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How to Interpret Your Own Seventh House
Summary of the Steps: It’s Easy! In order to help you understand the nature of your Relationship karma, we will walk you through a few steps. First, you will learn which Sign your 7th House is in as well as how that particular Sign affects your relationships, partnerships and other 7th house indicators, such as business, status, marriage and moral conduct. Then, we will get more specific about your 7th House by examining any planets which may be placed in your 7th House. In addition, we will consider where the “ruler” of your 7th House is placed. This will all be very easy to do as we will go step by step. Finally, we will test your knowledge with a Quiz using Oprah Winfrey’s chart.
Step1: First, you need to know what your 6th House sign is. To do this: 1. Log Log int into o Ast Astro rove ved d 2. Run Run the the “Cha “Chart rt Repo Report rt”” 3. On the chart, chart, it it will indicate indicate your 7th House House with with the number number 7 in the the box. The The blue letters in the same box indicate the Sign. For your reference the abbreviated sign names are listed below. Symbol
Sign Name
Ar
Aries
Ta
Taurus
Ge
Gemini
Ca
Cancer
Le
Leo
Vi
Virgo
Li
Libra
Sc
Scorpio
Sg
Sagittarius
Cp
Capricorn
Aq
Aquarius
Pi
Pisces
Step2: Now that you know which sign your 7th House is, please read the description for the Sign that rules your 7th House of “Relationships”. This description offers you general inclinations you will have due to this Sign ruling your 7th House. As you read the description, also make note of the Ruling Planet. We will use this piece of information in Step 4 to better understand the specifics of your 7th House karma. As always, there are many factors which influence your chart, your karma/dharma and your life, including the condition of the planet ruling a house, the condition of planets in a house and what Dasha (planetary) period you are currently running. Still, even some basic information may help your Self-Discovery about relationships in your life. Find your 7th House below and note the Ruling Planet. Seventh House
Ruling Planet
“Relationship” Nature
Mars
With Mars also owning the 2nd house, there can be money issues in the marriage or partnership. Challenges with marriage and money issues. May be possessive, however, will have orientation toward productive partnerships.
Taurus
Venus
May experience issues of betrayal and abandonment in relationships or make sacrifices for partner. Will be drawn into relationships to resolve karmas through strong attractions.
Gemini
Likely to work with spouse (Mercury also owns 10 th house of Mercury career), also to work in business partnerships. Some ability for public success and good relationship with public.
Aries
Moon
Must attend to needs. Partner/spouse can be very emotional, emotive, high intelligence. Both partner and self very relational, high desire for relationship.
Sun
Powerful, successful spouse though can be overbearing. Sun creates challenges for marriage and other relationships. Needs others to help give confidence.
Mercury
Desire for an intelligent, conversant partner/spouse. Interested in their cultural background. Has natural ability for verbal communication with others.
Venus
Financial and status gain through marriage. Income and financial affairs are linked to partnerships with Venus also ruling the 2nd house of Finances/Wealth. Passionate, fulfills agreements, enjoys luxuries, wants the finest.
Scorpio
Mars
Mars rules the 12th as well, so brings a range of 12th house potentialities to relationships/marriage: loss, abandonment, enlightenment, and dispensation of debt. Powerful passions.
Sagittarius
Jupiter
Marriage/partnership can bring power and prestige (since Jupiter
Cancer
Leo
Virgo
Libra
also owns the 10th house). Can meet partner/spouse through the career. Strong ability to give through career in noble way. Relationships may improve status.
Capricorn
Aquarius
Pisces
Saturn
Marriage can bring sense of restriction, likely to someone older or with older viewpoint and strong-willed. Can be loss of status or controversy regarding spouse. Vulnerable. Must guard against coldness. Relationships improve over time with more trust.
Saturn
Because Saturn also rules the 7th house, spouse/partners will have range of 7th house traits: competitive, enmity, or could be a healer and bring healing to the relationship. Must confront insecurities in partnerships.
Jupiter
Drawn to someone like his or her mother (Jupiter owns 4th house as well). Partners/marriage brings 4th house comforts. Must remain true about what feels good and what doesn’t in relationships and not pick romantic partners who do not give respect.
