Duschikya (the third house): Uras (chest), the right ear, army, courage, valor, prowess, and brother are denoted by the third house.   

"Rahu & Shani in the 3rd, or the 11th from Lagna Padaa 

• will destroy the co-born of the native. 

Rahu & Shani in the 11th (from Lagna Padaa )

• will indicate the destruction of elder brothers and/or sisters 

and in the 3rd (from Lagna Padaa )

• younger ones."

The astrologer's initial picture of "Sahaja" or "naturally together", comes through: 

• 3rd house from radix lagna 

• 3rd-Lord in radix

• 3rd house from Mangala (Mangala = karaka for 3rd house)

"Whatever has to be known through Sahaja Bhava be also analyzed through the 3rd from Mangala."

~~ BPHS Ch. 7, Shloka 39-43

The astrological picture of siblings, media communications, writing, or the thyroid gland, inter alia, is formed via: 

1. 3rd- from- Chandra

2. 3rd-from-3rd, or Putra bhava

3. Radix  planets in Mithuna (Gemini)

4. Radix  L-3 within navamsha 

5. 3rd navamsha

6. Radix  L-3 within Drekkhamsha (D-3, the 3rd harmonic varga for mentality and siblings)

7. 3rd Drekkhamsha

Body Parts

In the physical body, Sahaja Bhava signifies the body parts most influential in social communication - including the thyroid gland, energetic seat of the fifth or "throat" chakra, the core of sound production.

• hands

• chest

• breasts

• arms, upper limbs

• neck, throat

• shoulders

• upper ribs

• ears, esp. right ear

• thyroid gland

"From Sahaja Bhava, know of the following: valor, servants (attending, etc.), brothers, sisters, etc. initiatory instructions (Upadesha), journey, and parent's death."

-- BPHS  Ch. 11, Shloka 4 "Indications of Sahaja Bhava"

Mentality of Budha's Two "Teenage" Houses 

The mentality of domain-3 has Mithuna qualities of constant conversation within a small and tight-knit group, interactive and relational thought, extraordinary speed of repetitive looping thought, and facility with local, immediate, short-term events. 

Matters of domain-3 are rarely harmful. Yet domain-3 is considered a semi- dusthamsha. Domain-3's less than ideal reputation arises from Budha's youthful focus on speed and intensive small-group validation. Graha residing in domain-3 may become trapped in a cycle of repetitive, superficial communications with highly temporary content. 

The mentality of domain-6 has Kanya qualities, which also express adolescent characteristics of Lord Kumara. Ari bhava exemplifies the more difficult teenage behaviors of vehement argumentation, along with their typical state of hormonal and mental imbalance.  

Domain-6 is the mahadushtamsha. Ripu bhava features a constant state of disagreement and discomfort, originating in Budha's relentless inner mental problematizing. Budha's influence in domain-6 is also repetitive and fast, but communication here lacks the relational focus of Mithuna. 

Domain-6, as the natural uchcha house of Budha, represents mentalization taken to its farthest extreme: words for the sake of words, argument for the sake of argument. Naturally, events in this bhava, and the fortunes of the domain lord, are generally sick and unhappy. 

Bhratru Bhava and Ripu Bhava are both upachaya houses. Tenants and Lords of domains 3 and 6 begin the incarnation in a state of impatient, superficial, immature nervousness. 

However with Time and the stable drishti of the larger graha, the adolescent mentality of Budha and His natural houses will  de-accelerate and mature somewhat. 

The exception to upachaya improvement occurs when a hyperactive graha such as swakshetra Budha or an energized Kuja would reside in the teenage houses. In that case, the result is a perpetual adolescent mentalization, repetitive and superficial reasoning style, and a short-lived, immature personal relationships. However the native typically does quite well in business.

L-3 in Lagna vs. Lagnesha in domain-3:

Third lord in lagna = Daily business controls the personality. 

• Social personality conforms to repetitive daily business, administration of details, and cooperative teamwork process. Native is socially identified with siblings, cousins, work-group, neighbors, business communications, and small-scale administration of shared small-group concerns.

• Nature of conformance judged by characteristics of L-3. 

• E.g., if 

  • L-3 = Budha, native mainly talks about their daily business (follow-through would depend on other graha in lagna). 

