Last Updated on May 4, 2024 by Tejaswini

There was a question on the favourable and unfavourable transit positions of planets, thus this post.

First, this table derived from the standard books which you can easily commit to memory.

How to use this table.

First – the transit results of the planets are counted from the birth Moon position.

I have condensed the results to just one word – neutral, good, bad, worse and worst so that you can learn it by heart, but these categories have to be expanded depending on the nature of the planet, his position in the chart, the houses he controls etc.

Eg suppose your birth Sun is in the Libra sign and in the 4^th house from the ascendant, so he indicates your mother, residence, homeland, property, vehicles etc, 4^th house keywords. He is debilitated, the birth is at midnight etc. Suppose that your birth Moon sign is Taurus. Now you want to find out what will be his results when he transits the 5th house from the birth Moon, this will be for 1 month when the Sun transits the Virgo sign.

• From the table above, Sun gives worst results when he transits the 5th house from the Birth Moon sign. So if you want to expand his ‘worst’ transit results then you will have to think on these lines – you will have ego fuelled arguments with your mother and maternal figures, there might be minor fires or electrical repairs in your residence, minor accidents while driving the vehicle, you might have arguments with the staff who work on your agricultural lands, or your landlord may overcharge rent etc. These arguments based on the rules/agreements that you may have agreed to earlier.
• Also your subordinates, servants, staff will not follow your directions. Your schedules, eg daily routine, office projects etc will not go as planned. Indigestion and issues of the digestive system, headaches, and pitta upsets. Mental overwork will keep you tensed. This transit would not be good for entering into new legal issues, partnerships, agreements, contracts etc. This would cause you  indigestion, lack of sleep, irritation, unplanned expenses, etc.
• To avoid these issues during this Sun’s transit, the ideal solution would be to reduce self ego and follow the applicable rules. But this would be difficult as Sun in transit would enhance your those exact qualities which would ensure more turbulence. Your perspective will be colored by your ego and thus this Sun’s transit would be the worst.

Another example –

Suppose your birth Jupiter is in the 2nd house from the ascendant and in Libra sign. So he indicates the finances, close family, ability to speak, the food you get to eat, your share in the family resources, your capacity to save/invest your assets etc. Jupiter is quite comfortable in Libra so gives good results. Suppose your birth Moon sign is Pisces. Now you want to find out what results are expected when Jupiter transits the 2nd house from the birth Moon sign, ie this will happen for 1yr when Jupiter transits in Aries.

• From the table above he gives favourable results when transiting in the 2nd house from the birth Moon. So how do your expand this ‘favourable results’?
• So you will be on good terms with all your close family members. Your spouse/ children /elders will go out of their way to support you. This would be a good time for division of the ancestral properties as you will get your due share with the minimum fuss. You might get a new job or promotion which significantly increases your income. Expenses will go down and savings will be more. People who owe you money will repay your debts. Any investments made in this time will give large profits. Projects which are jointly owned by you and your spouse will give more returns. Health will improve, any lingering illnesses will be resolved. Diet will improve. Vacations, pilgrimages, large pujas etc in which the family also participates will happen. All this will put you in a pleasant and helpful frame of mind.
• You will take new initiatives, new strategies to move forward in life. The mind and body both will want to win. Intelligence will support and the timely luck from your past positive actions will give you success.
• To enhance these positives you should do activities which Jupiter likes doing, pujas, pilgrimages, eating prasad style satvik food, reciting mantras, bhajans etc.

You can add more results depending on your level of study.

The answer you give depends on the question the client asks. For a proper prediction, the client has to express a question. When an astrologer sees the chart he sees everything from the client’s birth to his death. But the client has to ask something, (either vocally or even in his mind), so that the energy of the question can be used to give a specific answer. Questions like ‘tell me something about my chart?’ cannot be answered satisfactorily.

• If you get a general question, ‘how is this next 1yr for me?’ type, then you will answer in general terms, using mainly the power of the birth chart power plus the dasha results and touching on the transits of the slow planets, Saturn, Rahu Ketu and Jupiter.
• If you get a specific question, eg about health or business or marriage etc, in a particular time frame, then you will add the specific house result and the fine tuning using the faster planets.

While analysing a chart we give the following weightage –

• 50% for the power of the birth position – this is a lifetime background energy
• 30% for the power of the operative Dasha period – the ‘coarse’ tuning
• 20% for the power of the transiting planets – the ‘fine’ tuning.

So if you have a strong birth chart, it is assured that you will not suffer through severe turbulence. Whatever situations occur in life you will be able to handle them and minimise the negativity. Strong birth chart means,

• First, the strong beneficial signs/ planets – ie a strong ascendant sign/lord, a strong birth Moon, strongly placed yogkarak (if applicable), strong Kendra and Kona signs/ lords etc help keep the life on an even keel.
• Then the traditional cruel planets, Saturn, Rahu, Ketu and Mars are considered to be problematic but they are not always so. If they are the ascendant lord or yogkarak for your chart then they will give auspicious results. So analyse the chart carefully.
• Analyse the chart specific malefics, dusham sthan owners, trishadaya house owners. These malefic graha cause turbulence.

I have written on how to quickly analyse the Dasha periods in my post here and post here.

Finally the power of the transits to pinpoint the timing of the predicted event.

• When analysing the transiting planet, you have to first gauge his power in the birth chart. If he is exalted, in his own house, in his own mooltrikon, in the sign of a friend, or has good ishta phal, as a good ashtakvarga score etc then even if the transit is the bad/ worse category, he will not give too many problems. And vice versa.
• Then you should also analyse the position in transit. There are several factors which modulate the power of the transit results. eg Vedh.
• But for a beginner student, the above table is a good point to start the analysis.

So this is how you predict the results of planetary transits. As students of Jyotish you are required to learn the keywords of, the planets, the signs and the houses. Once you are confident about this much then open your sample charts. Do observe these people from your family/ friends and the effects of the transits on them. Study Jyotish systematically to make accurate and correct timed predictions. Practice will bring more accuracy to your readings.