Favorable colors
Yellow, all shades of blue, red, pink, orange, golden, white, silver and variegated colors.

Unfavorable colors
Green, smoke grey, steel grey, dull brown and faded colors.

Favorable stones
Diamond, yellow sapphire, blue sapphire, red coral, pearl and ruby.

Unfavorable stones
Emerald, gomedh and cat's eye.

Depending upon the strength of the Moon, the Sun and Venus, Librans become actors, actresses, financial advisors, hoteliers, legal advisors, managers, musicians, physicians, etc. They like public professions. The influence of other planets on the tenth, first or second houses changes the professional pursuits.

Every year during the months of March and April when transit Mercury, Venus and the Sun generally transit the sign Pisces the native becomes vulnerable to health problems, disputes and financial constraints. Similarly, the transit planets in Taurus cause obstructions while the transit planets in the sign Virgo cause additional expenses and problems in journeys/distant places.

When the slow moving planets Jupiter, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu transit in the sign Pisces, they make the persons born in Libra ascendant vulnerable to health problems, disputes and setbacks. When these slow moving planets transit in the sign Taurus they cause setbacks, obstructions and difficulties to father and the sources of income. When these slow moving planets transit in the sign Virgo they may cause loss of income, additional expenses, problems with law and setbacks. In such situations one should strengthen Jupiter and Saturn and continuously propitiate Rahu and Ketu.

The slow moving planets Rahu and Ketu near the most effective point of any house cause serious stress. The slow moving planets Jupiter and Saturn near the most effective point of any benefic house brings happy events concerning the house transited and the houses aspected.

With this background in view, we shall now take up a few case studies for further understanding.

Male born 12th April 1946 2030 Hrs. 67E00 24N53 TZ 5.30 Hrs.

The ascendant is closely aspected by its lord, Venus, which gave the native a handsome physical structure and pleasant disposition. At the time of birth, the native was running the main period of Venus which lasted till the seventeenth year of age. The yogakaraka, Saturn, is fairly strong and well-placed in the ninth house. This gave him good school education, which enabled the native to go in for medical profession, as practice of life-saving drugs is one of the professions ruled by the planet Venus. Jupiter is badly placed, is in the state of old-age, has a weak dispositor and is exactly afflicted by Rahu from the eighth house. Mars is debilitated in rasi and navamsa is in the state of infancy and its dispositor is weak. The Sun is weak as it is badly placed, in the state of old-age and exactly aspected by Ketu. Mercury is weak as it is badly placed and debilitated. The weakness of Mars has given weak health to wife who is diabetic. The weakness of the Sun has resulted in the loss of highly placed friends. The weakness of Jupiter has denied the happiness of younger brothers and brought in many unsuccessful ventures in life. The native has many friends because of his magnetic personality. Mars, because of its weakness, is not in a position to bestow any benefits in professional matters.

The sign Libra rises in the ascendant, whose lord is weak as it is combust and has the most effective point of its mooltrikona house under the multiple afflictions of the most malefic planet, Mercury, and the Rahu-Ketu axis. The weak Venus is placed in the second house. The boy is handsome and makes use of his facial expressions in conversation. The close influence of all the functional malefic planets on the lagna gave the boy the habit of intoxication very early in life and the disease of fits, in the Rahu's sub-period in the main period of Jupiter. The yogakaraka planet, Saturn, is weak as it is in old-age. Both the Sun and the Moon are strong, giving birth to the child in an affluent family with long living parents. The placement of the tenth lord, the Moon, close to the most effective point of the ninth house, has given rise to the business of export of articles governed by the Moon. The placement of strong Jupiter in the tenth house has given tremendous initiative concerning business at a young age. Jupiter is strong and occupies tenth house in exaltation. The placement of the lord of the seventh house in the twelfth house delays the celebration of marriage and gives living in foreign lands or distant places from one’s native place.

During the sub-period of Mercury in the main period of Saturn, the boy was almost a drunkard. The health was badly affected. The Sun in the second house is aspected by another functional benefic planet, exalted Jupiter, closely. This gave a high status to father, elder sister and promises affluent income to the native. Owing to potentialities in the chart in favorable periods, the bad habits of the native could be controlled. With the astral remedial measures, health also improved remarkably in the sub-period of the Moon in the main period of Saturn.

Birth: 7th May. 1941. 1610 Hrs.  (Click Here to See Chart)

The functional malefic planet, Mercury, is close to the most effective point of the seventh house and afflicts both the seventh and first houses. The functional benefic planets, the Sun and Saturn, though weak and afflicted create an auspicious combination to some extent, which influences the most effective point of the ascendant. The Moon is weak as it is badly placed, in the state of infancy and has a weak dispositor. Jupiter is weak as it is combust, badly placed, in the state of infancy and debilitated in navamsa. Mars is weak due to infancy and weak dispositor. The afflictions to the lord of the ascendant and the ascendant have reduced the attractiveness of the personality to a great extent, but traits of Venus, that is, pleasant disposition and etiquettes have helped the native to achieve a tolerably good financial and social status. Rahu and Ketu do not form close conjunctions. The native is troubled for a period of about six months, almost every three years, when Rahu and Ketu form transit conjunctions/aspects with weak natal planets in the seventh house.

Birth 13th July, 1957, 1353 Hrs. 72E50 18N58 India  (Click Here to See Chart)
The malefic Rahu closely aspects and afflicts the weak Sun in the chart. The strong lord of the ascendant in close conjunction with another functional benefic planet, Mars, is placed in the tenth house. The functional benefic planet strong Moon is exactly conjunct with the most effective point of the fourth house and influences both the tenth and fourth houses. Jupiter is weak as it is badly placed, in the state of infancy, debilitated in navamsa and has a weak dispositor. The functional benefic planet Saturn is strong and closely conjunct with the most effective point of the second house. The native is a beautiful multi-millionaire blessed with affluent, long living parents, happy marital life and three sons. The weakness of Jupiter has not made the native dynamic and enterprising, and she is leading a passive life. Well-placed Moon and Venus make the native generous, wealthy, kind and royal in nature.

Birth 16th July, 1948, 1230 Hrs. Patna, India.
Jupiter is weak as it is in old-age but it is placed in the house of status ruling the house of communications. The functional malefic planet, Mercury, is closely conjunct with the most effective point of the ninth house and afflicts both the ninth and third houses. The tenth lord, though debilitated and weak, is near the most effective point of the house of status. The Sun and Saturn are weak as they are in infancy and old-age respectively and their dispositor is weak, but they are placed in the tenth house. The influence of functional benefic planets on the house of status collectively made contribution to the native’s career. The native had many highly placed friends/acquaintances, and with the help and assistance of these friends/acquaintances, and connections, the native could become the proprietor and editor of a monthly magazine, giving rise to handsome earnings in the main period of Venus. The weak position of Mars gave health problems to both the native and his spouse.

The charm of personality increased during the main period of Venus and the native could be seen often in the company of highly placed ruling politicians of the country in the capacity of a journalist.