Traditional Astrology Planets

Planets

As mentioned above, totally 12 planets are used in KP namely Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rahu, Ketu, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. As Uranus, Neptune and Pluto are of comparatively recent discovery, usage of these planets is not as extensive as other 9 planets. Not all KP astrologers use all 12 planets, hence the usage of Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto is up to the choice of a KP astrologer. In this tutorial, our emphasis will also be on original 9 planets only. Please note that Rahu and Ketu are not planets in terms of modern astronomy, as they don't have any physical existence. They are mere mathematical points. Due to this reason, they are also sometimes called as shadow planets. I'll not go into the astronomical details of Rahu and Ketu because it is not the objective of this tutorial. 

Each planet owns certain signs and stars (nakshatras) as follows -

Planet Name	Sign(s) Owned by the Planet	Stars (Nakshatras) Owned by the Planet
Sun	Leo	Kritika, Uttaraphalguni, Uttarashadha
Moon	Cancer	Rohini, Hasta, Sravana
Mars	Aries, Scorpio	Mrigasira, Chitra, Dhanshita
Mercury	Gemini, Virgo	Aslesha, Jyehsta, Revati
Jupiter	Sagittarius, Pisces	Punarvasu, Visakha, Poorvabhadrapada
Venus	Taurus, Libra	Bharani, Poorvaphalguni, Poorvashadha
Saturn	Capricorn, Aquarius	Pushya, Anuradha, Uttarabhadrapada
Rahu		Aridra, Swati, Satabisha
Ketu		Aswini, Magha, Moola

From the above table you can see that Rahu and Ketu have not been allotted any sign ownership. You may also note that each of the nine planets have been given ownership of 3 stars.
As Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto were not part of the ancient Hindu astrology, they have not been given ownership of any sign or any star. As per Western astrologers, Uranus owns Capricorn, Neptune owns Pisces and Pluto owns Scorpio.

Houses

There are 12 houses in astrology. Houses are also referred as Bhava or Ghar in Hindu astrology. Every house in astrology has been assigned certain significations by the sages. For example, 1st house is for self, health, 2nd house for family, finance, 3rd house for brother, courage, 4th house is for mother, conveyance and so on.

In the astrology, if a house is good, you will get good results related to the house. For example, if the 1st house is good in your horoscope, your health will be good. On the contrary, if the first house is bad, the health will be affected and one can even have a short life. Different systems of astrology like Hindu system, Western system etc. have different rules for judging the houses. In other words, all systems use somewhat different rules to identify whether you will get good results or bad results pertaining to a house in your life. Similarly, KP System also has different rules and we will be describing those rules in the following sections. Before that, let us have a look at what is generally assigned to each house by our sages -

First HouseBirth, head, physical body, limb, physical features, livelihood

Second HouseWealth, food, right eye, what one eats or drinks, face, eye, speech, family, property

Third HouseCourage, firmness, bad thoughts, breast, ear, especially right ear, prowess, brother or sister - younger one, heroism, mental strength

Fourth houseHouse, home, land, relation, mother, vehicle, happiness, water, learning

Fifth HouseIntellect, children, son, belly, traditional law, virtuous acts previously done

Sixth HouseDebt, wounds, disease, enemy, sin, a wicked act, fear, humiliation

Seventh HouseDesire, love, passion, cohabitation, partner, public, wife or husband, dowry

Eighth HouseLife, longevity, mental pain, defeat or insult, sorrow, scandal, ill-repute, death, impurity, obstacle, danger

Ninth HouseGuru or preceptor, father, auspicious, previous life , worship, penance, virtue, grandson, prayer, spiritual initiation, noble family, fortune

Tenth HouseLivelihood, kingdom, work, commerce, trade, business, rank or position, good conduct, honor, sacrifice, command, quality, wealth, occupation

Eleventh HouseProfit or gain, income, all kinds of receipts, acquisition, gain, desire, passion, fulfillment of one's desire, wealth or riches, brothers and sisters - elder one, friends

Twelfth HouseHouse of disappearance, bondage, loss, negation, bed, sin, poverty, penury, loss, decline, misery, left eye, leg, defect

Cusps

The point at which two houses meet is called a Cusp. Starting point of a house is called the cusp of that house. Sometimes terms 'cusp' and 'house' are used interchangeably. For example, lord of the cusp and lord of the house has the same meaning in KP.

The planet that owns the sign that falling on the cusp of a house is called the owner or the lord of the house. Please note that the terms 'owner of a house' and 'house lord' are used interchangeably in astrology. In the example chart, the cusp of the first house falls in sign Aries. Mars is the owner of the sign Aries. So we will say that first house lord is Mars. Similarly, cusps of the second and third house fall in Taurus sign which is owned by Venus. So we will say that the second house and third house are owned by Venus. Some of the astrologers from the classical astrology background will find this unusual that both second and third house are owned by Venus. This happens due to the fact that KP follows unequal house division. We will talk about the house division in details later.

Signs

The whole Universe is divided into 12 equal parts and each part is referred to as a sign. So there are 12 signs as follows -

1. Aries
2. Taurus
3. Gemini
4. Cancer
5. Leo
6. Virgo
7. Libra
8. Scorpio
9. Sagittarius
10. Capricorn
11. Aquarius
12. Pisces

There are various classification for the signs. These classifications are sometimes useful in predictions. Some of the important classifications are as follows -

Classification 1
Fiery Signs:           Aries, Leo, Sagittarius
Earthy Signs:         Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn
Airy Signs:             Gemini, Libra, Aquarius
Watery Signs:        Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces

Classification 2Movable:                Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn
Fixed:                    Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius
Common:               Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces