If the ruler of the fourth house is in the ninth house, this means that you may have foreign roots. For example, maybe your parents (or at least one of them) are not from the country they live in. Or maybe your earlier generations settled in a foreign country to start a new life there.
One or both of your parents may be able to speak a foreign language.
This placement means that you’ll always have ties with some distant region. It’s likely that you’ll live abroad, and you may spend the last years of your life in a foreign country, especially a distant one, such as on another continent.
This placement also shows that you will always be interested in distant cultures, especially in their religions and spirituality. You will find, unless this combination is afflicted, that you easily get along with foreign people, and that they feel more familiar and closer to you than the people of your own nation.
The ruler of the fourth house in the ninth house may mean that you’ll have to change countries when you’re a child or a teenager. For example, a parent may get a job abroad, and you’ll have to relocate.
It also means that in your childhood home, education and/or spirituality played a big role. So you’ll have that kind of conditioning which will determine how you view the world. Your parents could have been frequent travelers.
Very often, people with this astrological combination pursue higher studies, are very religious, or are spiritual seekers. Some start traveling very early in life, and roam the world for years.
You highly value new experiences as you understand how much they make you grow. Traveling for you is discovering yourself. If you allow your heart to lead you, in your old age you’ll look at your life and be glad that it was so colorful and caused so much personal growth.
The ruler of the fourth house in the ninth house can mean that you’ll own property or land abroad, likely on another continent. Some kind of inheritance can be left for you in another country or from abroad.
Traveling, scientific pursuits, and being involved in religion or spirituality will provide grounding for you, and may cause the acquisition of land or property.
For example, you may earn enough money through such pursuits to become a home-owner, or because of such activities, you may meet someone whose wise advice will get you into the possession of such immovable goods.
This placement also means that you can achieve enlightenment in your old age or just before your death.
