राहु · Sukha Bhava · Kendra · Moksha trine
Rahu in the 4th house
Rahu in the fourth disturbs the foundation: an unconventional home, distance from the mother or the motherland, and inner restlessness that property cannot fix. Many charts with this placement show emigration. Gains through land and vehicles are real but come with complication.
What it gives
- •Gains through property, land or vehicles
- •Comfortable living far from where they began
- •Unconventional domestic arrangements that work
What to watch
- •Inner restlessness; no settled base
- •Distance from mother or homeland
- •Property matters that complicate
Where Rahu actually is today
Computed at sunrise for the reference place. A planet sits in a given house for exactly one ascendant at a time — the sign it occupies is the 4th house of only one lagna.
Rahu right now
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Who has Rahu in the 4th today
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It depends on your ascendant
The same placement reads differently from each of the twelve ascendants, because the 4th house is a different sign for each — and Rahu is exalted in one sign and debilitated in another. This table is computed from the classical rulership and dignity tables, not written by hand.
| Ascendant | 4th house sign | Sign lord | Rahu’s dignity | Rahu rules |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aries | Cancer | Moon | Neutral | — |
| Taurus | Leo | Sun | Neutral | — |
| Gemini | Virgo | Mercury | Neutral | — |
| Cancer | Libra | Venus | Neutral | — |
| Leo | Scorpio | Mars | Debilitated | — |
| Virgo | Sagittarius | Jupiter | Neutral | — |
| Libra | Capricorn | Saturn | Neutral | — |
| Scorpio | Aquarius | Saturn | Neutral | — |
| Sagittarius | Pisces | Jupiter | Neutral | — |
| Capricorn | Aries | Mars | Neutral | — |
| Aquarius | Taurus | Venus | Exalted | — |
| Pisces | Gemini | Mercury | Neutral | — |
Strongest from Aquarius — Rahu is exalted in Taurus. Weakest from Leo, where it falls in Scorpio.
What it aspects from here
From the 4th house, Rahu aspects the 8th, 10th, 12th houses. Rahu is a shadow body; many schools give it the 5th, 7th and 9th aspects, and some give none. Shown here as the widely used set. An aspect carries the planet's nature into those houses, so a placement is never confined to the house it sits in.
The 4th house
The fourth is the foundation of the chart — the base of the wheel, opposite the tenth. It rules the mother, the home, land and vehicles, and the private happiness that does not show in public. A strong fourth is why some people are unshakeable and others are not.
Karaka: Moon, Venus · Signifies: mother and nurture; home, land and property; vehicles and comforts; emotional security and the heart
Rahu as a planet
Rahu is the north lunar node, a shadow with no body. He amplifies, distorts and obsesses: the house he occupies is pursued with unusual hunger and often reached by unconventional means. He rules foreigners, technology, intoxication and sudden rise — and sudden fall, because what Rahu gives he gives without instructions.
Nature: Malefic · Karaka of: obsession, foreignness and sudden rise
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FAQ
Rahu in the 4th house — common questions
What does Rahu in the 4th house mean?
Rahu in the fourth disturbs the foundation: an unconventional home, distance from the mother or the motherland, and inner restlessness that property cannot fix. Many charts with this placement show emigration. Gains through land and vehicles are real but come with complication. The 4th house (Sukha Bhava) rules mother and nurture, home, land and property, vehicles and comforts, and Rahu is the karaka of obsession, foreignness and sudden rise. Classically it is a kendra, moksha trine house, which shapes how a malefic planet behaves there.
Is Rahu in the 4th house good or bad?
It depends on the ascendant, and this is where most articles stop. From an Aquarius ascendant the 4th house is Taurus, where Rahu is exalted. From Leo it is Scorpio, where Rahu is debilitated. The table on this page gives the dignity and rulership for all twelve ascendants.
Which houses does Rahu aspect from the 4th house?
The 8th, the 10th, the 12th houses. Rahu is a shadow body; many schools give it the 5th, 7th and 9th aspects, and some give none. Shown here as the widely used set.
Which ascendant has Rahu in the 4th house right now?
Exactly one at any moment: the sign Rahu currently occupies is the 4th house of a single ascendant. The card on this page computes it from today's ephemeris and says when Rahu moves on. In a birth chart, though, what matters is where Rahu stood at your birth — the free kundli calculator gives that.
Does Rahu in the 4th house affect marriage?
Not directly. Marriage is read from the 7th house, its lord, Venus and the Navamsa. A 4th-house placement matters only through the houses Rahu rules and aspects from there — which this page's table sets out per ascendant.