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5. Special Lagnas

5.1 Introduction

There are some special lagnas defined by Parasara. In this book, we will widely use Hora lagna and Ghati lagna and it is time to define them and other special lagnas.

5.2 Bhaava Lagna

Bhaava lagna is at the position of Sun at the time of sunrise. It moves at the rate of one rasi per 2 hours. In the rest of this book, bhava lagna will be denoted by BL.10 If sunrise takes place at 6:00 am and Sun is at 6s 4°47' then, horalagna is at 6s 4°47' at 6:00 am, at 6s 19°47' at 7:00 am, at 7s 4°47' at 8:00 am, 8s 4°47' at 10:00 am and so on. Bhavalagna moves at the rate of 1° per 4 minutes (i.e., 15° per hour).

The following method may be used for computing bhavalagna.

(1) Find the time of sunrise and sun's longitude at sunrise.

(2) Find the difference between the birthtime (or the event time) and the sunrise time

found in (1) above. Convert the difference into minutes. The result is the

advancement of bhavalagna since sunrise, in degrees.

(3) Add Sun's longitude at sunrise (in degrees) to the above number. Expunge

multiples of 360° and reduce the number to the range 0°–360°.

(4) This is the longitude of bhavalagna (BL).

Example 7:

A gentleman was born at 7:23 pm. Sunrise at his birthplace was at 6:37 am on his birthday. At 6:37 am, Sun was at 24°17' in Capricorn. Let us find BL.

(1) 19:23–6:37=12 hr 46 min=12x60 + 46 min = 766 min 10 BL is defined only for the sake of completeness. We will not use it in this book.

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(2) Sun's longitude at sunrise is 270°+24°17'=294°17'. Add 766° to it. The result is 1060°17'. Subtracting 360° twice, we get 340°17'. So BL is at 10°17' in Pisces.

5.3 Hora Lagna

Hora lagna is at the position of Sun at the time of sunrise. It moves at the rate of one rasi per hora (hour). In the rest of this book, horalagna will be denoted by HL. If sunrise takes place at 6:00 am and Sun is at 6s 4°47' then, horalagna is at 6s 4°47' at 6:00 am, at 6s 19°47' at 6:30 am, at 7s 4°47' at 7:00 am, 8s 4°47' at 8:00 am and so

on. Horalagna moves at the rate of 1/2° per minute (i.e., 30° per hour).

The following method may be used for computing horalagna.

(1) Find the time of sunrise and sun's longitude at sunrise.

(2) Find the difference between the birthtime (or the event time) and the sunrise time

found in (1) above. Convert the difference into minutes.

(3) Divide the number by 2. The result is the advancement of horalagna since

sunrise, in degrees.

(4) Add Sun's longitude at sunrise (in degrees) to the above number. Expunge

multiples of 360° and reduce the number to the range 0°–360°.

(5) This is the longitude of horalagna (HL).

Example 8:

A gentleman was born at 7:23 pm. Sunrise at his birthplace was at 6:37 am on his birthday. At 6:37 am, Sun was at 24°17' in Capricorn. Let us find HL.

(1) 19:23–6:37=12 hr 46 min=12x60 + 46 min = 766 min

(2) 766/2=383

(3) Sun's longitude at sunrise is 270°+24°17'=294°17'. Add 383° to it. The result is 677°17'. Subtracting 360°, we get 317°17'. So HL is at 17°17' in Aquarius.

5.4 Ghati Lagna

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Ghati lagna is at the position of Sun at the time of sunrise. It moves at the rate of one rasi per ghati (ghati=1/60th of a day, i.e., 24 minutes). In the rest of this book, ghatilagna will be denoted by GL. Ghati lagna is also called “ghatika lagna”. If sunrise takes place at 6:00 am and Sun is at 6s 4°47' then, ghatilagna is at 6s 4°47' at 6:00 am, at 6s 19°47' at 6:12 am, at 7s 4°47' at 6:24 am, 8s 4°47' at 6:48 am and so on. Ghatilagna moves at the rate of 1°15' per minute (i.e., 30° per 24 minutes).

The following method may be used for computing ghatilagna.

(1) Find the time of sunrise and sun's longitude at sunrise.

(2) Find the difference between the birthtime (or the event time) and the sunrise time

found in (1) above. Convert the difference into minutes.

