Vedic astrology Basics Houses And Planets The zodiac is divided into 12 signs and each sign has

one house. So the whole li fe has been divided and contained in 12 houses which is explained as follows: Signification of Houses 1st House: This is called Ascendant or Lagna, its lord is called Lagnesh. This h ouse signifies life, longevity, self, health, nature and appearance of native. C omplexion, vitality, sorrows, gains and profits to younger brothers and his frie nds. It governs head and face. 2nd House: This house indicates inflow of finances, bank position, right eye, fa mily, early age or boyhood, speech, sanyas, servants and friends. Self earned we alth, loss or damage, worldly possessions, jewellery, grandfather and mother. It also denotes family, eyesight, understanding with family members, inheritance, law suits, throat, right eye, domestic comforts in general. 3rd House: It denotes younger brothers and sisters fies courage, intelligence, education up to Higher iting, ornaments, clothes, short journeys. Signing Body parts are arms, right ear, shoulders, sports and their relations. It signi Secondary level, taste for wr contracts and documents etc. etc.

4rh House: This house signifies mother, property, conveyance, domestic surroundi ngs and happiness. Old age environments, private affairs, public, inheritance, f alse allegations, agriculture land and its produce. It represents breasts, chest , lung, stomach, elbow joints etc. 5th House: Children, speculation, intellectual status and luck are gauged from t his house. Pleasure, love affairs, lady love, legal or illegal amusements, kidna p, rape etc. are also checked. Belly, heart, liver, spleen are the body covered by this house. 6th House: This house is responsible for enemies,, health, service, servants, un cle, aunts and relations on father s side. Food, subordinates, debts, obstacles in life, mental worries, theft and calamity etc. The body parts denoted are kidney , large intestine, uterus and anus. 7th House: Matters regarding wife, husband, partnership, external sex organs, co njugal happiness are checked from 7th house. This house also denotes marriage, m arried life, love, contracts, litigations, divorce, honour and reputation in for eign country. Body parts are private parts, uterus, glands etc. 8th House: Diseases, death finances through unfair means, internal sex organs, l ongevity, mental pain, obstacles, dowry of wife, gain from in-laws, mode of deat h, imprisonment, worries and privations are checked from 8th house. It indicates body parts as scrotum, pelvis, seminal vesicles, external genetalia, etc. 9th House: This house indicates religion,luck,father , foreign travel, publicity , preceptor, higher education, learnings, writing books, also faith, wisdom, pro sperity, powers of foresight, religious institutions, providential help, etc. Hi ps, thighs are body parts. 10th House: This important house indicates father, profession, status in life, a ctivities outside house, pleasures, honour, power and authority, Government favo ur, trade, business, command, honour, occupation, adopted son. All questions reg arding worldly activities and moral responsibilities. Body parts are knees, join ts, bones, hairs and back.

11th House: It accounts for accumulated wealth, elder brothers and sisters and r elations with them. Friends, fluctuating money gains, club or social activities, emotional attachments, love affairs and friends, honour, social success etc. Bo dy parts are legs, left ear, ankle etc. 12th House: It signifies private enemies, pleasures of beds, law suits, imprison ments, secret works, moksha, hospitalisation, conjugal relations with opposite s ex other than legitimate. Sorrows, debts, lost goods etc. are judged. Body parts are feet, left eye, teeth etc.

Planet Sun Moon Mars Mercury Jupiter Venus Saturn

Lord of house Leo Cancer Aries& Sagitarus Virgo &Gemini

Sagittarius&Pises Libra& taurus Aquarius&capricon

Rahu or kethu havenot own any house but behave like the which planet that own his house and planet which joined with Rahu or Kethu

Planet Own house Sun 10 deg in Leo Moon Cancer Mars es& Sagitarus Mercury i Jupiter rius&Pises Venus of Libra& taurus Saturn

Moolatrikona high power house low power house Upto 20 deg in Leo Aries( 0-10dec) Libra From 3 to 30 deg in Taurus Tarurs(0-3) Sagitarus Upto 12 deg in Aries Capricon(0-28) Cancer From 15 to 20 deg in Virgo Virgo(0-15) Pises First 10 deg in Sagittarius Cancer Capricon First 5 deg in Libra Pises Upto 20 deg in Aquarius Rest of Ari Virgo &Gemin Last

