Fifth House [Putra Bhaava]:

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The fifth house is the house of progeny. It denotes whether one will have children or not. Benefics in the 5th house and the 5th cusp falling in fruitful signs are conducive for begetting children. The fifth house shows the first conception or pregnancy. The seventh shows the second and the ninth the third and so on. The fifth house presides over pleasure, society and social inclinations. It deals with tastes and fancies, artistic talents and property derived through the wife or business partner's luck. The various types of recreation and entertainment, amusements, sports, love and romance and similar interests that appeal to a person are denoted by the fifth house. It is connected with all material and physical pleasures such as games, sports, cinema, opera, drama, music, dance, banquets and amusements of all sorts. It also indicates places of entertainment. Being a trine house, it shows poorva punya, the meritorious deeds one has done in the previous births. It is also concerned with speculative affairs and all matters of enterprise prompted by desire. ll gambling games !races, lotteries, cards etc" and speculative pursuits !stock e#change trading" come under the domain of this house. The native's love affairs, the degree of success or failure one achieves in love affairs and courtship is shown by this house. It also shows licentiousness, legitimate and illegitimate affairs. s it represents the seat of physical attraction between the opposite se#es, all kinds of rape, kidnap, se#ual offences etc come under the purview of this house. In political astrology, the fifth house indicates envoys, ambassadors and political meetings and banquets. This house also indicates short $ourneys to the younger brother, mother's bank position, changes in maternal uncle's position, his loss or hospitali%ation etc.

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