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The 12th Lord in the 6th House
Vyaya / Moksha Bhava lord in the Ari / Shatru Bhava · the 7th from the 12th · twelve ascendants computed
The 12th lord in the 6th house is the ruler of the 12th, the Vyaya / Moksha Bhava, placed in the 6th, the Ari / Shatru Bhava. The 12th is a dusthana and the 6th a dusthana and an upachaya. Which graha that lord is depends on the ascendant, so the table below answers for all twelve.
Counted from the 12th, the 6th is the 7th house, which from any house is a kendra position; counted back from the 6th, the 12th is the 7th, a kendra position from it. The 12th and the 6th face each other across the chart, so the 12th lord in the 6th aspects its own house with the 7th-house drishti every graha casts.
On the Parashari reading, in which a lord carries its house’s matters to wherever it sits, the 12th lord in the 6th reads the 12th’s matters — expenses and losses, foreign residence, spiritual liberation, and subconscious mind — through the 6th’s: debts and loans, service and routine, and enemies. For the 12th lord in the 6th that is a frame, not a forecast; what it comes to depends on the graha, its dignity below, and the rest of the chart.
The 12th Lord in the 6th, Ascendant by Ascendant
| Ascendant | 12th sign | 12th lord | In the 6th | Dignity there | Also rules |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aries | Pisces | Jupiter | Virgo | in an enemy's sign | the 9th |
| Taurus | Aries | Mars | Libra | in a neutral sign | the 7th |
| Gemini | Taurus | Venus | Scorpio | in a neutral sign | the 5th |
| Cancer | Gemini | Mercury | Sagittarius | in a neutral sign | the 3rd |
| Leo | Cancer | Moon | Capricorn | in a neutral sign | — |
| Virgo | Leo | Sun | Aquarius | in an enemy's sign | — |
| Libra | Virgo | Mercury | Pisces | debilitated | the 9th |
| Scorpio | Libra | Venus | Aries | in a neutral sign | the 7th |
| Sagittarius | Scorpio | Mars | Taurus | in a neutral sign | the 5th |
| Capricorn | Sagittarius | Jupiter | Gemini | in an enemy's sign | the 3rd |
| Aquarius | Capricorn | Saturn | Cancer | in an enemy's sign | the 1st |
| Pisces | Aquarius | Saturn | Leo | in an enemy's sign | the 11th |
Across the twelve ascendants the 12th lord in the 6th is in a neutral sign for Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Scorpio and Sagittarius, in an enemy's sign for Aries, Virgo, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces and debilitated for Libra. The Sun and the Moon rule one sign each, so for Leo and Virgo, where one of them is the 12th lord, it rules no other house; for the other ten the last column gives the second house the 12th lord brings with it to the 6th.
The Reverse: the 6th Lord in the 12th
Where the 6th lord sits in the 12th in the same chart as the 12th lord in the 6th, each lord occupies the other’s sign, an exchange the texts call parivartana. For all twelve ascendants the 12th and the 6th have different lords, so the exchange is possible whatever the ascendant.
Related
The 12th lord in each of the twelve houses is on the 12th lord page; the houses themselves on the 12th house and the 6th house. For the method, see the 12 houses guide and our 12th house article.
Where is your 12th lord?
A free kundli shows the ascendant and every graha’s house. A pandit reads the lordships together.
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