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The 6th Lord in the 1st House
Ari / Shatru Bhava lord in the Lagna / Tanu Bhava · the 8th from the 6th · twelve ascendants computed
The 6th lord in the 1st house is the ruler of the 6th, the Ari / Shatru Bhava, placed in the 1st, the Lagna / Tanu Bhava. The 6th is a dusthana and an upachaya and the 1st a kendra and a trikona. Which graha that lord is depends on the ascendant, so the table below answers for all twelve.
Counted from the 6th, the 1st is the 8th house, which from any house is a dusthana position; counted back from the 1st, the 6th is the 6th, a dusthana and an upachaya position from it.
On the Parashari reading, in which a lord carries its house’s matters to wherever it sits, the 6th lord in the 1st reads the 6th’s matters — debts and loans, service and routine, and enemies — through the 1st’s: personal identity and life direction. For the 6th lord in the 1st 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 6th Lord in the 1st, Ascendant by Ascendant
| Ascendant | 6th sign | 6th lord | In the 1st | Dignity there | Also rules |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aries | Virgo | Mercury | Aries | in a neutral sign | the 3rd |
| Taurus | Libra | Venus | Taurus | in its own sign | the 1st |
| Gemini | Scorpio | Mars | Gemini | in an enemy's sign | the 11th |
| Cancer | Sagittarius | Jupiter | Cancer | exalted | the 9th |
| Leo | Capricorn | Saturn | Leo | in an enemy's sign | the 7th |
| Virgo | Aquarius | Saturn | Virgo | in a friend's sign | the 5th |
| Libra | Pisces | Jupiter | Libra | in an enemy's sign | the 3rd |
| Scorpio | Aries | Mars | Scorpio | in its own sign | the 1st |
| Sagittarius | Taurus | Venus | Sagittarius | in a neutral sign | the 11th |
| Capricorn | Gemini | Mercury | Capricorn | in a neutral sign | the 9th |
| Aquarius | Cancer | Moon | Aquarius | in a neutral sign | — |
| Pisces | Leo | Sun | Pisces | in a friend's sign | — |
Across the twelve ascendants the 6th lord in the 1st is exalted for Cancer, in its own sign for Taurus and Scorpio, in a friend's sign for Virgo and Pisces, in a neutral sign for Aries, Sagittarius, Capricorn and Aquarius and in an enemy's sign for Gemini, Leo and Libra. The Sun and the Moon rule one sign each, so for Aquarius and Pisces, where one of them is the 6th lord, it rules no other house; for the other ten the last column gives the second house the 6th lord brings with it to the 1st.
For Taurus ascendant the 6th lord, Venus, also rules the 1st, so in the 1st it sits in its own other sign, Taurus. For Scorpio ascendant the 6th lord, Mars, also rules the 1st, so in the 1st it sits in its own other sign, Scorpio.
The Reverse: the 1st Lord in the 6th
Where the 1st lord sits in the 6th in the same chart as the 6th lord in the 1st, each lord occupies the other’s sign, an exchange the texts call parivartana. That is possible for ten ascendants. For Taurus (Venus) and Scorpio (Mars) one graha rules both the 6th and the 1st, so there is nothing to exchange.
Related
The 6th lord in each of the twelve houses is on the 6th lord page; the houses themselves on the 6th house and the 1st house. For the method, see the 12 houses guide and astrology for beginners.
Where is your 6th lord?
A free kundli shows the ascendant and every graha’s house. A pandit reads the lordships together.
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