Chandra in the 3rd House
Moon in the 3rd house, by Phaladeepika and Lal Kitab
What Chandra gives in the 3rd house by Lal Kitab and by Phaladeepika, its upay, the houses it looks at from there, and what it means for each lagna.
The Moon in the 3rd house gives bravery, good siblings, and success in communication-related fields.
Lal Kitab reads Chandra in the 3rd house by the house, not by your lagna; Parashara’s view for your own lagna is further down, and Phaladeepika and Brihat Jataka may differ. How Lal Kitab and Parashara differ · Lal Kitab: pakka ghar, rin and upay
Lal Kitab upay
Donate milk or rice on Mondays.
This is Lal Kitab’s one upay for Chandra in the 3rd house, to keep its good results strong; it is a suggestion, and your whole kundli may call for another. All upay for Chandra
What Phaladeepika says
Mantreswara, Adhyaya 8, sloka 5Phaladeepika 8.5 holds that Chandra (Moon) in the 3rd house (the house of siblings and courage) gives brothers, strength and power. The text adds a strongly sensual nature and a very tight hand with money.
How much of this holds turns on the rest of the chart: the rashi Chandra sits in, the 3rd house’s lord and the grahas with it or looking at it. The old texts speak of a man; their readings apply to anyone.
What Brihat Jataka says
Varahamihira, sloka 20.4BJ 20.4: the Moon in the 3rd is read as giving a harsh, cruel streak.
When Chandra in the 3rd house shows, and where it looks
Its results show most in Chandra’s own mahadasha (10 years) and in its antardashas inside the others. The 3rd house’s matters also come forward in the periods of the house’s lord, which depends on your lagna.
Its drishti (a graha’s glance: the houses it looks at feel its influence) from the 3rd, by the rules our kundli reading weighs houses with:
- on your 9th house (luck): is counted neither way in our reading
The 3rd house, Sahaja bhava, rules younger siblings, courage, effort and short trips; it is an upachaya (the 3rd, 6th, 10th and 11th houses, which grow better with time and effort); its karaka (the graha that naturally signifies a house’s matters, whatever the lagna) is Mangal. The 3rd house, and every graha in it
Chandra in the 3rd house, for each lagna
the rashi it sits in, and the houses it rules| Lagna | Chandra sits in | Its state there | Lord of your | For this lagna |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mesh (Aries) | Mithun (Gemini) | Friendly | 4th | Neutral |
| Vrishabh (Taurus) | Kark (Cancer) | Own rashi | 3rd | Malefic · Maraka— lord of the 3rd only, not the 2nd or 7th; the verse names it a killer all the same (34.23–24) |
| Mithun (Gemini) | Singh (Leo) | Friendly | 2nd | Maraka |
| Kark (Cancer) | Kanya (Virgo) | Friendly | 1st | Benefic |
| Singh (Leo) | Tula (Libra) | Neutral | 12th | Maraka— lord of the 12th only, not the 2nd or 7th; the verse names it a killer all the same (34.29–30) |
| Kanya (Virgo) | Vrishchik (Scorpio) | Debilitated | 11th | Malefic |
| Tula (Libra) | Dhanu (Sagittarius) | Neutral | 10th | Neutral · Yoga— gives yoga together with Budh (34.34) |
| Vrishchik (Scorpio) | Makar (Capricorn) | Neutral | 9th | Yogakaraka— as the verse names it, together with Surya, the 10th lord (34.35–36) |
| Dhanu (Sagittarius) | Kumbh (Aquarius) | Neutral | 8th | Neutral |
| Makar (Capricorn) | Meen (Pisces) | Neutral | 7th | Malefic— lord of the 7th, but the killer the verse names for this lagna is Mangal (34.39–40) |
| Kumbh (Aquarius) | Mesh (Aries) | Neutral | 6th | Malefic |
| Meen (Pisces) | Vrishabh (Taurus) | Exalted | 5th | Benefic |
Chandra’s state in each rashi, and the houses it rules for each lagna, as our free kundli reads them (BPHS chapter 34); each house links to what Parashara says of its lord sitting in the 3rd. “Its state there” is how that rashi treats Chandra: exalted, own, friendly, neutral (sam), enemy or debilitated. “For this lagna” is Parashara’s verdict on the houses it rules. The two answer different questions.
The labels, from Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, chapter 34:
- Yogakaraka: the strongest graha a lagna can have: the one Parashara names as bringing yoga, or the one lord of both a kendra (1st, 4th, 7th, 10th) and a trikona (1st, 5th, 9th) (34.13)
- Benefic, Malefic, Neutral: works for the lagna; brings its harder matters; neither
- Lagna lord: the lagna’s own graha, where the verse calls it neither good nor hard
- Maraka: a killer Parashara names for the lagna, watched for health and longevity; printed alone, or after another label. It is not always the lord of the 2nd or 7th: where it differs, the line under it gives the verse
- · Yoga: one of two grahas he says give yoga together for this lagna
One lagna, read through
Take Meen lagna. Chandra sits in Vrishabh there (exalted) and rules your 5th house, which makes it a benefic for Meen lagna (BPHS 34). Both point the same way, a graha good for the lagna and strong in its rashi: the best this table holds. The Lal Kitab reading above is the same for every lagna; this row is the part that changes with yours.
By Brihat Jataka 20.11, Chandra in the 3rd house gives its good in full for Meen lagna, half for Vrishabh lagna, a quarter for Mesh, Mithun and Kark lagna and none for Kanya lagna, by the rashi it sits in. The verse gives no share for a neutral rashi, which is where it sits for Singh, Tula, Vrishchik, Dhanu, Makar and Kumbh lagna. BJ 20.10–11
Chandra in the 3rd house: where it works best, and where hardest
read off the table aboveChandra passing through the 3rd from your Moon
the gochar of Chandra, not the birth chartNot the birth placement above: here Chandra is moving through the 3rd counted from your Moon rashi. Phaladeepika counts the 3rd among Chandra’s good transit houses (all twelve, on the Chandra page). Our Monthly Prediction reads it as good: success, gains, a good standing, happiness.
Common questions
3 questionsIs Chandra in the 3rd house good?
Lal Kitab counts it a good placement, one of the 8 houses where Chandra does well (with the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 9th and 11th). By its rashi, it is strongest for Vrishabh and Meen lagna; it is debilitated for Kanya lagna.
What is the Lal Kitab upay for Chandra in the 3rd house?
Lal Kitab’s upay for it: Donate milk or rice on Mondays.
Which houses does Chandra look at from the 3rd?
The 9th (luck).
A graha reads the same for everybody. Your chart does not.
Where each graha sits in your kundli, which bhavas it rules for your lagna and which dasha is running decide what it does for you. Make your free kundli to see all nine.
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