Fourth house in Astrology

The Fourth House rules Mother, Home, Maternal Uncle, Land Properties, Vehicles, Sister's Son, Kingdom, Education, Gardens, Character, Attitude, Nose, Lungs, Trachea, Agriculture, Watery Areas, Shelter, Estates, Abundance of Articles, Institutions.

            4th House Being the 

•  12th from the 5th - Loss in Speculation, Illness of Children;
• 11th from the 6th - Gains of Enemies; 
• 10th from the 7th - Career of Life Partner;
• 9th from the 8th - Sudden Fortune as from Lottery Prizes and Bequests;
• 8th from the 9th - Father's Inheritance;
• 7th from the 10th - Career associates of Life Partner;
• 6th from the 11th - Enemies and Debts of Friends;
• 5th from the 12th - Children of Private Enemies [their speculative gains & Ventures].

Basic Significations of Bhava: Mind (emotion), heart, happiness & contentment, confidence & belief, close friends, all family members (close relatives), mother, all well-wishers, home, comforts, home country, landed property, houses, gardens, underground treasures, wells, graves, agricultural products, vehicles, horses, elephants, cows, buffaloes, goats and sheep, holy places, moral virtues, devotion to God, piety, righteous conduct, character, good name and reputation, education (ultimate results, degree etc), end of undertakings, conditions at close of life.

Uttrarakalamritam Section 5, Slokas 4 ½ - 7: Relating to Action, Function or Doing of the 4th bhava: The following are to be investigated through the 4th house :

 (1) learning (2) kingdom (3) house (4) travel (5) vehicle similar to rickshaws, small boats and the like (6) oil bath (7) mother (8) relation (9) friend (10) caste (11) garment (12) a small well (13) water (14) milk (15) perfume (16) a happy being (17) good name (18) a medicine of great supernatural efficacy (19) trust (20) false allegation (21) a tent or pavilion (22) victory (23) wearisome work (24) land (25) a garden (26) digging of a pond or well (27) and their installation for the use of the public (28) mother’s side (29) a pure intellect (30) father (31) wife (32) hoarding of one’s savings (33) a mansion (34) art (35) entrance into a house (36) conclusion (37) disposition (38) loss of one’s dwelling (39) paternal property (40) celestial food (41) the art of giving clues to the places where stolen property is kept, etc. (42) an anthill (43) development of Vedic and sacred texts (44) buffaloes (45) cows (46) horses (47) elephant in rut and (48) abundance of corn, grain produced from wet-lands.

Profile of Bhandu Bhava

According to the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, among other meanings :

- Bandh means to bind , tie , fix , fasten , chain , fetter; to bind round , put on to bind together.

- Patala: means a roof , thatch, an excavation , hole in the earth.

- Hibuka is the name of the fourth Lagna or astrological sign , fourth astrological house.

- Girha means an assistant , servant, a house , habitation , home, "house of earth" , grave, "the lower world", with names of gods, "a temple " , a house as containing several rooms, the inhabitants of a house , family; a householder,name of the 4th astrological mansion.

Yogas to other houses:

1st from 4th : rules conditions in the childhood home and the old-age home. Bandhu bhava is the house of Earth Root is called the basis of the incarnation (Ethno-Cultural Roots). Known as the Early childhood and old-age Home it is related to the fundamental emotional and social security; entitlements, work toward securing and protecting one's society. The cultural indoctrination levels of education which facilitate a stable society:

Maternal "immersion" training of child in the manners & customs of one's people. Basic personal legitimacy established in bandhu bhava, during the first seven years of life.

It refers to the formal education that develops post-maternal cultural competency training, such as (varies by culture): ethnic dance skills, literacy or numeracy skills, skill based crafts, skill training in arts & sciences .

It concerns the preparation for established social roles, such as (varies by culture): physician, teacher, blacksmith, mechanic, psychologist, shaman, fisherman, parent, priest, etc.

Some societies have a small number of social roles; others have hundreds of defined roles and elaborate educational pathways toward achieving legitimate practice rights in those roles (e.g., USA financial licensing, Ph.D. or M.D.) With the breakdown of traditional families in the modern West, the USA has recently initiated "parent training" certification. Patriotism, nationalism, loyalty to caste, class, tribe, or nation . Defense of the nation, "Homeland Security”.

Land ownership; care of the land, the Motherland . Social validation of "Property" ("belongs to me"), defense of property, and laws of entitlement to ownership(varies by culture).

