Upapada Lagna: The Marriage Point

This material was presented and copyrighted at the Boston SJC Workshop September 2004 and CD/MP3 of the
lecture is available through SJC.
The goal of this chapter is to first explain the Upapada Lagna (UL) so you understand what, how and why it
represents relationship. Then learn how to interpret its significations as well as understand some traditional Vedic
remedies regarding the Upapada. Finally having understood how the UL works and how it can be traditionally
remedied, learn to understand it in a way where you will be able to give practical advise regarding a couples
relationship.
The Arudha Lagna is the most important (pradhna) Arudha. The second most important Arudha is the Upapada
Lagna (the Arudha of the 12th house). Upa means near or relating to (as well as giving and ornament), and is
calculated from the sign near and related to the lagna and shows the person who ends up near and relating to you.
Rishi Parasara begins the teaching of the Upapada in the Upapaddhyya of BPHS,

How does the UL differ in interpretation from other relationship points?

There are many places we can analyze for different aspects of marriage and relationship. It is good to understand the
different points to be clear about what we are looking at. The karakas for relationship are Venus and Jupiter and their
affliction will show blessings or curses in getting a healthy relationship or not. They also reveal overall tendencies
towards relationships, it is important to see there placement in the rasi and navamsa. The Darakaraka shows the atma
of the partner, shows what type of soul the person has and issues related to that level. The 7th house of the Rasi
indicates how you relate to others, it is your doorway to the world and shows how you relate to the public (karaka
Venus). The person you relate to the most and who reflects you the most is the love partner.

The 7th lord will show the physical conditions of relationship and whether they are fruitful or barren. The A7 is
connected to business partners and to sexual relations. The 7th house of the navamsa shows the skills, abilities and
general nature of the partner which predominates over the 7th house of the Rasi. It will also show the partners sexual
tendencies. The Upapada will show about the marriage partner or a very serious relationship. It shows the nature of
the family a person comes from, it shows how the people will relate to each other, and whether the relationship will
last or not and what will make it last. It will show how many children are coming from that relationship verse a
previous relationship. It is important for timing marriage and its break. The UL lord will indicate the nature of the
family of the partner, and therefore will often indicate the status of the partner themselves.
Why does the UL represent the marriage partner?
First one needs to understand the 12th house more deeply and then see how the UL is the person representing this.
The Upapada (also called guana pada) is that which rides the 12th house, it shows who is the image of the 12th house.
The 12th house from the Lagna is what you have given, what you physically give,and where you give your
intelligence/energy. The 12th house indicates jail, hospital, ashram, loss, pleasures of the bed, sleeping (loss of
consciousness), as well as the bed where you sleep. Charity is a form of energy, and the 12th house shows where you
give your energy. Benefics in the 12th are called shubha yoga and show giving to good things. Malefics in the 12th are
called Ashubha yoga and indicate putting energy into negative things. The Sun is in maranakaraka sthana in the 12th
house because is the house of Saturn, and there is no life/light there. When A3, A9, AS3, AS9 are 12th, 2nd, 6th or 8th
from the Sun it indicates no ability to give life for this reason.
The 12th house is a house of loss or giving and the Arudha of it shows who you are giving to. Those you give to the
most are often your wife and children. Marriage itself happens when one starts earning and one is able to give.
Sometimes this giving might just be giving money for support, sometimes this giving will be home caring. The
importance is that if there is no giving then there is nothing to sustain a relationship. If the partner didnt do anything
for you, you would not want to marry them.
The 7th house is the 8th from 12th house, it shows what is removing separateness and giving marriage. The 12th
house doesnt show sex it shows being alone/celibate and the 7th house (8th from that) is what ends being alone. The
12th house is connected to sanyas and celibacy, the 8th from this ends that, and makes a person get married and
removes celibacy, therefore the 7th house needs to be pure to maintain sanyas, and longevity of sanyas is seen from
the 7th house. Therefore the A7 is used to see the sexual partner and sexual relations, not the UL.
The 12th house is the 8th from the 5th house, it will show the longevity of your kula/lineage/family. The UL shows
who will help you give longevity to your kula/family/lineage. The 7th house is 3rd from the 5th house showing it is
upachaya from the 5th , meaning it will make your kula grow. The 12th house is 6th from the 7th which is also
upachaya for the 7th house, which means it will make sex increase, it is therefore connected to the pleasures of the
bed, the place to be alone to grow the 7th house, to mature it into real intimacy. The 6th house on the other hand is
2nd from the 5th and is therefore a maraka (death giver) to the 5th house, it is not good for children or increasing the
kula and indicates celibacy. It is important to note that the twelfth house is important for relationship but it doesnt
represent sexual desires.

