Karka lagna
The 4th Lord for Cancer Ascendant: Venus
4th house = Libra · lord Venus · also lord of the 11th
With Cancer rising, the 4th house is Libra, the 4th sign counted from Cancer, and Libra is ruled by Venus. So for Cancer ascendant the 4th lord is Venus, which also rules the 11th through Taurus: one graha holds the 4th and the 11th together for this ascendant. The 4th is a kendra, and the 11th an upachaya.
The lagna lord, the Moon, counts Venus neutral, while Venus counts the Moon an enemy: for Cancer ascendant the 1st and 4th lords do not see each other the same way. The 4th’s matters are mother's influence, home and property, inner contentment and vehicles; with Cancer rising they sit in Libra, a movable air sign that is the 7th of the natural zodiac.
Libra as the 4th House of Cancer Ascendant
Libra exalts Saturn, deepest at 20°, so for Cancer ascendant Saturn is exalted in the 4th; it debilitates the Sun at 10°, so the Sun is debilitated in the 4th. The house holds Chitra (padas 3 and 4), Swati (all four padas) and Vishakha (padas 1, 2 and 3), whose lords are Mars, Rahu and Jupiter; Venus rules none of them. Opposite, across the chart, the 10th holds Aries, ruled by Mars.
Where Venus Is Strong and Weak, as Houses of Cancer Ascendant
Counted from Cancer, Venus is exalted in the 9th, debilitated in the 3rd, and in its own sign in the 4th and the 11th. Exaltation and debilitation are always six signs apart, so for Cancer ascendant the 4th lord’s best and worst houses face each other across the chart.
| 4th lord in | Sign | Venus’s dignity |
|---|---|---|
| the 1st | Cancer | in an enemy's sign |
| the 2nd | Leo | in an enemy's sign |
| the 3rd | Virgo | debilitated |
| the 4th | Libra | in its own sign (its own house) |
| the 5th | Scorpio | in a neutral sign |
| the 6th | Sagittarius | in a neutral sign |
| the 7th | Capricorn | in a friend's sign |
| the 8th | Aquarius | in a friend's sign |
| the 9th | Pisces | exalted |
| the 10th | Aries | in a neutral sign |
| the 11th | Taurus | in its own sign (its other house) |
| the 12th | Gemini | in a friend's sign |
Each row links to the placement worked out for all twelve ascendants, where Cancer is one line of twelve. None of this is a forecast for anyone born with Cancer rising; where Venus actually sits, its aspects and the running dasha decide what the 4th lord does in a chart.
Venus Through the 4th and Its Exaltation House, 2026–2028
Venus transits Libra, the 4th house of Cancer ascendant, 4 times in the table: 2 September 2026 to 6 November 2026 (65 days), 22 November 2026 to 1 January 2027 (40 days), 3 October 2027 to 27 October 2027 (24 days) and 16 November 2028 to 10 December 2028 (24 days). Through Pisces, the 9th house of Cancer ascendant and its exaltation sign, it passes 3 times: 2 March 2026 to 26 March 2026 (24 days), 15 April 2027 to 10 May 2027 (25 days) and 2 February 2028 to 28 February 2028 (26 days). The dates are days only. A transit is the sky, not a chart: it touches every Cancer-rising chart’s 4th house at once.
The Other Houses of Cancer Ascendant
The whole Cancer chart, house by house, is on the Cancer ascendant page; Venus in Libra on Venus in Libra. For the method, see rashi and lagna and the 12 houses guide.