Is Guna Milaan alone sufficient for predicting a happy married life?

This is probably the most touchy and one of the most popular beliefs in Hindu Marriage System know as Guna Milaan for Match Making. In this system the natal placement of Moon is seen in both the Horoscopes and then points known as Gunas are assigned on the basis of matching of the following descriptions in the Horoscopes :

1. Varana
2. Vasya
3. Tara
4. Yoni
5. Graha Maitri
6. Gana
7. Bhakut
8. Nadi

The points or Gunas are assigned out of a maximum of 36 and a match below 18 is not considered good for Match Making whereas the Match is considered better and better as the Gunas increase in number. 36 out of 36 would be a complete match according to this system, and then the Gunas from 35 to 30 are considered very very good, 30-25 is very good to good and then 25-20 is considered acceptable. The system works this way and if the Gunas are a higher number, the Match is said to be a good Match and if the Gunas are a lower number, the Match is not considered a good Match.

This system has been continuing since the Vedic age and with all due respects to the Vedic traditions and techniques, I do agree to this system. But my question is whether this system alone is sufficient for predicting a happy Marital life or not. In my opinion, it is not. It can be and should be used as a supplementary system in addition to some other very important Aspects which are to be seen and analyzed from both the Horoscopes. We shall now take a look at these aspects of Match Making which should be given their due importance if a happy Marital life is to be predicted.

First of all, an expert Astrologer would check whether there are the signs of a happy Marital life in both the Horoscopes. For example if one of the Horoscopes is indicating a probable divorce or a second marriage or in the worst case is indicating a long disease or even death to the partner or spouse, then in spite of a very high number of Gunas, the Match is not correct. Then the financial future of the earning partner or partners as seen from Horoscope, analysis of any major disease to either of the partners if there are any, the ability of both the partners to produce a child and general compatibility of both the partners are some of the important aspects which are to be verified properly before predicting a Match Making. If these Aspects are ignored or the Astrologer does not know how to check them properly, the Match Making is not correctly predicted in my opinion.

I have seen the Horoscopes of many married couples who were assigned a number greater than 25 Gunas when they did the Match Making, yet their married life is very upset or in some cases the divorces had been already filed when on of the affected parties approached me. If the matching of Gunas alone was sufficient, then why did all these things happen. This is because of the fact that the Horoscopes were not compatible with each other on the most important ground or Aspects mentioned above. I will explain this concept further with the help of a of a couple of case studies.

When the parents of a Male approached with the Horoscope of both their son and a girl whom their son was in love with and wanted to marry, it was told after analysis of the Horoscopes that all other aspects of Match Making were good but the girl should be suffering from some serious problem in the region near her Uterus and due to this problem she may not be able to conceive a child and in future she may face some serious disease in the Uterus region. It was also told that this problem could be controlled or even cured with the help of some specific Gemstones. When the parents of the boy inquired about this problem from some relative of the girl, they came to know that the girl was currently suffering from a serious irregularity of Periods and was experiencing pain and excessive bleeding. Now the girl is wearing the Gemstones and she has recovered quite a lot from her previous condition and is getting better and better as the time is going by. And the couple is marrying in the very near future.

Mentioning one more case of a male who is around 50 and has already married 3 times, with one wife getting divorced and the rest of the two dying with serious diseases. And all the three Matches were made by Guna Milaans alone. This male wanted to marry for the fourth time, and was told to wear some Gemstones and do some remedies or otherwise face the same consequences in the fourth marriage in spite of Guna Milaan. His would be wife was also told to wear a couple of Gemstones to survive the marriage as this man's Horoscope was indicating serious troubles in married life, divorce or even death of the spouse due to which one of his wives got divorced (whom I consider lucky) and the other two died with serious diseases.

In the same way, there are some other problems in some other Horoscopes, but most of them can be controlled or even cured if they are detected in time and Astrological Remedies are applied. So don't just be sure of a Match Making on the basis of Guna Milaan alone and look for the other aspects as well. Himanshu Shangari