Sunday, February 20, 2005

The Karakas I

INTRODUCTION
All inanimate as well as the animate being the world are signified by the planets and
hence the work karaka is associated with them. Karaka means the doer of certain
activities. This means that the karakas represent the influence of various things animate
or inanimate, in our life. Based on the inhenrent gunas, Sattva, Rajas and Tamas the
karakas are classified in three categories namly the Naisargik karaka which is
predominant in Rajas Guna, the Chara Karaka which is predominant in the Sattva guna
and the the Sthira Karaka which is predominant in the Tamas guna. The utility of these
karakas can be understood from the standpoint of their gunas. The sthirakarakas are
governed by by Shiva and there are 7 such karakas. They represent the death of various
animate things surrounding us (Rahu and Ketu, who are the shadowy planets without
body cannot die and hence is excluded from the scheme of the 7 sthira karakas). The
charakaraka is governed by vishnu and are 8 such karakas. They show the influence of
various atmas / souls in our life and thus means our sustainence in this material world in
the form of a social life (having inter relationships with various souls in this world) and
spiritual growth. The remaining category is the Naisargik karaka governed by Brahma
and there are 9 such karakas. They represent the creation process and hence all
perceptible and imperceptible creation of the world are governed by them.

We know that when we talk of a horoscope we are talking of Narayana (Maha Vishnu)
who is the creator and preserver of the brahmanda. While the rasis represent different
parts of the Lord and the grahas represent the deities who signify a particular aspect and
event in the life of a creature. The rasis are fixed and represent the environment, while the
grahas are in motion which represent people who come and influence us.

THE CHARAKARAKAS (8 planets)

Atmakaraka
The graha that obtains the highest longitude in the chart is the Atmakaraka. It is the
significator of the soul (atma). It is the king of the chart. Being the significator of the
soul, the 12th house of liberation is seen from the Atmakaraka in the Navamsa to find out
the Ista devata of the native who would guide the soul towards liberation from the
bondage of life and death.

Amatyakaraka
The graha obtaining the second highest longitude is called Amatyakaraka. It signifies the
mind. Its role is that of a Minister who guides the king. It is the Amatyakaraka who
guides the destiny of the person towards attainment of the desires of the atma. Being the
protector of the soul, the palanadevata (the deity who sustains oneself in this world) is
seen from the 6th from the Amatyakaraka in the Navamsa.

Bhratrikaraka
The graha obtaining the third highest longitude is called the Bhratrikaraka - the
significator of brothers and co-born who actually are expected to stand by the individual
in times of dire need. It is also known as the Gurukaraka, as next to the Amatya it is only
the Guru (preceptor) who can guide the atma towards its desired goal and God. The guru
and their influence on our life and its purpose can be seen from the Bhratrikarka in the
Rasi and the Navamsa chart. In the Navamsa chart, they show the promise, how the guru
would influence the life of the native, while in the rasi chart, it would show how the
promise is fulfilled.

Matrikaraka
The graha obtaining the fourth highest longitude is called the Matrikaraka - the
significator of mother. Among the four karakas of prime importance, Matrikaraka is one
(and the first in ascending order to the Atmakaraka) as mother is the person who has
brings the atma into existence in the world. It is she who has the first right over the child
and guides the child at all stages to do the right thing to attain glory and God. The
influence of mother on the life of the native need to be studied from this Charakaraka.

Pitrikaraka
The graha obtaining the fifth highest longitude is called the Pitrikaraka - the significator
of father. Father is the one who is the cause for the birth of the person, being the one who
has carried the soul of the native and transmitted to the womb of mother. Hence he comes
next in hierarchy to the mother. The influence of father on the life of the native need to be
studied from this Charakaraka.

Putrakaraka
The graha obtaining the sixth highest longitude is known as the Putrakaraka and it is the
significator of children. Children bear the future of the person. A son is the one who is to
perform the last rites of the person. Hence he gains the sixth place of importance in the
relationship of the person. The influence of father on the life of the native need to be
studied from this Charakaraka.The influence of children on the life of the native need to
be studied from this Charakaraka.

Gnyatikaraka
The graha obtaining the 7th highest longitude is known as the Gnyatikaraka - the
significator of relatives. The relatives of the person are the ones who are expected to be
near the person in times of happiness and distress. Hence, they gain the seventh place of
importance in the relationship of the person. The influence of kith and kins on the life of
the native need to be studied from this Charakaraka.

Darakaraka
The graha obtaining the eighth highest longitude is called Darakaraka - the significator of
wife. The spouse is the 'Ardhangini' (equal partner) of the person. Thus, the spouse is no
different from the person as whatever is to happen with the person is to be shared jointly
by both. As importance to the self is always last, the spouse (Dara) is placed last at the
8th place. The influence of spouse and companion on the life of the native need to be
studied from this Charakaraka.
The Atmakaraka has a very vital role to play in the horoscope of a person. It actually
shows the objectives, ideals and goals of the soul for which it has born on earth. No graha
in the horoscope can actually give benefic or malefic results beyond what the
Atmakaraka could signify. Any deviation in life from the desired path or objective of the
atma renders it disillusioned. As it actually performs no role in the active life of the
person except to watch (as a Judge) the direction of growth of the person, it finally
deserts the body in the form of death at a time when it can no longer sustain the misdeeds
of the person. It simply leaves the physical body and an Atma whose primary desire is
not fulfilled has actually lived a wasted life.