Rest of Sagitta Rest Virgo Last 10 deg in Aq

uarius&capricon

Libra

Aries

Planets and its Significations Sun: (1)The soul (2)power (3)Father (4)fortress (5) good strength (6) heat (7)splend our (8)fire (9)worship of Siva (10)courage (11)thorned trees (12)being in royal favour (13)bitterness (14)old age (15)cattle (16)wickedness (17)land (18)father (19)taste (20)self-realisation (21)skyward look (22)one born of a timid woman (2 3)world of mortals (24)square (25)bone (26)valour (27)grass (28)the belly (29)st renuous effort (30)forest (31)half a year (32)eye (33)wandering over the mountai ns (34)quadruped (35)king (36)travelling (37)dealing (38)bite (39)scorch (40)cir cular shape Moon: (1)Mother (2)flower (3)good perfune (40going to a fortress (5)disease (6)Brahmin (7)idleness (8)Phlegmatic humour (9)epilepsy (10)enlargement of the spleen (11) mental disposition (12)heart (13)woman (14)virtue or vice (15)sourness (16)sleep (17)happiness (18)any thing like water (19)silver (20)thick sugarcane (21)typho id (22)travel (23)well (24)tank (25)mother (26)impartiality (27)mid-day (28)pear ls (29) consumption (30)whiteness (31)waistband (32)bell-metal (33)salt (34)shor t stature (35)mind (36)ability (37)pond (38)diamond (39)winter season (40) a bre ak of 48 minutes Mars: (1) SPORTS (2)land (3)strength (4)carrying arms for the battle (5)Kingship (6)lo ss of verility (7)thief (8)battle (9)hostility (10)enemy(11)generosity (12)love for deep red colour things ((13)owning a garden(14)sound of a trumpet (15) affec tion(16)quadruped (17)king (18)fool (19)anger (20)going to a foreign country (21 )firmness (22)supporter (23)fire (24)controversy (25)bile (26)heat (27)wound (28 )service under a ruler (29)day (30)sky (31)seeing (32)shortness (33)disease (34) fame (35)tin (36)sword (37)lance or spear (38)minister (39)fracture of a limb (4 0)jewel Mercury: (1)education (2) horses (3)treasury (4)mathematics (5)wisdom (6)speech(7)Brahmin ( 8)infantry (9)writing (10)new garment(11)palatial building (12)green colour (13) sculprure (14)astrology (15)pilgrimage to holy places(16)wise lectures (17)templ e (18)trading (19)best ornaments (20)courteous speech(21)Vedanta philosophy (22) maternal-grand-father (23)bad dreams (24eunuch (25)facing North (26)skin (27)wet (28)bell-metal (29)renunciation (30)Ritu (31)a beautiful house (32)doctor (33)n eck (34)influencing through recitation of mantras (35)child (36)crooked look(37) heaven (38)modesty (39)paternal relation (40)fear Jupiter: (1)SON OR DAUGHTER (2)Guru (3)one s duty(4)Chariot (5)cow (6)infantry (7)savings(8 )Meemamsa (9)treasure (10)horse (11)curd, etc. (12)large body (13)Valour (14)rep utation (15)logic (16)astrology (17)son (18)grandson (19)dropsy(20)wealth of ele phants (21)philosophy (22)great grand-fathers (23)palacial house (24)gems (25)el dest brother (26)grand father (27)Lord Indra (28)cold season(29)wrath (30)jewel (31)merchant (32)physical health (33)a beautiful mansion (34)royal honour (35)th igh (36)Gods (37)penance (38)charity(39)religious duty (40)helping others Venus:

