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The 9 Planets (Grahas)

The nine grahas are the moving parts of your chart. Each one carries a piece of your life — who you are, how you love, where you struggle, what comes easy. Here's what each planet does, in plain words.

Nine planets, nine jobs. The sign colours how a planet behaves; the house tells you which part of life it runs.

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Sun
सूर्य · Surya
Soul, father, authority

Who you are at the core — your confidence, ego and vitality. Rules the father, bosses, government and your health and drive to be seen.

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Moon
चन्द्र · Chandra
Mind, mother, emotions

How you feel and react moment to moment. Rules the mother, comfort, memory, the home and your emotional weather. In Vedic astrology your Moon sign matters more than your Sun sign.

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Mars
मंगल · Mangal
Energy, courage, drive

Your fight, stamina and appetite for action. Rules courage, competition, siblings, property, land and — when pushed — anger and accidents.

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Mercury
बुध · Budha
Intellect, speech, trade

How you think, learn and talk. Rules logic, communication, business, calculation, skin and the nervous system — the quick, clever, adaptable part of you.

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Jupiter
गुरु · Brihaspati
Wisdom, luck, growth

The great benefic — expansion, faith and good fortune. Rules teachers, wealth, children, higher learning and dharma. Where Jupiter sits, life grows.

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Venus
शुक्र · Shukra
Love, beauty, pleasure

Love, comfort and the finer things. Rules relationships, art, luxury, vehicles, taste and pleasure — everything you find beautiful and want to enjoy.

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Saturn
शनि · Shani
Discipline, karma, time

The slow, strict teacher. Rules hard work, patience, delay, structure, longevity and karma. Saturn withholds until you earn it — then it gives what lasts.

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Rahu
राहु · North Node
Obsession, ambition, the foreign

The hunger for more — ambition, obsession and worldly desire. Rules foreign things, technology, sudden gains and illusion. Rahu amplifies whatever it touches.

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Ketu
केतु · South Node
Detachment, spirituality, loss

The letting-go point — detachment, insight and past-life skill. Rules spirituality, moksha, sudden loss and the things you're strangely good at without trying.

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