शुक्र · Sukha Bhava · Kendra · Moksha trine
Venus in the 4th house
Venus in the fourth is one of the pleasantest placements in Jyotish: a beautiful home, vehicles, a loving mother and genuine inner contentment. Land and property come with comfort attached. The texts read it as domestic happiness, with a caution about luxury as a substitute for peace.
What it gives
- •Beautiful, comfortable home
- •Vehicles, land and luxuries
- •Loving mother; inner contentment
What to watch
- •Comfort substituting for growth
- •Reluctance to leave a pleasant situation
- •Spending on the home
Where Venus 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.
Venus right now
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Who has Venus 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 Venus 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 | Venus’s dignity | Venus rules |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aries | Cancer | Moon | Enemy’s sign | 2nd, 7th |
| Taurus | Leo | Sun | Enemy’s sign | 1st, 6th |
| Gemini | Virgo | Mercury | Debilitated | 5th, 12th |
| Cancer | Libra | Venus(own house) | Moolatrikona | 4th, 11th |
| Leo | Scorpio | Mars | Neutral | 3rd, 10th |
| Virgo | Sagittarius | Jupiter | Neutral | 2nd, 9th |
| Libra | Capricorn | Saturn | Friend’s sign | 1st, 8th |
| Scorpio | Aquarius | Saturn | Friend’s sign | 7th, 12th |
| Sagittarius | Pisces | Jupiter | Exalted | 6th, 11th |
| CapricornYogakaraka | Aries | Mars | Neutral | 5th, 10th |
| AquariusYogakaraka | Taurus | Venus(own house) | Own sign | 4th, 9th |
| Pisces | Gemini | Mercury | Friend’s sign | 3rd, 8th |
Strongest from Sagittarius — Venus is exalted in Pisces. Weakest from Gemini, where it falls in Virgo. For Capricorn and Aquarius ascendants Venus is a yogakaraka, ruling both a kendra and a trikona — a placement that outweighs most other considerations.
What it aspects from here
From the 4th house, Venus 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
Venus as a planet
Shukra is the lesser benefic and the karaka of marriage: love, beauty, art, vehicles, luxury and pleasure. He rules the reproductive system and the capacity for enjoyment. Where Venus sits, refinement and desire go together — which is why the texts warn about him in the sixth and the twelfth as much as they praise him elsewhere.
Nature: Benefic · Karaka of: love, marriage, beauty and comfort · Day: Friday
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FAQ
Venus in the 4th house — common questions
What does Venus in the 4th house mean?
Venus in the fourth is one of the pleasantest placements in Jyotish: a beautiful home, vehicles, a loving mother and genuine inner contentment. Land and property come with comfort attached. The texts read it as domestic happiness, with a caution about luxury as a substitute for peace. The 4th house (Sukha Bhava) rules mother and nurture, home, land and property, vehicles and comforts, and Venus is the karaka of love, marriage, beauty and comfort. Classically it is a kendra, moksha trine house, which shapes how a benefic planet behaves there.
Is Venus in the 4th house good or bad?
It depends on the ascendant, and this is where most articles stop. From an Sagittarius ascendant the 4th house is Pisces, where Venus is exalted. From Gemini it is Virgo, where Venus is debilitated. Venus is a yogakaraka for Capricorn and Aquarius ascendants, which changes the reading considerably. The table on this page gives the dignity and rulership for all twelve ascendants.
Which houses does Venus 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 Venus in the 4th house right now?
Exactly one at any moment: the sign Venus currently occupies is the 4th house of a single ascendant. The card on this page computes it from today's ephemeris and says when Venus moves on. In a birth chart, though, what matters is where Venus stood at your birth — the free kundli calculator gives that.
Does Venus 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 Venus rules and aspects from there — which this page's table sets out per ascendant.