12 Houses in Birth Chart

Twelve houses in astrology or Bhavas describe your life that also has twelve areas. Each of the 12 astrological houses has its own ruling planet, meaning and associated zodiac sign. Here the position of lagna in the chart are identified to understand and study the chart. The chart of the twelve houses in astrology begins with Aries and ends with Pisces. The beginning of each house in astrology is called cusp and the 12 houses in horoscope runs in a clockwise direction. The chart for the twelve houses in astrology was also used by Babylonians where the numbering of the houses was done from east to downward. Now your first house will be where your langna or ascendant is placed and if you move in a clock-wise direction then the sign south to the first will become your second house. In these twelve houses in astrology the 1st 5th and 9th houses are the houses of prosperities and are called Trikonas or trine houses or Lakshmi sthanas. These are very powerful houses. Next are the Kendras or quadrants in which comes the 1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th houses. These are also very powerful. Your house of growth that includes 3rd and 11th houses are called Upachayas. In the category of bad houses comes the 6th, 8th, and 12 houses. Dharma houses: 1, 5, and 9 Artha houses: 2, 6, and 10 Kama houses: 3, 7, and 11 Moksha houses:  4, 8, and 12 House Classification Natural sign Planetary Ruler House Affairs 1st  Angular Aries Mars The Ascendant. Your projected behavior, temperament, health, how you react to those around you, and your appearance. 2nd Succedent Taurus Venus Your material side. Security, gains, losses, financial condition and your concern about these matters. 3rd Cadent Gemini Mercury Your mental aptitudes, early childhood, everyday communication, your sibling, and early education. 4th Angular Cancer Moon Domestic affairs and conditions, the nurturing parent, the home, and the family life. The end of life. 5th Succedent Leo Sun Love affairs, procreation, your children, creative expression, luck and speculation. 6th Cadent Virgo Mercury The work environment, the employer and employees, the routine, health issues, hygiene. 7th Angular Libra Venus Marriage partner, business partners, contracts, joint endeavors. 8th Succedent Scorpio Pluto Attitude toward life/death, possessions of others, wills and legacies; sex and regeneration. 9th Cadent Sagittarius Jupiter Religion, philosophy, publishing, higher learning, distant travel, foreign countries. 10th Angular Capricorn Saturn Reputation, social status, fame or the lack of it, worldly standing, the other parent. 11th Succedent Aquarius Uranus Friends, clubs, organizations, associations, goals, hopes, and wishes 12th Cadent Pisces Neptune The subconscious mind, hidden resources, hidden problems, social responsibility.

Following is the list of all the 12 Houses, Bhavas , their special names and the important things they represent.
House/ Bhav	Various Names	Things Represented By Each Of The House/ Bhav
First House	Lagnasthan, Tanusthan	This house signifies life, longevity, self, health, nature and appearance of native. Complexion, vitality, sorrows, gains and profits to younger brothers and his friends. It governs head and face.
Second House	Dhana-sthan, Kutumb-sthan	This house indicates inflow of finances, bank position, right eye, family, early age or boyhood, speech, sanyas, servants and friends. Self earned wealth, loss or damage, worldly possessions,jewellery, grandfather and mother. It also denotes family, eyesight, understanding with family members, inheritance, law suits, throat, right eye, domestic comforts in general.
Third House	Bhatru-sthan, Parakram-sthan	It denotes younger brothers and sisters and their relations. It signifies courage, intelligence, education up to Higher Secondary level, taste for writing, ornaments, clothes, short journeys. Signing contracts and documents etc. Body parts are arms, right ear, shoulders etc.
Fourth House	Matru-sthan, Sukha-sthan	This house signifies mother, property, conveyance, domestic surroundings and happiness. Old age environments, private affairs, public, inheritance, false allegations, agriculture land and its produce. It represents breasts, chest, lung, stomach, elbow joints etc.
Fifth House	Vidya-sthan, Putra-sthan	Children, speculation, intellectual status and luck are gauged from this house. Pleasure, love affairs, lady love, legal or illegal amusements, kidnap, rape etc. are also checked. Belly, heart, liver, spleen are the body parts covered by this house.
Sixth House	Ripu-sthan, Rog-sthan	This house is responsible for enemies, health, service, servants, uncle, aunts and relations on father's side. Food, subordinates, debts, obstacles in life, mental worries, theft and calamity etc. The body parts denoted are kidney, large intestine, uterus and anus.
Seventh House	Bharya-sthan, Maraka-sthan	Matters regarding wife, husband, partnership, external sex organs, conjugal happiness are checked from 7th house. This house also denotes marriage, married life, love contracts, litigations, divorce, honour and reputation in foreign country. Body parts are private parts, uterus, glands etc.
Eighth House	Mrutyu-sthan	Diseases, death finances through unfair means, internal sex organs, longevity, mental pain obstacles, dowry of wife, gain from in laws, mode of death, imprisonment, worries and privations are checked from 8th house, It indicates body parts as scrotum, pelvis, seminal vesicles, external genitalia, etc.
Ninth House	Bhagya-sthan	This house indicates religion, father, foreign travel, publicity, preceptor, higher education, learning, writing books, also faith, wisdom, prosperity, powers of foresight, religious institutions, providential help, etc. Hips, thighs are body parts.
Tenth House	Karma-sthan, Pitru-sthan	This important house indicates profession, status in life, activities outside house, pleasures, honor, power and authority, Government favor, trade, business, command, honor, occupation, adopted son. All questions regarding worldly activities and moral responsibilities. Body parts are knees, joints, bones, hairs and back.
Eleventh House	Labha-sthan	It accounts for accumulated wealth, elder brothers and sisters and relations with them. Friends, fluctuating money gains, club or social activities, emotional attachments, love affairs and friends, honor, social success etc. Body parts are legs, left ear, teeth, ankle etc.
Twelfth House	Vyaya-sthan	It signifies private enemies, pleasures of beds, law suits, imprisonments, secret works, moksha, hospitalization, conjugal relations with opposite sex other than legitimate. Sorrows, debts, lost goods etc. are judged. Body parts are feet, left eye, teeth etc.