The role of a kendra lord
A kendra lord is the graha that rules a kendra house (1, 4, 7 or 10). In the classical reading, kendra lords carry strength when placed well, and their roles combine with the trikona lords in the raja yoga rules.
What it is
The kendra lord's role depends on whether it sits in a kendra or trikona, and on its dignity and aspects. Some traditions treat the first house as both kendra and trikona, which changes the lord's role.
How it is worked out or read
The site does not score the kendra lord's strength. Its house and sign are shown, from which the role can be read by the rule in use.
Where it appears on this site
See kendra and trikona houses and raja yoga explained.
Which lords count as kendra lords
A kendra lord is the graha that rules one of the four kendra houses, the first, fourth, seventh or tenth. Because the first house is also a trikona, its lord is sometimes counted in both groups. The reader identifies kendra lords by looking at the lords of these four houses, found from the lord table once the Lagna sign is known.
Kendra lords matter in several classical rules, where their placement and their relation to trikona lords are considered. The reader should note which rule is used, since the texts vary on the conditions.
How a kendra lord is read
A kendra lord's role depends on where it sits and on its dignity and aspects. Placed in a kendra or trikona, it is read as strengthening its own themes, while placed in a dusthana it may show those themes meeting resistance. The reader looks at the lord's sign, its house, its aspects and any planets it shares a sign with, before deciding how strong its role is.
A kendra lord that also rules a trikona is read as having a combined role, and the reader describes both themes and their relation.
Kendra lords in combinations
In the raja yoga family, the link between a kendra lord and a trikona lord is the central idea. Conjunction, exchange and mutual aspect between them are the forms most often described. The reader should state which form is found and which source describes it, since the texts differ on whether each form counts.
Keeping the role in proportion
A kendra lord is a strong indicator in its own house, but it is one of many factors. Its role should be described in terms of its placement and its condition, and the reader should not assume that being a kendra lord alone makes the lord powerful. The result depends on the whole chart.
Kendra lords in the chart's structure
Kendra lords occupy the angular houses of the chart's structure, so their condition shapes the chart's main supports. A reader who finds weak kendra lords may describe the chart as needing more effort in those main areas, and one with strong kendra lords as having firmer supports.