Our atma is a jeevatma. The ultimate objective of the atma is to mingle with the
parmatmamsa, which is God. To attain this, the activity of the person whose physical
form the atma has obtained, should perform sattwik acts so as to cleanse the soul off its
impurities and lead it to God. Sattwik guna alone is the sustainer of the atma and it leads
it to the lord.

As the atmakaraka has an objective with which it is born, it has certain abilities of its own
towards that direction. What are the desires of the atma? What are its abilities? Whether it
has the power to fulfil its objective or utilize its abilities? Whether the abilities and the
powers of the atma would be utilized in the right direction or not? Whether the birth of
the atma would attain its purpose or not? All these factors are to be seen from the
Navamsa (the 9th division – D9 – chart of the person), which, thus, becomes a very vital
part of vedic astrology divination.

The Navamsa sign occupied by the atmakaraka is called the Karakamsa, while the
ascendant or Lagna sign of the Navamsa is called the Lagnamsa and, both these together
are called the Swamsa (Swa meaning self and amsa meaning division). If the Karakamsa
and Lagnamsa become the same or have any connection between them, then it becomes
the Swamsa, in which case, the objective and the abilities of the atmakaraka are attained.
The gati in that direction may be slow or obstructed due to various other factors. Regular
prayer to the Ishta Devta (to be determined from the 12 house from the placement of
Karakamsa) and the Lord of Bhratrikarak (also called the Gurukarak) helps attain the gati
for the atma to move speedily in the desired direction.

While the Karakamsa itself will help see the desire of the atma, the Trines from the
Karakamsa will show the actual desire of the atma. The Trines from the Karakamsa,
therefore, become very vital signs to determine the native’s spiritualism. Any graha
located in the 1st, 5th and 9th (Trines) bhavas from the Karakamsa, thus, become
automatically good for the spiritualism of the person and also to provide gati for his atma
(known as Atmagati).

Thus, the role of Brihaspati (who represents God) becomes very vital in the Navamsa
division of the person, as Brihaspati is the naisargika karaka for the 9th house (Dharma)
significations. It is Brihaspati as the sustainer of the jeevatma and Surya as the provider
of jeeva (life) who predominate the person’s Dharma bhava. This is one of the very
important and significant reasons why the 9th house in the Rasi chart is associated with
Jupiter and Sun as the natural significators of the person’s Dharma bhava.

THE STHIRA KARAKS (7 planets)

Stronger among Sun and Venus- Father
Stronger among Moon and Mars- Moon
Mars- Younger sister, younger brother brother-in-law, sister-in-law
Mercury- Maternal uncles, aunts and all maternal relatives
Jupiter- paternal grand parents, Husband (for female chart), children
Venus- Wife, maternal grandparents, father & mother-in-law, maternal grand parents
Saturn- Elder brother & Elder sister

THE BHAVA KARAKAS (Controller of Bhava)

Though the primary bhavakarakas are given below, each bhava has many secondary
karakas. Both the primary and secondary karakas are important for protecting the
signification of a bhava. Any bhava whose karaka is well placed in kendra/ trine from the
bhava in good dignity or is aspecting the bhava or is placed with the lord of the bhava try
to fulfil the promise of the bhava.

Lagna- Sun
2nd- Jupiter
3rd- Mars
4th- Moon; Mercury
5th- Jupiter
6th- Mars; Saturn
7th- Venus
8th- Saturn
9th- Sun; Jupiter
10th- Sun; Mercury; Jupiter; Saturn
11th- Jupiter
12th- Saturn

NAISARGIKA KARAKAS (9 planets)

From Uttara Kalamrta and other texts...

Since the world is so much full of variety of various living and non living things each of
which is symbolised by a planet, the list of the karaka can never be comprehensive and it
requires experience to know the karaka of each and everything around us. However, the
list of karakas given by various classics can help us in building up the insights while
understanding the possible planetary lordship of a particular thingl.

The natural karaka cover everything around us may it be tastes, our emotions, the plant or
animals, different metals, clothes, substances, elements and everything which is either
perceptable or non perceptable to our senses.

The Sun
The Soul; Power; Intense Severity (fierce); Fortress; Good Strength; Heat; Splendour;
Fire; Worship Of Siva; Courage; Thorned Trees; Being In Royal Favour; Bitterness; Old
Age; Cattle; Wickedness; Land; Father; Taste; Self-Realization; Skyward Look; One
Born of a Timid Woman; World Of Mortals (Mrtyu Loka); Square shape; Bone (skeletal
system); Valour; Grass; The Belly; Strenuous Effort; Forest; Half A Year (uttarayana /
dakshinayana); Eye (right); Wandering Over The Mountains (wanderer); Quadruped
(also the birds); King; Travelling; Dealing; Bite; Scorch; Circular Shape (??); Eye
Disease; Body (vitality in the body); Timber (wood); Mental Purity; Lordship Of The
Whole Country (sovereign); Freedom Form Disease; Lord Of Saurashtra State;
Ornaments; Disease In The Head; Precious stones (gems); Lord Of Sky; Short Like A
Dwarf; Lord Of The Eastern Direction; Copper; Blood; Kingdom; Red Cloth; Stone;
Public Life; River Bank; Coral (??); Ruby; Strong At Mid-Day (Noon); Eastern
Direction; Mouth; Long Standing Anger; Capture Of The Enemy; Sattvik (Pure); Red
Chandan Or Saffron; Hostility; Thick Cord

