Bhaava – The manisfestation facet of jyotiSa

Feeling. Emotion. Sentiment. Spirit. All of these fall under the all encompassing umbrella that the seers called bhaava.

Each of the 12 bhaavas of the chart represent a multitude of these sentiments. As is the infinite spectrum of human emotions, so is the infinite range of feelings that each bhaava represents. The silver lining is that each the bhaavas for the most part are mutually exclusive in terms of their dominion within the specturm.

Bhaava names

Although the bhaavas have multiple significations, the below bhaava names above represent of the primary indications

1st/Lagna – Tanu and Sakti

2nd – Artha and Dhana

3rd – Sahaja and Parakrama

4th – Bandhava and Griha

5th – Putra and Pratibha

6th – Ari and Vrana

7th – Stri and Kama

8th – Vinasa and Dehavivara

9th – Punya and Guru

10th – Karma and Mana

11th – Aya and Bhava

12th – Vyaya

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Bhaava categories

There are multiple categorizations of bhaavas in JyotiSa.

Category 1 – Upachaya and Apachaya

Houses 3, 6, 10 and 11 are Upachaya houses. These houses get better with time. Malefics do well in these houses since they give the power to overcome the difficulties that these houses represent.

Houses 1, 2, 4, 7 and 8 are Apachaya houses. These house deteriorate over time. Malefics do not do well in these houses.

Category 2 – Kendra, Panaphara, Apoklima

The adjoining houses with reference to the angles (Kendras) are Panaphara. The houses next to Panapharas are Apoklima houses. The planets in angles give effects in one’s boyhood. The effects of of planets in Panapharas are felt in the middle age while the planets in Apoklima give results at the conclusion of the native’s lives.

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Houses 1, 4, 7 and 10 are known as Kendra (Angular) houses, houses 2, 5, 8 and 11 are Panaphara (Succedent) houses and houses 3, 6, 9 and 12 are Apoklima (Cadent) houses.

The Panaphara houses pertain to some source of income and the Apoklima houses are generally considered good for spiritual development.

Below is a very interesting observation about the 10th house which is regarded as the most powerful and significant of the kendra houses.

One of the Jyotish axioms states that a person will empty Kendras won’t be able to achieve much in life since Kendra are the houses of “action” and there isn’t a planet taking responsibility for “action” in the chart. As with everything in Jyotish, there are always exceptions to the axiom but nonetheless an interpretation technique worth keeping in the back pocket.

First Bhava

1. Body and Appearance – Confidence
2. Constitution – Health, longevity (along with 8th house and 8th house lord)
3. Personality and Character – Ego, self-respect, willpower
4. Honor, Fame, Respect
5. Place of birth
6. Head

Second Bhava

1. Wealth / Income
2. Food – Addiction
3. Clothes and jewelry – Easily movable assets
4. Power of speech – orators, poets, tendency to lie, speech defects, truthfulness
5. Family of origin / Family wealth / Family values
6. Face, eyesight, mouth, teeth, neck/throat, right eye

Third Bhava

1. Younger siblings
2. Desires and efforts – energy, excitement, enthusiasm, willpower
3. Athletic and Artistic talents – singing, dance, drama, music, fine arts
4. Courage and Valor
5. Short writings and quick journeys
6. Shoulders and Arms

We can think of the 3rd as the house of adolescent teenage boys (Mars being karaka). It represents all of our desires and urges (adventure sports, fast cars, bars, casinos, boudoirs et. al.) that get us into trouble and yet in a way lie at the core of why we are here i.e. to experience everything first hand and then decide who we are or are not. Albeit, It is best experienced under controlled adult supervision of a friend or well-wisher that can keep us from straying too far beyond the point of recovery.

