The Twelve Bhavas

Houses are the areas of life a chart is read against. The rising sign fixes the first, and the rest follow it around the zodiac — which is why two people born on the same day but hours apart read completely differently.

• First House (Tanu Bhava)Physical constitution · Personality and bearing · Vitality1
• Second House (Dhana Bhava)Savings and possessions · Speech · Family of origin2
• Third House (Sahaja Bhava)Courage and self-effort · Younger siblings · Communication and writing3
• Fourth House (Sukha Bhava)Mother · Home and fixed property · Vehicles4
• Fifth House (Putra Bhava)Children · Creativity and performance · Intelligence and judgement5
• Sixth House (Ripu Bhava)Illness and recovery · Debt · Opponents and litigation6
• Seventh House (Kalatra Bhava)Marriage and the spouse · Business partnership · Contracts7
• Eighth House (Randhra Bhava)Inheritance and joint finances · Research and the occult · Sudden change8
• Ninth House (Dharma Bhava)Father and teachers · Higher learning · Long-distance and foreign travel9
• Tenth House (Karma Bhava)Career and profession · Reputation · Authority and office10
• Eleventh House (Labha Bhava)Income and gains · Elder siblings · Friends and networks11
• Twelfth House (Vyaya Bhava)Expenses and losses · Foreign residence · Seclusion and retreat12