Spouse
Astrology can offer profound insight into the natal promise, but it is not meant to dictate your life.
Use it as a mirror, not a map. Trying to find out how, who, or where won’t fill the emptiness inside.
That space is yours to meet, tend, and fill from within.
Natal indications of Spouse
• Planets in 7th : Describes the characteristics of spouse
• Placement of 7th ruler : Describes where you will encounter your spouse
• Sign of DSC : How you approach partnership
• Aspects to the ruler of 7th : Describes information about circumstances
• Darakaraka : Describes nature of spouse
• Degree of DCS : Describes marriage life and characteristics of spouse
• Venus : Natural indication of relationships, preferences, love
• Juno : Describes traits of spouse, what you need, how you commit
• Mars : The ‘bad’ boyfriend
More information about the significance of Juno in the Natal chart
Darakaraka
Note: This is a method from Vedic Astrology and only applies when using the Sidereal zodiac.
The Darakaraka is the planet with the lowest degree in your chart (excluding Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto). It represents the nature of your future spouse or long-term partner. The sign, house placement, and aspects to this planet reveal important details about their personality, your dynamic, and potential relationship themes.
• Sign placement : Nature of spouse
• House placement : Place of meeting
• Dignity : If strong it gives good qualities of the sign, if weak, it gives negative traits of the sign
• Aspects : Additional information about spouse’s characteristics
Example : If your Darakaraka is Jupiter and it forms a conjunction or harmonious aspect with the Moon, this can indicate emotional support, shared values, and a nurturing dynamic in your (future) relationship. However, if Jupiter is conjunct or in hard aspect to Saturn, it may suggest delays, restrictions, or emotional distance in relationships. The partnership could feel heavy or require significant effort and maturity to sustain.
More information on the Darakaraka : Click here
Where you will meet your spouse
To understand the dynamics of your future relationship or marriage, it’s important to look at the house placement of your 7th house ruler. Start by identifying the sign on the cusp of your 7th house, this sign determines the ruling planet. Then, locate where that planet is placed by house in your natal chart.
Example: If your 7th house cusp is in Taurus, the ruling planet is Venus. If Venus is located in your 2nd house, then your 7th house ruler is in the 2nd house, and that house must be interpreted as the symbolic meeting ground or major theme of the relationship.
1st house :
You may meet your spouse while doing something for yourself, such as self-development, appearance changes, solo travel, or during personal new beginnings. The partner is drawn to your individuality and independence or they trigger this developmental process in you over time. Spouse may walk up to you, anywhere or spouse may be a known person. He/she may be from the same community. It may be someone who helps you with something personal that eventually blossoms into romance. They could be your distant relative as well.
2nd house :
You might meet through financial matters such as in a bank, shared values, or work involving possessions, food, or self-worth. The relationship may be linked to stability, earning, or physical comfort. Meeting can come through a friend of a relative, or spouse may be known to some of your family members. Meeting spouse in natural environments is possible, such as a date or picnic in nature.
3rd house :
Could meet through siblings, short trips, your neighborhood, writing, studying, or casual social exchanges. Meeting can be online through social media or dating apps. There’s often a mental connection and shared curiosity. You may meet them during a short journey or trip, or on public transport. Sometimes, spouse is someone from elementary school or someone you’ve known since an early age.
4th house :
Likely through family, a move, real estate, or emotional grounding. Could meet in your hometown, through a parent, or during a time of emotional nesting. Possibility of meeting on a boat, hotel, or restaurant. You may meet them in your student life, they may be someone related to your mother or maternal relatives. Meeting through your job is possible. Could be a friend of someone you work with.
5th house :
Possible meeting through fun, romance, creativity, children, parties, or dating. In a recreative place, casino, night center or during night life. In traditional astrology, when the 7th house ruler is placed in the 5th house, it’s considered a strong indicator of a love-based marriage. Meeting through joyful or expressive activities, public or social settings, entertainment events, creative projects, or during moments of self-promotion. It’s also possible to meet through hobbies, casual dating, or even via a neighbor or mutual friend.
