Quick Guide – ☀ ILUMINA

Posted on September 25, 2015September 28, 2019 by Vaani Bhadra

Happy & Unhappy Positions of Grahas

Table 1A

1^st Best / Worst Position
Planet	Exaltation Sign		Debilitation Sign
Planet	Rashi	Up to °	Rashi	Up to °
Surya	Mesha	10°	Tula	10°
Chandra	Vrisha	03°	Vrishchika	03°
Mangal	Makara	28°	Karka	28°
Budha	Kanya	15°	Meena	15°
Guru	Karka	05°	Makara	05°
Shukra	Meena	27°	Kanya	27°
Shani	Tula	20°	Mesha	20°

Table 1B

Planet	2^nd Best Position		3^rd Best Position
	Moolatrikona Sign		Own Sign
	Rashi	Up to °	Rashi	Up to °
Surya	Simba	20°	Simba	20 to 30°
Chandra	Vrisha	27°	Karka	0 to 30°
Mangal	Mesha	12°	Mesha	12 to 30°
Budha	Kanya	20°	Kanya	20 to 30°
Guru	Dhanu	10°	Dhanu	10 to 30°
Shukra	Tula	15°	Tula	15 to 30°
Shani	Kumbha	20°	Kumbha	20 to 30°

Posted on August 21, 2015September 28, 2019 by Vaani Bhadra

Planetary Aspects

Planetary aspects in Jyotish

Planet	House Aspecting
Sun	1st, 7th
Moon	1st, 7th
Mercury	1st, 7th
Venus	1st, 7th
Mars	1st, 4th, 7th, 8th
Jupiter	1st, 5th, 7th, 9th
Saturn	1st, 3rd, 7th, 10th
Rahu/Ketu	None

7th House aspect of all Planets

Sign #	Planet in Sign	Aspecting Houses
1	Aries	(7) Libra and vice versa
2	Taurus	(8) Scorpio and vice versa
3	Gemini	(9) Sagittarius and vice versa
4	Cancer	(10) Capricorn and vice versa
5	Leo	(11) Aquarius and vice versa
6	Virgo	(12) Pisces and vice versa
7	Libra	(1) Aries and vice versa
8	Scorpio	(2) Taurus and vice versa
9	Sagittarius	(3) Gemini and vice versa
10	Capricorn	(4) Cancer and vice versa
11	Aquarius	(5) Leo and vice versa
12	Pisces	(6) Virgo and vice versa

Posted on August 21, 2015September 27, 2019 by Vaani Bhadra

Planetary Relationships

Relationship between the Planets

Planetary Relationship
Graha	Friends	Enemies	Neutral
Sun	Moon, Mars, Jupiter	Venus, Saturn	Mercury
Moon	Sun, Mercury	None	Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn
Mars	Sun, Moon, Jupiter	Mercury	Saturn, Venus
Mercury	Sun, Venus	Moon	Saturn, Mars, Jupiter
Jupiter	Sun, Moon, Mars	Mercury, Venus	Saturn
Venus	Mercury, Saturn	Sun, Moon, Mars	Jupiter
Saturn	Mercury, Venus	Sun, Moon	Mars, Jupiter

Relationship between the Planets and the Signs

Planetary Relationship Between the Signs
Planet	Exalted	Debilitated	Own Sign	Friend	Enemy
Sun	Aries	Libra	Leo	Gemini, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Pisces	Taurus, Capricorn, Aquarius
Moon	Taurus	Scorpio	Cancer		[Moon is not enemy to any sign]
Mercury	Virgo	Pisces	Virgo	Taurus, Gemini¹, Leo, Libra, Capricorn, Aquarius	Aries, Cancer, Scorpio, Sagittarius
Venus	Pisces	Virgo	Libra	Taurus¹, Gemini, Capricorn, Aquarius	Aries, Cancer, Leo, Scorpio, Sagittarius
Mars	Capricorn	Cancer	Aries	Leo, Scorpio¹, Sagittarius, Pisces	Taurus, Gemini, Virgo, Libra, Aquarius
Jupiter	Cancer	Capricorn	Sagittarius	Aries, Leo, Scorpio, Pisces¹	Taurus, Gemini, Virgo, Libra, Aquarius
Saturn	Libra	Aries	Aquarius	Taurus, Gemini, Virgo, Capricorn¹	Aries, Cancer, Leo, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Pisces
Rahu	Taurus	Scorpio	Gemini	Virgo, Libra, Capricorn, Aquarius	Aries, Cancer, Leo, Sagittarius, Pisces
Ketu	Scorpio	Taurus	Sagittarius	Aries, Pisces	Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Capricorn, Aquarius

¹ 2nd own sign

Posted on August 20, 2015September 26, 2019 by Vaani Bhadra

Meaning of The Navgrahas

In Vedic Astrology, only seven planets are considered and the two nodes of Moon (North and South), therefore nine (Nav) planets (Grahas). Below is a summary of the meaning of each planet.

