Each sign has a lord, a ruling planet. From BPHS ch. 4: Mars rules Aries and Scorpio, Venus rules Taurus and Libra, Mercury rules Gemini and Virgo, the Moon rules Cancer, the Sun rules Leo, Jupiter rules Sagittarius and Pisces, and Saturn rules Capricorn and Aquarius. The Sun and Moon rule one sign each; the other five planets rule two each.
Because each house is a sign, each house has a lord too, and those house lords change with the ascendant. For example, in Skybond's sample chart, with a Cancer ascendant, the Moon rules the 1st house and the Sun rules the 2nd (Leo).
Lessons that use this term
- 12 zodiac signs (rashis) in Vedic astrology
- House lords in Vedic astrology: how lordship works
- 12 ascendants (lagnas) in Vedic astrology
- Libra ascendant (Tula lagna) in Vedic astrology: traits and planets
- Scorpio ascendant (Vrischika lagna) in Vedic astrology: traits and planets
- Capricorn ascendant (Makara lagna) in Vedic astrology: traits and planets
- Pisces ascendant (Meena lagna) in Vedic astrology: traits and planets
- Saturn (Shani) in Vedic astrology: meaning and significations
- Sign lords (rulers) of the 12 signs in Vedic astrology
- 1st house in Vedic astrology: meaning and significations
- 2nd house in Vedic astrology: meaning and significations
- 7th house in Vedic astrology: meaning and significations
- 11th house in Vedic astrology: meaning and significations
- Read a sample Vedic chart: practice 1 (foundations)
- Nadi dosha and Bhakoot dosha in kundali matching
Sources for this entry
- P.V.R. Narasimha Rao, Vedic Astrology: An Integrated Approach
- Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra (R. Santhanam translation)
- Skybond sample chart (sidereal, True Chitra Paksha, whole-sign houses, mean node) (Skybond calculation with the Swiss Ephemeris)
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