The AL is the maya of the lagna and the UL is the maya of the 12th house. It shows something tangible that is being
given or lost. It shows who will help increase the longevity of the kula (family). As the 12th house is 6th from the 7th
it shows who gives upachaya to the 7th, who helps it grow, so it is the person who helps in the cultivation of what is
shared as sex in the 7th house. In Jyotish, this is seen as the marriage partner and the UL lord indicates the marriage
partners family.
How is marriage to be defined astrologically?
The defining of marriage becomes very slippery and is generally given as a serious committed relationship for more
than a year, but there are many variations to this. There are people who live together for a long time but lack
seriousness, or people who do the full marriage process and divorce in a matter of weeks or months. The Upapada will
show natural marriage not what a priest or judge might say. Two people are naturally married when the relationship
reaches a level of seriousness. This is not be confused with relationships that may only be connected to the A7 (sexual
attraction/ physical relationship).
Old texts like Manusmriti list 8 types of marriage (ashta vivaha). Of these eight types, 4 were considered dharmic
(righteous) while 4 were considered adharmic (not in line with natural order). This shows they werent the ways to get
married but were ways in which a marriage-like bond was created between two individuals. These 8 types of marriage
relate to the 8 planets other than Venus who is the natural karaka of marriage. This is important to keep in mind
when seeing blessings and curses on the UL and Venus. These types of marriage are very ancient and must not be
taken literally in modern times, but we must understand the essence of the marriage bond indicated by them.
How can different marriages and marriage partners be differentiated?
The first partner is seen from the UL, the second partner is seen from the 8 th house of the UL (UL2), the 3 rd partner
is seen from the 8 th to the second UL (UL3) and so on. Often times (in modern society) it takes a few questions to
determine the exact partner of reference when interpreting a UL relationship. Some people may have had only one or
two serious relationships but westerners can often have difficulty determining which relationships were serious, and
which were just passing flings. This makes interpretation harder and will test your skills to determine the exact
person one is referring to when discussing a UL relationship.
In the same way the UL is showing the marriage itself, the nature (abilities) of the 1 st partner are seen from the 7 th
house of the navamsa, while the next partner is seen from the 2 nd house in the navamsa (the 8 th from the first
significator). The 3 rd partner is seen from 9 th house (the 8 th from the 2 nd house).
When a person has multiple marriage partners at the same time, as many Mormons do, the UL2 (the second UL) is
seen 6 th from the first UL. Additional wives are again seen from the 6 th house from that significator. The 8 th house
will show an end to the previous relationship. The 6 th house is upacharya, it is growing, and shows the growth of the
Upapada. The Upapada is a point of giving and this shows also that the amount needed to give (expenditure) is
growing.
How do we use the UL in interpretation?

