The nine grahas of Vedic astrology

  • Surya: the self, father, authority, government, health and vitality
  • Chandra: the mind, mother, emotions, comfort, water and the public
  • Mangal: courage, energy, siblings, land, property and competition
  • Budh: intellect, speech, trade, writing, maths and friends
  • Guru: wisdom, teachers, children, dharma, wealth and marriage for women
  • Shukra: love, marriage for men, beauty, arts, comfort and vehicles
  • Shani: discipline, work, service, delay, longevity and justice
  • Rahu: ambition, the foreign and unusual, technology, sudden change and illusion
  • Ketu: detachment, intuition, spirituality, research and the past