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Bhratru Bhava
Sahaja - Vikrama - Parākrama - Duschikya
DOMAIN 3
Brethren, Business, meetings, media, messaging, Team, commerce, communication, Cohort
"the company one keeps"
3rd-from-any-house - 3rd-from-Chandra
Bhratru (bhrAtR) =
a brother (often used to designate a near relative or an intimate friend , esp. as a term of friendly address)
(dual case) brother and sister
[Cf. Zd. {bratar}; Gk./ Lat. {frater}; Lith. {broter-elis}; Slavonic {bratru}; Gothic{brothar} ; German{bruoder, Bruder}; English {brother}.
Sahaja =
born or produced together or at the same time as (gen.); congenital, innate, hereditary, original , natural
birthplace, home
always the same as from the beginning; natural state or disposition
name of the third astrol. mansion
emancipation during life
innately honest
naturally dirty , spotty by nature
a natural friend (as a sister's son , cousin etc.)
fond or tender by nature
a natural enemy, one hostile by birth (as the son of the same father by another mother , the son of a paternal uncle etc.)
one who is born neutral or who is naturally neither an enemy nor a friend , a common acquaintance , friend , unconnected by birth
Krama =
a step; the way
going , proceeding , course; in regular course , gradually , by degrees
a position taken (by an animal.) before making a spring or attacking
uninterrupted or regular progress , order , series , regular arrangement , succession
"in the order of the castes"; hereditary descent; according to order or rank or series; method , manner; custom , rule sanctioned by tradition
(in drama) attainment of the object desired
Para-krama =
doubling the other (i.e. second) letter of a conjunction of consonants
bold advance, attack , heroism , courage , power , strength , energy , exertion, enterprise
going out or away
knowing the strength (of an enemy)
showing courage or strength , exerting power
Vi-krama =
the absence of the Krama,
a step , stride , pace; a foot
going , proceeding , walking , motion , gait; course , way , manner; in regular order
valour , courage , heroism , power , strength
to display prowess , use one's strength) ; force , forcible means; an act of prowess , feat of valour
the 14th year in the 60 years cycle of Jupiter
the 3rd astrological house
~~ Cologne Sanskrit Dictionary
Sahaja =
Brother of whole blood
born together
a natural friend
the natural state
"saha" means "together"
--V.S. Apte, Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, p. 1551
Bhratru =
Brother
intimate friend or relation
a near relative in general
a term of friendly address (my brother)
-- V.S. Apte, Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, p. 1216
Domain-3: Yogas to Other Houses
1st-from-3rd
(body parts, physical level)
gestures, body language, Thinking and Talking
Acquaintances, Neighbors
Colleagues who are not Equal Advisers
Small Groups, Teams
2nd-from-2nd
"information about values & knowledge"
Short-term Travels, regional travel, business travel - remaining mentally within the range of one's own people
Communications Media, conversation, using language
historic traditions of the family: values, stories, mentality
Record-Keeping
3rd-from-1st
manual work, any craft done with the Hands
Writing, skills training
planning, group meetings, agendas
Routines, programming, schedules
short-term travel, business travel
organizing information
Competition, Manipulation
Sales, Marketing, Advertising, Public Relations
4th-from-12th
property in foreign lands
Higher Education, formal training regarding unfamiliar cultures, mentalities, & languages
5th-from-11th
goal-reaching intelligence, strategic decision-making
children of one's friends, children of the village or community
people with whom one has a natural sibling-like affinity (or natural competition for attention)
6th-from-10th
office staff, "servants in career", co-workers
conflicts, aggression, disregard for agreements that affect one's leadership position
enemies of one's career advance
debt incurred while striving for public recognition or approval
the natural controversies and arguments which attend executive decision roles, and the tiring business of defending one's decisions in meetings & conversations
illness & internal conflict (primarily mental imbalance) produced by heavy public responsibility
7th-from-9th
Father's advisors; Guru and advisor to the guru
relationships between belief systems
ideologies & the ideological component of religions
partnerships based on shared beliefs
partnered conversations, agreements and teamwork by people who share a religion or belief system
8th-from-8th
Healing after surgery.
