Venus and Jupiter as marriage indicators
Venus and Jupiter are the two main natural significators of marriage in the classical texts. Venus is linked with love and the spouse, and Jupiter with the husband in some texts and with wisdom and dharma in others.
What it is
The traditional approach reads the position, sign and dignity of Venus and Jupiter, and their connection with the seventh house and its lord. The rules differ, and some texts use other grahas as well.
How it is worked out or read
The site shows the position of Venus and Jupiter in the birth chart and does not give a marriage indicator. The reading is school-dependent.
Where it appears on this site
Venus and Jupiter are in the birth chart. The Venus graha article and the Jupiter graha article describe each.
Two natural significators
Venus and Jupiter are the two main natural significators of marriage in the classical texts. Venus is linked with love, attraction and the partner, and Jupiter with wisdom, dharma and, in some texts, the husband. Their placement in the chart and their relation to the seventh house are read together when the subject is partnership.
The two planets are read differently in different schools, and a reader should always state which significators and which rules are being used.
Reading Venus and Jupiter together
A traditional reading looks at the position, sign and dignity of each planet, and at its connection with the seventh house and its lord. Venus in its own sign or exaltation is read as bringing harmony and affection. Jupiter in a kendra is read as supportive of the bond and of the values that sustain it. Where both are strong and connected to the seventh, the reading is consistent.
Where one is weak or afflicted, the reading should describe that weakness, since the classical texts consider the relationship between the two planets as part of the picture.
Limits of the indicators
Indicators of this kind describe tendencies in a chart and do not predict the outcome of any relationship. The site shows the positions of Venus and Jupiter in the birth chart but does not give a marriage indicator, because the readings depend on the school. A reader should present these planets as significators in a traditional framework and not as proof of any particular future.
Indicators as starting questions
Venus and Jupiter indicators are most useful as starting questions for conversation. A reader might ask how each planet's placement suggests the partner's qualities, and then test those suggestions against what the two people actually see in each other.
Two planets, two kinds of bond
Venus and Jupiter describe two different kinds of bond: one of affection and attraction, the other of values and shared purpose. A reader may describe the two as complementary, since a lasting partnership often needs both.
Checking both at once
A quick check is to note the sign, house and dignity of Venus and of Jupiter side by side, then their relation to the seventh house. This keeps the two indicators balanced in the reading.