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The 3rd Lord in the 4th House
Sahaja Bhava lord in the Sukha Bhava · the 2nd from the 3rd · twelve ascendants computed
The 3rd lord in the 4th house is the ruler of the 3rd, the Sahaja Bhava, placed in the 4th, the Sukha Bhava. The 3rd is an upachaya and the 4th a kendra. Which graha that lord is depends on the ascendant, so the table below answers for all twelve.
Counted from the 3rd, the 4th is the 2nd house; counted back from the 4th, the 3rd is the 12th, a dusthana position from it.
On the Parashari reading, in which a lord carries its house’s matters to wherever it sits, the 3rd lord in the 4th reads the 3rd’s matters — younger siblings, courage and effort, communication style, and short journeys — through the 4th’s: mother's influence, home and property, inner contentment, and vehicles. For the 3rd lord in the 4th 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 4th, Ascendant by Ascendant
| Ascendant | 3rd sign | 3rd lord | In the 4th | Dignity there | Also rules |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aries | Gemini | Mercury | Cancer | in an enemy's sign | the 6th |
| Taurus | Cancer | Moon | Leo | in a friend's sign | — |
| Gemini | Leo | Sun | Virgo | in a neutral sign | — |
| Cancer | Virgo | Mercury | Libra | in a friend's sign | the 12th |
| Leo | Libra | Venus | Scorpio | in a neutral sign | the 10th |
| Virgo | Scorpio | Mars | Sagittarius | in a friend's sign | the 8th |
| Libra | Sagittarius | Jupiter | Capricorn | debilitated | the 6th |
| Scorpio | Capricorn | Saturn | Aquarius | in its own sign | the 4th |
| Sagittarius | Aquarius | Saturn | Pisces | in a neutral sign | the 2nd |
| Capricorn | Pisces | Jupiter | Aries | in a friend's sign | the 12th |
| Aquarius | Aries | Mars | Taurus | in a neutral sign | the 10th |
| Pisces | Taurus | Venus | Gemini | in a friend's sign | the 8th |
Across the twelve ascendants the 3rd lord in the 4th is in its own sign for Scorpio, in a friend's sign for Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Capricorn and Pisces, in a neutral sign for Gemini, Leo, Sagittarius and Aquarius, in an enemy's sign for Aries and debilitated for Libra. 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 4th.
For Scorpio ascendant the 3rd lord, Saturn, also rules the 4th, so in the 4th it sits in its own other sign, Aquarius.
The Reverse: the 4th Lord in the 3rd
Where the 4th lord sits in the 3rd in the same chart as the 3rd lord in the 4th, each lord occupies the other’s sign, an exchange the texts call parivartana. That is possible for eleven ascendants. For Scorpio (Saturn) one graha rules both the 3rd and the 4th, 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 4th house. For the method, see the 12 houses guide and our 4th house article.
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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