Hindu Name	Planet	Meaning
Surya, Bhanu	Sun	Atma-Self, masculine, future, soul, physical body and health, heart, life force, courage, ambitions, pride, dignity, ego, vitality, will power, stamina, sense of self, power, fame, life, health, sovereignty and clothes, glory, inspiration, creativity, leadership, Father, teachers, authority, bosses, political leader, Kings or Presidents. It has anger but momentary. Its element is gold. East is represented by sun.
Chandra	Moon	It is a cold, calm and quiet planet and represents mind, reflective, feminine, night, emotions, sensitivity, nurturing, security, past, past-lives, patterns of behavior, receptivity, caring for others, heredity, Mother, motherland, the public or masses, popularity, inner contentment, money, general well-being, home, water, habits, subconscious mind, growth in early childhood, fertility, breast, menstrual cycle, eyes, lungs, liquids and nurses. Direction north-east, element is silver.
Budha	Mercury	Mercury is talkative and tactful, but not harmful. It is a good trader, mathematician, editor and publisher. It has excellent argumentative and analytical power and mind. Intelligence, wisdom, speech, education, matters relating to communication such as speech and writing, humor, trade, commerce, sales, education, ideas, thoughts, school, analytical and rational mind, cognitive intelligence, sense of humor, youth, trickster, truth, telephones, television, computers, travel especially short distances, childhood, aunts and uncles, neighbors, adaptability, twins, astrology, nervous system. It represents memory, throat, arms, maternal uncles.
Shukra	Venus	The feminine spirit, beauty, grace, charm, refinement, luxuries, wealth, sensuality, vanity, charisma, glamour, good taste, sexual attraction, elegance, comforts, arts, music, theater, love, wife in a males chart, pleasure of the senses, sugar, affections, conveyances, flowers.
Mangal, Kuja	Mars	Energy, action, passions, male influence, courage, strength, motivations, anger, violence, determination, aggression, bluntness and boldness, injury, accidents, war, chemists, fire, anger, surgery, initiative, motivation, courage, technical or mechanical ability, sports – athletic, military figures, police, fires, physical strength, operations, muscles, blood, sexual vitality, weapons, machines, conflict, can inflict death, fire, selfish, criminal, goal oriented action, self-righteousness, land, property and real-estate, brothers, enemies, science, instruments, guns, knives. Its element is copper. Its color is red and direction is south.
Guru	Jupiter	Spiritual teacher, guide, truth, religion, philosophy, spirituality, grace, law, the great benefic, fortune, wealth, expansion, higher education like colleges, optimism, generous, joy, luck, self-indulgent, excessive, faith, children, money, husband in a females chart, long distance travel.
Shani	Saturn	Discipline, order, structure, dependability, stability, separation, solitude, limitation, obstruction, poverty, death, disease, oppression, pessimistic, worry, fear, bad luck, old age, delays, retards things, concentration, paralysis, depression, stunted, deprivation, bondage, fixed assets, land, property, endurance and lasting, doubt, phobias, darkness, sorrow, longevity, detachment, decay.
Rahu	Rahu	Fame, extremes, foreigners and foreign lands, fulfillment of worldly desires, status, prestige, power, worldly success, outer success with inner turmoil, obsessive, addictions, psychic, disturbances, collective trends, disturbances, poisons that destroy and heal, medicine, drugs and alcohol.
Ketu	Ketu	Loss, liberation, perception, wisdom, lack of confidence, negation, self doubt, fantasies, confusion, indecision, illusions, drug addiction and alcoholism, psychic influences, fire, injury, death, spiritual insight.

