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Upapada Lagna: The Marriage Point

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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 couple’s relationship.

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The Arudha Lagna is the most important (pradhāna) 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
Astrology Lineage
near and related to the lagna and shows the person who ends up near and relating to you.
Time Consciousness
Rishi Parasara begins the teaching of the Upapada in the Upapadādhyāya of BPHS,
Arudha Lagna Houses

Upapada Lagna

Upapada Fasting

Tithis

Kalachakra & Tithis

Nakshatras

Navatara Chakra

Kalachakra

Aprakash Grahas
How does the UL differ in interpretation from other relationship points?
Jyotirlingam
There are many places we can analyze for different aspects of marriage and relationship. It is good to understand the
Moon as a Goddess
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
Amāvāsya: The Dark Moon
relationships, it is important to see there placement in the rasi and navamsa. The Darakaraka shows the atma of the partner,

Remedial Measures 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.
 Timing: Kalachakra

 Timing: Digbala
 Naga Dosha
 Buddhashtami Vratta
 Orisha and Planets
 Vastu
Mantra Shastra
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?

 Importance of 108

 Words for an Astrologer First one needs to understand the 12th house more deeply and then see how the UL is the person representing this. The

 Akshara and Lords 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
 Rashi Chakra
house indicates jail, hospital, ashram, loss, pleasures of the bed, sleeping (loss of consciousness), as well as the bed where you
 Hoda Chakra
sleep. Charity is a form of energy, and the 12th house shows where you give your energy. Benefics in the 12th are called
 Rsayadi Nyasa shubha yoga and show giving to good things. Malefics in the 12th are called Ashubha yoga and indicate putting energy into
 Matangi Mantra negative things. The Sun is in maranakaraka sthana in the 12th house because is the house of Saturn, and there is no life/light

 Graha Śānti Mantras 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.

 Navagraha Suktam 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
 Savitur Gayatri Mantra often your wife and children. Marriage itself happens when one starts earning and one is able to give. Sometimes this giving

 Sun Mantra 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 didn’t do anything for you, you would not want to marry them.
 Namah Shivaya Mantra

 Shikshastikam The 7th house is the 8th from 12th house, it shows what is removing separateness and giving marriage. The 12th house
doesn’t 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 doesn’t 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 partner’s 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 weren’t 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 partner’s 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 navāṁśa) 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 badhakasthāna 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 Parasara’s 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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%paêFe iÖtIye=ip SvSvaim¢hs<yute, Sv]Rge tTptaE vaip yÇ k…Çaip ÉUsur. 11.

ySy jNmin yaegae=y< s nrae iÖjsÄm, %Ärayui; indaRrae ÉvTyev 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.

%paêFe iÖtIye va zuÉsMbxtae iÖj, jatSy suNdrI ÉayaR ÉVya êpgu[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 Jaimini’s 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 husband’s 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
partner’s life. Sometimes this is only seen from aspects or other type of associations. For example, in OJ Simpson’s 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.

%paêFadœ iÖtIye c zinraø iSwtaE yid,

%pvadat! iôySTyagae nazae va jayte iÖj. 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 native’s 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 man’s 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 person’s 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 partner’s 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

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