The celebrated predictive science of Vedic Astrology plays a significant role in all crucial aspects of life; one of these is marriage. We can say that there are at least 4 things astrology can foresee for sure from the study of a person's natal chart.

Here, let us understand these aspects in brief.    

While Marriage Astrology is all about examining a natal chart in detail on all aspects pertaining to marriage, the focus of the Marriage Prediction hovers principally around Kalathra Sthana, the House of Marriage, and Kalathra Karaka, the Significator of Marriage. In the natal chart, Kalathra Sthana refers to the 7th House, and Kalathra Karaka is Planet Venus for males and Planet Jupiter for females.

1. Is It a Love Marriage or an Arranged Marriage? 

According to Marriage Astrology, the Marriage Prediction about a marital bond being a love marriage or not rests principally on the status of the native's 5th House, the Purva Punya Sthana, which also represents pleasure and romance. If that House and its planetary lord are without any afflictions and are strong, then there are good chances for the native to have a love marriage. If some emotional planet also occupies that 5th House, that can also be an indicator for the native to fall in love.   

The 5th is the House of Love, and the 7th is the House of Marriage in a horoscope. Hence, the link between these 2 astrological Houses is significant for the prospects of a Love Marriage for the individual. Along with this 5th-7th House connection, one also has to study the association of planets Venus and Mars- their conjunction or aspect, and also the status of the 9th House of Fortune and its lord, to arrive at the possibility of a marital bond being a love marriage or arranged.    

2. Time of Marriage

To arrive at the time of a marriage astrologically, one needs to study this 7th House in detail, assessing its strengths and weaknesses, as well as the 7th House Lord and Venus.   

Also, for a marriage to take place, the propitious time for the auspicious event should come, so marriage astrology looks for the presence of the Yoga for marriage and, when that Yoga is present, to arrive at the marriage time. This analysis can also show if the native's marriage will be early or late.  

If Marriage Yoga is present, then there is a good possibility of the native getting married in the Dasha, the major period of the planet associated with the 7th House. In addition, we need to take into consideration the Dashas of the planetary lord of the 1st House or the Ascendant, the 5th House, and the Dashas of Venus and Jupiter, the significators of marriage in the case of males and females, respectively. 

Besides, the Snake Planet Rahu can also contribute to marriage, so we must also study Rahu Dasha to arrive at the marriage time.            

The planetary lords of the 1st, 5th, and 9th Houses and the planets that remain linked to these Houses can also have a say in the timing of a marriage.

So, one has to consider all these factors in totality in Marriage Prediction to work out the timing of an individual's marriage precisely.

3. Younger or Older Spouse

According to Marriage Astrology, when the powerful, malefic planet Saturn wields an influence over the 7th House that represents the spouse and Venus, the Significator of Marriage, it is likely that the person will get a spouse who is older.

But if it is the benefic Mercury that influences the 7th House and Venus, then the marriage prediction can be that the spouse will likely be younger.  

Also, if the Saturn impact is on the 7th House and its planetary lord, the life partner is likely to be an aged person; the intensity of this impact will decide the age difference between the two.

4. Spouse's Direction

There are, in all, 8 directions- 4 Cardinal and 4 Inter Cardinal. These are - the East, South, North, West (Cardinal) and Southeast, Northeast, Southwest, and Northwest (Inter Cardinal).    

According to Vedic Astrology, certain zodiac signs and planets rule each of these directions.

The Sun and the signs Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius rule the East

Mars and signs Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn rule the South

Mercury and signs Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces rule the North

Saturn and signs Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius rule the West

Also,

Venus rules the Southeast

Jupiter rules the Northeast

Rahu rules the Southwest

The Moon rules the Northwest

As per Marriage Astrology, the direction from which the spouse would come could be –

·        The direction of the planet positioned in the 7th House

·        The direction of the planet that aspects (sees) the 7th House

·        The direction of the planetary lord of the 7th House

·        The direction of planet Venus

According to marriage prediction, the direction of the strongest planet among the above will likely be the direction from which the spouse would come for the native.