Good and Bad Karma of the Planets

Jai Shree Mahakal

A profound and spiritually vital question, dear seeker. In Jyotisha, each Graha (planet) is a karmic agent, not merely a celestial object. They are devatas, each carrying divine purpose and serving as dispensers of karma—both favorable (punya) and difficult (pāpa).

Their effects are not arbitrary but are rooted in our actions, attitudes, and inner orientation toward dharma. Below is a detailed exposition of the good and bad karma associated with each planet, along with actions that enhance or afflict their influence.

1. Surya (Sun) – The Soul, Father, Authority

Good Karma (Improves Sun)

:

• Respect your father, mentors, and spiritual elders.

• Act with integrity, leadership, and dharma.

• Offer service to the state, noble causes, or society.

• Perform Surya Namaskara, and offer water (Arghya) at sunrise.

Bad Karma (Spoils Sun)

:

• Egoism, arrogance, false pride.

• Disrespecting authority, government, or father.

• Abusing power, dishonesty in leadership.

• Rejecting one’s dharma or abandoning responsibility.

2. Chandra (Moon) – Mind, Mother, Emotions

Good Karma (Improves Moon)

:

• Serve and honor your mother or maternal figures.

• Be compassionate, nurturing, emotionally stable.

• Support the sick, elderly, or mentally distressed.

• Offer milk, rice, or white food to the needy on Mondays.

Bad Karma (Spoils Moon)

:

• Neglecting or insulting the mother.

• Emotional manipulation, instability, moodiness.

• Harming or exploiting the weak or vulnerable.

• Addictions, emotional co-dependency, and mental cruelty.

3. Mangal (Mars) – Energy, Discipline, Siblings

Good Karma (Improves Mars)

:

• Channel energy into service, protection, and self-discipline.

• Help your siblings, especially younger brothers.

• Practice celibacy, restraint, and courage in crisis.

• Donate red lentils, tools, or ghee; support firefighters, soldiers.

Bad Karma (Spoils Mars)

:

• Anger, violence, abuse, cruelty.

• Hurting siblings, especially over inheritance.

• Using physical strength for revenge or domination.

• Recklessness, bloodshed, and sexual misconduct.

4. Budha (Mercury) – Intellect, Communication, Friends

Good Karma (Improves Mercury)

:

• Speak with truth, clarity, and kindness.

• Honor and serve teachers, authors, and accountants.

• Engage in study, writing, or teaching.

• Support education of underprivileged children.

Bad Karma (Spoils Mercury)

:

• Lying, gossip, cunningness, manipulation.

• Intellectual arrogance, misuse of wit.

• Mocking teachers, scripture, or sacred knowledge.

• Abusing one’s talents for deception.

5. Guru (Jupiter) – Wisdom, Wealth, Dharma

Good Karma (Improves Jupiter)

:

• Live by truth, ethics, and generosity.

• Respect and serve gurus, priests, and teachers.

• Perform daana (charity) of gold, yellow foods, books.

• Study and apply scriptural knowledge (śāstra).

Bad Karma (Spoils Jupiter)

:

• Disrespecting one’s guru, twisting sacred knowledge.

• Greed, misuse of wealth or position.

• Hypocrisy in religion, self-righteousness.

• Engaging in false teachings or blind dogma.

6. Shukra (Venus) – Love, Beauty, Spouse, Luxury

Good Karma (Improves Venus)

:

• Show kindness to spouse, women, artists, and counselors.

• Appreciate beauty with reverence, not indulgence.

• Support arts, music, marriage, or fertility causes.

• Donate white clothes, sweets, or support young brides.

Bad Karma (Spoils Venus)

:

• Adultery, lust, exploitation of beauty or sexuality.

• Mistreating spouse, especially women.

• Over-indulgence in luxury, vanity, or sensual pleasures.

• Using beauty or charm to manipulate or corrupt.

7. Shani (Saturn) – Karma, Discipline, Workers, Suffering

Good Karma (Improves Saturn)

:

• Practice patience, humility, and hard work.

• Serve poor, elderly, disabled, or laborers.

• Embrace silence, austerity, and perseverance.

• Donate iron, black sesame, shoes, mustard oil.

Bad Karma (Spoils Saturn)

:

• Neglecting duties, laziness, arrogance toward poor.

• Exploiting workers, dishonoring commitments.

• Mocking suffering or elderly.

• Running away from one’s karmic responsibilities.

8. Rahu – Obsession, Illusion, Foreign Influences

Good Karma (Improves Rahu)

:

• Channel desire toward innovation, technology, or research.

• Be inclusive—help foreigners, outcasts, or addicts.

• Tame obsessions through discipline, mantra, and detachment.

• Offer smoke-free incense, electronics, or black gram.

Bad Karma (Spoils Rahu)

:

• Deception, black magic, addictions.

• Associating with criminals, spreading lies or conspiracies.

• Using unethical means to rise in life.

• Rebellion against righteous tradition.

9. Ketu – Moksha, Renunciation, Past Life Karmas

Good Karma (Improves Ketu)

:

• Embrace spiritual practice, detachment, introspection.

• Perform ancestral rituals (Shraddha, Tarpana).

• Practice non-attachment, study of Vedanta or mysticism.

• Donate dogs, blankets, or mustard seeds.

Bad Karma (Spoils Ketu)

:

• Rejecting spiritual life after initiation.

• Disrespecting ancestral lineage.

• Obsession with pseudo-spirituality or occult shortcuts.

• Neglecting inner voice, guilt, or shame without resolution.

How to Use This Knowledge?

1. Evaluate your planetary weaknesses or afflictions in the birth chart.

2. Identify the corresponding karmic actions from above.

3. Intentionally live the higher virtue of that planet, and avoid its lower impulses.

4. Support planetary strength through Seva (service), Daana (charity), and Sādhanā (discipline).

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