Significations of twelve houses of the Horoscope - Brigu Sutra

This post is a part of eduction towards understanding the astrological science. For persons who are not familiar with a formation of horoscope, given below, a brief description of the chart.

The various planets positioned in these 12 bhavas or houses will give their positional results according to the significations of the houses and also in accordance with the house they own. The first house is called Lagna. It will be identified in a horoscope as "L" or "AS" or with a line joining two sides of the house with a line. This house is called the first house and the next house in the clockwise direction is the second house and so on.

First House or Lagna (Ascendant)

Physical stature, colour, form and shape, constitution, health, vitality and vigour, natural dispositions and tendencies, personality and struggle for life, honour, dignity, prosperity, general well being, head, upper part of the face, virtues, longevity, start in life and an idea about the general structure of life.

Second House

Money matters, fortune, profit, gain or loss, one's power and resources, worldly attainments and possession of extrinsic value, jewellary, precious stones, bonds securities and shares, speech, vision, right eye, memory, imagination, nails, tongue, nose, teeth, chin, family members. This is also a house of death or maraka sthana. many a learned are of the opinion that education is also a signification of this house.

Third House

Mental inclination, ability, memory, intellect, inclination to study, courage, firmness, valour, prowess, heroism, younger brothers or sisters, cousins, neighbours, short travels, communications such as railways, wireless, posts and telegraphs, correspondence, writings, change of residence, signing contracts or agreements, rumours, carrying tales, hands, throat, shoulder blade, collar bone, arms' nervous system

Fourth House

Mother, one's home (native place), residence, environments, grave, private affairs etc., secret life, vehicles, fields, pastures, farms, orchards, mines, buildings, ancestral property, hidden treasure, academic education, wells, water, milk, rivers, lakes etc.,

Fifth House

Progeny (children), inclinations, pleasure, artistic talent, recreation, amusement, sports, romance, competitive activities like cards, cross words, lottery, gambling or betting, love affairs, ambassadors, good or bad morals, mantra, tantra, religeous mindedness, high learning and wisdom, intelligence, enormous riches, spiritual practice etc.,

Sixth House

Sickness, diseases, nursing, food, service, employees, subordinates or servants, debts, cattle, tenants, enemies, maternal uncle, miserliness, intense anguish, litigation etc.,

Seventh House

House of union or earthly ties, legal bondage, partner in life (spouse), partner in business, conjugal life, influence in foreign countries and reputation achieved there, sexual life, marital relations, danger to life, marakasthana (house of death).

Eighth House

Longevity or span of life, inheritance, legacies, wills, insurance, pension and gratuity, accidents, misery, misfortune, sorrow, strife, worries, disgrace, delay, dejection, disappointment, defeat, loss and obstruction, theft, robbery, chronic diseases.

Ninth House

Faith, wisdom and divine worship, fortune or luck (bhagya), philosophy, religeous and philosophical beliefs, meditation, intutionand forethought, places of worship, sacrifices and charity, father, preceptor (Guru), teaching, grandchildren, dreams and visions, knees, communication with spirits, long journeys, voyage, air travel, higher eductaion, foreign travel.

Tenth House

Thighs, honour, dignity, public esteem, name and fame, power, prestige, credit for good work and conduct, success and status, rank and renown, respect and reputation, ambition and authority, worldly activities, responsibilities, permanency in service,, promotion, advancement, appointment, profession, last rites to one's parents, religeous functions, government, high positions= such as president, prime minister or minister, pilgrimage to holy places, honour from government.

Eleventh House

Friends, society, community, favourites, ambitions, wishes, desires and their fulfilment, gains of wealth, success in undertakings, incoming wealth, profits, prosperity, elder brothers and sisters, recovery from illness, dawn of fortune, ankles.

Twelfth House

Loss and impediments, restraint and limitation, waste and extravagance, expenses, drudgery and deception, investments, donations, charities, separation from family, going to far away places, sorrow and sin, misery and misfortune, poverty, imprisonment, sectert enemies, confinement in hospital, association, fraud, scandal, disgrace, secret sorrows, success through occult affairs, the feet, the left eye, the left ear, comforts of bed, debts, life in a foreign place, Moksha the final salvation