(3) Multiply the number by 5. Divide the result by 4. The result is the advancement

of ghatilagna since sunrise, in degrees.

(4) Add Sun's longitude at sunrise (in degrees) to the above number. Expunge

multiples of 360° and reduce the number to the range 0°–360°.

(5) This is the longitude of ghatilagna (GL).

Example 9:

Let us find GL for the data in Example 8.

(1) 19:23–6:37=12 hr 46 min=766 min

(2) 766x5/4=957.5

(3) Sun's longitude at sunrise is 294°17'. Add 957°30' to it. The result is 1251°47'.

Subtracting 360° three times, we get 171°47'. So GL is at 21°47' in Virgo.

Exercise 8:

A lady was born at 3:11:48 am (hr, min, sec) in the early hours of May 28, 1961. Sun was at 13°1' in Taurus then. Sunrise was at 6:19:18 am on May 27, 1961 at her birthplace. At that time, Sun was at 12°11' in Taurus. Find the longitudes of HL and GL in her chart.

5.5 Comments

(1) If the birthtime changes by one minute, GL will change by 1.25° (i.e., 1°15'). This is quite large and it can cause some error in the position of GL in some divisional charts. So, ghati lagna is more sensitive to birthtime errors than normal lagna. When using GL in divisional charts, we should keep this in mind and try to correct the birthtime based on known events first. Wrong data produces wrong results. Our analysis can only be as good as our data!

(2) Some astrologers don't like dealing with it, but birthtime errors are a fact of life and we have to live with them. If we prefer to choose methods that work in spite of deviation in birthtime by a few minutes, we are ignoring a key fact – there are many people in this world who are born a few minutes apart in nearby places and yet lead significantly different lives. Still some people hide from this fact and stick to methods that give the same results to everyone born in a 15-minute or one-hour or two-hour period, because they don't have to deal with the complicated issue of birthtime errors then! But that's not the right approach – we should give importance to finer techniques. After all, Sage Parasara must have written about all these fine techniques only because he thought they were useful.

(3) Some people define sunrise as the time when the center of the visual disk representing Sun rises on the eastern horizon, i.e., the time when lagna and Sun are exactly at the same longitude. Some other people consider sunrise as the time when the upper tip of the visual disk representing Sun appears to be rising on the eastern horizon, i.e., the time when the first ray of Sun is seen. The latter

approach is recommended.

Exercise 9:

Suppose (just suppose) that a key event from the known past of the lady of Exercise 8 makes us think that her GL has to be between 16°15' and 17°30' in Virgo. Correct

the given birthtime accordingly.

5.6 Use of Special Lagnas

Use of special lagnas will become clearer in future chapters. For now, it will suffice to say that hora lagna shows money and ghati lagna shows power. In any chart, normal lagna shows self. Hora lagna shows self, from the point of view of money, wealth and prosperity. Ghati lagna shows self, from the point of view of fame, power and authority. For example, when we time good and bad periods for a

businessman, hora lagna may be very important. When we time good and bad periods for a politician, ghati lagna may be very important.

5.7 Sree Lagna

In Sanskrit, the word “Sree” means wealth. It also means Lakshmi, wife of Lord Narayana and goddess of wealth. Sree Lagna will be denoted by SL in the rest of this book. Sree Lagna is important for prosperity. Its use will be shown in the chapter on

Sudasa. Computation of Sree Lagna will be explained for now.

(1) Find the constellation occupied by Moon.

(2) Find the fraction of the constellation traversed by Moon.

(3) Find the same fraction of the zodiac (360°).

(4) Add this amount to the longitude of lagna. Subtract multiples of 360° if

necessary. The resulting amount is the longitude of Sree Lagna (SL).

Example 10:

Let us take a native with Moon at 13 Li 06 and lagna at 25 Vi 05. Moon’s longitude is 180° + 13°6' = 193°6'. Lagna’s longitude 150°+25°5' is 175°5'.

(1) Moon is in Swathi constellation, which runs from 6°40' to 20°0' in Libra.

(2) Moon’s advancement in his constellation is 13°6' – 6°40' = 6°26'. As fraction of

the whole constellation, this is (6°26')/(13°20') = 386'/800' = 0.4825.

