In this blog, we will discuss the impact of Saturn Ketu in 7th house, also known as the horoscope's house of partners, open enemies, masses and business.

How will this conjunction affect health, married life, home/happiness and unexpected incidents in life with their positive or negative flavours and the best remedies?

What is the Seventh (7th) house of the birth chart?

The 7th house is also known as the horoscope's house of individual’s partners, one’s business, and one’s opposite in simple terms. It is the house of one’s relationships as well not just marriage.
It can be said that every house’s opposite is what a person desires in that house so since it is the opposite of the ascendant this house shows what the person desires in a partner or the kind of partner a person will get.

This is also the house of everyone else so it can be said that it is the house of your business just like the 6th house is the house of service, the 7th becomes its addition and one’s own business if a person will do business.

The body parts denoted by this house are the kidneys, lower back and lower pelvic area.
This house is very commonly known as the Bharya bhava in Sanskrit as it gives information about partnerships in one or many in general.

What is the Saturn-Ketu conjunction/combination in Astrology?

A major part of this has been mentioned in the last blog. Please refer to the prologue of Shani and Ketu Yuti’s blog for more details: What is Saturn Ketu Conjunction in Astrology ?

Saturn Ketu conjunction in the 7th house of the birth chart General characteristics:

Now the very basic nature of this conjunction of some bohemian kind of nature that this house brings will surely show the traits in the person in every house. The question is how will that be different from the first house in that case as it’s the ascendant only that primarily defines what a person becomes over time.
Now, the Seventh house gets the conjunction of these two malefic planets. The natural owner of this house is Venus which represents the beauty and materialistic desires of a person and this is also the house of marriage, partnership business, open enemies and maternal grandmother to name a few. The element of this house is Air (Vayu tattva). It gives such natives a reluctance towards others in general. This might not be the case if the 11th house of friends has good benefic planets placed in it along with the ascendant lord.

The native would be more focused on themselves as Rahu is placed in the ascendant and the dryness/detachment comes towards others with this conjunction in the 7th house. A person could lose interest in getting married completely or married life will lack the element of romance. Native could be very selfish as the whole focus goes on self with these combinations.

Positioning of Saturn brings considerable delays in the marriage and Ketu at times denies it. Saturn also casts its 3rd aspect on the 9th house of one’s luck/fortune house and brings struggles in one’s luck as well. The positioning of Saturn also gives the possibility of the partner being older or from a lower social background as well. This might not be the case if Jupiter is aspecting the 7th house or maybe sitting in the 2nd house being the 7th lord which would indicate that the spouse/partner could be from a similar background.

The 10th aspect of Saturn goes to the 4th house of happiness and mother so one could have differences with one’s mother or there would be a struggle in finding happiness in general in life.
It is said that these kinds of conjunctions of heavy karmic planets happen for a person getting a chance to learn from past mistakes and do good to clean the slate of karmas on the path toward once salvation. As only the great enlightened ones know their past lives they guide others as well to help them rise from the current state to a higher state of existence.

In adverse Dasha, there could be surgeries involving either the 7th house-related areas like the urinary tracts, kidneys and bladder etc. or the areas related to the 1st house i.e. face or head and the 4th house i.e. lungs and chest. This could manifest in any manner. It could be as simple as angiography to complex bypass heart surgery.

Saturn Ketu conjunction in the 7th house of birth chart and career:

Now since the combination is happening in the 7th house it affects the personality native exhibits and the businesses that the native attracts. Since Saturn is in the 7th house of business where it is generally exalted as the natural 7th house is of Libra owned by Venus. Saturn governs the weak and poor and Libra represents the market place so in general Saturn is good for the 7th house from the business perspective. From a religious aspect, Saturn is again good for the business as natives would have good command over managing the workforce for getting the work done. The natural exaltation energy can be seen here as well in the dasha and sub-Dasha of Saturn. The person would be adept in people management because of Saturn’s placement however, Ketu would give a lot of disinterest in the business as well so Native will have to overcome that and strive for success.