  • L-3 in a rashi of Shani = conservative administrative practices, limited material scale. 

  • L-3 in a rashi of Guru = expansive, inclusive & optimistic thought process. 

  • L-3 = Shukra, the details are highly aesthetic, communications affectionate. 

  • L-3 = Chandra, emotional attachment to the sibling or team group, nurturing repetition of conversations, small projects, administrative planning tasks builds group emotional connection. A maintainer. Etc.

Lagnesha in domain-3 = Personality controls the daily business.

• Native is a born business administrator, with natural talents in all commercial behaviors such as sales, marketing, public relations, advertising, planning & execution. Success at all detail levels but of course depending on the nature of the graha. The strongest case is uccha Kuja which makes a captain of industry for Vrischikha lagna, but also uccha Shani or uccha Budha are very positive for business in domain-3. May not conform to the dogma of   conventional business practice due to the infusion of personal style into the communications transactions.

• Nature of personalized expression of business practice is to be judged by characteristics of L-1. For example,

  • If L-1 = Shukra in Simha or Dhanau, native expresses a feminized enthusiasm, full of sweetness and bright optimism. Loves company and does well in female-targeted business. 

  • Any graha in Mithuna, celebration of communicative media & sexual magnetism as the ultimate sales tool. 

  • If L-1 = Guru in Kumbha or Vrishabha, liberal and inclusive type of business practice, highly optimistic planner and strong identified with their group. 

  • Any graha in Simha, finds expression in the global marketplace esp. education. 

  • If L-1 = Shani in Meena or Mesha, the native is a highly disciplined and punctual but may lack social communication skills and mental optimism. A dedicated worker but not a visionary :) 

Thinking and Talking

Conditions of domain-3 along with character of Budha will determine how one thinks and talks. The "thinking" of domain-3 is small-scale daily business thought, which consists of the processing of largely repetitive, scripted, call-and-response communications throughout the busy active day. 

Distinguish from the "thinking" of domain-9 which is grand-scale philosophy & innovative, contemplative, reflective thought. 

Natives with strength in Parakarama Sthana  may describe themselves as innovative or artistic, but domain-3 is not an essentially "creative" environment. Rather the mental processes of domain-3 are "elaborative" of the basic human behaviors of organizing goods & information, and developing "group mind" with shared goals & plans for action. 

One step past dhana bhava that rules the core blood family, sahaja bhava includes siblings, step-and-half-siblings, cousins, & playmates. In adulthood, domain-3 signifies the collaborative peerage of co-workers, team-mates, neighbors, and other adult equals who share one's basic mental framework and with whom one can co-operate successfully toward realization of shared goals.

Domain-3 is practical, pragmatic, repetitive, small-group oriented, task-driven, highly responsive to the immediate environment, and circumscribed by the closed circuit of tribal interactions. 

In contrast to the slow & pondering nature of philosophical thought in domain-9, communications of domain-3 are fast-paced because their content is defined by the tribal culture, and it is known in advance.

Sahaja bhava is the natural house of business administration & household management. It rules most commercial & administrative processes such as inventory management, time management, and every possible communicative instrument such as facsimile, letters of credit, bank accounting, sales behaviors, advertising and public relations campaigns, etc. ad inf. 

The native blessed with a powerful bhatru bhava is able to form strong team relationships by quickly locating the shared mental images and talking incessantly about the process while doing it.  

This native is able to repeat the sibling bonding process and expand it to build business teams with very high levels of social agreement. 

This native is the jewel of their neighborhood, business department, and family reunion.

Strength in domain-3 indicates positive communications ability. In a rashi of Budha, multi-lingual and multi-cultural communications knowledge.

"One should be careful in speech, restrained in one's thoughts and do no wrong with one's body. 

Once these three parts of action are cleared, then one will gain the path of the sages."

~~ Dhammapada Atthakatha, Bk. 20 (6)

"We cannot be present and run our story-line at the same time. "

~~ Pema Chodron

Mental health

On the negative side, domain-3 is the first place to look for the "mental health" issues so common in modern society. 

Depressive thinking, marked by negative expectations & unresponsive daily interactions with the family & work-mates, is often signified by Shani in domain-3 or a harsh Shani aspect upon Budha. 

