Rahu in Fourth House

Rahu in the fourth house may offer you unexpected successes and rises in your career, finances or power; you could suddenly become well-known. Your emotional ties to your family, especially your mother, would deepen, and you would have a strong connection to your hometown. You could even want to spend the most of your time there.

Usual effects of Rahu in Fourth House

Rahu in the 4th house will make you have a deep attachment with your family and a deep connect with your native place, to an extent that you may wish to spend most of the time there. You may have a good connection with your mother and may look upon her for guidance and suggestions in crucial junctures of your life.

The 4th house is related to your mother, your native place, assets in terms of your property, house, etc. This also depicts the inner securities that you may carry because of the circumstances that you are living in. This house gives an account of the principles you may follow in the later part of your life when you are matured and conscious about happenings.

Rahu in this house may motivate you to increase your immovable property; you may indulge in the purchase of land, house or other assets that will enhance your wealth as well. You may also prosper in your business endeavours. Your dealings in or connections with entities of foreign lands will bring you good profits and ensure a prosperous professional and personal life.

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You are also blessed with a deep and strong bond with your spouse. There will be love and affection in the relationship and married life will be blissful. You will help and support each other and look after the needs mutually.

An inclination towards being powerful would prevail and you may indulge in politics or may even take it up as profession. There will be good political connections that will bring you prominence and a sense of being powerful. However, you may also indulge in some unethical means.

Positive Rahu

A positive Rahu in 4th house may bring sudden gains and rise for you in terms of profession, finance or power; you may come into prominence from nowhere. You will be very loyal to your spouse and would share a long and happy married life. Your emotional attachments with your mother may further incline you to be close to your native place where you spent your childhood.

Negative Rahu

A negative Rahu in 4th house inclines you to be powerful, but you may indulge in wrong and unwarranted activities to achieve this. There are chances of sudden fall in prominence in terms of your finances or profession, hence, be extra careful about this. Your anger may also somewhat restrict your progress which will adversely impact your relationships and profession.

Some notable sign placements for Rahu in 4th House

Rahu Taurus: Rahu in Taurus is in exalted position and blesses you with immense wealth and financial gains. Your secret sources of income will be very active and rewarding; sudden profits, especially from foreign deals, will enhance your wealth further and prospects of working in an MNC or in foreign land will be high, with good growth in your professional front.
Rahu Scorpio: Rahu is debilitated in Scorpio and will orient you towards a career that is related to the occult sciences or some secretive service. You will possess profound skills in handling secrets or things of secretive nature. There will be an aura of mystery around your personality, hard to disrupt by anyone.

Common Yoga positions possible with Rahu in 4th House

Jadatva Yoga: Rahu combines with Mercury to form the Jadatva Yoga, blessing you with great communication skills along with strong convincing power. You will be very quick in providing solutions to problems because of your wit, intelligence and prompt thinking, which may, however, cause issues in your social and financial fronts.
Shankhpal Kalsarpa Yoga: Rahu, when in the 4th house, may form Shankhpal Kalsarpa Yoga when Ketu is in the 10th house and all planets are gripped between the Rahu-Ketu axis. This leads to some troubles in your relationship with your parents, and this may have an adverse impact on your life in general.

Famous people with Rahu in 4th House

Vladimir Putin (Russian Politician): A former Intelligence Officer, he is the President of Russia and one of the most prominent political personalities in the world. He came into prominence under the influence of 4th house Rahu when he became the Russian President for the first time in 2000 and then again in 2012. He studied law at Leningrad State University under Anatoly Sobchak, served 15 years as a foreign intelligence officer for the KGB, moved to Moscow and joined the presidential staff as deputy to Kremlin’s chief administrator Pavel Borodin, became a close associate to Anatoly Chubais and moved up in administrative positions. In 1999 President Boris Yeltsin appointed Putin as the Prime Minister. Although virtually unknown, Putin rose to public prominence and approval when he launched the military operation against secessionist rebels in Chechnya.
Aamir Khan (Indian Actor & Producer): With the blessing of 4th house Rahu, he received fame in his debut movie, ‘Qayamat se Qayamat Tak’, and has given his audiences remarkable characters to remember – Bhuvan in ‘Lagaan’, Rancho in ‘3 Idiots’ and Mahavir Singh Phogat in ‘Dangal’. He is the recipient of Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan, both high civilian awards in India.
Karisma Kapoor (Indian Actor): With the blessing of 4th house Rahu, she became famous for her roles in the movies ‘Raja Hindustani’, ‘Zubeidaa’, ‘Jigar’, ‘Fiza’, ‘Raja Babu’ and others. She is a recipient of National Film Award for best supporting actor.
Serena Williams (American Tennis Player): With the blessing of 4th house Rahu, her powerful style of play revolutionized women’s tennis. She has won more Grand Slam singles titles than any other woman or man during the open era. She grew up learning tennis from her father on the public courts in Los Angeles and along with her sister Venus, has won 14 Grand Slam doubles titles.