You can know from your chart if Saturn is your friend or enemy

Saturn is also known as a lame planet because of its very slow motion. There is a
story behind this in mythology. At the time of the birth of Indrajeet (Son of Ravana),
Ravana ordered all the planets to be in Ekadasa Bhava (11th house). This will help
fulfill all the desires of the native. Saturn in 11th house also gives beneficial result for
the native; on the contrary has equally bad results in the 12th house. Sani is the
Moksha karaka; if this moksha karak is in the 12th house - then what else can be
worse than that? When saturn got indication from the Devatas, he extended one of
his legs into the 12th bhava during the birth of Indrajeet. This infuriated Ravana and
he chopped-off one of the legs of Sani and made him lame. Saturn is not friendly
with Sun and Moon. His behaviour is just against to that of Sun and Moon. It is for
the same reason that Saturn’s own house Capricorn and Aquarius characteristics is
quite opposing to that of Cancer and Leo (which are the houses of Moon and Sun
respectively). Moon wants to execute any activity as quickly as possible, but if there
is any relationship between Moon and Saturn, first and foremost the work will not
be completed early, on the contrary it would require multiple trials to get success.
Sun is known to be the Karaka for functioning of heart. If Sun and Saturn happens to
have some relationship in the horoscope, then the arteries carrying the blood
become narrow, leading to heart disease. One can observe such bad characters of
Saturn; but there is no dearth of good characteristics of Saturn. Saturn is known to
be responsible for democracy. Saturn is known to be a Symbol of faith in Politics. If
Saturn is not in a good position in the horoscope of a politician, then the public
should never believe the words of such a politician. Saturn is a dry, empty, follow the
rules strictly, loves to be lonely, keeps secrets to himself. As he loves to stay lonely,
he is considered to be auspicious planet for puja and sadhana. He keeps the mind
cool and if at the time of puja the mind is peaceful then mind can also do the
sadhana easily and Siddhi is possible easily. Fifth bhava is considered to be the bhava
for puja related (prayers). If the 5th house Sublord of the native happens to be Moon,
then that person’s mind will never allow him to perform prayers peacefully. During
prayers, his mind will think of some other activity, and will be concerned with all
unwanted things at that very time. But if Saturn happens to be Sublord of the 5th
house, then the native’s mind will be very peaceful at the time of performing prayers.
Mercury and Venus are the friendly planets for Saturn. Saturn is always a benefic for
the Taurus and Libra Ascendant natives. But this is not the same and applicable for
the Gemini and Virgo Ascendant natives. According to “Uttara Kalamruta”, if Saturn
is placed in his own houses or in the house of Jupiter, or is in a exalted position, then
he becomes a benefic to the native. But there is an important rule that if Saturn
becomes a benefic by the virtue of his position, then he should not be in own house,
exalted or in vargottama. If it happens so, then during Saturn’s period even a King
becomes a pauper. If Saturn is malefic for the native, then - it is likely that his/her
work may get delayed, there is dissatisfaction, there may be a fight, lack of peace,
may have to face insult. If Saturn is a benefic for the native - he will do work related
to peace, think of saving money, hard work, achieve success in life and the build
capacity to keep the secrets to oneself. Saturn is known to be the Ayush karaka
(longevity), and if Saturn happens to be placed in the Ayush sthana i.e the 8th house,

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then the native will have a long life. Jupiter is known to be responsible for Expansion,
whereas Saturn is responsible for Contraction. Jupiter is helpful for expansion of
family, whereas Saturn for Reduction in family through family planning. There is
another major difference between Jupiter and Saturn. Where Jupiter works as a
Purohit and propitiates Dharma, Saturn is quiet and performs Sadhana. He prefers
Fasting to Full Meal. Color of Saturn is like Brinjal color. The Gem is ‘Neelam’. In
numerology - number Eight. Due to the effect of Saturn, Number Eight is considered
to the number of ‘Hidden Secrets’. Matters related to Saturn - History, Geology,
Medical systems of Olden days,etc. Only Saturn and Mars have relationship with the
earth. Mars for the upper part of the earth, whereas Saturn for the Underground. If
Saturn is not in a good position, then it may result in multiple types of ill-health to
the native. Saturn stops the excretion to come out of the body, which should be
thrown out. Pyorrhea disease, blood pressure in the body. All this happen when
Saturn afflicts the Moon in Native’s horoscope. If Mars is also involved in the process,
then there is possibility of Chicken Pox and also of Puss formation in the body. If
Saturn afflicts Mars, then there is possibility of bending of the spinal cord, injury due
to accident, Stones in the Gallbladder and possibility of other diseases. Similarly if
Saturn contaminates Sun and Jupiter, increase of Cholesterol in body, resulting in
restricted blood flow to heart and developing heart disease. In this way, it results in
different types of diseases when Saturn afflicts other planets. The diseases caused by
Saturn are long lasting.