Posted on August 20, 2015September 28, 2019 by Vaani Bhadra

Basic Data of The Planets in Jyotisha

Jyotish uses 9 Grahas (planets) in chart analysis:

Table 1

	Sun	Moon	Mercury	Venus	Mars
Rules	Le	Ca	Ge, Vi	Tau, Lib	Ar, Sc
Sign of Exaltation	Ar	Ta	Vi	Pi	Cp
Sign of Debilitation	Li	Sc	Pi	Vi	Ca
Moolatrikona Sign	Le	Ca	Vi	Li	Ar
Nature	Malefic	Benefic	Neutral	Benefic	Malefic
Gender	Male	Female	Neutral	Female	Male
Karaka of Houses	1, 10	4	2, 10	4, 7	3, 6
Aspects Houses	1, 7	1, 7	1, 7	1, 7	1, 4, 7, 8
Directional Strength (DigBala)	10th House	4th House	1st House	4th House	10th House
Directional Weakness (asleep)	4th House	10th House	7th House	10th House	4th House
Day	Sun	Mon	Wed	Fri	Tue
Friends	Mo, Ma, Ju	Su, Me	Su, Ve, Ra	Me, Sa, Ke	Su, Mo, Ju
Enemies	Ve, Sa, Ra, Ke	Ra, Ke	Mo, Ke	Su, Ma, Mo, Ra	Me, Ra, Ke
Neutral Relationship	Me	Ma, Ve, Ju, Sa	Sa, Ma, Ju	Ju	Ve, Sa
Period in a Sign	30 days	54-56 hours	20 days	25 days	45 days

Table 2

	Jupiter	Saturn	Rahu	Ketu
Rules	Sg, Pi	Cp, Aq	N/A	N/A
Sign of Exaltation	Ca	Li	Ta & Ge	Sc & Sg
Sign of Debilitation	Cp	Ar	Sc	Ta
Moolatrikona Sign	Sg	Aq	Ca	Sg
Nature	Benefic	Malefic	Malefic	Malefic
Gender	Male	Neutral	N/A	N/A
Karaka of Houses	2, 5, 9, 11	6, 8, 10, 12	N/A	N/A
Aspects Houses	1, 5, 7, 9	1, 3, 7, 10	None	None
Directional Strength (DigBala)	1st House	7th House	6th House	12th House
Directional Weakness (asleep)	7th House	1st House	12th House	6th House
Day	Thu	Sat	N/A	N/A
Friends	Su, Mo, Ma	Me, Ve, Ra	Me, Ve, Sa	Ma, Ve
Enemies	Me, Ve	Su, Mo, Ke	Su, Mo	Su, Mo, Sa, Ra
Neutral Relationship	Sa	Ju, Ma
Period in a Sign	~13 months	2.5 years	1.8 years	1.8 years

ILUMINA Quick Guide: NavGrahas General Data

Posted on August 20, 2015September 29, 2019 by Vaani Bhadra

The Houses of Jyotisha

The 12 Houses (Bhavas) and Their Meanings

**The 12 Houses of Jyotisha (Table 1A)**
	Sanskrit	Meaning	Significator	Main Rulerships
1	Tanu	Body	Sun	Body, Overall Results, Health, Childhood, Self, Head
2	Dhana	Wealth	Jupiter	Family, Wealth, Speech, Food,
3	Sahaja	Siblings	Mars	Courage, Discomforts, Loss of Property, Loss of Parents, Diplomas
4	Sukha	Happiness	Moon Merc	Happiness, Home, Heart, Mother, Large Property Possessions, Heritage
5	Suta	Children	Jupiter	Intelligence, Creativity, Children, Entertainment, Deity, Fortune
6	Ripu	Enemy	Saturn Mars	Debts, Diseases, Enemies, Service, loss of relationships
7	Jaya	Spouse	Venus	Spouse, Partners, Contracts, Significant others in all matters
8	Mrityu	Death	Saturn	Death, Disasters, Sex, Loss of Fortunes, Myseteries, Mysticism
9	Dharma	Religion	Sun Jupiter	Religion, God, Guru, Fortune, Father, Law, Faith, Protection, humility
10	Karma	Work	Jup/Sun Merc/Sat	Career, Prestige, Rise, Success, Government, Material Success
11	Labha	Gain	Jupiter	Gains, Desires, Friends, Older Siblings, Selfishness
12	Vyaya	Loss	Saturn	Donations, Liberation, Losses, Old Age, Private Pleasures, Temples