(3) The same fraction of the zodiac is 0.4825 x 360° = 173.7° = 173°42'.

(4) Adding this amount to the longitude of lagna, we get 175°5' + 173°42' = 348°47.

This is the longitude of SL. So SL is in Pisces at 18°47'.

Exercise 10:

Suppose someone has Moon at 15 Le 29 and lagna at 14 Sc 19. Find the longitude of SL (Sree Lagna). Warning: There are some more special lagnas defined by Parasara, but they are

beyond the scope of this book. We will restrict ourselves to the ones defined in this book.

5.8 Answers to Exercises

Exercise 8:

HL: 8°26' in Aquarius.

GL: 17°48.5' in Virgo.

Exercise 9:

Birthtime has to be between 3:10:33 – 3:11:33 am. [HINT: GL with given birthtime (3:11:48 am) is at 17°48.5' in Virgo. The error is between 18.5' and 1°33.5', i.e., 0.3083° and 1.5583°. Find the corresponding error in birthtime in minutes and convert it to seconds. Then subtract the error from

birthtime.]

Exercise 10:

SL is at 12°22' in Capricorn.

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4.3 Other Upagrahas

Six upagrahas called Kaala, Mrityu, Arthaprahaara, Yamaghantaka, Gulika and Maandi are more difficult to compute. Kaala is a malefic upagraha similar to Sun. Mrityu is a malefic upagraha similar to Mars. Arthaprahaara is similar to Mercury. Yamaghantaka is similar to Jupiter. Gulika and Maandi are similar to Saturn. A day starts at the time of sunrise and ends at the time of sunset. A night starts at the time of sunset and ends at the time of next day’s sunrise. Depending on whether one

is born during the day or the night, we divide the length of the day/night into 8 equal parts.

8 When adding or subtracting longitudes, we should subtract 360° if we get more than 360° and we

should add 360° if we get less than 0°. Adding or subtracting 360° means going around the zodiac

once and coming to the same position. We should finally reduce all longitudes to a value between 0°

and 360°, by adding or subtracting 360° as many times as needed.

Daytime births: The first part is ruled by the lord of weekday and then we cover planets in the order of weekdays. The part after the one ruled by Saturn is lord-less. After that, Sun’s part comes. For example, the first 1/8th of the daytime on a Thursday is ruled by Jupiter. Next part is ruled by Venus. The 3rd part is ruled bySaturn. The 4th part is lord-less. The 5th part is ruled by Sun. The 6th part is ruled by Moon. The 7th planet is ruled by Mars. The 8th part is ruled by Mercury.

Night time births: The first part is ruled by the 5th planet from the lord of weekday and then we cover planets in the order of weekdays. For example, the first 1/8th of a Thursday night is ruled by the 5th planet from Jupiter, i.e. Moon (Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Sun, Moon – that’s the 5th one). Next part is ruled by Mars. The 3rd part is ruled by Mercury. The 4th part is ruled by Jupiter. The 5th part is ruled by Venus. The 6th part is ruled by Saturn. The 7th planet is lord-less. The 8th part is ruled by Sun.

Table 10 gives the list of the ruling planets of all the eight parts of the daytime and night time on all weekdays.

Once we divide the day/night of birth into 8 equal parts and identify the ruling
planets of the 8 parts, we can find the longitudes of Kaala etc upagrahas using the
following procedure:

(1) Kaala rises at the middle of Sun’s part9. In other words, we find the time at the middle of Sun’s part and find lagna rising then. That gives Kaala’s longitude.

(2) Mrityu rises at the middle of Mars’s part.

(3) Artha Praharaka rises at the middle of Mercury’s part.

(4) Yama Ghantaka rises at the middle of Jupiter’s part.

(5) Gulika rises at the middle of Saturn’s part.

(6) Maandi rises at the beginning of Saturn’s part.

Suppose one is born on Thursday night and we want Yamaghantaka’s longitude in his chart. Suppose night starts at 6 pm and ends at 6 am on the next day. We see from the table that Jupiter rules the 4th part of a Thursday night. Each part is 12/8 = 1.5 hours. The 4th part starts 4.5 hours after sunset, i.e. at 10:30 pm, and ends 1.5 hours later. So Jupiter’s part extends from 10:30 pm to midnight. The middle point of this part is at 11:15 pm. We find lagna rising at 11:15 pm and that will be Yama
Ghantaka’s longitude.

