As each person who comes into this world is individually unique, so each horoscope possesses an exclusivity of it’s own. Each horoscope is formed in such a manner under the guidelines of supreme laws of the planets that it becomes the personal ledger of each individual holding accounts and taking into consideration each and every event of the native.
The exact configuration of the planets at the moment that we take our first breath when we are born is frozen forever at that exact point of time and will steer our life for every moment in this life. The horoscope of the moment that we are born holds the secrets of every minute thing, event and happening that will occur in this life.
The natal horoscope is divided into 12 houses. Each house signifies numerous things with the result that all twelve houses combined are a treasure trove of information regarding every little detail we can ever think of.
Let us briefly look into each house:
The First house is also referred to as the Ascendant. This house is very important as it is the first house of the horoscope so it tells us a lot about the physical and mental disposition of the individual. It speaks about the life of the person and what he will achieve in the present life, whether it will be smooth or difficult can be seen from this house. It also indicates complexion, constitution, general health, head, hair, dignity, virtues, capabilities, achievements, age, happiness, livelihood, skin, wisdom, nature, and ability to work.
The Second House refers to one’s family, speech, wealth, right eye, nails, tongue, nose and teeth, our drinking and eating habits our way of talking and communicating with others. As it immediately follows the first house it shows our childhood and the period of our infancy. This house also is the house of livelihood. It relates to our earnings, income, ability to provide for ourselves and family, in brief what we earn through our labour. It also signifies truth and falsehood, family, sale and purchase, generous nature, friends, miserliness, gold and steadiness of mind. Second house also indicates death and the end of longevity.
The Third House is the house of the younger co-borns, friends and companions. It also shows our energy in life, our valour, courage and physical strength, vitality, efforts, short travels, our hobbies, our love for sports, musical inclination, our capacity for profound research and fine arts, our communication skills, shoulders, throat, right ear, feet, mental instability, power, sharing of inheritance and education.
The Fourth House is the house of the mother, all that we need to know about the influence of the mother is seen from here. It also speaks of our home and environment, our upbringing and education in life. This house is responsible for land and property, vehicles, clothes, perfumes, milk, happiness, faith, gardens, wells, palaces, character, paternal property and wealth. Psychologically the fourth house speaks a lot about our mental and emotional happiness that’s why the heart is also seen from here. Afflictions here are not a good thing as it disturbs your happiness along with other significations.
The Fifth House is a very pious house as it tells a lot about our past karmas, deeds and indicates how evolved we are spiritually for this life. This is the house of mantras, karma, progeny, intelligence, mind, studies, pregnancy, discretion, religious knowledge, sacred journeys, affairs, secrets, stomach, wisdom and humility. The fifth house shows creative intelligence and reasoning our capacity to give sound advice and ability to counsel others. This house also is the house of love, higher or lower, it’s the place of the lover or the beloved, the house of pleasure and recreation.
The Sixth House is the house of disease, enemies, debts and indicates opposition, hurdles, struggles and obstacles in life. As it is a malefic house planets like the Sun, Saturn, Mars are strong here because they endow the native with the ability to overcome all these hurdles. This house indicates injuries, accidents, wounds, abdominal intestinal diseases, skin disorders, litigation, law, maternal uncle, work and service, tumors, slanders, worries, hatred by others, poison, urinary problems and imprisonment.
The Seventh House, As the first house shows the self the house opposite to it signifies the partner or spouse. This is the main house for judging marriage and other intimate alliances. In the same manner as the first house signifies life the seventh house signifies death. It indicates long term commitments, partnerships and social nature, our capacity to influence others, our image. Also indicated from here are foreign travels, settlement abroad, passions, sexual organs, perfumes, flowers, valour and theft.
The Eighth House is the most sinister of the lot this house is a bottomless pit which is difficult to fathom. It’s the infamous house of death, mysteries and destruction. It’s the dark side of your character which one rarely reveals and it also shows chronic disease, immeasureable suffering, torture, adventures and hidden treasures. On a brighter side it shows propensity to do deep research have profound insight into things, strong intelligence, a hunger for knowledge of the unknown. It signifies research, mathematics, philosophy, the occult, adventures, longevity, disgrace, worries, idleness, loss of money, long awaited money, unearned money, inheritance, sin and extreme mental anguish.
The Ninth House is the house of dharma, duties, our values and principles. It also indicates the amount of fortune, luck and grace that we possess, it’s a pious house and also refers to religion, philosophy and law. We can probe the religious make up of a person from this house. This house also refers to father and from it one can gauge of the fathers situation. It’s a good placement for benefic planets. Ninth house also signifies honour, prestige, worship, honourable deeds, charity, long journeys, settlements abroad, paternal property.
The Tenth House represents the zenith which is the top most peak of the natal chart, this house is considered to be one of the most important houses. This is the house of action, duties, profession, status and respect. It tells us a lot about our line of work and the power and position we hold in our career. Considering that this house indicates our livelihood it should show good strength with the influence of the correct planets, else with negative aspects one can become negatively ambitious or it can show a lot of upheaval in professional life. Other significations of the tenth house are fame, right living, correct path, teaching, politics, medicine, influence, karmas that we perform, status and respect.
The Eleventh House is the house of gains, income, increase any type of profit or growth or possession in any way. It’s important that this house be active in some way in your chart in order to experience prosperity in life. This house decides what type of materialistic happiness, pleasure and wealth will come and where from. This house is also the house of abundance and all planets are comfortable here as their qualities get magnified here. The eleventh house denotes a materialistic approach to life. The other significations of this house are Acquisitions, dowry, fame, elder siblings, friends, greedy desires, earning gold and money, ancestral property, knees, rise of fortune, desires, longevity of mother, ears, and shanks.
The Twelfth House is the last house of the horoscope so just as the first house signifies the beginning this house signifies the end of our life, our journey comes full circle here. As the eleventh house is the house of gain, the twelfth house is the house of loss, wastage, expenses and decay. This house is connected to everything that denotes expenditure be it money, events, energy or even life. But this is not a house to be scorned, it has to be studied minutely to figure out the subtle nuances that it hides. Others significations of this house are disturbed sleep, mental worry, feet, fear from enemies, imprisonment, salvation, bed pleasures, foreign connections, breakdown of marriage, loss of power, mental imbalance, loss of happiness, disputes, death, migrating to far off place, hospitals, monasteries, isolation and renunciation.