**The 12 Houses of Jyotisha (Table 1B)**
	Sanskrit	Meaning	Significator	Type	Body Part
1	Tanu	Body	Sun	Trine or Trikona Angle or Kendra	Head, body in general
2	Dhana	Wealth	Jupiter	Maraka	Face, mouth
3	Sahaja	Siblings	Mars	Upachaya	Breasts, ears, arms
4	Sukha	Happiness	Moon Merc	Angle or Kendra	Heart, chest
5	Suta	Children	Jupiter	Trine Trikona	Belly, womb
6	Ripu	Enemy	Saturn Mars	Dushtana (Difficult)	Lower abdomen
7	Jaya	Spouse	Venus	Angle or Kendra Maraka	Lap area
8	Mrityu	Death	Saturn	Dushtana (Difficult)	Genitals, anus
9	Dharma	Religion	Sun Jupiter	Trine Trikona	Thighs, hips
10	Karma	Work	Jup/Sun Merc/Sat	Angle or Kendra	Knees, back
11	Labha	Gain	Jupiter	Upachaya	Legs
12	Vyaya	Loss	Saturn	Dushtana (Difficult)	Feet

Posted on August 20, 2015September 25, 2019 by Vaani Bhadra

Nature of the Houses

In Vedic Astrology there are certain houses that hold more importance over others. You should look at these houses first, before looking at the others.

Kendra (Angle) is considered analogous to “beginning, central, and immediate.” Panaphara (Succedent) is equal to “accumulated or promised in future.” Apoklima (Cadent) is synonym of “declining, remote, and far away”.

Kendra Houses (1, 4, 7, 10)

The 4 inner houses outlined, that is, houses 1, 4, 7 and 10, are the Kendra Houses. Any planet in these houses becomes strong, and in good dignity. But what about the condition of, say, Saturn in house 1? He’s sad but he’s able to work through that condition.

Panapharas Houses (2, 5, 8, 11)

As the angular houses, the panapharas are the most powerful placements on the chart. They’re successive houses — which are less powerful than angular houses but more powerful than the cadent ones — also possessing quality belonging to the angular houses, either as a representative or subordinate of a powerful person.

Apoklimas Houses (3, 6, 9, 12)

The Greeks called the cadent houses apoklima, which literally means “fall” or “decline,” because the houses are seen as moving away from the strength of the angular houses, which are considered more influential because of their perpendicular and opposite relationships to the Ascendant.

In significance, these houses correspond to the dual signs (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces). The 9th house is the best among them as it is also a dharma house, and planets positioned there are strong and tend to bring good results. The 12th house is considered the weakest among them and planets positioned there have difficulty to express their energy in the material level, but they can be good in the spiritual level.

Trikona Houses (1, 5, 9)

Trikona means “Triangle”. Houses 1, 5 and 9 make up a triangle and they are the second most important houses to look at in the well-being of a person. Certain planets in these houses will cause either wellness or harm, depending on the sign and degree that they occupy. Planets can be either sad, happy or neutral in houses.

Upachaya Houses (3, 6, 10, 11)

The outlined houses below — 3, 6, 10 and 11 — are the Upachaya Houses. Planets in these houses will grow better with time. Usually planets such as Saturn, Mars, Sun, Rahu and Ketu do very well in these houses as they give good results after midlife. These houses also indicate fame in a person’s life, or lack thereof.

Kaama Houses (3, 7, 11)

The outlined houses in Chart below are known as Kaama Houses and they are the houses of desires. Houses 3, 7 and 11 and things related to them are the things we desire in life, such as travel, fun, partnership, marriage, friends and money.

Wealth Giving Houses (2, 9, 11)

Houses 2, 9 and 11 are the houses that give most material wealth and money in our life. The 11th house gives the most amount of wealth depending on its condition and the condition of its lords.

Dusthana Houses (6, 8, 12)

Houses 6, 8 and 12, colorized in the chart below, are related to all suffering. But, these houses are usually related to health issues more than our mind or material issues. However, they do cause all sorts of issues in one’s life. None of the houses are as bad as we think. Having happy planets in the 8th house will give the native good results in terms of loans, life span, relations with in-laws and benefit from them, and will power to rise above any situation. When life turns into ashes and dust, the native will rise like a phoenix with the help of the 8th house. The 12th house is not necessarily bad. It’s the house of meditation, spirituality, gains from spirituality, gains from foregin lands and hidden talents. This is the house of rest to the soul. Although is the house of losses, it’s also the house of sudden gains because it holds one’s hidden talents and once they are tapped into, gains will follow.

Moksha Houses (4, 8, 12)

The Moksha Houses are the houses of final rest. There houses and the planets in them will tell you if this is your last incarnation or not.

