Natural planetary friendship
Learn the directional friend–neutral–enemy table used by Brihat Jataka 2.16–17.
Natural relationship is a fixed traditional classification among the seven classical planets. It is directional: one planet may regard another differently than the reverse direction.
The Strength Lab therefore reads the relation from the planet to the lord of the sign it occupies, rather than treating every pair as automatically symmetric.
Rahu and Ketu are left “not evaluated” in this relationship engine because the cited table concerns the seven classical planets.
For every graha, separate three layers: its natural significations, the houses it rules for this Lagna, and its actual placement/condition. Most beginner contradictions disappear when these three layers are written separately.
A planet should therefore be read as a chain rather than a label: rulership → placement → dignity/dispositor → conjunctions/aspects → relevant Varga → timing. The Strength Lab lets you inspect these pieces instead of guessing them.
How to read it
- Find the planet in D1.
- Write the houses it rules for the current Lagna.
- Check Rashi, house and dignity.
- Check dispositor, conjunctions and aspects.
- Only then add D9/other Varga and Dasha/Transit context.
Key points
- Natural significations are not the same as functional house lordship.
- Dignity is one condition, not a complete verdict.
- Rahu/Ketu conventions are shown only where this course has explicitly chosen a rule profile.
Do not turn a graha keyword such as “Mars = courage” into a prediction before checking house lordship and placement.
Apply this lesson to a chart
- Choose one planet in your chart.
- Write its ruled houses and current D1 house/sign.
- Use Strength Lab to verify dignity and relationships, then write one factual sentence only.