सूर्य · Sukha Bhava · Kendra · Moksha trine
Sun in the 4th house
The Sun in the fourth places a hot planet in the house of comfort and the mother. It gives a dignified home and often property or government housing, but the texts warn of disturbed inner peace and distance from the mother. The person may leave the birthplace, or feel the home is never quite restful.
What it gives
- •Property and standing through the home
- •Dignity in domestic life
- •Strong sense of roots
What to watch
- •Restless inner life
- •Distance or strain with the mother
- •Leaving the birthplace
Where Sun 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.
Sun right now
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Who has Sun 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 Sun 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 | Sun’s dignity | Sun rules |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aries | Cancer | Moon | Friend’s sign | 5th |
| Taurus | Leo | Sun(own house) | Moolatrikona | 4th |
| Gemini | Virgo | Mercury | Neutral | 3rd |
| Cancer | Libra | Venus | Debilitated | 2nd |
| Leo | Scorpio | Mars | Friend’s sign | 1st |
| Virgo | Sagittarius | Jupiter | Friend’s sign | 12th |
| Libra | Capricorn | Saturn | Enemy’s sign | 11th |
| Scorpio | Aquarius | Saturn | Enemy’s sign | 10th |
| Sagittarius | Pisces | Jupiter | Friend’s sign | 9th |
| Capricorn | Aries | Mars | Exalted | 8th |
| Aquarius | Taurus | Venus | Enemy’s sign | 7th |
| Pisces | Gemini | Mercury | Neutral | 6th |
Strongest from Capricorn — Sun is exalted in Aries. Weakest from Cancer, where it falls in Libra.
What it aspects from here
From the 4th house, Sun aspects the 10th houses. Every planet aspects the 7th house from itself; this planet has no special aspects. 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
Sun as a planet
Surya is the atmakaraka — the soul in the chart. He rules the father, authority, government, bones and the eyes, and gives dignity, confidence and the will to be somebody. Classified a malefic because he burns: planets too close to the Sun are combust, and the house he occupies is lit brightly but scorched at the edges.
Nature: Malefic · Karaka of: the soul, the father, authority and vitality · Day: Sunday
Related placements
FAQ
Sun in the 4th house — common questions
What does Sun in the 4th house mean?
The Sun in the fourth places a hot planet in the house of comfort and the mother. It gives a dignified home and often property or government housing, but the texts warn of disturbed inner peace and distance from the mother. The person may leave the birthplace, or feel the home is never quite restful. The 4th house (Sukha Bhava) rules mother and nurture, home, land and property, vehicles and comforts, and Sun is the karaka of the soul, the father, authority and vitality. Classically it is a kendra, moksha trine house, which shapes how a malefic planet behaves there.
Is Sun in the 4th house good or bad?
It depends on the ascendant, and this is where most articles stop. From an Capricorn ascendant the 4th house is Aries, where Sun is exalted. From Cancer it is Libra, where Sun is debilitated. The table on this page gives the dignity and rulership for all twelve ascendants.
Which houses does Sun aspect from the 4th house?
The 10th houses. Every planet aspects the 7th house from itself; this planet has no special aspects.
Which ascendant has Sun in the 4th house right now?
Exactly one at any moment: the sign Sun currently occupies is the 4th house of a single ascendant. The card on this page computes it from today's ephemeris and says when Sun moves on. In a birth chart, though, what matters is where Sun stood at your birth — the free kundli calculator gives that.
Does Sun 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 Sun rules and aspects from there — which this page's table sets out per ascendant.