Malefic Benefic...in a Horoscope

The Nine Planets & their Significations

Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn; plus, Rahu & Ketu (Shadow planets)

 

§  Natural Benefic - Jupiter & Venus – Venus is more benefic than Jupiter, due to feminine nature. However, they both, always tend to give good results, capable of providing something good, in other words, they make life easy (however, they do have malefic qualities as well). As they are benefic / full of goodness, therefore, they are pious, transparent, positive and give constructive results.

 

§  Natural malefic – Saturn, Rahu, Ketu & Mars. Mars has been considered the most malefic planet due to full of energy. And Saturn is considered the least malefic due to lazy attitude. Therefore, Rahu is more malefic than Saturn & Ketu is more malefic than Rahu.

 

§  Kroor (Cruel) Planet – The Sun is the special planet, however, designated as cruel planet. As we know it has lot of heat, dry, fiery becomes fierce (energy & needs to burn it on daily basis) and tend to burn others (planets making combust) or the house where it is posited, therefore designated as Kroor planet.  It travels at a uniform speed/ motion. It is a royal planet, therefore, does not mould himself, rather, forces other planets to change their temperament (irrespective of their nature).  The Sun is the king of planets. Cruelty is also necessary feature to a king, so that the Public will have some fear towards king. As we know he is having lordship of Leo sign, relevant to Lion, the King of forest. 

 

§  Conditional Benefic & Malefic – The Moon & Mercury. They are parasite, cannot function without support. Thus, they both can become benefic & Malefic, plus they perform important role in native’s life (from childhood till death) as they both control our mind & intellect; they easily get influenced by other factors. So, understanding their temperament is very important.

                      i.        Moon – Moon is good / benefic if it is far away from the Sun. If it is placed either in 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th house from the Sun, it is benefic else it becomes malefic.

Or we can say this way as well –

 

§  Moon is benefic from Shukl Paksh Saptami till Krishn Paksh Saptami &

 

§  Moon is malefic from Krishan Paksh Astami till Shukl Paksh Ashtami.

 

                     ii.        Mercury – Mercury placed alone in a benefic house or with a benefic planet gives benefic results else placed with malefic or in malefic houses, will become malefic.

 

§  Functional benefic - A Planet (or planets) become functionally benefic as a result of ruling certain houses, which means even though they are not inherently one of the benefic planets, they may be assigned (to bless) some positive or malefic influence on the horoscope based on their condition in it. A planet attaining the lordship of Trines (1st, 5th & 9th houses) becomes functional benefic planet. Point to note that planet becoming functional benefic would focus more on his Mooltrikon Rashi. There are few ascendents in which one sign is falling in trine and its second sign occupying either of malefic houses, shall be discussed separately in forthcoming lessons.

 

§  Functional Malefic - A Planet (or planets) become functionally malefic as a result of ruling certain house/houses, which means even though they are not inherently one of the malefic planets, they may be assigned (to punish) some negative or malefic influence on the horoscope based on their condition in it.