The UL is primarily seen as the partner and the relationship itself, it is used as a lagna in and of itself. It will show
qualities of the partner, their career, their family, children from the relationship, longevity, as well as fructification of
the relationship even becoming a marriage.
I. Upapada Signs and Conjunctions
Rishi Parasara gives his first teaching on interpretation based on benefic and malefic planets and signs relative to the
UL:

The statements of Parasara must be looked at in their essence. Here we learn that the nature (malefic/benefic) of the
planets with the Upapada shows the nature of relationship. A benefic lord will make a happy relationship as will the
conjunction of benefics. In general, the more well placed a planet the better the significations it will give here.
The Sun supports relationship, but becoming neecha the Sun acts malefic as even the other benefic planets will do,
they will not give shubha results at the same level. Numurologically, the the Sun is connected to the number 12, and
the UL comes from the 12 th house, this is how the Sun is giving its blessings to the Upapada. The Sun also represents
lineage and as the Arudha of the 12 th house shows who will help you give longevity to your kula (family) the Sun is a
strong protector. For this reason the Sun is to be considered among the list of benefics. When the Sun is in an enemies
sign it will have less support to protect the Upapada, and when neecha it will not help at all but instead may hurt the
UL as every neecha planet will. When a planet becomes uccha it will protect the UL even if it is a malefic, as it will
take on more sattvic qualitites. Though it will still have some negative attributes of that planet, while the Sun is a pure
benefic for the UL.
Interpretation can get specific, for example a benefic sign with malefic aspects can indicate a good
person/relationship that will go bad due to malefic situations. If the UL was in Scorpio with the Moon and benefic
aspects, it would show a bad person/relationship that will eventually evolve into a better situation. Always strengthen
the benefics aspects or planets involved in the situation.
Jaimini gives upadesa (additional commentary) and says,

Subha (good), Bandhat (bound too, joined), Sundari (beautiful). When the UL is joined good (benefic) planets the
partner/relationship is beautiful. This is interpreted as the partner is a beautiful person (indicates beauty of character,
as 7 th house of Navamsa is seen for outer beauty, chara darakaraka is seen for spiritual evolution beauty). This makes
the relationship a good (beautiful) experience. The partner is happy receiving what you are giving. In this same way a
malefic conjunct the UL will make the partner harsher (according to the planet and its state) and therefore make the
relationship harsher and the partner is more demanding.
II. Upapada Lord
Rishi Parasara says that an exalted UL will bring a partner from a noble family, while debilitation will do the opposite.

Jaimini gives upadesa and says that

The Lord of the UL indicates the family the partner comes

from. If the lord of UL is exalted the person will come from a well to do family and will have high standards the

opposite will be the case with a neecha UL lord. In the chart of James, he has his own Arudha Lagna lord exalted but
it is conjunct Rahu and Saturn, so though he has the potential to rise to great things in life he prefers to live a simple
life owning very little. He lives in a VW bus that he constructed into an incredible house on wheels. It is famous for
the elaborate wood work and stained glass both inside and outside the bus. Even though he lives a simple life the
main partners in his life have all come from very upper class, very well to do families, which is not his particular
interest, though it is his karma. The Upapada is in Aries in the fourth house with its lord Mars and an exalted Sun.
The conjunction of the UL with an exalted planet will lift it up, especially since it is in its own sign. The more well
placed the Lord of the UL the higher the status of the family the spouse comes from.
He is not comfortable with the relationship because the UL is 12th from his Arudha Lagna. The UL in Aries with the
fiery Sun and Mars is too much and 12th from Arudha Lagna (the house of secret enemies to the Arudha) shows he
will not want to put the time and energy into the relationship. Upapada fasting will be important for him.

The next chart has the opposite situation. Using

Ketu as the lord of the UL in Scorpio, it is debilitated in Taurus. This also puts a debilitated planet with the UL itself.
The Atmakaraka was in the 7th house of the navamsa, which can make the partner more affluent. But the UL lord is
neecha, and the conjunction of Rahu with the UL made the marriage partner a thief, who eventually went to jail. If
Rahu was well placed, the partner could be an engineer working on big machinery but negatively placed it made him a
thief. The marriage partner was spiritual, AK in the navamsa 7th, as the partner would go to temple to pray to his
deities before going out to commit crime. The navamsa 7th house is showing more the nature of the partner. The story
of the partners family background will unfold according to the story of the UL lord.
Notice that we used Ketu for the UL lord. There are two arudha lords, when an arudha is placed in the signs of Scorpio
or Aquarius. Both lords will have an effect. Sometimes just the stronger/most influential planet will give effect. Other
times the weaker planet gives its results first, then the stronger planet gives its results.

