One of my reader asked me the following question after reading the post - Rahu Ketu in vedic astrology
Question: How do i know , whether Rahu in 3rd house, 6th house or in 11th house and what is the meaning of houses in the horoscope?
It is a good question indeed and i take this opportunity to explain about houses to all my readers.
Our Zodiac system is divided into 12 signs or Rasis of 30 degrees each. Each sign is called as a House or Bhava (in sanskrit). In our horoscope, there are 12 houses. Lagna (Ascendant) is the first house in our horoscope. It is also called as Thanu bhava. Each house has its own significations as follows:
| House | Name of the Bhava | Significations of the house |
| First house | Thanu, Lagna bhava | Self, physical body, health, general character, fame, appearance, vitality, success or failures, head |
| Second house | Dhana bhava | Wealth, speech, family, education, gold, silver, vision, source of death, face |
| Third house | Bhrathru bhava | Courage, younger brothers / sisters, communication, short travels, ears, neck |
| Fourth house | Sukha bhava | Happiness, mother, vehicles, friends, education, landed property, chest, lungs |
| Fifth house | Putra bhava | Intelligence, wisdom, children, mantra, spiritual matters, fine arts, love affairs, poetry,music, fame, heart |
| Sixth house | Runa, Roga, Satru bhava | Diseases, Enemies, Debts, Obstacles, Worries, Accidents, Mental afflictions, Service, Punishment, Maternal uncle, Stomach |
| Seventh house | Kalatra bhava | Wife, husband, marriage, marital happiness, trade, partners, foreign travels, sexual diseases, urinary organs, kidneys |
| Eighth house | Aayur bhava | Longevity, unearned wealth, dangers, punishments, fraud, insults, wounds, private (sexual) parts |
| Ninth house | Pitru, Bhagya, Dharma bhava | Dharma, religion, spiritual, Charity, fortune, god, luck,foreign journeys, prosperity, pilgrimages, father, thighs |
| Tenth house | Karma bhava | karma, occupation, name and fame, respect, trade, commerce, status, honour, power and authority, knees |
| Eleventh house | Labha bhava | profits, gains, wealth, elder brothers / sisters, society, legs |
| Twelfth house | Vyaya bhava | losses, expenses, foreign travels, bed comforts, loss of spouse, moksha (death), foot |
Few examples were given below for easy understanding about houses :
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