4.4 Answer to Exercise
Exercise 7:

Dhuma: At 26°39' from the start of Vi
Vyatipaata: At 3°21' from the start of Li
Parivesha: At 3°21' from the start of Ar
Indrachaapa: At 26°39' from the start of Pi
Upaketu: At 19°1' from the start of Sc`

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4. Upagrahas

4.1 Introduction

There are 11 upagrahas (sub-planets or satellites) defined by Sage Parasara. They do not appear to correspond to any physical bodies (planets, stars etc). From Sage Parasara's definition, they appear to be some significant mathematical points. They will be defined in two groups.

4.2 Sun-based Upagrahas

Five upagrahas called Dhuma, Vyatipaata, Parivesha, Indrachaapa and Upaketu are defined based on Sun's longitude. The exact formulas are given in Table 9. All these upagrahas are very malefic in nature. Any houses occupied by them in rasi chart or divisional charts are spoiled by them.

It may be noted that Dhuma and Indrachaapa are apart by 180° and Vyatipaata and

Parivesha are apart by 180°.

Example 6:

Let us say Sun is at 9Sg36. Sg is the 9th rasi and so Sun's longitude can be expressed as 8s 9°36' (based on the notation introduced in 1.3.2). The length of each of the 8 rasis before Sg is 30°. So we can find the longitude of Sun (i.e., distance traversed by Sun from the beginning of the zodiac) as 8x30°+9°36' = 249°36'. Adding 133°20' to it, we get 382°56'. This can be rewritten8 as 22°56'. That is the longitude of Dhuma. So Dhuma is at 22°56' in Ar. 

Because Dhuma and Indrachaapa are 180° apart, you can say without further computation that Indrachapa is in the 7th sign from Ar, which is Li. His advancement from the start of Li is also 22°56'.

NOTE: You can verify that Aries and Libra, Taurus and Scorpio, Gemini and Sagittarius, Cancer and Capricorn, Leo and Aquarius, Virgo and Pisces are the signs that are 180° apart. So, if Dhuma is at 11°36' from the start of Aquarius, Indrachapa will be at 11°36' from the start of Leo. Vyatipata is obtained by subtracting Dhuma from 360º. We see that 360º – 22°56' = 337°4'. So Vyatipata is at 337°4', i.e. at 7°4' from the start of Pi. Since Parivesha is at 180º from Vyatipata, he is at 7°4' in Vi.

Exercise 7: If Sun is at 13°19' from the start of Ta, find the positions of all the five upagrahas defined so far.

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3.4 Planetary Relationships

3.4.1 Natural Relationships

For each planet, its friends and enemies are found as follows: Take the moolatrikona of the planet. Lord of the rasi where it is exalted is its friend. Lords of 2nd, 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th and 12th rasis from it are also its natural friends. Lords of other rasis are its natural enemies. If a planet becomes a friend and an enemy on account of owning two rasis, then it is a neutral planet. The list of friends, neutral planets and enemies of all

planets is listed in Table 7.

3.4.2 Temporary Relationships

In addition to the permanent relationship, we have temporary relationships based on the planetary position in a chart. These temporary (tatkaala) relationships are specific to a chart. Planets occupying the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 10th, 11th and 12th rasis counted from the rasi occupied by a planet are its temporary friends. Planet occupying other rasis are its temporary enemies.

Example 4: Let us consider Lord Sree Rama’s chart given in Figure 1 and find the temporary friends and temporary enemies of Sun and Moon. Sun: Sun is in Ar. The 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 10th, 11th and 12th rasis counted from Ar are Ta, Ge, Cn, Cp, Aq and Pi. Planets in those rasis are Mercury, Moon, Jupiter, Mars and Venus. They are temporary friends of Sun in this chart. Saturn is the only temporary

enemy. Moon: Moon is in Cn. The 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 10th, 11th and 12th rasis counted from Cn are Le, Vi, Li, Ar, Ta and Ge. Planets in those rasis are Saturn, Sun and Mercury. They are temporary friends of Moon in this chart. Temporary enemies are Mars, Jupiter,

Venus.

