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