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What if 3rd lord is in 4th house in Vedic Astrology?

There are several possibilities when the 3rd lord is placed in the 4th house and here are some of them.

General Interpretation of this placement

One of the qualities of the 4th house is nurturing or taking care. Now, there are different ways to nurture and we always nurture to some other person or the public (in general). For example, if you are having your own retail shop and some customer comes and asks the price of your product then you nurture the customer through your communication.

When you tell the price of your product to the customer then you are nurturing the customer through your verbal or digital communication (such as through phone or internet chat or email). When the 3rd lord is placed in the 4th house this is more of a > nurturing through communication as the 3rd house is the house of communication while the 4th house is the house of nurturing or taking care. So, people running retail or wholesale businesses, where their main job is to nurture the customers or people through verbal or digital communication, are most commonly seen from this placement of > 3rd lord in the 4th house.

For an Aries ascendant, if the 3rd lord Mercury is placed in the 4th house in the sign of Cancer then this is really the placement for retailers such as food and clothing shopkeepers and even, they could be in the retail business of medicines if the 4th lord Moon is placed in the sign of Taurus in the 2nd house.

Now, let us suppose you are a hairdresser then you will cut or style the hair of your customer and this will also be nurturing but it will not be nurturing through communication as here you are not communicating anything but you are providing a service (welfare) to the customer. So, this will be called as nurturing the people by providing a service to them.

Virgo (or 6th house) is the sign of service or welfare and Moon (4th house) is the planet of nurturing or taking care. So, the 6th lord Mercury placed in the 4th house in the sign of Cancer (for Aries ascendant) will be appropriate for such kind of nurturing. Even a nurse in a hospital also nurtures the patient and such nurturing is also providing a service (welfare) and not nurturing through communication.

Now, think of teachers and professors. They nurture their students through their communication and this is again the case for > 3rd lord in the 4th house. The 3rd house is communication and the 4th house is nurturing and so it becomes nurturing through communication. So, people like teachers and professors may also have this placement of > 3rd lord in the 4th house.

Now also think of people who are working in the customer care of various businesses and their main job is also to resolve the customer queries and resolving customer queries is also nothing but nurturing the customers through communication and so people who are in the customer care can also be seen from this placement of > 3rd lord in the 4th house. Even receptionists can also be seen from this placement of > 3rd lord in the 4th house.

Now, think of people like singers. They also nurture the masses or the public through their singing and singing is also nothing but communication. So, singers can also be seen from this placement of > 3rd lord in the 4th house. For Pisces ascendant, Venus rules their 3rd house and Venus will fall in the sign of Gemini in the 4th house of nurturing when the 3rd lord is placed in the 4th house.

Venus in Gemini for Pisces ascendants can really create singers and also people who speak in media (such as TV anchors and YouTubers) may also have this placement and they also nurture the masses or the public through their communication. So, it makes perfect sense. Venus is a planet of enjoyment and Gemini is a sign of communication and so it becomes enjoyment through communication which is nothing but singing or even comedy.

For Pisces ascendants, if the 3rd lord Venus is placed in the 4th house this is also good for marketing and advertising of clothing, fashion, beauty, luxury items, and food business as Venus represents all these things and the 3rd house is also the house of marketing and advertising. This placement is also good for painting and drawing as 3rd house is also the house of > skills of hands < and when you paint or draw then also you use your skills of hands. Basically, this placement is directly dealing with the customers whether in a physical retail store or even customer care through online chat or through email support.

Specific interpretation of this placement

1) Aries Ascendant: The 3rd house represents our skills of hands and the 4th house represents the home and so when the 3rd lord is placed in the 4th house it could also mean working with hands in doing some household work. For example, if this is the chart of Aries Ascendant and if the 3rd lord Mercury is placed in the sign of Cancer in the 4th house this placement is good for household work such as washing clothes with hands, home painting, architecture, working with home roofs, carpentry, home cleaning (janitorial services), laundry services, etc.

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2) Taurus Ascendant: For a Taurus ascendant, Moon will fall in the sign of Leo in the 4th house when the 3rd lord is placed in the 4th house. If the Moon is placed in the sign of Leo in the 4th house but if the 4th lord Sun is placed in the sign of Virgo in the 5th house this placement could give eyesight or vision-related problems and you may need to wear spectacles for short-sightedness or long-sightedness.

This is because Sun is a planet that represents our vision or eyesight as the Sun is the giver of light on this earth. Also, it could give stomach-related diseases as Sun also represents the liver and heat in our body.

