Astro-study : Mangal Dosha Or Yoga

Mangal Dosha:

Delayed marriage, problem marriage, marital discords or any problem relating to marital life promotion and subsequent happiness depends on many astrological combinations, prime among them being Mars, Venus and Jupiter. If Venus and or Jupiter are under adverse planetary effects, the marriage will happen at a late stage in life.  A comprehensive assessment should be made to pinpoint the dosha and its remedy for alleviation of the problem.

When Mars is located in any of the houses 12, Lagna, 4th, 7th & 8th, in the horoscope, it is termed as "Mangal Dosh" or “Kuja Dosh”.  It is considered as a drawback during marriage, which needs reassessing in the light of modern times and late marriages.  Mars affects the 4th, 7th & 8th house from the house in which it is placed.  This is called "Mangal Drushti" or Mars aspect.

Utmost caution is needed to handle this dosha as it affects not only the life of two persons, but of two families and most importantly, the children of the couple after marriage.  It is always advisable to match the horoscopes of such natives without reservation, especially so, if Mars Mahadasha is yet to operate that too in near future.

Mars is a planet representing, fire, violence, electricity, chemicals, weapons, aggression, war, high energy, blood, fight, accident etc. Followings are the adverse effects of placement of Mars (including aspect-drishti from Mars) in different houses. 1) Short tempered, 2) Wealth depletion, family discord or even death of spouse, 3) Failures, family disharmony, 4) Property problems, accidents including fires, 6) Enemies, litigation, diseases and thefts, 7) Disturbance in marital life and with business-partners, 8) Death or fatal accidents, sudden monetary gains and legacy, 9) Excellent family ties, 10) Disturbance in career and sleep, differences with father, 11) Losses, accidents and thefts, and 12) Over-expenditures or wasteful expenses.  

These are broad guidelines.  Many factors need be analysed like the overall strength of the horoscope, power of the planets, aspects of the planets etc. Briefly, when Mars is placed in 1st house it will affect 4th, 7th & 8th house in addition to 1st. When placed in the 4th house,  it will affect 7th, 10th & 11th house in addition to 4th house. When placed in 7th house, it will affect 10th, 1st & 2nd house in addition to 7th. Mars in 8th House, affects 11th, 2nd & 3rd house. Similarly when Mars is placed in 12th house, it affects 3rd, 6th & 7th houses also.

To ward off mangal dosha, one may perform mangal pooja, and offer in donation red flowers, red coral, red sandal wood, tandoori sweet roti, revari, batashe, dal masoor, red things, sonph to a brahmachari or a kshatriya youth in noon time of Tuesday.

Mars (Mangal) affects these house, by placement or aspect, those areas of life will be adversely affected. However, Mars (Mangal) losses its adversity when:

1.         It is placed in Cancer (neecha), Gemini or Virgo (enemy). 

2.         It also losses its adversity when posited too close to Sun.

3.         When 1st house happens to be Aries, or 4th house Scorpio, or 7th house Capricorn or 8th house Leo or 12 house Sagittarius.

If Mars (Mangal) dosha becomes mild when it receive drushti from any "Shubh" benefic planet i.e. Jupiter, Venus, Moon & Mercury. What situations in the horoscope of the spouse is treated as matching with the horoscope having "Mangal Dosh"? If the horoscope of the spouse has any of the following star positions, it is complementary to the person having "Mangal Dosh" and hence the two can be considered to match for each other.

1. If Saturn is in 1st, 4th, 7th, 8th or 12th house.
2. If Saturn is affecting 7th house with " 3rd or 10th Drushti" i.e. if Saturn is in 5th or 10th house.
3. If Powerful Jupiter (In Cancer, Sagittarius, Pisces) and when it is vargottama or uchcha in lagna or navamsa kundli.
4. If Powerful Venus (in Pisces, Taurus or Libra) and when it is vargottama or uchcha in lagna or navamsa kundli.
5. When Jupiter or Venus are posited in lagna or navamsa lagna.
6. If 7th house is affected by Jupiter's 5th or 9th drushti i.e. Jupiter is placed in 3rd or 11th house.
7. If Rahu or Ketu is located in 1st or 7th house.

It is highly desirable that the refusal for a match should be careful and no match be rejected outright because of boy or a girl is manglik.  It is pertinent to point out that in contemporary world i.e. 21st century in most cases the following qualities have been noticed in a manglik boy or girl. High fighting spirit, ability to deal with stress and ability to be aggressive leading to top positions, are the attributes in the native.

Mars endows one with industrious nature, enthusiastic disposition and constructive approach. They being disciplined prove to be good administrators, enterpreneurs and politicians as well.  They are gifted surgeons. They are also top brass in army or paramilitary or law and order profiles.