Step3: Once you have identified which sign is your 7th house, the next step in understanding aspects of your Relationship house is to know which planets most directly influence it and modify its nature. To do this, run the “Chart Report” on Astroved. Examine your 7th House and note any planets in that sign, then read the descriptions for each planet that you have in your 7th House to see how they affect your 7th house indicators. Planet in the 7th House
General Effect
Negative Effect
Sun
Late marriage, enjoys travel and foreign things, wealth through partner. Powerful partner. Must guard against arguing. Likes to take the lead.
Can incur scandal through relationship, loose moral conduct. Headaches.
Moon
Good looking with very attractive partner, passionate, successful, sociable. Good for Sexual excess, aimless, creative / arts businesses. Gives affection jealous. Back trouble. easily.
Mars
Slender, tension in married life, passionate, Rash, argumentative, intelligent, stubborn and idiosyncratic. promiscuity. Sloppy Powerful, controlling mate. Persuasive, business practices. goal-oriented.
Mercury
Intelligent, youthful, attractive partner. Short-tempered. Mentally Literary talent and success, diplomatic, unstable mate. Skin attractive spouse, wise, widely respected, ailments. wealthy, adroit business skills and success,
interest in the occult (astronomy, astrology and math). Good sense of humor.
Jupiter
Supportive, prosperous partner, happiness from children, diplomatic, well educated, fame. Can attract and keep good partners. Good for legal transactions and contracts.
Partner lacks recognition for works or incurs legal problems. Wasteful. Weight problems.
Venus
Beautiful, refined partner; happy marriage. Individual will be passionate, sensual. Good business skills.
Sexual excess, low moral conduct, poor grooming.
Saturn
Marriage later in life and/or to a much Intestinal (colon) older spouse. Diplomatic, political success problems, sickly mate, well traveled, ambitious. Practical, loneliness in marriage. detached. Relationships improve over time.
Rahu
Over-bearing spouse. Spouse/partners from foreign culture, Spouse has reproductive brave, life lesson focus on learning to work ailments. Over indulgence in partnership. Not favorable for lasting in food, blood sugar union. ailments. Adultery.
Ketu
Passionate, spiritual partner If 7th house is Scorpio, Ketu is exalted, bringing out most benefic indicators of Ketu (e.g. Loose morals, sickly enlightenment). As with Rahu, greatest life partner. Tired. lessons, challenges, and growth come through relationships. Enjoys making spiritual journeys.
To help you determine whether your 7th House will tend to have the negative influence mentioned above, check in the following chart. If your 7th House Sign has an “enemy” planet in it, then you will have more tendencies toward the negative effects. Rahu and Ketu are not listed as they are generally considered unfavorable for all signs. As a rule of thumb, no planet is favorable in the 7th house, unless it is in its own sign. 7th House Sign
Friend
Neutral
Enemy
Aries
Jupiter Sun Mars
Moon
Saturn Mercury Venus
Taurus
Mercury Sun Saturn Venus
Gemini
Saturn Mercury Venus
Moon
Jupiter Mars Sun
Cancer
Jupiter Mars Moon
Sun
Saturn Mercury Venus
Jupiter Moon Mars
Leo
Jupiter Mars Sun
Moon
Saturn Mercury Venus
Virgo
Venus Mercury
Saturn Sun
Jupiter Mars Moon
Libra
Saturn Mercury Venus
Moon
Jupiter Sun Mars
Scorpio
Jupiter Sun Moon Mars
Sagittarius
Jupiter Sun Mars
Capricorn
Venus Mercury Saturn
Aquarius
Venus Saturn Jupiter
Pisces
Mars Moon Jupiter
Saturn Mercury Venus Moon Mercury
Saturn Venus Moon Jupiter Sun Mars
Mercury
Moon Mars Sun Saturn Venus Mercury Sun
Step4: The final step in understanding your personal 7th House is to examine where your 7th House’s Planetary Ruler is placed in your chart and what that means for you. Remember, the Planetary Ruler can be found in the chart in Step 2. Now, look again at your Chart Report. In what Sign is your Planetary Ruler of your 7th House placed? For instance, you may find that you have a Gemini 7th House. Gemini’s ruling planet is Mercury. The Chart Report would show you in which House your Mercury is placed. Perhaps your Mercury is in your 10th House. The placement of your 7th House planetary ruler will tell you how your Relationship karma will be experienced by you in this lifetime. So, in our example, if your ruling 7th House planet is Mercury and placed in your 10th House (”Career”) of Virgo, you may partner with your spouse in your career and/or your partner has a public career. Keep in mind that as the planets have a range of values, so do placement of planets in the houses. Below are some indications of each House: Planet that rules the 7th House is in your …
How your Relationship Karma is Shaped
1st House
May travel often. Marriage or business partnership brings great sense of self, purpose and fulfillment. Mate/partner is very mature, stable, Can marry someone known from early years of life. If afflicted, can be promiscuous.
