Planets in Houses

Have you ever wondered why you look the way you do?  Why do you feel so shy and avoid public speaking? Why are some people born with a silver spoon and others struggle in life?

Well, what if I tell you that there is an answer to these questions!

The answers to these questions are hidden in the stars and with the help of astrology, we can uncover these secrets by simply creating a map of the sky and tracking down the location of the planets, with respect to the Earth. Now, in order to track down the celestial bodies, the sky is divided into 12 parts known as zodiac signs that keep on moving with the rotation and revolution of the Earth. Another similar division of the sky (12 parts) is made and are called houses—these remain fixed, and the signs mentioned above move through these houses. The first house is fixed at the eastern horizon with respect to your place of birth—whichever sign is rising in that house at the exact time of your grand entrance into being, that sign becomes your ascendent sign.

Now, as we know that the planets move through these signs and houses, so whatever position of planets was there during your birth is documented in the form of a chart and studied thoroughly by astrologers in order to give you accurate predictions!

Wondering how astrologers make such precise predictions about you?

Well, that’s an astrology secret that I am going to reveal to you!

They notice the placement of planets in the houses where each house stands for some specific area of your life and each planet has a specific nature as well. So, according to their nature, the planets impact the house they are placed in, thus impacting the area of your life that the house represents.

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Let’s understand it better with an example.

If Saturn is placed in the 10^th house of your chart, what will be the result?

We know that Saturn stands for slowness, obstacles, darkness, restriction, perfection, strictness, seriousness, delays, etc.

And the 10^th house stands for your style of work, boss, profession, etc.

So, we can conclude that the placement of Saturn in your 10^th house will give you a strict boss and a restrictive workplace environment. Also, it will make you a perfectionist and slow down your working speed. Lastly, you may face many obstacles in your career path, which may lead to delays in finding a good job, and so on.

NOTE: The results will also depend a great deal on which sign Saturn is occupying in the 10^th house. So please refer to our Planets in Signs page for deeper insight and more accurate results.

And that’s why understanding the placement of planets in different houses is crucial in order to clear your astrology basics!

 

12 Houses in Vedic Astrology

As mentioned above, there are 12 houses in astrology that represent various aspects of our life. The houses always remain fixed and the 1^st house is always present in the top-middle portion of the chart. The counting of houses is done in an anticlockwise direction, and while reading a birth chart, the number of the houses is not mentioned in the chart; instead the sign’s number is mentioned. Therefore, the numbering of the houses must be remembered.

The 4 houses in the middle of the chart–1^st, 4^th, 7^th & 10^th are known as “Kendra” houses and are considered as most important and most auspicious houses of the chart. Major life areas like marriage, family, career and self are connected to these houses. Other than the Kendra houses, the “Trikona houses”, meaning the 1^st, 5^th and 9^th houses, also play a vital role in our life and represent children, education, religion and spirituality. Trikona houses are also very auspicious. Lastly, the 6^th, 8^th and 12^th houses of our birth chart are known as the “Trik” houses and are associated with all the adversities we face in life, such as debt, disease, losses, expenses, accidents, enemies, and the like.

NOTE: The first house also known as the “Lagna” is a part of both Kendra and Trikona houses, and hence, holds the most important place among all the houses in your birth chart.

 

Now let’s see what all the houses represents: 

1st House

The 1^st house represents the self, your personality, health, head, and eyes.

2nd House

The 2^nd house represents your face, speech, food habits, savings, and immediate family.

3rd House

The 3^rd house represents your willpower, physical strength, communication skills, throat, shoulders, short travels, neighbors, and younger siblings.

4th House

The 4^th house represents your home, mother, family environment, heart, lungs, extended family, assets, and comforts (car, property, luxury goods, etc.)

5th House

The 5^th house represents your children, early education, mind, stomach, digestion, creativity, and speculation.

6th House

The 6^th house represents your enemies, obstacles, illnesses, debts, legal matters, selfless service, midback, intestines, maternal uncle, and your job.

7th House

The 7^th house represents your marriage, business partnerships, opportunities, lower back, and kidneys.

 

 

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8th House

The 8^th house represents sudden events, inheritance, in-laws, spouse’s finances, reproductive organs, and the anus.

9th House

The 9^th house represents spirituality, father, luck, higher studies, long-distance travels, religion, teachers/mentor, hips, thighs, and blood vessels.

10th House

The 10^th house represents career, boss, public image, knees, and bones.

11th House

The 11^th house represents gains, social circle, friends, paternal uncle, and legs.

12th House

The 12^th house represents expenses, losses, liberation, investments, foreign lands, mountains, hospitals, prisons, and feet.

 

Influence and Aspects of Planets

All planets have a specific nature and impact on your life. Planets are widely divided into two categories based on their nature: malefic planets, being harsh and cruel (Saturn, Rahu, Ketu, the Sun and Mars), and benefic planets, being soft and generous (Jupiter, the Moon, Mercury and Venus). All the planets have a 7^th aspect, which means they can see and influence the house right in front of them. Additionally, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Rahu, and Ketu have 2 (each) other special aspects because of which they influence a lot of areas of your life.

Let’s see what these planets are capable of.

