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Significations of Planets in brief:

In Vedic Astrology there are 9 planets to consider.  These are Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and two nodes – Rahu and Ketu.  Rahu is North Node and Ketu is South Node.  Rahu and Ketu are a mathematical point obtained at the intersecting point of the virtual solar path and Moon path. These are known as shadow planets also.

All planets have been classified as natural benefics and natural malefic.  Natural benefics are supposed to give positive result and Natural malefics is stood for hindrance, obstacle and other negative result.

Natural Benefic Planets are Jupiter, Venus, Mercury and Bright Moon. Jupiter is considered most benefic planet.  Mercury is a kind of neutral planet and it acquired the quality of planet associated with him or aspecting him.  If Mercury gets benefic influence, it becomes benefic.  In opposite case it becomes malefic.  Moon becomes benefic only when it is 72 degree away from Sun.

Natural Malefics are Saturn, Rahu, Ketu, Mars, Sun, Mercury (in case of malefic influence), & the Dark Moon (if it is within 72 degree from Sun).  Saturn is taken as most malefic planet.
                                                                                        

Sun: Father, soul, self, self-realization, Power, splendor, Patience, Government, royal favor, aggression, bitterness, inspiration, arrogance, courage, magnificence, fame, reputation, Bone, stomach, heart, Bile, Heat, East direction, Administrator, Organization and head of organization, cattle, mountain area, river bank,  vitality, freedom from disease, health,  gold, copper, ornament.

Moon:  Mother, mind, Intelligence, longing, luster, personality, mannerism, watery places, well, tank, Lake, Sea, River, salt, good perfume, North- East direction, travel, woman, happiness, mental disposition, nourishment, pearls, Phlegmatic humor,  sleep, lungs, breast, chest, heart, lungs, left eye, blood, enlargement of the spleen, epilepsy, Silver.  Female, Mother-in-law, Artists, Milk Booth, Fancy Articles, Travels, Agriculture, Writing poetry’s, and Stories, Grocery shop, Medical shop, Breast, Stomach, Left Eye, Left side window of the house, Both Room & Latrine. Displacement, change of place.  KumKum, Liquid articles, Food articles, clouds, rain, thief, Adultery, News, Motion, Light, Clandestine Activities, Astrology, Vedas, Medicine, Cloths.

Mars: Prowess, courage, valor, strength, heroism, bravery, victory South direction. will power, firmness, impulsiveness, initiative, straightforward, combat, warrior, arms battle, commander, Defence Department, weapon, accident, anger, enemy, hostility,  controversy, scandal, wound fracture of limb, land fire bile minister youth obstacles burning desire, fickled mind, coagulation of blood, skull, rectum, marrow, small pox, Iron, steel, copper.

Mercury:  Wisdom ,learning education teaching communication versatility flexibility mobility restless tourism, maternal uncle, scholar journalist, writing, editor, accountant, treasury, business, trading, commerce, mathematics, astrology, travel and insurance agent, analysis, ambassador, receptionist, railway employees, humorous temperament, nerves, mental disorder, nervous system, neurological disorder, speech disorder, North direction,  emerald, bronze.

Venus: Wife, beauty, pretty, devotion, adoration, kindness, sympathy, peace, compromise, good will, brother hood, amusement, love- making, self less lover, happiness from the wife, partner, sexual happiness, semen, youthful vigor, handsome, delicacy, softness, tact, diplomacy, fidelity, fashion, artistic, dress, sensuousness, eroticism, fond of humor, enjoyment, sexual relationship and pleasure, inclination towards women, prostitution, incest, homosexuality, musical instruments, musicians, singing, dancing, dancer, acting, actors, proficiency in art, ornaments and luxurious items, furniture, poets, jewelers, perfume sellers, dealer of gems, silk merchants, confectioneries sweet makers, dealers in ghee and fat foods. painting, sculptures, dancers, textiles, cosmetics, vetenary doctor, drivers, dairy and poultry, farmers, Hotel, water sports, truth speaking, pre-eminence, decoration, gentleness, vehicle, Venereal diseases, eye diseases, indigestion, diabetes, urinary diseases, throat trouble, impotency, glandular diseases, loss of luster in body, fits. South- East direction, silver, diamond.

Jupiter: Guru, grand father, duty, treasure,  wealth, planet of expansion, wisdom, abundance, growth, reputation, astrology, logic, wealth, royal honour, knowledge, phlegmatic temperament, happiness, mantras, proficiency in learning, tradition, traditional literature, religious duty, Ceremony, ritual, protocol, pomp, display exhibitionistic, extravagant, exaggerating, and imperialistic. fat, obese, teacher, priests,  judge,  bankers, philosophers, writers, high ranks in government and society, member of parliament or legislature, mayors, international law, philosophy, Sanskrit, business management, banking, astrology, tigh, heap,  North- East, yellow sapphire, gold .  

