THE SHADBALA OR SIX SOURCES OF STRENGTH

Planets like human beings have friendship, enmity and neutral relationship with each other. This is of two types. One is the permanent and the other is temporary. By friendship and enmity we mean that THE RAYS OF ONE PLANET WILL BE INTENSIFIED OR COUNTER ACTED BY THE OTHER.

Planet	Friends	Neutral	Enemies
Sun	Moon, Mars., Jupiter	Mercury	Venus & Saturn
Moon	Sun, Mercury	Mars, Jup, Venus, Sat	None
Mars	Sun, Moon, Jupiter	Venus , Saturn	Mercury
Mercury	Sun, Venus	Mars, Jupiter, Saturn	Moon
Jupiter	Sun, Moon, Mars	Saturn	Mercury, Venus
Venus	Mercury, Saturn	Mars, Jupiter	Sun, Moon
Saturn	Mercury, Venus	Jupiter	Sun, Moon , Mars

Planets become Friends or Neutral depending on their sign positions. Planets in 10,11,12, 2, 3, 4 positions from any other become its temporary friends. Those in the remaining sign become temporary enemies. Both these types are taken into consideration while judging a Indian horoscope. Thus the relation changes into what is called as final for that horoscope.

Permanent friend	+	Temporary friend	=	Best friend
Permanent friend	+	Temporary enemy	=	Neutral
Permanent enemy	+	Temporary enemy	=	Bitter enemy
Permanent enemy	+	Temporary friend	=	Neutral
Permanent Neural	=	Temporary friend	=	Friend
Permanent neutral	+	Temporary enemy	=	Enemy

Thus the 12 signs of the zodiac become for each planet either, Own house, Friends house, Neutral house, Enemy house or Bitter enemy house. Besides the planets have points of Exaltation and Debilitation where it gets full strength or none. These points fall exactly 180 degrees to each other

Tabulated these would be:

Planet	Degree of exaltation	Degree of debilitation
Sun	Aries 10 Degree	Libra10 Degree
Moon	Taurus 3 Degree	Scorpio3 degree
Mars	Capricorn 28 degrees	Cancer 28 degrees
Mercury	Virgo15 degrees	Pisces15 degrees
Jupiter	Cancer5 degrees	Capricorn5 degree
Venus	Pises27 degree	Virgo27 degree
Saturn	Libra 20 degree	Aries 20 degrees

The above tables combined together what is known as planetary "avasthas" or mode and shad bala chart or six-fold strength.

A planet can be in :

DEEPTA OR EXALTATION: - can give gains, respect, wealth, fame, and good progeny.
SWASTHA OR OWN HOUSE: - fame, wealth, position, land, happiness.
MUDITA /FRIENDS HOUSE: happiness
SANTHA/AUSPICIOUS SUB DIVISION: - strength and courage helping relatives, comforts
SAKTA/RETROGRESSION:- courage, Reputation, wealth and progeny
PEEDYA/RESIDENCE IN THE LAS PART OF A SIGN: - Prosecution, incarceration, pilfering habits, and expulsion from country
DEENA/RESIDING IN INIMICAL SIGN: - Jealousy, mental worry, brains trouble, sickness and degradation.
VIKALA/COMBUSTION: - diseases, orphanage, loss of spouse, and disgrace.
KHALA/DEBILITATION: - losses, mean birth, trouble from various sources, quarrels with parents and relations, imprisonment, hating god and sacred literature.
BHEETA/ ACCELERATED MOTION: - losses from various sources, torture, foes, mean habits, and danger in foreign countries

THE 'SHADBALA' OR SIX SOURCES OF STRENGTH

Each planet depending on its position gets certain strength in a horoscope. This is measured numerically in units called Rupas. These are:
· Sthana bala or positional strength.
· Digbala or the directional strength.
· Chesta bala or motional Strength
· Kala bala or temporal strength. Moon, Mars and Saturn are powerful in the night, Sun, Jupiter and Venus are powerful in day, and Mercury is powerful both in day and night.
· Drug Bala or Aspect strength
· Naisargika bala or Permanent natural strength. The order of strength is Sun, Moon, Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Mars and Saturn in descending order.