SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HOUSES / BHAVAS

The following below table clarifies the significance of each Bhava in the Horoscope starts from Lagna or Ascendant or First House to 12th House / Vyaya Bhava.

Bhavas	Signification	Body Parts
First House	Birth, beginning of life, personality, personal features, looks, body, character, temperament, individuality, self consciousness and constitution.	Head and the upper part of the face
Second House	person's Finances, material resources, attitude towards and ability for earning money, Family, Food, Speech and self worth.	Right Eye, Tongue, nose, teeth, cheeks, chin and all the Neck and Throat area.
Third House	Communication and correspondence, short journeys, Younger brother or sister, cousins, and Neighbors, Courage, Thoughts, mental strength, Memory, Ability of mind and intellect.	Right Ear, Hands, Arms and Fingers, Shoulder blade, collar bone, Respiratory and the Nervous system.
Fourth House	Home, Mother, Happiness,  one's roots, Domestic affairs, acquiring of tangible assets and Land Properties,  building,  Vehicles, , learning, conditions at the end of life and the final resting place or the grave.	Chest, Breasts and Lungs.
Fifth House	Creativity, self-expression, Children, Poorva punya, Romance, love affairs, Speculation, Hobbies, favorite activities, games and Sports.	Heart and upper and middle part of back or Spine. Stomach & Digestion process.
Sixth House	Health and Sickness, diet, Debt, labor, service, work, daily routine, Co-workers, maternal uncles and aunts, sin, wicked act and Fear.  Pet animals	Pancreas, Liver, Intestinal tract, Duodenum.
Seventh House	Relationships and partnerships, Marriage, wife or husband, legal bondage, Lawsuits, quarrels, Divorce, open enemies.  Niece and Nephew.	Kidneys, middle and lower back and Vertebras.
Eighth House	Defeat, insult, Sorrow, Scandal, obstacles, impediment, transformation, Regeneration, sexuality, unearned money or Inheritance, Occult matters, Longevity and Death. Mystery and misery.	Prostate gland, Reproductive system and the Colon.
Ninth House	Teacher,  Higher education and higher knowledge, Long journeys, Luck, Fortune, Grand Children, Worship, Religion, Penance, Intuition, Wisdom and Spiritual initiation.	Thighs, Hips and the Buttocks.
Tenth House	one's name, Fame, Honor and Recognition. Dignity and Public Esteem. Ambition and Authority.	Gallbladder and the Knees.
Eleventh House	Friends, Social circle, Profit, Gain, Income of all kinds, Acquisition, Desire and Wish fulfillment. Elder brother or sister, Paternal uncle.	Left Ear, Calves and Ankles.
Twelfth House	Bondage, confinement, Imprisonment, Expenses, Loss, Poverty, Misery, phobia, staying Abroad, final Salvation.	Left Eye and Feet

Benefics and Malefics in Horoscope

I am hereby pen this article to clear the confusions on which planetary and house combinations and also at which stages, we face good and bad results.

Houses
Benefic	1st	4th	7th	10th	5th	9th
Malefic	3rd	6th	8th	12th
Neutral	2nd	11th

Planets [Natural]
Benefic	Jupiter	Venus	Moon
Malefic	Saturn	Rahu	Mars
Neutral	Mercury	Sun	Ketu

Combinations		Results
Benefic	Benefic	Excellent
Benefic	Neutral	Better
Benefic	Malefic	Medium
Malefic	Malefic	Horrific
Malefic	Neutral	Bad
Neutral	Neutral	Good

There are 3 Main types of Rashi's:

A) Sheerodaya Rashi (Head-Rising) are: Mithun (Gemini), Simha (Leo), Kanya (Virgo), Tula (Libra), Vrishchik (Scorpio), Kumbha (Aquarius).
 Powerful at day.

B) Pristhodaya Rashi (Hind Rising) are: Mesha (Aries), Vrish (Taurus), Karkat (Cancer), Dhanu (Sagittarius), Makara (Capricorn).
Powerful at Night.

C) Those Rashis which rise from their both head and hind part are called Ubhayodaya Rashi. Pisces is the Ubhayodaya Rashi.
These are powerful at both day and night.

During the period of planets ie. Dasha if the planet is situated at Seershodaya Rashi then it gives more fruits especially in first half of Dasha, if Pristhodaya then it gives more fruits especially in last half of Dasha, if Ubhayodaya gives fruit throught the Dasha.

Benefic Position of Planets
Planets	Zodiac Signs	Houses
SUN	Leo, Sagittarius, Aries	1st, 6th, 10th & 11th
MOON	Cancer, Sagittarius, Taurus	1st, 2nd, 4th & 9th
MERCURY	Gemini, Virgo, Libra	2nd, 3rd, 5th, 8th & 11th
MARS	Aries, Capricorn, Scorpio, Leo, Sagittarius	5th, 10th & 11th
JUPITER	Cancer, Sagittarius, Aries, Pisces, Scorpio, Leo	1st, 2nd, 4th, 7th, 9th, 10th  & 11th
VENUS	Pisces, Taurus, Libra	1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 9th, 10th & 11th.
SATURN	Libra, Capricorn, Aquarius, Taurus	3rd, 7th & 12th
RAHU	Taurus, Gemini, Aquarius, Virgo, Libra	3rd, 6th, 8th, 10th, 11th & 12th
KETU	Scorpio, Sagittarius, Pisces	12th, 4th, 6th & 9th

Deadly Nakshatras [Stars]:  Punarvasu, Ashlesha, Hasta, Visakha, Mula, Shatabisha, Purvabhadra, Revathi & Bharani.

