Functional Benefic and Functional Malefic Planets
- For any Ascendant, Lords of Trikona (Trine) houses are called Functional Benefic planets. For example, for Leo Ascendant, Trikona Houses (Houses # 1, 5 and 9) will have Leo, Sagittarius and Aries sign respectively. Leo is ruled by Sun, Sagittarius is ruled by Jupiter and Aries is ruled by Mars. Sun is anyways ascendant lord which remains the most important planet for any ascendant. So for Leo Ascendant, Jupiter and Mars become Functional Benefic planets. Regardless of the fact the Mars is a natural malefic planet, for Leo Ascendant it will work as a Functional Benefic Planet.
- Now, if Lords of Kendra Houses (Houses # 1, 4, 7 and 10) are friendly with the Ascendant Lord, then that planet will also become a functional benefic planet. Like for Aries Ascendant, Trikona House Lords are Mars, Sun and Jupiter but Lord of 4th house (Kendra House) is Moon (Cancer Sign) and Moon is friendly with Mars (Aries Ascendant Lord) then Moon will also get included among Functional Benefic planets, i.e. Mars, Sun and Jupiter.
As discussed, Jupiter is
functional malefic for Cancer ascendant people as it is 6th
house/Sagittarius lord. So, when a Cancer ascendant person deals with
conflicts/litigation/debts/diseases etc (6th house related actions)
then Jupiter will work like a Functional Malefic planet and person can have some
challenges coming in due to Jupiter but for other houses of chart, Jupiter
still remains a natural benefic planet and can give better results.
Likewise, a Functional
Benefic planet can “Function” like a benefic planet for that particular house
related activities which makes it a Functional Benefic but if same planet is
Natural Malefic then in matters of other houses of chart, it will still behave
like a malefic planet.
For example – For Libra
ascendant, 4th house lord Saturn becomes a Functional Benefic and it
can give better results as per its nature and dignity in matters of 4th
house and 5th house but for other houses’ related matters in chart,
Saturn will remain most malefic planet.
So, Basic Nature of a
planet will always overpower or supersede the Functional Nature of that planet
when it comes to deciding the whole chart.
Eventual Results – In
the end, as always, dignity of planets has the last say. If a functional
malefic planet is placed in good dignity (exalted, own sign, friendly sign or
neutral sign) then it can still give good results. If functional malefic planet
is losing dignity (enemy or debilitation) then it can give some difficulties
and person may have to work hard to get better results.
As we can see that there
are a few planets which are present in both the groups. For example, for Cancer
ascendant people, Jupiter is Functional Benefic and Functional Malefic both. In
that case, when a Cancer ascendant person is dealing with 6th
house/Sagittarius related matters, Jupiter will function like a Malefic Planet.
But if a Cancer ascendant person is dealing with 9th house/Pisces
related matters or any other house related matters then Jupiter will function
like a Benefic Planet.
As discussed, final
result always depends on the sign based dignity of planets.
Hope this helps. Thanks,
Swami Premanand Bharti
13 comments on this post Comments
SPB
2022-06-17 17:33:34Rj - malefic results will only be for 8th house,
SPB
2022-06-17 17:32:25E - in matters of 6th house, malefic results . in matters of 9th house, benefic results.
Rj
2022-06-17 11:59:25Does Jupiter as functional malefic planet in Taurus ascendant placed in 2nd house (retrogate Ardra nakshatra pada 4) aspect on 6 th house will give good results of 6 th house?
ESSECH
2022-06-16 02:34:02Great post! For a Cancer ascendant, if Jupiter is functional malefic and functional benefic both, but is placed in 6th house in its mool trikona, then how would we judge it?
SPB
2021-09-01 18:34:44P - good in business, bad in relation.
Pankaj
2021-09-01 16:06:23Sagittarius lagan, if 11 th/6 th Lord venus is forming vipreet raj yog in 12 th house ( Scorpio sign) and it is also conjunct with mercury, so during mercury mahadasha will venus give good or bad results?
SPB
2021-03-04 11:22:28S - Both. When person is dealing with 6th house related matters, it is FM. When person is dealing with 9th house related matters, it is FB.
Seeker
2021-03-04 03:26:29What puzzles me is, Jupiter being the 6th lord is a functional malefic for cancer ascendant. However, being the 9th lord Jupiter is a functional Benefic. So, which one holds true?
Manasa
2018-08-27 20:49:31Thank you sir.
Vishal S Saxena - Astrologer
2018-08-27 17:02:49@ Manasa - mixed results based on dasha and transits.
Manasa
2018-08-27 14:32:49Hii sir, will functional benefic planet gives positive results in its dasha,if it is conjunct functional malefic which is 18 degrees apart?
Vishal S Saxena - Astrologer
2018-06-13 12:03:16@ May - As I know, this is the situation. You or anyone else can always have better knowledge, Thanks,
May
2018-06-13 11:19:07Are you sure that only rahu and ketu are functional malefics for gemini ascendant? I read that others like Jupiter, Sun and Mars are functional malefics too.