Simha lagna
The 9th Lord for Leo Ascendant: Mars
9th house = Aries · lord Mars · also lord of the 4th
With Leo rising, the 9th house is Aries, the 9th sign counted from Leo, and Aries is ruled by Mars. So for Leo ascendant the 9th lord is Mars, which also rules the 4th through Scorpio: one graha holds the 9th and the 4th together for this ascendant. The 9th is a trikona, and the 4th a kendra. That pairing puts a kendra and a trikona other than the 1st in one graha’s hands for Leo ascendant.
The lagna lord, the Sun, and the 9th lord, Mars, count each other a friend for Leo ascendant. The 9th’s matters are luck and fortune, father's influence, higher learning and pilgrimage; with Leo rising they sit in Aries, a movable fire sign that is the 1st of the natural zodiac.
Aries as the 9th House of Leo Ascendant
Aries exalts the Sun, deepest at 10°, so for Leo ascendant the Sun is exalted in the 9th; it debilitates Saturn at 20°, so Saturn is debilitated in the 9th. The house holds Ashwini (all four padas), Bharani (all four padas) and Krittika (pada 1), whose lords are Ketu, Venus and the Sun; Mars rules none of them. Opposite, across the chart, the 3rd holds Libra, ruled by Venus.
Where Mars Is Strong and Weak, as Houses of Leo Ascendant
Counted from Leo, Mars is exalted in the 6th, debilitated in the 12th, and in its own sign in the 4th and the 9th. Exaltation and debilitation are always six signs apart, so for Leo ascendant the 9th lord’s best and worst houses face each other across the chart.
| 9th lord in | Sign | Mars’s dignity |
|---|---|---|
| the 1st | Leo | in a friend's sign |
| the 2nd | Virgo | in an enemy's sign |
| the 3rd | Libra | in a neutral sign |
| the 4th | Scorpio | in its own sign (its other house) |
| the 5th | Sagittarius | in a friend's sign |
| the 6th | Capricorn | exalted |
| the 7th | Aquarius | in a neutral sign |
| the 8th | Pisces | in a friend's sign |
| the 9th | Aries | in its own sign (its own house) |
| the 10th | Taurus | in a neutral sign |
| the 11th | Gemini | in an enemy's sign |
| the 12th | Cancer | debilitated |
Each row links to the placement worked out for all twelve ascendants, where Leo is one line of twelve. None of this is a forecast for anyone born with Leo rising; where Mars actually sits, its aspects and the running dasha decide what the 9th lord does in a chart.
Mars Through the 9th and Its Exaltation House, 2026–2028
Mars transits Aries, the 9th house of Leo ascendant, 2 times in the table: 11 May 2026 to 20 June 2026 (40 days) and 20 April 2028 to 31 May 2028 (41 days). Through Capricorn, the 6th house of Leo ascendant and its exaltation sign, it passes 2 times: 16 January 2026 to 23 February 2026 (38 days) and 27 December 2027 to 3 February 2028 (38 days). The dates are days only. A transit is the sky, not a chart: it touches every Leo-rising chart’s 9th house at once.
The Other Houses of Leo Ascendant
The whole Leo chart, house by house, is on the Leo ascendant page; Mars in Aries on Mars in Aries. For the method, see rashi and lagna and the 12 houses guide.