The Reasons for Divorce from an Astrological Viewpoint

In this article, we explore the astrological explanation and the strong indicators of divorce or separation in marital life.

The Reasons for Divorce from an Astrological Viewpoint

Planetary Combination that can lead to Divorce, along with hidden solutions for avoiding it

Divorce refers to the legal end of a marriage. Separations are always tough, though unfortunately sometimes necessary. While marriage is the sacred bond between two consenting individuals and their family, often due to lack of understanding and compatibility, divorce or legal separation is the only way out of a caged situation.

A primary ingredient for a sustainable marriage is love and mutual respect. They are necessary factors but not sufficient for an effective bonding to last a lifetime. The Seventh house in your Horoscope signifies your relationship. It signifies how your spouse will be and throws light on the success of your marriage. The placement of the seventh Lord plays a significant role in the long story of your marriage.


Role of Vedic Astrology in cases of Divorce:

Following the mystic rules of Vedic Astrology, the planets in the astral plane are always in motion. No matter whichever zodiac sign we belong to, the planets will always have a close connection and impact the same. It will influence our lives as well. The stars in our lives, the Nakshatras will also impact us through our signs.

  • Emotionplays an important role through its manifestations in different scenarios. Emotions are guided by the moon in your horoscope and therefore the role of emotions in the situation of a divorce will depend on the benefic or afflicted moon in your natal chart.
  • It is essential to understand the secret language of the planets to also develop the consciousness to hear the message from your stars.
  • Divorce is the Manifestation of certain Negative Emotions of Planets. The lack of emotional support, joy, love, and contentment in your relationship paves way slowly to the process of divorce.


All these can be easily decoded with the planetary placement in your horoscope.

  • Planets signifies the intelligence and emotions. If the planetary positions are not well placed, it gives rise to self-criticism, fear, or rejection.
  • All other Negative emotions like sadness, anger, loneliness, jealousy, etc. will come towards you through the decision of divorce.
  • Negative emotions are impossible to avoid though. One has to live with it. However, facing your emotional challenges and utilizing them to your own benefit will eventually make you stronger.
  • Your misfortunes can be changed to good fortune, if you take precautions to remain away from troubles, and be happy with the proper utilization of your consciousness through the planetary positions.


Negative Emotions of Divorce:

It is good to know the Negative Placement of your Planets in advance. You can know how to handle the heavy energy of some negative combinations in your Horoscope that can further lead to Separation and Challenges of handling difficult Emotions.

  • If you have Rahu and Saturn joining your Lagna, you are likely to face separation and discord in your marital relationship. However, in order to save your relationship, you must learn to be humble and give respect to your spouse and try to understand them. Don’t be Stubborn and try to understand your Partner
  • Venus is the planet of love and romance. Its placement plays an important role to give the Venusians a blissful life in marriage. Presence of Venus in Krittika Nakshatra gives very bad results and is most inauspicious for married life.

If you or your spouse have this above combination in your horoscope, you both are bound to struggle with your inflated egos and a sense of superiority. This could give rise to various conflicts and ultimately result in divorce.

Instead, try to understand why your partner’s behavior and their reaction to your conduct. You must also learn how to not feed your ego and subtly handle the ego problem that your spouse is facing as well.

Give the love and care which the Krittika Nakshatra wants from you in your relationship, and that can be shown through appreciation and selfless love.


Common Reasons for Divorce as per Astrology Combinations:

  • Seventh Lord in Retrograde motion with malefic aspect and conjunction signifies that there will be an argument between you and your spouse. All the malefic aspects and conjunctions signifies bad habit and company of the wrong people.

To attain happiness in married life, even after having the above combination, you need be cautious that you should never ever take any decision in anger. Avoid gossips and backbiting about your spouse in front of others.

  • Sex-Starved Marriage: The placement of malefic planets in the twelfth house will give a scenario wherein the person will not have contentment from their sex life.

The best thing to do with this placement is to try and know the desires of your partner and avoid conflicts during your personal time. Take out time to understand how both of you would like to be pleased and if necessary, draw boundaries. Bring spice into your sensual life with love and care to foster deep sensual love in your relationship.

  • Couples without children might file for divorce more often than other couples who have a child. Since inception, the idea of marriage is to procreate. The inability to have children might be the most critical challenge between married couples.

However, children are not a means to rectify sour relationship between couples. The presence of malefic planets like Ketu and Saturn in the fifth house, will give rise to this scenario.

With scientific advancements, there are now many means to conceive a child. Adoption is also another option for couples who desperately wants a child. However, it is to be noted that a child is not going to fix your marital problems. Hinging all your hopes on a child is unfair and rather regressive. Instead, a couple’s therapy is much more recommended to mend your relationship than bringing a child into a dysfunctional family.

Try to understand the message that you are getting from the planet, and don’t lose your spouse for some petty reason. This will be more painful and become a tough challenge in your life.

  • The placement of the Seventh Lord in the sixth house or in the twelfth house shows separation or the onset of divorce. The reason and outcome might vary from a lack of close relationship due to long distance or a career so hectic where the concerned partners have no time for each other.

Spend time with your spouse and share your feelings with each other. It is important for both of you to understand each other. Try to plan ways and times to spend time together and never miss an important occasion to celebrate.

All these are small things in a relationship and the energies also revive the cosmic energy of the Nakshatra in which your seventh lord is placed. With your praises and good deeds for your spouse, you will get a reward from the planets and your relationship will be blessed.

  • The relationship of Venus with Rahu or Mars with close conjunction aspects in any house causes to form grounds for separation. Now, this scenario will manifest with extramarital affairs which might lead the marriage towards divorce.

Sometimes changes are important in order to be moving forward. Being stubborn and egoistic will not help your cause. Sometimes a little change works like a miracle, and might save your relationship even after having the aspect of Rahu and Ketu.

  • Affliction to Jupiter with Rahu or Ketu will give you a judgmental and a critical personality. You will be prone to finding problems in every action performed by your partner.
  • Trying to be open minded and being more accepting of the changes of your partner may help you overcome the negativities of the above combination, such that it will not lead you towards divorce.


Planets in Astrology and Divorce:

Divorce is the reason of Negative Emotions of Planets in your Horoscope, which may manifest in due course in a certain time period of your life, if you are inflicted with malefic planetary combinations.

  • Mangal & Ketu conjunction works like a separation giver. However, this conjunction also wants to tell you to understand the spiritual and religious perspective of your spouse. Fight, quarrels, physical assaults, or even romantic talks at times, might results in disputes which might be manifested with this combination.

Therefore, you and your partner need to understand each other’s feelings, and have patience and give time to make things happen well in your relationship.

  • Saturn & Rahu are the planets which might pave the way for divorce. However, if you understand the role of patience and are ready to accept changes in life, then these planets will bless you with happiness in a relationship and will also protect you from divorce as well.

Separation is heavy on the heart. To recover from a legal separation requires great strength of mind. While many issues can be worked over with mutual love and genuine concern, few other issues like an abusive relationship, disrespect, disloyalty etc. are non-negotiable. The emotional trauma to pull through after a separation can be minimized through therapy and effective astrological remedies.

To minimize the chances of your separation, check out our love/relationship/marriage compatibility report.