Venus- Ruler of 2nd and 7 th house ] vs Jupiter- Ruler of 9th &10th house [Analysis]


in  any  horoscope, the seventh and second houses are ruled by Venus. Venus represents the attractiveness aspect of this universe. Everything that is beautiful, attractive, filled with 'rasa' (juicy and luscious), and arrests our attention is ruled by Venus. The first house or lagna which is opposite to the seventh house and twelfth from the second house is ‘us', the native whose horoscope is being considered. All of us in reality are divine souls, and purpose of our birth according to Jyotish vidya is to attain liberation or 'moksh' through Self-realization. But ‘moksh’ is possible only if we develop the 'nivritti' (introspective, contemplation, self-reflection, meditation etc. ) tendency basically  going  inwards . The attractiveness of Venus or the seventh house leads us on the 'pravritti' (outward going nature, getting tempted easily by outer glitter of things etc.) path. It causes us to become trapped deeper and deeper in the 'Maya’ of the outer beauty of things. More attractive the seventh house things (everything and everyone that we interact with in all our intimate relationships, especially our spouse, people from the opposite sex in general, and our best friends and partners) appear to us, more we develop attachment to them which is represented by the second house also  called  as family  house . So, due to greater attachment or increase in attachment (indicated by second house in the Kaalpurush horoscope and even generally), we as 'souls’ are trapped more deeply by 'Maya'. Obviously, to our ancient enlightened or Self-realized rishis who laid down the rules of Vedic Jyotish, this excessive attachment to 'Maya' was equivalent to death. So, they designated the seventh as well as the second house as 'marak' (death causing) houses. These houses indeed are like death to our prospects of Self-realization or attaining 'moksh' by miring us in excessive temptations, addictions and attachments.
If you look at the ancient Indian mythology, Shukracharya (the planet Venus depicted as a character in these myths), is the teacher of the demons. On the other hand, Brihaspati (the planet Jupiter) is shown as the teacher of the 'devas' or the gods. Why is this so? It is so because all the demons are excessively attached to external pleasures [call  it  as  demon in us ]  and sensual enjoyments and have no love for the 'Brahman', the Supreme God Vishnu. In fact they often try to even fight with the 'devas'as well as Lord Vishnu. All of the sensual tendencies are aggravated because of the teachings of their teacher, the planet Venus or Shukracharya, who rules the sensual enjoyments. These tendencies take them further and further away from devotion to God Vishnu, the Supreme Truth. Without love for God, the demons have no chance of attaining Self-realization. Shukracharya's teachings (sensual distractions caused by the planet Venus, the ruler of the seventh and the second house in the Kaalpurush horoscope) are responsible for this unfortunate fact for the demons (people who are excessively attached to 'Maya' and not devoted to Lord Vishnu or God).
On the other hand, Brihaspati (Jupiter) just adores God, Truth and is a teacher on the path to Self-development and Self-realization[helps  us  to  travel inwards ]. He teaches the 'devas' (people with Divine or 'nivritti' tendencies) to love God Vishnu and be devoted to him and true wisdom. He teaches 'viveka', the ability to discriminate between the transient (Maya) and the eternal (Brahman, Dharma, Lord Vishnu). He helps 'souls’ to let go of Maya and cultivate true wisdom by seeing the inner reality of things and not be mesmerized by the external glitter (Venus or the seventh house significations). That is why Jupiter rules the 9th house (house of wisdom, Sadguru and Dharma) and the 12th house (the house of 'moksh' or liberation) in the horoscope.
I hope that now it is clear to you why the seventh house as well as the second house are considered as 'marak' houses by Vedic Jyotish. The planets in these houses sink us deeper into Maya being influenced by Venus or external glitter of things, instead of liberating us by giving us enlightenment, which is signified by Jupiter, the ruler of 9th and 12th houses in the Kaalpurush horoscope.

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