The 12 houses (Bhāvas)

A chart's twelve houses are the arenas of life — self, wealth, home, partnership, career. Each bhāva governs a domain and answers to a natural significator.

• 1st house
  Tanu (self) — self, body & vitality
• 2nd house
  Dhana (wealth) — wealth, speech & family
• 3rd house
  Sahaja (siblings) — courage, siblings & effort
• 4th house
  Sukha (home) — home, mother & comfort
• 5th house
  Putra (children) — children, intellect & romance
• 6th house
  Ari / Roga (foes & health) — health, service, rivals & debt
• 7th house
  Kalatra / Yuvati (partner) — partnership, marriage & trade
• 8th house
  Randhra / Ayus (transformation) — longevity, transformation & the hidden
• 9th house
  Bhāgya / Dharma (fortune) — fortune, dharma, guru & father
• 10th house
  Karma (career) — career, status & karma
• 11th house
  Lābha (gains) — gains, networks & aspirations
• 12th house
  Vyaya (loss & liberation) — loss, liberation, foreign lands & rest