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First Published by Notion Press 2016Copyright © Himanshu Shangari 2016

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Exalted and Debilitated Planets

Exalted and debilitated planets have always remained a major point of discussion among many astrologers as

well as among many readers interested in astrology. Many astrologers believe that if a planet is exalted in a horoscope, it will always give benefic results to the native, which means that an exalted planet is always a benefic planet in a horoscope. The same astrologers believe that if a planet is debilitated in a horoscope, it will always give bad results to the native, which means that a debilitated planet always behaves as a malefic planet in a horoscope. Over a period of many years, so many good things have been said about exalted planets and so many bad things have been said about debilitated planets, that a majority of people interested in astrology have fixed their opinions about these planets. These people consider an exalted planet as a blessing in a horoscope and they consider a debilitated planet a curse in a horoscope.

However, this is not true and the exaltation status as well as the debilitation status of a planet has nothing much to do with the working nature of such exalted or debilitated planet in a horoscope. Before continuing with this discussion, let’s first get to know the sign of exaltation as well as the sign of debilitation for each planet among navagraha.

Sun: Sun is exalted in the sign of Aries and Sun is debilitated in the sign of Libra.

Moon: Moon is exalted in the sign Taurus and Moon is debilitated in the sign Scorpio.

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Jupiter: Jupiter is exalted in the sign of Cancer and Jupiter is debilitated in the sign of Capricorn.

Venus: Venus is exalted in the sign of Pisces and Venus is debilitated in the sign of Virgo.

Mars: Mars is exalted in the sign of Capricorn and Mars is Debilitated in the sign of Cancer.

Mercury: Mercury is exalted in the sign of Virgo and Mercury is debilitated in the sign of Pisces.

Saturn: Saturn is exalted in the sign of Libra and Saturn is debilitated in the sign of Aries.

Rahu: Rahu is exalted in the sign of Gemini and Rahu is debilitated in the sign of Sagittarius according to one belief of astrology. Rahu is exalted in the sign of Taurus and it is debilitated in the sign of Scorpio according to another belief of astrology.

Ketu: Ketu is exalted in the sign of Sagittarius and Ketu is debilitated in the sign of Gemini according to one belief of astrology. Ketu is exalted in the sign of Scorpio and it is debilitated in the sign of Taurus according to another belief of astrology.

Moving ahead, the placement of a planet in its sign of exaltation only indicates that the planet is very strong and the results produced by this planet are going to be significant ones. But those results may be significantly positive or significantly negative depending on the nature of such exalted planet in a horoscope. For example, exalted and positive Saturn is capable of producing strong positive results regarding the significances ruled by it, regarding the house it is placed in and regarding the planets and houses it aspects. On the other hand, there is almost no planet

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in a horoscope which may be as destructive as negative and exalted Saturn. Malefic Saturn placed in Libra can be destructive, very destructive or extremely destructive and it can completely destroy the significances of the houses and planets under the effect of its placement or aspects.

I have personally witnessed many cases where Saturn is exalted and negative in the horoscope and the natives are suffering from great pains and difficulties in different fields of their lives depending on the placement of such malefic exalted Saturn in their horoscopes, as well as depending on the overall tone of their horoscopes. The most surprising as well as the most upsetting thing is that most people suffering due to such negative exalted planets are finding the cause of their miseries and sufferings in some other planet. This is because these people believe that an exalted planet simply means a strongly positive planet and it is never supposed to cause any harm. Due to this misconception, they are not able to find the planet responsible for their sufferings till late in their lives, and sometimes throughout their lives. These people just keep guessing about which planet can be the cause of their sufferings and misfortunes.

In some cases, their misconception about an exalted planet in their horoscope is so strong that they are not willing to believe even an astrologer who tells them that an exalted planet in their horoscope is working negatively and it is the root cause of most of their problems. Such people refuse to believe this astrologer and they look for some other astrologer who can find the cause of their problems with some other planet which is not exalted. When it comes to find such planets, the easiest planets in a horoscope to blame for all the sufferings, misfortunes and problems are debilitated planets.

