Venus rules houses 6 and 11 for Sagittarius rising — functional malefic. The rules behind that verdict, dasha themes and how it compares with the other planets.
✦ Generate My Free Birth ChartFor Sagittarius rising, Venus comes out net-challenging. It rules Taurus (the 6th house) and Libra (the 11th house), so its Mahadasha (20 years) concentrates on debts, disease and rivals and gains and networks.
Each rule below is applied in turn; the verdict is the sum. Positive numbers support the planet, negative ones weigh against it.
| Rule applied | Weight |
|---|---|
| Taurus is the 6th house (Dusthana / trishadaya) | -2.0 |
| Libra is the 11th house (Trishadaya / upachaya); Libra is Venus's moolatrikona sign, so it counts 1.5× | -1.5 |
| The lagna lord Jupiter regards Venus as a natural enemy | -0.5 |
| Net score → Functional Malefic | -4.00 |
Taurus — house 6 (Dusthana / trishadaya). The 6th house governs debts, disease and rivals. Whatever Venus promises or withholds in a chart tends to be delivered through these matters.
Libra — house 11 (Trishadaya / upachaya). The 11th house governs gains and networks. Whatever Venus promises or withholds in a chart tends to be delivered through these matters. It is also the planet's moolatrikona sign.
| Planet | Houses ruled | Functional reading |
|---|---|---|
| Sun | 9 | Functional Benefic |
| Moon | 8 | Functional Malefic |
| Mars | 5 & 12 | Functional Benefic |
| Mercury | 7 & 10 | Functional Malefic (maraka, badhaka) |
| Jupiter | 1 & 4 | Lagna Lord — Benefic |
| Venus | 6 & 11 | Functional Malefic |
| Saturn | 2 & 3 | Mildly Malefic (maraka) |
Rahu and Ketu own no signs, so they have no lordship to classify; they act through the sign lord of the sign they occupy and the planets they join (see Rahu & Ketu in KP).
In the Vimshottari system Venus's Mahadasha lasts 20 years out of the 120-year cycle. For Sagittarius rising it activates the 6th house (debts, disease and rivals) and the 11th house (gains and networks). Expect those areas to need extra care and effort; the sub-lords of the period and the transits at the time decide which way it actually goes. See Venus Mahadasha for the period itself.
Sagittarius is a dual sign, so its Badhaka (obstruction) house is the 7th, whose sign is Gemini and whose lord is Mercury. Venus is not the Badhaka lord. The Maraka lords for Sagittarius rising are Saturn (2nd) and Mercury (7th); Venus is not one of them.
In KP astrology, ruling a house by sign is only the weakest of the four levels a planet can signify through (the others are occupying it and the star-lord links). A functional malefic reading by lordship is useful context, but the sub-lord chain in the actual chart is what decides outcomes. See Significators in KP and Sub-Lord Theory.