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In astrology as you all know it is never ending debate on how retrograde

planets have to treated as there various traditions being followed . I

happen to

get the translation related to retrograde planets from various astrology

books.

Most of them say retrograde planets are very powerful.I ask the experts

to share

there experience on how retrograde planets should be treated.

 

Brihat Jataka

 

Ch.2 Shl.20 The Sun and the Moon possess

Chestabala or strength by virtue of their motion when they are in the

Northern

path, i.e., in any of the 6 signs - 10th, 11th, 12th, 1st, 2nd and 3rd

signs.

The other

five planets Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn possess it with

retrograde, or when conjoined with the Moon, or when they are very

brilliant,

or when they happen to go northward in planetary conjunction, which is

called

here and fight amongst the planets.

 

Ch.7 Shl.2 The planets, when they run to their lowest detrimental

degrees,

grant only half the period of life mentioned in the preceding verse, and

at

places intermediate, grant the number of years proportionately. The

number of

years granted by the Ascendant is the same as the number of Navamshas of

the

Ascendant that have risen above the horizon. According to others

(Manittha and

men of his school) the number of years granted by the Ascendant is the

same as

the number of signs from the beginning of Mesha to the Ascendant on the

horizon.

When the planets are in their inimical houses, they lose a third of

their

period except for those that are then retrograde. The planets descending

and

when their luster is obscured by the light of the Sun, lose half their

period,

except for Venus and Saturn.

 

Ch.7 Shl. 11 Again the planets, when highly exalted or retrograde, give

thrice

the number of years (obtained in the Amshayu method in the preceding

stanzas)

as their periods; and when in their own Vargottamas, or own Navamshas,

or own

houses, or in their Decanates, give twice the number of years (assigned

in the

preceding stanza) as their periods. This is the special feature in

Satyacharyas

Amshayu method. In other respects it is the same as the Pindayurdaya

i.e., the

several reductions stated before are to be made here also.

 

Ch.7 Shl. 13 Amongst these three opinions, that of Satyacharya is the

best, but

the fault of Satyacharya¢s method is that it involves many

multiplications. If

any planet be in its own house, multiply the planetary years by two; if

that

planet be in its own Navamsha, multiply the planetary years again by

two; if

that planet be in its own Drekkana, multiply again by two; if that

planet be in

its own Vargottama, multiply again by two, if that planet be retrograde

or be

in its highly exalted degrees, multiply by three; and so on. These cases

are

settled by the statement in the second half off this verse. This is not

so: In

cases of multiplications by several numbers, only one is to be made,

that by

the highest number.This is also the opinion of Acharya. Where many

multiplications by two are advised, only one is to be done; where

multiplications by two, three are advised, only multiplication by three

is to

be made. Similarly where subtractions or divisions are both advised,

first make

the highest division and then make the highest multiplication.

benefic.

 

Brihat Parashara Hora Shatra

Ch.9 Shl.3-6

If a benefic is retrograde in Ar Randhra, or Vyaya Bhava

receiving a drishti from a malefic, Hora Shastra death will occur within

a

month of birth. This is true only when Lagna is not occupied by a

benefic.

 

Ch.27 Shl.21-23 Motions of Grahas (Mangal to Shani): Eight kinds of

motions are

attributed to grahas. These are Vakra (retrogression), Anuvakr (entering

the

previous rashi in retrograde motion), Vikal (devoid of motion or in

stationary

position), Mand (somewhat slower motion than usual), Mandatar (slower

than the

previous mentioned motion), Sama (somewhat increasing in motion as

against

Mand), Chara (faster than Sama) and Atichara (entering next rashi in

accelerated

motion). The strengths allotted due to such 8 motions are: 60, 30, 15,

30,

15, 7.5,

45, and 30.

 

Hora Sara

 

Ch.3 Shl.7-9 Mangal is strong when he wins a war between

grahas, while in retrograde motion, , when brilliant (i. e. not

combust), when in Makara, Kumbh, Meen, in his southerly course, during

night, in

his own amsha, in his own Rashi, on Tuesday, and in the Drekkana

ruled by him. He has full strength when on the meridian or Karm Bhava.

He is

strong in the beginning of a Rashi, weak in the middle portion and

moderately

strong at the end.

 

Ch.3 Shi. 10-11 Buddh regains strength as soon

as he is past the combustion belt. He is strong in Dhanu, in Kanya and

in

Mithuna as Rashi or Navamsha, and by day and night. He is also strong in

his

retrograde motion except when eclipsed by Surya. Buddh is moderately

good,

exceedingly strong and weak respectively in the first, second, and third

portions of a Rashi. He is strong in his own Drekkana and in Mithuna.

