Lesson 27: Planetary aspects (Vedic)...

Planets aspect each other when they are placed in certain signs from the signs they are placed.

Every planet aspects other planet who is placed in the opposite sign. For example, if Sun is in Aries and Saturn is in Libra, then we can say that Sun is aspected by Saturn. Similarly, Saturn is aspected by the Sun. We can also say that Sun and Saturn both are in mutual aspect to each other.

We can also call this aspect as 7th aspect, because that opposite sign being the 7th sign from the sign of aspecting planet. In the above example, Saturn is in the 7th sign from the sign of Sun, right...

So, every planet has its 7th sign aspect.

However, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn has two more special aspects being external planets from the Earth in Solar system.

Mars has also its 4th and 8th aspect. That means he can also aspect the planets placed in the 4th and 8th sign from the sign where mars is placed.

Jupiter has 5th and 9th sign aspects.

Saturn can aspect the planets in the 3rd and 10th signs.

You must remember them.

Summary :

Sun ------> 7th aspect only
Moon -----> 7th aspect only
Mercury--> 7th aspect only
Venus ----> 7th aspect only
Mars ------> 7th, 4th and 8th aspects
Jupiter ---> 7th, 5th and 9th aspects
Saturn ----> 7th, 3rd and 10th aspects

Suppose Mars is in Taurus and Saturn is in Leo. Does there any aspect exist here?

Well, Mars is aspecting Saturn with its 4th aspect, as Leo being the 4th sign from Taurus, right.

Similarly, here Saturn is also aspecting Mars with its 10th aspect, as Taurus being the 10th sign from Leo !

So, we can say that there exists a mutual aspect between them.

Then what is the significance of this aspect?

How to Interpret Planetary aspects:

We can interpret the intention of the aspecting planet in two ways.

1) by the intrinsic nature of aspecting planet, whether a benefic or malefic one.

2) by the mutual relationship between the two planets, whether a friend or neutral or enemy.

Suppose in the above case, where Saturn and Mars are aspecting mutually, when we consider from the Saturn's point of view, Mars is the aspecting planet. Now what is the intention of Mars in aspecting Saturn...

1) aspecting planet Mars is an intrinsic malefic planet.
2) Mars is an enemy to Saturn.

So, clearly we can feel that the result of this mutual aspect is definitely a malefic one.

Saturn being in enemies sign (Leo, Sun) and being also aspected by other enemy Mars who is also an intrinsic malefic one, Saturn is in the situation of a complete discomfort and frustration.
In Corporate Astrology, we can interpret above aspect as, Labor or workers (Saturn) will become frustrated with the management (Leo-Sun) and additional fuel to this aggression being added by the union leaders (Mars) and thus situation results in strike by the labor. Workers try to dominate the management. They become lazy and narrow-minded. Mars adds fuel to workers whenever necessary.

In Stock Market astrology, we can interpret the above aspect like this.
Mars adds sudden aggression to Market which is under consolidation with negative bias(lazy) (Saturn's style) and hence disturbing the steady market (Leo-Sun-Fixed). However, this rally falls with the same speed with which it raised due to tamasic nature of this aspect being both Saturn and Mars are Tamasic in nature. Sun being invloved we can say that major sector which will lead the rally should be PSU.

This is how we should analyze an aspect and its interpretation.

Try to analyze the mutual aspect between Mars in Aquarius and Jupiter in Leo.


Planetary Conjunctions - 1st Sign Aspects:

We can say that Conjunction is nothing but a special case of 1st sign aspect.

If two planets are placed in the same sign, we call that those two planets are in conjunction.

In practice we can observe that these conjunctions will become powerful only when angle between them is less than 5 degrees.

Conjunctions are very important in analyzing charts in vedic style.

In fact, Saints gave some meaningful names to some of these conjunctions. They called these conjunctions as 'Yogas'.

1) Gajakesari Yog: a conjunction of Jupiter and Moon. (Benefice)
2) Guru-Mangal yog : Jupiter - Mars. (Benefice)
3) Chandra-Mangal yog : Moon - Mars. (Benefice)
4) Budha-aditya yog : Mercury-Sun. (Benefice)
5) Amavasya yog : Sun-Moon. (Malefic)
6) Guru Chandala yog : Jupiter - Rahu/Ketu. (Malefic)
7) Kshudra Yog ; Saturn - Rahu ( Malefic)

And so many...

Interpretation of Conjunctions...

We can interpret the result of Conjunction similar to a mutual aspect.

We should consider intrinsic nature of both planets involved in conjunction and also mutual relationship between them whether both are friends or enemies or neutrals.

Let us consider, conjunction of Mars and Venus.

Mars is a malefic and Venus a benefic, and they are having a neutral relationship. So overall result will be a stable one neither malefic nor benefic. Masculine nature of Mars will be satisfied by the union of feminine nature of Venus as far as marital happiness is concerned. This conjunction usaully indicates early union with opposite sex. Kama or Desires (sexual or money or luxury) of Venus will be satisfied by the strong masculine power of Mars. However, results vary according to the sign in which this conjuction is formed.

In terms of Stock Market Astrology, this conjuction clearly indicating a consolidation at higher levels after a sudden rally with high activity. Results will vary with sign and aspects recieved by this conjunction.


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