Stellium by house: three or more planets in one house, with how often it occurs
A stellium is a cluster of planets in one sign, and with whole sign houses that sign is one house of the chart. This page counts how often a stellium occurs in 100,000 computed birth charts, reads each of the twelve houses from the classical sources in plain English and lists every stellium the sky forms in 2027 and 2028.
What counts as a stellium
"Stellium" is a Western term, and definitions vary. This page uses three or more of the seven classical planets in one sign. Houses are whole sign houses counted from the ascendant (the sign rising at birth), so a stellium in a sign is a stellium in one house. Rahu and Ketu, the lunar nodes, are left out of the main count because they are calculated points; the tables also show the share when they are included. Some authors require four planets, so the four-planet share is given too.
The classical Indian texts have no word for a stellium, but they have rules built on the same idea. Varahamihira's Brihat Jataka describes pravrajya yoga, four or more strong planets in one sign, as a sign of a renunciant life, with the kind of renunciation set by the dominant planet in the group. Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra (BPHS) names the nabhasa yogas by how many signs the seven planets occupy, from gola yoga (all seven in one sign) to veena yoga (seven signs). Both treat concentration as something that changes how a chart is read.
One rule matters for almost every stellium: combustion. A planet close to the Sun is called combust and is read as weakened. The usual limits, from the Surya Siddhanta, are 12 degrees for the Moon, 17 for Mars, 14 for Mercury, 11 for Jupiter, 10 for Venus and 15 for Saturn. Since the Sun is in most stelliums, some members are often combust.
How often a stellium occurs, by house
The sample: 100,000 birth moments drawn at random from 1 January 1950 to 31 December 2010, with a random clock time, cast for Delhi (28.6139 N, 77.2090 E) with the clock read as IST. Each chart was computed with the same engine as the rest of the site, Swiss Ephemeris with the True Pushya Paksha ayanamsa, and whole sign houses. A chart can hold two stelliums at once (1.19 percent do), so the house rows add up to slightly more than the total.
| House from the ascendant | 3 or more of 7 planets | 4 or more of 7 planets | 3 or more, nodes counted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 3.84% | 0.73% | 5.34% |
| 2nd | 3.78% | 0.68% | 5.32% |
| 3rd | 3.79% | 0.72% | 5.35% |
| 4th | 3.54% | 0.66% | 5.11% |
| 5th | 3.78% | 0.69% | 5.26% |
| 6th | 3.66% | 0.68% | 5.19% |
| 7th | 3.58% | 0.68% | 5.08% |
| 8th | 3.52% | 0.66% | 4.99% |
| 9th | 3.65% | 0.70% | 5.18% |
| 10th | 3.74% | 0.68% | 5.22% |
| 11th | 3.60% | 0.67% | 5.11% |
| 12th | 3.82% | 0.66% | 5.33% |
| Any house | 43.10% | 8.21% | 57.87% |
Three findings stand out. First, a three-planet stellium is a little less likely than a coin toss: 43 of every 100 charts have one. Of all stelliums found, 81.5 percent have exactly three planets, 16.5 percent four and 2.0 percent five or more. Second, the houses differ very little. With 100,000 charts the sampling error on each house figure is about 0.06 percentage points, and the whole spread from the 8th (3.52 percent) to the 1st (3.84 percent) is about 0.3 points. Third, the clusters are mostly the inner planets around the Sun. Mercury never strays more than about 28 degrees from the Sun and Venus never more than about 47, so the trio Sun, Mercury and Venus appears in 8.0 percent of all charts, followed by Sun, Mars and Mercury (4.1 percent) and Sun, Mercury and Jupiter (2.7 percent).
That last point ties the house to the clock. The Sun is in 72 percent of stelliums, and the Sun's house depends on the time of day. For a Delhi birth the Sun sits in the 1st house for births between about 05:00 and 08:50 IST, depending on the season, in the 10th between about 11:00 and 14:50 and in the 7th between about 17:00 and 20:50. Each house section below gives its own window. A stellium in a given house therefore says a good deal about when in the day a person was born, and somewhat less about the person.
