Manglik Dosha

Today we are going to discuss about one of the most dreaded Dosha in Vedic Astrology which is “MangalikDosha”. MangalDosha occurs if Mars is in the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th, or 12th house in a person’s chart from the Ascendant or Moon. A person with this combinationin his/her horoscope is considered as Manglik.

It is considered to cause disharmony in married life of an individual, causing discomfort and tension in relationship, leading to severe disharmony among the spouses. This is believed to be caused because Mars is considered to be a fiery planet .In short it will have bad effect on Married life.

First let us discuss Mars being situated in the 1^st house.First house is the general strength of a horoscope and it is also 7^th from the 7^th house.So it is considered important for Married life.I have explained this concept in my previous article about “Divorces in Marriage”.

Again why 2^nd house and 4^th house is considered that is because 2^nd house is second most important house for married life as marriage brings changes into your family.As females move into a new family and for males, a new member comes into their family. 4^th house is house of happiness and when Mars is placed in 4^th house then happiness of a person is effected in a negative way.

Again 7^th house placement is considered because 7^th house generally is the house of spouse and marriage.

Well, 8th house and 12^th house is considered because 12^th house is for sexual life and bed pleasure.8^th house is the house of in laws and as it is 2^nd from 7^th house so it indicates wealth from spouse.

As all of these house are related to marriage so placement of mars in any one of these considered bad for marriage.

But in my experience, I have seen a lot of people with this dosha enjoying a good married life except very few cases.That also because of their 7^th lord and navamsha condition.

We need to take ManglikDosha seriously only when Mars is in 1^st or 7^th house. The reason is that when Mars is in 1^st house then it aspects 7^thhouse from its 7^th aspect and 7^th aspect is more important than 4^th and 8^th aspect. As 7^th aspect is more powerful than 4^th and 8^th house.  Mars is a natural malefic hence when situated in 7^th house then also it give negative result in married life.

Lets discuss with some examples for better understanding Lets say For Aquarius ascendant, if Mars is placed in 1^st house then it is considered to give negative results as Aquarius is a sign of back log and Mars is not comfortable here. As 3^rd lord is generally considered as Death afflicting House. So when 3^rd lord Mars is sitting in 1^st house for Aquarius ascendant and aspects 7^th house then it is bad for married life. Even Jupiter’s aspect in this case won’t give good results.

Again for Pisces and Leo ascendant, Mars in 1^st house is not actually a ManglikDosha as 9^th lord in 1^st house is not a bad placement.

So your married life doesn’t depends on MangalikDosha. We need to consider the overall chart and navamsha.Some astrologers might scare you with this dosha but don’t worry as it not the sole point upon which your married life depends.