Sun and Venus in the 4th house at a glance
When Surya + Shukra (Sun + Venus) share a sign, a yuti, the chart fuses Sun’s the soul, authority and vital life-force and Venus’s love, beauty and the pleasures of life, and here all of it works through the 4th house (Bandhu / Sukha), the house of mother, home, comforts and inner happiness (Kendra (angular); natural sign Cancer).
Each graha in the 4th house
Surya (Sun) in the 4th houseMalefic
Genuine difficulty: the Sun scorches the house of the mother, home and inner peace, giving restlessness, some distance from the mother, and blood-pressure or heart tendencies.
Shukra (Venus) in the 4th houseBenefic
Venus on its throne (dig bala): comforts, vehicles, a beautiful home, property and a life of ease and taste.
Where each is strong or weak by sign:
| Graha | Nature | Own sign | Exalted (uchcha) | Debilitated (neecha) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surya (Sun) | Malefic | Leo | Aries | Libra |
| Shukra (Venus) | Benefic | Taurus, Libra | Pisces | Virgo |
Sun and Venus in the 4th house: the reading
Venus is well placed in the 4th house and the Sun is strained there, so Venus leads the pair here.
When it works
- A beautiful home, vehicles and domestic comfort
- An attractive, cultured mother
What needs care
- Domestic vanity and expense
- Ego that disturbs home peace
Sun and Venus in the 4th house by lagna
Strongest for Simha, Dhanu and Makar lagna; hardest for Meen, Mithun and Vrishchik lagna.
| Lagna | 4th house sign | Sun | Venus | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mesh (Aries) | Karkat | Friend, lord of 5th | Enemy, lord of 2nd & 7th | good |
| Vrishabh (Taurus) | Simha | Moolatrikona, lord of 4th | Enemy, lord of 1st & 6th | good |
| Mithun (Gemini) | Kanya | Neutral, lord of 3rd | Debilitated, lord of 5th & 12th | testing |
| Karkat (Cancer) | Tula | Debilitated, lord of 2nd | Moolatrikona, lord of 4th & 11th | mixed |
| Simha (Leo) | Vrishchik | Friend, lord of 1st | Neutral, lord of 3rd & 10th | strong |
| Kanya (Virgo) | Dhanu | Friend, lord of 12th | Neutral, lord of 2nd & 9th | mixed |
| Tula (Libra) | Makar | Enemy, lord of 11th | Friend, lord of 1st & 8th | mixed |
| Vrishchik (Scorpio) | Kumbh | Enemy, lord of 10th | Friend, lord of 7th & 12th | mixed |
| Dhanu (Sagittarius) | Meen | Friend, lord of 9th | Exalted, lord of 6th & 11th | strong |
| Makar (Capricorn) | Mesh | Exalted, lord of 8th | Neutral, lord of 5th & 10th | strong |
| Kumbh (Aquarius) | Vrishabh | Enemy, lord of 7th | Own Sign, lord of 4th & 9th | strong |
| Meen (Pisces) | Mithun | Neutral, lord of 6th | Friend, lord of 3rd & 8th | testing |
Sun and Venus in the other houses
Aspects (drishti) this conjunction casts
When these results appear
Venus mahadasha with Sun antardasha is the sharpest window (dasha years: Venus 20, Sun 6).
For the 2026 Shukra transit cycle, see when Venus retrograde ends and which houses it crosses.
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When Sun and Venus meet in the sky
Sun and Venus also meet in the sky, for a few weeks at a time:
- Sun and Venus in Tula, October 2026 (18 October 2026 to 5 November 2026)
- Sun and Venus in Mesh, April 2026 (14 April 2026 to 19 April 2026, past)
See Surya + Shukra (Sun and Venus) in the 4th house in your own kundali
Your own chart shows which house Surya + Shukra (Sun and Venus) in the 4th house activates for you, how strong it is, and when your dasha brings it out.