Marriage prediction for Makara rashi

The 7th from the Moon in Makara

The 7th from Makara is Karkataka, ruled by Chandra (the Moon). Makara belongs to Shani (Saturn), so the axis joins the graha of duty with the graha of feeling.

Makara is an earth sign, practical, reserved, willing to carry responsibility; Karkataka is a water sign, caring, protective, centred on home and family. The partner shown nurtures, remembers, keeps the household warm. The Makara native supplies structure, the partner supplies care, which is a workable division when each values the other's part.

This axis is unusual. Kuja (Mars) is exalted in Makara while debilitated in Karkataka; Guru (Jupiter) is exalted in Karkataka while debilitated in Makara. Grahas placed on this axis are therefore read closely. Shukra (Venus), the karaka of marriage, is a natural friend of Shani, the Moon-sign lord.

When marriage comes

The dasha or antardasha of Chandra, the 7th lord, is a marriage period for Makara. So are periods of Shukra, or of a graha placed in Karkataka.

Guru's transit through Karkataka, its sign of exaltation, occupies the 7th from the Moon; Guru also aspects Karkataka from Makara, Meena or Vrischika. Shani, lord of the Moon sign, sets the pace. Its transits ask for patience, yet commitments made under Shani tend to be well considered.

None of these alone gives a date. The full birth chart, read with the lagna, the dashas and the transits, does.

The nakshatras of Makara

• Uttara Ashadha padas 2 to 4 (Uthiradam in Tamil, Uttarashadha in Telugu), ruled by Surya (the Sun): a fixed star, favouring lasting bonds; life opens in a Surya dasha.
• Shravana, all four padas (Thiruvonam in Tamil, Shravanam in Telugu), ruled by Chandra: the same graha rules the 7th, so a birth here opens in the 7th lord's dasha.
• Dhanishtha padas 1 and 2 (Avittam in Tamil, Dhanishta in Telugu), ruled by Kuja: active, ambitious, opening in a Kuja dasha.

Manglik, in plain words

Kuja dosha is the term for Kuja in the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th or 12th, counted from the lagna, the Moon and Shukra. From Makara those signs are Makara, Kumbha, Mesha, Karkataka, Simha, Dhanus. Kuja is exalted in Makara itself and rules Mesha, the 4th; Karkataka, the 7th, is its sign of debilitation, a placement examined in the whole chart. The point asks for care in matching; later texts list many exceptions, with two charts that both carry it commonly matched. Melapaka, marriage chart matching looks at it in full.