The importance of Bhava Karakas
There are many karakas for a Bhava controlling various significations of that Bhava. For instance, in Lagna, Surya governs the energy level and vitality, Chandra governs the Health and physical features etc. However, there are selected Bhava Karakas who hold the key to success of a Bhava. For a Bhava to give 100% successful results, all the three factors viz., (1) The Bhava, (2) The Bhava lord and (3) The Bhava karaka should be strong and under the influences of Shubha Graha.
The primary step in the Bhava analysis is to determine how successful the Bhava is going to be by judging the three important controllers, as that sets the baseline. Once it is confirmed that the Bhava will give very good, good, moderate, bad or very bad results, the detailed of those results and their quality can be determined from the other Karakas governing the Bhava matters. Say, if the Lagna, Lagnesha and Surya are weak and afflicted, indicating that the results to be very bad, it can cause (1) birth in a poor family, (2) bad health, (3) failures in life etc. How to determine which among them be worst affected and which one not? For that we have to analyse the individual karakas. For instance, if Chandra is afflicted, then health will be damaged, if Guru is afflicted, then it can cause many failures and their will be poverty etc, if Budha is afflicted, the native will be abandoned by his kinsmen etc.
Phaladeepika 15.17: The Karakas of the Bhavas beginning with the Lagna or the rising sign are (1) the Sun, (2) Jupiter, (3) Mars, (4) the Moon and Mercury, (5) Jupiter, (6) Saturn and Mars, (7) Venus, (8) Saturn, (9) the Sun and Jupiter, (10) Jupiter, the Sun, Mercury and Saturn, (11) Jupiter, and (12) Saturn.
Anandamayee 