शनि · Yuvati Bhava · Kendra · Maraka
Saturn in the 7th house
Saturn in the seventh delays marriage and then makes it durable. The spouse is often older, serious or from a different background, and the relationship is built on duty as much as affection. The texts warn about the delay; they also note that these marriages last.
What it gives
- •Marriage that endures
- •Serious, responsible, often older partner
- •Durable business partnerships
What to watch
- •Marriage delayed, sometimes considerably
- •Coldness or duty in place of warmth
- •Heavy responsibility toward the partner
Where Saturn actually is today
Computed at sunrise for the reference place. A planet sits in a given house for exactly one ascendant at a time — the sign it occupies is the 7th house of only one lagna.
Saturn right now
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Who has Saturn in the 7th today
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It depends on your ascendant
The same placement reads differently from each of the twelve ascendants, because the 7th house is a different sign for each — and Saturn is exalted in one sign and debilitated in another. This table is computed from the classical rulership and dignity tables, not written by hand.
| Ascendant | 7th house sign | Sign lord | Saturn’s dignity | Saturn rules |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aries | Libra | Venus | Exalted | 10th, 11th |
| TaurusYogakaraka | Scorpio | Mars | Enemy’s sign | 9th, 10th |
| Gemini | Sagittarius | Jupiter | Neutral | 8th, 9th |
| Cancer | Capricorn | Saturn(own house) | Own sign | 7th, 8th |
| Leo | Aquarius | Saturn(own house) | Moolatrikona | 6th, 7th |
| Virgo | Pisces | Jupiter | Neutral | 5th, 6th |
| LibraYogakaraka | Aries | Mars | Debilitated | 4th, 5th |
| Scorpio | Taurus | Venus | Friend’s sign | 3rd, 4th |
| Sagittarius | Gemini | Mercury | Friend’s sign | 2nd, 3rd |
| Capricorn | Cancer | Moon | Enemy’s sign | 1st, 2nd |
| Aquarius | Leo | Sun | Enemy’s sign | 1st, 12th |
| Pisces | Virgo | Mercury | Friend’s sign | 11th, 12th |
Strongest from Aries — Saturn is exalted in Libra. Weakest from Libra, where it falls in Aries. For Taurus and Libra ascendants Saturn is a yogakaraka, ruling both a kendra and a trikona — a placement that outweighs most other considerations.
What it aspects from here
From the 7th house, Saturn aspects the 9th, 1st, 4th houses. Saturn has special 3rd and 10th aspects in addition to the 7th. An aspect carries the planet's nature into those houses, so a placement is never confined to the house it sits in.
The 7th house
The seventh is the house directly opposite the self: the other person, and everything negotiated with them. Marriage, business partnership and public dealing all sit here. It is also a maraka house, which is why the classical texts read it with more care than a modern reader expects.
Karaka: Venus · Signifies: spouse and marriage; business partnership and contracts; public dealings and open enemies; passion and desire
Saturn as a planet
Shani is time itself — delay, endurance, discipline, old age, servants and the poor. The greatest malefic, and the greatest teacher: he denies until the work is done, then gives something that lasts. Slowest of the visible planets, he stays two and a half years in a sign, so his transits are seasons rather than moods.
Nature: Malefic · Karaka of: discipline, delay, labour and longevity · Day: Saturday
Related placements
FAQ
Saturn in the 7th house — common questions
What does Saturn in the 7th house mean?
Saturn in the seventh delays marriage and then makes it durable. The spouse is often older, serious or from a different background, and the relationship is built on duty as much as affection. The texts warn about the delay; they also note that these marriages last. The 7th house (Yuvati Bhava) rules spouse and marriage, business partnership and contracts, public dealings and open enemies, and Saturn is the karaka of discipline, delay, labour and longevity. Classically it is a kendra, maraka house, which shapes how a malefic planet behaves there.
Is Saturn in the 7th house good or bad?
It depends on the ascendant, and this is where most articles stop. From an Aries ascendant the 7th house is Libra, where Saturn is exalted. From Libra it is Aries, where Saturn is debilitated. Saturn is a yogakaraka for Taurus and Libra ascendants, which changes the reading considerably. The table on this page gives the dignity and rulership for all twelve ascendants.
Which houses does Saturn aspect from the 7th house?
The 9th, the 1st, the 4th houses. Saturn has special 3rd and 10th aspects in addition to the 7th.
Which ascendant has Saturn in the 7th house right now?
Exactly one at any moment: the sign Saturn currently occupies is the 7th house of a single ascendant. The card on this page computes it from today's ephemeris and says when Saturn moves on. In a birth chart, though, what matters is where Saturn stood at your birth — the free kundli calculator gives that.
Does Saturn in the 7th house affect marriage?
Yes — the 7th house is one of the houses examined in marriage matching, so a malefic here is weighed carefully. The kundli matching tool checks the whole set rather than a single placement.