4th Lord

Explore the profound influences of the 4th house lord in Vedic astrology, governing home, emotions, and inner peace.

4th Lord Significations

4th Lord in 1st House

Key Characteristics

Comforts Self -made Personality Improvement. Learning Self Improvement.

Classical Reference

సుఖేశే లగ్నే గతే జాతః విద్యా-గుణ-విభూషితః।

భూమి-వాహన-సంయుక్తః మాతుః సుఖ-సమన్వితః

Interpretation & Meaning

With 4th lord in Lagna, the native is endowed with learning and virtues, gains land and vehicles, and enjoys mother's happiness.

Sukha / Dukha: 10th house (father, siblings, boss, job, extended family).

4th Lord in 2nd House

Key Characteristics

Family Money Eyes Speech - Mktg Moon exalts as 4th lord.

Classical Reference

సుఖేశే ధనగే జాతో భోగీ సర్వధనాన్వితః।

కుటుంబసహితో మానీ సాహసీ కుహకాన్వితః॥

Interpretation & Meaning

When the 4th lord is in the 2nd house, the native becomes wealthy, enjoys comforts,values family, has pride and courage, and may also have clever or cunning traits.

Sukha / Dukha: 11th house (elder brothers, friends, salary, desires, initiatives, frauds, bad company).

4th Lord in 3rd House

Key Characteristics

Courage Brothers Libido Place for mating Stingy Skills Hobbies Communications

Classical Reference

సుఖేశే సహజే జాతో విక్రమీ భృత్యసంయుతః।

ఉదారోऽరుగ్గుణీ దాతా స్వభుజార్జితవిత్తవాన్॥

Interpretation & Meaning

With the 4th lord in the 3rd, the native is brave, supported by brothers / assistants, generous, healthy, skilled, charitable, and earns wealth through their own effort.

Sukha/Dukha: Expenses, spirituality, bed-comforts, donations, helping others, traveling or away from family.

4th Lord in 4th House

Key Characteristics

Mother - afflns Home, property Country Vehicle Comforts Principles Extended Family Home City

Classical Reference

సుఖేశే సుఖభావస్థే మంత్రీ సర్వధనాన్వితః।

చతురః శీలవాన్ మానీ జ్ఞానవాన్ సఖీప్రియః సుఖీ॥

Interpretation & Meaning

With the 4th lord in the 4th, the person is advisor, wealthy, cultured, respected, intelligent, friendly, and blessed with comfort and happiness.

Sukha / Dukha: Self personality, Cousins, friends, extended family, home, vehicle, travel, comforts, home-town, mother's love. [Check Rasi]

4th Lord in 5th House

Key Characteristics

Children Followers Lover Power Stocks Smart work

Classical Reference

సుఖేశే పుత్రభావస్థే సుఖీ సర్వజనప్రియః

విష్ణుభక్తో గుణీ మానీ స్వభుజార్జితవిత్తవాన్॥

Interpretation & Meaning

With the 4th lord in the 5th, the native is happy, well-liked, devotional (especially to Vishnu), virtuous, respected, and earns wealth through personal effort.

Sukha/Dukha: Family, Money, eyes, speech.

4th Lord in 6th House

Key Characteristics

Mother gets ill / face issues. Chronic diseases Debts. Helping others. Fortunate: maternal uncles.

Classical Reference

సుఖేశే రిపుభావస్థే మాతుః సుఖవివర్జితః।

క్రోధీ చోరః అభిచారీ చ స్వేచ్ఛాచారశ్ చ దుర్మనాః॥

Interpretation & Meaning

With the 4th lord in the 6th, the native lacks maternal happiness, may be angry, deceptive, and inclined toward harming others tit-for-tat, acting as per his own mind and often selfish / sad.

Sukha/Dukha: Siblings, initiatives, sexual intercourse, involving in fights, making someone a friend and then later hating him, repenting on an affair, hearing issues, decisions.