Stellium windows in the sky, 2027 and 2028
Every span below has three or more of the Sun, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn in one sidereal sign. A child born inside a window carries that stellium, in the house set by the birth time. For everyone else the window falls in one house of their chart for its duration: find the sign, then count from your ascendant. The Moon is left out of the list because it changes sign every two and a half days; it completes a three-planet cluster with a pair on another 86 days across the two years.
| Dates (IST) | Sign | Planets | Node in the sign |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 April 2027 to 13 April 2027 | Pisces | Sun, Mercury, Saturn | none |
| 14 April 2027 to 21 April 2027 | Pisces | Mercury, Venus, Saturn | none |
| 27 June 2027 to 16 July 2027 | Gemini | Sun, Mercury, Venus | none |
| 30 July 2027 to 13 August 2027 | Cancer | Sun, Mercury, Venus | Ketu |
| 15 August 2027 to 8 September 2027 | Leo | Sun, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus | none |
| 16 September 2027 to 20 September 2027 | Virgo | Sun, Mercury, Venus | none |
| 2 October 2027 to 6 October 2027 | Libra | Mars, Mercury, Venus | none |
| 16 October 2027 to 22 October 2027 | Libra | Sun, Mercury, Venus | none |
| 15 November 2027 to 16 November 2027 | Scorpio | Sun, Mars, Venus | none |
| 14 December 2027 | Sagittarius | Mars, Mercury, Venus | none |
| 15 December 2027 to 26 December 2027 | Sagittarius | Sun, Mars, Mercury | none |
| 2 January 2028 to 7 January 2028 | Capricorn | Mars, Mercury, Venus | Rahu |
| 14 January 2028 to 2 February 2028 | Capricorn | Sun, Mars, Mercury | Rahu |
| 8 March 2028 to 11 March 2028 | Aquarius | Sun, Mars, Mercury | none |
| 27 March 2028 to 12 April 2028 | Pisces | Sun, Mars, Mercury | none |
| 12 April 2028 to 13 May 2028 | Aries | Sun, Mars, Mercury, Saturn | none |
| 13 May 2028 to 4 July 2028 | Taurus | Sun, Mars, Mercury, Venus | none |
| 10 July 2028 to 15 July 2028 | Gemini | Sun, Mars, Mercury | none |
| 15 September 2028 to 16 October 2028 | Virgo | Sun, Mercury, Jupiter | none |
| 22 October 2028 to 29 October 2028 | Virgo | Mercury, Jupiter, Venus | none |
Three windows reach four planets: Leo from 15 August to 8 September 2027, Aries from 12 April to 13 May 2028 (with Saturn, which holds Aries from 11 February 2028) and Taurus from 13 May to 4 July 2028. The 14 December 2027 window lasts a few hours, and the 15 to 16 November 2027 window less than a day. Edges are the exact moments a planet changes sign, given to the day in IST.
Method. Swiss Ephemeris with the True Pushya Paksha ayanamsa; Lahiri dates differ. The engine's Lahiri offset in 2027 is 1.13 degrees, so window edges set by the Sun, Mercury or Venus move by about a day on Lahiri, edges set by Mars by a few days, Jupiter by about two weeks and Saturn by about a month (more near a retrograde). The nodes are mean nodes. The True Pushya Paksha vs Lahiri page explains the anchor.
How a stellium is read and timed
Classical practice reads a stellium in three layers. The house names the area of life; the sign and its ruler set the manner; the member planets say which faculties are concentrated, read with their dignity (own sign, exaltation or debilitation) and any combustion. A cluster of natural benefics (Jupiter, Venus, a waxing Moon, a well-placed Mercury) is read differently from a cluster of natural malefics (Saturn, Mars, the Sun).
Timing comes from three sources. The dasha of any member planet brings the whole cluster forward; a three-planet stellium therefore has three periods in the Vimshottari dasha (one of several dasha systems) when it is the centre of attention. A slow transit over the stellium sign touches every member at once: Saturn for about two and a half years, Rahu or Ketu for about eighteen months, Jupiter for about a year. Eclipses in the stellium sign or the sign opposite are read as sharp markers.
