The twelve bhavas
What each of the 12 houses stands for in a life.
- 6-minute lesson
- Basic course: Jyotish Shishya
- Vedic astrology
- Each house is an area of life
- Three groups to know
- Reading Asha's houses
- Your own houses
A first look at the lesson
The twelve houses (bhavas) are the twelve parts of a life. Each has a Sanskrit name that says what it holds: the 1st is tanu, the body; the 10th is karma, work.
Some houses work together. The four kendras (1, 4, 7, 10) are the pillars of the chart. The three trikonas (1, 5, 9) are the houses of fortune and merit. The three dusthanas (6, 8, 12) are the difficult houses.
More lessons on this subject
- The birth chart (D1)A birth chart is the sky held still at the moment and place of birth: houses, signs and grahas.
- North, South and East Indian chartsOne chart, three drawings: houses fixed in the North; signs fixed in the South and East.
- Lagna chart and Moon chartThe same grahas counted from the Moon: the Moon chart, read beside the Lagna chart.
- Divisional charts: D9 and D10Cut every sign into equal parts and a new chart appears: the navamsha (D9) and the dashamsha (D10).
Your first lesson takes about five minutes
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