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FUNCTIONAL NATURE OF PLANETS

Functional nature of the planets is the key analytical factor in the horoscopic analysis.  Besides Rahu and Ketu, planets whose mooltrikona signs are in the malefic houses (sixth, eighth and twelfth) with reference to the ascendant, act as the functional malefic planets in a nativity.  For this purpose, under the Systems' Approach the sign Cancer is considered as the mooltrikona sign of the Moon. The functional nature is dependent on the nature of MT sign house owned by a planet. It is not related to the strength of the planet. A planet may be weak or strong but the functional nature will remain same as per the principle defined for identifying the functional nature of the planet.

Besides Rahu and Ketu, following are the functional malefic planets for various ascendants:

Ascendant                      Functional Malefics
1.Aries (Mesh)                      Mercury
 2.Taurus (Vrishbha)             Mars, Venus and Jupiter
 3Gemini (Mithun)                 None
 4.Cancer (Karkata)                Jupiter and Saturn
 5.Leo (Simha)                        The Moon
 6.Virgo (Kanya)                   The Sun, Saturn and Mars
 7.Libra (Tula)                         Mercury
 8.Scorpio (Vrishchak)         Venus and Mars
 9.Sagittarius (Dhanu)          The Moon
10.Capricorn (Makar)            The Sun and Jupiter
11Aquarius (Kumbh)            The Moon and Mercury
12.Pisces (Mina)                    The Sun, Venus and Saturn

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