How To Judge A House(Bhav) In Vedic Astrology

HOW TO JUDGE A BHAVA (HOUSE) …??

THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION AND BASIC OF VEDIC ASTROLOGY

This is the most important and basic question in Vedic astrology and if you know answer to this question then you can successfully analyze a chart. Well this is not an easy thing and so many more concepts have to be taken in account too but here I will tell about the basic and most important principle on how to judge a house and find results and if you use this you can easily do reading of a chart.

Whenever any question comes to you and just see three things the house from which the question is related, the position of the house its lord and its Significator.

House

Step 1  – find the house from which the question is connected like 1^st house for self related questions 2^nd house for questions related to family and money, 3^rd house for question related to younger siblings, hard-work, 4^th house for problem related to mother, house, land, conveniences. 5^th house for things related to education, progeny and so on, in this you can also see a thing can be seen by so many houses like for education 2^nd house will show your primary education till up to school level,  4^th house will show you mental education 5^th house will show the field that you will choose as your main education also this will show about which thing you have an inner talent to do and then 9^th house will show higher education also it will show the subject in which you can get masters degree or in which you will possess good level of knowledge. So for the first and basic thing is to find the houses connected to the question.

Step 1.1 – also see the house from that house, every question have a basic house and few sub houses related to that for example 5^th house is basic house for education and 4^th 2^nd and 9^th are sub houses for education, now also see the house from that concerned house for e.g. – 5^th house from 5^th house i.e. 9^th house will also be showing education now 5^th house is basic house 9^th house is secondary house and 2^nd and 4^th are supporting houses for education

Step 1.2 – imagine the house from which question is concerned as first house and then analyze all other things respectively, for e.g. 10^th house is for profession, 2^nd from 10^th 11^th house will show your reward that you will get from 10^th house profession and that is gain (the reward for working someone is gaining something) 3^rd from 10^th 12^th house will show hard-ship in profession, like 12^th house if for sleep and if you are working too hard and trying to get successful then its obvious that your nights will be disturbed one, 4^th from 10^th 1^st house will show comfort from 10^th house that is what is the comfort or working is the comfort for yourself why you work that is for your own self and that is 1^st house you work to make yourself comfortable, 5^th from 10^th is family and 5^th house is for good deeds saved from past lives and that is the case if you father is a big businessman and if he gives his company to you then obviously it will be a good deed saved from your past live that will make you do less hardship in matters related to 10^th house, this rule can be expended too, 3^rd house is 6^th from 10^th house 6^th is work 10^th is profession and work of profession is hard-work and that is what is denoted by 3^rd house.

Step 1.3 – see the condition of that house in all 10 divisional charts they are D-1, D-2, D-3, D-7, D-9, D-10, D-12, D-16, D-30, and D-60. In Vedic astrology planets also aspect using house aspect (bhav drishti) in divisional too. See which type of signs are in the concerned house in all these 10 divisional charts, weather they have good signs bad signs, signs of neutral friends or enemy’s. Also see the divisional chart related to that query. Like D-1 for everything, D2 For money, D-3 for siblings, D-7 for children, D-9 for spouse and luck (this is very important division equivalent to D-1-main chart), D-10 for profession/job/career, D-12 for Parents, D-16 for spirituality, D-30 for all evils, And D-60 for everything especially things related to past karma (this division is even more important than D-1 and D-9 Sage Parashara Gives this one the utmost importance). In the divisional see the position of ascendant lord of that division lord of the house concerned in the Natal chart and also the house related to that specific area. Like in D-10 see the position of Ascendant lord of D-10 see the position of the planet who is 10^th lord in D-1 chart and also see the Houses 1^st 6^th 7^th and 10^th in D-10 as 10^th shows the self 6^th shows your job, 10^th profession and 7^th business. Also see the planets placed in 1^st 6^th 7^th and 10^th house and planets aspecting therein in that particular divisional chart.