The strength of the UL itself will often determine if the relationship turns into a legal marriage or not. Some serious
relationships fail to fructify into a marriage due to lack of strength shown by the UL. Weak placements such as 6th,
8th, or 12th from the UL, curses, bhadak and bad positions can hurt the UL.
In the next chart (4th October 1971 @1PM in Townsville, Queensland, Australia), Marriage Refusal, a Hindu woman
was going to marry a Muslim but was refused with religion as the reasoning. The UL lord is vargottama and
debilitated (which makes it extra debilitated), it is also Venus in the 8 th house of the navamsa (which hurts the
significations of marriage), it is also the AK which insures it gives the results indicated. The lord of the UL is not only
neecha but it is 12th from the UL itself, indicating loss. The lord of UL positioned 6th, 8th, or 12th from the UL is not
good and weakens its significations. Combined with the other factors of Venus, the woman was refused marriage. The
Arudha Lagna is 12th from the Upapada Lagna, so the UL rejected her. The Lord of the Upapada is 12th from the UL
so the family also rejected the marriage.

Though the chart shows she was refused legal marriage, the relationship was a UL because the individuals had real
intent to marry. The social planets denied social acceptance of the relationship; the Moon is 6th from the UL and
Venus and Mercury are 12th from it. The UL is broken even though there was not a legal marriage, and eighth from it
will indicate the next marriage partner. Being that it technically was a UL, the lord of the second, Mars, has raja banga
yoga (debilitated in nava) showing not enough resources to support the relationship. Jupiter placed in the second
from UL helped cause the break as well. Jupiter significates religion, and Jupiter is in the badhakasthna from the
lagna showing it causes her obstacles in life, Jupiter in badhaka often indicates religious significations as obstacles.

How do we see the longevity of relationship from the Upapada Lagna?though there was not a legal
marriage, and 8th from it will indicate the next marriage partner. Being that it technically was a UL, the lord of the
second, Mars, has raja banga yoga (debilitated in navamsa) showing not enough resources to support the relationship.
Jupiter placed in the 2nd from UL helped cause the break as well. Jupiter significates religion, and Jupiter is in
badhak sthana from the lagna showing it causes her obstacles in life, Jupiter in badhak often indicates religious
significations as obstacles. Jupiter is also marana karaka sthana from the AL showing she is perceived as hurting
religion.
The second house from the UL is one of the most crucial houses for relationship. This section will talk briefly about
classical reference to the second house from the UL, and the remedial measures will go into greater detail. It is the
most crucial house as it is the sustenance of the relationship, it feeds the relationship. The second house is a natural
maraka house and it shows the longevity of the relationship. Strong lord of the second from UL and Benefics conjunct
and aspecting it will support marriage. Weak lords of the second and malefic association will destroy marriage. Rishi
Parasara teaches:

The 2nd house from the UL will show the sustanence of relationship/marriage. If the 2nd is strong, even if the UL has
malefics (giving a negative relationship) the 2nd house will hold the relationship together. In the opposite case, if
there is malefic association in the 2 nd house from UL, it will break the relationship even if it is with a good person
and good situation (strong UL). The UL is evaluated to see the situation of the relationship. The 2nd from the UL is
evaluated to see if the relationship will last.
The next few verses from Rishi Parasaras Upapada Chapter show this concept in more depth. The amount of verses
devoted to the UL is representative of its importance, and with in that is is worth noting the large number of verses on
the 2nd house from UL as well.

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%paFe itIye=ip SvSvaimhs<yute, Sv]Rge tTptaE vaip y kaip Usur. 11.
ySy jNmin yaegae=y< s nrae ijsm, %rayui; indaRrae vTyev n s<zy>. 12.

