Benefics and Malefics in Horoscope

I am hereby pen this article to clear the confusions on which planetary and house combinations and also at which stages, we face good and bad results.

Houses
Benefic	1st	4th	7th	10th	5th	9th
Malefic	3rd	6th	8th	12th
Neutral	2nd	11th

Planets [Natural]
Benefic	Jupiter	Venus	Moon
Malefic	Saturn	Rahu	Mars
Neutral	Mercury	Sun	Ketu

Combinations		Results
Benefic	Benefic	Excellent
Benefic	Neutral	Better
Benefic	Malefic	Medium
Malefic	Malefic	Horrific
Malefic	Neutral	Bad
Neutral	Neutral	Good

There are 3 Main types of Rashi's:

A) Sheerodaya Rashi (Head-Rising) are: Mithun (Gemini), Simha (Leo), Kanya (Virgo), Tula (Libra), Vrishchik (Scorpio), Kumbha (Aquarius).
 Powerful at day.

B) Pristhodaya Rashi (Hind Rising) are: Mesha (Aries), Vrish (Taurus), Karkat (Cancer), Dhanu (Sagittarius), Makara (Capricorn).
Powerful at Night.

C) Those Rashis which rise from their both head and hind part are called Ubhayodaya Rashi. Pisces is the Ubhayodaya Rashi.
These are powerful at both day and night.

During the period of planets ie. Dasha if the planet is situated at Seershodaya Rashi then it gives more fruits especially in first half of Dasha, if Pristhodaya then it gives more fruits especially in last half of Dasha, if Ubhayodaya gives fruit throught the Dasha.

Benefic Position of Planets
Planets	Zodiac Signs	Houses
SUN	Leo, Sagittarius, Aries	1st, 6th, 10th & 11th
MOON	Cancer, Sagittarius, Taurus	1st, 2nd, 4th & 9th
MERCURY	Gemini, Virgo, Libra	2nd, 3rd, 5th, 8th & 11th
MARS	Aries, Capricorn, Scorpio, Leo, Sagittarius	5th, 10th & 11th
JUPITER	Cancer, Sagittarius, Aries, Pisces, Scorpio, Leo	1st, 2nd, 4th, 7th, 9th, 10th  & 11th
VENUS	Pisces, Taurus, Libra	1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 9th, 10th & 11th.
SATURN	Libra, Capricorn, Aquarius, Taurus	3rd, 7th & 12th
RAHU	Taurus, Gemini, Aquarius, Virgo, Libra	3rd, 6th, 8th, 10th, 11th & 12th
KETU	Scorpio, Sagittarius, Pisces	12th, 4th, 6th & 9th

Deadly Nakshatras [Stars]:  Punarvasu, Ashlesha, Hasta, Visakha, Mula, Shatabisha, Purvabhadra, Revathi & Bharani.

       Planets posited in this Nakshatra will give Unreasonable Troubles & Diseases.

Saturn in Twelfth House

If Saturn is in the 12th house, the native will be sinful, miser and will have affliction in some part of his body. If Saturn is associated with a malefic the native will have defective eye sight. If he is associated with a benefic the native will be happy, will have good eye sight and will go to heaven after death. If he is associated with a malefic the native will go to hell, will incur wasteful expenditure and will be poor.

Other Views

Brihat Jatak- The person concerned will suffer degradation.

Phaldeepika- The native will be shameless, poor, childless and stupid and some part of the body of the native will be deformed.

Saravali- The native will be sinful, gossiper, hard hearted, mischievous and humiliated and will incur wasteful expenditure.

Chamatkar Chintamani- The native will be shameless and will have small eyes. He will be happy in foreign travels. If Saturn is in 12th as lord of the ascendant, the native will destroy his enemies.

Saturn in Eleventh House

If Saturn is in the 11th house, the native will be very wealthy but there will be obstacles in his way. He will also be owner of landed property and a favourite of Government. If Saturn is in his own sign or in his sign of exaltation the native will be learned and enjoy Mahabhagya Yoga (causing prosperity of a very high order) and comforts of all kinds of conveyances.

All planets whether benefic or malefic prosper in the eleventh house unless they are lord of the 6th, 8th or 12th houses. Eleventh is an upachaya house and here malefics will fare better than benefics. It is on this account that very beneficial results have been attributed to Saturn in that house.

Very powerful Dhana yogas will result with Saturn in the eleventh in the following circumstances:-

(1) When Aries is the ascendant and Saturn is in the eleventh as lord of the 10th and 11th,

(2) When Taurus is the ascendant and Saturn is in the eleventh as lord of the 9th and 10th,

(3) When Libra is the ascendant and Saturn is in the eleventh as lord of the 4th and 5th,

(4) When Sagittarius is the ascendant and Saturn is exalted in the 11th as lord of the 2nd,

(5) When Capricorn is the ascendant and Saturn is in the eleventh as lord of the  ascendant and the 2nd and

(6) When Aquarius is the ascendant and Saturn is in the eleventh as lord of the ascendant.