6th house :
You may meet at work, through a daily routine, or during a period of health focus, service, or caregiving. There’s often a practical or healing quality to the relationship. They may be your colleagues, maternal relatives, they can be your enemy at first, or some acquaintance of your enemies. One whom you give service to.
7th house :
You meet during a time when you’re open to commitment, or the person may embody classic partnership energy. The relationship forms easily or prominently. An artistic, charming spouse, meeting In a museum, in a music bar, a place where art is involved, business related environment, meeting in a formal environment. Meeting through mutual contacts, among people, busy or open places. You may meet your spouse while in a relationship or during relational change, upheaval, crisis, breakup.
8th house :
Meeting may involve intensity, shared resources, transformation, crisis, therapy, or intimacy. There may be a fated or karmic feel, often linked to psychological growth or sexual connection. You may meet during an event focused on psychology, healing, finance, or the occult. Meeting can be tied to inheritance or emotional breakthrough. Your spouse may have a strong interest in research, taboo subjects, or personal growth. They may work in fields related to finance, therapy, investigation, or spiritual work. It’s also possible you marry someone already familiar to you, someone from your inner circle or past.
9th house :
Through travel, university, spiritual or philosophical pursuits, publishing, or cross-cultural experiences. The spouse could be foreign, highly educated, or a seeker of truth. Meeting abroad, in an airport, airplane or cruise. Meeting spouse via spiritual or religious ceremony, or during a wedding. May come from a different community, may be fond of literature, intellectual compatibility.
10th house :
Likely through career, public image, or status-building activities. The relationship may impact your life path or be visible in the public eye. Can also indicate meeting someone with authority or recognition. You can meet your spouse in your 1st job, social service, or is connected to a classmate. Meeting when you’re out and about in public or at official places.
11th house :
You may meet through friends, group events, social media, or humanitarian causes. There’s a shared vision or future orientation. This could begin as friendship first. Meeting spouse via social organizations, an acquaintance, or during activism. There may be distance at first or they may not appear as marriage material at first, unexpected, unusual circumstances.
12th house :
The meeting might be private, spiritual, or hidden. Could occur during solitude, through dreams, illness, retreats, or behind-the-scenes roles. There may be a mystical or karmic quality to the connection. Meeting may be coincidental and marked by synchronicity. Via blind date, In an institution, near a river or sea, spouse may initially be a mistress or begin as affair. Spouse can be from a different religion or foreign place, overseas. They can even be maternal relatives.
Symbolism & signs during meeting of spouse
This is a method rooted in Vedic Astrology and is only applicable when using the Sidereal chart. Begin by identifying the sign on your Descendant and locate its ruling planet in your chart. Then, look at the sign directly opposite to where that planet is placed, this opposing sign reveals symbolic clues about your spouse or the nature of your marriage. This method comes from KRS astrology channel on youtube.
For example:
If your Descendant is in Virgo, Mercury is the 7th house ruler. If Mercury is located in Libra, then the opposing sign, Aries, holds the symbolic insight into your spouse’s qualities or the circumstances of your union.
Important to know :
These signs can show up in many forms, paintings, furniture, restaurant names, brand logos, T-shirt prints, locations, foods, statues, sounds, and more. Stay open and imaginative in how you perceive them.
