HARI OM , Astrology Houses And Their Significance

Astrology houses, also known as “Bhava”, are studied while predicting one’s birth chart. Each house occupies one sign of the Zodiac Belt.

All these house signs represent their own significance in the horoscope. There are 12 astrology houses defined in Vedic Astrology. You can study about each astrology house in detail here.

Vedic Astrology is basically the study of universal bodies which influences the earth, human bodies, plants etc. This science is used for past, present and future predictions. All the predictions depend upon the karmas of the native. Good karma comes with the good results in a person’s life and the same rule applies to bad karma. There is no astrology without considering karma and past life experiences of a person.

All matters related to a person are distributed among these 12 astrological houses to form a foundation of life. Every house affect certain specific matters. It may reflect certain areas of one’s life where planet and sign both function together.

By analysing your Kundali, an astrologer can easily find out the characteristics, influencing your life positively or negatively. It is believed when houses and planets placed in the houses are strong, you will have strong Natal Chart. That means you would be able to receive more positive impacts in life rather than negative influences.

Astrology Houses

Let’s suppose if you died before the settlement of your huge debt towards somebody then it is believed that you will meet people in your next birth to pay out their debt. It can be in any form either monetary or non monetary debt (emotional baggage). We can meet these previous creditors through any kind of relation in current birth.

For example, when we meet dogs, pets, friends, husband, wife etc. in our life, it always has some kind of purpose. We don’t meet people without a purpose in our life. Once the purpose of any entity is over, it vanishes from our life.

For better understanding of these relations, Vedic Astrology has divided the natal chart into 12 houses. Each house has its own significance and how we meet and deal with the people in our daily life, all has been ruled by the vedic houses. Houses are basically the “Home” and how we are giving space to everyone in our homes. It all depend upon our perception towards others, ruled by the different houses in astrology.

In this post you’ll understand a General View Summary about all the twelve houses of Astrology. But before that, let’s first understand about the configuration of houses.

Configuration of Houses and Zodiac

The Zodiac is 360 degree and it is distributed among all the 12 houses equally. That means every house is of 30 degree each. The ascendant comes first and other 11 houses are following in succession. Houses are measured from cusp to cusp, hence Lagna Bhava or first house starts from when first beginning star rises at the time of birth.

12 Houses In Vedic Astrology

First House: It is the house of “Self”
Second House: It is the house of “Wealth” and “Family”
Third house: It is the house of “Siblings”, “Courage” and “Valour”
Fourth House: It is the house of “Mother” and “Happiness”
Fifth House: It is the house of “Children” and “Knowledge’
Sixth House: It is the house of “Enemies”, “Debts” and “Diseases”
Seventh House: It is the house of “Marriage” and “Partnership”
Eighth House: It is the house of “Longevity” or “Ayu Bhava”
Ninth House: It is the house of “Luck”, “Father” and “Religion”
Tenth House: It is the house of “Career or Profession”
Eleventh House: It is the house of “Income & Gains”
Twelfth House: It is the house of “Expenditure & Losses”

Types Of Houses

Kendra Houses: These are the best houses in Vedic Astrology and also known as Lakshmi Sthana. 1st, 4th, 7th, 10th houses are considered as auspicious houses and they also deal with the major part of our life. They are very strong houses of the Kundali. Tenth house, being one of the strongest houses, represents the career or profession and image in the outer world or society. The ascending order for the strength of these houses are 10th, 7th, 4th and 1st. If you have strong Kendra, then you would have the potential to accomplish your all goals in current birth.

Trikone Houses: These are the second best houses in Vedic Astrology and also known as Dharma Houses. 1st, 5th and 9th houses are known as Trikone houses. It can be signified as 1st-Personal, 5th- Creative and 9th- Collective. They basically strengthen the birth chart and provide the benefic points in life. They are not as beneficial as Kendra houses but you can say they are supportive houses for Kendra houses. These houses belong to spirituality as 5th and 9th houses are considered as Vishnu Sthana.

Upachay Houses: These houses are 3rd, 6th, 10th and 11th. They are increasing houses. Any planet placed in these houses gives more over time. Any malefic planet like Mars, Saturn, Rahu, Sun does very well in these houses as they will try to reduce the negative influence of these houses.

Moksh Houses: 4th-8th-12th houses are known as Moksh Houses. These houses are related to spirituality. These are the houses which play a significant role while attaining enlightenment or Salvation in one’s life.

Arth Houses: 2nd-6th-10th houses are considered as Artha Houses. Artha deals with the material and physical support of life.

Kaam Houses: 3rd-7th-11th houses are considered as Kama Houses. They basically deal with your ambitions and motivations.

Dusthan Houses: 6th-8th-12th houses are considered as Dusthana Houses. They are responsible for struggle and source of pain in your life.

Maarkesh Houses: 2nd-7th-8th houses are considered as Maarak Houses in Astrology. They are considered bad due to their killing nature. You lose your energy for accumulating wealth, helping your partner and longevity.

Lord Of Each House

According to Vedic Astrology, Kaal Purush Kundali starts with Aries Ascendant and it is also considered as a Natural Vedic Birth Chart. Mentioned below are the names of rulers for particular houses:

Mars: rules over first and eighth house in Kaal Purush Kundali
Venus: rules over second and seventh house in Kaal Purush Kundali
Mercury: rules over third and sixth house in Kaal Purush Kundali
Moon: rules over fourth house in Kaal Purush Kundali
Sun: rules over fifth house in Kaal Purush Kundali
Jupiter: rules over ninth and twelfth house  in Kaal Purush Kundali
Saturn: rules over tenth and eleventh house in Kaal Purush KundaliTherefore, Houses in Astrology are responsible for the formation of your entire circle of life.

It is essential for you to get your birth chart analyzed for every aspect of life as per the astrology houses. It may provide you a better understanding of your struggling areas to overcome accordingly.