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Talking of debilitated planets draws attention to one more misconception that prevails strongly among the people interested in astrology. It is generally believed by most people and many astrologers that a debilitated planet simply means a negative planet and it can only cause problems and sufferings to the native having such debilitated planet in his horoscope. This is again a misconception and a debilitated planet simply means that it lacks strength. Accordingly it may not be able to protect the significances ruled by it in a proper way and so the results produced by such debilitated planet may not be significant ones. But whether those results will be positive or negative has nothing to do with the placement of this planet in its sign of debilitation. The positive or negative results produced by a debilitated planet usually lack the strength which is needed to produce significant results and that is why it is called debilitated or weak. However, a debilitated planet can be malefic as well as benefic and it can even be the most benefic planet in a horoscope in spite of being in its sign of debilitation.

It is the time to know that just like us humans, planets also possess three essential qualities and to be precise, we copy these three essential qualities from these planets, since they influence us. The first one among these qualities is physical strength which means how strong or weak a planet may be when it comes to work and produce results in a horoscope whether such results are positive or negative. The placements of different planets in a various houses of a horoscope, in various signs, and in various nakshatras are some of the most effective ways of measuring the physical strength of these planets. Even among these common measures, the most effective way to measure the strength

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of a planet among navagraha is to check its placement in a particular sign among the twelve signs, from Aries to Pisces. Each planet among navagraha is the weakest when placed in one of these twelve signs, it lacks strength in some of these signs, it does well in some of these signs, it is strong in some of these signs and it is the strongest in one of these signs.

The sign in which a planet achieves maximum physical strength is called its sign of exaltation and the planet so placed in this sign is called an exalted planet. On the other hand, the sign in which a planet achieves maximum physical weakness is called its sign of debilitation and the planet so placed in this sign is called a debilitated planet. However the presence of different planets in different signs is a measure of their physical strength and such placements do not have much impact on their working nature, though they may certainly affect a part of their working nature in some cases.

The second essential quality possessed by the planets among navagraha is their working nature and the third quality possessed by them is their level of activity. The working nature of a planet is decided based on a complex set of calculations and it is undoubtedly the most complex as well as the most difficult job for an astrologer, when he analyzes a horoscope. The placement of a planet in any one of the twelve signs including its sign of exaltation and its sign of debilitation can have some weight in deciding the working nature of a planet, and nothing more than that. The third essential quality called the level of activity is the virtue which tells us how active or passive a planet may be in a horoscope. It should be noted that physical strength and level of activity are two different things and they should not be confused with each other.

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For example, a physically well built person may be passive or lazy whereas as a physically average looking person may be quick and hardworking. Similarly, a physically strong or weak planet may be very active, active, less active or least active in a horoscope.

Hence the working of each planet in a horoscope is defined primarily after calculating these three aspects for such planets in a horoscope, though there are many other factors which may affect the working of a planet in a horoscope. Among these three essential qualities, the exaltation or debilitation status of a planet is just a measure of its physical strength and not much more than that. For example, debilitated Moon placed in the first house of a horoscope in the sign of Scorpio may be very weak by virtue of its debilitation, it may be benefic in that horoscope as decided through a set of calculations done to find out the working nature of a planet, and it may be very active in that horoscope as once again calculated through a set of calculations for the same purpose.

It means that such debilitated Moon will try to do good things for the native every now and then, but it may not be able to produce sufficient good results as it is weak. Hence the native may come across many good opportunities in many spheres of his life from time to time, but most of them may not materialize due to such weakness of benefic Moon. On the other hand, if the same debilitated Moon is placed in the first house of a horoscope, it is malefic and active; it may produce bad results from time to time, though they may also not be significant ones. Hence the native may have to face small issues and tensions from time to time, but they may get sorted in most such cases.

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Similarly, exalted Moon placed in the first house of a horoscope in the sign of Taurus may be benefic and active. In this case, such benefic exalted Moon will try to benefit the native and such benefits may be actively felt by the native, many times in his life. This is because such benefic Moon is strong by virtue of its exaltation and hence it can initiate good things, as well as complete them. On the other hand, if exalted Moon is placed in the first house of a horoscope, it is malefic and active; it can trouble the native with intense types of problems which may be actively felt by the native from time to time. This is due to the reason that such malefic Moon is strong and hence it can initiate bad things and then complete them.

