I want to hear more about your Taatha. Did you have your chart matched up with your partners?

Taatha was awesome. He actually shot a tiger that was terrorizing him and his workers on a building project in the mountains in the 1930’s. It was skinned and hung in his living room, bullet holes in its neck and everything. Everyone feared him but I think it was more out of respect. He passed away in 1991 at the ripe old age of 94.
No charts were matched for me. Since I married out-of-caste, out-of-religion and out-of-country, I would’ve suffered the same fate as the tiger

Your Taatha and my Papa sound similar.
I bet he told great stories. I hope you’ll share some of them.

Checking the “Mangal-dosha” (or, “Kuja-dosha”) in a birth-chart is perhaps one of the most misunderstood area while measuring the marital compatibility. One astrologer may find a chart having severe “Mangal-dosha” while another astrologer may declare the same chart clear of any “Mangal-dosha”. A lay man, having no knowledge of Vedic astrology, finds himself in a dilemma - as to whom he should believe.

Late Dr. B.V. Raman, world-renowned astrologer, author of more than 100 books on Vedic astrology and former editor of the famous “Astrological Magazine”, presented an unique formula to measure the exact intensity of “Mangal-dosha”, on a scale of 100 points for each of the concerned malefic planets causing the dosha, in his books “Jaatak-Nirnay” and “How to judge a horoscope (vol. II)”. Through this formula, maximum “Mangal-dosha” in a chart may reach up to 337.50 points.

Though, some of the astrologers (specially in Northern India) do not consider 2nd house while checking for “Mangal-dosha”, but learned Dr. B.V. Raman and many other Jyotish scholars has strongly advocated to consider the 2nd house too. While, the 2nd house represents family and wealth on the one hand, it is also the “Marak-bhava” of self on the other hand. Through the principle of “BhaavatBhavam”, it is also the 8th from 7th house and thus represents the age of the spouse. If Mars is posited in the 2nd house, it aspects the “Saubhaagya sthaan” or “Mangalya sthaan” of the wife through it’s 7th aspect. Through it’s 4th aspect, it afflicts the 5th house (house of progeny) and through it’s 8th aspect, it afflicts the 9th, the most important house representing the destiny and “Dharma” of a person.

Note: Theoretically, The “Mangali-dosha” (or, “Kuja-dosha”), should not only be measured in Rasi-chart (Lagna kundli) but also in Moon-chart and Venus chart too. But, in practice, it becomes too complicated to adopt these calculations. The Rasi-chart has got the maximum importance in all matters and thus most of the astrologers considers Rasi chart only.

Thanks for the explanation, Shyam. If I understand correctly what you’re saying is, depending on the astrologer, someone who is not a Manglik could be labelled one “accidentally” and vice versa.

hey all, thanks for the explaination and breakdown. not surprisingly, the whole manglik thing has made my impending marriage…difficult. my partner is supposedly ‘manglik’ and i am not, and the pandit that my parents went to has stirred up alot of trouble for us. so if you could direct me to some sites, or simply provide us with more information about debunking this stuff, it would mean alot! its not for us but for our respective parents. faith in this stuff can be scary!!

Mangochyck,
Sorry to hear about your predicament. Shyam seems to be well versed in this stuff, which is far more than what I can claim.
You can probably contact him from his website.

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