Saturn:  Servant, Longevity, calculative, methodical, organized , diligent , laziness, obstruction, skin, distress, sickness, misunderstanding, misery, death, maid servant, outcast, wicked mind, evil, cruelty, West, discipline, self-control, restraint, moderation, sacrifice, penance, renunciation, patience, austerity, humility, modesty, immobility, old age, Knowledge concerned, lack of desire, longings, wishes-exactly opposite to moon, science, investigation, concentration, contemplation, introversion, introspection, transformation, old age, longevity, immortality and classics constriction, scarcity,  constructive, a traditionalist-never a liberal, responsibility, obligations, gratitude, traditionalist-never a liberal, Loneliness, suffering, pain, diseases, sickness, paralysis, deformity, frigidity, impotence, dogmatism, fanaticism, narrow-mindedness, celibacy, cruelty, abuse, despair, anguish, filthy, scandal, disaster, calamity, doom, catastrophe, farmer, politician, blue sapphire, west, iron and steel

Rahu:  Grandfather, Umbrella, cowry, acquiring a kingdom, faulty logic, harsh speech, one belonging to a caste outside the four main castes, a sinful woman, a conveyance covered on all four sides, an irreligious person or a Shudra, gambling, strong at sunset, having sex with a wicked woman, going to a different country, unclean, bones, hidden abdominal ulcer, falsehood, illusion, hallucination, looking downwards, perplexity, emerald, facing south, depending on Malecchas, foreigner, foreign travel, avionics, low castes and the like, malignant tumour, great forest, wandering in difficult places, suffering from mountains, staying outside, south-western direction, complaints of wind and phlegm, serpents, southern breeze, severe, long, reptiles, interpretation of dreams, travels, old age, conveyance, world of the snakes,  air, acute duodenal pain, catarrh, breathing, great valour, worship of Vana-Durga, wickedness, association with animals, writing Urdu or Persian, and harsh speech, electronics, smuggling, corruption, Crack in the wall, corner of room,  rubber, plastic, dried leather, godown, coffee seed, rope, Gomed.  

Ketu:  Maternal grandparents, Moksha, liberation, worship of the lord of Chandi, Ganesha and others, medical practitioner, dogs, cocks, vultures, final salvation, all sorts of prosperity, consumption, painful fevers, bath in the Ganga, great penance, wind complaints, friendship with hunters, acquiring prosperity, stones, wounds, Mantra Shastra, instability of mind, knowledge of Brahman, diseases of the stomach and eye, stupidity, thorn, knowledge of animals, zoology, observing silence religiously, Vedanta, all kind of luxury, fortune, suffering from foes, sparing in eating, renunciation, father’s father, hunger, great pain from peptic or duodenal ulcer, small pox, or boils and such other diseases, horned animals, a servant of Shiva, getting the order of imprisonment revoked, and conversation or association with shudras, Cat’s eye.


Planetary Friendship and Enmity:

 

Planets	Friends	Neutrals	Enemies
Sun	Moon, Mars Jupiter	Mercury	Venus, Saturn
Moon	Sun, Mercury	Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn	-
Mercury	Sun, Venus	Mars, Jupiter, Saturn	Moon
Venus	Mercury; Saturn	Mars, Jupiter	Sun, Moon
Mars	Sun, Moon, Jupiter	Venus, Saturn	Mercury
Jupiter	Moon, Mars, Sun	Saturn	Mercury
Saturn	Mercury, Venus	Jupiter	Sun, Moon, Mars

 

 Planetary Exaltation and Debilitation:

 

Planets	Own Sign	Exaltation	Mool Trikona	Debilitation
Sun	Leo 200-300	Upto Aries 100	Upto Leo 200	Upto Libra 100
Moon	Cancer 00-300	Upto Taurus 30	Upto Taurus 270	Upto Scorpio 30
Mercury	Virgo 200-300	Upto Virgo 150	Upto Virgo 200	Upto Pisces 150
Venus	Libra 150-300	Upto Pisces 270	Upto Libra 150	Upto Virgo 270
Mars	Aries 120-300	Upto Capricorn 280	Upto Aries 120	Upto Cancer 280
Jupiter	Sagi 100-300	Upto Cancer 50	Upto Sagi 100	Upto Cap 50
Saturn	Aqua 200-300	Upto Libra 200	Upto Aqua 200	Upto Aries 200

 

Planetary Aspect:

All planets aspects opposite (i.e. 7th aspect) house/ sign and planet(s) therein.

Jupiter, Mars and Saturn have special aspect.

Jupiter aspects 5th and 9th house/ sign including 7th aspect.

Mars aspects 4th and 8th house/ sign including 7th aspect.

Saturn aspects 3rd and 10th house/ sign including 7th aspect.

Strength of Planet:

A planet becomes strong if it is (a) in exalted sign (b) in mool trikona (c) own sign (d) in friend’s sign (e) in kendra (f) in trikona (g) good marks in shadbal (h) having digabala (i) good strength in D9 (j) good points in Ashtakvarga

A planet becomes weak if it is (a) in debilitation sign (b) in enemy sign (c) in trik house (d) in combustion (e) in retrogression (f) poor strength in shadbal (h) deprived of digabala (i) poor condition in D9 (j) poor marks in Ashtakvarga (k) defeated in planetary war.