Oh excellent of Brahmins, if the UL or the 2nd therefrom be occupied by its own lord or if the said lord
is in his own house, the death of wife will be at an advanced age. If a planet is being constant indicator
of wife and is in its own house, there will be a loss of wife only at a later date.
Jaimini says the same thing in slightly different words,

If the second is conjoined by its lord or its lord is placed elsewhere in own sign or in exaltation,
loss of spouse, if at all, will be only in an advanced age. 1.4.8
These verses are speaking of the wife as if she dies, but this is in a culture not overly using divorce (though they did
have it). These indications for age of the wife are to be used for age of the relationship. Longevity relative to the UL
is then to be taken as not how long the spouse will live, but how long they will live in your house. Malefics hurt the
longevity of a marriage/relationship. A well placed/strong lord of the second from UL will make the relationship last.
The sustenance for the relationship will be strong and therefore the union will stay together. Dynamics within that
relationship are seen from synestry, but whether the people stay together or not is seen from the 2 nd house from the
UL.
Parasara gives another shloka, saying what was mentioned later by Jaimini, but adding the 2nd house. He says that a
benefic will make the wife sundar (beautiful) placed in the UL or 2nd house from it. Jaimini said the same thing
relative to the UL only, Parasara speaks of Sundari (beauty) relative to the UL and the sustenance of the relationship.
%paFe itIye va zusMbxtae ij, jatSy suNdrI ayaR Vya pgu[aiNvta. 15.

Oh Brahmin, if the UL or 2 nd from the UL is related to a benefic, the wife will be beautiful, fortunate
and virtous.
There are often only slight differences between what Parasara taught and Jaiminis upadesa (commentary). After
giving the results of benefics in the 2 nd from UL, Jaimini mentions some of the results of malefics.

If the 2 nd from Upapada has malefic aspects or conjunctions the native loses his wife or renounces the
world. 1.4.2
If the 2nd from UL has beneficial conjunction/aspect, pravrajya/loss of spouse may not occur. 1.4.5

Malefics in the 2nd from the UL will show a relationship not lasting and ending negatively. Indications associated
with the UL and the 7th lord will show why and how the relationship is breaking. This leaves an individual with a bad
taste for relationship and often they do not wish to get involved again, hence the statement that the individual
renounces the world (they give everything to the spouse and run away). Malefics second from UL alone will not make
a renunciate. The indications must already be present in the chart for sanyas. When the indications for sanyas are
present but the UL is strong the person will get married. If the 2nd house from UL is strong, the person will not be
able to get out of marriage, so they are not able to take sanyas. If the UL and its second are afflicted, then the native
cannot keep marriage and then marriage cannot stand in the way of renouncing. If the indication for Sanyas is not
indicated in other ways, the person will continue with relationship but with another UL, calculated 8th from the
previous UL.
Early death of the UL partner is indicated by combinations for death of spouse seen from the 7th lord and in the
navamsa, and the 2nd house from the UL should be connected to the 3rd house from the sthira karaka for spouse
(Venus for men, Jupiter for women). This shows that their death is the reason for the ending of relationship.
In the example chart is very straight case where the woman has had 2 husbands die early. When the ninth and eighth
lord have association it is a combination for early death of spouse. She has the eighth lord Saturn aspecting 9 th lord
Jupiter (so a yoga for early death of spouse is fulfilled). The sthira karaka Jupiter is in the 2nd house from lagna and
the UL is in the 3rd house. The 2 nd house from the UL is also the 3rd house from Jupiter. So the end of relationship
is also the end of the partners life. Sometimes this is only seen from aspects or other type of associations. For
example, in OJ Simpsons chart, the lord of the 2nd house from the UL is aspecting the lord of the 3rd house from
Venus. So this shows the end of relationship is the end of life, but not as easily predictable.

Jaimini reiterates what Parasara said previously, that and an uccha planet 2 nd from the UL will give many wives.

