- mithuna, kanya, Tula, first half of Dhanus, and complete kumba rashi are human rashis.
- mesha, rishabam, simha, second half of Dhanus and first half of makara are animal rashis.
- Scorpio, cancer, Pisces and second half of makara are water signs.
Human signs gets strength in lagna, animal rashis get strength in 10th house. Scorpio in 7th house and water signs in 4th house attain full strength.
RASHIS – FRIENDSHIP AND ENEMITY
For moveable signs, fixed signs are friendly. Fixed signs movable signs are friendly and for both these signs, common signs are enemy.
MALEFIC PLANETS
Sun, mars, Saturn, rahu and mandi are classified are as kroora or malefic planets.
Compared to sun, mars is more malefic. Saturn is more malefic than mars, rahu is more malefic than Saturn and mandi most malefic of all.
Note: Sani vath rahu, kuja vath ketu, as per this sloka Saturn is compared to rahu and mars with ketu. Rahu is crueler than Saturn. Hence we will not take this. However, we will not contradict mars equal to kethu.
NATURAL BENEFICS
Unafflicted mercury, full strength moon, Venus, Jupiter are classified as natural benefics.
BENEFICENCES OF MOON
- Full strength moon is compared to Jupiter.
- Three fourth moon is compared to Venus.
- Half strength moon is compared to mercury.
- If moon strength is less than half but posited in Dhanus or meena. Then also it is considered to benefic but lesser than above.
- From sukla paksha Panchami to Krishna paksha Panchami, moon is considered benefic.
Note: There is also another view from sukla paksha Ashtami to krishnapaksha Ashtami, the Madhi (moon) is considered to be benefic. If waning moon is aspected or conjoined with Jupiter, then also moon is considered to be benefic.
AUSPICIOUSNESS OF SUN
Sun even though considered as natural malefic, he is considered to be benefic when posited in Dhanus and aspected by Jupiter.
AUSPICIOUSNESS OF MARS
Mars is malefic by nature, however if conjoined with moon in Taurus, he is considered to be benefic.
AUSPICIOUSNESS OF SATURN
If Tula, makara, Dhanus, kumba, meena becomes lagna and Saturn is posited then Saturn become benefics, loses his natural malefic quality
AUSPICIOUSNESS OF RAHU
- Rahu when posited in 3, 6, 11 and aspected by benefics acts as benefic.
- There is also another view when rahu is posited in Taurus, Aries cancer and Aquarius acts as a benefic.
AUSPICIOUSNESS OF KETHU
When kethu is posited in kanya, Scorpio, and second half of Pisces and also posited in 3,6,10,11 aspected by benefic it gives result as a benefic.
