuries.
Saturn aspecting the 7th slows the repair and can also make it durable. Rahu on the 7th makes the misunderstanding strange and hard to pin. Neither is a direction of the bed.
Frequently asked questions
Which planet governs the misunderstanding?
Mercury, with the 2nd house of speech and the 7th house of the bond. A debilitated or combust Mercury is the clearer chart cause.
Can the bedroom direction cause it?
Vastu has customs for the couple's room, often the southwest. Those customs do not replace Mercury or the 7th lord.
When does the chart time the arguments?
In Mercury's 17-year mahadasha, or in the 7th lord's period, if those planets are tied to speech and the bond.
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