Step – 1.4 – see the planets placed in all those houses connected to the question in D-1 and also in that specific divisional chart and also in the main house (related to the question) in all those 10 divisional charts. And also consider aspects of planets same as their situation therein, in rashi chart use Rashi aspect, in Bhav Chalit and all those 9 divisional charts use planetary (house aspect). In placement of planets you have to see the 5 considerations of the planet if the planet is 1^st exalted, 2^nd mool-trikona, 3^rd in own house 4^th in bosom friends house and 5^th having dig bala then the planet will shower good effects related to the house he owns and related to the house he is placed in.  If the planet is in 1^st enemy sign, 2^nd completely deprived of dig bala, 3^rd being placed with or aspected by malefic 4^th is combust 5^th is debilitated then it will show bad effects of the house where he is placed and bad effects of the house he owns in this remember the planet who is combust will only destroy the house he is placed in and his signification but he will not destroy the house he aspects or owns. One more thing about being exalted is if planets are exalted in D-1 but debilitated in D-9 then he will do badly but if planet is debilitated in D-1 and exalted in D-9 then he will show good effects. Also if a planet is in the same sign as in D-1 and D-9 then he will show good effects. If a planet is both exalted in D-1 and D-9 then he will be extremely good but if a planet is debilitated in D-1 and D-9 then he will show 50% good effects and 50% bad effects. This is same with planetary aspect. Planets situated in 5 favorable houses will throw good effect and planet in 5 bad conditions will throw bad aspect. Also see the house ownership of planet for example if 8^th lord 6^th lord or 12^th lord is situated in 1^st house then it will destroy the house and if the are aspecting 1^st house then also they will destroy the house, if in this situated you see any house except 1^st house then one more question will rise, planet owning bad house from the ascendant and from that concerned house both will destroy the house but will destroy the house more severely. Let we take example of 10^th house, 3^rd lord is 6^th from 10^th and 3^rd from ascendant so he will destroy 10^th house, 6^th house is 9^th from 10th so he will not destroy 10^th house, 8^th house is 11^th from 10^th house so he will also not destroy the 10^th house as much as 3^rd lord will destroy he will destroy but he will partially destroy the house not completely. 12^th lord is 3^rd from 10^th so he will also destroy the 10^th house very badly. But 5^th lord is 8^th from 10^th and 9^th lord is 12^th from 10^th will they destroy the 10^th house no. why? “Jatak Parijat” sates that ownership from ascendant is more important as compared to ownership from that concerned house expanding this rule to the rule enunciated in “Bhavartha Ratnakar”   I can say that ownership of houses from the ascendant is more important as compared to ownership of houses from that respective house but placement of planet is more important from the concerned house as compared to ascendant. But the main thing in astrology is synchronization. So that for the sake of learning you should always see both the aspects and come to a conclusion like for e.g. 9^th lord is luck and if luck is supporting then the person will not do hard work so 9^th lord will give the effect of 10^th house but the desire of 10^th house that is obtained from working on the thing will be missing. Like in the same way 5^th house is stock market and children and it’s obvious that when you children will come to work then you don’t have to work that much then it will be death of your work (8^th from 10^th) and you will be enjoying your old age.

Step 1.5 – now see the placement aspect and conjunction over the planets over the houses related to the question, good planets aspect and aspect of those planets who owns good houses prove beneficial but those planets that are malefic in nature and those who owns bad houses for that particular ascendant will destroy the house by their aspect and conjunction over the house and houses related to the question. Lord of 1at 5^th and 9^th house is always good if natural benefic be lords of 4^th 7^th and 10^th and placed in 4^th 7^th   or 10^th house then they will be malefic otherwise neutral, if malefic be lords of these houses then they will loose their malefic and nature and they will become benefic planets, lords of 3^rd 6^th 8^th 11^th houses are malefic, 3^rd house is worst malefic 6^th is more malefic as compared to 3^rd 11^th is even more malefic and 8^th is the most malefic houses in all over the chart, 2^nd and 12^th lord are neutral and the planets owning these signs will effect according to the houses in which their 2^nd sign is placed and if lord of 2^nd or 12^th be sun or moon then their placement will decide their effect as malefic or benefic. As moon is being a separate ascendant due to this reason moon don’t get bad effect of being in a bad house unless he is highly afflicted.  This is same with the sun but as being a cruel planet he can do evil at more times as compared to moon. 1^st lord will never become bad if he owns 8^th house too then still he will not be bad, planets will effect as per where their mool-trikona rashi is placed in, for Gemini ascendant Saturn is a benefic planet because his mool-trikona sign falls in 9^th house but for Virgo Saturn will be a malefic due to the reason because his main rashi (Mool-Trikona) Sign falls in 6^th house. But if Saturn is posited in 5^th house then he will do good, so basically this tells us that if the planet is placed in either signs then he will do the effect of his main sign but if the planet is posited in his sign then he will do the effect of the sign in which he is placed in.

Step 1.6 – also see the yoga’s happening in the house like if Saturn is posited in ascendant in Libra, Aquarius or Capricorn then he will make “Maha Purush Yoga” in then he will confer the good effects of the hw is placed in and of the houses he owns. There are too many yoga’s in Vedic astrology and it is very difficult to remember all of them so the basic rule is the favorable placement of a planet. If a planet is favorably placed then he will do well.

