The 12th house of the horoscope

The twelfth house of the horoscope is responsible for: losses, expenditures, squandering, the irretrievable loss of property, great expenditures on professional activity, the left eye, the feet, sexual pleasures, bedroom pleasures and sufferings, sleep, breadth of views, journeys, trips abroad, wanderings, residence in another country, work abroad, leaving one's native places, secret enemies, dangerous opponents, problems for the partner, the loss of the wife, the person's death, emotional anxieties, hospitalisations, hospitals, psychiatric clinics, moral misdemeanours, barriers, restrictions, restraining factors, prison, imprisonment, disputes, failures, confiscation, the repayment of debts, retirement/pension, the end of a term of service, the capacity for renunciation, final liberation (Moksha), the attainment of success by way of occult practices, existence after death, spiritual knowledge, general spirituality.

Karakas: Saturn (sorrow); Mars (imprisonment); Venus (material desires); Jupiter (knowledge); Ketu (Moksha); Rahu (trips abroad).

Significations: The surface level — losses. The subtle level — destruction.

People represented by the house: secret enemies.

Parts of the body: the feet, the left side of the body, the intimate organs.

Drekkanas: 1 — the left eye, 2 — the left shoulder, 3 — the anus.

Moksha sthana, Vyaya bhava.

The results of the various signs in the 12th house

Aries: danger from enemies, expenditures on treatment, a large number of domestic animals.

Taurus: many ill-wishers and opponents, danger from animals.

Gemini: income from animals, enmity with the government.

Cancer: good domestic animals, competes with influential people and gains victory over them.

Leo: receives joy from domestic animals, enemies do not cause any particular trouble.

Virgo: an unfriendly attitude on the part of relatives or friends, the payment of a mortgage, unrealised ambitions.

Libra: benefit from animals, the children are the cause of the person's deprivations or become his enemies.

Scorpio: influential opponents, income from animals or drugs, a threat from representatives of the state.

Sagittarius: income from friends and relatives, the attainment of goals, benefit from animals.

Capricorn: may be detained by opponents during a battle, losses in disputes, benefit from animals.

Aquarius: foes create hindrances and inflict damage.

Pisces: friends or relatives may turn into enemies, but with time the conflicts are successfully resolved.

The lord of the 12th house in the houses of the horoscope

The lord of the 12th house in the 1st house (the Lagna): has a weakness for intoxicating substances, wasteful, greedy, unhealthy, a fragile build, an imbalance of the Kapha dosha (problems with breathing, tuberculosis, illnesses of the lungs). Undertakings do not bring the expected profit.

The lord of the 12th house in the 2nd house: pleasant and useful expenditures. The person is religious, tactful, a pleasant conversationalist, virtuous and happy, although at times he suffers financial losses and complains of poor eyesight. If the lord of the 12th house is unfavourably placed, the person will spread gossip, spend much and argue with those around him.

The lord of the 12th house in the 3rd house: an egoist, well-off, stingy, an inveterate individualist, an egocentric, stubborn, lives far from his family, deprived of a brother's shoulder. Much effort is spent in vain, but undertakings in the end come to success.

The lord of the 12th house in the 4th house: is carried away by games of chance, studies abroad, deprived of maternal affection, almost daily faces losses connected with land, house and transport, suffers from mental anxieties. Hostilely disposed relatives, a landlord constantly in pursuit. If the planet is malefic and strong, without any favourable aspects, then the person's married life comes under attack.

The lord of the 12th house in the 5th house: loses money on speculation, the children create problems, uneducated, weak-minded, suffers from clouding of the mind.

The lord of the 12th house in the 6th house: easily loses his temper, immoral, jealous, pitiful, is at odds with those close to him, is unfaithful to his wife, well provided for, enjoys material comfort, happy, defeats opponents (including in litigation), lives long.