(1)WIFE OR LOVER (2)a good chowrie (3)garment (4)marriage (5)income (6) a biped (7)woman (8)Brahmin (9)Subha (10)Whiteness (11)wife (12)sexual happiness (13)sho rt (14)sour (15)flower (16)command (17)fame (18)Youthful vigour (19)Vehicle(20)s ilver(21)South-East quarter (22)saltish(23)ogling (24)scratching (25)half a mont h (26)the quality of passion (27)strong (28)pearl (29)Yajur Veda (30) Vaisya (31 )beauty (32)buying and selling (33)love-making (34)watery resort (35)elephant (3 6)horse (37)variegated colour (38)poetry (39)dancing (40)middle age Saturn: (1)laziness, etc.(2)obstruction(3)OLDER PEOPLE(4)elephant(5)skin(6)gain7)proof o r tness(8)distress(9)sickness(10)misunderstanding(11)misery(12)death(13)happines s through a woman(14)maid servant(15)asses and mules(16)outcaste (17)one with di sfigured limbs(18)haunting woods(19)handsome look(20)gift(21)a lord(22)a portion of life(23)eunuch(24)one born of the lowest caste(25)birds(26)the three sacred fires(27)a servile duty(28)unrighteous conduct(29)one without manliness(30)telli ng lies(31)long lasting(32)wind (33)old age(34)tendons and muscles(35)strong at the end of the day(36) Sisira Ritu or winter(37)great-anger(38)exertion(39)born of a very low mother (40)bastard Rahu: (1) Umbrella (2)Chowrie (3)kingdom (4)gathering (5)fellacious argument (6)hurtin g byspeech(7)downcast(8)wicked woman(9)decorated vehicle(10)an irreligious man(1 1)gambling(12)strong at twilight(13)intriguing with a wicked woman(14)going abro ad (15)impurity(16)bone(17)enlargement of spleen(18)falsehood(19)downward look(2 0)perplexity(21)emerald(22)facing the Southern quarter(23)shelter of outcaste or low people(24painfulswelling(25)a big forest(26)wandering in rugged places(27)m ountain(28)pain(29)staying outside(30)tending towards South-West(31)wind(32)phle gm(33)sorrow(34)serpent(35)night breeze(36)sharp(37)long(38)reptile(39)reading o f dreams(40)travel Ketu: (1)Worship of God Chandeesa, God Ganesha and many other gods(2)doctor(3)dog(4)a cook(5)vulture(6)salvation(7)all kinds of wealth(8)consumption (9)pain(10)fever( 11)bathing in the Holy Ganges(12)great penance(13)wind(14)a Hunter(15)friendship (16)conferring of prosperity(17)stone(18)wound(19)witchcraft(20)inconstancy(21)k nowledge of Brahma(22)belly(23)eye-sore(24)stupidity(25)thorn(26)deer(27)knowled ge(28)observingsilence as a fast (29)philosophy(30)all sorts of luxuries(31)luck (32)trouble from enemies(33)loss of appetite(34)indifference to the world (35)pa ternal grandfather(36)hunger(37)severe stomachache(38)boil sand the like skin tr oubles(39)revoking the orders of arrest and (40)the association of Sudra.

Malefics and benefics: Planets are termed natural benefics and natural malefics. These are: Jupiter, Venus, Mercury and increasing Moon-natural benefics; Saturn , Mars, Rahu and Ketu-Natural malefics. If Mercury joins a natural malefic, he d oes not remain auspicious. As regards the Moon, she is auspicious from 10th day of dark fortnight through the 5th day of bright fortnight. Apart from the above, planets are classified as favourable and adverse based on births under the 12 different ascendants. These are narrated below:

Aries: Pure benefics are Jupiter and the Sun. Malefics are Saturn, Mercury and V enus. Venus is the prime killer. Jupiter will give inauspicious results if he is conjunct an adverse planet. However when with Saturn he is not wholly adverse. Taurus: Saturn and the Sun are benefics and can cause Rajayoga. Jupiter, Venus a nd Moon are not auspicious and may prove death inflicting palnets. Mercury can c ause some Yoga. Gemini: Venus is the only benefic. Mars, Sun and Jupiter are inauspicious. Satur n and Jupiter together behave in the same manner as for Aries birth. The Moon is the prime killer. (Some replace the Moon with Saturn). Cancer: Mercury and Venus are malefics. Mars, Jupiter and Moon are auspicious. M ars is a supreme Rajayoga karaka. Saturn is capable of inflicting death and is M araka lord. Leo: Inauspicious planets are Mercury, Venus and Saturn. Mars, Jupiter and the S un are benefics. Jupiter with Venus cannot give fully benefic results. Saturn is Maraka and the Moon s effects depend on her association. Virgo: Mars, Jupiter and the Moon are adverse. Venus is the only favourable plan et. Mars is a Maraka lord. Libra: Saturn and Mercury prove auspicious. The moon and Mercury and capable of conferring great benefits and position. Jupiter, the Sun and Mars are inauspicio us. Mars is a Maraka lord. Venus gives balanced results for this ascendant, if u nafflicted by others. Scorpio: Jupiter, as well as the Moon are benefics, the Moon and the Sun are Raj ayoga planets. Mercury and Venus give inauspicious effects. Saturn gives mixed r esults . Jupiter if illrelated will become a Maraka. Mars is of mixed nature. Sagittarius: Venus is adverse. Mercury, Mars and the Sun are yogakaraakas. If th e Sun joins Mercury he will also become a Rajayoga Karaka. Saturn is a killer ap art from Venus. Capricorn: Mars, Jupiter and the Moon are inauspicious. Venus and Mercury are be nefical. Saturn is not a Maraka lord, while Mars etc. may prove as killers. Aquarius: Jupiter, Moon and Mars produce adverse results. Venus and Saturn are e xclusively benefics. Mars and Jupiter are killers. If others are related to one of these two, they will also become adverse. Pisces: Saturn, Venus, Mercurry and the Sun are classified as unfavourable. Mars and Moon are auspicious. Mars and Jupiter are Yogakarakas. Saturn and Mercury a re Marakas.