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