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Saturn Is a Friend to Mercury, Venus, and Two Lagnas
Saturn is a natural friend of Mercury and Venus, and a natural enemy of the Sun, the Moon, and Mars. He becomes the chart's functional friend, the yoga karaka, for Vrishabha lagna, where he rules the 9th and the 10th, and for Tula lagna, where he rules the 4th and the 5th. In those two lagnas his nineteen-year mahadasha is an ally's period. Calling him a foe there fights the houses he owns. In other lagnas he can still be a friend by the aspect that steadies a house, and a foe by the house he afflicts. The lagna decides.
Natural friendship is the graha table
Venus and Mercury welcome Saturn. That is why Tula, Venus's sign, is his exaltation, and why his relationship with trade and craft is easier than his relationship with the Sun's court. A Moon in Vrishabha is not Saturn's friend. The Moon is his enemy by nature, even though Vrishabha lagna makes him yoga karaka. Distinguish the Moon's discomfort, which is why Sade Sati feels frightening, from the lagna's benefit, which is why the same Saturn can build the 10th. People feel the enmity in the mind and miss the friendship in the career. Both are in the table.
Functional friendship is the lagna
Yoga karaka means one graha rules a kendra and a trikona. Saturn does that only for Vrishabha and Tula among the twelve lagnas. For Makara he is the lagna lord, a friend to the self by ownership, and the 10th lord is Venus, who is also his natural friend, a cooperative pair. For Mesha he rules the 10th and 11th, a strong career and gains combination that is not the full yoga-karaka title. For Karka he rules the 7th and 8th, where the foe language fits the houses better. One slogan for all twelve lagnas is how Shani becomes a cartoon. Your rising sign is the correction.
A friend's nineteen years
If he is the yoga karaka, plan the nineteen years as construction: the 9th and 10th for Vrishabha, the 4th and 5th for Tula. Antardashas still vary. Saturn-Mars inside his own mahadasha is harsher than Saturn-Venus, because Mars is a natural enemy and Venus is a natural friend. The lengths follow the product divided by 120. Jyothish SI will identify the lagna and therefore whether the friend title applies. If it does, stop buying remedies that treat your best lord as a foe. If it does not, respect the houses he harms and still use his friendship with Venus and Mercury where those grahas can help.
Frequently asked questions
Who are Saturn's natural friends?
Mercury and Venus. He is hostile to the Sun, the Moon, and Mars. That table is separate from whether he is a yoga karaka for your lagna.
For which lagnas is he the yoga karaka?
Taurus, ruling the 9th and 10th, and Libra, ruling the 4th and 5th. His nineteen-year mahadasha is an ally's period in those charts.
Why can he feel like a foe during Sade Sati?
Sade Sati transits the Moon, and the Moon is Saturn's natural enemy. The mind suffers the transit even when the lagna's Saturn is a functional friend.
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