Trikona (trine houses)
The trikonas are the 1st, 5th and 9th houses, the trines of the chart. They are the houses of fortune and merit, called Lakshmi sthanas, and their lords are always considered auspicious.
Also known as: trikona bhava, trines, lakshmi sthana, kona houses
The three trikonas link the self (1st), intelligence and past merit (5th), and dharma and luck (9th). Together they show the grace and fortune a person carries. The 9th is the strongest trikona, then the 5th; the 1st is both a trikona and a kendra.
Parashara’s rule is simple: the lords of the trikonas are always functional benefics, whichever planets they are. When a trikona lord joins, aspects or exchanges signs with a kendra lord, the two form a Raj yoga, and a single planet ruling both becomes the chart’s yogakaraka.
Benefics placed in trikonas tend to protect and uplift the chart, and the dashas of strong trikona lords are often periods of growth, learning and opportunity.