Harry - 9th House

The ninth house represents life purpose, religion, culture, charity, higher knowledge and marriage.  The 9th house of this chart has 4 indicators for prosperity and 6 for annihilation.

9.1        The Person’s Life Experience

Prince Harry is married and has worked for charities his whole life.  Being born into the royal family has associated his life with tradition, religion, culture and a sense of purpose.

9.2        Sign

Virgo is a mutable earth sign of the vata dosha.  It is tamasic, has 2 feet and medium limbs.

Virgo’s earthy, tamasic quality provides confluence for Harry’s utilitarian approach to philanthropy (see previous Harry Blog section 6.4.1).  He likes to use his ‘2 feet’ to practically improve people’s experience of suffering.

9.3        Planet

Mercury is the ruler of the ninth house of this chart.  It is of the earth element and mixed dosha.  It looks sideways, is a biped and is concerned with managing life to achieve success.

These qualities match with the grounded nature of Virgo and strengthen Prince Harry’s utilitarian perspective on charity and life purpose.

Prince Harry loves Africa and says ‘his visits to Africa gave him a “sense of purpose”’. He has participated in many charities there and took his future wife camping in Botswana on their third date.  Harry’s connection to Africa and its earthiness demonstrate the qualities of Virgo and Mercury in his 9th house.

Mercury is Exalted in Harry’s rasi and D2 chart.  It is well placed in all of the first seven varga charts signalling Mercury’s consistency in Harry’s constitution.  It is being agitated by the Sun which gives a person a sense that they are not as great as they should be.  It is easy to see how this dynamic played out in Harry’s life as he was born the ‘spare’ heir to the throne.  However, it is also clear that having such a well-placed Mercury (in rasi, D2, D4 and more) is an indicator for wealth.  (This is further supported by Jupiter, Moon and Mercury in trines from each other, while Moon, Mercury and Venus are all in Own Home dignities or better).

9.4        Bhava Yogas

9.4.1        Ascendant Yogas

Mercury is linking service with tradition by ruling the 6th and 9th houses of this chart.  It indicates a person who is not afraid to work hard for their sense of purpose and meaning.  Harry’s charity initiatives encourage hard work as did his career in the military.

9.4.2        9th in the 9th

This yoga indicates fortune and a strong sense of duty to worthy causes.  It also denotes a person supported by their family and culture.  Prince Harry is financially fortunate thanks to his family and culture.  He has dedicated his life to working for his family and the traditions of his culture.  This yoga can also describe a world traveller and Prince Harry has spent much of his life travelling.  As this yoga is taking place in Virgo, the tamasic nature of reality is ever-present in this person’s experience of the 9th house.  With the Sun also present in the house, there is the desire to appear as great as the Sun.  Therefore, 9th house indicators, such as parents or marriage, seem solid and appealing, but may not be that way under the surface.