Frenetic, non-stop talking (Budha dysfunction); anxious over-communication (Budha-Moon); or dominating communicative behaviors (influence of Kuja) will all be noticed in domain-3.

90% of human daily communication is completely scripted. Repetitive, scripted communicative interactions within the group are consoling, bonding, confirming, unifying, and validating. 

The conversations in one's own head are just as repetitive and just as determinative of mental health or illness as are the external, verbal or gestural communications. Internal "loops" of repeating conversations are either validating or excluding, optimistic or pessimistic, happy or sad. 

These internal and external conversation-dances which are performed millions of times in the lifetime are the primary determinants of mental health and daily happiness. 

Look to domain-3 for communicative skill in "thinking and talking", for business acuity and for basic mental health.

Hands and Hand-Skills

All major acts of the hands are encompassed within Bhratru Sthana.  Gesticulating, the physical movement of writing, sculpting, painting, shaping, weaving, etc.  Thus Sahaja bhava includes literary correspondence, and as fortunate lawful result of negotiation 9th-from-7th, the signing of agreements.  

The creative inspiration and authorship belongs to putra bhava.  Successful authors must have strong third AND fifth houses, as well a fortune through dharma bhava (from lagna or from Chandra) because dharma bhava rules book publishing.

See: Graha in Domain-3 for hand-craft effects of graha in sahaja bhava

Communications media

The natural civilization extension of our physical hearing, gesticulating, and writing is the entire sophisticated field of cultural communications.  In modern parlance, sahaja bhava profiles our relationship to "media".

A strong and well-populated sahaja bhava shows skill and ability in sales, marketing, advertising, planning,  public relations, getting along with customers, giving and following instructions, entertaining, short-term commitments, business travel, and all the day-to-day idea juggling that modern business thinkers undertake.

As opposed to short journeys of a few hours or days as found in sahaja bhava, dharma bhava profiles long travels lasting many months.  Similarly, as opposed to practical short-term corporate or vocational training as found in sahaja bhava, dharma bhava indicates long-term philosophical education, lifetime intellectual development, and substantial mastery of the studied subject.

Meetings, teamwork, messaging, mental tasking, telecommunications/telephone, television and other image-media, graphical user interfaces, and all the highly complex communications technology of modern business are encompassed in Bhratru Bhava - "the naturally connected". 

"If Sahaja's lord is in Sahaja Bhava, the native will be endowed with happiness through co-born and will have wealth and sons, be cheerful, and extremely happy."

 ~~ BPHS, Ch. 24, shloka 27

Siblings

A positive 3rd-house would show healthy competition with siblings/cousins/neighbor-kids.  

Childhood interactions with all their rough-and-tumble boundary testing and ego-proving, build communication skills, courage in one's competitive abilities, and confidence to take risks later in life.

The first and most prominent signification of Bhratru Bhava is the sibling-group interaction.  Sibling groups can include cousins, close neighbors, close classmates, other daily-repeat children.

Bhratru Bhava marks specifically the immediate younger sibling.  Immediate older sibling is seen in labha bhava (house-11) and the 11th lord.  To find the profile of a specific sibling, count odd houses in this way

• immediate younger sibling - house 3

• next younger - 3rd-from-3rd = house 5

• next younger = 3rd-from-3rd-from-3rd = house 7

• etc.

Immediate elder sibling = house 11

• next older - 11th-from-11th = house 9

• next older = 11th-from-11th-from-11th = house 7

• etc.

Yes, if you are in the middle of a big sibling group, there will be powerful resemblances between the oldest and the youngest extremes.

Careers in managing animosity, debt, & disease

Careers in conflict-management such as social services, bank loans, medical/dental, criminal law etc. usually involve remarkable amounts of administrative paperwork and constant group meetings.

These careers involve working primarily with people from one's own cultural value set (2nd-from-2nd). Coworkers will agree on values for basic human dignity & human rights; basic values for money & financial management; basic definitions of disease/health; and basic historic cultural definitions of what is a crime and how to manage/contain criminality. 