Stellium in the 1st house: self and body
The 1st house (Tanu Bhava, the house of the body) covers health, appearance, temperament and the direction of a life. It is both a kendra (one of the four angular houses) and a trikona (one of the three trine houses), and the Sun is its karaka, the planet classical texts tie to it. Jupiter and Mercury gain directional strength (digbala) here.
A cluster in the 1st is read as a person whose identity carries the combined signature of every member: a Sun, Mars and Mercury group as forceful and quick, a Moon, Venus and Jupiter group as warm and sociable. Classical texts add that every transit and dasha touching the ascendant then touches the whole group, so the person feels changes to the self strongly. The risk side is an overloaded identity, many pulls competing for one channel, and health matters tied to the members.
The ascendant lord decides much of the outcome; a strong lord in a good house is read as giving the cluster a stable base. Combustion matters here more than elsewhere because a 1st-house stellium with the Sun usually means a birth near sunrise: for Delhi, the Sun is in the 1st for births between about 05:00 and 08:50 IST across the year.
The numbers. 3.84 percent of the sample carries a 1st-house stellium, the highest house share by a small margin, and 0.73 percent a four-planet one. In the sky, the Taurus window of 13 May to 4 July 2028 (Sun, Mars, Mercury and Venus) is a 1st-house stellium for anyone born then with Taurus rising. See the 1st house reference.
Stellium in the 2nd house: wealth, family and speech
The 2nd house (Dhana Bhava, the house of wealth) covers savings, family of origin, food, speech and the face. Jupiter is its karaka. It is one of the two maraka houses, which classical texts link to health crises late in life, so they read a cluster of malefics here with care.
A 2nd-house stellium is read as a life organised around resources and family: how money is built and kept, how the family of origin shapes the person and how they speak. Mercury and Venus in the group are linked with trade, persuasive speech and income from the arts or luxury goods; Jupiter with steady accumulation; Saturn with slow saving and a strict household; Mars with blunt speech and quarrels over money. Activations are read as changes in income, family events or shifts in how the person speaks in public.
The 2nd lord and Jupiter are the checks. With both well placed the cluster is read as wealth that grows and stays. With both weak it is read as money that is earned and spent in large swings. The Sun as a member points to a birth in the hours before dawn: for Delhi, between about 03:10 and 06:50 IST across the year.
The numbers. 3.78 percent of the sample carries a 2nd-house stellium and 0.68 percent a four-planet one. In the sky, the Leo window of 15 August to 8 September 2027 (Sun, Mercury, Jupiter and Venus) is a 2nd-house stellium for anyone born then with Cancer rising, and it passes through the 2nd house of every Cancer ascendant chart for those three and a half weeks. See the 2nd house reference.
Stellium in the 3rd house: effort, siblings and skill
The 3rd house (Sahaja Bhava, the house of younger siblings) covers effort, courage, skill with the hands, writing, short journeys and siblings. Mars is its karaka. It is an upachaya, one of the four houses (3rd, 6th, 10th and 11th) expected to improve with age and effort, where classical texts read natural malefics as helpful.
A 3rd-house stellium is read as a person with a large capacity for sustained work, initiative and communication, often across several fields at once. Saturn in the group is linked with disciplined effort, Mars with physical courage and competitive drive, Mercury with writing and trade, Venus with craft and the performing arts. Siblings tend to be a strong theme, for good or ill. The upachaya rule means the classical expectation is improvement through the thirties and forties, even when early results are slow.
The 3rd is also part of the trine of desire with the 7th and 11th (effort, partnership and gains), and classical practice reads the three together when a 3rd-house cluster is active. The Sun as a member points to a birth after midnight: for Delhi, between about 01:10 and 04:40 IST across the year.
