Owning a House Its a dream for every individual to own a house. Some times house building becomes easy and the native with good planetary positions will not go through any pain in the process of building or in the process for shifting into the property. But, in many cases it is not easy at all. There is a local saying which says "Building a House is as difficult as getting your daughter married to the right person". The parameters for owing a house are: 1. Mercury (Signifies land/plot) 2. Jupiter (Signifies Air) 3. Mars (Signifies Earth) 4. 4th house and its lord (signify the place of stay) 5. Venus (Signifies architecture/design/luxury) When lagna (ascendant) signifies place of birth, the 4th from it signifies the place of stay. To buy a landed property it is required that in a horoscope, the placement of Mercury plays an important role. Its influence on the 4th house or the 4th lord will give the native a strong chance to own a landed property in its dasha period. The transit of Saturn and Jupiter on the 4th / 10th makes the 4th strong (if they both are not retro). Only in some cases a retro Jupiter will help in buying property which is far away from the natives birth place. Like an NRI buying a land in India or vise-versa. If there is a strong influence of natal Jupiter (Jupiter in the horoscope) on the 4th house or the 4th lord, then the native will buy a flat (elevated from ground) in an apartment. Jupiter signifies elevated lands and an elevated seat. It also signifies big and spacious buildings. Venus's influence on the 4th will give artistic touch to the property. The native will hire architects to build the house and hence the house will be luxurious and beautiful. If the 6th house is influenced by the 4th lord or vice-versa, then the native will build the house after borrowing loan from financial institutions. Mars plays an important role as to buying a large landed property, wherein the native may plan to build a house and use the rest of the land for business. Mars is taken to be a natural malefic, but in the case of house building, Mars and Rahu are considered good, since they represent accumulation of material wealth. If the native has a favourably posited Saturn in his chart, then there will not be any labour problem. But, in the case wherein Saturn is ill posited or debilated, then there would be delay in the construction due to labour problems. Parashara Jyotisha A forum dedicated to Astrology:7338608070 / 9620075465 Seshachalam Iyengar A Computer Graduate and PG in HR served in Govt. Sector for a span of 15 years. Qualified as Jyotisha Visharadh through Indian Council for Astrological Studies - Chennai. Now a faculty in Bharatiya Jyotisha Samsthan - Bangalore and Mysore =Sangraha