A benefic planet in your birth chart implies “good or positive influences,” while a malefic planet means “bad and negative influences” (or, as we prefer to say, challenging).
In Vedic astrology and Greek mythology, benefic and malefic planets play a larger role. Beneficials and malefics aren’t given as much weight in Western astrology, but they can help you better comprehend your birth chart and astrological transits.
In short, benefic planets have a positive influence, while malefic planets pose challenges.
Venus and Jupiter are benefic planets because of their beneficial and good effects. The two malefics are Mars and Saturn, whose influence can bring strong and shocking events that produce more stress than ease.
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How can you tell if a planet is good or bad?
Jupiter and Venus are natural benefics, whereas the Moon and Mercury’s auspiciousness is determined by the planets conjunct them. If they’re conjunct benefics, they’ll become benefics, and if they’re conjunct malefics, they’ll act like malefics. As a result, they are neither good nor bad.
In astrology, what is a malefic?
A malefic planet, or simply malefic, is a planet in astrology that is supposed to bring poor luck and misfortune to individuals who are born within its orbit. Mars and Saturn are traditionally thought to be malefic planets, with Mars being the lesser and Saturn being the greater.
In astrology, what are the benefic houses?
There are 12 houses in the Natal chart, each symbolizing a different aspect of the native’s life. Some houses are regarded to be beneficial, while others are considered to be malefic. There are an equal number of Benefic and Malefic houses. There are six benefic houses and six malefic houses in the horoscope.
The benefic houses are the Trine houses (1st, 5th, and 9th) and the Kendra houses (1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th). The 1st house is the only one that is both an angle and a trine, making it the ascendant or lagna’s most important house. As a result, benefic planets in the lagna are beneficial.
The remaining houses, namely the 6th, 8th, and 12th, are the most malefic, also known as dusthana 2,3, and 11, respectively. The lords of the malefic houses are also thought to be malefic.
What is the difference between natural benefic and malefic planets?
A planet can act as a functional benefic or functional malefic for a certain ascendant in addition to being a natural benefic (Jupiter, Waxing Moon, and Venus) or a natural malefic (Saturn, Mars, Rahu, and Ketu). Lords of Trikona (Trine) houses are considered Functional Benefic planets for any Ascendant.
Which of the houses is evil?
In Vedic Astrology, the malefic houses are considered to be ‘dusthana’ and are House VI, House VIII and House XII, as well as House II, House III and House XI.
What does the word Benefic mean?
Benefic derives from the Latin word beneficus, which is derived from the words bene (“good”) and facere (“to face”) (“to do”). The term was coined by astrologers to describe celestial bodies thought to have a beneficial impact, and it is still used in astrological contexts. Although the terms benefic, beneficial, and beneficent are all interchangeable, there are subtle differences between them. Things that promote well-being (as in “a helpful eating plan”) or provide some benefit or advantage are frequently referred to be beneficial (“advice that proved financially beneficial”). Beneficent refers to acts of kindness or generosity, but it also refers to accomplishing or causing good (as in “a beneficent influence”) (“a beneficent organization”). The rarest of the three, benefic, has a tendency to be a little high-flying, and it’s primarily employed to indicate a good power or force.
Why is Mars a bad guy?
Mars is a fiery red planet that is also known as Kuja, which meaning “sprung from the soil.” It is Karaka for siblings and cousins and is male, masculine, and aggressive. It has power over bone marrow, haemoglobin, and the spinal cord. It governs real estate and agriculture, and it leads to careers in the military, law enforcement, sports, and allied industries.
When Mars is weak, debilitated, or combust, it becomes unlucky. If Mars is in the first, fourth, seventh, eighth, or twelfth house, it is malefic. Low physical power and an incapacity to initiate anything in life will result from a weak mars. It produces bad outcomes when planets transit in an unfavorable position in the birth chart and are impacted by other malefic planets. This can be addressed with appropriate medicines relating to these planets.
There are cures for a person’s well-being and longevity if he or his child is born in unfavourable Yogas such as Gandamoola, Gandant, or Abhuktmoola. The position and transit of planets in the birth chart have an impact on the events in our lives. For example, if a person works hard but does not advance in his career, he can expect positive outcomes by using the remedies of the Lord of the Eleventh House, Sun.
In astrology, what is the most powerful house?
Because the angular houses are the most powerful in the chart (according to Lilly, “Planets in angles do more forcibly show their effects”), succedent houses, which are less powerful than the angular but more powerful than the cadent houses, have the quality of appertaining to the angular houses, much like a representative or underling of a powerful person.
In this approach, the second house, which comes after the first house of the body and personality, tends to represent the person’s possessions.
Similarly, the eighth house, which comes after the seventh house of the partner or spouse or “other person,” indicates the other person’s or partner’s possessions.
Succedent houses have a constant, unchanging nature that stems from their central location in each quadrant of the chart.
Although at least one succedent house (the eighth) has a clearly malefic (or unfortunate) meaning, and one is quite weak (the second), on the whole, these are productive houses in which issues such as possessions (the second house) or children (the eighth) take root and grow (the fifth house.)