The numbers. 3.79 percent of the sample carries a 3rd-house stellium and 0.72 percent a four-planet one. In the sky, the Pisces window of 4 to 13 April 2027 (Sun, Mercury and Saturn) is a 3rd-house stellium for anyone born then with Capricorn rising. The growing houses page explains the upachaya rule.
Stellium in the 4th house: home, mother and inner ease
The 4th house (Sukha Bhava, the house of comfort) covers home, the mother, land, vehicles, schooling and emotional security. It is a kendra and the Moon is its karaka; the Moon and Venus also gain directional strength here. It is also the first of the three houses classical texts tie to release and inner life, with the 8th and 12th.
A 4th-house stellium is read as a life with home and family at its centre: a strong bond with the mother, a pull toward property and a private life that matters more than public standing. The Moon or Venus in the group is read favourably because of their directional strength. Activations are read as moves, property purchases or sales, events concerning the mother and changes in the person's emotional footing. A slow transit of Saturn over the cluster is read as heavy and slow; a Rahu transit as a source of unsettled moves.
The 4th lord and the Moon carry the reading. A stellium here with the Sun points to a birth around midnight: for Delhi, between about 22:50 and 03:00 IST across the year. It is also the house with one of the lower shares in the sample.
The numbers. 3.54 percent of the sample carries a 4th-house stellium and 0.66 percent a four-planet one. In the sky, the Cancer window of 30 July to 13 August 2027 (Sun, Mercury and Venus, with Ketu in the same sign) is a 4th-house stellium for anyone born then with Aries rising. See the 4th house reference.
Stellium in the 5th house: children, study and creative work
The 5th house (Putra Bhava, the house of children) covers children, intelligence, study, creative work, romance, speculation and devotional practice. It is a trikona and Jupiter is its karaka. BPHS treats the lords of trine houses as beneficial whatever their nature. The classical texts also tie the 5th to merit carried from earlier lives.
A 5th-house stellium is read as concentrated creative or intellectual ability and a strong theme around children, whether many, few or late. Jupiter in the group is read as supportive, Mercury as sharp study and writing, Venus as art and romance, Saturn as delay with children and a serious mind, Mars as competitive study or sport. Speculation is a live theme: gains and losses from trading or bets both tend to be large. Mercury and Venus stay close to the Sun, so a 5th-house cluster of the inner planets is often partly combust; a combust Mercury, inside the limit given above, is read as losing some sharpness in study.
When the 5th lord in the cluster joins the lord of an angular house, classical texts describe a raja yoga, a combination tied to status and recognition. The Sun as a member points to a late evening birth: for Delhi, between about 21:00 and 00:50 IST across the year.
The numbers. 3.78 percent of the sample carries a 5th-house stellium and 0.69 percent a four-planet one. In the sky, the Aries window of 12 April to 13 May 2028 (Sun, Mars, Mercury and Saturn) is a 5th-house stellium for anyone born then with Sagittarius rising. See the 5th house reference.
Stellium in the 6th house: work, rivals and health
The 6th house (Shatru or Roga Bhava, the house of enemies and illness) covers daily work, service, competition, disputes, debt and illness. Mars and Saturn are its karakas. It is both a dusthana, one of the three difficult houses (6th, 8th and 12th), and an upachaya, so the classical reading is mixed: difficulty that the person learns to handle.
A 6th-house stellium is read as a working life full of effort, competition and problems to solve, with a strong capacity for discipline. Natural malefics in the group are read as useful here: the person outlasts rivals, manages debt and handles conflict. Natural benefics are read as less comfortable, since gentle planets are said to dislike a house of conflict. Health is a recurring theme and should be handled with a doctor. Service work, medicine, law and the armed forces are the fields practitioners most often link with this placement.
When the 6th lord sits in the 8th or 12th, classical texts such as Phaladeepika describe viparita raja yoga, in which two difficult houses cancel and the person gains through managing adversity. The Sun as a member points to an early evening birth: for Delhi, between about 19:10 and 22:40 IST across the year.
The numbers. 3.66 percent of the sample carries a 6th-house stellium and 0.68 percent a four-planet one. In the sky, the Virgo window of 15 September to 16 October 2028 (Sun, Mercury and Jupiter) is a 6th-house stellium for anyone born then with Aries rising. See the 6th house reference.
