Principle / Ruledraftschool: jyotisha· Frawley — Astrology of the Seers
Natural disposition of planets as benefic or malefic (naisargika)
rul-planet-benefic-malefic-naturalPrāṇa relevance
Benefic/malefic status governs whether a graha promotes or harms the affairs (incl. health) of what it influences — the disease/health pole of the body chain. Not yet traced to a specific physiological mechanism here.
Sources
- txt-frawley-astrology-seersPlanets as Benefic or Malefic; Planetary Natures (book pp.76–78)Modern✓ verifiedthe natural-disposition roster and the natural-vs-temporal-status distinction
Other attributes
- Rule Class
- taxonomy
- Statement
- Natural status (svabhava) of the planets — Greater Benefic: Jupiter; Lesser Benefic: Venus; General Benefic: Moon & Mercury; Greater Malefic: Saturn & Rahu; Lesser Malefic: Mars & Ketu; General Malefic: Sun. The Moon is benefic when bright/waxing/far from Sun, malefic when dark/waning/close (Frawley's rule: malefic within 60° before to 30° after Sun-conjunction). This 'natural status' is one of two factors; the second is 'temporal status' (which house a planet rules from the given Ascendant) — covered in the Houses theme.
- Tag
- MODERN
- Note
- The benefic/malefic ROSTER is standard Jyotisha (TRADITIONAL/claimed-classical), but the overall rule as stated — esp. the Sun as General Malefic (vs Western benefic) and the Moon degree-rule — is Frawley's framing, so tagged MODERN. Naisargika (natural) vs the temporal/functional status is the headline Vedic distinction Frawley stresses.