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The 6th Lord in the 12th House
Ari / Shatru Bhava lord in the Vyaya / Moksha Bhava · the 7th from the 6th · twelve ascendants computed
The 6th lord in the 12th house is the ruler of the 6th, the Ari / Shatru Bhava, placed in the 12th, the Vyaya / Moksha Bhava. The 6th is a dusthana and an upachaya and the 12th a dusthana. Which graha that lord is depends on the ascendant, so the table below answers for all twelve.
Counted from the 6th, the 12th is the 7th house, which from any house is a kendra position; counted back from the 12th, the 6th is the 7th, a kendra position from it. The 6th and the 12th face each other across the chart, so the 6th lord in the 12th 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 6th lord in the 12th reads the 6th’s matters — debts and loans, service and routine, and enemies — through the 12th’s: expenses and losses, foreign residence, spiritual liberation, and subconscious mind. For the 6th lord in the 12th 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 12th, Ascendant by Ascendant
| Ascendant | 6th sign | 6th lord | In the 12th | Dignity there | Also rules |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aries | Virgo | Mercury | Pisces | debilitated | the 3rd |
| Taurus | Libra | Venus | Aries | in a neutral sign | the 1st |
| Gemini | Scorpio | Mars | Taurus | in a neutral sign | the 11th |
| Cancer | Sagittarius | Jupiter | Gemini | in an enemy's sign | the 9th |
| Leo | Capricorn | Saturn | Cancer | in an enemy's sign | the 7th |
| Virgo | Aquarius | Saturn | Leo | in an enemy's sign | the 5th |
| Libra | Pisces | Jupiter | Virgo | in an enemy's sign | the 3rd |
| Scorpio | Aries | Mars | Libra | in a neutral sign | the 1st |
| Sagittarius | Taurus | Venus | Scorpio | in a neutral sign | the 11th |
| Capricorn | Gemini | Mercury | Sagittarius | in a neutral sign | the 9th |
| Aquarius | Cancer | Moon | Capricorn | in a neutral sign | — |
| Pisces | Leo | Sun | Aquarius | in an enemy's sign | — |
Across the twelve ascendants the 6th lord in the 12th is in a neutral sign for Taurus, Gemini, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn and Aquarius, in an enemy's sign for Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra and Pisces and debilitated for Aries. 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 12th.
The Reverse: the 12th Lord in the 6th
Where the 12th lord sits in the 6th in the same chart as the 6th lord in the 12th, each lord occupies the other’s sign, an exchange the texts call parivartana. For all twelve ascendants the 6th and the 12th have different lords, so the exchange is possible whatever the ascendant.
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 12th house. For the method, see the 12 houses guide and our 12th house article.
Where is your 6th lord?
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