| Aries | Ram, horns, physical/body, sports, computer Ram, may have a goat/ram pet, “facebook”, rarely visited places, meadow, “strong”, “fast”, skull, competitions, alone,.. |
| Taurus | Bull, earth, dirt, slow, finances, “Redbull”, something you own, something with wealth or money involved, sensory perception (such as specific smell), beauty, gardens, sound,.. |
| Gemini | Twins, relatives, duplicate, group, social media, books, double date, something with their lungs, literature, writing (letters, emails), rumors, crafting, talk therapy, ambiguous situations,.. |
| Cancer | Crab, lobster, home, lake, on or near water, boat, mother, car, household, things related to family, breasts, dinner, motel, hotel, things that relate to security both emotional or property,.. |
| Leo | Lion, king, royal, throne, party, concert, gambling, luxury places, leisure time, pleasures, creativity, affairs, pick nick, high places, tropical or warm places, sunflowers,.. |
| Virgo | Virgin, things that relate to health, care, at or related to work, fitness, hospital, wheat, food, gym, servitude, things that relate to pets, illustrations, colleagues, clients, cleansings or detoxes,.. |
| Libra | Scales, law, balance, beauty, arts, skin, at a wedding, flowers, doves, things that relate to justice, social contacts, things that are symmetrical or beautiful, aesthetically pleasing, fruit trees, brothel, boutiques,.. |
| Scorpio | Scorpion, mall, sting, things related to death, cemetery, surgery, bank, private places, secret, at transformative event, in/during/because of a crisis situation, via others, pale or tinted, intensity, dark places, mud,.. |
| Sagittarius | Horse, arrow, bow, shooting, education, travel, “OK cupid”, ceremony’s, adventures, philosophizing, hills, mountains, church, pilots, long distance, holy places, guru, courthouse, library,.. |
| Capricorn | Goat, career, formal, structures, elder people, bruises, related to government, public places, office, cold places, headquarters, things that relate to traditions, rocks, stone, black, decay, delay, ruins.. |
| Aquarius | Watercarrier, internet, technology, Astrology, water bottle, “Aquarius” drink, spilling fluid, aqua, waterfall, dam, modern places, social services, radio, via friends, sudden, airport,,.. |
| Pisces | Fish, sushi, in or near water, duplicate, aquarium, “Plenty of fish”, secrecy, sacred places, on/during a hiatus, gateways, institutions, hospitals, related to charity, hidden places, dreams, pilgrimage, monastery,.. |
The personality of your future spouse
Seen from the house and sign placement of Venus
• Venus : Often signifies what you find attractive in another
• Juno : Often signifies the eventual ‘karmic’ contract
Venus in Aries / 1st house :
Your spouse is likely to be bold, energetic, and passionate, someone who goes after what they want with courage. They may have a magnetic presence and take initiative in the relationship, sometimes bordering on dominance. Impulsivity or a short temper is possible, but they bring excitement, leadership, and a desire to protect. They’re not afraid to show their desires openly and value honesty and directness in love.
Venus in Taurus / 2nd house :
This indicates a loyal, steady, and sensual partner who values security and comfort. They may have refined tastes, love good food, and appreciate a stable lifestyle. Material success and physical pleasures are important to them, and they often express love through physical touch and acts of devotion. They may also take a practical, grounded approach to love, and dislike drama or sudden change.
Venus in Gemini / 3rd house :
Your spouse is communicative, witty, curious, and likely very youthful in energy. They thrive on mental stimulation and may enjoy playful flirting, shared ideas, and light-hearted connection. This placement points to someone who enjoys short travels, lively environments, and variety. They may be multitalented and need intellectual rapport to feel close. Sometimes can appear emotionally detached or inconsistent, but engaging and open.
Venus in Cancer / 4th house :
This indicates a nurturing, home-loving partner with deep emotional sensitivity. They may have traditional values and seek emotional security in relationships. Your spouse may prioritize family, create a cozy home, and have a strong protective instinct. Their love language could be acts of care or cooking for you. Prone to mood swings or emotional defensiveness, but deeply loyal and warm-hearted.
Venus in Leo / 5th house :
A charismatic and expressive spouse who enjoys being admired and loved. They might be artistic, dramatic, and generous with affection. Romance, fun, and passion are essential in the relationship, and they may also take pride in children or creative pursuits. Can be ego-driven at times, but they bring loyalty, flair, and enthusiasm into your shared life. In a man’s chart, this can suggest a wife who is strong-willed or glamorous.