Sun

Aspect: 7^th, influences your confidence, father, discipline, career growth, ego, government, eyes, head, heart, etc.

Moon

Aspect: 7^th, influences your mother, emotions, subconscious mind, mood, thoughts, food, creativity, travelling, hormones, mental health, etc.

Mercury

Aspect: 7^th, influences your communication skills, intellect, logic, travelling, sense of humor, skin, teeth, voice, etc.

Venus

Aspect: 7^th, influences your wealth, comforts, love life, marriage, wife, jewelry, creativity, hygiene, dressing sense, fashion sense, fertility, etc.

Mars

Aspects: 4^th, 7^th & 8^th, influences your courage, passion, physical strength, aggression, risk-taking ability, blood, muscles, surgery, accidents, etc.

Jupiter

Aspect: 5^th, 7^th & 9^th, influences your knowledge, wealth, idealism, wisdom, spirituality, expansion, teachers, husband, generosity, moral values, liver, digestion, etc.

Saturn

Aspect: 3^rd ,7^th & 10^th, influences your patience, hard work, discipline, obstacles, limitations, delays, employees, joints, nails, hair, etc.

Rahu

Aspect: 5^th, 7^th & 9^th, influences your greed, ambition, obsession, shortcuts, material gains, desires, dissatisfaction, chaos, defiance, illusion, etc.

Ketu

Aspect: 5^th, 7^th & 9^th, influences your liberation, detachment, spirituality, bluntness, satisfaction, karmic cycles, surgery, cuts and marks, sharp objects, etc.

 

Rules to Read Planets in Houses

Now that we know what the houses and planets stand for, we can easily predict how different planets will behave in each house. Still, there are some basic things you should know:

• Placement and Aspect of benefic planets will always enhance the house, bringing positive results.
• Although, the placement of Jupiter will be positively interpreted in a house, but still its aspect will do better because wherever Jupiter is placed, it brings its heaviness (biggest planet) along with it, reducing the positive results.
• The placement of malefic planets in the 3^rd, 6^th, 10^th and 11^th houses, known as the “Upachaya Bhava”, enhances these houses and brings you success and wealth, since these houses are growth oriented and require strength and strategy of malefic planets for positive results.
• In general, the placement of malefic planets will bring challenges related to living things associated with that house and growth related to non-living things.
• The aspect of malefic planets, however, will bring adversities and challenges to both living and non-living things in that house.
• The ownership of the planets is also important, for example, if Mercury is the owner of the 4^th house of real estate and gets placed in the 2^nd or 11^th houses of wealth and gains, it would mean that you will gain through your real estate investments or have a rental income.
• The placement of most planets in Kendra or Trikona houses will show a harmonious life with a lot of growth opportunities.
• The placement of most planets in Trik houses will show a life full of struggles.
• In case of planetary conjunctions in a house, the combined results of the qualities of planets should be considered.
• Houses with 3 or more planets become dense and your life would revolve around the areas of life associated with these.

 

Planets in Houses Examples

Let’s see some examples of how to relate the attributes of planets with the nature of the house to decode the influence of planets in houses.

 

Jupiter in the 1^st House

In the 1^st house, Jupiter will give you a bulky physical appearance due to its nature of expansion. You will be well learned and knowledgeable. You may also be inclined towards idealism and religious values. The aspect of Jupiter on 5^th house will give you good children and will support your education. It will also add to your skills set and give you creative talents. The 7^th aspect of Jupiter will support your married life and business. You will get an ample number of opportunities to grow in life. The 9^th aspect of Jupiter will promote long-distance travel and enhance your luck. You will also receive support from your father and teachers whenever required.

 

Ketu in the 9^th House

In the 9^th house, Ketu will give you detachment from your father that could manifest in the form of emotional distance, physical distance, or the early demise of father. Since the 9^th house and Ketu both symbolize spirituality, you will have a strong spiritual inclination. You may either be fond of traveling to quench your spiritual thirst or may not like traveling at all (detachment from traveling). There could be a scar, injury, or surgery related to the thighs or hips. The 5^th aspect of Ketu on the 1^st house will give you a spiritual outlook and may bring certain obstacles or health issues. The 7^th aspect of Ketu on the 3^rd house will create health issues for your younger siblings and the 9^th aspect of Ketu on the 5^th house may give surgery during childbirth.

 

Moon in the 7^th House

In the 7^th house, the Moon will give you a highly emotional and fair life partners. It will also support your business and bring you new opportunities. The 7^th aspect of Moon on your 1^st house will give you a soft nature and enhance your creative talents. Since the Moon also represents your mother, and the 7^th house represents your spouse, the relationship between your spouse and your mother will be harmonious. You and your partner will also be fond of traveling because of the influence of the Moon on yourself (1^st house through aspect) as well as your partner (7^th house).

 

So, this is how you can relate the planets and houses to understand the influence of a particular planet in any house.

To know about the effects of planets in different houses, you can read the pages below: 

• Sun in Different Houses 
• Mars in Different Houses 
• Mercury in Different Houses 
• Venus in Different Houses 
• Moon in Different Houses 
• Jupiter in Different Houses 
• Saturn in Different Houses 
• Rahu in Different Houses 
• Ketu in Different Houses