9 Navagrahas — Vedic Planetary Deities
Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rahu, Ketu. The classical Vedic significators with their dignities, friendships, gemstones, and mantras.
Sun
Surya
Soul, father, authority, and the will to shine. Sun in your chart shows where you are meant to lead.
Atma karaka
Moon
Chandra
Mind, mother, emotion, and what nurtures you. The Moon is the most important planet in Vedic astrology.
Manas karaka
Mars
Mangala / Kuja
Energy, drive, courage, and the warrior. Mars shows where you fight, build, and protect.
Bhratru karaka
Mercury
Budha
Intellect, speech, commerce, and skill. Mercury shows how you think, write, and trade.
Putra karaka indirectly (creative intellect); primary karaka for speech, intelligence, and commerce
Jupiter
Guru / Brihaspati
Wisdom, teachers, dharma, husband (in female chart), and children. Jupiter is the great benefic.
Guru karaka
Venus
Shukra
Love, the feminine, art, beauty, vehicles, and the wife in a male chart. Venus is sweetness and harmony.
Kalatra karaka
Saturn
Shani
Discipline, work, time, restriction, and karmic responsibility. Saturn teaches through patience.
Ayur karaka
Rahu
Rahu
The North Node — desire, foreign, technology, sudden gains, the unconventional path.
Significator of paternal grandfather, foreign travel/residence, addictions, and unconventional desires
Ketu
Ketu
The South Node — what the soul has already mastered, leading toward moksha and detachment.
Significator of maternal grandfather, mysticism, moksha, spiritual practice, and detachment