Thread by @shaleen_sharma

1-A lot of people sometimes contact me – for what is perhaps unique to #India!

They call it #HoroscopeMatching.

And it is undertaken mostly just before the marriage season commences – around the end of #October. (1/29)

#astrologicalnuggets

2-Over the years I have gathered a certain little understanding about this beautiful aspect of #Vedic #Astrology

And today, we shall dwell a little on it (2/29)

#thumbrulesofastrology

3-Though, our #Scriptures have a very clear and definitive commentary on this aspect,

..I have found the works of Hart De Fouw particularly helpful for a #Learner.

Here is a #simplified version of the understanding. (3/29)

#ज्योतिषीयसूत्र

4-When a #Man and a #Woman decide to come together,

..or for that matter whenever any #Relationship begins –

..it is a #Beautiful moment indeed! (4/29)

5-From a #NatalChart point of view –

..it is actually an interplay of four factors -

#Ascendants #Moons #Suns and #Venuses. (5/29)

6-A true #Connection between two people will only happen

..when

..their #Bodies and #Personality (#Ascendant)

..#Souls (#Sun)

..#Minds (#Moon)

..and #Desires (#Venus)

..are perfectly aligned. (6/29)

7-#Jyotisha seeks to understand the salient qualities of a person's various #Auras,

..and then comparing these qualities with that of the other person - whom you seek to make your #Partner/#Wife/#Lover (7/29)

8-How is that achieved?

#Jyotisha reads the physical body from the #Ascendant

..the #Astral or #Subtle body from the #Moon

..and the #Causal body from the #Sun. (8/29)

9-A #Jyotish believes that as these factors rule different #Aspects of life,

..a good alignment between these in the #horoscopes of people

..seeking to marry or start a #Relationship with each other

..is important for them to enjoy the relationship (9/29)

10-The belief here, is that ...

.. the strongest attraction between a couple is that of the "#Opposites." (10/29)

11-Again, this should not surprise us.

From #Magnetism to sexuality #Mother #Nature tells us opposite #Polarities always attract. (11/29)

12-#Jyotish believes, that within #Humans,

..this attraction flows from a fascination

..(known as #Raga in #Sanskrit) with with our partners and wives. (12/29)

13-Consider this,

When the #Ascendants of two #Horoscopes are in opposite #Constellations

..the two people involved are generally most attracted by their "mutually opposite but complementary" circumstances in life

..and their external projections into the world (13/29)

14-This takes the form of powerful appreciation for each other's physical body.

This is a generality, of course,

..for two people whose #Ascendants oppose may attract one another in many different and not-always predictable ways. (14/29)

#charts

#bhava

15-Now let us under consider the role of the #Sun in #HoroscopeMatching

When the Suns of two horoscopes occupy opposite alignment

..it suggests a natural complementarity of the couple's causal bodies, or #Souls. (15/29)

#dharma

#destiny

16-Two Suns that relate this way indicate that, at the foundations of their beings

..the two people involved often hold different, but fundamentally complementary, things dear.

This could be their #Values or #Philosophies (16/29)

#kundli

#karaka

17-Now let us understand the placements of #Moons in #HoroscopeMatching

When the Moons in two horoscopes sit opposite

..there is likely to be a meeting of the #Emotional #Minds. (17/29)

#mysticalastrology

18-What role does #Venus play in #Courtship and #Marriages?

When #Venus, the #marriage #Significator

..is situated opposite in two charts

..the two will be drawn to each other by mutual #Desire. (18/29)

#गुप्तज्योतिष

19-In the #Vedic #Tradition

..life is all about #Rasa – or the #juice of life

..and healthy people crave the #Rasas they lack.

In partners’ charts where Moons sit opposite to each other

..it indicates and instinctive, mutual craving, a #Raga for each other! (19/29)

20-When two #Venuses interact positively

..each will see the other as an appropriate vehicle for enjoyment –

..what we call #Bhoga in #Sanksirt. (20/29)

21-The #Moon represents instinctive tastes

..and Venus represents the desire for some specific pleasure that is deeply enjoyable! (21/29)

#गुप्तज्योतिष

22-While #Venus may attract you to a certain play, movie, or restaurant

..the Moon will help determine whether or not you get from that #Experience you crave. (22/29)

23-In this context, #Moon represents #Bhava

..the raw material from which a Rasa may be created

..and Venus, the #Graha that always seeks to balance and harmonize,

..represents the means through which you seek to create that #Rasa. (23/29)

24-Now here comes the #Interesting part!

In #HoroscopeMatching, we can, extend this principle of #Graha alignment to other #Grahas as well.. (24/29)

25-Two #Mercuries that sit opposite in partners’ charts will indicate complementarity of intellect

Two #Jupiters as opposites point to complementarity of #Knowledge and #Wisdom (25/29)

26-Opposite Jupiters in the horoscope of two #Lovers or a #Couple may manifest in #Spiritual practices

..or in approaches to providing wise counsel to one another (26/29)

#गुप्तज्योतिष

27-Two #Mars sitting opposite to each other in #Lovers’ #Charts suggest

..that the two people involved will find a mutual meshing of their preferences for types and intensities of activity. (27/29)

#astrologicalnuggets

28-Two #Saturns as opposites will promote mutual understanding

..of the diverse things that create feelings of responsibility,

..particularly around issues of human #Suffering and the tragedies of #Life. (28/29)

#thumbrulesofastrology

29-Opposite #Saturns will also foster cooperation around the mundane affairs

..of the couple's life

..such as, who keeps the accounts, how the household chores are allocated etc. (29/29)

#ज्योतिषीयसूत्र