The Moon
Mind; Imagination; Flower; Good Perfume (incence); Going to a Fortress; Brahmin by
caste; Idleness; Phlegmatic (kapha) Humour; Epilepsy (diseases of mind, if afflicted);
Enlargement of the Spleen (spleed creates bile which help in fat metabolism); Mental
Disposition (state of mind); Heart (feelings); Woman (motherly); Virtue Or Vice
(attributes of mind); Saltish taste/ Sleep (peace); Happiness; Anything like Water (any
fluid); Bell-Metal; Silver (metal); Sugarcane; Typhoid (infection of intestine); Travel/
Going To Far Off Countries; Well; Pond; Tank (any water body); Mother (relations);
Pearls; Consumption (infection of lungs/ TB); Whiteness (colour); Waistband; Short
Stature; Ability; Winter Season; White Colour; Belly; Worshipping Goddess Gauri;
Joking; Nourishment; Wheat; Pleasure; Splendour; Face; Sharp in Thought (in good
association such as Jupiter); Love for Curd; Mendicant (sanyasa yoga); Fame (popularity
among masses); Learned; Beauty; Strength at Night; Facing Westward; Learned; Getting
A Job; Love For West; The Middle World; Nine Gems (navaratna); Middle Age; Life;
Eating (food); Ailment of the Shoulders; Umbrella or any Other Royal Insignia; Good
Fruits; Blood Purity and Vitality; Fish and Other Water Creatures; Serpent; Brilliant
Things (sparkling); Clean Crystal; Soft And Velvety Clothes; Silk Garments

Mars
Prowess; Land (any immovable property); Strength; Kingship; Loss Of Virility; Thief;
Battle; Hostility; Enemy; Generosity; Deep red colour; Owning A Garden; Sound Of A
Trumpet; Affection; Quadruped; Fool; Anger; Going to a Foreign Country; Firmness;
Supporter; Fire; Controversy; Bile; Heat; Wound; Commander in chief; Day; Seeing;
Shortness; Disease; Fame; Tin; Sword; Lance Or Spear; Minister; Fracture Of A Limb;
Jewel; Praying To God Subrahmanya; Youth; Pungent; Dubar Hall; Earthen Pots;
Obstacles; Flesh eater; Calumniating Others; Victory Over Enemy; Bitter; Strong At The
End Of The Night; Gold; Summer Season; Valour; Enemy's Strength; Profundity Of
Character; Male; Axe; Forester; Village Headman; State Inspection; Pain while Passing
Urine; Triangle; Goldsmith; Rogue; Burnt Place; Good Dinner; Leanness; Adept In
Archery; Blood (red blood cells); Copper; A Beautiful Cloth; Facing South; Desire;
Anger; Scandal; House; Sataghni, A Weapon; A Tree; Sama Veda; Brother; Spade Or
Hatchet; Looking After The Wild Animals; Independence; Persistency; Judge; Serpent;
World; Speech; Fickle Mindedness; Mounting A Vehicle; Sight Of Blood; Coagulation
Of Blood

Mercury
Formal education (schooling); Horses; Treasury; Mathematics; Speech/ Courteous
Speech; Infantry; Writing; New Garment, Palatial Building; Green Colour; Sculpture;
Astrology; Pilgrimage To Holy Places; Wise Lectures; Temple; Trading; Best
Ornaments; Vedanta Philosophy; Maternal Grandfather; Bad Dreams; Eunuch; Facing
North; Skin; Wet; Bell metal; Renunciation; Ritu (Season); A Beautiful House; Doctor;
Neck; Recitation Of Mantras/ Sattvik Mantras; Childhood; Crooked Look; Heaven;
Modesty; Paternal Relation; Fear; Dancing; Devotion; Humorous Temperament;
Powerful In The Morning; Hemanta Ritu; Stone To Sharpen Knives; Tranquillity; Navel;
Family Prosperity; Mixed Items; Proficient In Telugu Language; Worship Of Lord
Vishnu; Sudra; Bird; After Born; Depth Of A Language; The Directions; Atharva Veda;
Religious Action; Tower; Dust; Garden; Pudendum Virile; Even; Benefic; Moving In
Villages; Impartial Nature; Fond Of Northwest Quarter; Well Versed In The Legends Of
The Past; Specialist In Grammar; Expert In Testing Of The Precious Stones; A Scholar;
Maternal Uncle; Sacred Prayer; An Amulet

Jupiter
Brahmin; Guru; One's Duty; Chariot; Cow; Infantry; Savings; Meemamsa philosophy;
Treasure; Horse; Honey; Large Body; Valour; Reputation; Logic; Astrology; Children;
Grandson; Dropsy; Philosophy; Grand father; Great grand-father; Palatial House; Gems;
Eldest Brother; Lord Indra; Automn Season; Wrath of Priest; Jewel; Merchant; Physical
Health; A Beautiful Mansion; Royal Honour; Thighs; God (divine blessings); Penance;
Charity; Religious Duty; Helping Others; Impartiality; Facing North; Circular; Yellow
Colour; Moving In Villages; Close Friend; Swinging; Orator; Fat; Old Garment; A New
House; Happiness; Mantras; Twice Born (Brahmins- Dvija); Holy Water; Knee;
Movement In Heaven; A House Granting All Comforts; Intellect; Proficiency In
Learning; Literature; Tower; Charming an Audience; Throne; Strong at All Times; a
month; Vessels; Yellow Sapphire; Sweet Juice; Being Good; Happiness; Misery; Length;
Gentleness; Reading Other's Mind; Ornamentation; Ether; Phlegm; Topaz; Vedic Text;
Brilliancy; Softness; Worship Of Lord Shiva; Performing One's Religious Duties;
Travelling In A Well-Decorated Carriage