2nd House
Wealth comes through marriage (by virtue of association), partner is well spoken, family-oriented. Able to manage money well. Must guard against overindulgence.
3rd House
Strong voice, make impression on thers. Driven, ambitious,
adventuresome spouse with likely bent for the arts. Mate may have challenges “settling down.” Brings luck to brothers. 4th House
Educated, blessed. Happy, fortunate marriage with good children and material comforts. Business partnerships could favor real estate. Does well to do humanitarian actions.
5th House
Very favorable for a happy marriage with deep love and affection, deep soul connection with mate. Happy relationships with children. Strong character. Potential for high financial status.
6th House
Spouse can be a healer, attract jealousy (competitiveness from others). Depending on chart and the individual’s practices, mate can be sickly or become like an enemy.
7th House
Charismatic personality draws many suitors, well educated. Powerful mate/partners. Loyal, bold. Very persuasive.
8th House
Wealthy partner. Spouse has strong interest in the o ccult and learns money through ‘unearned’ sources (e.g. inheritance, lottery). Must guard against anxiety.
9th House
Accomplished spouse who supports/inspires dharma. Marriage brings good fortune. Could be involved with father-in-law for business. Has ambition.
10th House
Mate and partners are important part of your career success. They are also very career-driven, have public careers. Can bring career abroad and/or with foreign interests. Can attract helpful people.
11th House
Spouse can bring wealth to the marriage, favors daughters, and good fortune in speculative ventures especially through associations of the mate. Influential on many.
12th House
Partner can be spiritual and/or come from foreign culture. Can also indicate loss or unhappiness in partnership. Must not waste time.
By means of another example, if your Seventh House is Libra, then your planetary ruler is Venus. When you look at your chart, you see that Venus is placed in your 9th House of Sagittarius. Therefore, in this lifetime, your primary 7th house karma may be to receive good fortune and support from your spouse for your dharma.
Summary At this point, you now have an understanding of: 1. 2. 3. 4.
What sign rules your 7th House What planets, if any, are in your 7th house; What planet rules your 7th house; In which house your ruling 7th house planet is placed in your chart.
This will give you a good basic comprehension of which signs and planets are influencing your relationships and partnerships. If you have 2 or more planets in your 7th House, look to
which of the planets are weak and causing you difficulties based on the descriptions of the planets above. Then remedy that planet! When Relationship Karma Become Active Happiness in relationships, and finding and keeping the right mate are generally an on-going value for most of us. But there are times when the lessons and opportunities for growth in these areas are most pronounced, or when past life credits become particularly activated. To see if you are in a period especially influencing your 7th house issues, run your “Planetary Influence” report in Astroved for free. This report will tell you your “major” and “minor” planetary period, called Dasha (major) and Bukti (minor). If your major or minor planet is either the Ruler of your 7th House or in the 7th House, this will be a time of increased focus on 7th house conditions. If the planet is good for you, look for new or improved relationships and business opportunities. If it is unfavorable, then there can be, for example, marriage or relationship difficulties.
7th
House
Remedies
What Can I do About my 7th House Afflictions? There are several options to remedy ill effects of the planets affecting your seventh house. Mantras: There are secret mantras to help appease a planet that is destined to cause you problems. The powerful and secret mantra to improve your 7th house affairs can be found on the Personal Transformation Video for Level 7.
There are also planetary remedies you can do based upon your newfound analysis. First, to strengthen your seventh house, you can chant the mantra of the planet that rules your seventh house. The mantras for each house can be found on the Astroved site. Astroved is unique in that it also offers “Virtual Poojas” that combine Mantra and Visual depictions of the planets. This is another powerful way to win the grace of a planet that is not in your favor. Click hereto try a virtual pooja now for free. Alternative Ways to Propitiate a Planet You can propitiate a planet on the day of your 7th house ruler. For instance if Mars is the ruler of your 7th House (i.e. Gemini or Virgo), then on Wednesday, the day ruled by Mars, you can try fasting during daylight hours, but eat before sunrise and after sundown or remain vegetarian the entire day.