Without strong fundamental agreements on cultural values, the extensive group conversations indicated by domain-3 are not possible. Domain-3 signifies administration, paperwork, business meetings, &record-keeping, along with continuous articulation of policy & planning efforts. 

Domain-3 is a local not a global domain. It is not concerned with philosophy or large-scale scholarly inquiry. Domain-3 operates within a pre-established set of cultural values. Natives with strength in domain-3 are charged to perpetuate the values of their people through administrative small-group process.

Natives who find their professional career in conflict-management specialties (banking, law enforcement, criminal advocacy, social services, public medicine, etc) should have an empowered & beneficial graha such as lagnesha, L-3, L-10, or another auspicious combination in Sahaja bhava.

Birth order

Third house being weak or strong, with a weak, strong, supportive, or oppressive lord, determines the positive or negative role of siblings (and close neighbors, close coworkers, possibly close sibling-like friends) in the person's life.

Birth order is a known factor in shaping human self-concept.  Psychologically, Bhratru bhava tells us how much the native's birth order position within his sibling group determines her/his life experience.  

For some people, birth order is the determining feature of their personality.  For others, birth order (and other details of sibling relationship) exert only a mild positive or negative pull.

• Eldest children by and large follow the psychological patterns of their parents, tending to choose similar occupations as the same-gender parent, also repeating the same struggles and carrying the same expectations of life.  

• Middle children typically work extra hard for recognition, and are often convinced very early in their lives that unless they do something quite extraordinary they will not be worthy of the attention they crave.  Middle children therefore are notably ambitious and frequently have deep performance anxiety to match.  

• Youngest children typically relax and receive.  They have high permission levels and don't work too hard - yet they are often just as successful as their other siblings.  The trick with them is their willingness to receive.  They fundamentally expect to be loved and taken care of - so, as a rule, they are!  Only children are typically a mix of oldest-youngest behavior.  Importantly, all three birth positions can be very successful.  Only the style of their approach, fervor, and expectations will vary according to birth order.

Here is a case of extreme "middle-child" syndrome.  

Exalted lagnesha Kuja in bhratru bhava, parivartan with his lord Shani, & receiving the aspect of uchcha L-2 (wealth) Guru.

This native is materially wealthy through his own efforts -  due to his determined & competitive nature, the Calvinist moral values instilled by his birth family, and robustly good health. 

He has a tremendous capacity for attending meetings, engaging in short-term business travel, writing reports, participating in small-group & team efforts, and communicating in the language of "corporate patois" of repetitive slogans &  organizational lingo.

Birth order position will be important in his development because bhratru bhava and other significations for brothers (such as 3rd-from-Chandra) are powerful.  The list of positive sibling significations includes (but is not limited to):

• Budha, lord of 3rd-from Chandra, shares Mangala's house yuti L-9 Chandra

• Radix L-3 Shani is also a rising yogakaraka in navamsha. 

• However navamsha Kuja is a miserable planet for Kanya lagna in D-9; signifying longer term degradation of physical vitality because Mars is radix lagnesha.

• Also Chandra is handicapped in Ari Bhava, making mother-trouble

Clearly, this man with Vrischika rising and lagnesha uchcha Kuja in bhratru bhava receiving drishti of uccha Guru & parivartamsha with L-3 Shani will be profoundly influenced by his siblings, particularly the immediate younger sibling.  

Profile of Influential Younger Sibling

Kuja is a highly masculine planet.  The immediate younger sibling has abundance of high-function sports & competition energy.  Uccha Kuja also makes a great corporate businessperson.  

Often bhratru- karaka Mars occupying His own house gives karako bhavo nashto, which can actually destroy the contents of the house. However Kuja has so many favorable indications is the exalted lagnesha, it is quite the opposite - siblings are extremely influential.  

Karako bhavo nashto in general applies only to planets in their own houses.  Thus the destructive powers of Kuja/3 would be most noticeable in Mesha or Vrischika rashis.

Because of Kuja's strength & centrality in the radix - lord of Chandra & lagna, in drishti angles to his own lord Shani & Chandra's tenant uccha Guru - this native's sibling position -- whether eldest, or middle, or youngest -- will encourage his competitive instincts and powerfully shape his destiny.  

