Bhavas — The 12 Houses

Practical — Where Does the Marriage Lord Sit?

Locate the 7th lord in your chart — the first move in reading partnership.

Follow the lord

To read partnership you follow the 7th lord. The first thing to establish is simply where it sits — which house it lands in. A kendra or trikona supports the matter; a 6th, 8th, or 12th asks for more effort.

Now you try

The chart below tells you who the 7th (marriage) lord is. Find that planet on the chart and tell us which house it's sitting in.

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Reading a house through its lord

A house's affairs tend to flourish when its lord is well-placed (kendra/trikona, own/exalted) and ask for effort when the lord is in a dusthana or debilitated — a first read, not a verdict.