Fourth Bhava

1. Mother
2. Home and property – lands, buildings
3. Vehicles
4. Happiness and contentment – comforts, luxuries
5. Emotional constitution
6. Chest, Lungs, Heart

Fifth Bhava

1. Education
2. Children
3. Romance
4. Intellectual discrimination and authorship – the mind
5. Spiritual practices
6. Upper abdomen
7. Speculative investments – stock, gambling
8. Ministers, politicians, advisors, counsellors

Sixth Bhava

1. Illness, diseases, injuries and wounds – healing, medical profession
2. Competition, conflict, enemies and litigation – setting boundaries
3. Debts and thieves
4. Service, servants, servitude, hard work – Jobs, employees, subordinates, tenants
5. Maternal uncles/aunts
6. Middle abdomen
7. Discipline, daily routine
8. Pets, pet lovers

The six house is the main Bhava indicative of ill-health. It is also the house of stomach / digestion. Our food intake is thefore directly linked to our illnesses. Therefore, we can conclude that the nature of our food intake is the primary determinant of our well-being or illness. Fasting (12th house) is the 7th (maraka house) of the 6th house (illness) and is therefore recommended for a healthy and disease free body.

Seventh Bhava

1. Spouse/Partner
2. Marriage
3. Sexual outlook
4. Trade
5. Travel of foreign residence for trade
6. Lower back and kidneys

None of the planets are particularly good for relationships when placed in the 7th house.

The Sun in the 7th tends to make the person dominating and overbearing in relationships thereby leading to the partner feeling suffocated and eventually wanting to break free.

Mercury in the 7th can make the person very superfluous about relationships. The person could easily get bored of the relationship they are in and start looking out for the next best thing in sort of an infinite loop.

Venus causes excessive desire which in turn could lead to dissastisfaction and infidelity. It also triggers the “karako bhavo nashe” principle and therefore not helpful at all.

Mars in the 7th being the warrior that he is, causes conflicts and subsequent emotional bruises.

Saturn results in separation and detachment that might also be perceived by the other person as selfishness.

Lastly, even Jupiter causes problems because the person tends to go overboard with relationships with regards to giving too much and in turn expecting too much which could make the partner feels overwhelmed and suffocated at the same time.

Eigth Bhava

1. Occult and mysticism knowledge and experiences
2. Secrets, mysteries, research, investigation
3. Other people’s money / Inheritance / Corporations / Insurance / Banking
4. Longevity – means / experience of death
5. Chronic diseases
6. Sexual appeal and Sexual organs
7. Sudden Events / Accidents / Windfall gains
8. Scandals / Conspiracies / Vices

Ninth Bhava

1. Luck and fortune
2. Father
3. Wisdom – Ethics and ethical behavior, Higher knowledge, Good deeds
4. Religious inclination – faith in God and Guru
5. Long distance travel and foreigners
6. Thighs

Tenth Bhava

1. Career
2. Bosses – Authority figures, eminent persons, government officials
3. Good and bad deeds in the world
4. Honor, fame, respect due to one’s deeds/actions
5. Status
6. Knees

Eleventh Bhava

1. Wealth and gains
2. Fulfilment of desires
3. Social life and friends
4. Elder siblings
5. Honors and titles
6. Calves, sheen and ankles

Twelfth Bhava

1. Isolation, imprisonment, confinement – hospitals, prisons, escapism, addiction
2. Expenses, losses
3. Immigration and travel to foreign lands
4. Spirituality – Enlightenment, salvation, spiritual dissolution
5. Bedroom pleasures – sleep, sex
6. Feet, Left eye

The “end-of-self” bhava

The 12th house can also indicate self-destructive/suicidal tendencies that could arise from depression (due to loneliness) leading to an urge for escapism via some sort of physchadelic or behavioral addiction.

The 12th house being the 9th house (father) or our mind (4th) indicates our Purvajas or forefathers a.k.a. Manasputras. It therefore plays an important role in determining the “quality” of our mind. In turn a “good quality” mind provides protection from the trapping of the other dusthanas namely enemies, thieves and mistakes (6th) and vices (8th house).