Stellium in the 7th house: marriage and partners
The 7th house (Kalatra Bhava, the house of the spouse) covers marriage, business partners, contracts, public dealings and open opponents. It is a kendra, Venus is its karaka, Saturn gains directional strength here and it is the second maraka house. It is also part of the trine of desire with the 3rd and 11th.
A 7th-house stellium is read as a life in which partnership is central: the person defines themselves through marriage, collaborations and public dealings, and the members describe the kind of partner who is attracted. Venus and Jupiter in the group are read as supportive of marriage; Saturn as late or serious partnership; Mars as an energetic and sometimes combative one; the Sun as a partner with standing. Activations are read as marriages, partnership formation or ending and contract disputes.
The 7th lord, Venus and Jupiter carry the reading for marriage. Business partnerships follow the same reading: the members describe the kind of partner and the 7th lord how stable the arrangement is. The Sun as a member points to a birth around sunset: for Delhi, between about 17:00 and 20:50 IST across the year.
The numbers. 3.58 percent of the sample carries a 7th-house stellium and 0.68 percent a four-planet one. In the sky, the Capricorn window of 14 January to 2 February 2028 (Sun, Mars and Mercury, with Rahu in the same sign) is a 7th-house stellium for anyone born then with Cancer rising, and it crosses the 7th house of every Cancer ascendant chart for those three weeks. See the 7th house reference.
Stellium in the 8th house: change, inheritance and research
The 8th house (Randhra or Ayur Bhava, the house of longevity) covers sudden events, inheritance, joint money, hidden matters, research and long illness. Saturn is its karaka. It is a dusthana and the middle of the three houses of release, with the 4th and 12th.
An 8th-house stellium is read as a life marked by a few large changes: inheritance or loss of shared resources, crises that force a new start and a lasting interest in hidden subjects such as research, investigation or the occult. Saturn in the group is read as steady endurance, Mars as accidents or surgery to watch for, Jupiter as protection, Venus as money through a partner. When the 8th lord sits in the 6th or 12th, the viparita raja yoga rule applies here as well.
On its own this placement says nothing about lifespan. Classical longevity calculation uses several houses and planets together, and BPHS gives it its own methods. The Sun as a member points to a late afternoon birth: for Delhi, between about 15:00 and 18:50 IST across the year. The 8th has the lowest share in the sample, 0.32 points below the 1st.
The numbers. 3.52 percent of the sample carries an 8th-house stellium and 0.66 percent a four-planet one. In the sky, the Sagittarius window of 15 to 26 December 2027 (Sun, Mars and Mercury) is an 8th-house stellium for anyone born then with Taurus rising. See the 8th house reference.
Stellium in the 9th house: belief, teachers and fortune
The 9th house (Dharma or Bhagya Bhava, the house of duty and fortune) covers belief, the father, teachers, higher study, long journeys and luck. Jupiter is its karaka, with the Sun for the father. It is the main trikona, and BPHS treats its lord as a key source of good fortune in any chart.
A 9th-house stellium is read as a life organised around meaning: study, teaching, religion or philosophy, travel and a strong relationship, close or difficult, with the father or a mentor. Jupiter in the group is read as at home here; the Sun as a prominent father or a public role in teaching or law; Saturn as a serious and sometimes late faith. When the 9th lord joins the 10th lord in the cluster, classical texts describe a raja yoga linking principle and career. Long journeys, study abroad and work in law, publishing or teaching are the common modern readings, with the 9th lord deciding how much support arrives.
Jupiter's transits over the cluster are read as a supportive activation. The Sun as a member points to an early afternoon birth: for Delhi, between about 13:20 and 16:30 IST across the year.
The numbers. 3.65 percent of the sample carries a 9th-house stellium and 0.70 percent a four-planet one. In the sky, the Virgo window of 15 September to 16 October 2028 (Sun, Mercury and Jupiter) is a 9th-house stellium for anyone born then with Capricorn rising. See the 9th house reference.
