Mastering Debilitation

By Ernst Wilhelm
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One of the most common questions I get from students is about the effects of a debilitated
planet, especially cancellation of debilitation and Neechabhanga Raja Yogas. It is an unfortunate
thing but these things are nowhere covered in full - thus this course.

Exaltation & Debilitation Rasis and Degrees

Deep Deep
Planet Exaltation Exaltation Debilitation Debilitation
Sun: Aries 10 ° Aries Libra 10 ° Libra
Moon: Taurus 0-3 ° 3 ° Taurus Scorpio, 0-3 ° 3 ° Scorpio
Mars: Capricorn 28 ° Capricorn Cancer 28 ° Cancer
Mercury: Virgo, 0-15 ° 15 ° Virgo Pisces, 0-15 ° 15 ° Pisces
Jupiter: Cancer 5 ° Cancer Capricorn 5 ° Capricorn
Venus: Pisces 27 ° Pisces Virgo 27 ° Virgo
Saturn: Libra 20 ° Libra Aries 20 ° Aries

Effects of a Debilitated Planet

A debilitated planet has different effects in respect to Bhavas and Grahas and so there is not a
single blanket statement that can be made regarding debilitated Grahas. Furthermore, a planet never
works in isolation, and so it is foolish to explain the effects of a Graha based simply on exaltation or
debilitation. Finally, a Graha may be debilitated in one Varga, but it will certainly have some dignity
in another Varga and thus anything said about a Graha being in debilitation can only be said in the
context of the one varga in which it is debilitated.
Here are the rules for analyzing a debilitated Graha - again, these effects refer only to the Varga
in which the Graha is debilitated:

1. A debilitated Graha hurts those Bhavas it aspects or joins. This is because Grahas in
inauspicious dignities hurt the Bhavas they aspect or join. For more on this please watch my
Judging Grahas course.
2. A debilitated Graha is in Sushupti Avastha, or a sleeping/unconscious condition and so it
has no ability to take care of those things it is a Karaka, for those Bhavas it rules, or for the
Grahas that it rules. While it may not have any such ability, that does not mean that it cannot
be productive. It can still be productive if it is influenced by its natural friends or joined by
Jupiter, or if it is in the Rasi of its natural friend, in which case those planets able to support
the debilitated planet so that it can be productive. On the other hand, natural enemies
influencing, joining Sun or Saturn, or being in a natural enemies rasi destroys the Graha so
much more. These effects are due to Lajjitaadi Avasthas, which are the most important
principles of judging Grahas and so you will want to study my Lajjitaadi Avasthas course.
3. The Dasa of a debilitated Graha is always going to be stressful regardless of any friends
influencing, this is due to the Deeptaadi Avasthas which hold that a Graha in debilitation is
Bhita "alarmed."
Deep Exaltation & Deep Debilitation
Exaltation is known as Uccha "high," debilitation is known as Neecha "low," and these two
extremes are most pronounced at a Grahas Deep Exaltation and Deep Debilitation points. These
points are critical astronomical points, which means that these are critical points to examine in the
Rasi Chart.
A Graha close to its Exaltation point has a high Uccha Bala, which increases the Shad Bala and
increases the Ishta "good" of the Graha. A Graha close to its Debilitation point has a low Uccha
Bala, which reduces the Shad Bala and increases the Kastha "ill" of a planet. And these hold effect
in ALL Vargas.
Shad Bala is important in the context of seeing how much power a Graha has to influence
another Graha, the stronger a Graha the more it can influence, for good or ill, another Graha. This
is a qualitative measurement, not determinative measurement.
Ishta and Kashta is a score arrived at by averaging a Grahas Uccha Bala and its Cheshta Bala.
Chestha Bala is its strength based on its relationship to the Sun with retrograde Grahas having high
Cheshta Bala and combust planets having very low Cheshta bala. Ishta and Kashta are one of the
three things that determine how much a Graha can effect a Bhava that it joins or aspects. The key
word here is HOW MUCH, it does not determine whether a Graha will or will not help a Graha.
Dignity determines that. Ishta and Kashta are qualitative measurements, not determinative
measurements.

Rohini & Avarohini Dasas

A Graha, in the Rasi chart, will always be moving from deep exaltation to deep debilitation or
from deep debilitation to deep exaltation. If it is moving from deep debilitation to deep exaltation it
is considered to be Rohini, growing, and thus its Dasa will gives things that have more room for
growth. If a Graha is moving from deep exaltation to deep debilitation it is Avarohini, not growing,
and thus its Dasa will gives things that are as big as they are going to get right away and which
thereafter decline.

