In case the Native is born two hours later, say at 20.22 hrs, then "Asc" will be Capricorn and Ascendant Lord will be Saturn.
All the houses, the house lords and the planets posited in each house will be different. This explains the importance of Ascendant.
Significance or Karakatwa of Houses : Having discussed about the Karakatwa of all the nine planets, now let us discuss
about the Significance of Houses. All the 12 houses are assigned with certain responsibilities, similar to Planets.
This is also known as Bhava Karaka. They are given below briefly.
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First House - Ascendant or Lagnam. It represents one's life, Body, Time of birth, Physical appearance, Childhood, Health,
Overall strength of the horoscope, Character and Personality. If Benefic planets are posited in Ascendant or gets the aspect
of Benefic, then the life of the Native can be judged as well protected. The longevity of the Native can be judged with
the dignity of the Ascendant and Ascendant Lord
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Second House - Wealth, Family and Speech. It represents the Family, Speech, Income, Financial Status, Savings,
Right Eye, Friends, Relatives, Bank Balance, Initiatives, Primary Education, Health of Father and Business
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Third House - Younger Siblings, Valor and Courage. It represents the Valor, Courage, Younger Brother and Sister,
Neighbors, Short distance Travel, Expenses related to Mother, Letter Correspondence, Information Exchange, Public Relation (PR),
Instruments and work related to PR, Writing Skill, Wandering in vain, Right Ear and Chest
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Fourth House - Comfort and Mother. It represents Comfort, Mother, Feeling safe and secured, Facility,
Self earned Prosperity, Comfortable life, Acquisition of House, Land, Vehicles, Personal Life, Chastity, Honesty,
Secondary Education, Neck and Shoulder
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Fifth House - Punya Sthana, Progeny and Creativity. 5th house is considered as Auspicious as it is the one of the Trine houses.
It is called as Purva Punya Sthana meaning meritorious deeds of one's previous life. It represents Progeny, Pregnancy,
Creativity, Art and Culture, Love Affair, Romance, Sexual Pleasure, Sports, Intelligence, Adoption, Family Deity,
Faith in God, Teaching / Learning good stuff, Self discipline, Intuition, Graduation, Upper part of Stomach and Matters
related to Uterus
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Sixth House - Debt, Disease and Enemy. 6th house is one of the Evil houses. It represents Debt, Diseases, Enemies,
Imprisonment, Paternal relatives, Mental Illness, Wounds, Sinful deeds, Theft, Enmity, Childhood Malnutrition, War,
Disappointment and Damage by fire
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Seventh House - House of Marriage. It represents Marriage, Husband / Wife, Marital Life, Kidney, Venereal diseases,
Business, Speculations, Signing contracts, Desire, Lust, and Love affairs
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Eighth House - Longevity. It represents Native's Longevity, Spouse Longevity, Type of death, Cause of death, Drowning,
Attack by animals, Attack by weapons, Heart attack, Suicide, Unnatural death, Small pox, Posthumous birth, Death in foreign land,
Defeat, Insult, Accidents, Insurance, Slander, Court case and Judicial Matters, Sudden Change, Occult Knowledge and Blind luck
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Ninth House - Bhagya sthana or Fortune house
9th house is considered as Auspicious as it is the one of the Trine houses. It is also known as Bhagya Sthana meaning house of Fortune.
It represents Ancestor property, Father, Religious Faith, Wisdom, Philosophy, Ethics, Science, Literacy, Law, Long distance travel,
Foreign travel, Spirituality, Spiritual leader, Uprightness, Salvation (Moksham), Post graduation and Doctorate, Generosity and
Service minded
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Tenth House - House of Profession. 10th house is the most important house as it tells about the career.
It is known as Karma Sthana. It also represents Honor, Dignity, Respect, Self-esteem, Social status, Success, Livelihood,
Spiritual engagement, Worshipping God, Beatification, Religious knowledge, Income through Medicare, Teaching profession, Judge and
Judicial work.
We know that the 4th house represents the mother and the 7th house the husband / wife. So, the 7th house from the 4th house,
which is the 10th house, becomes Mother's husband i.e., Father's house
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Eleventh House - House of Profit. It represents Profit, Friends, Elder brothers and sisters, Expectations, Sponsors,
Fulfillment of desires, Recovery from illness, Jewelries, Gaining fame as a Philosopher / Lecturer, Influence in community,
Economic Status, Foreign connection, Doing business in Foreign and Acquaintance with Celebrities
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Twelfth House - Spiritual Liberation. It represents liberation from endless cycle of birth and death.
It is also known as Moksha Sthana. It also represents Travel (Ayana), Sleep (Sayana), Boga (Bed pleasure), Viraya (Expense),
Mental depression, Prodigality, Extravagance, Living away from family, Confinement, Foreign travel, Foreign Job, Bed ridden,
Inferiority complex, Life after death and Stingy clandestine affair
Significator of Houses : We know what each house signifies. Now, who will be responsible for giving the result of
what each house signifies?. Naturally, the respective house lords will be the responsible or significator of the providing the results.
They are called Significator of Houses or Bhaava Kaarakaas.
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Therefore, eventhough the second house which signifies Wealth is afflicted in one's horoscope, if Jupiter's dignity is good, then the
native will not have money problem. Same goes with 5th house too. So, while judging a horoscope, if the significance of a house is
afflicted, then the Planet that represents the same significance, should also be analyzed before making prediction.
The table below shows the Primary responsibilities of each house and its Significator.
Karako Bhava Nasthi : If the significance of the house and that of the planet posited in the house are the same, then the
significance will be lost or result will be delayed. This is known as Karako Bhava Nasthi because "Too many cooks, spoil the broth".
For instance, if Jupiter, the significator of Wealth / Money, is posited in the 2nd house which signifies Wealth, then the Native will
experience problem with Wealth. Similarly, if Jupiter is posited in the 5th house, then the Child birth will be delayed because
5th house represents Progeny and Jupiter is the significator of Children.
Functional Benefic and Malefic : We already discussed about the Natural Benefic such as Jupiter, Venus, Mercury, Waxing Moon
and Natural Malefic planets such as Saturn, Mars. Now, let us discuss about Functional Benefic and
Malefic planets.
When a Natural Malefic becomes the Lord of Auspicious house such as Trine, they become functionally benefic. Similarly,
when a Natural Benefic becomes the Lord of Evil house such as Maraka house, they become functionally Malefic.
Also, the 6th, 8th and the 12th house Lords will be functionally malefic as these houses represent Dusthana or Evil houses.
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