Basic dignity
Identify exalted, debilitated, own-sign and other placements before synthesis.
The rule engine evaluates the seven classical planets as exalted, debilitated, in own sign, or other. It also shows the classical exact exaltation/debilitation degree.
Mercury in Virgo is an example where own-sign and exaltation overlap; the engine labels the stronger exaltation category first.
Rahu and Ketu are marked “not evaluated” for dignity because node rulership/exaltation schemes vary across traditions.
Aspects and conjunctions are geometry before they are interpretation. First establish who is aspecting whom, or which planets share a sign, and only then discuss what that relationship may mean.
Keep the ordinary full-sign Parashari aspect rules separate from degree-based Drik Bala. They answer different questions and the app intentionally presents them in different labs.
How to read it
- Locate the aspecting planet.
- Count to the target house/sign using the rule in the lesson.
- Verify whether that aspect is one of the planet’s full aspects.
- For conjunction, verify same-sign placement and then inspect degree separation separately.
- Write the geometry first, interpretation second.
Key points
- Aspect direction matters.
- Conjunction does not mean identical degree.
- Drik Bala uses a different degree-based model from the full-sign teaching aspects.
Do not mix every aspect convention into one table. Use the rule profile shown by the relevant lab.
Apply this lesson to a chart
- Select one planet in Kundli Lab.
- Predict its full aspect houses from memory.
- Compare with the rule engine and correct your count before interpreting anything.