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