How does Rahu in the seventh house affect married life?

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Dhananjay’s answer to What are the positive results of rahu when placed in 7th house if there are any?

1. 7th house is the natural house of Libra.
2. It is the house of relationships, partnerships and legal contracts.
3. 7th house is the house of negotiations and ‘market place’.
4. Basically, the ascendant is the native and the 7th house or descendent is everyone besides the native.

Now, ‘Rahu’ in the 7th house has the following impact on the native’s relationships:

1. The native encounters ‘Rahu’ like individuals who are quite ‘self focused’.
   1. ‘Selfishness’ is an extreme representation of ‘Rahu’ qualities and well, some people might be like that too. However mostly, ‘Rahu’ is self-focused.
   2. For example, body builders and entrepreneurs, are represented by ‘Rahu’.
   3. Film stars, models, people in the show business and other areas of work that involve a high degree of self focus are associated with ‘Rahu’ as ‘Rahu’ is all about the self and self serving.
   4. Interesting thing is ‘Ketu’ people make the best movie stars and artists and quite often you will see people with life path 7 are most commonly artists, film stars and people in public eye. However, from the perspective of everyone else who sees them, they are ‘Rahu’.
      1. Yes, we see people through the lens of the ‘Arudha Lagna’ however we see all these people not as they are or who they are but through the lens of a false perception that are the effects, lighting, screen and script etc.
2. The native discovers themselves through interactions with others.
   1. People with ‘Ketu’ in the first house have acquired a considerable amount of self knowledge mastered over many lifetimes.
   2. However, ‘Ketu’ denies them self knowledge readily unless they go towards ‘Rahu’ i.e. other people and the masses, for gaining a better idea of their identity, self, capabilities, strengths, weaknesses etc.
   3. Yes, this knowledge is present in them unconsciously and they can work to develop it through meditation etc. Some may even have psychic powers. However, how things work with ‘Ketu’ is that there is a lot of ‘karma’ involved with the ‘Rahu’ side of the chart without which ‘Ketu’ won’t help with the knowledge and capabilities that he sits containing.
   4. So ‘Rahu’ in 7th house individuals usually have a spouse who does well to direct the native’s capabilities to attain things that they want for themselves.
3. The native finds their desire through their partner.
   1. A person with ‘Ketu’ in the 1st house would be very happy to take a job and earn money to make their spouse happy. On their own, they can quite often be quite detached from personal ambition and desire.
   2. This can sometimes lead to the ‘Ketu’ individual ending up quite exploited by their partners simply because the ‘Ketu’ individual will never say “No”.
   3. Their natural tendency within relationships is to ‘give’. The more they give and do things that make their spouse happy and fulfilled, the more they learn about their capabilities and powers.
   4. This can sometimes lead to them getting involved in ‘narcissist-empath’ relationships where their consistent ‘giving’ drains them out.
4. The native has a partner who sees the value in who they are.
   1. Don’t get it wrong, at the most spiritual level, this can be an amazing partnership where the ‘Ketu’ individual is guided by their partner to achieve the things they don’t know they want or can achieve but are very much capable of.
   2. The partner is the person who looks at the gifts that the ‘Ketu’ native possesses that he/she may themselves be unaware of, and directs them to achieve them quite often, for personal ambition.

All of this might sound very abusive and sometimes even is. We’d have to look at the entire chart for that.

• However, mostly, keep in mind that in reality, the ‘Ketu’ individual loves to ‘give’.
• Also, the ‘Ketu’ individual is guided unconsciously towards choosing a partner who can leverage the ‘Ketu’ native’s self mastery to achieve dreams that both of them can enjoy in married life.
• The ‘Ketu’ individual is lead towards a partner that fulfills some desires (7th house and ‘Rahu’) that the ‘Ketu’ individual has.
• Quite often, it can also happen that the ‘Ketu’ native may be drawn to multiple individuals because of the desires that they perceive fulfilled in them.
• This would depend on the sign, ‘nakshatra’ and house lord of ‘Rahu’.

Hope this helps.

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