Encyclopedia of Vedic Astrology: Planetary Transit: Sarvato Bhadra Chakra, Chapter XII, Part - 3

Shanker Adawal ,Encyclopedia of Vedic Astrology: Planetary Transit

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12.3 Methodology of interpretation

12.3.1 Nature of Planets: The planets can be divided into two categories- Malefic & Benefic. Saturn, Mars, Rahu, Ketu. Sun, Mercury in association with malefics and waning Moon are natural malefics, while Jupiter, Venus, unafflicted Mercury and waxing Moon are natural benefics. Any planet can become functional malefic/ benefic depending on its placement in and lordship of benefic/ malefic house.

12.3.2 Vedha/ Aspects: In Sarvato-Bhadra Chakra, Vedha (obstruction)/ aspect of a planet depends on its speed. When a planet is retrograde, its aspect is towards right (backward); while a planet in direct motion at normal speed has aspect in front (opposite) direction and when in high speed, it is towards left (forward) direction. The Sun & Moon are always in direct motion and have left (forward) aspect; while Rahu & Ketu are always retrograde and have right (backward) aspect. However some astrologers feel that these four planets have all the three kinds of aspects. The other five planets- Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus & Saturn, are sometimes slow, sometimes fast and at other times retrograde. To determine the nature of an outer planet- Mars, Jupiter or Saturn, and its speed, one should note its placement in the chart with respect to placement of the Sun. A planet moves in normal motion, when placed in 3^rd or 4^th house from Sun or the Sun is placed in the 10^th or 11^th house from the planet. A planet moves with high speed when placed in 12^th, 1^st or 2^nd house from the Sun and a planet may move in retrograde motion while transiting in houses 5^th to 9^th from the Sun. The movement & motion of Mercury & Venus needs to be finalized with the help of Panchang.

The Vedha/ aspect produced by a benefic planet gives good results, while aspect by a malefic planet cause bad results even if they may be in their exaltation/ own sign. The left and right aspects lead to aspect on all five components of the Chakra as mentioned in Para 12.2.1, while front/ opposite aspect causes aspect to Nakshtra only. For example, on 1^st Jan 2012, Jupiter in Ashwani Nakshtra will have aspect on P. Phalguni Nakshtra & Saturn in Chitra Nakshtra on P. Bhadrapad Nakshtra, while Sun in P. Ashada Nakshtra will have aspects on all the five components in left/ forward direction. Some astrologers feel the luminaries aspect in all three directions.

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After doing PhD in economics and studying management from Delhi University, Dr. Adawal joined the corporate world. He soon climbed the corporate ladder and worked in senior positions in a plethora of prestigious companies such as DCM, Modi Xerox, Tatas, Nortel and presently Reliance Industries. He has served in the field of telecom since the liberalization process started in India. His experience of 35 years plus has been with regulations, government relations and support services in the field of telecom, energy, retail and life science.

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