Marriage Astrology (བག་རྩིས)
In response to numerous requests from friends, I am translating and sharing insights on marriage compatibility, beginning with an examination of the Birth Mewa combination of both the bride and groom. This particular aspect holds significant importance in assessing the overall compatibility of the couple.
The Mewa system, a Tibetan or Bhutanese astrological technique, utilizes the date and year of birth to assign each individual a specific Birth Mewa number ranging from 1 to 9.
In assessing marriage compatibility, the combination of Birth Mewa numbers for both the bride and groom holds considerable sway over the marriage's success. A favorable match occurs when the couple's Birth Mewa numbers complement each other, fostering harmony within the relationship.
Hence, prior to proceeding with a marriage, numerous families seek advice from astrologers. It is believed that a favorable Birth Mewa combination can pave the way for a joyous and prosperous marriage, whereas an unfavorable combination may result in discontentment and even separation.
Note: སྐྱེས་པའི་ལྔ་སེར་གཉིས་ལ་བརྩི། །བུད་མེད་ལྔ་སེར་བདུན་ལ་བརྩི། Male Mewa 5 should considered Mewa 2 and Female 5 Mewa should count on 7 Mewa.
A. Mewa Combination
9 and 1
2 and 6
7 and 8
3 and 4
The Mewa Combination that is formed belongs to the Nam-Men (Sky Healer) category and is an exceptional combination.
B. Mewa Combination
9 and 3
2 and 8
7 and 6
4 and 1
The combination of Mewa falls under the category of Sog-Tso (Healthy Life), making it an excellent combination.
C. Mewa Combination
9 and 4
7 and 2
6 and 8
3 and 1
The Mewa Combination that is formed belongs to the Pal-Key (Generating, Glorious) category and is an outstanding combination.
D. Mewa Combination
9 and 9
8 and 8
7 and 7
6 and 6
The combination of these Mewa falls under the category of Cha-Lön (Luck Messenger) and is an outstanding blend.
The Mewa combination based on the category A, B, C, and D Mewa mentioned above is considered auspicious. It is believed that it not only fulfills the desires of the family but also helps in accumulating wealth. Additionally, it is believed that the children of the family will grow up healthy and without any illnesses or deaths, and it can contribute to a successful marriage.
E. Mewa Combination
• 1 and 1
• 2 and 2
• 3 and 3
• 4 and 4
The combination of Mewa is considered neutral. However, if a marriage has taken place between individuals with this Mewa combination, certain rituals should be performed to ensure a harmonious and prosperous relationship. These rituals include:
• Accumulate the Sidog (སྲི་ཟློག) prayer to protect against the harmful influences of the sri spirits.
• Summon prosperity (ཕྱྭ་འགུགས)
F. Mewa Combination
The following combinations are considered inauspicious and fall under the influence of Nö-Pa, an evil spirit that is not considered favorable:
• 9 and 8
• 4 and 6
• 7 and 1
• 2 and 3
If a marriage has already taken place under one of these combinations, the following rituals should be performed:
• Summon prosperity (ཕྱྭ་འགུགས)
• Perform A Maṇḍala Ritual of the Glorious Goddess Vasudhārā (ལྷ་མོ་ནོར་རྒྱུན་མ)
• Recite Sitatapatra dharani (གདུགས་དཀར)
G. Mewa Combination
• 9 and 7
• 4 and 3
• 8 and 1
• 2 and 4
This combination is believed to be inauspicious and falls under the influence of Dre-Gna (Five Ghosts), making it unfavorable. If a marriage has already taken place under this combination, the following steps should be taken:
• Recite as many ślokas (འབུམ་ཆེན་སྡེ་ལྔ) as possible from the long Prajñā pāramitā which contains 100,000 of them.
• Offer 1000 butter lamps every year.
H. Mewa Combination
9 and 6
2 and 1
3 and 7
8 and 4
This Mewa combination is categorized as Dü-Chö (Devil-Cutting) and is considered very negative. In case a marriage has already taken place, the following rituals should be conducted:
• The Noble Great Vehicle Sūtra "The Play in Full" འཕགས་པ་རྒྱ་ཆེར་རོལ་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ། Āryalalitavistaranāmamahāyāna sūtra, should be recited.
• The Sidog (སྲི་ཟློག) prayer should be accumulated to protect against the harmful influences of the sri spirits.
• A Tsa-tsa (ཚྭ་ཚྭ), a small clay image of a stupa stamped from a mold, should be made. • A བདུད་མདོས (thread-cross for the demon) should be performed.
• The slander foe མི་ཁ་དགྲ་བཟློག should be exorcized.
I. Mewa Combination
• 9 and 2
• 7 and 4
• 6 and 1
• 8 and 3
This particular Mewa combination falls under the category of Lu-Chey (Body Destroying). The following remedial measures can be taken:
• Recite the collection of important Tibetan Buddhist texts called མདོ་མང་.
• Accumulate the Sidog (སྲི་ཟློག) prayer to ward off the malevolent influences of the sri spirits.
• Perform the རྒྱལ་མདོས thread-cross for the gyalpo spirits/worldly deities.
• It is highly recommended to make offerings to the Precious Ones and provide alms to the poor as much as possible.
