Sun debilitated as second lord, Ketu neutral as a shadow graha — the fixed assets of the lineage and the solar ego dissolve into the fourth house of domesticity. The catch: the king occupies the deepest point of the chart, stripped of external glory and shadowed by the headless dragon.
The Conjunction
Sun (Surya) acts as the ruler of the second house (Dhana Bhava) of wealth, speech, and family traditions. In the fourth house (Sukha Bhava), an angular house (kendra), the Sun sits in Libra (Tula), its sign of debilitation (neecha). This placement weakens the natural significator (karaka) of the soul, father, and authority. Ketu joins the Sun here, acting as a natural malefic that represents isolation and past-life completion. Since Ketu and the Sun are natural enemies, this Ketu-Surya yoga creates a profound tension between the need for familial identity and the urge for spiritual detachment. Both planets cast their full aspect on the tenth house (Karma Bhava), ensuring that the native’s private domestic struggles or spiritual realizations directly influence their public status and career path. This fusion makes the native’s emotional foundation a site of constant ego-sacrifice.
The Experience
Living with this conjunction feels like presiding over a silent kingdom. The native possesses the inherent nobility of the Sun but lacks the desire for worldly recognition within the home. The fourth house represents the mother and emotional peace, yet the debilitated Sun and Ketu introduce a sense of being an outsider in one’s own family. The mother may embody a spiritual or detached nature, or her presence may be overshadowed by the native’s own internal search for meaning. There is a recurring struggle between the second house responsibilities of maintaining family wealth and the fourth house reality of feeling detached from material comforts. This is the struggle of the Sovereign-Soil: an identity that seeks to rule its environment while simultaneously longing to be free from it. Mastery arrives when the individual stops looking for authority in external titles and finds it in their own internal silence.
In the Chitra portion of Libra, the native attempts to craft a perfect domestic facade that hides a restless, searching interior. During the Swati transit, the mind feels like a wind-blown seed, disconnected from the very ground it inhabits and perpetually seeking independence. The Vishakha influence brings a divided loyalty between the duties of the household and a burning desire for a higher, distant victory that the domestic sphere cannot provide. According to the Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, such placements in the fourth house require the native to balance the solar heat of their lineage with the cooling, vacuous nature of Ketu. The internal psychology often reflects a soul that has already achieved worldly status in past lives and now views current family bonds through a lens of karmic debt. The peace they seek is not found in the acquisition of property, but in the release of the need for its validation.
Practical Effects
The fourth house (Sukha Bhava) governs transport, and the Sun-Ketu combination produces specific patterns in vehicles and conveyances. The native often experiences sudden interruptions in vehicle ownership or mechanical issues related to the ignition and electrical systems, signifying the Sun's loss of vitality. There is a tendency to favor functional, used, or spiritually modest transport over luxury displays, as Ketu suppresses the solar desire for prestige. Since both planets aspect the tenth house (Karma Bhava), vehicles are largely viewed as tools for professional duty rather than sources of personal comfort. Fluctuations in wealth from the second lord’s debilitation can cause delays in upgrading transport options. Study the strength of the fourth lord (Venus) before you acquire a new vehicle to ensure the timing avoids mechanical frustration. The native finds their ultimate origin not in the walls of a house, but in the silent bedrock of a self that serves as a permanent anchor in shifting soil.