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Dignities of Planets
There are 9 different dignities in Vedic astrology.
The order from strongest to weakest is
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

Exaltation (Uchcha)
Mulatrikona
Own sign (Sva Kshetra)
Best friend (Adhi Mitra)
Friend (Mitra)
Neutral (Sama)
Enemy (Satru)
Sworn enemy (Adhi Satru)
Debilation (Nicha)

Own Sign, Exaltation, Debilation and

Mulatrikona
Planet

Own Signs

Exaltation

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Debilation

Moolatrikona

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Sun
Moon
Mars
Mercury
Jupiter
Venus
Saturn

Leo
Cancer
Aries, Scorpio
Gemini, Virgo
Sagittarius, Pisces
Libra
Capricorn, Aquarius

10 Aries
3 Taurus
28 Capricorn
15 Virgo
5 Cancer
27 Pisces
20 Libra

10 Libra
3 Scorpio
28 Cancer
15 Pisces
5 Capricorn
27 Virgo
20 Aries

0-20 Leo
4-30 Taurus
0-12 Aries
16-20 Virgo
0-10 Sagittarius
0-15 Libra
0-20 Aquarius

Debilation point is opposite to the exaltation point.

Natural Planetary Frienships

Planetary friendships applies in dignity evaluation if the planet in question is not in own sign,
exaltation, debilation or Mulatrikona.
The natural (or permanent) friendships of the planets are
Planet
Sun
Moon
Mars
Mercury
Jupiter
Venus
Saturn

Relationships
Friendly
Moon, Jupiter, Mars
Sun, Mercury
Sun, Moon, Jupiter
Sun, Venus
Sun, Moon, Mars
Mercury, Saturn
Mercury, Venus

Inimical
Venus, Saturn
Mercury
Moon
Mercury, Venus
Sun, Moon
Sun, Moon, Mars

Neutral
Mercury
Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn
Venus, Saturn
Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Saturn
Mars, Jupiter
Jupiter

A planet is in a friendly sign if he is a friend of the lord of that sign etc.

Examples:

Jupiter in Leo is in a friendly sign because he is a friend of the Sun

Mars in Taurus is in a neutral sign, he is neutral to Venus
Venus in Cancer is in a inimical sign, she is inimical to the Moon

Temporary Friendship
The rule for temporary friendship of planets is
Planets in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 10th, 11th and 12th are temporary friends
Planets in the other Rasis (1st, 5th, 6th, 7thi, 8th, 9th) are temporary enemies
There is no neutral temporary relationship.
Example:
Jupiter in Pisces and Moon in Virgo are temporary enemies because they are mutually in the
7th house.
Remark:
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There are different opinions about calculation of temporary friends in higher Varga charts (e.g.
Navamsa)

from Rasi chart

from the Varga

This option can be configured in Maitreya in the Configure Vargas and Dasas tab of the
configuration dialog.

Mix of Permanent and Temporary

Friendship
Rules for the mix of permanent and temporary friendship are
Permanent
Temporary
Result
Friend
Friend
Best Friend
Neutral
Friend
Friend
Friend
Enemy
Neutral
Enemy
Friend
Neutral
Neutral
Enemy
Enemy
Enemy
Enemy
Sworn Enemy

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