changed mental process resulting from intensive tantrik practice
administrative process of distributing results of insurance settlements, lottery winnings, and other sudden windfalls
9th-from-7th
father of the first spouse (father-in-law)
religion / guru /belief system of the first spouse
benefits resulting from contracts & agreements, from finding balanced exchange in human relationships
gains of goodwill & wisdom from orderly legal process, benefits from legal decisions
10th-from-6th
prestige of your enemies
career of your enemies
leadership resulting from conflict management
11th-from-5th
your children's gains & goals
12th-from-4th
unmet emotional needs / dissolution of emotional security
Maternal great grandmother (Mother's father's mother)
Younger brother or sister, valor or courage, throat, appetite, ornaments, talent [or otherwise] should be understood from the third house.
-- Madhya Parashari, Ch. 9 , Shloka 3
Duschikya (the third house): Uras (chest), the right ear, army, courage, valor, prowess, and brother are denoted by the third house.
-- Phaladeepika, Ch1, Shloka 11-12
From the third house should be examined all matters relating to courage, brothers, servants, journeys and father.
--Sankheta Nidhi, Ch. 7, Shloka 2
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.
-- BPHS Ch. 30, Shloka 31 "Indications of Upa Padaa"
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 Mangal.
-- BPHS Ch. 7, Shloka 39-43
The astrological picture of siblings, media communications, writing, or the thyroid gland, inter alia, is formed via:
3rd-from-3rd, or Putra bhava
3rd- from- Chandra
D-1 planets in Mithuna (Gemini)
D-1 L-3 within navamsha
3rd navamsha
D-1 L-3 within Drekkana (D-3, the 3rd harmonic varga)
3rd Drekkana
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"
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 :)
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.
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.
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.
Strong Surya in domain-3 = manu-facture of objects of philosophical reasoning through the craft of the hands
Strong Chandra in domain-3 = manu-facture of objects of parental nurturing through the craft of the hands
Strong Kuja in domain-3 = manu-facture of objects of vigorous competition through the craft of the hands
Strong Budha in domain-3 = manu-facture of objects of detailed communication through the craft of the hands
Strong Guru in domain-3 = manu-facture of objects of humanistic teaching through the craft of the hands
Strong Shukra in domain-3 = manu-facture of objects of charming beauty through the craft of the hands
Strong Shani in domain-3 = manu-facture of objects of strict discipline through the craft of the hands
Strong Rahu in domain-3 = manu-facture of objects of intense passion through the craft of the hands
Strong Guru in domain-3 = manu-facture of objects of other-worldliness through the craft of the hands
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.
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
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.
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 uccha 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 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 uccha Kuja in bhratru bhava receiving drishti of uccha Guru & parivartana 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 working
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 intelligence 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.
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
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) .
The positive-third-house native takes For total wealth picture, see Dhana bhava AND house-3.
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.
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).
Consciousness will prevail at the time of death if Guru or Shukra are placed in Sahaja Bhava.
~~ BPHS Ch. 33
Wounds, weapons, fire, and thirst will cause death through Mangala in Sahaja Bhava
~~ BPHS Ch 44, Shloka 25
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); [but] if Sahaja Bhava is occupied by a malefic death will be in sinful places" [whereas]
Mixed occupation of Sahaja Bhava will yield mixed results with regard to the place of death.
-- BPHS - Ch. 33
Courage, Vitality, willpower, Selfishness or Self-directedness
As 2nd-from-2nd, sahaja bhava represents the death of death. Therefore the third house gives courage, vitality, and willpower - especially the will to survive.
