Cast & Chart

Bhava 4

Griha

गृह · Relations

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In an older source

The 4th house is known as Hibuka, Ambu, Sukha and Vesma.

The Brihat Jataka of Varaha Mihira, tr. N. Chidambaram Iyer, 2nd ed. (1905)

About this entry

The fourth house is the second of the four angles, the Lagna being the first. Iyer's list for it in the Brihat Jataka covers relations, education, mother, cows, a dwelling place, carriage and comfort. The book gives its sign the name Graha in Iyer's spelling, a dwelling, written Griha in Sanskrit.

The quoted line lists its other names. Ambu is the Sanskrit word for water, Sukha means comfort and Vesma means a house. The Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra as typed in Sanskrit, from an unidentified edition, pairs it with vehicles, relatives, a mother's comfort, treasure, land and the home.

Two oddities of the Brihat Jataka belong here. The book says an aquatic sign is strong when it holds the fourth house, and the book calls the Moon and Venus strong in the northern sign, also named Patala, which is the fourth. The calculator draws this house as the fourth whole sign from the Lagna sign.

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