Relationship of Planets
We have seen in brief the individual characteristics of each of the planets now let’s try and understand how they behave with each other
Planet Friend Enemy Neutral
Sun Moon, Mars, Jupiter Venus, Saturn Mercury
Moon Sun, Mercury – Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn
Mars Sun, Moon, Jupiter Mercury Venus, Saturn
Mercury Sun, Venus Moon Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Jupiter Sun, Moon, Mars Mercury, Venus Saturn
Venus Mercury, Saturn Sun, Moon Mars, Jupiter
Saturn Mercury, Venus Sun, Moon, Mars Jupiter
As we can see that the relationship between planets are different in many cases for eg: Mercury considers sun as friend but in case of Sun it is neutral to mercury. These relationship are natural relationships which is common in all charts. Rahu and Ketu are enemies with Sun, Moon, Mars and Jupiter but comfortable with Venus, Mercury and Saturn. These relationship sometimes change depending on the position of planets in a person’s chart. For eg: if planets are sitting in each others house then even enemy planets become neutral to each other.. this is called as parivartan yog. We will learn more about these later. Right now let’s try and understand the basics first.
Exaltation and Debilitation of Planets
Planet Exaltation Sign(Deg of Highest Exal) Debilitation Sign(Deg of deepest deb)
Sun Aries (10°) Libra (10°)
Moon Taurus (3°) Scorpio (3°)
Mars Capricorn (28°) Cancer (28°)
Mercury Virgo (15°) Pieces (15°)
Jupiter Cancer (5°) Capricorn (5°)
Venus Pieces (27°) Virgo (27°)
Saturn Libra (20°) Aries (20°)
A planet when is in a sign of Exaltation it is really strong and in its sign of debilitation is really weak. When the planet is preceding the sign in which it would be exalted the planet is called Uchchabhilashi or desiring for exaltation. A planet in its uchchabhilashi sign is also considered good. For example sun in pieces, Moon in Aries are considered good. Similarly the planet in the preceding sign before it becomes debilitated is called Neechabhilashi, this position is not considered good. A planet is considered stronger than its own sign at its Mool Trikon sign.
Mool Trikon Sign of Planets
Sun: 0° to 20° in Leo
Moon: 4° to 30° in Taurus
Mars: 1° to 12° in Aries
Mercury: 16° to 20° in Virgo
Jupiter: 1° to 10° in Sagittarius
Venus: 0° to 5° in Libra
Saturn: 1° to 20° in Aquarius
Rahu: Aquarius
Ketu: Leo
– Anshu Popli (Learning Astrology Made Easy)