A strong 3rd house, such as lagna lord or an exalted graha in the third sthana, indicates a vital, courageous person who will make his or her mark on the world. The third house shows intensity of connection with the world through one's physical body. A weak third house without compensation elsewhere in the chart signifies a person who does not willingly interact much with the world, either psychically or physically. (Confirm also 3rd-from-Chandra and position of 3rd-lord.)
Third-house characteristics are famously helpful in business, since they connote "the drive to survive" and denote self-made wealth.
As 8th-from-8th, Sahaja bhava gives additional details about longevity, or length of life. Longevity is profiled primarily in randhra bhava, but 8th-from-Moon and 8th-from-8th should also be considered to get the full picture.
As 2nd-from-2nd, sahaja bhava shows death of parents. (Mother is house 4 and father is house 9, but the parents together are house 2.) Thus L3 by when strong by bhukti lordship with supporting transits, can signal parents' death.
...death of father and mother should be considered from the third house.
If ninth house be for father, seventh from ninth i.e., third, would be the maraka or death-inflicting house for father.
Fourth house is for mother. Twelfth from the fourth i.e., the third, is the house of expenditure and losses to the mother.
-- Sankheta Nidhi, Ch. 7, Shloka 2
Maternal Great Grandmother (mother's-father's-mother )
and her effect on your personality
The most accurate emotional view of the mother's-father's-mother is seen in 12th-from-Moon.
= 4th-from-9th-from-Moon
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
When we speak of mental awareness, it does not always refer only to the subtle awareness.
From the time of conception to the time of death, the body is obviously functioning in some way, but when the body ceases to function as a body, there is still a very subtle form of consciousness and that is independent of the body.
The fact that the body is able to act as a basis for mental events is dependent on the pre-existence of a subtle form of consciousness.
~~ H.H. Dalai Lama.(1999). Consciousness at the Crossroads: Conversations with the Dalai Lama on Brain Science and Buddhism. Zara Houshmand, R.B. Livingston, & B. A. Wallace (Eds.). www.snowlionpub.com
"Despite being a monk and a supposed practitioner of the Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life, I myself still occasionally become irritated and angry and, as a result, use harsh words toward others.
Then, a few moments later when the anger has subsided, I feel embarrassed; the negative words are already spoken, and there is truly no way to take them back.
Although the worlds themselves are uttered and the sound of the voice has ceased to exist, their impact lives on.
Hence, the only thing I can do is to go to the person and apologize. But in the meantime, I may feel quite shy and embarrassed.
This shows that even a short instance of anger and irritation creates a great amount of discomfort and disturbance to the one who gets angry, not to mention the harm caused to the person who is the target of that anger.
So in reality, these negative states of mind obscure our intelligence and good judgment and thereby case great damage."
~~ H.H. Dalai Lama. (2003). The Compassionate Life. Wisdom Pub.
"Within the body there are billions of different particles. Similarly, there are many different thoughts and a variety of states of mind.
It is wise to take a close look into the world of your mind and to make the distinction between beneficial and harmful states of mind.
Once you can recognize the value of good states of mind, you can increase or foster them."
~~ H.H. Dalai Lama. (2000). The Dalai Lama's Book of Wisdom . www.snowlionpub.com
"The way of beneficially transforming the mind is as follows.
First we must think about the disadvantages of bad states of consciousness, identifying them from our own personal experience.
Then we must recognize the good states of consciousness. If familiarity with them is developed through thinking again and again about their advantages and about their supporting validators, then the various types of good states of consciousness will become stronger.
This occurs through the force of familiarity and through these good states of consciousness having valid foundations and beings qualities dependent on the mind [and thus capable of limitless development].
Then, it is natural that the defective states of consciousness will decrease in strength.
Thereby, in time, sure signs of goodness will appear in the mind."
~~ H.H. Dalai Lama. (2002). The Buddhism of Tibet. Jeffrey Hopkins (Trans.& Ed.). www.snowlionpub.com
The Twelve Solar Domains (Bhava, Sthana, Kshetra)
updated: 24 August 2008
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