 

Ch.3 Shl.12-13 Guru is exceedingly strong in Dhanu, Meen, Kark,

Vrischika, and

during the time preceding mid day, in his northerly course, in his own

Drekkana, in his own amsha and when he succeeds in battle between

grahas. He

has medium strength in the initial part of a Rashi, is quite strong in

the

middle, and weak at the end. He is considered to be strong in retrograde

motion

in all Rashis except in the Rashi Makara where he is in fall.

Ch.3 Shl.14-15 Shukra has strength if he occupies Sahaja, An or

Vyaya Bhava form Lagna, He is also strong Ch.3 Shl.14-15 when in

retrograde motion, when ahead of Surya, during the portion of the day

that

follows mid-day, when in exaltation Rashi and in the north of grahas.

Shukra has

no

strength in the initial portion of a Rashi, but has it in the middle,

while at

the end of a Rashi, he is only of medium strength. He is also strong in

the

company of Chandra or when victorious in war between grahas.

 

Ch.3 Shl.14-1 : Shukra is strong in his exaltation Rashi, his own

Vargas, on Friday, in the middle of a Rashi, in Ar Vyaya, Sahaja, Bandhu

Bhava,

in the last third part of day time, when victorious in war, while yuti

with

Chandra, in retrograde motion, and while ahead of Surya. (Jataka

Parijata Ch.

II).

 

Ch.3 Shl. 16-17 Shani is strong during the dark fortnight, and also from

sunset

to sunrise. He has strength when in retrograde motion, also when in

Makara,

Kumbh, Tula and in southerly course. Similar is the case with Shani in

the

rising Rashi, in his slow movement, and when successful in war between

grahas.

He is weak in the in first portion of a Rashi, moderately strong in the

middle

portion and strong at the end. But, some say he is strong in all places.

 

Ch.3 Shl.16-17 According to Jataka Parijata Ch. II, Shani is

strong in Tula, his own Rashi, in Yuvati Bhava, in southerly course, in

own

Drekkana, on Saturday, in the end of a Rashi, in war between grahas, in

the

dark half and in retrograde motion.

 

Ch.7 Shl.17 The multiplier is two if the grah is in its own Navamsha, or

Drekkana, or Rashi, or Vargottama Navamsha. Tt is to be trebled if it is

in

retrograde motion or in exalted state. Tt should be halved if the grah

is in

fall.

 

Ch. 11 Shl.2-3 The Dasha of Mangal will yield results in a medium way as

though

in exaltation, notwithstanding him having his face downwards or upwards

or his

being in retrograde motion or Anuvakr (progressive). Results should be

predicted

after knowing whether grah is Vakra or Anuvakr. For the five grahas from

Mangal

to Shani (i.e. the starry grahas) such evaluations should be made.

 

Ch. 16 Shl.2 During the Dasha of a grah that is in his retrograde

motion, one

will have prestige and valour and be wealthy. Should the grah be in a

good

Rashi or good Navamsha, avoiding An and Randhra Bhava, one will acquire

a

kingdom of his own.

 

Ch.16 Shl.3 Should a grah be in debilitation or in inimical Bhavas, at

the same

time being in its retrograde motion, in such Dasha, one will indulge in

bad

acts; one will be reviled by his relatives; one will live in foreign

countries,

and one will be dependant upon others.

 

Ch.22 Shl.16 Should the lord of the said amsha be in retrograde motion

money

will be acquired in many ways. And one¢s earning will be

proportionate to one¢s

own luck. The results have already been enumerated in full.

 

Ch.32 Shl.8 Pita Maha Siddhanta¢s calculations should be carefully

adopted to

know the slow and fast motions (preceding and following their

retrogressions),

retrograde motion, combustion in Surya. (helical) rising, whether at

war, etc..

 

 

Ch.32 Shl.14-15 To Chandra¢s position, add one eleventh of Surya¢s

longitude

and one fourth for other grahas. If Shukra and Buddh are combust, or are

rising

after helical setting or are retrograde, then addition of subtraction

should be

made by doubling Surya¢s longitude and not otherwise.

 

 

 

Jataka Parijata

Ch.2 Shl.37 Venus, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, when

in their retrograde motion or in conjunction with the Moon, are

considered to be victorious (in planetary war).

 

Ch.2 Shl.63 Mars has abundant strength in his own weekday, in his

Navamsha, in

his Drekkana, in the signs Meena, Vrischika, Kumbha, Makara and Mesha,

during

night time, in his retrograde movements, when he is in the southern

quarter,

and also in the initial portion of a sign. He gives property when he is

in the

10th house from the Lagna and also when he is in Kataka.

 

Ch.2 Shl.66 Venus is auspicious in his exaltation sign, in his Varga, in

his

weekday, when in the middle of a sign, in the 6th, 12th, 3rd and the 4th

houses

from the Lagna, in the afternoon, in his conjunction with the Moon, in

his

retrograde motion and when he is in advance of the Sun.

