Trikona
Ninth HouseDharma Bhava
Belief and its sources — father, teachers, long journeys, and the principles a person will not trade away.
What the ninth house governs
- Father and teachers
- Higher learning
- Long-distance and foreign travel
- Philosophy and faith
- Good fortune
Reading a house
Three things are weighed together: which planets occupy the house, where its lord has gone, and which planets aspect it. A house with no occupants is not empty of meaning — most houses in most charts have nobody in them, and the lord's placement carries the reading.
The classification matters too. Kendras (1, 4, 7, 10) are the angles and give strength; trikonas (1, 5, 9) are the most fortunate; dusthanas (6, 8, 12) are the difficult ones; and upachayas (3, 6, 10, 11) improve with time, which is why a malefic there is read as an advantage rather than a problem.