Venus
White Umbrella; Garment; Marriage; Income; A Biped (Human); Woman; Brahmin;
Auspiciousness; Whiteness; Wife; Sexual Happiness; Short; Sour; Flower; Command;
Fame; Youthful Vigour; Vehicle; Silver; South-East; Ogling; Scratching; Half A Month;
The Quality Of Passion; Strong; Pearl; Yajur Veda; Vaisya; Beauty; Trading; Love-
Making; Watery Resort; Elephant; Horse; Variegated Colour; Poetry; Dancing; Middle
Age; Singing; Enjoyment; Happiness From The Wife; Gems; Fond Of Humour;
Swimmer; Servant; Luck; Variegated Lustre; A Handsome Youth; Kingdom; Scents;
Garland; Veena (a string instrument); Flute; Amusement; Lovely Gait; Eight Kinds Of
Wealth; All Sorts Of Pleasures; Well Formed Limbs; Sparing In Meals; Spring Season;
Ornaments; Eye; Truth Speaking; Proficiency In Art; Semen; Water Sports; Profundity
Of Character; Pre-Eminence; Sharp-Witted; Decoration for The Stage; Fond Of Amorous
Sports; Broken Health; Love, Greatly Respected And Highly Esteemed; Fondness For
White Garments; Bharat Natyama (a form of dance in India); Government Seal;
Worshipping Goddess Parvati and Lakshmi; Gentleness; Much Emaciated; Day Sitting
Mothers; Literary Composition, Adept at Writing Poetry; Black Hair; Auspicious;
Genital Organs; Urine; Afternoon; Diamond

Saturn
Laziness, Obstruction; Horse; Elephant; Skin (nerves, tendons and ligaments); Gain;
Witness; Distress; Sickness; Misunderstanding; Misery; Death; Happiness Through A
Woman; Maid Servant; Asses And Mules; Outcast; One With Disfigured Limbs;
Haunting Woods; Handsome Look; Gift; A Lord; A Portion Of Life; Eunuch; One Born
Of The Lowest Caste; Birds; A Servile Duty; Unrighteous Conduct; One Without
Manliness; Telling Lies; Long Lasting; Wind; Old Age; Tendons And Muscles; Strong
At The End Of The Day; Sisira Ritu (Winter); Great Anger; Exertion; Born Of A Very
Low Mother; Bastard; Golaka (abode of lord Krsna); Dirty Clothes And House; Wicked
Mind; Friendship With The Wicket; Black Colour; Evil; Cruelty; Ashes; Black Grains;
Gems; Iron; Nobility; A Year; Sudra; One Representing The Father; Learning The Trade
Of Another Class; Crippled; Sharp; A Blanket; Facing West; Life Saving Drugs;
Downward Look; Agriculture; Life Saving Drugs; Arsenal; A Student Belonging To
Another Caste; External Position; North-Eastern; Serpent World; Downfall; Lost in
Battle; Wandering; A Spear; Lead; Misdirected Strength; A Turk; Worn Out; Oil; The
Tamas Guna; Travelling Through Forests and Over Mountains; Hard-Heartedness; Fear;
Long Standing Distress; Hunter; Ugly Hair; Entire Sovereignty; Alarm; Goats And The
Like; Buffalos And The Like; Indulging In Sex Pleasure; Dressing Oneself For Amorous
Appeals; Worshipping God Yama; Dog; Theft And; Cruel-Hearted

Rahu
Umbrella; Kingdom; Gathering; Fallacious Argument; Hurting By Speech; Downcast;
Wicked Woman; An Irreligious Man; Decorated Vehicle; Gambling; Strong At Twilight;
Intriguing With A Wicked Woman; Going Abroad; Impurity; Bone; Enlargement Of
Spleen; Falsehood; Downward Look; Perplexity; Emerald; Facing The Southern Quarter;
Shelter Of Outcast Or Low People; Painful Swelling; A Big Forest; Wandering In
Rugged Places; Mountain; Pain; Staying Outside; Tending Towards Southwest; Wind;
Phlegm; Sorrow; Serpent; Night Breeze; Sharp; Long; Reptile; Reading Of Dreams;
Travel; A Muhurata; Old Age; A Vehicle; World Of Serpents; Mother; Father Or
Maternal Grandfather; Air; An Acute Or Sharp Pain; Catarrh; Breathing; Great Prowess;
Forest; Worshipper Of Goddess Durga; Wickedness; Cohabitation With Quadrupeds;
Urdu Script; Harsh Words

Ketu
Worship Of God Chandeeka, God Ganesha And Many Other Gods; Doctor; Dog; Cock;
Vulture; Salvation; All Kinds Of Wealth; Consumption; Pain; Fever; Bathing In The
Holy Ganges; Great Penance; Wind; A Hunter; Friendship; Conferring Of Prosperity;
Stone; Wound; Witchcraft; Inconstancy; Knowledge Of Brahma; Belly; Eye Sore;
Stupidity; Thorn; Deer; Knowledge; Observing Silence As A Fast; Philosophy; All Sorts
Of Luxuries; Luck; Trouble Form Enemies; Loss Of Appetite; Indifference To The
World; Paternal Grandfather; Hunger; Severe Stomach ache; Boils And The Like Skin
Troubles; Revolving The Orders Of Arrest; Association Of Sudra.

Sunday, March 06, 2005

The Karakas II

I have compiled this list of planetary characteristics from various classics. This shall help
you in gaining better understanding of the planets and use them in predictions.

