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Dharma Bhava

Ninth House

Father, fortune, religion, higher learning, dharma.

The ninth house — Dharma Bhava — is the most fortunate house in the chart. It governs the father, luck and divine grace, religion and spiritual practice, higher learning and gurus, long-distance travel and pilgrimage, ethics and dharma. As a trikona, the 9th brings auspicious results across the board. Jupiter is the karaka for the father in some Vedic schools and the karaka for dharma generally. A strong 9th lord, well-placed Jupiter, and any planet in the 9th typically all bring fortune. The 9th and 5th together form the dharma-trikona — the most auspicious axis of a chart.

Significations

  • father
  • luck
  • fortune
  • religion
  • spiritual practice
  • higher learning
  • guru
  • long-distance travel
  • ethics

Body parts ruled

  • thighs
  • hips

Karaka & planets

House type

trikona

Karaka (significator)

jupiter

Strengthening planets

jupiter, sun, mars

Generally afflicting: saturn, rahu, ketu

When strong

  • •Supportive and successful father
  • •Luck and divine grace
  • •Spiritual progress
  • •Long-distance travel
  • •Higher education completed well

When weak or afflicted

  • •Difficult father relationship
  • •Bad luck, repeated setbacks
  • •Crisis of faith
  • •Travel mishaps
  • •Education dropouts