Houses · 9 of 12
The 9th house: Dharma bhava
Fortune, dharma, the father, the guru, higher learning and long journeys.
- Sanskrit name
- Dharma (fortune)
- Signifies
- Fortune, dharma, the father, the guru, higher learning and long journeys
- Karaka (significator)
- Jupiter and the Sun
- Kind of house
- a trikona (trine), a house of fortune; a dharma house
The 9th house in Jyotish
The 9th house, Dharma bhava, governs fortune, dharma, the father, the guru, higher learning and long journeys. In whole-sign houses, the house is the 9th 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 and the Sun. 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 9th 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.