Planet friends and enemies as per vedic astrology

As per Indian Vedic astrology, we consider total 9 planets existing. These nine planets are sun, moon, mars, mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, and Rahu & Ketu. These 9 planets are used by astrologers to understand the birth chart of a person. The planets have different relationship with each other. They are either friendly, have enmity, or equal status / Neutral relationship with other planets. Here we are describing the relationship between planets those are as described by the ancient books in India. There are certain variations in the relationship chart of planets among different schools of understanding. We are discussing the most widely used planet relationship chart being used across Indian Vedic astrology and astrologers.
Planet Friendship Chart | Planets Friends and Enemies
Planets | Friendly Planets | Enemy Planets | Neutral Planets |
Sun | Moon, Mars, Jupiter | Venus, Saturn, Rahu | Mercury, Ketu |
Moon | Sun, Mercury | - | Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rahu, Ketu |
Mars | Sun, Moon, Jupiter | Mercury | Venus, Saturn, Rahu, Ketu |
Mercury | Sun, Venus | Moon, Ketu | Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Rahu |
Jupiter | Sun, Moon, Mars | Mercury, Venus, Rahu | Saturn, Ketu |
Venus | Mercury, Saturn, Rahu | Sun, Moon | Mars, Jupiter, Ketu |
Saturn | Mercury, Venus, Rahu | Sun, Moon, Mars, Rahu | Mercury, Jupiter |
Rahu | Venus, Saturn | Sun, Moon, Mars | Mercury, Jupiter, Ketu |
Ketu | Sun, Mars | Venus, Saturn | Mercury, Jupiter, Moon, Rahu |
Here above we discussed the natural friends of planets, natural enemy relationship between planets and natural equality / neutral relationship between planets from astrology consideration. But as per the zodiac cycle in birth chart, the position of planets in different houses brings another three types of relationships namely immediate friendship with other planets, immediate enmity with other planets or immediate neutral relationship / equality with other planets. We will discuss these aspects in another topic on immediate relationship between planets as per the kundali / birth chart.
Rudraksha is worn for easing the bad positioned planets. Please refer Rudraksha for planets to read more on rudraksha recommended for different planets.