Simha lagna
Leo Ascendant: The Twelve Houses and Their Lords
The houses here are whole signs. With Leo rising, Leo is the 1st house, Virgo the 2nd, and so on round to Cancer as the 12th; the lord of each house is the ruler of its sign. That makes the Sun the lagna lord, and it sets which graha holds which pair of houses for every Leo-rising chart, before a single planet’s position is known.
| House | Sign | Lord | Also rules | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st lord | Leo | Sun | — | kendra, trikona |
| 2nd lord | Virgo | Mercury | the 11th | — |
| 3rd lord | Libra | Venus | the 10th | upachaya |
| 4th lord | Scorpio | Mars | the 9th | kendra |
| 5th lord | Sagittarius | Jupiter | the 8th | trikona |
| 6th lord | Capricorn | Saturn | the 7th | dusthana, upachaya |
| 7th lord | Aquarius | Saturn | the 6th | kendra |
| 8th lord | Pisces | Jupiter | the 5th | dusthana |
| 9th lord | Aries | Mars | the 4th | trikona |
| 10th lord | Taurus | Venus | the 3rd | kendra, upachaya |
| 11th lord | Gemini | Mercury | the 2nd | upachaya |
| 12th lord | Cancer | Moon | — | dusthana |
Which Graha Holds What for Leo Ascendant
- Sun: the 1st.
- Moon: the 12th.
- Mars: the 4th and 9th.
- Mercury: the 2nd and 11th.
- Jupiter: the 5th and 8th.
- Venus: the 3rd and 10th.
- Saturn: the 6th and 7th.
For Leo ascendant Mars (the 4th and 9th) holds a kendra and a trikona other than the 1st together. The three dusthanas, the 6th, 8th and 12th, are held by the Moon, 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 Leo gemstones; to find your ascendant, the ascendant calculator; and for the difference between the rising sign and the Moon sign, rashi and lagna.