Marana Karaka Sthana — Where Planets Lose Power
Each planet has one house where it is most uncomfortable — so weak it is called "death-causing." Sun in 12H (king in renunciation), Mars in 7H (warrior in relationships), Jupiter in 3H (priest with weapons). During that planet's dasha, the houses it owns and the house itself suffer.
"Rahu as Atmakaraka can produce a person who can be either a saint among saints or the biggest of criminals. The same energy — the obsession, the extremism — goes either way depending on how it is channeled."
— P.V.R. Narasimha Rao
Marana Karaka Sthana — Each Planet's Worst House
Each planet has one house where it is most destructive. When a planet is in its Marana Karaka Sthana, the house significations it owns are weakened or destroyed, and the planet's energy turns negative.
| Planet | Marana Karaka Sthana | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Moon | 8th house | Moon in 8H destroys 7H significations; if 7L Moon is in 8H = maraka + bad marriage |
| Sun | 12th house | |
| Mars | 7th house | |
| Mercury | 7th house | |
| Jupiter | 3rd house | 3H is the most inauspicious for Jupiter |
| Venus | 6th house | |
| Saturn | 1st house (Lagna) | Saturn in Lagna is destructive for the native |
| Rahu | 9th house | Dharma house "kills" Rahu — he is unhappy there |
Rule: If a planet is in its Marana Karaka Sthana, the houses it owns are destroyed (their significations suffer).
Bad Planetary Relationships
Dviradvadasa (2-12 Relationship)
- One planet is in the 2nd from another, while that other is in the 12th from the first
- Called "Dviradvadasa" (Dvir = two, Dvadasa = twelve)
- Result: Incompatibility, bad relationship, things don't work well together
Shadastaka (6-8 Relationship)
- One planet is in the 6th from another, while the other is in the 8th from the first
- Result: Very bad relationship — adversarial, karmic friction
When checking relationships between parent and child (or spouses from a divisional chart), if their indicator planets are in 2-12 or 6-8 from each other → they don't get along well.
If they are in mutual quadrants (1-7 or 4-10) → very good, harmonious relationship.