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tHOW TO JUDGE WHETHER A PLANET IS

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A BENEFIC OR A MALEFIC
Hindus are of opinion that Jupiter is the greatest benevolent

fortunate planet, Venus comes next. Unaffiliated Mercury and

waxing Moon are weak benefics. Hindus consider Sun and the
other planets Mars. Saturn, Rahu, and Kethu as malefics. Further

according to lordship, in Jathaka Chandrika the author claims

that the lords of the houses , 3, 6, 8 and 11 are malefics. By that
he means, according to me, that these are evil only for one's
health and longevity and not for other aspects in one's life. The
same author says that the lords of the houses 1,5,9 and 10 will
produce advantageous results to a native and classifies them as
benefics.
Westerners do not agree with Hindus in considering Sun as
a malefic. They have classified Sun, Jupiter, Venus, Waxing, Moon
and Mercury as benefics and the other planets excluding Rahu
and Kethu (the Nodes) including Uranus and Neptune as
maJefics. They do not attach importance to the houses which
they own excepting that the planet which forms an evit aspect is
adverse and they judge a planet as a benefic or malefic only
from the aspects which they receive . They claim that a planet
eventhough by nature a malefic a:1d by lordship also owning the
houses signifying undesirable matters, becomes a benefic if it
receives beneficial aspects and it is devoid of adverse ones .
But according to krishnamuni system the differentiation and
the proper judgement to classify whether a planet is a benefic or
a malefic is as fonows:
(1) A planet may be a benefic to the native but at the same
time it will cause evil results to his own near relative and thereby
be a malefic to such a relative. Food for one man is poison to
the other. Similarly benefic to a person does not mean that it can
give good results to him, to atl his relatives and friends. For
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Are we to call this planet as a benefic or a malefic? A person
may mint money by releasing a book at a time when the
significator of the 31d house operates. But it may cause separation
from mother or bereavement. In some cases where lord of 3 is a
ruling planet to father, father passes away. Can we call the planet
ruling the 3rd house or signifying the matters of 3rd house as a
benefic to him when he loses one of his parents? Again the
significator of the 4th house may operate. The native may
construct a house and occupy. On the day he occupies the house,
his son by mistake touches a live wire and passes away. Both
events happen on the same day. Can we call the lord of 4th as a
benefic or a malefic? Acquisition of a house is really pleasant but
losing a son on the same day appears to be not only an ill-omen
but it is actually an irreparable loss.
A person goes on a pilgrimage, with his two sons and has ~
dip in the river Ganges, as lords of 9,10 and 12 jointly operate.
\ At the same time, both the childre.n are washed away in the speedy
current of the Ganges. No doubt till he had the dip in the Ganges,
it was a pleasant journey to him but the loss of the children due
to the lordship of 6th and 8th houses counted from the 5th house
denoting health and longevity of children is worse than the
pleasure he had.
Thus it can be said that a benefic to the person may be a
malefic to one of his near relatives forming a member of the family.
(2) If a person wants to find out which planet is a benefic and
which one a malefic to him without taking into consideration what
it does for others, then first of all we have to note down which he
considers as desirable results, agreeable to him. Every one,
however old he may be, would like to live for some more years.
So, all would wish to have a longer span of life to enjoy all the
fruits of life. When one is 60 years old, he would like to see that
his responsibilities are over by celebrating the marriage of his
youngest daughter. He does it and lives for some more years.
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granddaughter and so on. Thus there is no end for one's ambition

and one never feels contented.
One may be wealthy, he may possess some crores of rupees.
Even then, he has got the ambition to multiply it. How does he
think? When my father left me 'X' crores of rupees and 1 have
got 6 children, then is it not my duty to make it '6X' crores of
rupees and give each child , 'X' crore rupees; then alone 1 will be
doing my duty just like my father did . Look at his ambition . He
wants to multiply his wealth by six times.
When one tries to select a girl for marriage, what series of
qualifications he prescribes. No doubt ultimately he may marry
one whom others will avoid even to look at. Here also he wants
to find out whether the planets will please him by giving one
Urvasi for him to marry.
When children are born he wishes that every child must come
out successful in co mpetitive examination, hold high position
etc. Thus, in every walk of life and to every relative of his, he
expects most brilliant results. Therefore, one is to judge which
planet signifies the various matters and also the different relatives.
To ascertain, first of all, one is to take each planet and
consider in which constellation it is, the lord of the constellation
and note in which houses the lord of the constellation is,
ownership and find out the matters signified by the lord of the
constellation according to its ownership of the Bhava (never take
into judgement where it is posited , its nature, etc.) suppose you
find that Sun rules the 8th house then the stars governed by Sun
are Karthigai, Uthiram and Uthrashada. Hence, any planet
occupying any of these 3 stars will be under the sway of Sun.
Similarly, Mars to that native will rule the 4th and the 11 th houses.
It is said that planets owning or occupying the 11th house will
satiSfy the native by offering such results he expects . Therefore,
planets under the sway of Mars by occupying one of these stars
of Mars i.e, Mrigasira, Chitra or Dhanisht~ will offer brilliant results.
Now if a planet were to be in Chithrai and according to
Krishnarnurti system is in the sub of Saturn then the native will
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surely gain and be happy because there witt be neither
delay nor
disappointment. But if l.he same person has got another planet
in the same star just (.Inor to it in the sub of Jupiter, this planet
eventhough it is under the sway of Mars and indicates the matters
signified by the houses 4 and 1 1, yet it brings loss, failure in
attempts, disappointment in life, partition,.separation from partner,
etc. as the sub lord is Jupiter, i.e, the sub is governed by the
planet indicating the matters of the 12th house. Therefore, it is
necessary to note whether a planet is in the sub ot a planet which
promises agreeable results to him or disadvantageous.

