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Depression falls into the category of mental illness. And any action taken to kill one self in this moment of hopelessness is suicide.

The Rashis, planets and houses involved in depression are:

1. Moon as the significator of Mind
2. First house/Aries its lord Mars, lord of Ascendant and Sun as natural significator of 1st house of the horoscope.
3. Afflicted Mercury.
4. 4th house its lord and the significator Moon.
5. The Moon in Kemdrum (when there are no planets in either side of moon)
6. Affliction to the Moon(mind), Mercury(nervous system), and Jupiter (maturity/wisdom). Particularly when all these three are afflicted they give depression.

Now all the patients suffering from depression don’t commit suicide hence there is more to it.

Lets understand the combinations which may lead the Native to commit suicide:

1. Houses- while considering houses eighth house shows the mode of death, as per the bhavat bhavam the 8th of the 8th that is the 3rd house -signifies its strength and valour to fight against odds. Now it might sound odd but we all know it takes a lot of strength to end one’s own life. A person committing suicide is not a weak or coward but an impulsive force in the moment of hopelessness leads him to act in such a way.
2. When the lord of the lagna and the third house lord / or the houses themselves/ or to the karakas of the house are related then the native finds it difficult to handle his problems. He may become mentally disturbed that he spontaneously decides to end his life.