If the Moon is placed in the sign of Leo in the 4th house but if the 4th lord Sun is placed in the sign of Sagittarius in the 8th house this placement is good for people who perform yagna or havan pooja at the homes or offices of other people.

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3) Gemini Ascendant: For a Gemini Ascendant Sun rules the 3rd house and placed in the 4th house in the sign of Virgo which could be good for repairing and servicing of home appliances such as the repairing and servicing of air conditioners, air coolers, fans, bulbs, tubes, refrigerators, home lighting, home heating systems such as geysers, etc. This is because Virgo is a sign of services and repairing and 4th house represents all the household products and Sun is a planet that represents heat, light, and electricity. But this is more so possible if Moon is placed in the 4th house in the sign of Virgo otherwise it could be something else also.

Sun in Virgo in the 4th house is also good for video and film editing kind of work especially if Moon is placed in the sign of Leo in the 3rd house. This is because Sun represents the films and videos as Sun is a planet of limelight and videos and films give the limelight. And Virgo is a sign of practical work and when you do film editing it is practical work.

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4) Cancer Ascendant: The 3rd lord Mercury will fall in the sign of Libra in the 4th house for a Cancer Ascendant. People who teach law may have this placement. For example, teachers and professors of law can be seen from this placement. This is because Libra is a sign of resolving disputes (bringing peace and harmony) and Mercury itself is a planet of disputes and arguments. When Mercury is placed in the sign of Libra it means resolving those disputes and arguments. Laws are of different types such as human rights law, trade laws, labor laws, corporate laws, financial and banking laws, etc.

Journalists (such as TV anchors) who are associated with the field of law may also have this placement. If Moon is placed in the sign of Cancer in the 1st house, then teachers and professors of law are more possibly seen as Moon in Cancer is good for teaching and taking care of others.

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5) Leo Ascendant: For a Leo ascendant Venus rules the 3rd house and it will fall in the sign of Scorpio in the 4th house. Venus rules the sign of Libra and Libra is a sign of the exchange of something such as the exchange of products or goods or services and Scorpio is also a sign of transformation or change or replacement and so people who are offering to buy old products and offering money or a new product (with some additional payment) in exchange for the old product often have this placement of Venus in the sign of Scorpio in the 4th house in their birth chart.

People who are selling used or refurbished products may also have this placement. For example, many people buy your old newspapers at your home and pay you some money for that. In India, we call them Kabaadiwala (scrap merchants). People who are working for the waste management companies often have this placement as the waste management companies buy waste products and make new products out of them by recycling them. And Scorpio is also a sign of recycling (transformation). Scorpio is not a good sign. If Taurus is the intake of food (from the mouth) then Scorpio is the excretion.

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6) Virgo Ascendant: Mars will fall in the sign of Sagittarius when the 3rd lord is placed in the 4th house for a Virgo ascendant. The 4th house represents the mother earth or the land and the sign of Sagittarius represents the plants, trees, crops, etc. When the sign of Sagittarius falls on the 4th house it is like farmland and when Mars is placed in the sign of Sagittarius in the 4th house it is like running a tractor in farmland for cultivation.

So, farmers who are doing the cultivation work in farmland are quite often seen from this placement especially when the 4th lord Jupiter is placed in the sign of Capricorn in the 5th house and Moon is also placed in the 4th house along with Mars.

Mars is a planet of motion and so Mars is very good for any kind of vehicle driving in the 4th house. This same placement (Mars in the 4th house and Jupiter in the 5th house) can also be seen in the birth chart of people who are in the travel and transportation business. Also, Sagittarius is a sign of a long-distance journey and so Mars in Sagittarius is like going for a long-distance journey.

So, people like truck drivers, taxi drivers, scooter drivers, bike drivers, and lorry drivers may also have this same placement especially if Moon is placed in the sign of Aries in the 8th house as Aries is a sign of motion and Moon in Aries makes you move.

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7) Libra Ascendant: For a Libra ascendant, Jupiter rules the 3rd house and the 6th house and it will fall in the sign of Capricorn when placed in the 4th house. This is often the placement for people who are working in the marketing and advertising department of coal, petroleum, iron, steel, wood, plastic, and oil industries as the sign of Capricorn represents all these industries. For example, this could also be a person working at a petrol pump as he is also telling the prices and delivering the petrol or diesel to the vehicle drivers on the road which is nothing but marketing and advertising of petroleum products.

