The fourth house in Vedic astrology is all about your roots. This may include property, house, land, cattle, real estate matters, and possessions you have such as vehicles. Everything that refers to strong ties to your native place comes under the realm of this house.

Relationship with mother, heritage, family values, and associations with homeland are also governed by the planetary position in the 4th house in the horoscope. Overall, this is the house of domestic happiness and called the Bandhu Bhava in Vedic astrology.

The idea of home is central to the fourth house. It marks your journey of whether you build a house (of bricks and mortar) or a home (of family values and ties). When you can get the best of both worlds, you are at peace with yourself.

The fourth house in Vedic astrology thus also refers to mental peace and emotional satisfaction. The idea is to create a sanctuary, where everyone can live under one roof with compassion and love. Societal norms, material security, family history, ancestry, culture, lifestyle, and traditions also fall in the realm of this house.

It refers to the domestic environment, the condition of your family in the later part of life, and how you handle familial issues. This suggests whether the person will have strong roots and immovable property and if the person will enjoy the comfort of having a family, owning a vehicle, and having a place to call home.

The 4th house in astrology also refers to other permanent material possessions that reflect one’s heritage such as antiques and family heirlooms. It also tells whether the person lives close to or moves away from the native place. Moreover, whether the native would have conservative values and a follower of traditions and customs or becomes a revolutionary also depends upon the planetary placement in the 4th house and of the 4th house lord.

It also reveals a lot about your religious instincts.

The fourth house also influences our education. The fourth house essentially marks our journey from the womb to the tomb. Womb refers to the mother, also Mother Nature, our dwelling place, from where we originated, and to what we are most attached to. It refers to the roots from where we grow, the place we call home. On the other hand, it also refers to old age, our final resting place. The ground or Earth from where we grow up is where we have to return one day, thus the full life cycle.

The fourth house in Vedic astrology relates to the Cancer sign, the fourth sign of the zodiac. Moon, representing cultivation and mother is the natural significator of the fourth house in astrology. The body parts it rules include the chest, breast, and lungs.

The fourth house in Mundane astrology refers to mother nature, agriculture, weather, climate, mines, and public buildings. The fourth house is also related to all that is under earth such as oil, mining, excavation, agriculture, extraction of natural resources, and construction.