Medical Astrology

Significations of Houses (Bhavas) related to Medical Astrology:

First house: 
Head, body in general, hair, appearance, skin, sleep, longevity and old age

Second house: 
Face, eyes (right eye), teeth, tongue, mouth, nose, speech, nails

Third house: Ears (right ear), throat, shoulders, upper limbs, wind pipe, food pipe, collarbone, mental instability, and physical fitness

Fourth house: Chest, lungs, and blood vessels, brest

Fifth house: Heart, upper abdomen, stomach, liver, gall bladder, spleen, pancreas, mind, thinking and pregnancy.

Sixth house: Small intestines, appendix, kidney, wounds, general diseases, injury, mental agony, madness, T.B., tumors, small pox, peptic ulcers.

Seventh house: Large intestines, lower urinary track, urinary bladder, uterus, ovaries and testes, semen and sexual union

Eighth house: External generative parts, loss of limbs, chronic or incurable diseases, accidents,

Ninth house: Hips, thighs,

Tenth house: Knee joints, Kneecap,

Eleventh house: Legs, left ear and recovery from disease

Twelfth house: Feet, left eye, disturbed sleep, hospitalization, crippled limbs

Important aspects of Disease:

1. Diagnosis: With the help of a “Sound Astrologer” one can be able to point to a diseased organ or region, with the study of Adverse Planetary influences in the horoscope. It is possible only for an Astrologer to guide about future ailment, if any.

2. Timing: An Astrologer, on examination of horoscope should be able to indicate the time when a person is liable to face illness.

3. Out come of Disease: An Astrologer can indicate the severity and outcome of ill health, with a fair amount of accuracy. As such, Astrologer can give results on all the main factors of disease, it is hoped that medical astrology, would some day be of great help to medical profession.

Emotional Nature

In a chart 5^th house represents one’s emotional nature.

1.    If 5^th house is a Fiery sign, then the person may show a normally angry, aggressive or determined person.

2.    If 5^th house is an Earthy sign, then the person may show a Balanced, Logical and Stable person.

3.    If 5^th house is an Airy sign, then the person may show with a Unstable and Wandering emotions.

4.    If 5^th house is a Watery sign, then the person may show with an Imaginative and Creative mind.

Important Formulas - Part II

Goddess Parvati said to Lord Shiva. "O my Lord! What is the sin, which causes destruction of children amongst men. Please tell me, what are the Yogas for such an effect and what are the remedial measures to protect the children?"


Lord Shiva replied: "O Devi! You have asked a very relevant question. Now I will tell you the Yogas for loss of children and the requisite remedial measures."


1) A person will be without a son, if Guru, the Lord of Lagn and the Lord of the 5th are all devoid of strength.


2) The same will happen, if Sūrya, Mangal, Rahu and Śani, endowed with strength, be in the 5th and the significator for children, namely Guru and Lord of the 5th etc. be bereft of strength.


3) There will be no male issues, due to the curse of the Serpant,

• If at birth Rahu is in the 5th aspected by Mangal;
• The Lord of 5th is associated with Rahu and Candr is in the 5th and is aspected by Śani;
• The significator for children (Guru) is associated with Rahu, the Lord of the 5th is devoid of strength and the Lord of Lagn is with Mangal;
• The significator for children is associated with Mangal, Lagn is occupied by Rahu and the Lord of the 5th is in 6th, 8th, or 12th;
• Budh, as Lord of the 5th, being in the Navams of Mangal, is associated with Mangal and Lagn is occupied by Rahu and Gulika;
• The 5th is Mesh, or Vrischik and the Lord of the 5th is associated with Rahu, or Budh;
• The 5th is occupied by Sūrya, Śani, Mangal, Rahu, Budh and Guru and the Lords of the 5th and Lagn are devoid of strength;
• The Lord of Lagn, or Guru is associated with Rahu and the Lord of the 5th is in conjunction with Mangal.

Remedial measures should be adopted to obtain protection from the evil effects of the above Yogas. These are getting an idol of Naga (serpent) Raja, made in gold and, after worshipping it in accordance with prescribed procedure, giving in charity a cow, some land, sesame seeds and gold etc. By adopting these measures the Lord of Serpents will be gratified and by his beneficence the person concerned will be blessed with a son and the lineage of his family will be prolonged.

(BPHS - Chapter 83)

Important Formulas

Some of the important formulas explained in Brihat Parasara Hora Sastra in Chapter 12 are listed out here


SICK WIFE. Should Yuvati Lord be in Ari, 8^th, or Vyaya, the wife will be sickly. This however does not apply to own Bhava, or exaltation placement, as above.