The planet must be considered as the source by Which one's

desire may be fultitted or may be disappointed. The planet is the
source of that event.
The lord ot the constellation. Le., the matters signified by the
houses governed by the lord of the constellation, will indicate
the matters. The lord of the constellation clearly shows what
results one is going to enjoy or experience. Therefore, the nature
of the result is indicated by the lord of the constellation.
The nature of the result may be viewed by the person as
desirable or undesirable. It the sublord is a benefic, then when
the matter indicated by the lord of the constettation if agreeable,
the person will enjoy in full. But it the lord of the constellation
indicates beneficial results and the sub lord shows adverse ones,
then the star of lords of 6 or 8 or 1 2 are evil.
If the planet is in a constellation denoting evil results but the
sub lord is a benefic, then event hough IJl!' may suffer yet
temporarily, during the period of the sub lord'he has a little relief
from the adverse results. Suppose a camp clerk is serving under
a hard task master who uses to be harsh and shorttempered;
then this poor man curses his fate and years pass on . When the
sub period of a planet occupying the beneficial sub operates,
during that time , the officer goes on leave and he has temporarily
no worry or he himself may proceed on leave and 'forget the
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planet were to occupy a beneficial sub in that of the constellation

governed by the planet owning undesirable houses to a person.
Now one may ask which are the undesirable houses to a
person?
(a) As regards health, the significator of the ascendant should
not be the significator of the houses 6 or 8 or 12. Significators of
beneficial houses in the ascendant in good sub contribute to
maintain good health and allow him to livelong.
(b) Lord of second house will prove to be a benefic to the
matter signified by the second house, if it does not occupy the
constellation and sub of the significator of the houses 6, 8 and
12 counted from lagna. Similarly, for each house we have to note
whether the significator of the house, is posited in the constellation
and sub of the significator of the houses 6, 8 and 12 counted
from that particular sign. If any planet is so posited or ii it is
conjoined with the lords of such houses, the planet uiters adverse
results signified by it by lordship. The above is the general
principle.
But according to Krishnamuriti system the planet which is
considered to be a benefic by lordship offers the results signified
by it, throug h the planet deposited in its constellation. Beneficial
planets offer their results through the depositors in their
constellation, only when the sub is also governed by a benefic. If
the sub is ruled by a malefic the depositors cannot bring out
favourable results. For example, to a Scorpio-born. Jupiter is the
lord of 2 and 5. Jupiter is not only the chief governor for children
but also by owning the houses 2 and 5 it signifies the birth of
children to that person. Jupiter rules the stars Punarvasu , Visaka
and Poorvapathrapada. If a planet occupy anyone of these stars
then that planet has to offer the results indicated by Jupiter. If the
sub is governed by lord of 11 then the person gets a child . But if
the sub is ruled by lord of 12, no child wi11 be born during the
period of the planet in the sub governed by lord of 12. Therefore,
a,{)lanet occupying Punarvasu Nakshathra and Mercury sub will
give a child. So one is to understand that the planet which either
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by which one has his desire fulfilled. The lord of the constellation
indicates the nature of the result, the sub shows whether it is
desirable or undesirable.
Hence Planet is the source, constellation indicates nature
of the result and the SUB is a deciding factor whether the
matter is favourable or not.
Unless the matter is favourable, we do not call it benefic.
Therefore, benefics are those which allow a native to enjoy and
occupy the constellation of the lords of those houses through
which he expects a result. A person who wants to publish books
would like to see that the third house is well fortified. Therefore,
he considered third house as a benefical one for him. A press
owner, an agent, a representative, a secretary, a broker. a
contractor all these people should have a beneficial 3rd house.
Therefore, Planets occupying the constellation of those signifying
3rd house matters will be his benefics.
If we dispassionately observe, we find that certain beneficial
results to us are disadvantageous to our relatives, etc.
Eacn house has to contribute certain aspects in one's life
and so every house is important. Therefore, the planet signifying
the matters of each house has to be well posited so that through
such matters he can have pleasure. If a house is afflicted, through
that source, he will have worry. If the 5th house Is spoiled, then
the general principle that lord of 5 will do good cannot be correct.
Lord of 5 may be a benefic; He can be by nature also a benefic,
yet it need not necessarily offer beneficial results to him as the
lord of the constellation in which it is posited will be detrimental
to the child thereby causing anxiety to the native. Hence no planet
is wholly a benefic nor in full a malefic. It is similar to the rose
with thorns, A planet is said to be a malefic when thorns are
many A planet is a benefic when the thorns have fallen down
and the rose alone looks bright, without any bee, which may
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