The suffix at various places indicate the classics used for the compilation. They are as
follows
BPHS: Brhat Parasari Hora Shastra
BJ: Brhat Jataka
HS: Hora Sara
SV: Saravali
PD: Phaladeepika
JP: Jataka Parijata
DA: Dasa Adhyayi
PM: Prasna Margam

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THE SUN
Names: Heli, Surya (BJ); Aditya, Arka, Ravi, Bhanu, Bhaskara. Divakara, Marthanda,
Savita, Teekshnamsu and Ina (HS)
Nature: Malefic
Gender: Masculine
Appearance & Disposition: Sūrya’s eyes are honey-coloured. He has a square body. He is
of clean habits, bilious, intelligent and has limited hair (on his head) (BPHS); Well
proportioned body, is bilious and possesses pingala (tawny) eyes, has short hairs (BJ);
Sun’s body is square; his eyes are pink in colour and he has sparse hair on his body and
head. He does not live for a long time in one place. He is of lazy disposition. His knees
are weak. He has pleasing face and delivers pleasing speech. (HS); The Sun has curly
hair, sharp mind, prominent appearance, majestic voice and is not very tall. His eyes are
honey-coloured. He is courageous, steady and of a complexion, which has a mix of red
and green. His feet are not conspicuous (small in size). He is bilious and has sturdy
bones. He is great and majestic. He has fiery rays and square body and wears saffron-
coloured apparels (SV)
Sapta Dhatu: Bones (skeletal system)
Diseases: Causes damage to eyes, loss of hair and thirst, fever etc. by bilious
temperament (PD)
Humor: Bile
Governs: The Soul
Planetary Cabinet: The King
Complexion: Blood red (BPHS), Dark Red (BJ); Copper red (SV)
Colour: Copper (BJ)
Deity/ Adhi devata: Agni (BPHS)
Gender: Male
Panchabhuta: Agni (Fire)
Caste: Kshatriya
Guna: Sattvik
Abode: Temple (BPHS), Devastana (BJ)
Direction: East (Purva)
Period: Ayana
Taste: Pungent
Directional Strength: South (10th house)
Day based Strength: Day Time (Diurnal)
Ayana based Strength: Uttarayana
Natural strength: Strongest among all planets
Trees: Strong trees (trees with stout trunk)
Robe/ Cloth: Red silken, Rough cloth
Season: Summer (Grishma)
Matter: Mula (Vegetation) (BJ)
Material: Copper (BJ)
Natural Age: 50 years (JP)
Loka: Mrtyu Loka (World of mortals)
Geographical location: Kalinga (Orissa)
Misc. Lordship: Snakes, wool, hills, gold, weapons, poison, fire, medicines, kings,
aryas, river banks, forest, wood and Mantras (SV)

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THE MOON
Names: Chandrama, Sitarasmi (BJ); Sasi, Sasanka, Vidhu, Soma, Nisakara, Seethamsu,
Udunatha and Indu (Candr is Nisakara, as she causes the night. She is Seetamsu, as her
rays are cool and pleasant. The name Udunatha is given to Candr because Candr married
the 27 Nakshatras) (HS);
Nature: Benefic (when waxing), Malefic (when waning)
Gender: Feminine
Appearance & Disposition: Candra is very windy and phlegmatic. She is learned and
has a round body. She has auspicious looks and sweet speech, is fickle-minded and very
lustful (BPHS); Well rounded body, much wind and phlegm, intelligent, sweet speech
and good eyes (BJ); Moon is tall, tender-natured, brilliant in mental disposition, kind,
skilled in policy, or politics and has mixed humour of wind and bile. She wears white
robes and ornaments; her body resembles a well-drawn circle. (HS); She has an
auspicious appearance. Her eyes are beautiful. She has mellifluous voice. She is fair in
complexion, has an emaciated body, is youthful, tall, curly and short hair, is learned, soft,
of Sattvik disposition, beautiful, phlegmatic, amicable to friends, has pure (excellent)
blood, is kind, fond of old ladies, fickle-minded, very fortunate and wears clean apparels.
(SV)
Sapta Dhatu: Blood (Circulatory System)
Humour: Vata (Windy) & Kapha (Phlegm)
Governs: The Mind
Planetary Cabinet: The Queen
Complexion: Tawny
Colour: White
Deity/ Adhi devata: Varuna (BPHS), Ambu (BJ)
Panchabhuta: Jala (Water)
Caste: Brahmin
Guna: Sattivik
Abode: Watery places
Direction: North West (Vayavya Kona)
Period: Muhurtha (48 minutes) (BPHS); Kshana (BJ)
Taste: Saline
Directional Strength: North (4th house)
Day based Strength: Night (Nocturnal)
Ayana based Strength: (Uttarayana)
Natural strength: Second to the Sun
Trees: Milky trees (such as rubber plant)
Robe/ Cloth: White Silken (BPHS), New clothes (BJ)
Season: Varsha (Rainy)
Matter: Dhatu (non living matter)
Material: Precious stones (Gemstones)
Natural Age: 70 years (JP)
Loka: Pitri Loka (World of manes)
Geographical location: Yavana Pradesh (land of Greeks)
Misc. Lordship: Poets, flowers, eatables, beads, silver, conch, salt, water, arrow, robes,
ornaments, females, Ghī, sesamum, oil and sleep (SV)

