In which rashi is Saturn exalted?
Saturn is exalted in Libra (Tula rashi), most deeply at 20 degrees. It is debilitated in Aries (Mesha) at 20 degrees.
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In Vedic astrology Saturn (Shani) is exalted in Libra (Tula), most deeply at 20 degrees, and debilitated in Aries (Mesha) at 20 degrees. It rules Capricorn (Makara) and Aquarius (Kumbha). A strong Saturn is not an easy Saturn: it still asks for work, but it rewards it with lasting results, which is why Saade Sati is far gentler for some people than others.
Libra is the sign of balance, fairness and the scales. Saturn is the planet of justice and karma, so in the sign of the scales it judges fairly and rewards effort well. Aries is impatient and impulsive, ruled by Mars, an enemy, and Saturn’s slow patience is at odds with it.
Open your birth chart and read Saturn 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.
Saturn is strongest in Libra (Tula), comfortable in Capricorn (Makara) and Aquarius (Kumbha), and weakest in Aries (Mesha). A sign ruled by Mercury, Venus 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.
Saturn gets full dig bala in the 7th house.
A planet too close to the Sun is combust (asta) and loses some of its independence.
Saturn is combust within 15° 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.
Unlike most planets, Saturn gets its directional strength (dig bala) in the 7th house, the western horizon where the Sun sets. It also does very well in the 3rd, 6th and 11th, the houses where a slow malefic grows stronger with time.
For Taurus and Libra ascendants Saturn rules both a kendra and a trikona and becomes a yogakaraka, the planet that brings success. For these charts a strong Saturn is the single most important strength to check.
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Saturn is exalted in Libra (Tula rashi), most deeply at 20 degrees. It is debilitated in Aries (Mesha) at 20 degrees.
Saturn rules Capricorn (Makara) and Aquarius (Kumbha). The first 20 degrees of Aquarius are its moolatrikona.
Generally, yes. Saade Sati is Saturn transiting over the Moon, and how it feels depends a lot on how strong and well placed Saturn is in your birth chart. An exalted, own-sign or yogakaraka Saturn often brings hard work that pays off rather than loss.
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