Mangla Dosha: How to overcome it for Mangalik and Non-Mangalik Marriage

During my consultations, I often come across the people who asks me the above question. The question is
some time life threatening for couples in love where one of them is mangalik and other is not. They nither
can leave nor their family is ready to accept it. Even in case of arrange marriages, very good prospects are
often shelved only because of this aspect of Astrology. Sometime families falls apart only on this issue
without fully knowing what it actually means. As usual, because of the great fear attributed to it, Mangal
Dosha became a very good grazing ground for unscrupulous astrologers who forgot the basic benevolent
idealism of astrology- Manushya hitaytarthya i.e For the help of Mankind. Naive people ends up paying
huge money to these Thugs.
I am sure the people who found this article, got a fare knowledge of the Mangala Dosa since probably
he/she or his/her dearest one is affected by it. So I am not going to discuss it in details to lengthen the
article. If you dont know it please google. Anyway, the standard characteristics of this dosha, as stated in
the traditional astrology, are as follows:
1. People of both the sexes can be Manglik.
2. The planet of Mars represents respect, energy, ego and self-esteem. Therefore one with the Mangal
Dosha has a volatile temper. Manglik individuals thus face a lot of problems in bending and adjusting
with their partners.
3. The energy of Manglik individuals can be compared to that of fire. Therefore this energy needs to be
used in the right direction and in doing something constructive, or otherwise they might become
ruthless.
4. Mangal Dosha affects the married life, mental state, and also leads to financial loss.
5. If a Manglik person is born on Tuesday the effects are nullified.
6. Also the marriage between two Manglik individuals cancels the negative effects.
Hence, from above we got two remedies, first if a mangalik person born on Tuesday (Mangal Var) and
secondly if a mangalik marries a mangalik. But first one is a chance factor depending on God all mighty
and here we are discussing Mangalik and Non-Mangalik Marriage, so the second one is not much of use for
us.
Now, before proceeding further, let me explain few things. First, Indian learning, knowledge, philosophy in
the early days were much ahead of their time. If we keenly observe the works of our great sages in any
fields, be it Ayurveda, Yoga, Astrology, the intention was always application of the knowledge for the
betterment of mankind. The application part became so important that often the theory behind such
applications remain with the very academic few and over the passage of time it went to the realm of
obscurity. Poor record keeping or rather destruction of valuable written documents by the later dogmatic
dynasties further destroyed the links. But the applications of them withstand the passage of time and even
we apply many norms in astrology, yoga, ayurveda without knowing why and how the norms work but
well, they do work.
There are many examples where we Indian use many rites traditionally and the reason behind is discovered
by Science in recent years. For example our Grand mothers always knew that leaf of Ghrit Kumari is good
for skin and hair and now Hidusthan Liver and other multy nationals are dancing with Allovera Oils and
Soaps. In India, pregnant women are suggested have food cooked in Iron Kadais since time immemorial.
Now western world found that Iron intake is vital for pregnancy.
So if we draw the analogy from above, the original idea behind mangal dosha and it remedies were
balancing of energy. Mars affected people are very energetic. Since, spouse is suppose to be the other wheel
of the life chariot, matching of energy is extremely essential for harmonious run of the life and family . The
point is further strengthen from the fact that a mangalik can marry a mangalik. This clearly shows that
energy matching is the original theory behind this dictum. Even the other rituals like fasting, having Puja
etc are also to reduce the energy level in more civilized manner to mach the lesser energy.
The comparatively high level of energy in Mangal Affected people can also be derived from the following
facts:

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Ideal profession for Mangal is Military, Police etc. indicating high degree of energy required.
Mangalik people are said to have uncontrollable rage indicating high level of energy out burst.
They love mostly outdoor sports--- requires more energy.

So, as I feel that mis-matching of energy was the main reason of disharmony among the MangalikNonMangalik couples. The exponents of Vedic Astrology wanted to exclude the possibility at the inception
since unlike western world or Islamic Tradition, in Indian Culture, marriage is unbreakable tie. Even now
broken marriages are not welcomed here. So they probably initially advised the parents to avoid such
marriage if possible. But their successors were not as intelligent and wise as them and they turned them into
strict rules and attached all kind of negativity including death with it. Let me put it this way, there are many
Magalik and Non-Mangalik married to each other but except energy level mismatch and excessive anger
non is tangible and death due to mangalik is rarely noted- in my life I never came across such incident
where any death of spouse could be attributed to Mangalik Dosha, per se.
Then the big question comes What to do in such situation? Well I divided the solutions in three
categories.
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ii.
iii.

Practical
Psychological
Astrological

i)

Practical: As I said, energy level matching is the key. So the couple must know that the
Mangalik one will be more energetic, vigorous and active. Therefore chanellising his/her
energy in more acceptable manner is a must. For that fasting on Tuesday, Regular worshiping
God / meditation, taking less animal protein in food, involvement in outdoor sports etc. are
suggested depending on the degree of affected Mars. However, the bottom-line is the couple
must have a good understanding of this energy-level difference. Here no one, I repeat NO
ONE is better or lesser for having more energy or less energy. Its simply their nature. In fact,
to me good sports man are rare with out being Manglik. Michel Gauquelin, a Frech
Astronomer, published in his book L'influence des astres ("The Influence of the Stars", 1955),
where he scientifically proved that there is indeed a correlation between the Great Athletes
and Mars (Refer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_effect).

ii)

Psycological: But the our mind is still not ready to belive that Mangalik-Non Manglik
marriage wont end up in death of the spouse. So for them we have one remedy, of course
suggested by our shastras and recently been made famous during the marriage of one of our
beauty queen cum actress with the Star son of our greatest actor. It is called Kumbh Vivah.
When one person is Manglik in a marriage, the negative effects of Mangal dosha can be
cancelled by performing this ritual. According to Hindu Vedic Astrology a Manglik person is
made to marry a Banana tree(for boys only), peepal tree, or a silver/golden idol of Lord
Vishnu(for Girls only). Thereafter he/she can proceed for marriage since, theoretically he/ she
is already married and evil passes to the first spouse. This will pacify the mindset of the
families.

iii)

Astrological: Apart from the above two, the energy level could also be matched by gem
stones and chanting mantras of Mara. But for that consultation with a good Astrologer is
necessary to determine the requirements.

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