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The 9th Lord in the 1st House
Bhagya / Dharma Bhava lord in the Lagna / Tanu Bhava · the 5th from the 9th · twelve ascendants computed
The 9th lord in the 1st house is the ruler of the 9th, the Bhagya / Dharma Bhava, placed in the 1st, the Lagna / Tanu Bhava. The 9th is a trikona 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 9th, the 1st is the 5th house, which from any house is a trikona position; counted back from the 1st, the 9th is the 9th, a trikona position from it.
On the Parashari reading, in which a lord carries its house’s matters to wherever it sits, the 9th lord in the 1st reads the 9th’s matters — luck and fortune, father's influence, higher learning, and pilgrimage — through the 1st’s: personal identity and life direction. For the 9th 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 9th Lord in the 1st, Ascendant by Ascendant
| Ascendant | 9th sign | 9th lord | In the 1st | Dignity there | Also rules |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aries | Sagittarius | Jupiter | Aries | in a friend's sign | the 12th |
| Taurus | Capricorn | Saturn | Taurus | in a friend's sign | the 10th |
| Gemini | Aquarius | Saturn | Gemini | in a friend's sign | the 8th |
| Cancer | Pisces | Jupiter | Cancer | exalted | the 6th |
| Leo | Aries | Mars | Leo | in a friend's sign | the 4th |
| Virgo | Taurus | Venus | Virgo | debilitated | the 2nd |
| Libra | Gemini | Mercury | Libra | in a friend's sign | the 12th |
| Scorpio | Cancer | Moon | Scorpio | debilitated | — |
| Sagittarius | Leo | Sun | Sagittarius | in a friend's sign | — |
| Capricorn | Virgo | Mercury | Capricorn | in a neutral sign | the 6th |
| Aquarius | Libra | Venus | Aquarius | in a friend's sign | the 4th |
| Pisces | Scorpio | Mars | Pisces | in a friend's sign | the 2nd |
Across the twelve ascendants the 9th lord in the 1st is exalted for Cancer, in a friend's sign for Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius, Aquarius and Pisces, in a neutral sign for Capricorn and debilitated for Virgo and Scorpio. The Sun and the Moon rule one sign each, so for Scorpio and Sagittarius, where one of them is the 9th lord, it rules no other house; for the other ten the last column gives the second house the 9th lord brings with it to the 1st.
For Taurus ascendant (Saturn, ruling the 9th and 10th), Leo ascendant (Mars, ruling the 4th and 9th) and Aquarius ascendant (Venus, ruling the 4th and 9th), the 9th lord rules both a kendra and a trikona other than the 1st, and in the 1st it is in a friend's sign for all three.
The Reverse: the 1st Lord in the 9th
Where the 1st lord sits in the 9th in the same chart as the 9th lord in the 1st, each lord occupies the other’s sign, an exchange the texts call parivartana. For all twelve ascendants the 9th and the 1st have different lords, so the exchange is possible whatever the ascendant.
Related
The 9th lord in each of the twelve houses is on the 9th lord page; the houses themselves on the 9th house and the 1st house. For the method, see the 12 houses guide and astrology for beginners.
Where is your 9th lord?
A free kundli shows the ascendant and every graha’s house. A pandit reads the lordships together.
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