In which rashi is Mars exalted?
Mars is exalted in Capricorn (Makara rashi), most deeply at 28 degrees. It is debilitated in Cancer (Karka) at 28 degrees.
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In Vedic astrology Mars (Mangal) is exalted in Capricorn (Makara), most deeply at 28 degrees, and debilitated in Cancer (Karka) at 28 degrees. It rules Aries (Mesha) and Scorpio (Vrishchika). A strong Mars gives courage and drive; an exalted or own-sign Mars is also one of the classical reasons a Mangal dosha is cancelled.
Capricorn is the sign of disciplined effort, ruled by Saturn. Raw Mars energy is at its best when it has a goal and a plan, and Capricorn gives it both: action with patience. In Cancer, a soft and emotional water sign, the fire of Mars is put out and its anger turns inward.
Open your birth chart and read Mars through these checks in order. No single one decides it: an exalted planet in the 8th house, or a debilitated one with its debilitation cancelled, can surprise you.
From strongest to weakest: exalted, moolatrikona, own sign, a friend’s sign, a neutral sign, an enemy’s sign, debilitated. This is the first and most quoted check, but it is only one of several.
Mars is strongest in Capricorn (Makara), comfortable in Aries (Mesha) and Scorpio (Vrishchika), and weakest in Cancer (Karka). A sign ruled by Sun, Moon, Jupiter is friendly ground.
A planet in a kendra (1st, 4th, 7th, 10th) or trikona (1st, 5th, 9th) can act freely. In the dusthanas (6th, 8th, 12th) it struggles to give good results for that house, though malefics often do well in the 3rd, 6th and 11th.
Each planet has one house where it gets full directional strength, and the opposite house where it has none.
Mars gets full dig bala in the 10th house.
A planet too close to the Sun is combust (asta) and loses some of its independence.
Mars is combust within 17° of the Sun.
Jupiter or Venus with or aspecting a planet supports it. Saturn, Mars, Rahu or Ketu with it, or a planet hemmed between malefics on both sides (papakartari), weakens it.
A planet in the same sign in the birth chart and the Navamsa is vargottama, and gains a lot of strength. A planet exalted in the birth chart but debilitated in the Navamsa delivers less than its sign promises.
Shadbala adds up six kinds of strength (position, direction, time, motion, natural strength and aspects) into one number for each planet. It is the most complete single measure, and AstroPal computes it for every chart.
Mars in the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th or 12th house creates Mangal dosha, but that says where Mars sits, not how strong it is. An exalted or own-sign Mars, Mars with Jupiter, or Jupiter aspecting Mars are classical cancellations. A strong Mars in a dosha house is a very different thing from a weak one.
Mars aspects the 4th and 8th houses from itself as well as the 7th. A strong Mars protects the houses it looks at; a weak or afflicted one brings friction to them.
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Mars is exalted in Capricorn (Makara rashi), most deeply at 28 degrees. It is debilitated in Cancer (Karka) at 28 degrees.
Mars rules Aries (Mesha) and Scorpio (Vrishchika). The first 12 degrees of Aries are its moolatrikona.
In most classical rules, yes. Mars exalted in Capricorn or in its own sign, Aries or Scorpio, is one of the standard cancellations of Mangal dosha, alongside Mars conjunct Jupiter and Jupiter aspecting Mars.
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