4th Lord in 7th House

Key Characteristics

Wife/Partner Relationships Business Abroad Open enemies Contracts Partnerships Sexuality Partners Acting Sacrifices Foreign travels.

Classical Reference

సుఖేశే సప్తమే జాతో బహువిద్యాసమన్వితః।

పిత్రార్జితధనత్యాగీ సభాయాం మూకవద్ భవేత్॥

Interpretation & Meaning

With the 4th lord in the 7th, the native knows a lot of things, but may renounce paternal wealth and may struggle to speak confidently or effectively in public settings.

Sukha/Dukha: Mother, Cousins, family friends, extended family, home, vehicle, travel, comforts, home-town, mother's love.

4th Lord in 8th House

Key Characteristics

Transformation Deaths Troubles Detachment Astrology Insurance Intensity

Classical Reference

సుఖేశే రంధ్రభావస్థే గృహాది సుఖవర్జితః।

పిత్రోః సుఖం భవేదల్పం జాతః క్లీబసమో భవేత్॥

Interpretation & Meaning

With the 4th lord in the 8th, the native lacks home comforts [hostels / foreign], has limited parental happiness, and may feel weak or powerless in life.

Sukha/Dukha: Children, Followers, sub-ordinates, promotion, speculation, creativity. Small home.

4th Lord in 9th House

Key Characteristics

Traditions Family Rituals Name Abroad Father. Marriage.

Classical Reference

సుఖేశే భాగ్యభావస్థే జాతః సర్వజనప్రియః।

దేవభక్తో గుణీ మానీ భవేత్ సర్వసుఖాన్వితః॥

Interpretation & Meaning

With the 4th lord in the 9th, the person is well-liked, devotional, noble-natured, respected, and blessed with many comforts and good fortune.

Sukha/Dukha: Mother's siblings, enemies, loans, competition.

4th Lord in 10th House

Key Characteristics

Profession Enjoys work Hardwork Fame Money Minded. Light.

Classical Reference

సుఖేశే కర్మభావస్థే రాజమాన్యో నరో భవేత్।

రసాయనీ మహాదృష్టో సుఖభోగీ జితేంద్రియః॥

Interpretation & Meaning

With the 4th lord in the 10th, the person gains respect and royal-like honor, enjoys comforts, protects from death or disease, has powerful vision or influence, good fortune, and strong self-control. Self-made wealth or properties.

Sukha/Dukha: Spouse, partners, work, mother / father's family, separation from siblings after marriage, spouse incapable of work.

4th Lord in 11th House

Key Characteristics

Friends Siblings Helping out of box Sexual attractions. Face Value Disease

Classical Reference

సుఖేశే లాభగే జాతో గుప్తరోగభయాన్వితః।

ఉదారో గుణవాన్ దాతా పరౌపకరణే రతః॥

Interpretation & Meaning

With the 4th lord in the 11th, the person may fear diseases of private parts, yet remains generous, virtuous, charitable, and devoted to helping others.

Sukha/Dukha: Inheritance, spouse's family, spouse's speech, sudden deaths in family.

4th Lord in 12th House

Key Characteristics

Foreign Uncomfortable Losses initially Unfortunate initially. Donations

Classical Reference

సుఖేశే వ్యయభావస్థే గృహాదిసుఖవర్జితః।

జాతో దుర్వ్యసనీ మృదుః సదా ఆలస్యసమన్వితః॥

Interpretation & Meaning

With the 4th lord in the 12th, the native lacks home comforts, may develop bad habits, is gentle but often lazy and indulgent.

Sukha/Dukha: Father, Boss, Father-in-law, wife's siblings, grand-children.

Study Note:

These interpretations are based on classical Vedic astrology texts and should be considered alongside other chart factors such as planetary strengths, aspects, conjunctions, and divisional charts.

Traditional Knowledge:

Always consider the dispositor of the house lord, its placement, strength, and dignity. Use these interpretations during relevant dasha periods for timing of events.

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