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MARS
Names: Ara, Vakra, Kruradrik, Avanaya (BJ); Aara, Vakra, Maheeja Rudhira, Rakta,
Angaraka and Krudradrik (HS); Bhumisuta (SV)
Nature: Malefic
Gender: Masculine
Appearance & Disposition: Mangal has blood-red eyes, is fickle-minded, liberal,
bilious, given to anger and has thin waist and thin physique (BPHS); Youthful, liberal
bilious, fickle minded and has a thin waist (BJ); Mars is unsteady in mind, he is capable
of wounding, he has blood-reddish eyes, he is bilious and depicted with fire and arms, his
voice is rough, his belly is depressed and he is modest (HS); he is young, he has curly and
shining hair, he is liberal (PD); The planet Mars is short, his eyes are reddish-brown in
colour. He has a strong body. He is as bright, as burning fire. He is not steady in
disposition. He has marrow in bones and flesh. He wears red-coloured apparels. He is
more intelligent and is courageous. He is an accomplished speaker. He causes injury. He
has short and shining hair. He is bilious in disposition and is Tamasic. He is adventurous
and wrathful and is skillful in hurting. He is blood-red in appearance. (SV)
Sapta Dhatu: Marrow (?? system)
Humour: Pitta (Bile)
Governs: Strength
Planetary Cabinet: Commander- in- Chief
Complexion: Bood Red
Colour: Blood Red
Deity/ Adhi devata: Subrahmanya (BPHS), Kumara (BJ); Kartikeya (SV)
Panchabhuta: Agni (Fire)
Caste: Kshatriya (Warrior)
Guna: Tamasik
Abode: Place of Fire
Direction: South (Dakshina)
Period: A day (duration between two Sunrises)
Taste: Bitter
Directional Strength: South (10th house)
Day based Strength: Night (Nocturnal)
Ayana based Strength: Dakshinayana
Natural strength: Stronger than Saturn (Saturn is the weakest one)
Trees: Bitter ones (Lemon Plant)
Robe/ Cloth: Red clothes (BPHS); Burnt clothes (SV)
Season: Greeshma (Summer)
Matter: Dhatu (Non living matter)
Natural Age: Young boy (16 years) (JP)
Veda: Sama Veda
Loka: Mrtyu Loka (World of mortals)
Geographical Location: Ujjain (Central India)
Misc. Lordship: Blood, Copper, Army, Red cloth, Minerals, Earth, King, Destruction,
Swooning, Bile and thieves (SV)

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MERCURY
Names: Hemno, Vit, Gna, Bodhana and Induputra (BJ); Saumya, Vid, Jna, Somaja,
Bodhana, Kumar and Vidhusuta (Budh is Candr’s son and hence known, as Somaja and
Vidhusuta ) (HS)
Nature: Malefic in malefic association, otherwise benefic
Gender: Neuter/ Eunuch
Appearance & Disposition: Budh is endowed with an attractive physique and the
capacity to use words with many meanings. He is fond of jokes. He has a mix of all the
three humours (BPHS); Gurgling speech, fond of joking and has a mixture of air, phlegm
and bile (BJ); Budh’s eyes are dark. He is well-versed in politics (or in policy-making), is
of medium height, sometimes firm and sometimes unsteady, jolly natured, in touch with
all kinds of news, witty, scholarly and has the composition mixed with the three humours
(i. e. bile, phlegm and wind) (HS); Budh rules skin and is full of veins, arteries and
nerves. He has an even body (PD); he is sweet spoken, but stammering in speech (DA);
Mercury's eyes are reddish and broad. He speaks sweetly. His complexion is of green
grass. He has strong skin. He is an extremely Rajasic planet. He is clear in his speech and
is pure. He has a mixture of the three humours, i.e. phlegm, bile and wind. He remains
delighted and has moderate beauty. He is skillful and sinewy. He is agreeable to all in
dressing and speech and wears green robes. (SV
Sapta Dhatu: Skin (BPHS, BJ) (?? System)
Humour: Tridosha (all pitta, kapha, vata)
Governs: Speech
Planetary Cabinet: Yuvaraj (Prince)
Complexion: Hue that of Green grass (Durva Grass)
Colour: Green
Deity/ Adhi devata: Maha Vishnu (BPHS), Kesava (BJ)
Panchabhuta: Prithvi (Earthy)
Caste: Vaishya (Trading Class) (BPHS); Sudra (BJ, SV); Mixed breed (HS)
Guna: Rajasik
Abode: Sports ground, Gaming place
Direction: North (Uttar)
Period: Ritu (Season- Two months)
Taste: Mixed
Directional Strength: East (Lagna)
Day based Strength: Both in day & Night
Ayana based Strength: Uttarayana
Natural strength: Stronger than Mercury
Trees: Fruitless trees
Robe/ Cloth: Black silken (BPHS); Water soaked clothes (BJ, SV)
Season: Sarad (Mild Winter)
Matter: Jiva (Living beings)
Material: Bell metal
Natural Age: Young (20 years) (JP)
Veda: Atharva Veda
Loka: Patala Loka (Hellish world)
Geographical location: Magadha (southern part of Bihar) (SV)
Misc. Lordship: Veda, writing, sculpture, medicines, expertise, minister-ship, speech,
jokes, birds, couples, fame, vegetation (vanaspati) and gold (SV)