Excessive·Libidinousness/Death·of·Wife. If Śukr is in Yuvati, the native will be exceedingly libidinous. If Śukr yuti a malefic in any Bhava, it will cause loss of wife.


PLURALITY OF WIVES. If Yuvati Lord is in a Rāśi of Śani, or of Śukr and be drishtied by a benefic, there will be many wives. Should Yuvati Lord be particularly in exaltation, the same effects will come to pass.


Mangal denotes a female with attractive breasts. Śani indicates sick and weak spouse. Guru will bring a spouse with hard and prominent breasts. Śukr will bring one with bulky and excellent breasts.


WORTHY SPOUSE. The native will beget a spouse endowed with (the seven principal) virtues, who will expand his dynasty by sons and grandsons, if the 7^th Lord is exalted, while Yuvati is occupied by strong Lagna Lord and a benefic.



EVILS TO SPOUSE. If Yuvati Bhava, or its Lord is yuti with a malefic the native’s wife will incur evils, especially, if Yuvati Bhava, or its Lord is bereft of strength.


LOSS OF SPOUSE. If Yuvati Lord is devoid of strength and is relegated to Ari, 8^th, or Vyaya, or, if Yuvati Lord is in fall, the native’s wife will be destroyed (i.e. she will die early)



LACK OF CONJUGAL FELICITY. If Candr is in Yuvati, as Yuvati Lord is in Vyaya and the Karaka (indicator Śukr) is bereft of strength, the native will not be endowed with marital happiness.


PLURALlIY OF WIVES. One will have two wives, if Yuvati Lord is in fall, or in a malefic Rāśi along with a malefic, while Yuvati Bhava, or the 7^th Navamsa belong to a eunuch planet. If Mangal and Śukr are in Yuvati, or, if Śani is Yuvati, while the Lord of Lagn is in Randhr, the native will have 3 wives. There will be many wives, if Śukr is in a Dual Rāśi, while its Lord is in exaltation, as Yuvati Lord is endowed with strength.


THREE MARRIAGES. Should Candr be in Yuvati from Śukr, while Budh is in Yuvati from Candr and Randhr Lord is in Putr (from the Lagna), there will be marriage in Karm year followed by another in the 22^nd year and yet another in the 33^rd year. (Sloka 40 and 41)


DEATH OF WlFE. lf Ari, 7^th and 8^th are in their order occupied by Mangal, Rahu and Śani, the native’s wife will not live (long). (Sloka-42)

Bhava Bhala

The strength of a Bhava is called Bhava Bala. The Bhava Bala is composed of

Bhavadhipathi Bala

Bhava Dristi Bala

Bhava Dig Bala

Bhava Adhipati Bala: 

This is the strength of the lord of the house. The strength of the lord is determined as per Shadbala of planet.

Bhava Drishti Bala: 

Each Bhava is aspected by a planet and its aspect may be positive or negative depending upon the aspecting planet.

The strength is calculated as in the case of Graha Drishti bala, taking the Mid cusp of Bhava as the aspected planet.

Bhava Dig Bala: This is the strength acquired by Bhavas falling in different groups of Rasis or signs.  The signs are classified as Nara, Jalachara, Keeta and Chatushpada signs.

Nara signs: Gemini, Virgo, Libra, first half of Sagittarius. If Ascendant falls in Nara rasis, ascendant gets 60 Shs. If the sign is in 7^th house, the strength is 0.

Jalachara: Cancer, Pisces, second half of Capricorn. If 4^th house falls in Jalachara sign, it gets 60 shs and in 10^th house 0 shs.

Chatushpaada: Aries, Taurus, Leo, second half of Sagittarius. When 10^th house falls in Chatushpada rasi, it gets 60 shs. In 4^th house its value is 0.

Keeta: Scorpio. If 7^th house falls in Keeta sign it gets 60 shs and in ascendant it gets 0.

Basing on the above principles the Bhava Dig bala is calculated.

For Example, when the Ascendant is Aries:  Aries is the Chatushpada sign and hence it gets 60 shs in 10^th house and 0 in 4^th house.

Hence Chatushpada sign gets

60 shs in 10^th house, 50 shs in 11^th house, 40 shs in 12^th house, 30 shs in ascendant, 20 shs in 2^nd house 10 shs in 3^rd house and 0 shs in 4^th house. Like wise the Bhava Dig Bala is to be calculated.