The Fifth House

The fifth house rules a person’s creativity and self creation, self-expression, children, poorva punya or virtuous act done in past lives, romance, love affairs, speculation, hobbies, favorite activities, games and sports. The fifth house is the house of creativity and includes everything one creates including progeny. It denotes whether one will have children or not. The fifth house signifies the conception of pregnancy. The fifth house presides over pleasure and social inclinations. It deals with tastes and fancies artistic talents. The type of recreation, entertainment, amusements, sports, romance and similar interest that appeal to a person is denoted by this house. It is connected with all material and physical pleasures like games, sports, cinema, opera, drama, music, dance and amusements of all sorts. The fifth house being a trine house, indicating poorva punya shows what meritorious deeds one could have done in the previous birth. It is also concerned with speculative affairs and all matters of enterprise prompted by the desire nature. All games of chance like cards, crossword puzzles, dice, horse, shares, lottery, gambling or betting come under the domain of the fifth house. The native’s love affairs, the degree of success or failure achieved in love affairs, courtship and licentiousness, the legitimate and illegitimate attraction prior to wedlock or after marriage come under this house. It may be said to represent the seat of the physical and magnetic attractions between the opposite sexes.

This house refers to the fifth sign of the zodiac, Leo or Simha. The natural significator of the fifth house is the planet Jupiter. The part of the body ruled by the fifth house is the heart and upper and middle part of back or spine. As per Mundane or State or Political Astrology, the fifth house signifies matters relating to national affairs, envoys and ambassadors. All places of entertainment and speculation like theaters, music halls and places of amusement, education, stock exchange and race course. The child population and birth rate of the country is also denoted by this house. It governs all the matters signified by the youth affairs, entertainment, sports and education ministry.