Marriage and compatibility

We do understand that relationships are very vital to all of us but at the same time its very difficult and subtle area too. Specially while discussing marital relations, we usually stand awfully and do feel that there is something that always remains beyond our control. There is something which governs us to be driven towards someone or to disapprove or resist some other one and the reasons for all this are not apparent to us. This subtlety is universal and solely, vedic astrology has logical answers to unfold this mystry. If we go into vedic literature, marriage was regarded as one out of 16 samskaras of utter socio-religious importance. The very consideration of marriage as a religious samskara means that the great seers of ancient india did not deem marriage as a mere compromise for setting up a new family, Rather, they acknowledged it with distinctly spiritual attributes. For instance, MANUSMRITI, discusses three main purposes of marriage 1. Performing religious rights and rituals 2. Begetting virtuous progenies 3. Gratification of carnal urges The 2nd and 3rd purposes are understandable but how come the assistance of counterpart is a must in performing some kind of religious ceremony, this point has to be explored further. If we take up for instance, the Hindu system of religious rituals, it is always mandatory for the wife to accompany the husband in any kind of religious ceremony/activity. History stands testimony to it that lord RAMA had to install a gold statuette of devi SITA while performing ASHWAMEDHA YAJNA. Thus the sage Manu meant to explain that in any kind of socio-religious performance, done for uplifting oneself in this world or in the next world, one is not deemed to be complete without association and presence of his/her counterpart. Does this attitude of essentiality of the counterpart to assist the important ceremony, speaks of the fact that we humans are not complete in the physical frame of man or woman! If we explore the Hindu religion, the ardhanaarishwara form of lord SHIVA is HIS only anthropomorphic representation. We find a reference of Puranas, that lord BRAHMA is asking lord SHIVA to divide himself into male and female for the purpose of creation.

VAMANA PURANA confirms that lord SHIVA is identifiable as KAALA PURUSHA. BRIHADA ARANYAKA UPANISHADA says that the original atman or original PURUSHA was bisexual. He got himself divided into male and female and then multiplied himself. In this way, we the humans are fragments of KAALA PURUSHA and that KAALA PURUSHA is identified to be LORD SHIVA, and SHIVA has both malevolent and benevolent aspects or masculine and feminine aspects with in himself only. If I speak horoscopically, every human being has both male and female energies with in himself as lagna stands for purusha shakthi or the vital force or action orientation of the soul and 7 th house stands for the feminine energy or the dissipation of vital force or the manifestation of the soul. Apart from the mythological explanation about humans, we shall co-relate this thing with jungs(the famous psycho analyst) analysis of ANIMA and ANIMUS in man and womans unconscious mind . ANIMA is the female element in man and ANIMUS is the male element in a women. The anima and animus are responsible for creation of image of the counterpart and this image is formed on the basis of the inherent capacity to perceive about the opposite gender and the innate and latent craving of the individual. Astrologically, it is planetary disposition of planets in individual charts which decides about the inner bent of mind or cravings or capacity to perceive. Due to this capacity to form an image of our partner we make a search for the most befitting one. Now, There can be several possibilities and all this is dependent on the horoscopic pattern of individuals. some people search for the partner and get the fulfillment considerably. Some other make a search and get disappointments and end up with more and more cravings and search continues.

Some people after failure drop the idea of making further search in sheer disgust. So it is all individualistic phenomenon. Somehow, this is again factual that two persons having similar destiny meet on the path of life for exchanging good or bad according to the karmic linkage lingering from previous births. This karmic linkage is depicted through the pivotal points of horoscopes that is LAGNA AND MOON SIGNS and their lords and also 7 th house and lord when we consider 7th house as house of marriage for this current birth. In my research work I have handled about 215 couple cases and applied hundreds of astro parameters on them. I am also moving in the direction of publishing a book based on my research work to make students of astrology aware of where we stand in the long path of astro points and tell all the astrologers that we still have a very long way to go to really unfold the mystic/karmic pattern of destiny. The above given research points are to actually describe the difference of planetary results when comes to male and female horoscopes. Planets do affect male and female natives differently. As for example, sun has been found to disturb marital relationship in female cases and not in male cases. Similarly, saturns association with mars is found to be positive in female cases where as Saturn with mars/venus has proved to be most negative result giving in male cases. There are many more results in astro parameters which have distinctly proved to be result giving, although results vary in male and female cases. One thing most importantly be borne in mind that no two individuals can be completely compatible. We have to analyse the positive and negative aspects and calculate the percentage of compatibility for going ahead in this birth. As the general meaning of compatibility is regarded to be the fine tuning between 2 individuals so that they can pass their life together with ease and mutual goodwill and this fine tuning between two persons doesnt mean at all that they are complete and will have salvation too. We shall have to unfold the Astrological and also spiritual point behind marriage & compatibility and its

that it can pave the way for satiation of urges and feeling of fulfillment at individual level and only a satisfied person can think of attaining spiritual enhancement. If we are following the concept of siva and shakthi, it explains how shakthi gives motion to the static shiva tattwa and thus helping the soul in experience, evolvement and exaltation. When KALIDAS in RAGHUVAMSA says that SIVA and SAKTHI are inseparable. If Shiva is heat then Sakthi is heat of the fire he meant to say that nothing will be found by exploring the outer people and the sole point is in understanding ourselves and our driving force or shakthi. The point is not in relating with outer partners and extracting a temporary feel of joy rather the need is to understand that outer partner is only a mode to communicate with the inner latent image of the unconscious so that the inner voids are filled and sense of completeness achieved. The knowledge of shakthi can lead to salvation. Jiva( soul) when influenced by maya(earthy bindings) thinks that he is doer or enjoyer and identifies himself in physical terms but through grace of shakthi and through sadhana or self culture, soul can free himself from all fetters attain spiritual insight and merge with the supreme to be SATCHITAANANDA, when SAT is TRUTH . CHITTA is chetna or CONSCIOUSNESS and ANANDA is THE ULTIMATE BLISS.