Maraka Houses

Houses 2, 7 and 8, outlined below, are responsible for one’s death. The 2nd house signifies Family, 7th is Marriage and 8th is life after marriage. Look at the 8th house to see the life span of a person.

Posted on August 20, 2015September 24, 2019 by Vaani Bhadra — Leave a comment

The 12 Houses (Bhavas) and Their Meanings

Different aspects of life signified by each of the 12 Houses in the Horoscope.

House	Name	Ruling Planet	Meaning
1st	Lagna Bhava	Sun	1st house or so called Lagna is the most important of all the houses and determines the longevity, overall well-being, general tendencies, physical appearance, body, limbs, health, character and nature of the native. It specifically signifies the face and the head.
2nd	Dhana Bhava	Jupiter	This house is also called ‘Dhana stana’ (wealth) house (stana means position) and deals with money matters, one’s deposits, income tax, customs, computers. It represents one’s family, early life, wealth, items relating to mouth and face, speech, food habits, vision in general and right eye in particular.
3rd	Bratru Bhava	Mars	Called ‘Bratru’ (brother) house, this is the house of brothers and sisters (siblings), signifies success through own efforts, courage, bravery, adventures, initiative, motivation, fine arts (singing, dancing, directors), voice, matters relating to communication such as writing, shoulders, arms, neck, throat, right ear, hands, boldness and short journeys. One is made singer by this house only.
4th	Shukha Bhava	Moon, Venus	It is also called ‘Matru’ (mother) Bhava. Shukha means comforts. 4th house represents mother, motherland, home life, fixed assets (such as land and property), conveyances (such as cars), general happiness, comforts, primary education, endings, passions, emotions, matters of the heart, mental peace, house and real estate. It represents chest, particularly lungs.
5th	Putra Bhava	Jupiter	This house is called as ‘Putra’ (children) Bhava’ and represents children, intelligence, higher knowledge, sense of destiny (poorvapunya), morals, pleasure, generosity, love affairs, investments and speculations. It indicates stomach and gives professions of teacher, principal and gynaecologist, right knee or leg.
6th	Satru Bhava	Mars, Saturn	This house is called ‘Satru’ (enemies) Bhava, that is house of enemies. It denotes challenges from competitors or enemies, disease, medical or healing profession, debts, subordinates such as workers, service oriented jobs, food, restaurants, police, military. It governs digestive system, quarrels court and jobs done by hand, like typing.
7th	Kalatra Bhava	Jupiter (Women), Venus (Men)	Also called ‘Kalatra Bhava’, it represents spouse, business partner, marriage, partners, sexual passions, courts, residence in foreign lands, desire, business or employment in a private firm. It governs sexual organs and diseases thereof.
8th	Ayur Bhava	Saturn	Ayur means lifespan. Also known as ‘Ayu sthana’ it represents life force, longevity, spiritual practices, intuition, psychic abilities, gains from wills, legacies, deeds, court cases and insurance policies, chronic and long-term sickness, monetary gains from partner, secrets, diseases related to reproductive system, anus, misfortunes, accidents, injuries, death, underground wealth, historical things and monuments, parental property and mining.
9th	Bhagya Bhava	Jupiter	Called house of luck (fortune) and religion, it represents father or preceptor, virtuous nature, faith, morals, law, long journeys, higher knowledge, medicine, pilgrimage, higher studies like doctorate, long journeys, languages like Sanskrit, Roman and Hebrew. It also indicates grandparents, grandchildren and mental aptitude towards Yoga and sadhana. It represents hips.
10th	Karma Bhava	Sun, Mercury, Saturn	This house is called ‘Karma sthana’ and represents the acts one does. It signifies profession, or whatever we do or career, respectability, fame, honors, activities that benefit society, authority, government work, father, politics, leadership and management. It governs knees and Back.
11th	Laba Bhava	Jupiter	11th house is house of gains/profits or ‘Labha’ and represents sources of income, elder brothers and sisters, friend’s circle and legs. Gains through profession, ambitions, desires, support from friends, eldest brother, paternal uncle.
12th	Vyaya Bhava	Saturn	The house of loss and expenses is called ‘Vyaya sthana’ and covers bad habits, confinement (such as prison), hospital, monastic life, misfortunes, long journeys, secret enemies, connections with foreign countries, quests, and bed pleasure — comforts of the bed. It also indicates export and import, also feet. Keeping away from home base or travel. Self-realization and spiritual liberation.