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JUPITER
Names: Jiva, Angira, Suraguru, Vachasampathi and Ijya (BJ); Jeeva, Angirasa, Suraguru,
Mantri Vachaspati, Arya, Brihaspati, Suri and Vageesh (HS); Ida (SV)
Nature: Benefic
Gender: Masculine
Appearance & Disposition: Guru has a big body, tawny hair and tawny eyes, is
phlegmatic, intelligent and learned in Shastras (BPHS); Corpulent body, golden locks and
eyes, moral and is phlegmatic (BJ); Guru has stout and tall body; his eyes are neither big
nor small, he is intelligent, well-versed in politics, or policy making has prominent
bilious composition, is a very eloquent speaker, wears yellow apparels and jewels and is
of noble disposition (HS); he is of virtuous disposition (DA); The eyes of Jupiter are
somewhat reddish-brown. He is learned in Vedas. His voice resembles that of a lion. He
is firm and prominently Sattvik. His physical complexion is akin to pure yellow metal.
He has broad and prominent chest. He is always fond of virtues and is modest. He has
firm and large eyes and is of forgiving disposition. He wears yellow apparels, is
phlegmatic, fat and pre-eminent. (SV)
Sapta Dhatu: Fat (BPHS); Brain (BJ) (Digestive system)
Humour: Vata (Windy) & Kapha (Phlegm)
Governs: Knowledge, Wisdom and happiness (BPHS), Intelligence (SV)
Planetary Cabinet: Advisor (Minister)
Complexion: Tawny (BPHS), Jupiter yellow or golden (BJ)
Colour: Yellow
Deity/ Adhi devata: Indra (BPHS)
Panchabhuta: Akasha (Ether)
Caste: Brahmin (Priestly class)
Guna: Sattvik
Abode: Treasury
Direction: North East (Ishanya Kona)
Period: Masa (Month)
Taste: Sweet
Directional Strength: East (Lagna)
Day based Strength: Day time (Diurnal)
Ayana based Strength: Uttarayana
Natural strength: Stronger than Mercury (4th)
Trees: Fruit bearing trees
Robe/ Cloth: Saffron coloured ones (BPHS), Neither old nor new clothes (BJ, SV)
Season: Hemanta (Autumn)
Matter: Jiva (Living beings)
Material: Silver, and when he is in his own house he governs gold (BJ)
Natural Age: 30 years
Veda: Rig Veda (SV)
Loka: Svarga loka (Heavens) (SV)
Geographical location: Sindhu (Indus- Pakistan and Afganistan) (SV)
Misc. lordship: Auspiciousness, virtue, physical stoutness, prowess, mentorship/; guide/
guru/ preceptor, deputation, city, state (province), gold, bed, conveyance, position, grains,
residence and sons (SV)

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VENUS
Names: Sukra, Bhrigu, Brigusuta, Sita and Aspujit (BJ); Bhrigu, Bhrigusuta, Ahpujit,
Sita, Usanas, Vaitya Pujya, Kavya and Kavi(HS)
Nature: Benefic
Appearance & Disposition: Shukra is charming, has a splendourous physique, is
excellent, or great in disposition, has charming eyes, is a poet, is phlegmatic and windy
and has curly hair (BPHS); Fond of pleasure, handsome, fine eyes and black ringlets and
a temperament compounded of wind and phlegm (BJ); the body of shukra is very bright.
He is fortunate, windy and bilious in composition, broad-minded; stout bodied, has a
tendency to submit to women, has crooked eyes and is of deceiving nature. (HS); has
stout body, broad eyes, wind and phlegm in constitution (PD); The planet Venus is
beautiful, has long hands, broad chest and face, is very seminal, splendourous, has dark,
short and extended hair, is of complexion, which is a mix of yellow and green, is
sensuous, windy and phlegmatic, very fortunate, wears multi-coloured apparels, is of
Rajasic disposition, sportive, intelligent, broad-eyed and has prominent shoulders. (SV)
Sapta Dhatu: Sperm/ Semen (Reproductive system)
Humour: Vata (Windy) & Kapha (Phlegm)
Governs: Semen (Potency) (BPHS), Passion (BJ); Comfort (SV)
Planetary Cabinet: Advisor (Minister)
Complexion: Variegated (BJ); Neither white nor black (BJ)
Colour: Variegated
Deity/ Adhi devata: Shachi Devi (BPHS), Indrani (BJ)
Gender: Feminine
Panchabhuta: Jala (Water)
Caste: Brahmin (Priestly class)
Guna: Rajasik
Abode: Bedroom
Direction: South East (Agneya Kona)
Period: Paksha (Fortnight)
Taste: Acidulous (BPHS); Sour (BJ)
Directional Strength: North (4th House)
Day based Strength: Day Time (Diurnal)
Ayana based Strength: Uttarayana
Natural strength: Stronger than Jupiter (5th)
Trees: Floral Plants
Robe/ Cloth: Silken (BPHS); Strong clothes (BJ), Durable clothes (SV)
Season: Vasanta (Spring)
Matter: Mula (Vegetation)
Material: Pearls (BJ)
Natural Age: 16 years (JP)
Veda: Yajur Veda (SV)
Loka: Pitri Loka (World of manes) (SV)
Misc Lordship: Diamonds, ornaments, marriage, scents, friends, wreaths, females, cow
dung, diagnosis, education, sexual enjoyment and gold (SV)

