Shape: The North Indian birth chart is a rectangle with a diamond in the center of it. A big X cuts across the middles of the triangle creating mini diamonds and triangles. These geometric shapes make up the entire north Indian birth chart.
Counterclockwise: A birth chart consists of 12 houses. All aspects of your life fall in one of these 12 houses. A north Indian birth chart Is read counterclockwise. It does not matter which of the 12 houses you start reading from, you must always read the chart counterclockwise. houses.
The Houses – North Indian Birth Chart
1st House: The 1st house Is shaped like a diamond and is located at the top of the birth chart. The 1st house is your Ascendant. The Ascendant is also called the Lagna or Rising Sign (it is the zodiac sign that was rising in the east at the time of your birth). The 1st house represents ‘You, it is your physical body and entrance in this world. Your health can be seen by studying this house and where the ruler of this house is positioned. The 1st house is the most important house because it is your Dharma (the path of your soul) and it basis of your karmic blueprint. Your karmic blueprint illustrates the types of experiences you will have in this life.
2nd House: The 2nd house is shaped like a upside down triangle. This house is read next since it is counterclockwise to the 1st house. The 2nd house represents Money (your ability to make and save money), Family (the family to grew up with), Early Childhood, and Values.
3rd House: The 3rd House is shaped like a sideways triangle. This house is read next since it is counterclockwise to the 2nd house. The 3rd house represents Communication (speech, writing, connecting with people through social media). The 3rd house is Traveling (short distant), Sibling (younger brothers and sisters), and Your Efforts (The energy your exert to make things happen).
4th House: The 4th house is diamond shaped. This house is read next since it is counterclockwise to the 3rd house. It represents your Mother, Home, Emotional and Mental Disposition ( if one has emotional and mental peace or disturbance). The 4th house relates to the purchase of homes and vehicles.
5th House: The 5th house is another sideways triangle. This house is read next since it is counterclockwise to the 4th house. The 5th house represents your Children, Creativity, Education (advanced degrees), Intelligence, Speculation (stocks, gambling, lottery, investments) Fun and Romantic pursuits.
6th House: The 6th house is a triangle shaped. This house is read next since it is counterclockwise to the 5th house. The 6th house represents Work, Service, Enemies, Obstacles, Debts, Illness (short term).
7th House: The 7th house is diamond shaped. This house is read next since it is counterclockwise to the 6th house. This house represents your Spouse (Marriage Partner), Long term Relationships, Business Partnership, and Foreign Travels.
8th House: The 8th house is a traditional triangle shape. This house is read next since it is counterclockwise to the 7th house. This house represents Secrets, Illnesses (long term), In-laws (spouse family), Other People’s Money (spouse income, wills, inheritances, unearned wealth), Death and Misfortunes are seen from this house. This 3rd house is the house of Esoteric interest (metaphysics, new age, occult, mysticism, sorcery, magic, astrology, numerology.
9th House: The 9th house is shaped like a sideways triangle. This house is read next since it is counterclockwise to the 8th house. The 9th house represents your Father Higher Education (Master’s Degree, PHD), Religion (your faith), Spiritual Practices (prayers, chants, mantras, worship), Beliefs (your belief system), Luck and Fortune.
10th House: The 10th house is diamond shaped. This house is read next since it is counterclockwise to the 9th house. The 10th house is your Career, Dharam (performance of actions), Authority Figures, Government, Reputation.
11th House: The 11th house is another sideways triangle. This house is read next since it is counterclockwise to the 10th house. The 11th house represents your Dreams (hopes and wishes), Extra Income, Gains, Friends, Eldest Sibling, and Large Organization.
12th House: The 12th house is sapped like a upside down triangle. This house is read next since it is counterclockwise to the 11th house. The 12th house represents Foreign Travels, Escapism, Expenses, Isolation (places of seclusion and confinement hospitals, prisons, asylums)
The Twelve Zodiac Signs
As discussed earlier the mini diamond and triangles in a North Indian birth chart are the houses. The number in each of houses represent the zodiac signs. Here is the birth chart is of a Scorpio Ascendant (As). The number 8 and the planet Mars are associated with the zodiac sign Scorpio. The 2nd house in a Scorpio Ascendant birth chart is Sagittarius associated with the number 9 and planet Jupiter). The 3rd house in a Scorpio Ascendant birth chart is Capricorn associated with the number 10 and planet Saturn) and so forth.
In each house are the planets. The birth chart shows where the planets were positioned in the sky on the day of birth. Each house is 30.00 degrees long, after 30 degree a planet moves to the next house and the counting starts over again from 0 to 30. In this birth chart, the planet Saturn is at 4:29 degrees and the planet Jupiter is a 11:49 degrees.
The planetary placement is your karmic blueprint (what you will experience in this life and when) wealth, marriage, birth of children career rise, success, purchase of home, can all be predicted by studying your birth chart.
| Sign | Planet | # |  |
| Aries | Mars | 1 | |
| Taurus | Venus | 2 | |
| Gemini | Mercury | 3 | |
| Cancer | Moon | 4 | |
| Leo | Sun | 5 | |
| Virgo | Mercury | 6 | |
| Libra | Venus | 7 | |
| Scorpio | Mars | 8 | |
| Sagittarius | Jupiter | 9 | |
| Capricorn | Saturn | 10 | |
| Aquarius | Saturn | 11 | |
| Pisces | Jupiter | 12 |
Hi!
I recently look at My Vedic Natal chart (North Indian) and I see My 5th, 7th, 8th, 11th and 12th that they are empty, what does this mean? Should I worry?