Vrishabha lagna
The 4th Lord for Taurus Ascendant: Sun
4th house = Leo · lord Sun
With Taurus rising, the 4th house is Leo, the 4th sign counted from Taurus, and Leo is ruled by the Sun. So for Taurus ascendant the 4th lord is the Sun, which rules no other sign, so for Taurus ascendant it holds the 4th alone. The 4th is a kendra.
The lagna lord, Venus, and the 4th lord, the Sun, count each other an enemy for Taurus ascendant. The 4th’s matters are mother's influence, home and property, inner contentment and vehicles; with Taurus rising they sit in Leo, a fixed fire sign that is the 5th of the natural zodiac.
Leo as the 4th House of Taurus Ascendant
Leo exalts no graha in signs.js, so no graha is exalted in the 4th for Taurus 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 Taurus ascendant the 4th lord also owns a nakshatra inside the 4th. Opposite, across the chart, the 10th holds Aquarius, ruled by Saturn.
Where the Sun Is Strong and Weak, as Houses of Taurus Ascendant
Counted from Taurus, the Sun is exalted in the 12th, debilitated in the 6th, and in its own sign in the 4th. Exaltation and debilitation are always six signs apart, so for Taurus ascendant the 4th lord’s best and worst houses face each other across the chart.
| 4th lord in | Sign | Sun’s dignity |
|---|---|---|
| the 1st | Taurus | in an enemy's sign |
| the 2nd | Gemini | in a neutral sign |
| the 3rd | Cancer | in a friend's sign |
| the 4th | Leo | in its own sign (its own house) |
| the 5th | Virgo | in a neutral sign |
| the 6th | Libra | debilitated |
| the 7th | Scorpio | in a friend's sign |
| the 8th | Sagittarius | in a friend's sign |
| the 9th | Capricorn | in an enemy's sign |
| the 10th | Aquarius | in an enemy's sign |
| the 11th | Pisces | in a friend's sign |
| the 12th | Aries | exalted |
Each row links to the placement worked out for all twelve ascendants, where Taurus is one line of twelve. None of this is a forecast for anyone born with Taurus rising; where the Sun actually sits, its aspects and the running dasha decide what the 4th lord does in a chart.
The Sun Through the 4th and Its Exaltation House, 2026–2028
The Sun transits Leo, the 4th house of Taurus 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 12th house of Taurus 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 Taurus-rising chart’s 4th house at once.
The Other Houses of Taurus Ascendant
The whole Taurus chart, house by house, is on the Taurus ascendant page; the Sun in Leo on Sun in Leo. For the method, see rashi and lagna and the 12 houses guide.