Cancellation of Debilitation
The idea of cancellation of debilitation is that certain circumstance will make a debilitated Graha
average instead of totally troublesome. It will never make a planet great, it just makes it average.

1. The debilitated Graha is retrograde.

This idea applies only to the Rasi chart and only in the context of Ishta and Kashta. A retrograde planet
debilitated in the Rasi will hurt all the Bhavas it influences, just as if it was not retrograde, however, on
account of being retrograde it has a higher Ishta and a lower Kashta and so how much it hurts the Bhavas is
less, but it still only hurts them. It is still a bad planet. This rule should be ignored as a standalone rule. BPHS
does not mention this foolish rule because it naturally and very accurately gets taken into account through the
scientific principles and measurements found therein. So forget this rule, one day you will learn all those
BPHS principles that take this into account and then you will be doing it right.

2. The debilitated Graha is exalted in the Navamsa, or in its own Navamsa.

In this case, the debilitated planet will still hurt things in the Rasi just as usual. If it is debilitated or in bad
dignity in any other Varga it will also hurt things in that Varga jus as usual. So do not treat this planet any
differently in the context of predictions other than the obvious fact that it will help things in the Navamsa.
Why does this principle exist? Because in the general context of how a person feels about his life, how
rewarding it is, how fulfilling, the navamsa is more important than the Rasi, so even though being debilitated
in the Rasi will indicate a difficult path of life during the Dasa of the debilitated planet, the individual will find
meaning and purpose in it and so it will be fulfilling regardless.

3. The debilitated planet is joined with an exalted planet, or with a planet in its own rasi.
In this case, everything the debilitated planet influences is also influenced by a planet in good dignity, so
things average out. Rather than following this rule blindly, it is a better practice to follow the principles of
BPHS for each planet to arrive at the perfectly accurate story about each Graha wellbeing and capacity.
4. The debilitated planet and its lord have exchanged Rasis.
If the debilitated planet and its lord have exchanged Rasis, the debilitated planet will cause trouble to the
house it rules as well as the house it is in, but the other planet will hold things together - if it is in good
dignity. The interchange can cause an auspiscious Maha Yoga if the interchange is between any of the 1st, 2nd,
4th, 5th, 7th, 9th, 10th, or 11th houses. It can cause an auspiscious Vipareet Raja Yoga if the interchange is
between the 6th, 8th and 12th houses, as long as no other house lords join who are not the lords of the 6th, 8th
or 12th. It can cause an up and down Khala Yoga if the interchange is between the 3rd house and any of the
1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 9th, 10th, or 11th. Or, it can cause the difficult Dainya Yoga if the interchange is between the
6th, 8th or 12th, and the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 9th, 10th, or 11th.

5. The lord of the debilitated planet aspects the debilitated planet.

This is a tricky rule. If the lord of the debilitated planet is a natural friend of the debilitated planet it can
help the planet directly and so the planet will be average instead of troublesome. If the lord of the debilitated
planet is not a friend, then since it will also aspect its Bhava (the Bhava the debilitated Graha is in) it will help
its Bhava and thus reduce some of the negative impact of the debilitated Graha to the Bhava.

6. The debilitated planet is on an angle from the Lagna or the Moon.

Debilitated planets are unable to produce their effects. Grahas on angles can produce their effects very
nicely, thus a debilitated planet on an angle has a bit of productive capacity, but to be significantly productive
it will need the help of some of its friends. The 10th is the most productive of the angles.

Neechabhanga Raja Yogas

Neechabhanga Raja Yogas are Yogas that involve a debilitated planet in such a way as to make
another planet become capable of producing success. These do not help the debilitated planet in
anyway, they simply indicate how the pain and difficulty caused by the debilitated planet serves as
motivation to create success through a productive planet. The productive planet is then more
productive because the memory of difficulty serves to make the individual really want to make
something good happen.

1. The planet that rules the rasi in which the debilitated planet is placed is on an angle from the
Lagna or the Moon.

2. The planet that is exalted in the rasi in which the debilitated planet is placed is on an angle from
the Lagna or the Moon.

3. The lord of the rasi in which the debilitated planet is exalted is on an angle from the Lagna or the
Moon.

In all these cases it is the lord of the Rasi in question that gives the success, not the debilitated Graha.
The success producing planet gains strength and motivation from the debilitated planet and uplifts the native.
The dasa of this planet will give the success, while the dasa of the debilitated planet will be troublesome and
you need to analyze it in respect to the normal principles.

4. The lord of the planet's debilitation rasi and the lord of its exaltation rasi are joined or on angles
from each other.

In this case the Dasas of these two lords give the success, espeically their Dasa/Antardasas, while the
dasa of the debilitated planet is troublesome and you need to analyze it in respect to the normal principles.