This post is about Nava grahas and its Karakas
Classical texts on Astrology had mentioned lot of karakas for each graha. I would like to bring the most important (base) karaka of each planet through this article.
Planet Sun (surya) is the soul of the Kaala purusha. Hence it is called as Atma karaka
Moon (chandra) stands for Mind. Hence, it is called as Mano / Manas karaka
Mars (kuja), for the strength
Mercury (Budha), for speech & communication
Jupiter (guru) for knowledge & wisdom
Venus (shukra) for Love
Saturn (sani) for service (karma karaka)
The above karaka is based on the Kaalapurusha. According to Kaalapurusha horoscope, Aries (mesha) is the first house and it is ruled by Mars.
The first house is ‘strength’ represented by Mars
The third house (Gemini) is ‘speech & communication’ represented by Mercury
The fourth house (Cancer) is ruled by Moon, ‘Mano (mind) karaka’
The fifth house (Leo) is ruled by Sun, Atma (soul) karaka
The seventh house (Libra) is ruled by Venus, Love & Romance
The ninth house (Sagittarius) is ruled by Jupiter, for ‘Wisdom’
The tenth house (Capricorn) is ruled by Saturn, for ‘Service / profession’