If the planet in this second is exalted

there will be many wives. 1.4.6
This is again a concept coming from a society were divorce was very uncommon and multiple wives was common. The
uccha planet is showing the first marriage will not break, and so if another person comes along, the native marries
them as well without breaking the first marriage. In Western society, this will have to be interpreted slightly different
depending on the belief system of the person, as well as their sexuality (in the Rasi, 2 nd house in navamsa, navamsa
trines, and Somanath drekkana). It was believed in Vedic times that either a man or a woman could have multiple
spouses, it was not limited to only men. In the Vedas, there are marriage hyms where the prayers are to more than
one husband. Later only men could have multiple wives and presently in the westernized world monogamy is the
most socially accepted type of relationship.
Indications for a sustained relationship are always nice to share with people during a reading. Other times there are
malefic combinations that promise a tough end to the relationship. Parasara teaches that the malefic associations on
the 2nd house from the UL show the causes and situation of the relationship end.
%paFad itIye c zinra iSwtaE yid,
%pvadat! iySTyagae nazae va jayte ij. 16.

Should Saturn and Rahu be in the 2 nd from the UL, the native will desert or lose his wife on account of
calamity/scandal or through death.
Jaimini gives upadesa, he first states the same thing but he adds that benefic aspects can mitigate the evil effects.

Beneficial aspects on the conjunctions given in the previous stanza mitigate the negative results. 1.4.22

When the 2nd from UL is weak, the relationship will break. When malefics are present they are showing harsh
reasons and circumstances breaking the relationship. Saturn and Rahu in the 2nd from UL will show death or
scandal, calamity or deserting the wife (relative to other indications in the chart). If a benefic is there but the lord is
neecha, the relationship may break but the situation will not be as bad. When the relationship breaks the negative
indication of the graha will come into the natives life. When the astrologer sees the negative indications of the planets
2nd from UL coming into the life through dasas, they can also predict that those indications will end the relationship.
It is important to take into account the teaching of Jaimini relative to this situation. The problems will exist as the
malefics will be in the 2nd house from the UL, but the aspects of benefics will help improve the situation, it will give
the partners the ability to work through the situation. This will be very important in showing if a remedial measure to
the relationship is possible, and also indicate what that remedy may be. On the other hand, it shows that benefic
combinations can be severely hurt by the aspect of malefics. Rasi drishti will show circumstances that are a problem,
while graha dristhi will show more the mental issues involved.
The sign of the UL is important as well as the sign of the 2nd house from the UL. When these two signs are inimical,
there will be a want to break the relationship. These relationships are already predetermined to be more difficult.
Whether they break or not will depend on the condition of the 2nd house from UL. There is an example where of a
man who had a Sagittarius lagna, Rahu was conjunct the UL in Aquarius, and Jupiter was in Pisces with the AL. As
the planet conj AL and the planet conj UL are inimical, they will want to break up. But as Jupiter is in his own sign in
the second from UL he will be unable to break the marriage. The mans marriage lasted one night, he left her after
that, seeing her Rahu nature. But it took 13 years in court to legally end the marriage. Finally the judge just asked the
wife if money was the issue and told her the max she could get, the husband then agreed and the marriage was finally
absolved.
How do we time relationship with the UL?
The Marriage should be timed from the Upapada and the 7th house in Rasi and Navamsa. For this information read
the paper Sanjay Rath and presented at the New York City Lectures in 2003.
What is the situation when a relationship breaks?
When the second house from the UL breaks the signifcations of that house will break. If the UL is in the 9th and the
2nd from that is the 10th house. When the relationship breaks the 2nd house from UL will break and all significations
of the tenth will be hurt, so the person may also suffer job problems or loss, loss of fame, and status due to the
relationship break. If the UL is in the 3 rd, the person may lose their home and all happiness when the relationship
breaks. If the UL is in the 4th house, the person may lose the stability of their chitta when relationship breaks, or may
lose the bhakti of the 5th house. Some significations will be damaged.
If there are planets in the 2nd from the UL, they will show damaged significations with situations related negative
significations of those planets at the time of the relationship break. If Saturn and Moon are second from the UL, the
person will experience great depression at the time of relationship break. If Mercury is 2nd from the UL, the persons
memory, studies, or business will be severely afflicted. If the lagna lord is in the 2nd from UL, the health will be
damaged and the person will fall sick out the time a relationship break. The fundamental concept is that when the

relationship breaks, the 2nd house from it is afflicted and any significations related to that house will also show
affliction.