Stellium in the 10th house: career and public standing
The 10th house (Karma Bhava, the house of action) covers career, status, authority and public reputation. It is a kendra and an upachaya, the Sun and Mars gain directional strength here and classical texts give it four karakas: the Sun for authority, Mercury for commerce, Jupiter for advice and Saturn for institutions.
A 10th-house stellium is read as a life in which work and public standing dominate, often with several careers or roles at once. Any of the four karakas in the group is read as strengthening the career; the Sun or Mars gains directional strength on top. Activations are read as promotions, role changes, ventures founded and public recognition. A Saturn transit over the cluster is classically read as a slow restructuring of the career. The risk side is a life in which the career crowds out home, the 4th house opposite.
The 10th lord's condition carries the reading. The Sun as a member points to a birth around midday: for Delhi, between about 11:00 and 14:50 IST across the year. The national charts study uses the same framework on country charts.
The numbers. 3.74 percent of the sample carries a 10th-house stellium and 0.68 percent a four-planet one. In the sky, the Leo window of 15 August to 8 September 2027 (Sun, Mercury, Jupiter and Venus) is a 10th-house stellium for anyone born then with Scorpio rising, and it crosses the 10th house of every Scorpio ascendant chart for those three and a half weeks. See the 10th house reference.
Stellium in the 11th house: gains and networks
The 11th house (Labha Bhava, the house of gains) covers income, profits, friends, networks, elder siblings and long-held aims. Jupiter is its karaka. It is an upachaya, and it closes the trine of desire with the 3rd and 7th.
An 11th-house stellium is read as a life organised around income and networks: many sources of earnings, large professional circles and goals reached through other people. Under the upachaya rule, Saturn, Mars or the Sun in the group are read as helpful, giving income that grows through steady effort; benefics are read as gains that arrive more easily. The axis to the 2nd house is the classical wealth pair, so a well-placed 2nd lord is read as income that is kept. Elder siblings and friends are read through the same members: Jupiter as helpful elders, Saturn as older or serious friends and Mars as competitive ones. The 11th lord's dignity is the main check on how steady the income is.
The limit applies here as everywhere: a chart describes tendencies and carries no financial forecast. The Sun as a member points to a mid-morning birth: for Delhi, between about 09:10 and 12:40 IST across the year.
The numbers. 3.60 percent of the sample carries an 11th-house stellium and 0.67 percent a four-planet one. In the sky, the Aries window of 12 April to 13 May 2028 (Sun, Mars, Mercury and Saturn) is an 11th-house stellium for anyone born then with Gemini rising. See the 11th house reference.
Stellium in the 12th house: expense, distance and retreat
The 12th house (Vyaya Bhava, the house of expense) covers spending, loss, foreign residence, sleep, hospitals, confinement, retreat and moksha, the spiritual idea of release. Saturn is its karaka, with Ketu for release. It is a dusthana and the last of the three houses of release.
A 12th-house stellium is read as a life with a strong pull away from the public eye: residence abroad, work inside large institutions, charitable or spiritual service and a taste for solitude. The risk side is heavy or hidden spending and long periods of retreat that the person did not choose. Ketu in the sign is read as a strong marker for spiritual life; a link with the 4th lord is read as a classical marker for settling abroad. The sign adds detail: a movable sign (Aries, Cancer, Libra or Capricorn) is read as frequent travel, and a fixed sign (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio or Aquarius) as long settlement in one place abroad.
When the 12th lord sits in the 6th or 8th, the viparita raja yoga rule applies. The Sun as a member points to a birth in the hours after sunrise: for Delhi, between about 07:20 and 10:40 IST across the year.
The numbers. 3.82 percent of the sample carries a 12th-house stellium and 0.66 percent a four-planet one. In the sky, the Cancer window of 30 July to 13 August 2027 (Sun, Mercury and Venus, with Ketu) is a 12th-house stellium for anyone born then with Leo rising. See the 12th house reference.