Hence the presence of a planet in its sign of exaltation or the presence of a planet in its sign of debilitation is only a measure of its physical strength or weakness and nothing more than that, to a great extent. Therefore a debilitated planet can also be a benefic or even the most benefic planet in a horoscope whereas an exalted planet can also be a malefic or even the most malefic planet in a horoscope. The placement of a planet in a particular sign is not a measure of its working nature and it is more a measure of its physical strength or its style of working in a horoscope. Vedic astrology lays many important guidelines for deciding the working nature of a planet in a horoscope and those guidelines should be used to decide the working nature of a planet in a horoscope. It should be understood that even a debilitated planet can form some of the best yogas in a horoscope if it is benefic in that horoscope. On the other hand, an exalted planet can cause some of the worst types of problems to the native under its impact, if it is working negatively in his horoscope.

Debilitated Venus in 1st House

According to Vedic astrology, Venus is debilitated in a horoscope when it is placed in the sign of Virgo, which

in simple words means that Venus becomes the weakest when placed in Virgo compared to its placement in all the other signs. Debilitated Venus is associated with many bad things by many astrologers and it is believed by a number of astrologers that debilitated Venus always works negatively in a horoscope and it brings bad results for the native under its influence. This is not the case in actual practice and debilitated Venus can work positively as well as negatively in a horoscope depending on the other deciding factors and depending on the overall tone of the horoscope of a native under consideration.

The word debilitated simply relates to the strength of Venus in a horoscope and it doesn’t relate to the nature of Venus in a horoscope. Accordingly debilitated Venus placed in different houses of a horoscope can give benefic as well as malefic results depending on the nature of Venus as well as depending on the overall tone of the horoscope. We will now discuss some of these benefic as well as malefic effects which can be experienced when debilitated Venus is placed in different houses of a horoscope. While discussing some of these effects, it should be noted that due to its debilitation, Venus alone generally doesn’t provide strong positive or negative results and it needs to be supported by other positive or negative planets in order to produce such

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results. Hence we will discuss good or bad results given by debilitated Venus in combination with other positive or negative planets in a horoscope.

Debilitated Venus in 1st House: When benefic in nature, debilitated Venus placed in the first house of a horoscope can bless the native under its influence with good results related to marriage, profession, finances, health and many other type of good results. Accordingly the natives under the effect of this benefic influence may come across some of these good results depending on the overall tone of their horoscopes. Such benefic debilitated Venus can bless the natives under its influence with many types of good results through their marriages due to which these natives may come across these good results of different type and different quantum, depending on the overall tone of their horoscopes. Some of these natives may get married to people belonging to foreign countries and they may settle abroad on the basis of their marriages.

For example, if benefic debilitated Venus is placed in the first house of a horoscope in the sign of Virgo, benefic Jupiter is placed in the twelfth house of this horoscope in the sign of Leo and a benefic combination of Sun and Mercury is placed in the ninth house of this horoscope in the sign of Taurus, the native may get married to a foreign citizen. The native blessed by such benefic debilitated Venus and other benefic planets may get married to a woman belonging to a foreign country and he may settle in such foreign country on the basis of his marriage, if there are no opposing influences in his horoscope. For example, if Ketu is placed in the twelfth house of this horoscope in the sign of Leo along with benefic Jupiter when benefic debilitated Venus and all other benefic

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planets are placed in the already mentioned houses of this horoscope, the native may not settle abroad. The native under the combined effect of all these benefic planets may get married to a foreigner but he may not permanently settle in a foreign country though he may stay there for periods of few months, many times in his life.

However if instead of being placed in the twelfth house of this horoscope in the sign of Leo, benefic Ketu is placed in the eleventh house of this horoscope in the sign of Cancer along with benefic Saturn; and benefic Rahu is placed in the fifth house of this horoscope in the sign of Capricorn, the native may settle abroad. The native blessed by such benefic debilitated Venus and other benefic planets may settle abroad on the basis of his marriage and he may enjoy a good marriage. The combined effect of these benefic planets may also bless the native with good amount of professional success as well financial prosperity in such foreign country. The native blessed by such benefic debilitated Venus and other benefic planets may engage in some type of creative designing, he may work for a social media company or he may become an IT professional, depending on the rest of his horoscope. As more benefic influences add to this horoscope, the native under the combined effect of such benefic debilitated Venus and other benefic planets may achieve even better results. For example, the presence of benefic Moon in the seventh house of this horoscope in the sign of Pisces may bless the native with even more success in his profession as well as with an even better marriage.