House lord

Step 2 – is to see the position of the house lord, if the planet is favorably disposed in main chart or in divisional then he will do good and if he is badly disposed in main chart or in divisional then he will do evil results, also you have to see aspect and conjunction over the house lord and also you have to see the position of the depositor of the house lord. The same rules that are applied in assessing the houses have also to be applied in assessing the effect of the house lord and its depositor along with this also see the Yogas happening with the planet and see his power and strength. See six fold strength of the planet and especially see his Dig Bala. If a planet is in Dig Bala then he will do well and if he is deprived of Dig Bala then he will do bad, see the aspect over house lord and conjunction of other planets with that house lord and they will show you the complete situation of house lord. Most of the rules are enunciated in the last part use the same rules to assess the power in a short see these things to see weather a planet is powerful or weak,

1. See the sign in which he is placed in (own sign, main sign , exaltation sign, friendly sign will do good and debilitated sign, enemy sign will do bad)
2. The house in which he is placed in (in good houses he will do good effect in bad houses he will do bad effects see the placement in house from ascendant from the house in question and also from the moon)
3. The planets from whom he is getting aspect (aspects of benefic planets and the planets owning good houses will do bad and aspect of malefic planets or aspect of the planets who owns bad houses will do bad)
4. The planet with whom he is conjunct ( conjunction with benefic planets or the planets owning good houses will be favorable and if either be the case then it will prove bad for the planet in question)
5. The position of the planet in D-1, D-9 and in other divisional (position in D-1, D-9 And D-60 is most important to consider but position in other divisional will also make a great impact over the planet and also see the conjunction and aspect over the planets in divisional too)
6. The lunar asterism in which the planet is placed in (see the nature of the lunar asterism and nature of its lord and then decide the effects of the planets)
7. The position of the planet who becomes his lunar asterism lord and his ownership of houses and aspect and conjunction of planet over that
8. The position of the depositor
9. Check strength of the planet and yoga’s he is being involved in (assess strength using six fold strength)
10. The Avastha’s of the planet

Significator

Significator is also a planet so assess the power of the significator as same as planet, if the significator is strong then the house will flourish and if significator be weak the effect will be diminishing. House shows the possibility, house lord shows the achievement and significator shows the happiness from that thing. There are basic significator like sun for 1^st house Jupiter for 2^nd mars for 3^rd mercury and moon for 4^th Jupiter for 5^th Saturn and mars for 6^th Venus for 7^th  Saturn for 8^th Jupiter and sun for 9^th Saturn mercury sun for 10^th and so on now there are some houses which have more than one significator like 4^th house 6^th house and 10^th house they show more than one thing and thus their significance can be   divided too like mercury will shows mental intelligence and moon will show emotional stability for 4^th house, mars will show victory over enemy and Saturn will show job with respect to 6^th house and mercury will show professional qualification, sun will show status in profession and Saturn will show work in profession in relation to 10^th house also more significations can be added like for example if you are to assess about maternal uncle from 6^th house then take 6^th house its lord and mercury as significator because mars and Saturn don’t have to don anything with maternal uncle. If house lord and significator all are destroyed the complete results are destroyed if only significator and house is destroyed then 75% destroyed and if house and house lord is destroyed then 50% is destroyed and if house lord and significator is destroyed then 75% is destroyed. One special rule related to significator are if the house significator is in the house the he will destroy the house this is a loose rule that need some understanding. There are total 9 planets and there are 2 complete benefic planet 2 conditional benefic and 5 malefic planets if we add gulika too then it will become 6 malefic. And also only one benefic has special aspect and here all 4 malefic have special aspects. So thinking logically no house in any horoscope can be free of malefic influence and it is truth in real life too no thing is like this of which a person gets complete comfort. And that’s why if the significator is in the house and if malefic effect is there then the house will get 75% destroyed and this will be the case why they consider significator in the house as malefic.  Just imagine Jupiter is in 5^th house in his mail sign being in Mool-Trikona having good aspect then why he will do evil for the 5^th house…

Vedic astrology is a vast ocean and the deeper you go into it the rarest gems you will find lying there, this is your dedication and practice that will make you and good astrologer over time. Here I have given few basic principles of Vedic astrology, hope the readers will enjoy reading this and learners will get to learn more from this, this was a small effort from my side If I have made any mistake then I am sure those who are big hearted will forgive me.

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