Rahu in the 4th house
The results given by Rahu in the fourth house of the horoscope
Rahu in the 4th house. This person has the power of influence over his friends; such people may be influential in pedagogical circles. They have too many materialistic connections, and they suffer from attacks on their good name. If they are women, then they may be dissolute. The classical texts note that these people are easily led astray” they suffer from stomach illnesses, and find their place in life far from their parents and from their fatherland. (Tom Hopke)
Rahu in the 4th house and Ketu in the 10th house: Rahu in the 4th house strongly attaches the person to his home town, country and house. Wherever he goes, he is drawn back to his homeland. They cannot bear moving. They do not even want to move to another district. They have closer relations with their mother than with their father. They always receive maternal support. The father does not play a noticeable role in their life. In past incarnations they were very busy with their career. In this life they have to allot more time to home and family. It is good for such people to engage in the field of buying, selling and renting real estate. Ketu in the 10th does not give success in work and recognition in society. However actively the person works, it is difficult for him to achieve worthy career growth. (Mahesh Dharmadasa)
Problems with the mother are possible, materialism, dissoluteness, life far from the place of birth, family troubles, several marriages. (Indubala)
Rahu in the 4th house: the head of a city, heartless, stubborn, not particularly rich, is friends with representatives of the lower strata of society. Cool relations with relatives, tension in the family because of the weak character of the partner and the domineering behaviour of the mother or of the wife's relatives. The wife is often ill, troubles in personal life, has more daughters. The mother lives long, little happiness from the father. (Shri Govind Swarup Agarwal)
Rahu in the 4th, Ketu in the 10th house: the karmic task
If the person has no particular ambitions concerning his social status and profession, this placement of the nodes is quite tolerable. Contentment with one's position is the key to solving the problems created by this placement of Rahu-Ketu.
The presence of Rahu in the 4th house indicates that such themes as the mother, domestic life, family, property, aesthetics, refined emotions, peace of mind possess primary importance for the person. Just as with a conjunction of Rahu with the Moon, this placement gives a strong attachment to the mother or to a figure playing the role of a mother.
Great help from the mother is also observed. The role of the father is considerably smaller, since he either dies in the native's youth, or the native ignores him.
Usually such people do not like work connected with trips. They prefer to have a permanent place of residence, mainly in a village or a small town, where they spend the greater part of their life. They do not like big cities.
Rahu in the 4th favours such professions as trade in real estate, agriculture, driving transport, child psychology, writing for children, interior design, architecture, construction.
Ketu in the 10th makes the person change profession repeatedly, but this does not give satisfaction with his work. For such a person it is more important to attain a state of inner peace and contentment than practical fruits in external activity. Sudden collapse and disappointment are inevitable if the native develops excessive ambitions in connection with the indications of the 10th house. Therefore such people need to learn to find harmony between emotions (the element of water) and practicality (the element of water). Any attempts to suppress their inner emotions for the sake of outward success will bring emptiness and sorrow into their life.
Examples: Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, John Kennedy.
“Bhrigu Sutra” 8.9-10
A person who has one of the shadow planets occupying the 4th house of the horoscope will have many ornaments and jewels, but will occupy a subordinate position. He will marry twice. If Rahu or Ketu are joined with a malefic planet, sufferings await the mother of the owner of the horoscope, but this will not happen when the shadow planets are joined with a benefic planet.
Other opinions concerning Rahu or Ketu in the 4th house:
“Phaladipika”: Rahu in the 4th house — the owner of the horoscope will be foolish. He will bring much anxiety to those around him, will not live long and will rarely be happy.
“Chamatkar Chintamani”: Rahu in the 4th house — the mother of the owner of the horoscope will be sickly. The placement of Rahu in Aries, Cancer or Virgo will bring a high position in society.
Note: Bhrigu Muni gives the same characteristics for the placement of Rahu and Ketu in various houses. His opinion is based on the fact that these planets are always in the seventh house from each other and both exert an influence on the house. However the other classical texts, apart from the “Brihat Jataka” and the “Saravali”, which do not describe the results of the placement of the shadow planets in the houses of the horoscope, hold a different opinion.
We should like to add several important remarks concerning the placement of Rahu and Ketu in the houses of the horoscope. Concerning the characteristics of these planets there are three main opinions: 1) they act as the lord of the sign that they occupy, 2) their nature is like that of Mars and Saturn, and also 3) the view of Kalidasa given below. An experienced astrologer intuitively understands what influences the shadow planets conduct when he analyses a horoscope or draws up forecasts.
Relying on the famous classical work of Kalidasa, the “Uttara Kalamrita”, it may be said that, being shadow planets, these planets are not regarded as the lords of any houses or signs. If Rahu and Ketu are in conjunction (in the same sign) with a planet, then they take on its qualities, become conductors of its energy, and in their periods, or bhuktis, act like that planet. When the shadow planets do not enter into a conjunction — they give the results of the planet aspecting them. And only when Rahu and Ketu are neither joined nor aspected by planets do they act as the lord of the sign in which they are placed.
If one of the two nodes and the lord of a triad are placed in conjunction in the 9th or 10th houses or if one of them is in the 9th, and the other in the 10th, a favourable yoga is formed, which will bring prosperity to the owner of the horoscope. If at the same time a malefic planet enters into a conjunction with or aspects one of the shadow planets, then the bhukti [sub-period] of the yoga-karaka will prove unfavourable.
And a last remark. Rahu and Ketu become beneficial when they occupy the positions of a triad or of a kendra from the lagna. The shadow planets also prove beneficial when they are joined with the lords of a house of a triad or of a quadrant. But if at the same time the lord of the 9th house also owns the 8th (in the case of Gemini rising), or the 12th (in the case of Libra rising), and also if the lords of the 9th or 10th houses are joined with the lords of the 8th and 12th houses, the beneficial results of the yoga are lost.
“Bhrigu Sutra” with commentaries by Indubala
«Jataka Bharanam» 17.90
The results of the placement of Rahu in the 4th house
In the case of the position of Rahu in the 4th Bhava all the person's happiness is destroyed, the people of his family are deprived of happiness — his son, friends and so on, he always wanders in distant lands.
Comments: Rahu, which has entered the 4th Bhava [house], will cause a danger to the health of the person's mother. Such a person suffers from mental anxieties caused by various reasons. There will also be disputes and quarrels because of immovable property. Besides this, Rahu in the 4th house makes the person leave his homeland.