Other Views

Brihat Jatak- The person concerned will be wealthy.

Phaldeepika- The native will be courageous, healthy, wealthy, longlived and will own immovable property. Saravali-Same as Phaldeepika.

Chamatkar Chintamani- The native will always be wealthy and courageous.

Saturn in Tenth House

If Saturn is in the 10th house the native will bathe in the Ganges in his 25th year. He will be stingy and of bilious constitution. If Saturn is associated with a malefic the native will face obstacles in his professional career. He will be successful in his undertakings if Saturn is associated with a benefic.

Saturn will give extremely favourable results in the following circumstances:

 (1) When Aries and Taurus are the ascendants Saturn will be in his own sign in the tenth as lord of the 10th and 11th and 9th and 10th respectively. With lord of the 9th in the 10th and lord of 10th in 10th, a very powerful Rajayoga will be formed conferring upon the native name, fame, wealth and honours of a high order. 

(2) For Libra Ascendant, Saturn will be in the 10th as lord of the 4th and 5th, giving rise to a powerful Dhana yoga. 

(3) For Capricorn ascendant, Saturn will be in the tenth as exalted lord of the ascendant and the 2nd, which is as powerful a disposition as a Raja yoga. 

(4) For Aquarius ascendant, Saturn will be in the 10th as lord of the ascendant, again a favourable disposition. In the tenth house, Saturn will be in Kendra to the ascendant. His disposition in his own sign or in his sign of exaltation will give rise to Sasa yoga.

Other Views

Brihat Jatak- The person concerned will be happy and powerful.

Phaldeepika- The native will be a king or minister of a king, and will be extremely wealthy, famous and courageous and will take interest in agriculture.

Saravali- The native will be wealthy, learned, minister or a Judge or head of a village.

Chamatkar Chintamani- The native will lose both his parents in his childhood. He will indulge in sinful deeds. He will humiliate his enemies. His means of livelihood will be poor.

Saturn in Ninth House

If Saturn is in the ninth house the native will be very religious, may kill people in the name of religion, will live in dilapidated buildings of religious institutions repaired and in his 39th year will have bathing ghats, shelters for cows etc. built. If Saturn is in his own sign or in his sign of exaltation, the native's father will be long-lived. If Saturn is weak or is associated with a malefic the native's father will be short-lived.

For Taurus and Gemini ascendants the ninth house will fall in Capricorn and Aquarius respectively. Saturn in the ninth will then be in his own sign and lord of ninth will be in ninth giving rise to a powerful Raja yoga. For Libra Ascendant Saturn will be in the ninth as lord of the 4th and 5th houses and for Capricorn ascendant he will be there as lord of ascendant and the 2nd house.

For Aquarius ascendant, Saturn will be exalted in the ninth house as lord of the ascendant. These dispositions will give very favourable results.

Other Views

Brihat Jatak- The person concerned will be endowed with children, wealth and happiness.

Phaldeepika- The native will be unfortunate, poor, childless, fatherless, and irreligious. He will also be evil minded.

Saravali- The native will have meagre wealth and will be irreligious, childless, unhappy and one who causes troubles to others.

Chamatkar Chintamani- The native will be cruel minded. He will have faith in Yoga Shastra and renunciation.

Saturn in Eighth House

If Saturn is in 8th house, then the native will have a life span of 75 years. He will be poor, will have intimacy with low caste women and will earn his livelihood by serving others. 

If Saturn is in his own sign or in his sign of exaltation, the native will have a still longer span of life. If the lord of the-8th house is in the house of his enemy or in his sign of debilitation, the native will be short lived and he will earn his livelihood with difficulty and may have to go without food.

All malefics in the 8th house shorten the longevity of the native but Saturn in this house is believed to give good longevity.  The native will face poverty as Saturn will afflict the second house by aspecting it. As regards effects on longevity it will be relevant to quote the following sloka from Bhavartha Ratnakar:-

This means that Saturn in the 8th house gives long life. If the lord of the 8th is with Ketu in the ascendant, the native will be short lived.

Other Views

Brihat Jatak - The native will have a limited number of issues and will have defective eye sight.

Phaldeepika- The native will be unclean, will suffer from piles, will be poor, cruel minded and will remain in want of food.

Saravali- The native will suffer from diseases of the anus and will be short lived and incapable of succeeding in any venture. 

Chamatkar Chintamani- The native will suffer loss of wealth, will be without friends, sickly and evil minded.

Saturn in Seventh House

If Saturn in 7th House, then the native will have a lean bodied wife, he will be afflicted in his body and will indulge in prostitution. He will also be very sorrowful. 

If Saturn is in his own sign or in his sign of exaltation the native will have intimacy with many women. The effect will be the same if Saturn is in conjunction with Ketu. 

If Saturn is associated with Mars the native will kiss somebody's male organ with his mouth.

