Traditional Jyotish qualities, deities, Vimshottari Mahadasha periods and natural planetary relationships.
Nine planetary forces
Nature, qualities and importance
Natural friendship describes the inherent relationship between Grahas. A reading must also consider temporary friendship, dignity, houses, aspects, conjunctions and dasha.
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Sunसूर्य
6 years Mahadasha · 6 वर्ष महादशा
Core nature · मूल स्वभाव
Royal, fiery, authoritative and sattvic
Principal qualities · मुख्य गुण
Soul, vitality, confidence, honour and leadership
Importance · महत्व
Identity, purpose, father, government, status and the ability to lead with integrity.
Related deity · संबंधित देवता
Surya Narayana · सूर्य नारायण
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Moonचंद्रमा
10 years Mahadasha · 10 वर्ष महादशा
Core nature · मूल स्वभाव
Gentle, watery, receptive and sattvic
Principal qualities · मुख्य गुण
Mind, emotion, intuition, care and adaptability
Importance · महत्व
Mental peace, mother, nourishment, memory, public response and emotional security.
Related deity · संबंधित देवता
Lord Shiva / Gauri · शिव / गौरी
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Marsमंगल
7 years Mahadasha · 7 वर्ष महादशा
Core nature · मूल स्वभाव
Fiery, active, courageous and tamasic
Principal qualities · मुख्य गुण
Energy, courage, competition, protection and execution
Importance · महत्व
Strength, siblings, land, engineering, conflict and the power to act decisively.
Related deity · संबंधित देवता
Hanuman / Kartikeya · हनुमान / कार्तिकेय
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Mercuryबुध
17 years Mahadasha · 17 वर्ष महादशा
Core nature · मूल स्वभाव
Quick, adaptable, analytical and rajasic
Principal qualities · मुख्य गुण
Intellect, speech, commerce, calculation and skill
Importance · महत्व
Learning, communication, business, writing, logic, humour and practical intelligence.
Related deity · संबंधित देवता
Lord Vishnu · भगवान विष्णु
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Jupiterबृहस्पति / गुरु
16 years Mahadasha · 16 वर्ष महादशा
Core nature · मूल स्वभाव
Expansive, wise, benevolent and sattvic
Principal qualities · मुख्य गुण
Wisdom, faith, growth, ethics and guidance
Importance · महत्व
Teachers, children, prosperity, judgement, higher knowledge and divine grace.
Related deity · संबंधित देवता
Brihaspati / Vishnu · बृहस्पति / विष्णु
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Venusशुक्र
20 years Mahadasha · 20 वर्ष महादशा
Core nature · मूल स्वभाव
Refined, sensual, harmonising and rajasic
Principal qualities · मुख्य गुण
Love, beauty, art, comfort, attraction and luxury
Importance · महत्व
Marriage, relationships, pleasure, vehicles, design, creativity and material refinement.
Related deity · संबंधित देवता
Mahalakshmi · महालक्ष्मी
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Saturnशनि
19 years Mahadasha · 19 वर्ष महादशा
Core nature · मूल स्वभाव
Slow, disciplined, dry and tamasic
Principal qualities · मुख्य गुण
Karma, patience, labour, justice and endurance
Importance · महत्व
Duty, delay, longevity, service, masses and achievement earned through sustained effort.
Related deity · संबंधित देवता
Shani Dev / Hanuman · शनि देव / हनुमान
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Rahuराहु
18 years Mahadasha · 18 वर्ष महादशा
Core nature · मूल स्वभाव
Shadowy, ambitious, disruptive and worldly
Principal qualities · मुख्य गुण
Desire, innovation, foreign links, illusion and amplification
Importance · महत्व
Unconventional success, obsession, technology, foreign influence and lessons created by intense desire.
Related deity · संबंधित देवता
Durga / Bhairava · दुर्गा / भैरव
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Ketuकेतु
7 years Mahadasha · 7 वर्ष महादशा
Core nature · मूल स्वभाव
Shadowy, separating, intuitive and spiritual
Principal qualities · मुख्य गुण
Detachment, insight, research, liberation and past mastery
Importance · महत्व
Spiritual growth, sudden separation, hidden knowledge, moksha and specialised perception.
Related deity · संबंधित देवता
Lord Ganesha · भगवान गणेश
Naisargika Maitri · नैसर्गिक मैत्री
Natural friendship and enemy table
Planet · ग्रह
Natural friends · मित्र
Neutral · सम
Natural enemies · शत्रु
Sunसूर्य
Moon, Mars, Jupiter
Mercury
Venus, Saturn
Moonचंद्रमा
Sun, Mercury
Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn
None
Marsमंगल
Sun, Moon, Jupiter
Venus, Saturn
Mercury
Mercuryबुध
Sun, Venus
Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Moon
Jupiterबृहस्पति / गुरु
Sun, Moon, Mars
Saturn
Mercury, Venus
Venusशुक्र
Mercury, Saturn
Mars, Jupiter
Sun, Moon
Saturnशनि
Mercury, Venus
Jupiter
Sun, Moon, Mars
Rahuराहु
Mercury, Venus, Saturn*
Jupiter*
Sun, Moon, Mars*
Ketuकेतु
Mars, Jupiter, Venus*
Mercury, Saturn*
Sun, Moon*
* Rahu and Ketu are shadow Grahas. Their natural relationships vary between Jyotish lineages; this table shows a commonly applied convention.