Vedic Astrology: An Integrated Approach Exercise 5: Consider Lord Sree Rama’s chart given in Figure 1 and find the temporary friends and temporary enemies of Jupiter and Venus. Note that Moon and Jupiter have the same temporary friends and temporary enemies. That is because they occupy the same rasi and temporary relationships are based on the rasis occupied by planets.

3.4.3 Compound Relationships

We get the compound relationships between planets by combining permanent and temporary relationships as shown in Table 8.

Table 8: Compound Relationships

Example 5: Let us continue from Example 4 and find the friends and enemies of Sun and Moon in Lord Sree Rama’s chart given in Figure 1. Sun: We found in Example 4 that Sun’s temporary friends are Mercury, Moon, Jupiter, Mars and Venus. Of these, Moon, Mars and Jupiter are natural friends and they become adhimitras (good friends). Mercury is a neutral planet in natural relationship and he becomes a mitra (friend) in compound relationship. Venus is a natural enemy. Being a temporary friend, Venus becomes a sama (neutral) planet in compound relationship. Saturn is the only temporary enemy of Sun. Being a natural enemy too, he becomes

an adhisatru (bad enemy) of Sun.

Moon: We found in Example 4 that Moon’s temporary friends are Sun, Mercury and Saturn. Of these, Sun and Mercury are natural friends and they become adhimitras (good friends). Saturn is a neutral in natural relationship and he becomes a mitra

(friend) in compound relationship.

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Moon’s temporary enemies are Mars, Jupiter and Venus. They are all natural neutrals and they become satru (enemies) in compound relationship.

Exercise 6: Continue from Exercise 5 and find the friends and enemies of Jupiter

and Venus in Lord Sree Rama’s chart given in Figure 1. Whenever we refer to a planet being in a friendly house or an inimical house in the rest of this book, we mean the compound relationships. A planet occupying a rasi owned by a mitra or adhimitra is in a friendly house. A planet occupying a rasi owned by a satru or adhisatru is in an inimical house.

3.5 Answers to Exercises

Exercise 5:

Jupiter: Jupiter is in Cn. The 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 10th, 11th and 12th rasis counted from Cn are

Le, Vi, Li, Ar, Ta and Ge. Planets in those rasis are Saturn, Sun and Mercury. They

are temporary friends of Jupiter in this chart. Temporary enemies are Moon, Mars,

Venus. Venus: Venus is in Pi. The 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 10th, 11th and 12th rasis counted from Pi are

Ar, Ta, Ge, Sg, Cp and Aq. Planets in those rasis are Sun, Mercury and Mars. They

are temporary friends of Venus in this chart. Temporary enemies are Moon, Jupiter,

Saturn.

Exercise 6:

Jupiter: We found in Exercise 5 that the temporary friends of Jupiter are Sun, Mercury and Saturn. Being a natural friend, Sun becomes an adhimitra (good friend). Being a natural neutral, Saturn becomes a mitra (friend). Being a natural enemy, Mercury becomes a neutral planet in compound relationship. Temporary enemies of Jupiter are Moon, Mars and Venus. Being natural friends of

Jupiter, Moon and Mars become sama (neutral) planets in compound relationship. Being a neutral planet in natural relationship, Venus becomes an enemy in

compound relationship.

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Venus: We found in Exercise 5 that the temporary friends of Venus are Sun, Mars and Mercury. Being a natural friend, Mercury becomes an adhimitra (good friend). Being a neutral planet in natural relationship, Mars becomes a mitra (friend). Being an enemy in natural relationship, Sun becomes a sama (neutral) in compound relationship.

Temporary enemies of Venus are Moon, Jupiter, Saturn. Of these, Saturn is a natural friend and he becomes a sama (neutral) in compound relationship. Jupiter is a natural neutral and he becomes a satru (enemy) of Venus in compound relationship. Moon is a natural enemy of Venus and he becomes an adhisatru (bad enemy) in compound

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3.3 Planetary Dignities

Each planet has a sign where it is exalted (uchcha), a sign where it is debilitated (neecha), a sign that is called its moolatrikona and one or two rasis that are owned byit. A planet is said to be strong in its own rasi or exaltation rasi or moolatrikona.Table 6 shows own rasis, exaltation rasis, the degree of deep exaltation, debilitation rasi, the degree of deep debilitation and the moolatrikona of each planet.

