LESSON-15 (THE SUN IN FIFTH HOUSE IN A HOROSCOPE)

Sutras 51-58-If the Sun is in the fifth house, the native will be poor, of bulky body and in his seventh year his father will face death, serious illness or misfortune. The

native will be wise and brilliant but will have few children. If the lord of the 5th is
well placed and strong there will be no death of sons. If the Sun is associated with
Rahu or Ketu, there will be loss of children due to curse of the Serpent God. If the Sun is in conjunction with Mars, there will be loss of children due to enemy but there will be no such loss if the combination of the Sun and Rahu or the Sun and Ketu or the Sun and Mars is aspected by a benefic (Jupiter or Venus). When the Sun is in the fifth house the native will become a devotee of the Sun God. If the Sun is strong the children will be prosperous.
Comments-The 5th is 9th to 9th house and is therefore treated as a house of fortune (Bhagya) also. The author's view seems to be that the Sun as a malefic afflicts the 5th house and therefore the native remains devoid of wealth. While we agree with this view, we also hold the view that the native will have good fortune if the Sun becomes a functional benefic on account of lordship of an auspicioushouse. The Sun is a functional benefic, (a) For Taurus Ascendant when as lord of the 4th in 5th , (6) Leo Ascendant when as lord of the Ascendant, he will be in the 5th, (c) for Libra Ascendant when he will be lord of 11th in the 5th , (d) for Scorpio Ascendant when as lord of the 10th he will be in the 5th and (e) for Sagittarius
Ascendant when as lord of the 9th he will be in the 5th in Aries, his sign of
exaltation. In these cases the Sun in 5th will make the native wealthy, learned, respected and very intelligent. There is no doubt that affliction of the Sun by Rahu, Ketu or Mars in the 5th house will cause loss of children unless there is a powerful influence of a benefic on the 5th house. The adverse results may also not occur if the lord of the 5th and Jupiter (significator of children) are well placed and have benefic influence on them. It is said that if the Sun is strong in the fifth, the sons will be prosperous. This will happen only when the Sun is in his own sign Leo or when the Sun is in Aries his sign of exaltation. When the Sun is posited in these signs, the native will not only be well off himself, he will be blessed with healthy and prosperous children who will be a source of happiness to him.
Other Views
Brihat Jatak-The person concerned will be childless and with out wealth.
Phaldeepika-The native will be bereft of happiness, wealth and children. He will
also be short lived. He will be intelligent and wise and will be fond of wandering in
the jungles.
Saravali-The native will be unhappy, poor, without children, agriculturist, resident
of mountainous regions, wise, without bodily strength and short lived.
Chamatkar Chintamani-The native will lose his eldest son. He will be very
intelligent and will influence others by his superior knowledge. He will accumulate
wealth. He will die on account of some stomach ailment.
Note-It will be seen that the views expressed in the above recognised works tally in
essence with those expressed in Bhrigu Sutras. As we have already stated in our
detailed comments above, the adverse results such as loss of children etc. with the
Sun in the 5th will be experienced with ascendants other than Aries, Taurus, Leo,
Libra, Scorpio and Sagittarius. Of course adverse results may be expected in the
case of all the ascendants when the Sun, the fifth house, lord of the 5th and Jupiter are under malefic influence. The accumulation of wealth as mentioned in
Chamatkar Chintamani will happen only when the Sun in the 5th is a functional
benefic. This work also says that native will. die from a stomach ailment. The reasoning behind this statement is that the 5th house represents amongst otherthings the stomach also. The affliction of the 5th house by the Sun will cause stomach ailments.