Stelliums on national charts
Tempora's mundane work uses the same framework on country charts. India's 1947 chart holds five planets in sidereal Cancer (Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus and Saturn), and Tempora calibrates two signatures on it: Rahu over the stellium at a 1.15x lift and a malefic opposing the stellium at 1.88x, from a backtest with only four to six named events. That page, stellium activations on national charts, carries the method and its limits. No comparable figure exists for personal charts.
What the numbers do not tell you
The frequency table counts charts. It shows how often a configuration occurs under one definition, one ayanamsa and one birthplace; a different birthplace shifts the house shares slightly, and a stricter definition, such as planets within ten degrees of each other, lowers every figure. The house readings are classical descriptions as practitioners apply them today. Tempora has not tested them against outcome data, and with a stellium in 43 percent of charts any single reading describes a very large and varied group. The dasha, the house lords, dignity, combustion and the navamsa (the ninth-part divisional chart) all change what a given cluster means.
Frequently asked
What is a stellium in Vedic astrology?
A stellium is a cluster of planets in one sign. This page uses three or more of the seven classical planets (Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn); with whole sign houses the sign is one house, so the stellium concentrates that house. The term is Western, but classical texts carry related rules, such as the pravrajya yoga of four or more strong planets in one sign in Varahamihira's Brihat Jataka.
How common is a stellium?
Common. In 100,000 synthetic births from 1950 to 2010, cast for Delhi with Swiss Ephemeris and the True Pushya Paksha ayanamsa, 43.1 percent of charts hold three or more of the seven classical planets in one sign and 8.2 percent hold four or more. Counting Rahu and Ketu as members raises the three-planet figure to 57.9 percent.
Which house is a stellium most likely to be in?
No house stands out. Each house holds a stellium in 3.5 to 3.8 percent of charts in the sample, from 3.52 percent for the 8th to 3.84 percent for the 1st. Because the Sun is in 72 percent of stelliums, the house mostly follows the time of day of the birth: the 1st around sunrise, the 10th around midday and the 7th around sunset.
Is a stellium good or bad?
Classical practice treats it as neither. A stellium concentrates attention on one house; the members, their dignity and combustion, the house lord and the running dasha decide whether that concentration reads as ability or pressure. A cluster of benefics in an angular or trine house is read favourably, and a cluster of malefics in the 6th, 8th or 12th is read as friction the person learns to handle.
When are there stelliums in the sky in 2027 and 2028?
Twenty windows have three or more of the Sun, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn in one sign. Three reach four planets: Leo from 15 August to 8 September 2027, Aries from 12 April to 13 May 2028 and Taurus from 13 May to 4 July 2028, the longest of the set. Dates are in IST under True Pushya Paksha.
What activates a natal stellium?
Classical practice names three triggers: the dasha of any member planet, a slow transit (Saturn, Jupiter, Rahu or Ketu) over the stellium sign or the sign opposite, and eclipses in either sign. A three-planet stellium therefore has three dasha periods in which it is central, and a slow transit touches every member at once.
Do Rahu and Ketu count in a stellium?
Practice varies. This page counts only the seven classical planets in its main figures and gives the share with the nodes alongside. Tempora's national chart calibration also counts only the seven, with the nodes treated as transit triggers.
How do I find out if I have a stellium?
You need the sign of each planet at your birth and your ascendant, which needs an accurate birth time. Kaal Imprint draws your chart for free from your date, time and place of birth, on the same Swiss Ephemeris and True Pushya Paksha calculation this page uses, and shows which signs and houses hold your planets and the dasha period you are running.
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This page presents classical Vedic readings of planetary clusters by house, restated in plain English, with a frequency study and sky windows computed from Swiss Ephemeris with the True Pushya Paksha ayanamsa. The frequency figures come from synthetic births and describe how often a configuration occurs and say nothing about its effects. The readings describe tendencies, and individual charts vary in ways a house-level page cannot capture. This page does not constitute financial, medical, legal or personal advice. Published 8 November 2026 by Tempora Research; it brings together twelve earlier stellium-by-house pages first published in May 2026.