The 12 houses

Tap a house on the chart to see which part of life it covers.

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An illustrative blank chart. It shows no one's data. Houses are fixed in the North Indian style; signs and planets are placed into them in a real chart.

House 1: Self

Tanu · तनु

The first house is the sign rising on the eastern horizon at birth. It stands for you as a person: your body, your temperament, and the way you start things.

Traditional themes: body, temperament, how you meet the world

  • Kendra (angle). Houses 1, 4, 7 and 10: the four pillars of the chart, traditionally the strongest places for a planet.
  • Trikona (trine). Houses 1, 5 and 9: traditionally the most fortunate houses, tied to merit and dharma.

Houses are counted from your lagna. Meanings are traditional themes, not predictions.