Since Venus is the planet of beauty and creativity, benefic debilitated Venus in the first house of a horoscope can bless some natives with creative abilities and these natives may

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achieve success through the fields of profession where such creative abilities are valued. For example, if benefic debilitated Venus is placed in the first house of a horoscope in the sign of Virgo, benefic Mercury is placed in the second house of this horoscope in the sign of Libra, benefic Sun is placed in the third house of this horoscope in the sign of Scorpio and benefic Moon is placed in the eleventh house of this horoscope in the sign of Cancer, the native may become a singer. The native blessed by such benefic debilitated Venus and other benefic planets may have very good singing talent and he may engage in this field on professional basis after receiving much appreciation for his singing abilities during his young age. The combined effect of such benefic debilitated Venus and other benefic planets can bless the native with good amount of success, money and fame through the field of singing; and the native may benefit even more if there are some other benefic influences in his horoscope.

At the same time, if benefic exalted Saturn is placed in the second house of this horoscope in the sign of Libra along with benefic Mercury, benefic Rahu is placed in the ninth house of this horoscope in the sign of Taurus and benefic Ketu is placed in the third house of this horoscope in the sign of Scorpio along with benefic Sun, the equation may become much more productive. The native blessed by such benefic debilitated Venus and other benefic planets may achieve much more success as a singer and he may earn very good amount of money, fame and recognition through this field of profession. The native under the combined effect of such benefic debilitated Venus and other benefic planets may particularly receive much appreciation and fame through some love songs sung by him and he may

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even receive some formal awards for some of these songs. As more benefic influences add to this horoscope, the native blessed by such benefic debilitated Venus and other benefic planets may achieve even better results through the field of singing. For instance, the presence of benefic Jupiter in the twelfth house of this horoscope in the sign of Leo can enhance this equation and the native may achieve fame on international level, through the field of singing.

Apart from this, benefic debilitated Venus in the first house of a horoscope can bless the native with success through many other fields of profession and it can also bless the native with many other types of good results through many other spheres of his life, depending on his overall horoscope. On the other hand, malefic debilitated Venus in the first house of a horoscope can trouble the native with problems related to marriage, profession, finances, health and many other types of problems. Accordingly the natives under its impact may have to suffer from some of these problems depending on the overall tone of their horoscopes. Such malefic debilitated Venus can trouble the natives under its effect with many types of problems related to their marriages due to which some of these natives may not get married on time and their marriages may get delayed on account of one reason or the other.

Malefic debilitated Venus in the first house of a horoscope can also cause upsets in the love life of the native due to which some natives under its influence may have to suffer from the loss of long lasting love relationships. These natives may invest many years of their lives in some meaningful love relationships but they may not convert into marriages due to various reasons depending on the overall tone of their horoscopes. For example, if malefic debilitated Venus

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is placed in the first house of a horoscope in the sign of Virgo, malefic Rahu is placed in the fifth house of this horoscope in the sign of Capricorn and malefic Ketu is placed in the eleventh house of this horoscope in the sign of Cancer, the native may face problems in his love relationship.

Such native may pursue a love relationship with a girl and such relationship may go well during the first couple of years, but over the course of time, differences may start surfacing between the native and his lover and they may spoil this relationship. At the same time, if malefic Saturn is placed in the twelfth house of this horoscope in the sign of Leo and malefic Mars is placed in the ninth house of this horoscope in the sign of Taurus when malefic debilitated Venus and other malefic planets are placed in the already mentioned houses of this horoscope, the equation may become much more negative. The native troubled by such malefic debilitated Venus and other malefic planets may have to face serious problems in his love relationship and this relationship may finally break due to such problems. Such a relationship may continue for many years but it may not convert into a marriage and it may cause much pain to the native.

Malefic debilitated Venus in the first house can also trouble the native with problems in his marriage and if it is supported by other malefic influences in a horoscope, it can break one marriage of the native due to many types of problems depending on the overall tone of the horoscope of the native. In extreme cases when supported by other marriage breaking influences, malefic debilitated Venus in the first house of a horoscope can break more than one marriage of the native after making him experience very bad things through such marriages.

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