Makara lagna
The 8th Lord for Capricorn Ascendant: Sun
8th house = Leo · lord Sun
With Capricorn rising, the 8th house is Leo, the 8th sign counted from Capricorn, and Leo is ruled by the Sun. So for Capricorn ascendant the 8th lord is the Sun, which rules no other sign, so for Capricorn ascendant it holds the 8th alone. The 8th is a dusthana.
The lagna lord, Saturn, and the 8th lord, the Sun, count each other an enemy for Capricorn ascendant. The 8th’s matters are sudden change, occult and research and inheritance; with Capricorn rising they sit in Leo, a fixed fire sign that is the 5th of the natural zodiac.
Leo as the 8th House of Capricorn Ascendant
Leo exalts no graha in signs.js, so no graha is exalted in the 8th for Capricorn ascendant, and it debilitates none. The house holds Magha (all four padas), Purva Phalguni (all four padas) and Uttara Phalguni (pada 1), whose lords are Ketu, Venus and the Sun; the Sun rules one of them, Uttara Phalguni, so for Capricorn ascendant the 8th lord also owns a nakshatra inside the 8th. Opposite, across the chart, the 2nd holds Aquarius, ruled by Saturn.
Where the Sun Is Strong and Weak, as Houses of Capricorn Ascendant
Counted from Capricorn, the Sun is exalted in the 4th, debilitated in the 10th, and in its own sign in the 8th. Exaltation and debilitation are always six signs apart, so for Capricorn ascendant the 8th lord’s best and worst houses face each other across the chart.
| 8th lord in | Sign | Sun’s dignity |
|---|---|---|
| the 1st | Capricorn | in an enemy's sign |
| the 2nd | Aquarius | in an enemy's sign |
| the 3rd | Pisces | in a friend's sign |
| the 4th | Aries | exalted |
| the 5th | Taurus | in an enemy's sign |
| the 6th | Gemini | in a neutral sign |
| the 7th | Cancer | in a friend's sign |
| the 8th | Leo | in its own sign (its own house) |
| the 9th | Virgo | in a neutral sign |
| the 10th | Libra | debilitated |
| the 11th | Scorpio | in a friend's sign |
| the 12th | Sagittarius | in a friend's sign |
Each row links to the placement worked out for all twelve ascendants, where Capricorn is one line of twelve. None of this is a forecast for anyone born with Capricorn rising; where the Sun actually sits, its aspects and the running dasha decide what the 8th lord does in a chart.
The Sun Through the 8th and Its Exaltation House, 2026–2028
The Sun transits Leo, the 8th house of Capricorn ascendant, 3 times in the table: 17 August 2026 to 17 September 2026 (31 days), 17 August 2027 to 17 September 2027 (31 days) and 16 August 2028 to 16 September 2028 (31 days). Through Aries, the 4th house of Capricorn ascendant and its exaltation sign, it passes 3 times: 14 April 2026 to 15 May 2026 (31 days), 14 April 2027 to 15 May 2027 (31 days) and 13 April 2028 to 14 May 2028 (31 days). The dates are days only. A transit is the sky, not a chart: it touches every Capricorn-rising chart’s 8th house at once.
The Other Houses of Capricorn Ascendant
The whole Capricorn chart, house by house, is on the Capricorn ascendant page; the Sun in Leo on Sun in Leo. For the method, see rashi and lagna and the 12 houses guide.