Principle / Ruledraft· Frawley — Astrology of the Seers
Shadbala (the six-fold planetary strength)
rul-shadbalaPrāṇa relevance
Drik/Naisargika strength feed disease judgement (a weak planet 'may cause disease') — a faint strength→health thread, no stated physiology. The Dig Bala graha→cardinal map is a candidate cross-link to the Vastu graha-direction scheme, but DIVERGES from it (Frawley's Dig-Bala houses ≠ the classical Vastu graha-direction roster) — flagged, not asserted.
Sources
- txt-frawley-astrology-seersShadbala / Factors of Shadbala (book p.181–183)Traditional✓ verifiedthe six Shadbala factors and sub-factors; Dig Bala directions; Naisargika brightness order
Other attributes
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- Statement
- Shadbala is an elaborate six-factor computation of planetary strength: 1) Sthana Bala (positional — itself fivefold: Ucha/exaltation, Saptavargaja/divisional, odd-even sign, kendra, decanate), 2) Dig Bala (directional), 3) Kala Bala (temporal — ninefold, by time of birth), 4) Chesta Bala (motional, incl. retrogression), 5) Naisargika Bala (natural — fixed: Sun strongest, then Moon, Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Mars, Saturn, by apparent brightness), 6) Drik Bala (aspectual). A strong planet has power for good or ill per its nature; a weak one may cause disease or do little. It enhances, never substitutes for, a full chart reading.
- Tag
- TRADITIONAL
- Dig Bala Directions
- Mercury & Jupiter strong in the EAST (Ascendant/1st); Sun & Mars in the SOUTH (10th/MC); Moon & Venus in the NORTH (4th/Nadir); Saturn in the WEST (7th/Descendant); weak in the opposite house. [DIRECTIONAL — note for the Vastu cross-axis]