Opening the Spouse Palace
In Saju, marriage is rarely an accident of chemistry; it is an event of timing. Even if you want to marry, if your "Spouse Palace" (the earthly branch of your Day Pillar) is asleep or blocked, making it happen will feel like pushing a boulder uphill.
Marriage timing usually opens when a specific "Luck Pillar" or "Annual Pillar" interacts with your Spouse Palace—most commonly through a "Combination" (Hap) that literally ties the energy of the year into your home.
The Danger of the Clash
Conversely, pushing a marriage through during a year that heavily "Clashes" (Chung) with your Spouse Palace is highly discouraged. A clash represents breaking, fighting, and fracturing. Marriages initiated under a clash often carry an undercurrent of instability from day one.
If you meet someone wonderful during a clash year, the traditional advice is to date them, build the foundation, but delay the legal paperwork and the cohabitation until the storm passes.