The native with uccha Kuja as lagnesha occupying bhratru bhava is therefore exceptionally motivated to fulfill the conditions of his birth order.  Here is a middle child who works extremely hard to distinguish himself.  Uccha Kuja is of course the karaka for stunning success in competitions of all kinds - but particularly, because Kuja is exalted (oddly) in Saturn's sign, uccha Kuja gives remarkable achievements in commercial business.  

So, we can surmise that this fellow is a very, very hard worker.  He craves success.  He exhibits tremendous courage, bravery, a heroic stamina, and both tactical & strategic intelligence.  These are all qualities of bhratru bhava - competitive skills honed within the internal competition of the sibling group.

To verify that his true, internal psychic viewpoint or "dharma" is seeing himself as a, exceptionally skillful & diligent worker (emphasis on the diligent due to Shani lord of Kuja) let us examine the lagnesha via navamsha-lord method.

Kuja occupies a navamsha of Shani, so indeed Shani in radix dominates the native's self-concept regarding his position in the world.  He sees himself (dharma = viewpoint, perspective) predominantly as a worker on the material plane, handling confidential matters (Scorpio) with aggressive skill (uccha Kuja).  The parivartan between lagnesha & his "dharmic" lord Shani is highly auspicious for the specific portfolio of Shani. This native will be highly successful on the material plane.

Cannot stop mentalizing

This native has one older male sibling & one younger male sibling - another indication of the extremely high level of male energy in uccha Kuja occupying bhratru bhava.  The siblings are also top achievers in their professional fields, reflecting the tight interaction between uccha Kuja & Shani in the native's radix.  

This chart came to the Jyotishi's attention because the client was suffering unhappiness in the period of retirement from professional life.  Despite being a multi-millionaire, enjoying the pleasures of family & travel, & most of the forms of happiness that money can buy, this native was restless & increasingly critical of his home surroundings (nativity = Krittika Chandra).

Jyotisha suggests that the extraordinary strength of this Bhratru Bhava's middle-child programming gives a psychological motivation. The native must continue to compete with his (internalized) siblings. He continues to compete for his dear mother's attention (Kuja controls Moon).  "I have to be better" says his inner child .  "In fact, to be assured of mom's permanent loving attention, I simply have to be the Best."  

He is programmed to pursue the Best (uccha Kuja mutual drishti to uccha Guru).  This native cannot expect conventional "retirement" in the sense of "disengagement from daily business" to be a pleasurable experience.  He must continue to work in active competitive business communications, or else vigorous competitive sport where he can achieve prestigious titles& financial rewards.  Otherwise he will be unable to find productive outlet for the amazing uccha Kuja, and he will be unhappy. 

Acquaintances and dignity of servants

The full circle of those "naturally together" includes a wide variety of people with whom we form temporary sibling-type relationships.  These friends & acquaintances were no doubt our siblings in other lives.  In the current life, we find an easy, comfortable understanding with them.

As 6th-from-10th, where the 10th shows public status or "lordship", Sahaja bhava profiles the dignity of our relationship to service workers.  These servants may be public servants in a civic setting; servants of the house such as babysitters & repair workers; or direct reports in a corporate office. All of them are performing tasks which we assign to them.Of course, in cultures where class hierarchies are still very rigid, house-3 represents the dignity of one's housing staff (butlers, housemaids, cooks etc.) and the prestige they gain from serving your establishment.  

The native with uccha Guru in the third house, for example, is likely to acquire many pleasant servants who remain loyal to him/her for a lifetime.

He with a generous & friendly sahaja bhava is the dignified and respectful boss that people like to work under. He supervises & communicates well with office help & home-repair contractors. Natives with malefic influences on the third house must pay extremely close attention to the affect which negative communications style is having on their underlings!  Remember sahaja is 12th-from-4th showing loss & dissolution of the home.  A poor quality sahaja shows shoddy home repairs, disenchanted support staff, and thieving servants.

Mental Attitude/State of Mind

"The third house signifies brothers, courage, bravery, fear, voice, ear, fruits, father's death, strength, dress and mental stability and firmness."

-- Satyajatakam, Ch. 1, Shloka 16

Although putra bhava is the seat of intelligence and a stronger indication of genius, sahaja bhava represents the basic mental balance and practical mental skills required for daily task management.  

