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The 9th Lord for Sagittarius Ascendant: Sun
9th house = Leo · lord Sun
With Sagittarius rising, the 9th house is Leo, the 9th sign counted from Sagittarius, and Leo is ruled by the Sun. So for Sagittarius ascendant the 9th lord is the Sun, which rules no other sign, so for Sagittarius ascendant it holds the 9th alone. The 9th is a trikona.
The lagna lord, Jupiter, and the 9th lord, the Sun, count each other a friend for Sagittarius ascendant. The 9th’s matters are luck and fortune, father's influence, higher learning and pilgrimage; with Sagittarius rising they sit in Leo, a fixed fire sign that is the 5th of the natural zodiac.
Leo as the 9th House of Sagittarius Ascendant
Leo exalts no graha in signs.js, so no graha is exalted in the 9th for Sagittarius ascendant, and it debilitates none. The house holds Magha (all four padas), Purva Phalguni (all four padas) and Uttara Phalguni (pada 1), whose lords are Ketu, Venus and the Sun; the Sun rules one of them, Uttara Phalguni, so for Sagittarius ascendant the 9th lord also owns a nakshatra inside the 9th. Opposite, across the chart, the 3rd holds Aquarius, ruled by Saturn.
Where the Sun Is Strong and Weak, as Houses of Sagittarius Ascendant
Counted from Sagittarius, the Sun is exalted in the 5th, debilitated in the 11th, and in its own sign in the 9th. Exaltation and debilitation are always six signs apart, so for Sagittarius ascendant the 9th lord’s best and worst houses face each other across the chart.
| 9th lord in | Sign | Sun’s dignity |
|---|---|---|
| the 1st | Sagittarius | in a friend's sign |
| the 2nd | Capricorn | in an enemy's sign |
| the 3rd | Aquarius | in an enemy's sign |
| the 4th | Pisces | in a friend's sign |
| the 5th | Aries | exalted |
| the 6th | Taurus | in an enemy's sign |
| the 7th | Gemini | in a neutral sign |
| the 8th | Cancer | in a friend's sign |
| the 9th | Leo | in its own sign (its own house) |
| the 10th | Virgo | in a neutral sign |
| the 11th | Libra | debilitated |
| the 12th | Scorpio | in a friend's sign |
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 the Sun actually sits, its aspects and the running dasha decide what the 9th lord does in a chart.
The Sun Through the 9th and Its Exaltation House, 2026–2028
The Sun transits Leo, the 9th house of Sagittarius ascendant, 3 times in the table: 17 August 2026 to 17 September 2026 (31 days), 17 August 2027 to 17 September 2027 (31 days) and 16 August 2028 to 16 September 2028 (31 days). Through Aries, the 5th house of Sagittarius ascendant and its exaltation sign, it passes 3 times: 14 April 2026 to 15 May 2026 (31 days), 14 April 2027 to 15 May 2027 (31 days) and 13 April 2028 to 14 May 2028 (31 days). The dates are days only. A transit is the sky, not a chart: it touches every Sagittarius-rising chart’s 9th house at once.
The Other Houses of Sagittarius Ascendant
The whole Sagittarius chart, house by house, is on the Sagittarius ascendant page; the Sun in Leo on Sun in Leo. For the method, see rashi and lagna and the 12 houses guide.