Chandra in the 4th House
Moon in the 4th house, by Phaladeepika and Lal Kitab
What Chandra gives in the 4th 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 4th house (pakka ghar, the house Lal Kitab gives a graha as its own, where it is steadiest) gives immense happiness from the mother, property, vehicles, and domestic peace. It is a very strong position.
Lal Kitab reads Chandra in the 4th 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
Keep a silver pot of water near your bed head.
This is Lal Kitab’s one upay for Chandra in the 4th 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 6Phaladeepika 8.6 holds that Chandra (Moon) in the 4th house (the house of home, mother and comforts) brings happiness and the enjoyment of life's pleasures. The text adds generosity in giving, friends, vehicles and renown.
How much of this holds turns on the rest of the chart: the rashi Chandra sits in, the 4th 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 4th makes one happy.
When Chandra in the 4th 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 4th 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 4th, by the rules our kundli reading weighs houses with:
- on your 10th house (career): is counted neither way in our reading
The 4th house, Sukha bhava, rules mother, home, property, vehicles and peace of mind; it is a kendra (one of the four angles of the chart, the 1st, 4th, 7th and 10th houses, where a graha acts with most force); its karaka (the graha that naturally signifies a house’s matters, whatever the lagna) is Chandra. The 4th house, and every graha in it
Chandra in the 4th 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) | Kark (Cancer) | Own rashi | 4th | Neutral |
| Vrishabh (Taurus) | Singh (Leo) | Friendly | 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) | Kanya (Virgo) | Friendly | 2nd | Maraka |
| Kark (Cancer) | Tula (Libra) | Neutral | 1st | Benefic |
| Singh (Leo) | Vrishchik (Scorpio) | Debilitated | 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) | Dhanu (Sagittarius) | Neutral | 11th | Malefic |
| Tula (Libra) | Makar (Capricorn) | Neutral | 10th | Neutral · Yoga— gives yoga together with Budh (34.34) |
| Vrishchik (Scorpio) | Kumbh (Aquarius) | Neutral | 9th | Yogakaraka— as the verse names it, together with Surya, the 10th lord (34.35–36) |
| Dhanu (Sagittarius) | Meen (Pisces) | Neutral | 8th | Neutral |
| Makar (Capricorn) | Mesh (Aries) | Neutral | 7th | Malefic— lord of the 7th, but the killer the verse names for this lagna is Mangal (34.39–40) |
| Kumbh (Aquarius) | Vrishabh (Taurus) | Exalted | 6th | Malefic |
| Meen (Pisces) | Mithun (Gemini) | Friendly | 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 4th. “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 Kumbh lagna. Chandra sits in Vrishabh there (exalted) and rules your 6th house, which makes it a malefic for Kumbh lagna (BPHS 34). A graha hard for the lagna and strong in its rashi gives that harder side with force. 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 4th house gives its good in full for Kumbh lagna, half for Mesh lagna, a quarter for Vrishabh, Mithun and Meen lagna and none for Singh lagna, by the rashi it sits in. The verse gives no share for a neutral rashi, which is where it sits for Kark, Kanya, Tula, Vrishchik, Dhanu and Makar lagna. BJ 20.10–11
Chandra in the 4th house: where it works best, and where hardest
read off the table aboveChandra passing through the 4th from your Moon
the gochar of Chandra, not the birth chartNot the birth placement above: here Chandra is moving through the 4th counted from your Moon rashi. Phaladeepika does not count the 4th among Chandra’s good transit houses (all twelve, on the Chandra page). Our Monthly Prediction reads it as mixed: feeling sensitive, home and mother on the mind.
Common questions
3 questionsIs Chandra in the 4th house good?
Lal Kitab counts it a good placement, one of the 8 houses where Chandra does well (with the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th and 11th). By its rashi, it is strongest for Mesh and Kumbh lagna; it is debilitated for Singh lagna.
What is the Lal Kitab upay for Chandra in the 4th house?
Lal Kitab’s upay for it: Keep a silver pot of water near your bed head.
Which houses does Chandra look at from the 4th?
The 10th (career).
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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