Houses · 5 of 12
The 5th house: Putra bhava
Children, intelligence, past merit (purva punya), mantra, romance and speculation.
- Sanskrit name
- Putra (children)
- Signifies
- Children, intelligence, past merit (purva punya), mantra, romance and speculation
- Karaka (significator)
- Jupiter
- Kind of house
- a trikona (trine), a house of fortune; a dharma house
The 5th house in Jyotish
The 5th house, Putra bhava, governs children, intelligence, past merit (purva punya), mantra, romance and speculation. In whole-sign houses, the house is the 5th sign counted from the ascendant; its sign, its lord, the planets in it and the planets aspecting it together describe these matters.
Its natural significator (karaka) is Jupiter. Parashara’s rule is to judge a house from its lord, from the planets in it and from its karaka together.
It is a trikona (trine), a house of fortune; a dharma house. Benefics placed here strengthen the chart; the lords of kendras and trikonas joining form raja yogas.
See which sign and planets fall in your 5th house in your free kundli, or explore it with the life areas guide. Chapter 4 covers all twelve houses.
Sources: Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra and Phaladeepika for the signs, planets and houses; Muhurta Chintamani for the nakshatra classes and the guna milan attributes. Wording is our own.