Fourth HouseRuling PlanetHome & Heart Nature

AriesMarsMars rules both the 4th and the 11th house, making it a malefic planet for Capricorn rising, this can bring difficulty from the mother. They will have strong desire nature and can acquire wealth and property, possibly from the mother.

TaurusVenusTheir home is very esthetically pleasing with an artistic flair. They are very artistic and love to travel, which is displayed in the home. Their parents are highly social and charming. They have a strong desire for knowledge and educational degrees with a love for beauty.

GeminiMercuryThey will favor a partner who is cultured and well educated. They come from a family educationally accomplished (esp. mother and maternal lineage).

CancerMoonSince the Moon owns Cancer and is the karaka for the 4th house, it becomes a double signification, bolstering the positive values of the 4th house. This person can be very nurturing and create a very comfortable, nurturing home and home life.

LeoSunEmotionally sensitive nature, as well as sensitive siblings (since the Moon owns the 3rd house of siblings). A strong-willed mother (Suns influence) and the potential for good success in real estate if the Sun is well placed.

VirgoMercuryThere is a love of family and a strong connection to the mother, since Mercury owns both the 1st and 4th house (self and mother), and home and material possessions is influenced by the mother. Money can come through mother as well.

LibraVenusVenus ruler ship brings love of luxury and beauty in the home. Gains, such as wealth and real estate, can come through the mother (since Venus also owns the 11th house of gains).

ScorpioMarsA strong pursuit of educational degrees (strong because Mars also rules the 9th house of higher learning). May become property owners.

SagittariusJupiterStrong interest/connection to the mothers lineage. Male native will pursue a partner who resembles his mother.

CapricornSaturnA strong sense of power and purpose, as Saturn also rules the 5th house (making for a Raja Yoga). Able to live simply. Maternal side can be Saturnine reserved, undemonstrative.

AquariusSaturnStrong emotional nature, desire for truth and higher knowledge (with Moon ruling 9th house of dharma).

PiscesJupiterStrong connection to the mother and a love for the home a homebody. A happy, optimistic heart. Gracious home space.

Planet in the 4th HouseGeneral EffectIf 4th House is afflicted

SunSuccess in foreign countries and after middle age, good reputation, sharp mindLack of home comforts, friends, land and home; heart ailments, quarrelsome.

MoonHappy, well-educated, sensuous, good relations with mother and friends.Unhappy home life, unhappy/unhappiness with mother.

MarsBrave, courageous heart, good technologies in the home.Quarrels in the home, coarse nature.

MercuryVery scholarly, wise, prosperous in physical comforts (vehicles and homes), good friends.Bookish, likes to play tricks.

JupiterWisdom, happy, good material comforts and wealth, good mother, charitable giver, great spiritual advancement.If your 4th House is Aries or Capricorn, Jupiter here could bring losses or debts as it is also Lord of your 12th House of Loss (Pisces or Sagittarius).

VenusAttractive, esthetically pleasing home, clothes and vehicles, good looking, affectionate, affectionate mother, musical, domestic happiness.Boastful, vain.

SaturnWise, wealthy, favorable for meditation and spiritual attainment, capability of austerity, success in foreign places.Sickly in early childhood, disconnection or breaks from mother, phlegm diseases

RahuProficient in foreign languages.Few friends, fraudulent, errant behavior.

KetuSudden reversals and changes in life circumstances Live far from birthplace, propensity for deep spiritual practices.Malicious speech, deprived of maternal happiness and properties.

Lord of 4th House is in yourHow your Heart & Home Karma are shaped

1st HouseWell-educated, happiness from mother, virtuous

2nd HouseOwns good property (could inherit through maternal grandfather), happiness through family, courageous

3rd HouseGenerous, talented, courageous, possible difficulty with step-family

4th HouseProsperous property owner, attachment to spouse, devoted nature, religious heart, happy, serious.

5th HouseEnjoys material comforts, mother comes from a good family, good vehicles, loves God, loved and respected by others.

6th HouseLoss of mother or maternal comforts (mother sickly), fulfillment through service to others.

7th HouseGood karma for land and houses, generally happy.

8th HouseInherited property, obstacles to happiness, loss of properties, low parental support, desire for transformation or underhandedness.

9th HouseVirtuous and well-loved, good home comforts, devoted heart, desire to do good deeds.

10th HouseExtroverted personality, happiness in/through career, possible career in real estate, enjoys may material comforts.

11th HouseGenerous, self-made, fortunate mother, good for success in buying and selling real estate.

12th HouseWithout own home, loss of mother, desire for enlightenment.