3rd House (Sahaja Bhava)

Courage, siblings, communication, short journeys

3rd House (Sahaja Bhava) (Bhava)

Courage, siblings, communication, short journeys

One of the twelve domains of life in Vedic astrology. Each house corresponds to a specific area of human experience — from the self to society to the spiritual. In the garden, each bed embodies a house through its plants.

Body parts: Lungs, arms, hands, shoulders

Paired sign: Gemini

"Gemini teaches cooperation and exchange. The Three Sisters bed: corn, beans, and squash growing as one community."

Tend the life-domain of this house the way you'd tend its bed.

Plants of this House (5)

Buckwheat

Fagopyrum esculentum

Air·Gemini+House 3·Mutable·Mrigashira

Pacifies Pitta & KaphaTaste: Sweet; AstringentEnergy: Cooling

Helps with: Fragile capillaries / easy bruising, Poor circulation

Corn

Zea mays

Air·Gemini+House 3·Mutable·Magha

Pacifies Pitta & VataTaste: SweetEnergy: Neutral

Helps with: Water retention / bloating, Urinary irritation

Horehound

White Horehound

Marrubium vulgare

Air·Gemini+House 3·Mutable·Ashlesha

Pacifies Kapha & VataTaste: Bitter, PungentEnergy: Heating

Helps with: Cough, Chest congestion / bronchitis, Sore throat

Pole Beans

Phaseolus vulgaris

Air·Gemini+House 3·Mutable·Dhanishtha

Pacifies Pitta & KaphaTaste: Sweet, AstringentEnergy: Neutral

Squash (Three Sisters)

Squash

Cucurbita maxima

Air·Gemini+House 3·Mutable

Pacifies Vata & PittaTaste: SweetEnergy: Neutral

Helps with: Eye strain / weak vision