Reading Time: 3 minutesJupiter in the 2nd house is a naturally beneficial placement, because Jupiter is the significator of the 2nd house, also known as the Karaka. In Vedic astrology, each house has a significator, which refers to the planet who is expected to best handle its duties. For example, the Sun is the Karaka…

Reading Time: 5 minutesJupiter is the most auspicious of all planets and so His blessings are essential to any ascendant chart to ensure an overall good quality of life. In the first house, or the ascendant house, if Jupiter is placed in His own signs (Sagittarius or Pisces) or in exaltation (Cancer), He imparts considerable…

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe 12th house is associated with past life, bed pleasures, spirituality, moksha or salvation, expenditure, losses, lawsuits, hidden enemies, hospitalization, imprisonment, illicit sexual relationships, sorrows, etc. The 12th house is the ultimate malefic house which can be problematic for any native; very few planets perform well in the 12th house and the…

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe 11th house of the Lagna (ascendant) chart represents gains, profits, wealth accumulation, elder brothers and sisters, friends, social connections, clubs, social activities, social success, honour, etc. Because the 11th house is a house where even malefics give good results (generally), Mercury’s placement in the 11th house would be considered extremely auspicious…

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe 10th house of the ascendant (Lagna) chart governs profession, job, business, authority, power, occupation, relations with the government, moral responsibilities, health and relationship with the father, as well as societal status of the father, job promotion, reputation in society, etc. It is no doubt that the 10th house is undoubtedly one…

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe 9th house is the most auspicious house in the ascendant (Lagna) chart of the individual. The 9th house governs luck, fortune, destiny, long-distance travels, spiritual visits and pilgrimages, relations with one’s guru or preceptor, religious beliefs, Dharma or righteousness, prosperity, foresight, higher learning, father’s lifespan, father’s prosperity, relations with the father,…

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe 8th house of the ascendant house primarily governs longevity, so Mercury being a benefic planet will boost the lifespan of the native unless He is afflicted. Additionally, since Mercury, if placed in the 8th house will also cast His 7th Drishti or 7th aspect on the 2nd house (which governs self-earned…

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe 7th house of the ascendant (Lagna) chart governs marriage, marital relationship with spouse, sexual pleasures with spouse, conjugal happiness, divorce, partnerships, marital love, honour and reputation in partnerships, societal reputation, business in foreign countries. Since the 7th house is one of the Kendra Bhava or Angular Houses in the Kundali or…

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe 6th house of the ascendant (Lagna) chart is a malefic house or a ‘Dusthana’ where malefic planets such as Saturn, Mars, Rahu, and Ketu perform better. However, Mercury in the 6th house will provide results depending on the zodiac sign it is placed in. Because Mercury is a young planet, He…

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe 5th house governs love, romantic relationships, sex, physical pleasures, speculative investments, creativity, sexual assaults, kidnapping, children, etc. It also has an influence over friends, social connections, etc. Mercury in the 5th house can have varying impacts depending on the zodiac sign He is posited in. One certain factor is that if…