How Can a Love Marriage Turn Into a Disaster? Astrology Case Study of Multiple Relationships
Love marriages are often believed to be based on a deeper understanding between two people. After all, unlike an arranged marriage, the couple usually gets considerable time to know each other, develop emotional intimacy, and understand each other’s personality before deciding to marry.
But what happens when a relationship that lasted for years turns into a troubled marriage within just a few months?
This is the central question examined in this astrology case study.
The case involves a young couple who had been dating for several years before getting married. During their courtship, they appeared to have sufficient opportunity to understand each other. Yet, after marriage, serious differences began to emerge.
The situation eventually became so difficult that the wife had no option but to leave her husband’s house and return to her mother’s home.
It was after returning to her mother’s home that she discovered two major facts. First, she was pregnant. Second, her husband had applied for a bank loan in which she had been made a co-borrower, potentially creating an additional financial responsibility for her.
Her mother became deeply concerned about her daughter’s future, particularly with the responsibilities of pregnancy, marriage, and financial liability all coming together.
Seeking guidance, she approached Relationship Counselor & Astrologer Siddhartha Goell for an astrological examination of the situation.
Why Did the Relationship Change After Marriage?
One of the most interesting aspects of this case was that the husband’s tendency to flirt with other women was not entirely unknown to the wife.
She had never noticed this behaviour during their courtship period.
However, she believed that marriage might bring about a positive change.
She hoped that now they were married, he would become more responsible and committed to the relationship.
The horoscope analysis, however, presented a different astrological picture.
The planetary combinations were interpreted as indicating a continuing attraction toward relationships outside the Marriage. The purpose of this case study is therefore not simply to examine the outcome, but to understand which astrological principles are considered when assessing multiple relationships or extramarital tendencies in a horoscope.
Parameters for Finding Multiple Relationships in a Horoscope
For an astrological assessment of this nature, examining a single planet or house is generally not sufficient. The Rashi Chart (D-1) and Navamsha Chart (D-9) need to be studied together, along with the strength, nakshatra placement, aspects, conjunctions, and interconnections of the relevant planets.
In this case, several combinations attracted attention.
Rashi Chart Analysis

1. Ascendant Lord Venus and Its Connection With Relationships
The ascendant lord Venus is placed in its exaltation sign.
Venus is traditionally associated with relationships, attraction, comforts, luxuries, sensuality, and interaction with women. Its strong placement can therefore become important when studying relationship patterns.
Venus is placed in the nakshatra of Saturn and, when examined from the Moon sign, is positioned in the seventh house of relationships.
This creates an important connection between the individual’s personality, Venusian desires, and the sphere of partnership.
For an astrologer, such a combination deserves careful examination rather than being interpreted in isolation.
2. Jupiter, Moon and the Connection With the Fifth and Eighth Houses
The sign lord of Venus, Jupiter, is also the lord of the eighth house.
Jupiter has a mutual aspect with Venus and is conjunct the third lord Moon.
The fifth house is traditionally associated with romance, attraction, planning, creativity, and personal interests, while the third house signify hobbies, interests, initiative, and personal pursuits.
The eighth house, on the other hand, is associated with secrecy, hidden matters, and circumstances that are not openly visible.
Therefore, when the significations of these houses and their lords become interconnected, an astrologer can investigate whether private or concealed relationship matters could become significant.
Jupiter is also involved in a nakshatra exchange with Mercury, its sign lord in this configuration.
Mercury represents intellect, communication, planning, and mental activity. The combination was therefore considered relevant in assessing a tendency toward planning and pursuing personal desires.
3. Rahu in the Seventh House
Another significant factor is Rahu’s placement in the seventh house.
Rahu is traditionally associated with unconventional behavior, excessive desire, obsession, and amplification of the themes represented by the planets and houses with which it becomes connected.
Here, Rahu is placed in the nakshatra of Mercury, which is the lord of the second and fifth houses.