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SATURN
Names: Kona, Manda, Suryaputra and Asita (BJ); Kona, Manda, Sani, Krishn, Surya
Putr, Yama, Pangu, Sanaischara, Sauri, Kala and Chayasuta (HS)
Nature: Malefic
Gender: Neuter/ Eunuch
Appearance & Disposition: Shani has an emaciated and long physique, has tawny eyes,
is windy in temperament, has big teeth, is indolent and lame and has coarse hair (BPHS);
Lazy, has yellowish eyes, lean tall body, stout teeth and rough hairs. He is of a windy
temperament (BJ); has hard nails, teeth and hair, he is deceptive, he has long hands and
feet, his constitution is bilious, he has prominent veins, is indolent and worried (HS); is
lame, has deeply depressed eyes and is lazy. He rules muscles. He has an emaciated body
(PD); Saturn has red and depressed eyes, emaciated body, prominent veins, is indolent,
black-bodied and windy in temperament. He is a talebearer. He is muscular, unkind,
foolish, has large nails and teeth, is very dirty, impure, Tamasic in disposition, fierce,
short-tempered and old (worn out). He adores black apparels. (SV)
Sapta Dhatu: Muscles (BPHS); Nerves (BJ)
Humour: Vata (Windy)
Governs: Grief/ Sorrow
Planetary Cabinet: Servant
Complexion: Dark (BPHS), Black (BJ)
Colour: Black (BJ), Blue mixed with black (HS)
Deity/ Adhi devata: Brahma (BPHS), Kaha (BJ)
Panchabhuta: Vayu (Air)
Caste: Sudra (Working class) (BPHS); Antyaja (Untouchables) (BJ); Mixed breed (SV)
Guna: Tamasik
Abode: Filthy ground (Dirty places) (BPHS), Heap of dirt (BJ)
Direction: West (Paschim)
Period: Year
Taste: Astringent (BPHS); Acidic (BJ)
Directional Strength: West (7th house)
Day based Strength: Night (Nocturnal)
Ayana based Strength: Dakshinayana
Natural strength: Weakest among all
Trees: Useless trees (shrubs and weeds)
Robe/ Cloth: Multi-coloured robes (BPHS); Rags (BJ, SV)
Season: Sisir (Extreme Winter)
Matter: Dhatu (Non living matter)
Material: Iron, Lead (BJ)
Natural Age: Extremely old
Others: Anthill
Loka: Patala Loka (Hellish world)
Geographical Location: Saurashtra (Gujarat)
Misc. lordship: Lead, zinc, black metals, inferior grains, dead relatives, fools, servants,
mean women, saleable goods, poor people and self-restraint (SV)
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RAHU
Names: Tamas, Agu and Asura (BJ); Tamas, Asura, Swarbhanu, Vidhuntuda, Pata,
Sainhikeya, Bhujanga and Ahi (HS)
Nature: Malefic (HS)
Gender: Masculine
Appearance & Disposition: He is black in colour, tall in stature, and of low caste; he has
skin disease and hick-coughs; he is cunning, and speaks falsehood; he suffers from
leprosy.
Sapta Dhatu: n/a
Humour: Vata (Windy)
Governs: Ego (SV)
Planetary Cabinet: Army
Complexion: Sark collyrium (blue mix) (HS)
Colour: Black
Deity/ Adhi devata: Durga / Chandika
Panchabhuta: None
Caste: Outcaste
Guna: Tamasik (like Saturn) (HS)
Abode: Forest
Direction: South West (Nairrittya Kona)
Period: 8 Months
Taste: n/a
Directional Strength: n/a
Day based Strength: Same as Saturn
Ayana based Strength: Same as Saturn
Natural strength: Same as Saturn
Trees: n/a
Robe/ Cloth: Dirty Clothes
Season: n/a
Matter: Dhatu
Natural Age: 100 years (JP)
Geographical Location: Southern India (Dravida country: five tribes: Dravida,
Karnataka, Gurjara, Maharashtra and Tailanga)
Misc. Lordship: Mysticism, magic, strange events, enigmas and excitement,
Renunciation, Paternal grandfather. Serpents, venomous reptiles, diseases, scars, courage,
adventure, execution, Christians & Mohammedans, stones, mud, travellers, inventors,
lecturers, psychologist, astrologer, thieves, widowhood, litigation, gold smiths, duplicity,
aviators, sepulchres, ant-hills, mole-hills, crack & crevices, archers, spies, sediments of
liquor, portentous evils, radio, aerial navigation, metaphysical studies, south-western
direction, infamous character, inflammable gases, epidemics, violence, corruption,
political plots, and exiles. He also differentiates between purity in love and impure lust.
He causes birthmark in the body.

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KETU
Names: Sikhi (BJ); Sikhin, Dhvaja, Dhum, Mrityu Putr and Anala (HS)
Nature: Malefic (HS)
Gender: Feminine, Eunuch (PD)
Appearance & Disposition: He has a red and fierce look, a venomous tongue, an
elevated body; he is outcast; of Smoky colour; has bruised limbs and is lean and
malicious.
Sapta Dhatu: n/a
Governs: Outcastes
Planetary Cabinet: Army
Complexion: Smoky
Colour: Smoky
Deity/ Adhi devata: Ganesha (PM)
Gender: Feminine, Eunuch (PD)
Panchabhuta: n/a
Caste: Outcaste
Guna: n/a
Abode: n/a
Period: 3 Months
Taste: n/a
Directional Strength: n/a
Day based Strength: Same as Mars
Ayana based Strength: Same as Mars
Natural strength: Same as Mars
Trees: n/a
Robe/ Cloth: Smoky
Season: n/a
Matter: Jiva (Living beings)
Natural Age: 100 years (JP)
Geographical Location: Southern India (Dravida country: five tribes: Dravida,
Karnataka, Gurjara, Maharashtra and Tailanga)
Misc. Lordship: Religion, Astrology, Moksha or final emancipation, intrigues, spiritual
pride, Religious resignation, Sectarian principles, artistic taste, literary genius, pride,
dissimulation, mendicancy, bankruptcy, miserliness, ascetics, deception, quarrels,
biliousness, philosophers, selfishness, occultist, skulls, religious shows, assassinations,
friends, charms, amulets, vicious tendencies, secret intrigues and association, and back
biting.