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The 3rd Lord in the 2nd House
Sahaja Bhava lord in the Dhana Bhava · the 12th from the 3rd · twelve ascendants computed
The 3rd lord in the 2nd house is the ruler of the 3rd, the Sahaja Bhava, placed in the 2nd, the Dhana Bhava. The 3rd is an upachaya and the 2nd in none of them. Which graha that lord is depends on the ascendant, so the table below answers for all twelve.
Counted from the 3rd, the 2nd is the 12th house, which from any house is a dusthana position; counted back from the 2nd, the 3rd is the 2nd.
On the Parashari reading, in which a lord carries its house’s matters to wherever it sits, the 3rd lord in the 2nd reads the 3rd’s matters — younger siblings, courage and effort, communication style, and short journeys — through the 2nd’s: savings and wealth, family of origin, speech and voice, and values. For the 3rd lord in the 2nd 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 3rd Lord in the 2nd, Ascendant by Ascendant
| Ascendant | 3rd sign | 3rd lord | In the 2nd | Dignity there | Also rules |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aries | Gemini | Mercury | Taurus | in a friend's sign | the 6th |
| Taurus | Cancer | Moon | Gemini | in a friend's sign | — |
| Gemini | Leo | Sun | Cancer | in a friend's sign | — |
| Cancer | Virgo | Mercury | Leo | in a friend's sign | the 12th |
| Leo | Libra | Venus | Virgo | debilitated | the 10th |
| Virgo | Scorpio | Mars | Libra | in a neutral sign | the 8th |
| Libra | Sagittarius | Jupiter | Scorpio | in a friend's sign | the 6th |
| Scorpio | Capricorn | Saturn | Sagittarius | in a neutral sign | the 4th |
| Sagittarius | Aquarius | Saturn | Capricorn | in its own sign | the 2nd |
| Capricorn | Pisces | Jupiter | Aquarius | in a neutral sign | the 12th |
| Aquarius | Aries | Mars | Pisces | in a friend's sign | the 10th |
| Pisces | Taurus | Venus | Aries | in a neutral sign | the 8th |
Across the twelve ascendants the 3rd lord in the 2nd is in its own sign for Sagittarius, in a friend's sign for Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Libra and Aquarius, in a neutral sign for Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn and Pisces and debilitated for Leo. The Sun and the Moon rule one sign each, so for Taurus and Gemini, where one of them is the 3rd lord, it rules no other house; for the other ten the last column gives the second house the 3rd lord brings with it to the 2nd.
For Sagittarius ascendant the 3rd lord, Saturn, also rules the 2nd, so in the 2nd it sits in its own other sign, Capricorn.
The Reverse: the 2nd Lord in the 3rd
Where the 2nd lord sits in the 3rd in the same chart as the 3rd lord in the 2nd, each lord occupies the other’s sign, an exchange the texts call parivartana. That is possible for eleven ascendants. For Sagittarius (Saturn) one graha rules both the 3rd and the 2nd, so there is nothing to exchange.
Related
The 3rd lord in each of the twelve houses is on the 3rd lord page; the houses themselves on the 3rd house and the 2nd house. For the method, see the 12 houses guide and astrology for beginners.
Where is your 3rd lord?
A free kundli shows the ascendant and every graha’s house. A pandit reads the lordships together.
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