Karka lagna
Cancer Ascendant: The Twelve Houses and Their Lords
The houses here are whole signs. With Cancer rising, Cancer is the 1st house, Leo the 2nd, and so on round to Gemini as the 12th; the lord of each house is the ruler of its sign. That makes the Moon the lagna lord, and it sets which graha holds which pair of houses for every Cancer-rising chart, before a single planet’s position is known.
| House | Sign | Lord | Also rules | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st lord | Cancer | Moon | — | kendra, trikona |
| 2nd lord | Leo | Sun | — | — |
| 3rd lord | Virgo | Mercury | the 12th | upachaya |
| 4th lord | Libra | Venus | the 11th | kendra |
| 5th lord | Scorpio | Mars | the 10th | trikona |
| 6th lord | Sagittarius | Jupiter | the 9th | dusthana, upachaya |
| 7th lord | Capricorn | Saturn | the 8th | kendra |
| 8th lord | Aquarius | Saturn | the 7th | dusthana |
| 9th lord | Pisces | Jupiter | the 6th | trikona |
| 10th lord | Aries | Mars | the 5th | kendra, upachaya |
| 11th lord | Taurus | Venus | the 4th | upachaya |
| 12th lord | Gemini | Mercury | the 3rd | dusthana |
Which Graha Holds What for Cancer Ascendant
- Sun: the 2nd.
- Moon: the 1st.
- Mars: the 5th and 10th.
- Mercury: the 3rd and 12th.
- Jupiter: the 6th and 9th.
- Venus: the 4th and 11th.
- Saturn: the 7th and 8th.
For Cancer ascendant Mars (the 5th and 10th) holds a kendra and a trikona other than the 1st together. The three dusthanas, the 6th, 8th and 12th, are held by Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn. Rahu and Ketu lord no house in this scheme for any ascendant.
Each mahadasha read through these lordships is on its own page: Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu. For gemstones by this ascendant, see Cancer gemstones; to find your ascendant, the ascendant calculator; and for the difference between the rising sign and the Moon sign, rashi and lagna.