Bhāva

Bhāva (Sanskrit: bhāva, 'state, condition') is a term in Jyotisha denoting a fixed zodiacal division of the sky from the Template:Wiki of an observer. It corresponds to the Template:Wiki of "house" in Template:Wiki astrology. A natal chart is called bhāvacakra (Sanskrit: cakra, 'wheel'.)

In almost all traditional practice, the twelve houses (bhāva) of an astrological chart have the same boundaries as the twelve signs in the chart; in other words, each sign is a house in the chart. The beginning of each house is the 0th degrees of the sign and the end is the 30th degree of the sign. What varies from chart to chart is the Template:Wiki of these houses, i.e., which sign is the first house, which is the second, and so forth. This is determined by the position of the Lagna (the Ascendant, or the longitudinal point of the Template:Wiki that was rising in the East at birth.) The house in which the Lagna falls is always the first house of the chart, and the other houses follow it, counter-clockwise, in the sequence of the Template:Wiki.

Each of the twelve houses Template:Wiki a region of the concerns of life, and the identity of the sign of that house colors what may be expected from that life.

More than one system to align houses with signs are recognized in Jyotisha. The most common method is described above, a method that Template:Wiki astrologers call the whole sign house system; another is Sripathi, introduced by Sripati, akin to a Porphyry house system. The Template:Wiki Krishnamurti Paddhati also incorporates a Placidus house system.

The principle of House Division introduced in Sripathi Bhāva System is described as follows: "In the Sripathi system the 1st house cusp is the Lagna, and the 7th house cusp is the Descendant opposite it, the 10th house cusp is at the MC (Template:Wiki or Madhya Lagna), i.e. Zenith, and the 4th house cusp is at the IC (Template:Wiki or Patala Lagna) i.e. Template:Wiki. The four quarters divided thus should be divided into three Template:Wiki parts each, and thus we find the 12 house cusps in Sripathi system. To find the Bhava Sandhis (meeting points of houses) we should divide the distance between the house cusps into halves."
The houses

The names of the 12 houses and the areas of life represented by them are:

    Lagna - Nature of Native, Appearance, Health, Character, Purpose of Life, Template:Wiki, birth, limbs, head

    Dhana - Wealth, Family, Domestic Comforts, Early Education, Inheritance, Speech, moveable asssets

    Parakrama - Younger Brothers and Sisters, Template:Wiki (Talking, Writing, Business Documents), Template:Wiki, fine arts Short Journeys, "great prowess (physical and mental)," hands, arms, shoulders

    Suhṛda - Mother, Emotions, Education, Home, Property and Land, Surrounding in Old Age, vehicles, the Template:Wiki
    Suta - Children, Lovers, Recreation Devotion, Speculation and Gambling,] the belly, accumulated karma

    Ripu/Roga - Template:Wiki,] Maternal uncle and aunt, Litigation, Servants, Mental Worries, Enemies, Foreigners, small intestine,

    Kāma - Spouse, Business Partner, Death, Respect, passion, groin

    Mṛtyu - Death & Longevity, Obstacles, Suffering, Template:Wiki Template:Wiki and Template:Wiki attractiveness, Occult, Dowry, Inheritance, Imprisonment, Excretory Template:Wiki, accidents

    Bhāgya - Father, Luck, Higher Template:Wiki, Philosophy & Religion, Template:Wiki or Guru, Prosperity, Travel, "deeds of virtue"

    Karma - Profession, Template:Wiki & fame, Power, Father, Mother-in-law, Government, Clothes,Commerce, knees

    Āya - Friends, Hopes, Earnings, Club or Template:Wiki Activities, Elder Brothers and Sisters, Daughter/Son-in-law, calves, shins and ankles

    Vyaya - Expenses, Sleep (and convalescence), Template:Wiki pleasures, Spirituality, Travel & Pilgrimage, Secret Enemies, Imprisonment, Hospitals, Asylums, Liberation, loss foreign residency,] feet

Classifications

In general houses are classified into four categories:

    Kendra: the angular houses, that is the first, fourth, seventh and tenth houses. (kendra, from Template:Wiki κἐντρα, also describes the relationship between any houses or grahas which are about 90 degrees apart.) These are very strong houses for grahas to occupy.

    Trikona: the houses forming a triangle within the chart with the first house, about 120 degrees apart from one another, that is the first, fifth and ninth. These are the most auspicious houses. (From Template:Wiki τρἰγωνα.

    Dusthāna: the less fortunate houses which tend to Template:Wiki unhappy areas. These houses make no clear geometric connection to the Lagna. Dusthanas include the sixth, eighth and twelfth houses.

    Upachaya: "growth" or "remedial" houses, where malefic Template:Wiki tend to improve, include the third, sixth, tenth and eleventh houses.

Succedent houses are called pāṇaphara (from Template:Wiki ἐπαναφοραἱ), and cadent houses are called āpoklima (Gk. ἀποκλἰματα).