Lagna #4: Karka Lagna

Karka =

• white
• good, excellent
• a white horse / a white mare
• a crab
• a water-jar
• fire
• sign of Cancer
• a mirror
• a younger brother of the father
• beauty"

BPHS Ch 3 vs 10 and 11
पाटलो वनचारी च ब्राह्मणो निशि वीर्यवान् ॥ १०॥
बहुपादचरः स्थौल्यतनुः सत्त्वगुणी जली ।
पृष्ठोदयी कर्कराशिर्मृगांकाऽधिपतिः स्मृतः ॥ ११॥

• It resorts to forests and represents Brahmins.
• It is strong in nights.
• It has many feet ( it is a centipede Rashi) and has a bulky ( स्थौल्य) body.
• It is Sattvic in disposition (seen in gods) and it is a watery Rashi.
• It rises with its back and is ruled by Chandra.(Mrganka adhipati)

sthaulya स्थौल्य
Definition: n. (fr. idem or 'mfn. (fr. sthūla-) gaRa ṛśyādi-.') stoutness, bigness, largeness, thickness, grossness, denseness (opp. to saukṣmya-tanus तनुस्
definition: n. () the body

satva-guna * satvas * truthful, pure and balanced

From Hart defouw

Emotional Personality

Like its symbol crab, whose hard exterior covers a soft underbelly, a cancer’s formidable intellect sits atop a pool of emotions. One reason why these emotions tend to emerge to cloud thought process in times of crisis is that the Mercury the planet of the mind and the lord of third house of intellect is also the lord of the 12^th house of loss.

Another reason is the profound influence of the emotional grahas on this lagna; the Moon rules the 1^st house , cancer is the 4^th house of emotions in the natural zodiac, and venus rules the 4^th house.

A third reason is that while the Moon, the significator of emotions, is debilitated in 5^th house of discernment, the 5^th lord Mars who signifies piercing intellect is debilitated in the 1^st house.

Interest in Home life:

Cancer natives are strongly interested in home life cause Moon the lord is the domestic grah, and significator of the fourth house of home. Venus the planet of pleasures rules the 4^th house

Importance of friends

Moon being exalted as lagna loord  in the 11^th house makes friends and associates important to a cancer native, though these friendship may be as varied and fluctuating as the moon.

Role of Jupiter

Jupiter’s dual relationship of 6^th house of obstruction and 9^th house of dharma/religion, causes native to be attracted to religion and frequently to find obstruction to their progress in that direction.

Cancer native’s tend to attract opponent since Lagan lord Moon and sixth lord Jupiter are friendly to one another. There is usually a capacity to benefit through enemies or have the luck obstructed by enemies depending on the placement. Here the benefits outweigh the obstacles, as the Jupiter the ruler of 6^th and 9^th is a great negotiator

Role of Saturn

Saturn rules both the 7^th and 8^th house of secrets. They tend to keep their partnership and marriage private.

Blending of 7^th and 8^th house suggests obstacles or delays in marriage pr obstacles in married life

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Karkata Lagna Friendly and Non-Friendly Domain Rulerships domains with planetary animositybetween natural and temporal lord are marked in yellow Karkata lagna produces some extremes. Note that bhava-3 and bhava-9 are especially harmonious with natural and temporal lordship matched; while bhava-5 and bhava-11 also enjoy high compatibility of the house lords.
Domain	Natural Lord	Temporal Lord	Domain	Natural Lord	Temporal Lord
1	Kuja	Chandra	7	Zukra	Shani
2	Zukra	Surya	8	Kuja co-ruler Ketu	Shani co-ruler Rahu
3	Budha	Budha	9	Guru	Guru
4	Chandra	Zukra	10	Shani	Kuja
5	Surya	Kuja co-ruler Ketu	11	Shani co-ruler Rahu	Zukra
6	Budha	Guru	12	Guru	Budha

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