Venus in Virgo / 6th house :
A devoted, practical, and detail-oriented spouse. They express love through service, routines, and helpfulness. May be shy or modest in romance but highly observant and attentive to your needs. Sometimes critical or perfectionistic, especially if anxious or under pressure. A healing presence in your life, they often care deeply but may struggle to express affection openly. High standards, both for themselves and others.
Venus in Libra / 7th house :
This is one of Venus’s home placements, indicating a graceful, attractive, and partnership-oriented spouse. They value equality, aesthetics, and harmony in all things. Likely very social, refined, and diplomatic. Your spouse may be very relationship-focused and have a strong sense of fairness. Their charm and elegance are often admired by others. Brings a calm, balanced energy to the union, though they may avoid confrontation. Spouse can be artistic, well-manner, romantic, with a good social status.
Venus in Scorpio / 8th house :
An intensely passionate, magnetic, and emotionally complex spouse. Someone with a mystic or powerful presence, drawn to deep emotional or sexual bonding. They may have a mysterious or secretive side and can become very protective or even possessive in love. They crave depth and truth, and the relationship may feel transformative. Financial themes, shared resources, or power dynamics may play a role in your connection. Someone that likes to take lead in the relationship and with a unique philosophical approach towards the relationship and life.
Venus in Sagittarius / 9th house :
A fun-loving, adventurous, and freedom-oriented spouse. They may have strong philosophical, cultural, or religious interests and could be from a foreign background. Someone who inspires you to grow mentally or spiritually. They seek meaning in love and may prefer long-distance, travel-based, or non-traditional relationships. Humor, openness, and a sense of exploration define them. For a husband this can indicate a strong and fatherly personality, for a wife it indicates a joyful person who loves to explore.
Venus in Capricorn / 10th house :
A reliable, mature, and ambitious spouse with a strong sense of duty and reputation. They may be career-oriented or come from a respectable family. Someone who takes love seriously and shows it through long-term commitment and shared goals. They might be older or emotionally more reserved, but they build steadily. Public image and success could matter to them deeply. Hardworking, down to earth.
Venus in Aquarius / 11th house :
An unconventional, socially conscious, and friendship-oriented spouse. They might value freedom and individuality above traditional romantic roles. Someone with a unique outlook on love, often drawn to alternative lifestyles or progressive causes, they may be your best friend. The relationship could begin through a friendship or social network. Your spouse likely values intellectual freedom and equality in the relationship. One who likes to discuss life and future plans.
Venus in Pisces / 12th house :
A deeply romantic, spiritual, or even elusive spouse. Can bring someone dreamy, artistic, and highly empathetic into your life. They may carry emotional depth or hidden sorrow and could have a strong intuitive or mystical quality. They may be romantic, poetic, musical or artistic, someone unique yet sensitive. The relationship might involve secrecy, sacrifice, or feel fated in some way. At best, this person offers unconditional love and emotional transcendence, but beware of illusions or idealization.
Indications of Foreign spouse
7th house = spouse
9th house = foreign travel, within same continent, long distance journeys
12th house = overseas travel
• 7th ruler conjunct Jupiter
• 7th ruler conjunct NorthNode
• 7th ruler in Sagittarius, 9th house
• 7th ruler in 12th (overseas)
• 7th ruler conjunct Northnode in 9th or 12th house
• 7th ruler in aspect to 9th ruler
• Mutual reception between 7th and 9th or 12th house
• Jupiter conjunct Northnode
• Jupiter in 7th
• Jupiter or Northnode in de 7th sign from the Moon
• Sagittarius DSC
• 5th ruler in aspect to 9th or 12th ruler (affair, lover)
• Venus in 9th or 12th house
• 9th or 12th ruler in 7th
• 9th ruler in (hard) aspect to DSC
Note: If you’re already in a committed relationship and you come across any of these indicators, they may also point to marrying your partner in a foreign country or through travel-related circumstances, not just meeting someone from abroad.
Important: One indicator alone is not enough. For a strong likelihood of a foreign spouse or international marriage, there should be at least 2–3 clear indications in the natal chart. When three or more signs align, the chances of marrying or meeting your partner in a foreign place increase significantly.
