Jupiter's Ashtakvarga: Basic Understanding

The benefic and malefic houses for Jupiter with respect to all the 8 references (7 planets and Lagna i.e. Ascendant) are given in the table below;

Basics about entries in each cell of the table:

As explained in one of the previous posts, an entry of 0 denotes a malefic position or a bindu (dot), and an entry of 1 denotes a benefic position or a rekha (line). A bindu (dot) is also called as a "karana", and a rekha (line) is also called as a "sthana".

How to read the table:

To get a quick and easy understanding of this ashtakvarga chart, let us take few examples.

Let us refer to the column titled “Sun” in the table. This column reveals the benefic and malefic houses for Jupiter to occupy, with respect to Sun.

The 5th, 6th and 12th houses have 0. So these house from Sun are malefic for Jupiter i.e. if Jupiter is placed in one of these houses (with respect to Sun), it would exert malefic influence.

Similarly for rest of the houses (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th houses) 1 is placed, ensuring that if Jupiter is placed in these positions (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th houses) from Sun, it would behave as a benefic influence due to its positional array in ashtakvarga chart. 

The similar principle applies for all the 7 planets and the Lagna (Ascendant).

Venus Ashtakvarga: Basic Understanding

The benefic and malefic houses for Venus with respect to all the 8 references (7 planets and Lagna i.e. Ascendant) are given in the table below;

Basics about entries in each cell of the table:

As explained in one of the previous posts, an entry of 0 denotes a malefic position or a bindu (dot), and an entry of 1 denotes a benefic position or a rekha (line). A bindu (dot) is also called as a "karana", and a rekha (line) is also called as a "sthana".

How to read the table:

To get a quick and easy understanding of this ashtakvarga chart, let us take few examples.

Let us refer to the column titled “Sun” in the table. This column reveals the benefic and malefic houses for Venus to occupy, with respect to Sun. The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 9th and 10th houses have 0. So these house from Sun are malefic for Venus i.e. if Venus is placed in one of these houses (with respect to Sun), it would exert malefic influence. Similarly for rest of the houses (8th, 11th, 12th) 1 is placed, ensuring that if Venus is placed in these positions (8th, 11th, 12th houses) from Sun, it would behave as a benefic influence due to its positional array in ashtakvarga chart. 

The similar principle applies for all the 7 planets and the Lagna (Ascendant), about which we would discuss in forthcoming, individual posts.

Moon's Ashtakvarga: Basic Understanding

The benefic and malefic houses for Moon with respect to all the 8 references (7 planets and Lagna i.e. Ascendant) are given in the table below;

Basics about entries in each cell of the table:

As explained in one of the previous posts, an entry of 0 denotes a malefic position or a bindu (dot), and an entry of 1 denotes a benefic position or a rekha (line). A bindu (dot) is also called as a "karana", and a rekha (line) is also called as a "sthana".

How to read the table:

To get a quick and easy understanding of this ashtakvarga chart, let us take few examples.

Let us refer to the column titled “Mars” in the table. This column reveals the benefic houses for Moon to occupy, with respect to Mars. The 1st and 2nd houses have 0 and 1. So the first house from Mars is malefic for Moon and the 2nd house is benefic for Moon. Similarly if we proceed ahead, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 10th, 11th houses have 1, ensuring that if Moon is placed in 3rd, 5th, 6th, 10th, 11th house from Mars, it would behave as a benefic influence due to its positional array in ashtakvarga chart. On the same note, 4th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 12th houses have 0, and hence if Moon is placed in one of these houses (with respect to Mars), it would exert malefic influence.

The similar principle applies for all the 7 planets and the Lagna (Ascendant), about which we would discuss in forthcoming, individual posts.

Sun's Ashtakvarga: Basic Understanding

The benefic and malefic houses for Sun with respect to all the 8 references (7 planets and Lagna i.e. Ascendant) are given in the table below;

As explained in the previous post, an entry of 0 denotes a malefic position or a bindu (dot), and an entry of 1 denotes a benefic position or a rekha (line). A bindu (dot) is also called as a "karana", and a rekha (line) is also called as a "sthana".

How to read the table:

To get a quick and easy understanding of this ashtakvarga chart, let us take few examples.

Let us refer to the column titled “Moon” in the table. This column reveals the benefic houses for Sun to occupy, with respect to Moon. The 1st and 2nd houses have 0 and the 3rd house has 1. So the first 2 houses from Moon are malefic for Sun and the 3rd house is benefic for Sun. Similarly if we proceed ahead, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 12th houses have 0, ensuring that if Sun is placed in 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th or 12th house from Moon, it would behave as a malefic influence due to its positional array in ashtakvarga chart.

The similar principle applies for all the 7 planets and the Lagna (Ascendant), about which we would discuss in forthcoming, individual posts.