       Planets posited in this Nakshatra will give Unreasonable Troubles & Diseases.

Saturn in Twelfth House

If Saturn is in the 12th house, the native will be sinful, miser and will have affliction in some part of his body. If Saturn is associated with a malefic the native will have defective eye sight. If he is associated with a benefic the native will be happy, will have good eye sight and will go to heaven after death. If he is associated with a malefic the native will go to hell, will incur wasteful expenditure and will be poor.

Other Views

Brihat Jatak- The person concerned will suffer degradation.

Phaldeepika- The native will be shameless, poor, childless and stupid and some part of the body of the native will be deformed.

Saravali- The native will be sinful, gossiper, hard hearted, mischievous and humiliated and will incur wasteful expenditure.

Chamatkar Chintamani- The native will be shameless and will have small eyes. He will be happy in foreign travels. If Saturn is in 12th as lord of the ascendant, the native will destroy his enemies.

Saturn in Eleventh House

If Saturn is in the 11th house, the native will be very wealthy but there will be obstacles in his way. He will also be owner of landed property and a favourite of Government. If Saturn is in his own sign or in his sign of exaltation the native will be learned and enjoy Mahabhagya Yoga (causing prosperity of a very high order) and comforts of all kinds of conveyances.

All planets whether benefic or malefic prosper in the eleventh house unless they are lord of the 6th, 8th or 12th houses. Eleventh is an upachaya house and here malefics will fare better than benefics. It is on this account that very beneficial results have been attributed to Saturn in that house.

Very powerful Dhana yogas will result with Saturn in the eleventh in the following circumstances:-

(1) When Aries is the ascendant and Saturn is in the eleventh as lord of the 10th and 11th,

(2) When Taurus is the ascendant and Saturn is in the eleventh as lord of the 9th and 10th,

(3) When Libra is the ascendant and Saturn is in the eleventh as lord of the 4th and 5th,

(4) When Sagittarius is the ascendant and Saturn is exalted in the 11th as lord of the 2nd,

(5) When Capricorn is the ascendant and Saturn is in the eleventh as lord of the  ascendant and the 2nd and

(6) When Aquarius is the ascendant and Saturn is in the eleventh as lord of the ascendant.

Other Views

Brihat Jatak- The person concerned will be wealthy.

Phaldeepika- The native will be courageous, healthy, wealthy, longlived and will own immovable property. Saravali-Same as Phaldeepika.

Chamatkar Chintamani- The native will always be wealthy and courageous.

Saturn in Tenth House

If Saturn is in the 10th house the native will bathe in the Ganges in his 25th year. He will be stingy and of bilious constitution. If Saturn is associated with a malefic the native will face obstacles in his professional career. He will be successful in his undertakings if Saturn is associated with a benefic.

Saturn will give extremely favourable results in the following circumstances:

 (1) When Aries and Taurus are the ascendants Saturn will be in his own sign in the tenth as lord of the 10th and 11th and 9th and 10th respectively. With lord of the 9th in the 10th and lord of 10th in 10th, a very powerful Rajayoga will be formed conferring upon the native name, fame, wealth and honours of a high order. 

(2) For Libra Ascendant, Saturn will be in the 10th as lord of the 4th and 5th, giving rise to a powerful Dhana yoga. 

(3) For Capricorn ascendant, Saturn will be in the tenth as exalted lord of the ascendant and the 2nd, which is as powerful a disposition as a Raja yoga. 

(4) For Aquarius ascendant, Saturn will be in the 10th as lord of the ascendant, again a favourable disposition. In the tenth house, Saturn will be in Kendra to the ascendant. His disposition in his own sign or in his sign of exaltation will give rise to Sasa yoga.

Other Views

Brihat Jatak- The person concerned will be happy and powerful.

Phaldeepika- The native will be a king or minister of a king, and will be extremely wealthy, famous and courageous and will take interest in agriculture.

Saravali- The native will be wealthy, learned, minister or a Judge or head of a village.

Chamatkar Chintamani- The native will lose both his parents in his childhood. He will indulge in sinful deeds. He will humiliate his enemies. His means of livelihood will be poor.

Saturn in Ninth House

If Saturn is in the ninth house the native will be very religious, may kill people in the name of religion, will live in dilapidated buildings of religious institutions repaired and in his 39th year will have bathing ghats, shelters for cows etc. built. If Saturn is in his own sign or in his sign of exaltation, the native's father will be long-lived. If Saturn is weak or is associated with a malefic the native's father will be short-lived.

For Taurus and Gemini ascendants the ninth house will fall in Capricorn and Aquarius respectively. Saturn in the ninth will then be in his own sign and lord of ninth will be in ninth giving rise to a powerful Raja yoga. For Libra Ascendant Saturn will be in the ninth as lord of the 4th and 5th houses and for Capricorn ascendant he will be there as lord of ascendant and the 2nd house.

For Aquarius ascendant, Saturn will be exalted in the ninth house as lord of the ascendant. These dispositions will give very favourable results.

Other Views

Brihat Jatak- The person concerned will be endowed with children, wealth and happiness.

Phaldeepika- The native will be unfortunate, poor, childless, fatherless, and irreligious. He will also be evil minded.

Saravali- The native will have meagre wealth and will be irreligious, childless, unhappy and one who causes troubles to others.

Chamatkar Chintamani- The native will be cruel minded. He will have faith in Yoga Shastra and renunciation.