Third House in Astrology

The Third House also called "House of Communication"  rules Courage & Valour, Right Ear, Younger Siblings (Brothers & Sisters), Battles, Lower-Mind/ Mind-Reading, Short Journeys, Relatives, Neighbours, Conflicts, Obstacles, Hands and Shoulders. Day to day / Regular Activities.

   3rd House Being the

•  12th from the 4th - Losses, Dreams and Hospitalization of Mother;
• 11th from the 5th - Gains of Children;
• 10th from the 6th - Careers and Occupation of Enemies [their Social standing & Reputation];
• 9th from the 7th - Life Partner's Father [His long journeys, religious & moral inclinations] ;
• 8th from the 8th - Shows Life & Rejuvenation, end of Misfortune and Afflictions;
• 7th from the 9th - Father's business associates;
• 6th from the 10th - Litigation in relation to one's Career or Status;
• 5th from the 11th - Children of Friends.

Basic Significations of Bhava: Deliberate actions, motivation, interests, hobbies, one's own efforts (initiative) and how well they are supported, sports, pleasures, assistance, servants, neighbors, short-term desires, short trips, short contacts, telephonic contacts, writing, correspondence, computer skills, strength, valor, courage, stamina, fine arts of music, dance and drama, actors, dancers, singers, directors, producers, manual skills, initiation into spiritual practices, death of parents, cause of own death.

Uttrarakalamritam Section 5,: Slokas 4 - 4 ½: Relating to Action, Function or Doing of the 3rd bhava: 

(1) courage (20 after-borns (3) battle (4) ears (5) legs (6) roadside place (7) confusion of the mind (8) fitness (9) heaven, paradise (10) causing sorrow (11) dream (12) soldier (13) heroic valour (14) one’s own relations (15) friend (16) wandering (17) throat (18) eating unspoiled or pure food (19) partition of property (20) ornaments (21) good quality (22) learning (23) pastime (24) bodily strength (25) gain (26) bodily growth (27) noble descent (28) servant (29) the part of the hand between the forefinger and the thumb (sacred to the Manes) (30) female servant (31) journey in a small good vehicle (32) a large undertaking and (33) one’s own religious duty these are to be divined from the third house.

Profile of Bhratru Bhave:

Bhratru :a brother (often used to designate a near relative or an intimate friend , esp. as a term of friendly address), (dual case) brother and sister.

Sahaja : Brother of whole blood , born together . a natural friend the natural state , "saha" means "together" , born or produced together or at the same time as (gen.); congenital, innate, hereditary, original , natural , birthplace, home, always the same as from the beginning; natural state or disposition,name of the third astrol.

mansion ,emancipation during life,innately honest,naturally dirty , spotty by nature,a natural friend (as a sister's son , cousin etc.),fond or tender by nature.a natural enemy, one hostile by birth (as the son of the same father by another mother , the son of a paternal uncle etc.),one who is born neutral or who is naturally neither an enemy nor a friend , a common acquaintance , friend , unconnected by birth.

Para-krama: doubling the other (i.e. second) letter of a conjunction of consonants bold advance, attack , heroism , courage , power , strength , energy , exertion, enterprise going out or away , knowing the strength (of an enemy). showing courage or strength , exerting power.

Yogas to other houses:

1st house from 3rd house ((body parts, physical level): Siblings , Birth order , Hearing & Ears,Hands & Hand-Skills, gestures, body language, Thinking and Talking, Courage,Acquaintances, Neighbours, Colleagues who are not Equal Advisers, Small Groups, Team.

2nd-from-2nd (information about values & knowledge): Self-Made Wealth, Short-term Travels, regional travel, business travel - remaining mentally within the range of one's own people, Mental Tasking, Communications Media, conversation, using language, historic traditions of the family: values, stories, mentality, Record-Keeping.

3rd-from-1st: manual work, any craft done with the Hands, Writing, skills training, Career: your business style, your communication style, planning, group, meetings, agendas, Routines, programming, schedules , short-term travel, business travel, organizing information, Competition, Manipulation, Mental Health,Mental Attitude/State of Mind, Sales, Marketing, Advertising, Public Relations.

4th-from-12th: property in foreign lands, Higher Education, formal training regarding unfamiliar cultures, mentalities, & languages.

5th-from-11th: goal-reaching intelligence, strategic decision-making children of one's friends, children of the village or community people with whom one has a natural sibling-like affinity (or natural competition for attention).

6th-from-10th: office staff, "servants in career", co-workers, conflicts, aggression, disregard for agreements that affect one's leadership position, enemies of one's career advance, debt incurred while striving for public recognition or approval the natural controversies and arguments which attend executive decision roles, and the tiring business of defending one's decisions in meetings & conversations illness & internal conflict (primarily mental imbalance) produced by heavy public responsibility.

7th-from-9th: Father's advisors; Guru and advisor to the guru, relationships between belief systems, ideologies & the ideological component of religions partnerships based on shared beliefs, partnered conversations, agreements and teamwork by people who share a religion or belief system.

8th-from-8th: Longevity, Circumstances of Physical Death, Healing after surgery.

changed mental process resulting from intensive tantrik practice,administrative process of distributing results of insurance settlements, lottery winnings, and other sudden windfalls.

9th-from-7th: father of the first spouse (father-in-law)’ religion / guru /belief system of the first spouse, benefits resulting from contracts & agreements, from finding balanced  exchange in human relationships, gains of goodwill & wisdom from orderly legal process, benefits from legal decisions.

10th-from-6th: prestige of your enemies, career of your enemies,leadership resulting from conflict management, Careers in managing animosity, debt, & disease.

11th-from-5th: your children's gains & goals.

12th-from-4th: Change of Residence / Emigration, unmet emotional needs / dissolution of emotional security, Maternal great grandmother (Mother's father's mother) Duschikya (the third house): Uras (chest), the right ear, army, courage, valor, prowess, and brother are denoted by the third house Duschikya (the third house): Uras (chest), the right ear, army, courage, valor, prowess, and brother are denoted by the third house.

BPHS Ch. 11, Shloka 4 : Indications of Sahaja Bhava “From Sahaja Bhava, know of the following: valor, servants (attending, etc.), brothers, sisters, etc. initiatory instructions (Upadesha), journey, and parent's death."

BPHS, Ch. 22, 10. If Labh’s Lord is in Sahaj Bhava, as Sahaj’s Lord is in Labh Bhava, one will gain wealth through co-borns and will be endowed with excellent ornaments.

Skills related to Sahaja Bhava:
The Sahaja Bhava encompasses all major acts of the hands such as writing, sculpting, weaving, painting , shaping, etc. It literally means correspondence. Being 9th from the 7th bhave where agreements are signed, this bahva is also the fortunate result of lawful negotiations. 

A few indications of such skills are given below with various planets in the 3rd bhava.
- Strong Surya enables the creative of objects of philosophic reasoning throught the skills of the hands.
- Strong Chandra enables the manufacture of objects parental nurturing throught he crafts of the hands.
- Strong Kuja enables the manufacture of vigorous competition through the skills of the hands.
- Strong Budha enables the manufacture of objects of detailed communication through the skills of the hands
- Strong Guru a enables the manufacture of humanistic teachings through the skills of the hands.
- Strong Shukra enables the manufacture of charming beauty and entertainment through the skills of the hands.
- Strong Shani enables the manufacture of strict discipline through the skills of the hands
- Strong Raha enables the manufacture of intense passion through the skills of the hands
- Strong Ketu enables the manufacture of other worldliness through the skills of the hands.