Confusion of Exalted Debilitated Retrograde & Combust Planets Cleared

Those who practice astrology always feel confused about many concepts of Astrology. Sometimes one rule contradicts the other & every Astrologer observes different thing due to which they all contradict each other. These things have always been a topic of debate that

• What a planet will do in its Exalted State
• Effects of a Debilitated Planet
• Exalted Planet Debilitated in D-9 Chart
• Debilitated Planet Combustion Good or Bad
• Exalted Planet if Retrograde becomes Combust
• Does Exalted Planet gives Good Results in all Houses

The debate about these topics never ends and you will find thousands of books on these topics. After reading which you will be more confused and may write another book regarding your own confusions.

Let’s clear this today how to see this in chart and how to accurately assess what possible results (god or bad) a planet will give based upon Exaltation, Debilitation, Retrograde Motion or Combustion.  I suggest you should read Truth About Divisional Charts & Vedic Astrology to clear your understanding about divisional charts (D-9, D-10, etc.). I have already cleared doubts about divisional charts so I won’t cover that in this article.

Understand The Terms

Exaltation: Planet has attained its highest state and is in an enlightened state. The planet is placed in the house where it can functions its best and can give best possible results.

Debilitation: Planet has fallen down to the lowest state, it is troubled and in sleeping state. The planet is present in a place where it does not belong and is not powerful enough to give any good results.

Retrograde: Planet is moving backward. Due to motion of earth around the Sun, the degree of planet seems to decrease due to which we say the planet is in retrograde motion.

Combust: Planet is very close to the Sun and due to its brilliance, rays of that planet do not reach the earth and hence the planet has lost all its strength.

What are the Affects?

As per my observation I have seen that planets give results according to the houses signified by them and the lord of the constellation & Sub lord where these planets are present. The planetary placement is the most important factor in giving the results like marriage, child birth, career and gain in income.

But these are the few things I have observed:

• Exalted Sun gives a person a Strong Personality
• Leo Sun makes a Person Selfish & Egoistic
• Debilitated Sun usually troubles the Image
• Exalted Venus people are more understand & Caring
• Exalted Mercury gives a Person very Logical Mind
• Exalted Mars may give a very Fierce Nature
• Exalted Moon people are very calm & soft spoken

These are the few things which I usually observe but these are not the thumb rules. I tell you why. I observed people with exalted Mercury have logical mind but logical mind or talking about the logic does not mean that person is actually intelligent or good with reasoning & mathematics. The person even with exalted Mercury and very logical mind was not intelligent. When I saw Mercury’s placement it indicated houses which does not support intelligence.

Example 1:

                                     Significations

Mercury (Planet):            3, 6

Sun (Star Lord)    :             5, 6

Rahu (Sub Lord)  :  1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 12

Houses which support intelligence are 4, 5, 6 & 11 while houses which make a person foolish are 3, 6, 8 & 12. This is a chart of a person who is an Aries Ascendant & Mercury was exalted in sixth house, Virgo.

Now those astrologers who say exalted planets are good will now say 6th house is bad therefore this happened. Well I would like to add that the planet was also combust. You can add any theory to justify things in Astrology but truth is, the planet gives result due to its placement and the star and Sub lord it occupies.

By saying Mercury is 6th house lord for Aries ascendant and it will give bad results you are indicating that all Aries people may not get the good qualities of Mercury. There are around 600 million Aries on earth (7billion / 12 zodiac signs) so, think before driving any conclusion for any Ascendant.

You cannot be accurate about a person through his/her zodiac sign or planets in zodiac signs. There a number of Astrologers & all of them have their own theories. But you can be accurate about nature of the person, ability of a person to rise in life & predicting major events of life. I think you are here to predict future and not about small behavioral patterns which may or may not be accurate.

Example 2:

                                     Significations

Venus (Planet)     :           1, 9

Moon (Star Lord):           8, 12

Saturn (Sub Lord):         5, 6, 7

If you have read my article Rules of Predictive Astrology you would be able to understand that Venus is strongly giving results of houses 6, 8 & 12. Due to which this Venus is capable of giving bad results regarding every aspect of life. It is capable of giving a person loss of job/money, tensions, depression, health problems and bad relationship with the family members.

You can accurately tell this by looking at these numbers. But now I would like to tell you that this Venus is placed in Virgo in second house. Venus is debilitated and the astrologers will say, “A debilitated planet although in a good house will give bad results.”

But Venus is also retrograde and they say, “A retrograde planet if Exalted gives results of Debilitation & vice versa.” Now what?

Venus will either give good results like an exalted planet OR will give problems as signified by the rules of Predictive Astrology. You were already confused and now Venus is also confused what results it should give.

This is chart of my client; I tell you what actually happened. This person was pursuing his CA and he was not able to clear any exams, he suffered from not only financial issues but also he was not able to clear his exams. Later, his Sun time period started. His Sun was placed in the fourth house which means he was born around midnight when Sun has set and it has lost all its directional strength. I am sure you might have predicted what would have happened.

If you predicted something with this data then let me tell you, you are 100% wrong. He cleared his exams as soon as Sun time period started; see what houses Sun signifies in his chart.

                                     Significations

Sun (Planet)            :            1, 3

Saturn (Star Lord):           5, 6, 7

Saturn (Sub Lord):           5, 6, 7

You can see that Sun strongly signifies fifth house of intelligence and sixth house of competition both of which are quite important in clearing exams. Second, fourth, fifth and ninth house for education. Sixth, tenth and eleventh house for winning a competition. When these two combines a person becomes topper of the class. Well this guy was not the topper of course because you can see that whole combinations are not present.

The system we use is accurate in itself and we don’t need to change our theories according to the convenience. Complete combination was not there but he went through time period of a stronger planet therefore he was able to clear the exams with passing marks.

Final Conclusion

I would like to clear a few things. Jupiter and Mercury signifies intelligence, even if they are neutral and does not signify houses of education they are still capable of giving you good results regarding education. However, while being neutral they still do not promise you with a high level of success.

I have already told the combinations but I am telling it again.

Houses of Education & Intellect: Second, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth & Eleventh.

Out of which Fourth, Fifth & Eleventh houses are stronger.

Houses of Winning & Success: Sixth, Tenth & Eleventh.

A person having ill placed Jupiter & Mercury can be far more intelligent if he has other planets (especially Lord of the Ascendant) signifying the above combinations.

1. Planets give results due to their gravitational pull they exert on the earth. Not because of their forward and backward motion or the amount of their light reaching on earth. If Astrology would have been based upon the light coming from the planets then all the conversations would have ended up on the Sun & the Moon.
   
   Sun and Moon have the most important role because both of them exert the strongest gravitational pull on earth; Sun due to its huge size & Moon due to its closeness to the Earth. Children were used to be born in closed rooms and now they take birth in hospitals where even the light of Sun could not reach.
   
   
2. A planet even if it is combust due to brilliance of the Sun still exerts gravitational pull on earth due to which it does not loose its strength and give results according to the houses signified by itself and its Star Lord and Sub Lord.
   
   
3. Exaltation & Debilitation do show some of its natural qualities upon the person but it does not matter if it happens or in which house it happens. We get accurate results from the rules we use and an Astrologer is meant to predict events of life and not to catch the small behavioural patterns given by the exalted or debilitated planets.
   
   
4. There are 12 zodiac signs and 9 planets each having its own natural qualities. If you will try to find reason behind a person’s nature through them you will find one and will develop your own theory. The truth is only the sign which falls at the Ascendant is the most important sign. I will cover that in later sessions.

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