Bhavas (Houses)

1st – (Sun) shows the head – ego – ones self , body , general prosperity, health and well being, basic self expression, physical constitution, personality, Its associations are key (ex. 6^th health – 7^th relations. Etc.)

2^nd - (Jupiter, mercury) gathering / holding resources, livelihood, speech, youth, financial success (or not) through career / labor. Show our tastes, food, art / poetry / capac. to communicate, how we operate and express.   

3rd – (Mars, mercury) curiosity, power, brother, friends, motivation, interest basic life energy, impulses and intention that drives us. Will ambition, passion, zeal, rashness impulsiveness main interests, sport, hobbies 

4th – (Moon) emotion, happiness, property, mind, upbringing, education, refinement, masses, popularity, land acquisition, vehicles, what is internal, capacity to Relax, it’s afflictions are hard to overcome, most sensitive

5^th – (Jupiter) creative intelligence, education, speculation, romance, children, past life credit,  games, spiritual practices. Creativity in general – giving birth to our ideas - children show our primal creative urge       

6^th – (Mars, Saturn) health and disease, work and service, foreigners, pets, enemies, effort, resistance to illness, immune system. Our capacity to do hard labor – overcome physical obstacles / enemies.

7^th – (Venus, Jupiter) Long term romantic relationships, general relations with others, business associates. Being  opposite the ascendant, it shows that to which we are most drawn and most challenged to learn.

8^th – (Saturn) sex, death, the occult, dark / hidden side of life, longevity, research, destruction / regeneration of any sort. Through the 8^th house we confront our mortality. It can determine the ultimate meaning of our lives. 

9^th – (Jupiter) religious, philosophical or ethical principles, grace, dharma (life purpose). Shows our  highest principles operating in the world, shaping our life events, or their inability to do so. The luckiest house.  

10^th – (Mercury, Jupiter, Sun) public status, material achievement, skill, success, career, our affect on the world. Politics. Strong planets here override even the ascendant for importance. 

11^th – (Jupiter) aspirations and goals, financial  and material gains, friendship, impulse, abundance and excess. Ability to project our intelligence on the world. Where we expand. Planets here show their expansive nature.   

12^th – (Saturn , Ketu) subconscious, hidden nature, loss, liberation, decrease, wastage of energy. Foreign journeys. Shows the individual negated by adversity into sorrow or negated by inner peace to enlightenment.     

Trine 1,5,9 – Houses of dharma (1) personal (5) creative (9) ore collective. They give as well as take. not as strong as angles but they boost the chart and strengthen signs 5 and 9. called houses of Vishnu. Jupiter and the moon are good in trines. One trine aspects all others. They are in the same element as the ascendant. More important for spirituality.

Succedent – 2,5,8,11 – (like a fixed) Accumulation of resources – maintaining what we have. 5^th, 11^th, 2^nd, 8^th. Income houses. 5^th – speculation, 11^th through income, 2^nd personal work, 8^th inheritance. Also mind self expression, 5^th, intelligence, 2^nd speech, 8^th insight, worldly communication

Cadent – 3,6,9,12 (like a mutable) give sensitivity, adaptability, high intelligence – but unstable, uncertain - mental or nervous problems. Good for spiritual development. 9^th, 3^rd, 6^th, 12^th. 6th and 12^th difficult for health and happiness – 9^th and 12^th more spiritual. 3^rd and 6^th give conflict and striving. 

Apachaya – 1,2,4,7,8 houses of decrease. They lose their strength through time. Malefics do not do well In them, particularly the 8^th.

Dusthanas – difficult houses. 6, 8, 12 – benefics are weakened esp. under malefic influence – esp. moon. 6^th – Malefics good for power but can cause disease. Benifics good for intelligence, but disease. Rahu good for spirituality. 8^th. Mars can cause death or harm. Saturn long life sans prosperity. 12^th Benefics are good for rebirth. Venus for prosperity. Ketu for spiritual capacity. Rahu nervous system disorders.

Planets near the midheaven in houses 9,10 and 11 represent how we affect the world in terms of our values (9th), actions (10^th), and goals (11^th). Opposite in houses 3,4 and 5 are  our vital energy (3), emotional state (4), and intelligence (5^th). Planets high in the chart tend to dominate those low in the chart.