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The 7th Lord in the 6th House
Kalatra Bhava lord in the Ari / Shatru Bhava · the 12th from the 7th · twelve ascendants computed
The 7th lord in the 6th house is the ruler of the 7th, the Kalatra Bhava, placed in the 6th, the Ari / Shatru Bhava. The 7th is a kendra and the 6th a dusthana and an upachaya. Which graha that lord is depends on the ascendant, so the table below answers for all twelve.
Counted from the 7th, the 6th is the 12th house, which from any house is a dusthana position; counted back from the 6th, the 7th is the 2nd.
On the Parashari reading, in which a lord carries its house’s matters to wherever it sits, the 7th lord in the 6th reads the 7th’s matters — spouse or partner, marriage, business partnerships and public relations — through the 6th’s: debts and loans, service and routine, and enemies. For the 7th lord in the 6th 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 7th Lord in the 6th, Ascendant by Ascendant
| Ascendant | 7th sign | 7th lord | In the 6th | Dignity there | Also rules |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aries | Libra | Venus | Virgo | debilitated | the 2nd |
| Taurus | Scorpio | Mars | Libra | in a neutral sign | the 12th |
| Gemini | Sagittarius | Jupiter | Scorpio | in a friend's sign | the 10th |
| Cancer | Capricorn | Saturn | Sagittarius | in a neutral sign | the 8th |
| Leo | Aquarius | Saturn | Capricorn | in its own sign | the 6th |
| Virgo | Pisces | Jupiter | Aquarius | in a neutral sign | the 4th |
| Libra | Aries | Mars | Pisces | in a friend's sign | the 2nd |
| Scorpio | Taurus | Venus | Aries | in a neutral sign | the 12th |
| Sagittarius | Gemini | Mercury | Taurus | in a friend's sign | the 10th |
| Capricorn | Cancer | Moon | Gemini | in a friend's sign | — |
| Aquarius | Leo | Sun | Cancer | in a friend's sign | — |
| Pisces | Virgo | Mercury | Leo | in a friend's sign | the 4th |
Across the twelve ascendants the 7th lord in the 6th is in its own sign for Leo, in a friend's sign for Gemini, Libra, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces, in a neutral sign for Taurus, Cancer, Virgo and Scorpio and debilitated for Aries. The Sun and the Moon rule one sign each, so for Capricorn and Aquarius, where one of them is the 7th lord, it rules no other house; for the other ten the last column gives the second house the 7th lord brings with it to the 6th.
For Leo ascendant the 7th lord, Saturn, also rules the 6th, so in the 6th it sits in its own other sign, Capricorn.
The Reverse: the 6th Lord in the 7th
Where the 6th lord sits in the 7th in the same chart as the 7th lord in the 6th, 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 7th and the 6th, so there is nothing to exchange.
Related
The 7th lord in each of the twelve houses is on the 7th lord page; the houses themselves on the 7th house and the 6th house. For the method, see the 12 houses guide and astrology for beginners.
Where is your 7th lord?
A free kundli shows the ascendant and every graha’s house. A pandit reads the lordships together.
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