The lord of the 12th house in the 7th house: uneducated, deprived of inner strength, not very happy in marriage, a wife from a poor family, losses because of women, weak health, a disturbance of the balance of the Kapha dosha, asceticism in mature age. A marriage with a girl living in distant parts or in another country is possible; the person spends much on his wife.

The lord of the 12th in the 8th house: an unfriendly attitude towards those around, a shortage of resources does not allow success to be attained, an average length of life, giftedness, a good character, a life in luxury, income from an inheritance, an interest in occultism.

The lord of the 12th in the 9th house: honest, generous, with a big heart, shows weak interest in spiritual questions, does not feel warm feelings for wife, friends and mentors, cares only about his own goals. The father contributes to the person's success, there is a probability of acquiring property in another country.

The lord of the 12th in the 10th house: damage to reputation is possible, ill fame, disciplinary penalties, persecution on the part of the management or of government bodies, difficulties in the profession, losses because of highly placed people, tiring trips, work with foreigners, support on the part of important persons. Deprived of the father's love, difficulties with children and in relations with them.

The lord of the 12th in the 11th house: the person may have been brought up not in his own family, other people assist in obtaining income, wasteful brothers create problems. Has few friends, but many enemies. Well provided for, owns valuables, sometimes receives small income from the capital of others. Difficulties with conception or with the birth of a child, problems with children, may adopt a child.

The lord of the 12th house in the 12th: prosperity, abundant income, but also great expenditures, physical discomfort, a small reserve of vital forces, irritability, restlessness, greed, unfriendliness, immoral deeds, bedroom pleasures, a love of comfort, expenditures on noble and spiritual purposes, no happiness from children, good eyesight, is carried away by wanderings, if there is an affliction — vagrancy, in a movable sign — visits to and residence abroad in the period of the lord of the 12th house.

Note: when the rulers of the 6th, 8th or 12th fall into the 12th house, then a Vimala yoga is formed, a variety of Viparita Raja yoga. This combination is favourable for material prosperity, but has a bad influence on health.

The lords of the houses of the horoscope in the twelfth house

The lord of the 1st house in the 12th house: Irascibility, physical indispositions, wisdom; useless expenditures, although on the whole this position contributes to a reduction of spending. The possibility of work abroad.

The lord of the 2nd house in the 12th house: state service, the receipt of gain by dishonest means (including bribes); the presence of self-respect, but an absence of money. If two or more benefic planets are joined with the lord of the 2nd, fabulous wealth awaits the person, income from religious activity. But when the house is in a bad  condition,   the person  spends  money  on  these  same  purposes. Difficulties in relations with an elder brother are possible.

The lord of the 3rd house in the 12th house: monetary losses, problems with health and the psyche, failures and enemies fall upon the younger brother. The person spends money on bad purposes.

The lord of the 4th house in the 12th house: an unhappy life, an unprofitable business, indispositions, failures, an absence of harmony in the home, sexual impotence, the loss of family property, residence abroad. If the planet is afflicted, the mother will die early.

The lord of the 5th house in the 12th house: a disturbance of digestion, problems with the abdomen, speech defects, cool relations with a son. A bad position for questions of offspring.

The lord of the 6th house in the 12th house: causes torments to other people, deals with opponents, is hostile towards educated people, spends on vicious habits, greedy for the property of others, relies on fortune and is in no hurry to make efforts, possesses dubious moral qualities, lives long.

The lord of the 7th house in the 12th house: a wasteful wife, death in another country, the spouse will die before the person, illness and hospitalisation of the wife in the dasha of the ruler of the 7th house. A conjunction with Mars gives excessive demands and perverted sex.

The lord of the 8th house in the 12th house: material prosperity, a low libido, insomnia, expenditures on vicious habits, thievish inclinations, a callous heart. In the company of an inauspicious planet it shortens the length of life.

The lord of the 9th in the 12th house: a failure, hospitable with friends and family, bears too great expenses. A bad combination for elder brothers and sisters.

The lord of the 10th in the 12th house: problems with finances created by the authorities, anxieties, the intrigues of enemies, residence far from his native places. Capable, serves the state, attains success by his own labour, spends much, does not experience happiness from his professional activity.

