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The 12th Lord for Sagittarius Ascendant: Mars
12th house = Scorpio · lord Mars · also lord of the 5th
With Sagittarius rising, the 12th house is Scorpio, the 12th sign counted from Sagittarius, and Scorpio is ruled by Mars. So for Sagittarius ascendant the 12th lord is Mars, which also rules the 5th through Aries: one graha holds the 12th and the 5th together for this ascendant. The 12th is a dusthana, and the 5th a trikona.
The lagna lord, Jupiter, and the 12th lord, Mars, count each other a friend for Sagittarius ascendant. The 12th’s matters are expenses and losses, foreign residence, spiritual liberation and subconscious mind; with Sagittarius rising they sit in Scorpio, a fixed water sign that is the 8th of the natural zodiac.
Scorpio as the 12th House of Sagittarius Ascendant
Scorpio exalts no graha in signs.js, so no graha is exalted in the 12th for Sagittarius ascendant; it debilitates the Moon at 3°, so the Moon is debilitated in the 12th. The house holds Vishakha (pada 4), Anuradha (all four padas) and Jyeshtha (all four padas), whose lords are Jupiter, Saturn and Mercury; Mars rules none of them. Opposite, across the chart, the 6th holds Taurus, ruled by Venus.
Where Mars Is Strong and Weak, as Houses of Sagittarius Ascendant
Counted from Sagittarius, Mars is exalted in the 2nd, debilitated in the 8th, and in its own sign in the 5th and the 12th. Exaltation and debilitation are always six signs apart, so for Sagittarius ascendant the 12th lord’s best and worst houses face each other across the chart.
| 12th lord in | Sign | Mars’s dignity |
|---|---|---|
| the 1st | Sagittarius | in a friend's sign |
| the 2nd | Capricorn | exalted |
| the 3rd | Aquarius | in a neutral sign |
| the 4th | Pisces | in a friend's sign |
| the 5th | Aries | in its own sign (its other house) |
| the 6th | Taurus | in a neutral sign |
| the 7th | Gemini | in an enemy's sign |
| the 8th | Cancer | debilitated |
| the 9th | Leo | in a friend's sign |
| the 10th | Virgo | in an enemy's sign |
| the 11th | Libra | in a neutral sign |
| the 12th | Scorpio | in its own sign (its own house) |
Each row links to the placement worked out for all twelve ascendants, where Sagittarius is one line of twelve. None of this is a forecast for anyone born with Sagittarius rising; where Mars actually sits, its aspects and the running dasha decide what the 12th lord does in a chart.
Mars Through the 12th and Its Exaltation House, 2026–2028
Mars transits Scorpio, the 12th house of Sagittarius ascendant, once in the table: 8 October 2027 to 18 November 2027 (41 days). Through Capricorn, the 2nd house of Sagittarius 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 Sagittarius-rising chart’s 12th house at once.
The Other Houses of Sagittarius Ascendant
The whole Sagittarius chart, house by house, is on the Sagittarius ascendant page; Mars in Scorpio on Mars in Scorpio. For the method, see rashi and lagna and the 12 houses guide.