Some special points regarding the results given by planets:

(1) Sun gives the results of being in moolatrikona in the first 20º of Le and the results of being in own rasi in the remaining 10º.

(2) Moon gives the results of being in exaltation rasi in the first 3º of Ta and the results of being in moolatrikona in the remaining 27º.

(3) Mars gives the results of being in moolatrikona in the first 12º of Le and the results of being in own rasi in the remaining 18º.

(4) Mercury gives the results of being in exaltation rasi in the first 15º of Vi, the results of being in moolatrikona in the next 5º and the results of being in own rasi

in the remaining 10º.

(5) Jupiter gives the results of being in moolatrikona in the first 10º of Sg and the results of being in own rasi in the remaining 20º.

(6) Venus gives the results of being in moolatrikona in the first half of Li and the results of being in own rasi in the second half of Li.

(7) Saturn gives the results of being in moolatrikona in the first 20º of Aq and the results of being in own rasi in the remaining 10º. An analogy may help one understand the subtle difference between own rasi, exaltation rasi and moolatrikona. Own rasi of a planet (e.g. Pisces of Jupiter) is like one’s home. One is most natural and comfortable at home. That is exactly what a planet in own rasi is. Moolatrikona of a planet (e.g. Sagittarius of Jupiter) is like one’s office. One executes one’s formal

job and performs one’s duty at office. One is powerful and duty-minded at office. Exaltation sign of a planet (e.g. Cancer of Jupiter) is like a favorite party/picnic. One is excited to be at one’s favorite party/picnic. So an exalted planet is like an excited person at his favorite picnic spot. Debilitation sign of a planet (e.g. Capricorn of Jupiter) is like one’s worst party. A debilitated planet is like an unhappy person stuck at a place he hates.

Jupiter is a saattwik and dharmik Brahmin. Ethery Jupiter, planet of perception, intelligence and wisdom, is most comfortable in saattwik Pisces, which is the 12th house of the natural zodiac. That is his home. However, he also has to uphold dharma. Upholding dharma is his duty. Whether he likes it or not, he has to do it. So fiery Sagittarius, 9th house in the natural zodiac, is his moolatrikona. Jupiter is like a "raaja purohit" (chief priest of a king) in Sagittarius. He has to sometimes take strong

decisions to uphold dharma (like sentencing someone to death). In Pisces, he is like a peaceful Brahmin doing pooja at his home. In watery Cancer, the 4th house of the natural zodiac, Jupiter is excited to do some imaginative (watery) learning (4th house matter). In taamasik and earthy Capricorn, the 10th house of the natural zodiac, Jupiter hates doing tamasik and well-defined karma (action, 10th house matter). It is against his nature. Executing well-defined taamasik karma may be fine with taamasik planets Mars and Saturn, but Jupiter is unhappy with it. So Jupiter is

debilitated in Cp.  36 Vedic Astrology: An Integrated Approach

Take Mercury as another example. He is an intellectual planet and significator of communications. “Intelligent communication” is the most comfortable activity for him. So his home is intellectual Gemini, the 3rd house (communications) of the natural zodiac. However, intelligent debates and arguments are the formal job assigned to him. Virgo is the 6th house (arguments) of the natural zodiac and it is Mercury’s moolatrikona! While saattwik and ethery Jupiter doesn't quite love the job of fiercely and fierily upholding dharma (by punishing demon king Bali in Vaamana avatara, for example), he does it with a sense of duty. But Mercury loves his official job! He loves engaging

in intellectual debates. So Virgo (6th house of the natural zodiac) is not only his moolatrikona (office), but also his exaltation sign (favorite picnic spot). Still, "intelligent communications" (Gemini) is what he is most comfortable with (home). Let us take one final example – Ketu. Ketu is most comfortable with occult activity, which are shown by the 8th house. So he owns the 8th house of the natural zodiac, i.e. Scorpio. His official duty, however, is giving upaasana (meditation) and moksha (liberation), which are shown by the 12th house. So his moolatrikona is in the 12th

house of the natural zodiac, i.e. Pisces. One should remember the above and understand the mood of a planet based on whether it is in own rasi or exaltation rasi or moolatrikona. Though all the three are

good placements, there is a subtle difference in the mood of the planet and the results given by it.

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