Along with general mental capacity, mental strength & vitality, sahaja bhava also indicates courage, stamina, and force of will. The sum total of effects on Bhratru sthana reveal one's overall State of Mind.

A supremely powerful third bhava may show heroism, if Mars or Sun is lord.  Conversely, ideologues and dogmatic thinkers are also found here when fearful aspects from Saturn or an agitated Mars or Rahu are present.

Higher Education

Sahaja bhava as 2nd-from-2nd is one of the houses of higher education.  It is quintessentially the house of the student.  Saturn in a good angle from Bhratru bhava may show the perpetual student whose perfectionism (a Saturnian trait!) makes them return to basic studies many times in the course of a lifetime.  Mercury's effect on Bhratru makes the conversation witty; native is a successful if not profound student; interests will lie in commerce and communication arts rather than religion or humanities.  

An academic career entails good effects on both sahaja and dharma bhava.  Third house is for day-to-day mental tasking for running a classroom, attending the endless meetings, and accurately recording one's research.  Ninth house is for the authentic philosophical studies, and the dharmic strength to pursue them in spite of the onslaught of the "business" side of teaching!

"From the third house should be considered the brothers, valor, medicine, friends, throat, chest, education, right ear, eatables, and planets." 

 -- Sarvartha Chintamani, Ch. 4, Shloka 1

Self-Made Wealth

As 2nd-from-2nd bhratru bhava brings wealth-of-wealth, or "self-made wealth".  

Building on the family resources from Dhana Bhava, the native with positive attributes in sahaja bhava will have strong moral values, good time management, and a favorable education in practical subjects, and often some seed money (often in the form of parent's investment in his education) . 

Change of residence

As 12th-from-4th, Sahaja Bhava shows the dissolution of the home.  Bhukti periods of the third lord often involve a home shift.  Venus in Sahaja with other wealth planets may show a person who often upgrades their home, moving into more and more luxurious properties, especially during Shukra's periods.  Shani in the third house can signify involuntary moves caused by poverty or ill-health.

Emigration

As 12th-from-4th, Sahaja Bhava also shows the dissolution (12th) of the home-country (4th), of patriotism, and connection to ancestral lands.  Thus it represents emigration, the exiting from one's birth country and relocation in another country.  For predicting emigration the third house and Rahu should both be strong.  Rahu represents foreigners. (If you emigrate, you will be awash in foreigners for sure!)

Circumstances of Physical Death

There are three primary indicators for conditions or circumstances (not timing, just environment) of death.  Those are: 

• Domain-8/L-8

• 8th-from-8th: Domain-3/L-3

• karaka for inevitable material reality = Shani.

As 8th-from-8th, Sahaja bhava gives particular details about environment & consciousness at time of spirit's departure from the physical shell (death). 

Situation at Death, measured from Sahaja Bhava

"Chandra in Sahaja Bhava will cause death due to tuberculosis ... 

Guru in Sahaja Bhava or giving a drishti to Sahaja Bhava will cause death by swelling or tumors" ... 

If Sahaja Bhava is occupied by a benefic, death will be in an auspicious place (like a shrine); 

However the sense of the Mother's father's mother [maternal great grandmother] as a subtle but important influence on your childhood home - the values and attributes of the home which shaped your earliest and most core sense of Self - can be derived from Vikrama bhava.

 =   4th-from-9th-from-4th

=    your sahaja bhava, domain-3

Your thought patterns and daily communication activities contain a strong psychic influence from the mother's father's mother.  

Modern society's long life spans make it a rare event to meet this relative of yours in person.  

But you will know them in meditation.  Ask for guidance from them on matters of mental health, writing, hands-on-healing, neighborhood and sibling relationships.  

Even without asking them for help, you may find that your communication and problem-solving style is quite similar to your mother's father's mother - if for example you discover their journal or letters.  

People may comment not so much on a physical resemblance but on a psycho-mental similarity.  

The physical resemblance would be the strongest between your maternal great grandmother and your immediate younger sibling, since both these relatives are encompassed in your third house.

"Cowardice, as distinguished from panic, is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination."

~~ Ernest Hemingway (1943). Men at War

updated: 11 March 2010  

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