The querent asked me when she would get married. With Gemini rising, the her significator is Mercury. And we can also give her the Moon in this case. Mercury is located in the 2nd house, in Leo, which shows that, for her, the theme of marriage is tied to material security, personal worth, and practical life conditions. But it only two degrees away from the house cusp of 3rd, so it is already within a house related to messages and routine.


The ruler of the 7th house cusp of marriage is Jupiter, placed in the 5th house, retrograde, in Scorpio, without essential dignities. We are not judging the quality of the marriage, so we don’t care that much about how Jupiter is doing quality-wise. Only whether and when it will occur. Jupiter retrograde in this case shows that the marriage is moving towards her, actually, so it is not a bad thing.

But there is a even more favourable testimony. Mercury applies by square to Jupiter. Again, since Jupiter is retrograde, its actual motion is towards the querent’s significator, which allows for the perfection of the matter, even with effort and tension. It will be perfect when Mercury is already fully in the 3rd. Being this the house of short messages and bureaucracy, it seems that she will have to initiate the process.

As for timing, which is the main thing behind the question, the aspect perfects in two degrees. With both significators in fixed signs, Leo and Scorpio, the pace will be slow. It will not happen in two weeks or months. The most coherent judgement is that the marriage, in this case, is likely to take place in two years’ time.

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