Rahu in the 7th can bring an unconventional or foreign partner and complications in partnerships; due diligence is essential.
What the 7th house governs
The 7th house, Kalatra bhava, covers marriage, spouse, partnerships, business dealings and public life. It is a kendra (angular) house, one of the pillars of the chart.
What Rahu brings
Rahu is the north lunar node, a shadow planet. It magnifies desire, ambition and the unconventional, and is linked with foreign lands and technology.
What changes the result
- Sign and dignity: Rahu exalted or in its own sign gives the best version of this placement; debilitated or in an enemy sign, the weaker version.
- House lordship: which houses Rahu rules for your Lagna decides whose matters it carries into the 7th house.
- Aspects and conjunctions: Jupiter's aspect protects; Saturn, Mars or Rahu add pressure.
- Dasha: the placement shows most strongly during Rahu's own Mahadasha or Antardasha (18-year Mahadasha).