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May 3, 2006

Hi, I am new to this group. I began learning jyotish just recently,

although, was extensively into western astrology. I have a question

about a chart that has Mercury and Venus in the 7th house in Pisces.

I am totally confused to how to interpet this. It looks like an

exalted Venus with debilitated Mercury, the Lagna ruler. However,

Venus is sending a positive aspect to Lagna, and being an exalted the

aspect event stronger. However, Venus sends this very strong aspect

into its sign of debilitation. On the other hand, debilitated Mercury

send aspect into its exaltation sign. How do I interpret that? I am

very confused...

May 4, 2006

Hello to You:

Congratulations on your new vedic studies. You'll love it. I switched over

after doing western astrology for over 25 years and I've never been happier

in my work. Be dedicated and patient in learning and you'll be amply rewarded,

and your clients will love it after you reorient them to your new system; vedic

is an entirely different language and it takes awhile to get used to.

To answer your question:

There's a situation called 'Neecha Banga'--the Cancellation of Debilitation.

When

a planet is in its debilitated sign (for example, Mercury in Pisces) it is

possible

for that planet to get cancellation of debilitation by certain juxtapositions in

the

chart. If a planet gets cancellation of debilitation, it will cease to act in a

malefic

or disastrous way. Some texts say that if cancellation is present, the

debilitated

planet may act as powerfully as an exalted planet. This, however, is rarely

seen;

a planet that achieves cancellation of debilitation is likely to act as a

neutral or

slightly malefic planet. Here are the most important situations which bring

about

cancellation of debilitation:

1) If the debilitated planet is in a quadrant (that is, the 1H, 4H, 7H or 10H)

from the

ascendant or the Moon.

2) If the lord of the sign that the debilitated planet is in, is in a quadrant

from the

ascendant or the Moon.

3) If the planet that is exalted in the sign that the debilitated planet is in,

is in a

quadrant from the ascendant or the Moon. (Ex: Mercury is debilitated in Pisces.

Venus gets exaltation in Pisces. If Venus is in a quadrant from the Moon or

ascendant,

Mercury gets cancellation of debilitation. Again, the quadrant houses are 1, 4,

7, and 10)

4) If the debilitated planet is in its exaltation sign in the navamsa chart.

Best wishes, Haizen Paige

www.haizen.com

vedic astrology, "cool_kristal" <cool_kristal wrote:

>

> Hi, I am new to this group. I began learning jyotish just recently,

> although, was extensively into western astrology. I have a question

> about a chart that has Mercury and Venus in the 7th house in Pisces.

> I am totally confused to how to interpet this. It looks like an

> exalted Venus with debilitated Mercury, the Lagna ruler. However,

> Venus is sending a positive aspect to Lagna, and being an exalted the

> aspect event stronger. However, Venus sends this very strong aspect

> into its sign of debilitation. On the other hand, debilitated Mercury

> send aspect into its exaltation sign. How do I interpret that? I am

> very confused...

>

May 4, 2006

[Reformatted--from Nalini's How To Interpret A Horoscope,

with a different example using Mercury and Venus instead

Jupiter debilitated in Capricorn and Mars in Capricorn:]

NEECHABANGA—CANCELLATION OF DEBILITATION

When a planet is in its debilitation sign (for example, Mercury

in Pisces) it is possible for that planet to get cancellation of

debilitation by certain juxtapositions in the chart. If a planet

gets cancellation of debilitation, it will cease to act in a malefic

or disastrous way. Some texts say that if cancellation is present,

the debilitated planet may act as powerfully as an exalted planet.

This, however, is rarely seen; a planet that achieves cancellation

of debilitation is likely to act as a neutral or slightly malefic

planet. Here are the most important situations which bring about

cancellation of debilitation:

1) If the debilitated planet is in a quadrant (that is, the 1H, 4H,

7H or 10H) from the ascendant or the Moon.

2) If the lord of the sign that the debilitated planet is in, is in

a quadrant from the ascendant or the Moon.

3) If the planet that is exalted in the sign that the debilitated

planet is in, is in a quadrant from the ascendant or the Moon.

(Ex: Mercury is debilitated in Pisces. Venus gets exaltation in

Pisces. If Venus is in a quadrant from the Moon or ascendant,

Mercury gets cancellation of debilitation. Again, the quadrant

houses are 1, 4, 7, and 10)

4) If the debilitated planet is in its exaltation sign in the

navamsa chart.

Best wishes,

Haizen Paige