The lord of the 11th in the 12th house: does not worry about money, invests freely and spends on noble purposes, is often subjected to fines, is friends with foreigners, sensual, has many romances and several marriages. Losses in business, the elder brother is ill.

The lord of the 12th house in the 12th: prosperity, abundant income, but also great expenditures, physical discomfort, a small reserve of vital forces, irritability, restlessness, greed, unfriendliness, immoral deeds, bedroom pleasures, a love of comfort, expenditures on noble and spiritual purposes, no happiness from children, good eyesight, is carried away by wanderings, if there is an affliction — vagrancy, in a movable sign — visits to and residence abroad in the period of the lord of the 12th house.

Note: when the rulers of the 6th, 8th or 12th fall into the 12th house, then a Vimala yoga is formed, a variety of Viparita Raja yoga. This combination is favourable for material prosperity, but has a bad influence on health.

Mutual exchange between the houses

The 12th and the 1st — not distinguished by particular intelligence, greedy, avaricious, dissolute, short-sighted, extremely unpopular, travels or resides abroad.

The 12th and the 2nd — living on a grand scale, receives profit from foreign deals. In the presence of afflictions problems with the eyes are possible, separation from family because of family circumstances or in search of a better life.

The 12th and the 3rd — great expenditures on journeys and on brothers/sisters are possible.

The 12th and the 4th — Dur yoga, has a bad effect on the mother's health and length of life, unprofitable acquisitions, susceptibility to accidents.

The 12th and the 5th — worries about offspring, cool relations with the children, it is difficult for the children to settle in life, the possibility of the children living abroad.

The 12th and the 6th — a Viparita Raja yoga, which damages health; journeys abroad, stable prosperity, the person borrows much from others.

The 12th and the 7th — Dur yoga, the loss of the spouse, the probability of the partner leaving the business, journeys abroad, marriage abroad, expenses connected with the wife.

The 12th and the 8th — a Viparita Raja yoga, which contributes to material prosperity, but harms health; accidents, hospitalisations, trips abroad and residence in another country; if there is a connection with Jupiter and Saturn or with Jupiter and Ketu — spiritual searches.

The 12th and the 9th — business with foreigners, productive long trips, going abroad for permanent residence; the involvement in the    combination of spiritual planets makes the person very devout.

The 12th and the 10th — sharp turns in the career, professional connections with other countries, work does not give pleasure.

The 12th and the 11th — profit from connections with abroad, good income, but also expenditures corresponding to it, getting into debt.

Some combinations connected with the 12th house

Debts

• The Lagnesha in the 12th  house,  a malefic in the 2nd, and the 10th ruler is in the company of the lord of the 11th bhava or receives its aspect.
• The lord of the 2nd house, afflicted by the Rahu/Ketu axis, dwells in the company of inauspicious planets or is in the 8th house.
• The rulers of the 2nd and 11th houses are both debilitated and are in unfavourable shashtiamshas.
• A conjunction of the Lagnesha with an inauspicious planet in the 6th, 8th or 12th house, or under the aspect of the lord of a dusthana.
• The lord of the 5th house in the Lagna in the absence of any favourable aspects.
• The Lagnesha is joined with Rahu/Ketu in the sign of its debilitation, in a hostile sign, in a dusthana or under the aspect of the lord of a dusthana.

Imprisonment

• Inauspicious planets in the 2nd, 5th, 9th or 12th houses;
• The rulers of the 1st and 6th houses are joined with Saturn in a kendra or a trikona.

Generosity with gifts

• Benefic planets in the 12th house.

Good and noble deeds

• The lord of the 9th house in the 4th, the 10th ruler in a kendra, and the lord of the 12th house under the aspect of Jupiter.