In the example chart, the native was on his second serious relationship. The first UL was in Taurus, and the 2nd UL
was in Sagittarius. In the 2nd house from the Sagittarius UL was Mercury, the lagna lord. When the relationship
broke, the native fell sick for some time, this is because the lagna lord had to break when the 2nd house from UL
broke. When the relationship breaks, it is because of a weakness of that house and everything there is afflicted. The
2nd house from the UL is also the chitta, the mental state, and the native was very unbalanced for some time after the
relationship break.
This will help determine Upapadas and also help predict the end of relationship. Benefics placed here sustain
relationship, but if heavily aspected by malefics will first give good results that slowly deteriorate. If there are malefics
2nd from UL, it shows negative experiences in the relationship and will make the UL break. If aspected by benefics it
will show the ability to overcome these negative experiences and therefore experiences and emotions related to those
aspects should be strengthened. If Moon is aspecting a Saturn second from the UL then the person needs to be more
nurturing in relationship to help it be sustained. Remember that Sun and Ketu are benefics relative to relationship.
Ketu will indicate the need to be more spiritual and indicate bringing spiritual practice into the relationship. The Sun
will show Dharma, and the following of a Dharmic path is very important. If the Sun is 2nd from the UL, and the
relationship breaks, be sure the person has followed some adharmic path which is helping to break the relationship.
An exalted planet generally has more sattva to it. So an exalted Saturn will not break the relationship. Instead it will
hold the relationship together with an iron fist, it will not allow the relationship to break. Sometimes a person is
trying to leave a relationship but unable to. This is often because of the strength of the 2nd from the UL. If it is strong,
the person cannot leave the relationship even if they want to. If the 2nd from the UL is weak the person cannot
sustain the relationship even if they want to. When a person wants to break a relationship and cannot, there are
various harsh tantric remedies to break the 2nd house from UL. When a person wants to improve a relationship they
should strengthen the UL and its second house.

How does one match Upapadas for determining a good

relationship?
The Upapada of the native should fall into trines or the opposite sign from the lagna of the spouse for good
compatibility as a marriage partner. The Lagna of the native should fall into trines or the opposite sign from the
Upapada of the spouse to be compatible. This gives 4 signs which are compatible for any nativity. If the UL was in
Cancer, then Cancer, the other water signs in trine (Scorpio and Pisces) or the opposite (Capricorn) would be
compatible lagnas for the spouse. Both the native and the partner should have UL and Lagna compatibility.
The planets strongly connected to the UL of the native should match planets strongly connected to the partners lagna
to show a karmic connection in the compatibility. For example, if the UL is in Leo, with a strong Sun, the partner
should have a strong Sun in lagna or trines to it. Some similarity between these points will show a karmic bond that
will make the relationship compatible, so that the partners perceive each other as marriage partners. The Arudha
Lagna represents externalities, and when the Upapada is trines with the AL it shows the marriage is based on
externalities like beauty, position or money of the spouse. It does not show a deep connection, or a happy long term
relationship. When the Upapada Lagnas are the same it often indicates an arranged marriage.
Sources other than Classics
Larsen, Visti. Kalatrakaraka, Article presented in West Coast Conference, Sunnyvalle California August 2003.
http://www.hinduweb.org/home/general_sites/hinduwoman/WOMENINHINDUSCRIPTURES.htm
Rath, Sanjay. Crux of Vedic Astrology, Sagar Publications, New Delhi, 1999
Rath, Sanjay. Lectures from 2001-2004. Jagananth Puri, India