Friends, enemies and neutrals
The seven grahas fall into two sides; each counts some grahas friends, some neutral and some enemies.
- 5-minute lesson
- Basic course: Jyotish Shishya
- Vedic astrology
- Two sides
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A first look at the lesson
The seven grahas fall roughly into two sides. On the Sun's side: the Sun, Moon, Mars and Jupiter. On Saturn's side: Mercury, Venus and Saturn. Grahas mostly count their own side as friends and the other side as enemies; a few are neutral.
Friendship is not always returned. The Moon counts Mercury a friend, but Mercury counts the Moon an enemy.
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More lessons on this subject
- Exaltation (uchcha)Each of the seven grahas has one sign where it is strongest, and one degree where it peaks.
- Debilitation (neecha)Across the wheel from its exaltation, in the 7th sign, a graha is at its weakest.
- Own sign and moolatrikonaA graha is at home in the signs it rules, and at its office in its moolatrikona.
- How strong is a graha in its sign?Seven steps of strength, from exalted to debilitated, and how to find a graha's step.
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