The fifth house brings romance and attraction into the picture, while the second house relates to financial matters.
Consequently, the connection between Rahu, Mercury, and the seventh house becomes an important parameter for further investigation of relationship patterns.
It should be remembered that Rahu alone does not prove infidelity or multiple relationships. Its significance must always be judged from the complete horoscope.
4. Seventh Lord Mars and the Eighth-House Connection
The seventh lord and twelfth lord Mars is positioned in the dual sign Gemini and occupies the nakshatra of Jupiter, the eighth lord.
Mars also aspects the eighth house and its lord.
The seventh house represents marriage and partnerships, while the twelfth house is traditionally associated with the bedroom, private life and matters occurring away from one’s immediate environment.
The involvement of the eighth house introduces another layer involving secrecy and hidden circumstances.
Therefore, the seventh, eighth, and twelfth house connections become particularly relevant when examining the possibility of relationships or activities that may not remain openly visible to the spouse.
Why the Navamsha Chart Is Important
The strength and manifestation of marriage-related yogas should not be judged solely from the Rashi Chart.
The Navamsha Chart (D-9) is particularly important in Vedic astrology for assessing marriage, partnerships, the strength of planets, and the deeper manifestation of relationship-related combinations.
In this case, the Navamsha also contains several noteworthy combinations.
Navamsha Chart Analysis

1. Eighth Lord Sun in the Ascendant With Rahu
The Navamsha has Capricorn rising, with the eighth lord Sun positioned in the ascendant.
Sun is conjunct Rahu.
According to traditional astrological interpretation, Rahu can amplify or intensify the characteristics of the planet with which it is associated.
The eighth lord being placed in the ascendant and associated with Rahu therefore becomes an important factor for examining hidden or private aspects of the individual’s life.
The Sun also aspects the seventh house, creating another connection between eighth-house significations and marriage.
2. Seventh Lord Moon With Jupiter, Mercury and Mars in the Fifth House
Another important combination appears in the fifth house.
The seventh lord Moon, along with twelfth lord Jupiter, Mercury and Mars, is positioned in the fifth house.
These planets are in mutual aspect with the fifth lord Venus.
The relationship between Mars and Venus is particularly noteworthy in traditional astrology.
Mars represents passion, energy, physical attraction, and initiative, whereas Venus represents love, attraction, pleasure, relationships, and sensuality.
When Mars and Venus become strongly connected—particularly through sign exchange—a strong romantic and physical attraction becomes an important theme in the native’s life.
3. Twelfth House, Private Life and Relationship Matters
The twelfth house has traditionally been associated with the bedroom, private life and distant places.
In this Navamsha, the ascendant lord Saturn aspects the twelfth house as well as the seventh house.
This creates another connection between the native’s personality, marriage, and private life.
When the seventh, fifth, eighth, and twelfth houses become repeatedly interconnected through their lords, planets, nakshatras, and aspects, the possibility of complicated or unconventional relationship pattern emerges.
Astrology Can Predict Multiple Relationships
This case highlights an important principle for astrology students:
No single planetary combination should be used as conclusive proof of multiple relationships.
A responsible horoscope analysis requires confirmation through several independent factors.
Among the parameters that may be examined are:
– Strength and placement of the seventh lord
– Condition of the seventh house
– Venus and its dignity
– Fifth-house connections with the seventh or twelfth houses
– Eighth-house involvement indicating secrecy
– Twelfth-house connections with relationship houses
– Rahu’s involvement with the seventh, fifth, eighth or twelfth houses
– Mars-Venus connections
– Relevant nakshatra placements
– Planetary aspects and conjunctions
– Strength of these combinations in the Navamsha Chart
– Whether similar indications repeat in both D-1 and D-9
The more consistently a particular theme repeats across the horoscope, the more seriously an astrologer may consider it during interpretation.
Birth Details — For Astrological Research Only
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Date of Birth: 06 April 1993
Time of Birth: 08:45 AM
Place of Birth: Mumbai, India
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