Northnode in the 9th house or in Sagittarius often indicates a karmic path involving foreign lands, travel, or cultural exploration. When combined with aspects linking the 7th house to the 9th or 12th, it strengthens the likelihood of marrying someone from a different country or background.
A stellium in the 9th house or multiple personal planets (Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars) in the 9th often signifies a love for travel, foreign cultures, education abroad, or spiritual seeking, which increases the potential of meeting a spouse while abroad or marrying someone of foreign origin.
If one planet rules both the 7th and 9th houses, or the 7th and 12th, this can point toward an international union, but only if supported by other indicators. Alone, it suggests potential, not confirmation.
Love, Spouse, lovelife depending on the degrees of 7th house cusp
• To know what each of the 30 degrees stand for : Degrees
• More information can be found here : Marriage
A 7th house cusp at 1° may indicate a spouse with a bold, passionate, or assertive nature, someone who takes initiative in relationships but may also be prone to impulsiveness or conflict.
A 7th house cusp at 7° can suggest a charming, artistic, and sensual partner, though there may be a tendency toward indulgence or passivity.
A 7th house cusp at 23° often points to a partner with humanitarian ideals, someone intellectually driven, emotionally detached, and rational in their approach to love and partnership.
Juno Retrograde often points to complex or karmic relationship patterns, especially around trust, commitment, and equality. In female charts, it can signal past wounding involving male figures or partners, this may include emotional or psychological abuse, but also patterns of betrayal, control, or unmet needs. Rather than indicating abuse on its own, Juno Rx suggests that the native may struggle to trust or feel safe in long-term bonds. They might attract partners who mirror unresolved issues or carry expectations that stem from past-life or early-life relational dynamics. It is an invitation to redefine commitment on our own terms and reclaim a sense of relational power.
The profession & finances of spouse
You can learn more about your spouse’s career and finances by turning the chart and viewing houses relative to the 7th house (which represents the partner).
Career of spouse: Look at your 4th house, because it is the 10th house (career) counted from the 7th.
To interpret it:
• Check the sign on the 4th house cusp = shows the style or field your spouse may work in
• Note any planets inside the 4th house = describe qualities or themes in their career life
• See where the ruler of the 4th house is placed = shows where their career may lead or be rooted (by house), and what drives it (by sign)
Finances of spouse: Look at your 8th house, because it is the 2nd house (money) from the 7th.
To interpret it:
• Check the sign on the 8th house cusp = = spouse’s attitude toward money, debt, or shared resources
• Note any planets inside the 8th house = reveal strengths, struggles, or influences around their finances
• See where the ruler of the 8th house is placed = shows how and where their money flows or is managed
Turning the chart method
To get insights about your future spouse: Turn your natal chart so that your Descendant becomes the Ascendant of your spouse.
In this technique:
• Your Descendant becomes their 1st house (self, personality)
• Your IC (4th house) becomes their Midheaven (10th house) (career, status)
• Your Midheaven becomes their IC (home, roots)
This doesn’t mean your Descendant is their literal Ascendant, it’s a symbolic method. It helps you explore themes in your partner’s career, upbringing, finances, reputation, friendships, and desires by interpreting the houses from their perspective.
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Instead you can just look at your own birthchart and look at your own houses and know what they represent according to the one you are meant to be with:
Your 1st house :
The values of your spouse in love, the love language they speak, their business partners and possible legal matters with the court and lawyers
Your 2nd house :
The sexdrive of your spouse, possible inheritances from their family, death of spouse
Your 3rd house :
Education of spouse, the higher knowledge and religion. possibilities of foreign spouse or a spouse that travels a lot, spiritual or philosophical organizations of spouse
Your 4th house :
Career and reputation of spouse, the father of your spouse
Your 5th house :
The friends of your spouse, possible organizations they are in, his/her desires in life, life goals of spouse
Your 6th house :
Possible accidents or hospitalization of spouse, the secrets they have, the possibilities of spouse being psychic, the way your spouse wants isolation and time to themselves
Your 7th house :
The personality of your spouse, the approach to life and appearance
Your 8th house :
The income of your spouse, their work ethics and what he/she will value in life, their possessions and properties
Your 9th house :
The way of communicating of your spouse and the relationship they have with their siblings
Your 10th house :
The upbringing of spouse, how his/her home-life will be, their personal needs and feelings
Your 11th house :
The self-realization of spouse, their creativity, ways of having fun and activities he/she will love, possibility of having children, and their romance
Your 12th house :
The health of your spouse and the daily routines and tasks they do
Predicting from your Moon sign
This method is similar to “turning the chart,” but instead of using your Descendant, you take your Moon sign as the Ascendant of your future spouse.
