Own sign and moolatrikona
A graha is at home in the signs it rules, and at its office in its moolatrikona.
- 5-minute lesson
- Basic course: Jyotish Shishya
- Vedic astrology
- At home
- The office
A first look at the lesson
A graha in a sign it rules is in its own sign (swakshetra): at home, comfortable and reliable. You met the lords in "The lords of the signs": Mars owns Aries and Scorpio, Venus Taurus and Libra, and so on.
Each graha also has a moolatrikona (MT): a stretch of one sign where it works like an officer at his desk, stronger than at home. For five grahas it lies in one of their own signs: Sun Leo 0–20° · Mars Aries 0–12° · Jupiter Sagittarius 0–10° · Venus Libra 0–15° · Saturn Aquarius 0–20°. The other two are different: the Moon's is Taurus 3–30°, right after its exaltation peak, and Mercury's is Virgo 15–20°.
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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.
- Friends, enemies and neutralsThe seven grahas fall into two sides; each counts some grahas friends, some neutral and some enemies.
- 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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