Such a person should avoid doing partnership business. If there are combinations of the 2nd house and the 8th house and the 9th house then the native can also get into the research business and be an astrologer as well. Natives can also settle abroad as well. The person could work well in the areas as shown by the zodiac signs which are highest in Shadbal or the houses that are highest in Ashtakvarga as well. Since this conjunction gives intuition and one might see people coming up to seek advice from the native.

Saturn would play a very important role in the success of a person with a conjunction as any career, job or business is chosen to make money and for family. Here the house of happiness/luxuries is getting impacted so one can expect some difficult times due to the malefic effect of the conjunction, if Saturn owns the house the effects would be less severe.

Saturn Ketu conjunction in the 7th house of birth chart and Marriage /Married life:

This conjunction will affect more if Saturn happens to be the 1st lord or the 7th lord in the horoscope then it would mean that the 1st lord or the 7th lord is directly conjunct with a malefic Ketu which will reduce the marital bliss from the native’s life to a great extent.

Now in case, the 1st House Rahu placement gives selfishness to the native and Ketu gives disinterest towards others. This selfishness is not good for the long run of any marital partnership. Natives will not like to take on any responsibilities in married life.

The desires of the native’s Rahu would bring many partners into the person’s life whereas Saturn will not let them stay till there is substantial seriousness in them towards the institution of marriage.
For a female Saturn will give its aspect on the 4th house and that will bring more difficulties for the female from her mother-in-law making married life come with difficulties. This might not be the case if the couple stays away from the rest of the family of the husband.

Saturn in the 7th house ensures that the marriage goes on for long and legal separations are difficult to achieve if there are clashes as Saturn teaches patience, adjustments, compromises and seriousness in married life.

One might decide not to get married at all if the 7th lord is also either combust or conjunct with malefic planets

Saturn Ketu conjunction in the 7th house of birth chart and Health:

This conjunction can give the habit of drinking smoking or drugs directly aspects the 1st house and Rahu placed there also adds to the addiction. Prolonged use of cigarettes or other modes of smoking like using bongs, vaping or hookahs etc. If the Aries zodiac, moon and mercury are also in major affliction, the person can surely have mental issues.

The aspect of the conjunction on the 1st house makes the natives lose health and life energy. Saturn is aspecting the 4th house and can give issues related to the lungs, bronchia and chest. Also, the conjunction affects the parts as denoted by the sign of the 4th house and the lord planet. It could be as small or big as some regular seasonal cold/influenza or asthma. In extreme cases, natives can get surgical treatment for the affected parts issues in adverse dasha/transit. The native can also get issues with the thigh and knee areas so this generally happens in old age and adverse dasha and transit where the knees of a person can be operated on like the knee cap replacement.

Saturn Ketu conjunction in the 7th house of birth chart and Positive impact:

• Natives are selfish and can take good care of themselves.
• Natives have some natural inclination towards foreign things/food/places/people.
• Natives can go abroad to work and can settle there as well.
• Natives can do good in the field of labour management and individual contributor roles when employed in a company.

Saturn Ketu conjunction in the 7th house of birth chart and Negative impact:

• Native would have medical issues due to the aspect of the conjunction on the ascendant.
• Selfish Natives could have multiple partners, which could be a reason for difficulties in marital life.
• The individual will find it very difficult to trust any person easily in their personal or professional life.
• Medical issues will take a long time to be diagnosed properly and get the right medical treatment.
• Health issues could happen due to a bad daily routine.

Following are some best remedies for Saturn Ketu conjunction in the 7th house :

• Worship Lord Ganesha and chant the Ganesha Mantra regularly.
• Regularly recite the mantras associated with Ketu and Saturn. For Ketu, the mantra is "Om Ketave Namaha," and for Saturn, it is "Om Shanaishcharaya Namaha."
• Perform Rudrabhishek which is dedicated to Lord Shiva to alleviate the malefic effects of both Ketu and Saturn.
• Donate black sesame seeds on Saturdays.
• Offer mustard oil on Saturdays.
• Regularly feed birds, especially crows.
• Offer jaggery to monkeys on Saturdays.
• Keep a black dog and take care of it.
• Bury a small, sealed container of mustard oil in the ground.