The house your Moon is in becomes their symbolic 1st house (self, body, behavior). The house 2nd from your Moon becomes their 2nd house (money, values), and so on, moving counterclockwise around the chart.
The sign opposite your Moon reveals qualities your future spouse may embody.
For example: If your Moon is in Cancer, your partner may have Capricorn-like traits, practical, reserved, responsible, or ambitious.
This symbolic method reflects the idea that the person you magnetize in love may mirror or balance your emotional world.
Age of spouse
This method comes from Vedic Astrology. Certain elements, such as Nakshatras, the Atmakaraka, and the Navamsa (D9) chart, are best analyzed using the Sidereal zodiac.
What planet rules the 7th house
• Venus , Sun , Mercury, Jupiter = Average age gap of 5-6 years
• Saturn = Elder spouse 7+ years
7th ruler in Nakshatra’s
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If 7th ruler is in the Nakshatra of Saturn, it indicates elder spouse (7+ y)
• Pushya
• Anuradha
• Uttra-Bhadrapada
If 7th ruler is in the Nakshatra of Mercury, it indicates no age difference or a very small difference (0-3 y)
• Revati
• Jyestha
• Aashlesha
Aspects to 7th ruler for younger spouse
Maturity level of spouse could be less than you, if the 7th ruler is in aspect with these planets, especially conjunction
• Moon
• Mercury
Aspects to 7th ruler for average age difference (5-6 y)
• Jupiter = Indicating a spouse that teaches/guides you
• Sun = Indicating a very mature spouse
Age gabs
• Venus-Saturn aspect = Elder spouse
• Venus in aspect to Mercury, Mars, Moon = Average age difference (0-4 y)
• Venus semisextile Mars = huge age difference (especially in female chart)
• Jupiter in aspect to Moon, Mercury = Average age difference (0-4 y)
• 7th ruler in Gemini = youthful spouse, can be younger
• 7th ruler conjunct Moon = younger spouse
• 7th ruler or Venus in aspect to Persephone
• Saturn in 7th = mature spouse, later in life
• Capricorn on the Descendant = mature spouse, later in life
Atmakaraka
Find your Atmakaraka in the birth chart, then check its condition in the Navamsha (D9) chart.
For example: if your Atmakaraka is placed in the 3rd house of the D9 chart and Saturn is in the 9th house, Saturn is seven houses away from the Atmakaraka.
• Saturn 7 houses from the Atmakaraka = Indicates an elder spouse.
Age-gap relationships can also be seen in other chart factors:
• A strong Saturn aspect to the 7th house ruler often points to a significant age difference.
• An aspect from Uranus to the 7th ruler or planet in the 7th can indicate an unconventional or unexpected spouse (including age, background, or timing).
• If the 7th ruler is placed in Gemini, it may point to a younger spouse, but if Saturn is also involved, this usually indicates a larger age gap (typically older).
• A Saturn–Venus or Saturn–Moon aspect is one of the most common markers for age-gap dynamics.
• Saturn in or ruling the 5th or 9th house can also be associated with age-gap relationships, especially if romantic or long-term.
• Capricorn on the descendant often involves relationships with large age-gaps.
• Predicting a meeting or a start of a new relationship : Transits
• Most accurate prediction for significant meeting : Love timing