If Saturn is associated with Venus, the native will kiss the female secret parts with his, mouth and will have intimacy with women other than his wife.

Saturn in the seventh house whether he is alone or is in association with Ketu, Mars or Venus, will cause indulgence in sexual perversions. These will further increase when Saturn is in his own sign, or in his sign of exaltation. Our view is that the native will not be so perverse when Saturn is in his own sign or in his sign of exaltation but there is no doubt that the native will be of questionable character. In case of Aries, Taurus and Libra ascendants, the disposition of Saturn in the 7th as lord of the 10th -and 11th the 9th and 10th, the 4th and 5th will give rise to powerful Dhana yogas.

In the 7th Saturn will be in Kendra to the ascendant. His disposition in his own sign or in his sign of exaltation will give rise to Sasa yoga.

Other Views

Brihat Jatak- The person concerned should suffer humiliation at the hands of women.

Phaldeepika- The native will have intimacy with women of questionable character.

He will be poor and unhappy and will travel aimlessly.

Saravali- The native will be sickly and will suffer loss of wife. He will be poor, ugly, sinful and of loose character.

Chamatkar-Chintamani- The native will have good friends, stable wealth and a stable minded wife. Husband and wife will both be sickly.

Saturn in Sixth House

If Saturn is in the sixth house, the native will have little learning and there will be destruction of enemies. The native will have fall financial and agricultural prosperity. 

If Saturn is associated with Mars, the native will travel far and wide and will enjoy Raja Yoga of a moderate order. 

If Saturn is in the 6th as lord of the 8th house, the native will suffer from Arishta (reduction in longevity) and rheumatic troubles and shooting pains. He will also have marks of injuries in the body.

The sixth is an upachaya house. Saturn in this house will give benefic results in regard to finances but will cause sufferings from diseases.

The sixth house is an evil house. If Saturn being lord of an auspicious house is in the 6th, the significations of that house will be adversely affected. However, if

Saturn is in 6th as lord of the 6th. 8th, or the 12th house, extremely favourable results will be realised.

Other Views

Brihat Jatak- The person concerned will be powerful but will be overpowered by his enemies.

Phaldeepika- The native will eat a lot, will be wealthy and proud.

Saravali- The native will eat a lot and will be pssionate, handsome, courageous, evil minded and conqueror of his enemies.

Chamatkar Chintamani- The native will vanquish his enemies, will own cattle like cows and buffaloes and will suffer loss of his uncle.

Saturn in Fifth House

If Saturn is in the fifth house, the native will be childless and very poor. He will be engaged in inferior trades and will adopt a daughter. If Saturn is in his own sign the native will have daughters. If Saturn is aspected by Jupiter the native will have two wives of whom one will be issueless and the second one will give birth to daughters. If Saturn is strong the native will have affairs with many women.

Other Views

Brihat Jatak- The person concerned will be childless and without wealth.

Phaldeepika- The native will be evil minded and devoid of learning, children, wealth and happiness. He will move about aimlessly.

Saravali- The native will be without happiness, children, friends and intelligence. He will be heartless and always poor.

Chamatkar Chintamani- The native will be childless and of unstable mind and wealth.

Saturn in Fourth House

If Saturn is in the fourth house, there will be loss of mother. After the death of his mother, the native will get a step mother, but all these evil effects will not happen if Saturn is in his own house or exalted in the fourth house and the native will own prestigious conveyances like Cars, etc.. 

If Saturn in the fourth happens to be lord of the ascendant, the mother will be long-lived and the native will enjoy all kinds of comforts and be happy. If Saturn is associated with the lord of the 8th house, there will be loss of mother and happiness.

In the case of Aries, Taurus and Libra ascendants when Saturn will be a functional benefic being lord of the 10th and 11th , the 9th and 10th, and the 4th and 5th houses respectively, the disposition of Saturn in the 4th will give rise to powerful Dhana Yogas. Saturn in the fourth house will be in Kendra to the ascendant. His disposition in his own sign or in his sign of exaltation, will give rise to Sasa Yoga.

Other Views

Brihat Jatak- The person concerned will have no happiness and will be troubled in mind.

Phaldeepika- The native will be without house, conveyance, mother and happiness.

He will also be sickly in his childhood.

Saturn in Third House

If Saturn is in the 3rd house, then there will be communication troubles in the early life and separation from brothers (or there may be no younger brothers). The native will earn his livelihood by undesirable trades. 

If Saturn is in his own sign or in his sign of exaltation, the native will have a good number of brothers. If Saturn is associated with a malefic the native will be inimical towards his brothers (if there are any).

Other Views

Brihat Jatak- The person concerned will possess a good intellect and great strength.

Phaldeepika- The native will be intelligent, generous and will enjoy the comforts of married life, but he will be lazy and unhappy.

Saravali- The native will be a man with family, courageous, charitable and intelligent but he will be mean.

Chamatkar Chintamani- The native will be unhappy on account of his brothers. He will be ambitious and a good orator. He will face many obstacles in his life.