Directional Strengths of Planets

Directional Strengths or Digbala of Planets

Digbala of planets refers to the disha or direction of planets and the additional strength they acquire based on certain dishas in space or house in your birth chart. Digbala of planets is an important aspect of astrology. It indicates the directions or houses in which planets are most potent. Analysing and understanding the digbala of planets helps you realise which positions offer almost double strength to planets, making it a very important field.

The birth planet or ascendant denotes the East direction in any horoscope. JupiterDigbala and MercuryDigbala can be witnessed here because they are exceptionally powerful in these positions. In all horoscopes, the 10th house from the ascendant represents the South direction. Here we can witness Mars Digbala and Sun Digbala becoming very strong and having their directional strength in this area. Similarly, the 7th house in any horoscope represents West, and we see that, in this direction, Saturn becomes powerful and gains directional strength.

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The respective planets in the opposite houses shown above will lose their directional strength when the planets in this house gain digbala. Planetary strength according to time: Moon, Mars and Saturn are powerful during nights while Mercury is always powerful. SunDigbala, Jupiter Digbala and Venus Digbala can be seen during the daytime.

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Considering the general strength of planets (from strongest to weakest), we can state that the order of power goes thus – Sun, Moon, Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Mars & Saturn. Further, the shadow planets Rahu and Ketu give results according to the houses they occupy and their lords. Rahu digbala will, therefore, be consequent to the house it occupies.

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Combustion of Planets – Vedic Astrology

One of the important aspects of analysis is the combustion of planets in Vedic astrology. If a planet is within 5 degrees of the Sun, it is considered combustible. If it is within 20 degrees, it is in ordinary combustion. If the planet is within 15 degrees, it is in nominal combustion. Planets in combustion give malefic results, and we should be careful to not alienate them as far as possible.

Planetary Natures

As a detailed and ancient science, astrology has taken a lot of aspects into consideration. One of the important elements here is planetary nature. You need to be aware of the nature of different planets and understand how they can affect you if you wish to be successful in life and safe from malefic aspects.

Sun, Jupiter, and Moon are divine planets with Saatwika characters. Venus and Mercury are Rajasa by nature. Mars, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu are Thamasa or dark and gloomy. The nature of planets also indicates how they will react in certain situations. It is important to know these aspects as they can have a major impact on how you lead your lives or attain success.

36 Limbs of Human body

The human body is extensively ruled by astrology and planets. Suppose you know the exact features and aspects of this science. In that case, you will optimize your body and ensure that it remains healthy and safe over the years. A zodiac sign, or Rasi of 30 degrees, is divided into three Drekkanas (Decante) of 10 degrees each. So in total, there are 36 Drekkanas spread over the 12 Rasis. The limbs and organs of the human body are associated with these Drekkanas, as given in the following table.

Rasi No.	First Drekkana	Second Drekkana	Third Drekkana
1	Head	Neck	Pelvis
2	Right Eye	Right Shoulder	Generative Organ
3	Right Ear	Right Arm	Right Testicle
4	Right Nostril	Right Side	Right Thigh
5	Right Cheek	Right Heart	Right Knee
6	Right Jaw	Right Chest	Right Calf
7	Mouth	Navel	Legs
8	Left Jaw	Left Chest	Left Calf
9	Left Cheek	Left Heart	Left Knee
10	Left Nostril	Left Side	Left Thigh
11	Left Ear	Left Arm	Left Testicle
12	Left Eye	Left Shoulder	Arms