What to Ask an Astrologer: 30 Questions for Marriage, Career, Money and Health

Every useful answer starts from your kundli, so keep ready your date, exact time and place of birth. For a marriage match, the other person’s too. Then choose your two or three most important concerns — one sitting can go deep on a few questions or skim many. Write them down; it is easy to forget the one that matters most once the call begins.

• When does my chart show a favourable period for marriage?
• Is there a Manglik or other dosha in my chart — and is it cancelled?
• Is this match suitable for us? Please look at both kundlis, not only the guna score.
• What does my chart say about the nature of my spouse and married life?
• Why is my marriage delayed, and is it a delay or something more?
• There is trouble in my marriage — which period is this, and how long will it last?

Marriage timing has its own article: how marriage timing is read in a kundli.

• Why does money not stay with me, and when will this ease?
• When is a good period to clear my loans?
• Is this a favourable time to buy a house or land?
• Is investment or speculation favourable for me, or should I avoid it?

An astrologer’s view on money is guidance on timing and temperament — not financial advice.

• Which period in my chart needs more care for health?
• I am in Sade Sati or a difficult dasha — how long does it last, and what helps?
• What does my chart show for children?
• How are my relations with my parents and siblings in this period?

An astrologer tells you what the chart shows; for any illness, your doctor comes first.

• Do I really have this dosha? Is it cancelled by anything else in my chart?
• Which remedy fits my chart — a mantra, daan, vrat or puja?
• For how long, how often, and on which day should I do it?
• Is a gemstone right for me, and if so which one and why?
• Which mahadasha and antardasha am I running, and what do they bring?

If you have been told about a dosha, read how a false Kaal Sarp diagnosis is made before agreeing to an expensive remedy.

Some questions cannot be answered honestly from any chart, and an honest astrologer will tell you so: the exact date of anyone’s death, lottery or betting numbers, whether a specific person is thinking of you right now. Bare yes/no questions without context ("Will I be happy?") also get weak answers. Ask with a time frame and a situation instead: "In the next two years, is my chart favourable for a change of job in my field?" That is a question a kundli can answer.