 

Ch.2 Shl.67 Saturn is predominant in Thula, Makara, Kumbha, in the 7th

house

from the Lagna, in his passage to the south of the Equator, in his own

Drekkana, weekday and Dasha, in the concluding portion of a sign, in

planetary

war, in the dark half of a month, and in all the twelve signs when

retrograde.

 

Ch.4 Shl.40 Saturn in his retrograde motion, when occupying a house of

Mars, a

Kendra position, an inimical house or the 8th house from the Lagna and

aspected

by Mars in strength, gives a 2 years¢ lease of life to the new born

child.

 

Ch.5 Shl.7 The planets except when their motion is retrograde lose a

third of

their Ayurdayas when in inimical houses.

 

Ch.5 Shl. 19 The Ayurdaya of a planet is to be tripled when it is in the

exaltation or in its retrograde motion. The same is to be doubled when

the

planet is in a Vargottamamsha, in its own Navamsha or in its own house

or in

its own Drekkana. This is the peculiarity in the method of working out

the

Ayurdaya according to Satyacharya. All else is similar to what has been

already

stated.

 

Ch.5 Shl.21 (1) Where several multiplications crop up, only one and that

the

highest is to be gone through. (For instance, when a planet is in its

own

house, and in its exaltation, and in retrograde motion, the Ayurdaya is

not to

be doubled first and then the result trebled, and the second result

further

trebled. According to the rule, the Ayurdaya, should be tripled once for

all.

 

Ch.5 Shl.24 When the planet is in its own Rashi, in its own exaltation,

in the

house of a very friendly planet, or in its retrograde motion, it has its

rays

doubled for Ayurdaya purposes. When the retrograde motion comes to an

end, the

rays are diminished by an eighth portion. When the planet is in the

house of an

enemy, the rays become reduced by a twelfth.

 

Ch. 10 Shl.46 If a planet be in its exaltation, double the number of

years

obtained for it by the Ashtakavarga process. If it be depressed or

eclipsed,

the number of years in its case is to be halved. Obtain by proportion

the Ayus

when the planet occupies an intermediate position. In the case of Mars

when

retrograde, the Ayus obtained is to be doubled.

 

Ch. 11 Shl.58 Note in what quarter the lord of the 2nd bhava is; it is

in that

quarter chiefly that men will find their prosperity during the Dasha

period of

the lord of the 2nd bhava; for when moving ordinarily the planet leads

to the

acquisition of wealth in the region indicated. If it be retrograde at

the time

of birth, there will be retrograde at the time of birth, there will be

acquisition of every valuable thing in all quarters.

 

Ch.13 Shl.73 If the planet in the 5th bhava or the owner

thereof be in an inimical or its depression sign, Ch.13 Shl.73

retrograde or

eclipse, the person born will have many sores.

 

Phaladeepika

Ch.4 Shl.2 The Moon possesses Cheshtabala when she is full. The Sun gets

it

when he is in his northern course (uttarayana). Other planets get it

when they are in their retrograde motion. Planets posited in the north,

possessing brilliant rays, should be considered as

victorious in planetary war. Planets in their highest exaltation have

their

full Uchchabala. So far as the directional strength is concerned, the

Sun and

Mars are strong in the 10th house; Venus and the Moon, in the 4th;

Mercury and

Jupiter in the 1st and Saturn in the 7th. Mercury, Saturn and the Moon

have

their Ayanbala during their southern course (Dakshnayana) and the rest

have the

same in their northern course.

 

Ch.4 Shl.5 All planets are strong when the occupy their exaltation sign.

The

Moon is strong and auspicious when she has her full Paksah bala and the

Sun

when he has his full Dibgala (occupying the 10th or the Meridian). The

remaining non-luminous planets are strong when they are in their

retrograde

motion. Rahu in Cancer, Taurus, Aries, Aquarius and Scorpio and Ketu in

Pisces,

Virgo, Taurus and the later half of Sagittarius, in Parivesha and

Indrachapa

are strong if they are in association with the Moon and the Sun and the

time is

night.

 

Ch.7 Shl.3 Even a single planet, may he be in depression, is capable of

making

the native a king¢s equal, provided he be with brilliant rays,

retrograde and

occupies a good house i.e. other than the 6th, 8th or the 12th house.

When

there are two or three such planets at birth the native will become a

king.

When there are many such planets occupying auspicious signs and Amshdas,

they

will usher in a king blessed with all the insignias of royalty such as a

crown,

umbrella and waving chowries.

 

Ch.9 Shl.20 If a planet is retrograde in its motion, it produces effects

similar to those that arise from its occupying its exaltation sign, even

if it

is posited in an inimical or depression sign. The results produced by a

planet

occupying its own house are such as expected when it is placed in a

Vargottamamsha.

