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The 6th Lord in the 7th House
Ari / Shatru Bhava lord in the Kalatra Bhava · the 2nd from the 6th · twelve ascendants computed
The 6th lord in the 7th house is the ruler of the 6th, the Ari / Shatru Bhava, placed in the 7th, the Kalatra Bhava. The 6th is a dusthana and an upachaya and the 7th a kendra. Which graha that lord is depends on the ascendant, so the table below answers for all twelve.
Counted from the 6th, the 7th is the 2nd house; counted back from the 7th, the 6th 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 6th lord in the 7th reads the 6th’s matters — debts and loans, service and routine, and enemies — through the 7th’s: spouse or partner, marriage, business partnerships and public relations. For the 6th lord in the 7th 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 7th, Ascendant by Ascendant
| Ascendant | 6th sign | 6th lord | In the 7th | Dignity there | Also rules |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aries | Virgo | Mercury | Libra | in a friend's sign | the 3rd |
| Taurus | Libra | Venus | Scorpio | in a neutral sign | the 1st |
| Gemini | Scorpio | Mars | Sagittarius | in a friend's sign | the 11th |
| Cancer | Sagittarius | Jupiter | Capricorn | debilitated | the 9th |
| Leo | Capricorn | Saturn | Aquarius | in its own sign | the 7th |
| Virgo | Aquarius | Saturn | Pisces | in a neutral sign | the 5th |
| Libra | Pisces | Jupiter | Aries | in a friend's sign | the 3rd |
| Scorpio | Aries | Mars | Taurus | in a neutral sign | the 1st |
| Sagittarius | Taurus | Venus | Gemini | in a friend's sign | the 11th |
| Capricorn | Gemini | Mercury | Cancer | in an enemy's sign | the 9th |
| Aquarius | Cancer | Moon | Leo | in a friend's sign | — |
| Pisces | Leo | Sun | Virgo | in a neutral sign | — |
Across the twelve ascendants the 6th lord in the 7th is in its own sign for Leo, in a friend's sign for Aries, Gemini, Libra, Sagittarius and Aquarius, in a neutral sign for Taurus, Virgo, Scorpio and Pisces, in an enemy's sign for Capricorn and debilitated for Cancer. 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 7th.
For Leo ascendant the 6th lord, Saturn, also rules the 7th, so in the 7th it sits in its own other sign, Aquarius.
The Reverse: the 7th Lord in the 6th
Where the 7th lord sits in the 6th in the same chart as the 6th lord in the 7th, each lord occupies the other’s sign, an exchange the texts call parivartana. That is possible for eleven ascendants. For Leo (Saturn) one graha rules both the 6th and the 7th, 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 7th 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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