Observations concerning the twelfth house and its lord

1. If the 12th house is ruled by a strong naturally benefic planet, wealth awaits the person.
2. The ruler of the 12th house, when well placed, promises happiness, a long life, money and prosperity.
3. The Atmakaraka in the 12th bhava is encountered in the charts of people occupied in the sphere of art and show business.
4. Jupiter in the 12th house saves money, while Saturn throws it to the wind and empties the pockets.
5. A person with a strong lord of the 12th house in the chart and with a benefic planet in the 12th bhava is distinguished by generosity and good deeds.
6. A person with a benefic planet in the 12th house and a weak lord of the 12th counts every penny.
7. When both the lord of the 12th house and the planets standing in it are inauspicious, the person will be plagued by problems with the eyes and by anxiety. The person will also spend on vicious purposes.
8. A strong ruler of the 12th house and weak planets in this house show extravagance.
9. When a movable sign falls into the 12th house together with the lord of a movable sign, the person cannot stay in one place.
10. A strong aspect of the lord of the 7th house on an equally strong owner of the 12th house says that the person's spouse will deprive him of wealth and destroy his social status.
11. The placement of the lord of the 12th house  in the 8th bhava makes the person god-fearing, a believer and honest.
12. The Lagnesha and the lord of the 12th house are both exalted, and a benefic planet is in the 12th house — this promises the person Moksha.
13. In the periods of the lords of the 2nd and 12th houses, joined in the 12th, great expenditures lie ahead.
14. The placement of the lord of the 2nd house in the 12th in conjunction with one or several more planets helps the person to build up a fortune.
15. If the owner of the 12th house possesses strong potential, the person will have a long, happy and well-provided-for life, which he will earn himself.
16. The dasha of the ruler of the 12th, placed at home in the company of benefic planets, will bring good income.
17. A conjunction of the lords of the 2nd and 12th houses in the 2nd says that the person's income and expenditure change synchronously.
18. Exaltation of a planet standing in the 12th house slightly improves its results in this unenviable position.
19. A connection of the 12th bhava or of its lord with malefics entails losses in shady affairs, and a connection with benefic planets shows expenditures on noble purposes.
20. In the presence  in the chart of a conjunction of Venus with Jupiter or of the Moon with Mercury in the 12th house the person donates generously to good deeds.
21. Saturn with Mars or with Ketu in the 12th house warns of the appearance of tumours, abscesses, ulcers, carbuncles and so on.
22. A weak ruler of the 12th house, aspected by the lord of the 6th, foretells legal costs.
23. An affliction of the 12th house gives a severe temperament.
24. When the 12th house is  ruled by Mars, which is  in the  12th  together with Saturn, the person may suffer from haemorrhoids and similar illnesses.
25. The joint influence on the 12th house and on its lord of the lunar nodes and Saturn indicates the person's greed.
26. If a benefic planet occupies the 12th house or aspects it, the person will have a godfather who at the necessary moments will come to his aid.
27. A malefic aspect to Saturn in the 12th house gives haemorrhoids.
28. When a movable sign and a watery planet fall into the 12th bhava, the person will constantly travel.
29. A person with a strong ruler of the 12th house in the horoscope throws money about, while a person with a weak ruler of the 12th is reputed a miser.
30. Benefic planets in the 12th house dispose one to expenditures on good purposes, and malefics — on vicious ones.
31. Benefic planets in the 12th help to reduce losses, while inauspicious ones increase expenditures.
32. The placement in the 12th house of an afflicted Jupiter may cause sexually transmitted diseases.
33. Gulika in the 12th house disfigures the body with physical defects, and destiny — with unending failures.
34. The placement of the ruler of the 12th house in the Lagna inclines the person towards wastefulness.
35. If the 12th house has a direct connection with Saturn or Gulika (a placement or an aspect), and its ruler falls into the nakshatras Vipat (No. 3), Pratyak (No. 5) or Naidhana (No. 7) from the nakshatra of the Moon, countless calamities accompany the person.
36. Mars in the 12th house in a woman's chart says that its owner does not wish to live  together with the husband's relatives.