 

Ch20 Shi. 14 The effects of the Dasha period of planets, which are

retrograde

or are in their own, exaltation or friendly houses or occupy good

position

other than the 6th, 8th or the 12th will be as has been described so

far. I

shall now deal with the effects of the Dasha of those planets which

occupy

inimical or depression house or which have been set being invisible or

which

happen to occupy the 6th, 8th or the 12th house.

 

Ch.20 Shl.37 Should a planet, whose subperiod is ripening, during the

course of

his transit at the time pass over his depression or inimical house or

become

eclipsed, the native will suffer greatly. Should this period pass

through his

own, exaltation house or be retrograde, the result will be good.

 

Ch.22 Shi. 18 Convert the signs, degree, minutes, etc of a planet into

minutes

and subtract as many multiples of 2400 as may be found necessary, from

the

same. The remainder represents the Ayushkalas of the planet. When this

is

divided by 200 (Asha Khwasvi, Asha is 10 or 0 and Kha is 0, and Asvi is

2) the

quotient gives the number of years, months and days in the Amshayurdaya

contribution towards the span of life by a planet according to its

degrees,

etc., as Satyacharya has defined. Should the planet be retrograde or in

exaltation, this quotient has to be trebled. Should it be in its own

sign or

Navamsha, Drekkana or Vargottama, the Ayurdaya be doubled, if in its

depression, it should be reduced by half. Should the planet be eclipsed,

then

also the reduction be halved. But this will last not be applicable to

Venus and

Saturn.

 

Ch.22 Shl.20 Suppose a planet is in its own house, and in its

exaltation and in retrograde motion, Ayurdaya should not be

doubled first and then the result be trebled and the second result be

further

trebled. As the rule is, it (the Ayurdaya) should be trebled once for

all.

 

Saravali

Ch.4 Shl.36 TEMPORAL AND MOTIONAL STRENGTHS: The Sun,

Jupiter and Venus acquire strength during day time while Saturn,

the Moon and Mars become strong during night time. Mercury acquires

vigour at

all times. The Hora bala goes to Hora lord, masa

bala (masa = month) to the lord of the month. Dma bala to the lord

of the week day of birth and Abda (year) bala is credited to the lord of

the

year of birth. Malefics get strength in Dark Half while benefics become

strong

in Bright Half. The planet that is victorious in war, that is in its

retrograde

motion, or that is not combust become strong. The luminaries get

strength in

northern course. This is how Satyacharya detailed motional strength.

 

Ch.5 Shi. 14 RETROGRESSION IN EXALTATION: If a planet is retrograde

while in

exaltation, it produces no effect (i.e. nothing good will happen). This

is the

view held by some. Even if it is in exaltation by its entry in

retrograde

motion from the next sign, (for example, Jupiter entering Cancer from

Leo), the

effect is same, for it takes unduly long time in such traversion.

 

Ch.5 Shl.39 EFFECTS OF RETROGRADE PLANETS: A benefic if retrograde is

strong

and is capable of conferring kingdom. If a malefic is retrograde, it

causes

grief and purposeless wandering.

 

Ch.1O ShI.5 If Saturn is retrograde in a house of Mars while the Moon is

in the

6th, 8th or an angle, and aspect Mars, the child born lives for two

years.

 

Ch.1O Shl.23-24 Should benefics be in the 6th or the 8th and be aspected

or

conjoined with retrograde malefic, without the aspect of (another)

benefic, the

child lives only for one month. If malefics are in the 12th, 2nd, 6th

and 8th,

without connection of benefics, the child dies in 6 or 8 months.

 

Ch.36 Shl.7-9 RECTIFICATION OF RAYS: If the planet is in the dwadasamsa

of its

friend, double the product as obtained above. If it is in its own

dwadasamsa,

own Rashi, retrogression / exaltation sign the product should be

trebled. If it

is in its enemy¢s dwadasamsa, 1/16th of the rays will be lost. The

same applies

to a debilitated planet. A combust planet, excepting Venus and Saturn,

loses

all the rays. A planet that has just begun to retrograde will have

two-fold

rays while the one that has just assumed direct motion from

retrogression will

lose only 1/8th of the number of rays.

 

Ch.40 Shl.6 RECTIFICATIONS FOR PLANETARY CONTRIBUTIONS: The contribution

made

by a planet that is in Vargottama, own sign, own decanate, or own

Navamsha

should be doubled. If it is retrograde or in exaltation the figure

should be

trebled.

 

Ch.40 Shi. 16 In the case of Pindayurdaya also, the same multiplications

and

rectifications apply. Leaving aside a retrograde planet, one in inimical

sign

loses a third while the one in fall retains only half of the

contribution. The

planet in exaltation retains the entire contribution.

 

Ch.41 Shl.66-68 The Dasha of a retrograde planet will cause wanderings

like

that of a wheel, evils and enmity. This applies only to malefics in

retrogression but not to benefics.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regards

Santhosh