Bhavas - The Horoscope Houses Flashcards

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Indian philosophy divides life into 4 categories. What are these 4 categories?

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  1. Dharma
  2. Artha
  3. Kama
  4. Moksha
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What is Dharma?

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Life purpose or righteous action

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What is Artha?

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Wealth matters

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What is Kama?

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Desires

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What is Moksha?

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Enlightenment, self-realization, final liberation

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Which houses correspond to fire signs and are therefore dharma houses?

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Houses 1, 5 and 9

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Which houses correspond to earth signs and are therefore Artha houses?

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Houses 2, 6 and 10

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Which houses correspond to air signs and are therefore Kama houses?

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Houses 3, 7 and 11

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Which houses correspond to water signs and are therefore moksha houses?

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Houses 4, 8 and 12

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First house pertains to what?

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  • the personal self, ego
  • appearance, face, head
  • character, disposition, tendencies, conduct
  • well-being, happiness
  • health, longevity
  • strength, will power
  • dignity, self-esteem, self-love, confidence
  • fame, ability to be recognized, general prosperity
  • birth, early childhood, start in life
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The Second house pertains to what?

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  • money, wealth, finances
  • knowledge, education, educators
  • speech, use of foul language, speech defects
  • orators, poets
  • imagination
  • truthfulness, tendency to lie
  • family life, domestic happiness
  • face, mouth, tongue
  • vision in right eye, neck, throat
  • confidence, timidity
  • food one eats
  • charity
  • dress
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The Third House pertains to what?

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  • one’s own efforts and adventures
  • younger brothers and sisters
  • all desires
  • life, energy, excitement, enthusiasm
  • initiative, motivation
  • courage, bravery, fear
  • voice, singing
  • fine arts, music, dance, drama
  • musicians, actors, dancers, singers
  • theatrical directors and producers
  • managers, organizers, detail work
  • hearing, the right ear
  • the hands, arms, shoulders
  • letters, writings, journals, all communications
  • firmness of personality (mental stability-but not the mind)
  • Travel-short journeys
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The Fourth house pertains to what?

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  • mother
  • happiness and contentment
  • the heart, emotions and passions
  • fixed assets, land, buildings, real estate
  • comforts, luxuries
  • cars, boats, planes, conveyances
  • academic degree, education (to an extent)
  • endings, the close of life
  • farms, graves
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The Fifth house pertains to what?

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  • children
  • the mind, intellegence
  • poorvapunya (rewards or credit due from last incarnation)
  • sense of destiny
  • speculation, gambling, investments
  • love affairs, romance, love from spouse
  • kingship, government, rulers, politicians
  • spiritual techniques, mantras, religious practices or rituals
  • morals, good deeds, charity
  • merit, fine qualities, integrity, humility, ability
  • religious-mindedness
  • pleasures, fun, sports
  • art of painting or drawing
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The Sixth house pertains to what?

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  • health, illness, disease
  • enemies, competitors (seen and unseen), foes, jealous people
  • daily job, service
  • detail jobs, service jobs
  • preparation of food, restaurants, caterers
  • appetite
  • subordinates, tenants, maids, employees
  • maternal uncle
  • medical profession, nursing, doctors
  • cousins
  • litigations, tendency to be charged in court cases
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The Seventh house pertains to what?

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  • the spouse, married life
  • all partners
  • sexual passions
  • residence in foreign countries
  • courts
  • veins and loins
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The Eighth house pertains to what?

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  • life, longevity
  • means of death, experience of death
  • wills and legacies, insurance benefits
  • joint finances, partner’s money, alimony
  • ability to receive partner’s wealth
  • sexual strength, reproductive system, venereal diseases
  • sexual attractiveness
  • chronic and long-term illnesses of any kind
  • occult subjects, secretive matters
  • intuition
  • accidents
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The Ninth house pertains to what?

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  • the father
  • luck, fortune, solutions to problems
  • religion, philosophy
  • faith, worship
  • a person’s Guru
  • spiritual teachers, elders
  • travel-long journeys
  • wisdom
  • higher knowledge of all kinds, higher education
  • law
  • performance of good deeds, charity, virtue
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The Tenth house pertains to what?

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  • career, professional activities
  • the dharma or life purpose
  • fame, honor, status
  • worldly power
  • holy pilgrimages
  • good deeds, activities which benefit society
  • authority figures, eminent persons, government officials
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The Eleventh house pertains to what?

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  • major goals, ambitions and desires
  • opportunities
  • eldest sibling
  • gains and profits by any means (wealth)
  • sudden financial fluctuations
  • supplemental monies, wealth from sideline jobs or sudden ventures
  • paternal uncle
  • legs and ankles
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The Twelfth house pertains to what?

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  • expenditure, expenses
  • moksha, self-realization, enlightenment, final liberation, salvation
  • the state after death (heaven or hell), Lokas,, or planes of existence
  • the bedroom, bedding
  • pleasures of the bed (sexual pleasure)
  • “unknown places” (remote, far-off countries)
  • travel to foreign lands, life in remote countries
  • hospitals, prisons
  • confinement
  • hearing, the left ear
  • vision, the left eye
  • feet
  • anus
  • waste, debts, misfortune
  • experience with thieves and robbers
  • secret enemies