Foundations of a building. Basement of a building. Underground storage and shelter, hidden silos (for grain, weapons, or any hoard). The lower realms of the spirit world.

Graves, underground burials.

The special stabilizing & endurance-giving nutritive properties of plants which grow underground (root vegetables). Cooking, nurturing, home-making, protecting, supporting, care-taking. Gardening, care of the Earth.

Bandhu bhava is "Binding to Earth" whereas Dharma bhava refers "Holding to

Heaven". The indoctrination & secure-society goals of education in domain of the 4th bhava , targeted towards maintaining a stable earthly society whereas Educational practices of dharma bhava are not targeted towards maintaining a structured set of interactions with heaven. Hence the indoctrination & secure society goals of education in the 4th bhava are naturally at variance with the wisdom-acquisition goals of higher religious training of the domain of the 9th bhava.

Disruption of domain-4 significes an absence of unconditional love from the earthly mother.

2nd from 3rd: It concerns the wealth & knowledge values of the immediate younger sibling and the speech & language patterns of the sibling group & intimate peer group;

3rd from 2nd : It deals with communication patterns, beliefs & mental practices of the family (family mental health), record keeping re: property values & other hoarded wealth, meetings to discuss history & stored wealth , writings about history & values, family literacy & manual skills; self-made wealth developed on basis of family funds, communications with the mother's older siblings.

from-1st: Mother ; Heart; Patriotism, physical safety & Emotional Security ; Basic Socialization; Education ; Buildings; boundaries, fences; Vehicles; shelter & coverage, including Clothing. The Fourth bhava is related to education: Education through Basic Socialization (house-4) affects everyone and is related in this respect to House-4: Bandhu Bhava, & L-4, 4th-from-4th: Yuvati Bhava, & L-7 , karaka Budha & 4th-from-Budha, 4th-from-Chandra , Siddhamsha (D 24 divisional chart), L-4's navamsha lord, in radix, Dasha & bhukti periods of radix L-4, L-7, and Budha.

5th-from-12th: It deals with speculative gain from foreign travel & relationships with distant cultures; children of foreigners (auspicious for foreign adoption); creativity

increased through meditation & sanctuary practice; literature & performance art benefiting from input of the subconscious imagination.

6th-from-11th: concerns illness & debts of friends; conflicts created by having friends in a larger networked community outside of the home; conflict & imbalance with the father's siblings (home is the mother's turf!)

7th-from-10th: Basis of public reputation; spouse of the leader (boss); relationships with people in power; contracts & agreements with the government.

8th-from-9th: the naturally adversarial relationship between those focused on ownership and protection of the Earth, vs. those focused on connection & interactions with the Heavens, hidden aspects of religion: healing, secret lineages, tantra; healing or destruction of the father; [mother has] secret information about the father; Stepfather; Fourth marriage; taxes on religious activities in order to strengthen the national defense, forcing the priesthood into secrecy in order to transformative change in the (male) priesthood & destruction of the temple (which moves the center of religion into the female home); adaptation & re-interpretation of ancient rituals (which provides continuity of tradition over time).

9th-from-8th: Great fortune from inheritance & legacy = receiving ownership of land, Wisdom through deep healing secrets = cures from plants which grow on the land, Ritual communication with the spirits of the property = continued safety & stewardship of the land, Good fortune through confidential, therapeutic environments = deep emotional security & trust, Priesthood of mysterious forces = deep roots in the Earth.

10th-from-7th : Profession & reputation of spouse/partner; career of spouse, public dignity of the marriage. The main public position of your spouse is their identity as a parent.

11th-from-6th: Gains from loan debt/usury = the fruits of debt, ownership of buildings & lands through mortgage debt , ownership of vehicles & "property" (stuff) through "car loans" & consumer debt , completed education through student loan debt, gains from conflict management, police control = social stability & safety of property, gains from clinical medicine = returning home, fruits from keeping animals = protection, physical & emotional security (pets), farms & pastures, food from the edible animals (livestock), gains from the mother's siblings = keeping property in the family.

12th-from-5th: sanctuary/retreat for children, sanctuary/retreat for creative works of genius, losses to the children (safe home = loss of freedom), withdrawal from gaming & speculation; politics & theatre, children's foreign travels, loss of children (typically through traveling or marrying into an outside culture, but possibly through imprisonment).