The houses divide life into twelve areas. Counting starts from the lagna as the 1st house. We use whole-sign houses: the whole lagna sign is the 1st house, the next sign the 2nd, and so on.
| House | Main meanings |
|---|---|
| 1st – Tanu | Self, body, health, personality, overall direction of life. |
| 2nd – Dhana | Money and savings, family, speech, food, early education. |
| 3rd – Sahaja | Courage, effort, younger siblings, communication, short travel, skills. |
| 4th – Sukha | Mother, home, land, vehicles, inner peace, basic education. |
| 5th – Putra | Children, intelligence, creativity, romance, past-life merit, speculation. |
| 6th – Ari | Enemies, disease, debt, competition, service and daily work. |
| 7th – Kalatra | Marriage, spouse, partnerships, business dealings, public. |
| 8th – Ayu | Longevity, sudden events, inheritance, secrets, research, transformation. |
| 9th – Dharma | Father, luck, guru, religion, higher studies, long journeys. |
| 10th – Karma | Career, status, actions, authority, reputation. |
| 11th – Labha | Gains, income, elder siblings, friends, fulfilment of wishes. |
| 12th – Vyaya | Expenses, losses, foreign lands, sleep, hospitals, spiritual liberation. |
House groups
The pillars of the chart. Planets here are prominent and act strongly.
Houses of luck and merit. Their lords are the most auspicious for any chart.
Houses of struggle, sudden change and loss. They also give research, healing and spiritual growth.
Houses of growth. Even malefics improve here with time and effort.
Houses connected with health crises in dasha timing; read with great care.
Houses of earning: wealth, service and career.
Reading a house
To judge any area of life, look at the house itself, its lord and where that lord sits, planets in or aspecting the house, the natural significator (for example Venus for marriage), and the matching divisional chart, such as the D9 for marriage or the D10 for career.
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