Types of Houses in the Chart

28 January 2006 Curtis Burns

Kendras or Cardinal: very powerful; benefic rulers become malefic, malefics become benefic; houses: 1, 4, 7, 10

Trikonas or Trines: fortunate, trine, 9^th ruler more powerful than 5^th ruler, rulers will bring good luck even if rule negative houses; houses 5 and 9

Upachayas: developing; malefics flourish in them, benefics do not give good results; planets gain strength as you mature; houses: 3, 6, 10

Dusthana: evil; problems on material level telling one to redirect energy to a higher sphere; injury or disease, destruction; loss of some kind; houses: 6, 8, 12

Maraka: death giving planets, rulers of 2^nd and 7^th houses; and the 2^nd and 7^th houses themselves