To make a precise forecast or prediction, it is most necessary to have the knowledge of the positions of the Lord of the ascendant house in the horoscope, because the complete auspiciousness and inauspiciousness of each ascendant depend upon the position of the 'Lord of ascendant' of that house (Bhava).

For example, if an auspicious planet is established in the sixth or the eighth house of the horoscope, it will not give a complete auspicious result. On the contrary, if a master-planet of any house is established in the auspicious houses like fifth house or ninth house, it gives auspicious results because of its power and strength. So it is amply clear, that for the complete auspicious result of any house or Bhava, it is necessary for the 'Lord of Ascendant' to be established in that particular house. The positions of ruling planets of different houses and their effects on a person are given below.

'LORD OF ASCENDANT' ITS POSITION AND EFFECTS :

1) If the Lord of ascendant occupies the first house itself, which is also considered as its own house, it is considered as most auspicious situation and as a result, the native enjoys good health and long life, is the master of immovable properties like a king, gets benefit from his wealth, and is very rich.

2) If the Lord of ascendant occupies the second house in the horoscope of a person, he is wealthy, enjoys a long life, and is little stocky and fleshy is also valiant and is ever ready to safeguard his religion according to the traditions.

3) If the Lord of ascendant occupies the third house in the horoscope of a person, he has an association with friends i.e. never has disputes with his friends, is a protector and nurturer of religion and religiousness, is charitable, very brave and powerful.

4) If the Lord of ascendant occupies the fourth house in the horoscope of a person, he is a favourite of the king, enjoys a long life, a devotee of his parents and eats very little food.

5) If the Lord of ascendant occupies the fifth house in the horoscope of a person, he has devotion towards the deities and his forefathers, is charitable, rich and honourable. He enjoys a happy, contented and long life by living piously and religiously.

6) If the Lord of ascendant occupies the sixth house in the horoscope of a person, he is free from diseases, is the master of numerous and various kind of properties, is powerful, wealthy, a person of good conduct but a tight-fisted man.

7) If the Lord of ascendant occupies the seventh house in the horoscope of a person, he is full of radiance, but sorrowful is a husband of a nice, humble and obedient wife and is endowed with beauty.

8) If the Lord of ascendant occupies the eighth house of the horoscope of a person, he is a tight-fisted, eveready in accumulation of wealth and enjoys a long life. If the Lord of ascendant is an inauspicious planet, he has defect in one of his eyes. But if the Lord of ascendant is an auspicious planet, the person has a pleasant, nice and gentle nature.

9) If the Lord of ascendant occupies the ninth house in the horoscope of a person, he has numerous friends, is friendly towards the scholar, is humble, famous and full of radiance.

10) If the Lord of ascendant occupies the tenth house in the horoscope of a person, he gets benefit from the king, is a scholar, is humble, is in the service of the parents and teachers and become famous by the grace of the king.

11) If the Lord of ascendant occupies the eleventh house in the horoscope of a person, he leads a happy and contented life, has children, is famous and a proud possessor of many vehicles and is powerful.

12) If the Lord of ascendant occupies the twelfth house in the horoscope of a person, his conducts are hard and rough, he is a sinner, a mean person, an arrogant, normally lives in a foreign country, and likes to help the poor people by feeding them.