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The study explored marriage satisfaction and spiritual well-being, the association between marital symbols, and the association between marriage satisfaction and spiritual well-being. A convenience sample of BaTswana married women were participants (n = 366; age range = 30–60 years, SD = 16 years). The women completed surveys on the significance of marital symbols (such as lobola and the wedding ring), marital satisfaction, and spiritual well-being. Structural equation modelling of the data revealed marital symbols of lobola and the wedding band to predict marriage satisfaction and spiritual well-being of BaTswana married women. Moreover, the direct statistical pathways between the well-being and marital symbols variables showed that both lobola and the wedding ring were precursors for personal, communal, and transcendental marital satisfaction.