Astrology Lessons -3
 Effect of Houses

Zodiac Sign are not the House. both are totally different. Houses are fixed and zodiac moves as needles moves in a clock. Similarly planets moves but houses remain in on their place. By this we can understand many things as we can tells the time by seeing clock, similarly we can tell the time of birth by this horoscope type of clock. Sun rises from eastern direction and then moves to little higher above to horizon then to our head then goes down to western horizon. In the same way in morning it is in 1st house then goes to 12th house then to 11th house and in mid day it reaches to 10th house of the horoscope. After ward it goes toward 9th house and to western horizon of 8th house and sets in west which is 7th house. It is as simple as a clock. Then again moves to another side of globe and moves toward mid night and again comes to eastern direction and new day starts from first house or new dawn. 

Good impact on the houses.

The Impact on a house made by different planets reduces or increases the PROSPERITY OF A HOUSE or Weight of a House: The prosperity of the house which is conjunct or is aspect by a benefic or when its lord is in youth stage or in matured or in above to infant along with glittering with the light of Sun. Even if a planet is retro gate but glittering with the rays of Sun gives good impact. The house, which is not accepted by its lord or whose lord is with a malefic planet or with one of the lords of evil and such other houses (i.e. 6th, 8th, and 12th) or in still stage never gives any good effect to anyone. Here is a lot of confusion about the strong or strength of planet. It is very simple to know which planet is strong, the planet which is vargottam, or is getting in same zodiac or house again and again in all the 16 charts is strongest and youth. Reaching to youth age means getting power, reaching to decay side means dying, while dying it shows reduced good impact. The decayed planet never be able to show any good or bad impact. The planet which is near to Sun in horoscope or is decayed, then also it never be able to give any good impact, even if it is best in Vargottam. Each type of chart (except moon chart) is a varga and getting higher or more time in his own or exalted place means more stronger planet. On the same time it is also observed that if such thing appears in any horoscope get help from other combination, so that the cycle of life get uplift in other aspect of life. 

The health or well being of a house is assured under the following conditions:
(a) The house that contains a benefic or owner of that zodiac.
(b) The house that is accepted by a benefic or strong planet.

The house whose lord is in youth state or young state. These two states are among the 5 states, (infant, young, youth, old and decayed). All stars decays when it reaches 6 degree to SUN. 

(c) Matured state is one another name for awakened state. This applies to a planet it is in its own sign or in exaltation sign. But more then 6 degree away from sun. The house occupied by an exalted planet or placed in own sign makes the house more healthy. 

(d) Luminaries also effect the house very negatively and in such cases these luminaries should not be there in such house. It is true that a planet owing two houses if placed in own house, makes or develops only one house not the another, and it is the reason that a person can get only one thing either fame in outside home of inside home. Average or middle one are the best who enjoys both and get pain from both side. But according to Parashar it gives strength to both the houses and simultaneously, its another house also gets strengthened by virtue of such a placement. 

For example, Mars owns the 3rd and 9th for Leo ascendant (fist house is also known as Lagan or Lagn or Ascendant) and if it is in the 3rd house then it will give good result to brothers, courage etc. as it is placed in 3rd house as a lord of 3rd house as well as as the lord of 9th house. but for 9th house it is not a helping one and luck never favors to such person but his own courage and strength helps him. 

(e) The house owned by a planet placed in the 10th and 11th from the ascendant will produce good results. 

Malefic impact on house

The poor or malefic impact or ignorance of the house which is conjunct or is aspect by a malefic and or when its lord is in decay or near to sun or not getting light from Sun and retrogate. Even if a planet is in exalted but decayed then it never be able to give good result, specially if Saturn or Venus are with Sun even if they are exalted they bring much pain in the life of native and he never be able to get good gain in life. The house, whose lord is placed in 6th, 8th, and 12th house except in the case of hurdle creator planets, gives malefic impact on that house.
The hurdle creator planets are 

Jupiter in case of Gemini and Virgo ascendant
11th house lord in case of Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn.
9th house lord in case of Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius.

When these planets get placed in some other house other then 6th, 8th, and 12th house they give malefic impact to that house. In case of 6th, 8th and 12th house they gives very good impact.

Following are the conditions when we can understand the malefic impact on the house:

(a) According to Parashar the house not getting aspect by its lord, never get any flourishing time. It is understood that each house cannot be under the aspect of its lord. Then this does not mean that the house will suffer ignorance, but most of the house gets partial aspect of the planet. It only means that it will not get any additional support from its lord. If a malefic relation is existing for a house, its lord's aspect on the malefic planet, it gives unknown help of cosmos to the person, like by excess sense of sixth sense. 

(b) The lord of a house have any relation with a malefic planet is a negative sign for characteristic of the house. Even if that malefic is a friendly planet to the house lord or if they join in favorable houses, then the evil effect does not vanished but of course reduced up to a limit of half of its impact. 

(c) The lord of a house in conjunction with the lord of 6th, 8th, and 12th always gives wrong result. But if the lord if ascendant and 8th house or Ascendant and 12th house or Ascendant and 6th house are same, or these house are having Venus on it back or 12th from them, then get the person get benefit from cosmos.

(d) Normally, in most of the text it is mentioned that when two planets are on the same degree there occur a war and the one with lesser longitude is declared winner. The luminaries do not enter into war. It is the area which is beyond understanding, planets are not human or Don who can have war, but it mixes the impact of each other such as blue + yellow makes green. 

(e) When the house lord is in decaying stage or old age it becomes ineffective from the giving any good or bad impact. According to Parashar 18 to 24 is degree from Sun means the old age of planet and many other sage said 60 and 120 is the degree of old age. But we have seen that 6 to 12 degree are the degrees when a planet, except Mercury, do not give good result.

....Mananacharyya