Open study · The Marriage Study
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The Marriage Study

Traditional astrology makes specific claims about marriage, spouses and timing. This study turns those claims into something that can be compared with real wedding dates and real partners, without letting the reading learn the answer first.

Can traditional marriage techniques describe when someone marries—and who they marry?

Phase 1 · Preliminary55 of 400 charts
Submit Your Chart →Free · one participant profile · findings shared as each phase completes

Methodology

Three claims traditional astrology has made for centuries are tested against real marriages and scored separately.

01

The Descriptor

Lilly held that the 7th house and its ruler describe the spouse. This part measures how closely those factors describe the spouse’s build, coloring, temperament and work.

Significators examined
  • The 7th house and its ruler
  • Planets placed in the 7th
  • Venus and Mars as natural significators of the spouse
  • Build, coloring, temperament and profession scored separately
02

The Timing

Do classical timing techniques flag the year a marriage actually occurred, and how closely does the flagged period match the real date?

Techniques examined
  • Secondary progressions
  • Solar arc directions
  • Annual profections and the year’s lord
  • Returns and outer-planet transits to the 7th
  • Year as the primary level, with season or month where the data supports it
03

The Count

Dorotheus judged whether a person marries once or many times from a small group of placements. This part tests whether that judgment holds.

Placements weighed
  • The 7th ruler and its condition
  • Venus and the Moon
  • The sign on the 7th, including fixed and double-bodied signs
Why this is measurable: The questionnaire asks for real dates and concrete spouse characteristics rather than a general account of whether the relationship felt fated. That gives the method something specific to get right—or wrong.
The questionnaire

What You’ll Be Asked

Answer from your life as you remember it, not from what your chart or a previous reading says should be true.

  1. 01

    Add each marriage, including the wedding date and current status.

  2. 02

    Describe your spouse as they were when you married, including their temperament, appearance and field of work.

  3. 03

    Add your spouse’s birth details when you know them, and identify how reliable the birth time is.

The findings

Results in Three Phases

The analysis becomes more precise as the sample grows. Every phase keeps the misses.

Phase 1 Now filling

Preliminary

A first look at the signal once 400 charts are in. Early results, wide uncertainty, published openly.

Phase 2

Expanded

The analysis runs again at 2,500 charts, with tighter estimates and checks on what survived Phase 1.

Phase 3

Full

The complete analysis at 5,000 charts, including what worked, what failed and what remains uncertain.

How it stays honest

How We Keep It Honest

Blind first. The chart is cast and its predictions are written down before any of the participant’s answers are read.

Controlled. The real chart is scored against matched sham charts and a plain base-rate baseline. A hit has to beat chance, not merely sound right.

Misses published. The findings include where these methods fail.

Read the full methodology →
Ready when you are

Add Your Chart to the Sample

You will sign in by email, enter your birth details once, and use the same profile for any other study you choose.

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