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8) Scorpio Ascendant: Saturn will fall in the sign of Aquarius when the 3rd lord Saturn is placed in the 4th house for Scorpio Ascendant.

This placement can be seen in the birth chart of people who are distributors. A distributor is someone who sells a company's product on behalf of the company. For example, Amul is a milk products company and there are many distributors of this company in the supply chain. Aquarius is a sign of networking and distribution and Saturn does very well in this sign to grow the network of distribution. This is the best placement for Saturn and Scorpio ascendant people with this placement often make a lot of wealth in life. Aquarius is Saturn’s own sign and a planet does extremely well in its own sign.

This placement is also seen in the birth chart of people who are working in the supply chain for the distribution and networking of various products in different industries such as transportation networks, LPG gas supply networks, power supply networks, food supply networks, hotel chains, telecom networks, cement distribution networks, roofing & plumbing supplies networks, water supply networks, oil supply networks, and distribution, etc.

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9) Sagittarius Ascendant: Saturn will fall in the sign of Pisces when it is placed in the 4th house for a Sagittarius Ascendant. People like marine engineers may have this placement as they work on a ship which again comes under the category of a profession related to the sea as the sign of Pisces represents the sea and Saturn is placed in the sign of Pisces.

There are also people like marine biologists, marine mammal trainers, marine archaeologists, marine researchers, marine environment educators, aquatic veterinarians, scuba diving instructors, underwater filmmakers, marine scientists, ocean engineers, etc and such people may also have this placement of Saturn in 4th house in the sign of Pisces.

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10) Capricorn Ascendant: Jupiter will fall in the sign of Aries when placed in the 4th house for Capricorn Ascendant. This is really the placement that can make you travel a lot as here Jupiter is controlling the 3rd house of travel and 4th house represents conveniences of life such as Vehicles and Aries is a sign that represents energy and energy makes you move.

I saw the birth chart of a Capricorn ascendant native where Jupiter and Sun were placed in the sign of Aries in the 4th house, Mars was placed in the sign of Capricorn in the 1st house and Saturn was placed in the sign of Sagittarius in the 12th house and his daily routine was to travel on his bike at least 100-200 km a day. He was into debt management in a bank. Jupiter is always a planet that can make you move especially if there is support from Aries which provides energy to Jupiter to push the move and that is only possible when Jupiter is in Aries.

Just think of a taxi driver or even an auto-rickshaw driver and you can see the native is though moving on the road through his vehicle but still he is resting on the seat of his vehicle comfortably while driving and this is what it means when the sign of Aries falls on the 4th house. This is because the 4th house is the house of rest (comfort) but how can you be at comfort or rest when the sign of Aries falls on the 4th house as Aries is a sign that makes you move when Jupiter is placed there.

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11) Aquarius Ascendant: For an Aquarius ascendant Mars rules the 3rd house and will fall in the sign of Taurus in the 4th house. This placement is really good for the marketing and advertising of food, clothing, and fashion business. Beauticians and hairdressers may also have this placement. Teachers of fashion institutes may also have this placement. If Venus is in Virgo in the 8th house this placement is also good for health care products business such as nutritional or sports supplements. All kinds of sportsmen can also be seen from this placement.

This placement is also good for marketing over the internet such as through vlogs and blogs as this placement is good for website development, software development, app development, video making, etc. This placement is also good for travel, tourism, hotels, and restaurants business. People playing musical instruments may also have this placement. In other words, musicians and singers can also be seen from this placement.

12) Pisces Ascendant: The 3rd lord Venus will fall in the sign of Gemini when placed in the 4th house for Pisces Ascendant.

This placement is usually seen in the birth chart of people who are into fashion designing, textile designing, brand management, food and cloth marketing, etc. Retailers and wholesalers of items like sarees, t-shirts, trousers, women's clothing, beauty & cosmetic products, fashion accessories, confectionery items, baking products, dairy or milk products, stationery items, jewelry, etc. are generally seen from this placement. But this is more so possible if the 4th lord Mercury is placed in the sign of Cancer in the 5th house.

Hairdressers and beauticians may also have this placement especially if Moon is placed in the sign of Taurus in the 3rd house. If other planets in the birth chart are also supportive then people like singers may also have this placement. Venus is a planet of enjoyment and Gemini is a sign of communication so it becomes enjoyment in communication which is nothing but singing or even comedy.

Read more for more possibilities of this placement > 3rd lord in 4th house for Pisces Ascendant.

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