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| 6.
Directional Strength of Planets |
Birth or Ascendant denotes East direction in
any horoscope. Here Jupiter and Mercury are
powerful and get their directional strength(digbala).
10th house in any horoscope from the ascendant
represents South direction and here Mars and
Sun will become very strong and have their directional
strength.
7th house in any horoscope represent West direction.
There Saturn becomes powerful and gets directional
strength.
The respective planets in the opposite houses
shown above will loose their directional strength.
Planetary strength according to time: Moon,
Mars and Saturn are powerful during nights.
Mercury is always powerful.
Sun, Jupiter and Venus are strong during day
times.
General strength of planets (from strongest
to weakest) can be listed as Sun, Moon, Venus,
Jupiter, Mercury, Mars & Saturn.
Rahu and Ketu give results according the houses
they occupy and their lords.
If a planet is within 5 degree of the Sun it
is considered to be really combust. If it is
within 20 degrees it is in ordinary combustion.
If the planet is within 15 degrees it is in
nominal combustion. Planets in combustion give
malefic results.
Sun, Jupiter and Moon are divine planets and
they have swathwika character. Venus and Mercury
are Rajasa by nature. Mars, Saturn, Rahu and
Ketu are Thamasa or dark and gloomy in nature.
A zodiac sign or Rasi of 30 degrees is divided
into three Drekkanas (Decante) of 10 degrees
each. So in total, there are 36 Drekkanas spread
over the 12 Rasis. The limbs and organs of the
human body are associated to these Drekkanas
as given in the following table.
|
Rasi No. |
First
Drekkana |
Second Drekkana |
Third
Drekkana |
| 1.
|
Head |
Neck
|
Pelvis |
| 2 |
Right
Eye |
Right Shoulder
|
Generative
Organ |
| 3 |
Right
Ear |
Right
Arm |
Right
Testicle |
| 4 |
Right Nostril
|
Right Side
|
Right Thigh
|
| 5 |
Right
Cheek |
Right
Heart |
Right
Knee |
| 6 |
Right
Jaw |
Right
Chest |
Right Calf |
| 7 |
Mouth |
Navel |
Legs |
| 8 |
Left Jaw |
Left Chest
|
Left Calf |
| 9 |
Left Cheek
|
Left Heart
|
Left Knee |
| 10 |
Left Nostril
|
Left Side
|
Left Thigh |
| 11 |
Left Ear |
Left Arm |
Left Testicle |
| 12 |
Left Eye |
Left Shoulder
|
Arms |
|
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