Harry - 4th House
The fourth house represents happiness, mother, home and inner contentment. The 4th house of this chart has only one indicator for prosperity and 3 for annihilation.
4.1 Person’s Life Experience
As an adult, Harry has been open with his struggles with depression and expressing emotions after the sudden death of his mother.
4.2 Sign
Aries is a masculine fire sign. It is a dharmic sign whose places are tracks and trails through rocky climbs.
As the sign where one’s inner contentment resides, Aries points to the path of an emotional loner. One’s emotional world must be navigated alone, finding and creating the tracks in the side of the mountain like the ram or alpine goat that is the animal associated with this sign.
Prince Harry has obviously done this work alone, even while being continuously in the public eye. Through that experience, he has become a leader in speaking out about the need to look after one’s emotional health. This activism reflects Aries dharmic and fire nature.
4.3 Planet
Mars is cruel, fiery, masculine and of the Warrior caste. It is a karaka for strength, courage, energy, and logic. In this chart, Mars is in great friend dignity, has the lowest Shad bala score and is starved to nearly 100% by Mercury. This can lead a person to question their ‘gut instincts’ and over-think their approach to life. Mars is, however, being delighted by Sun, Moon and Jupiter.
As Mars rules Prince Harry’s emotional world, it is easy to see how he approached the loss of his mother as a soldier, tapping into the need to be strong, put on armour and ‘soldier-on’. This approach, combined with the sign of Aries, drove the prince to avoid seeking help ("The prince said that he refused treatment for years despite his brother's attempts to persuade him to seek help."). In the end, he took up boxing ("it's a really good way of letting out aggression ... that really saved me"). The fact that the emotion the prince eventually needed to process was not sadness but aggression, also points to Mars’s fiery influence.
4.4 Bhava Yogas
4.4.1 Ascendant Yogas
Mars links the 4th and 11th houses in this chart. It joins inner emotional contentment with recognition from others. It can lead one to compare oneself to others in order to feel happy. This materialises in Harry’s life when he is compared to his older brother (also the 11th house). This is a comparison that cannot have been easy as his brother is destined to be king. It also means that the public recognition that he received after his mother’s death would have been extra stinging, because, instead of been seen as happy (4th house), his emotional devastation was recognised.
4.4.2 4th in the 12th
The 4th lord in the 12th house is a combination of Moksha lords. This creates someone who is charitable and cares deeply for others. Harry’s mother (4th house) ensured that her children were exposed to those less fortunate than themselves ("Above all, Princess Diana impressed upon her children to give back and connect with those less fortunate").
It also indicates someone who may live in exile (Prince Harry is currently living in the U.S. having left the royal family) and may lose their mother.