Astrology

Sr. No.	Short name	Sanskrit	English	Tamil	Symbol	Malayalam
1	Sun	Surya	Sun	Suriyan		Suriyan
2	Moo	Chandra	Moon	Chandran		Chandran
3	Mar	Mangal	Mars	Chevvai		Kujan
4	Mer	Budh	Mercury	Budhan		Budhan
5	Jup	Guru	Jupiter	Guru		Guru
6	Ven	Shukra	Venus	Shukran		Shukran
7	Sat	Shani	Saturn	Shani		Mandhan [slow]
8	Rah	Rahu	Ascending Node of Moon's Orbit	Rahu		Rahu
9	Ket	Ketu	Descending Node of Moon's Orbit	Ketu		Ketu

Thousands of years ago ... Indian epics have horoscope details including Rahu and Ketu in them. These two are considered planets in Astrology. Actually they are the points where the moon's orbit intersects Earth's orbit around the Sun.

The moon's orbit is inclined slightly (by about 5 degrees) to the orbit of Earth's orbit around the sun. Hence the moon's orbit will intersect the plane of Earth's orbit at two points. These points are called Rahu and Ketu. This 3-D geometry was understood by ancient astronomers & astrologers as shown by the inclusion of Rahu and Ketu in the Ramayana (one of the 2 great epics of very ancient India).

The following 5 minor-planets [upa grahas] in Indian astrology are special angles formed by the Sun :

Sr. No.	Formula	Sanskrit	Formula
10	Sun+133.333 degrees	Dhooma	Sun+133.333 degrees
11	Sun+186.666 degrees	Vyatipatha	Dhooma+53.333 degrees
12	Sun+6.6666 degrees	Parivesha	Vyatipatha+180 degrees
13	Sun-46.666 degrees	Indra Dhanus/Indra Chapa	Parivesha-53.333 degrees
14	Sun-30.000 degrees	Upa Ketu [Sikhi]	Indra Dhanus+16.666 degrees

The other planets, comets and asteroids in the solar system are not considered in Indian Astrology. But names have been given to some of them as follows by some modern astronomers:

Sr. No.	English	Short name	Sanskrit	God	Symbol
15	Earth	Ear	Prithvi	Bhoomadevi
16	Uranus	Ura	Indra	King of Gods
17	Neptune	Nep	Varunan	God of Water
18	Pluto	Plu	Rudra	Shiva

Sr. No.	Planet	Week day	Colour	Gems	Metal	Direction	Plants &Trees
1	Sun	Sunday	Red	Red Ruby	Copper	East	Strong
2	Moo	Monday	White	White Round Pearl	Silver	North-west	Milky
3	Mar	Tuesday	Red	Red Coral	Copper	South	Bitter
4	Mer	Wednesday	Green	Green Emerald	Alloy of 8 metals	North	Fruitless
5	Jup	Thursday	Yellow	Yellow Sapphire	Gold	North-east	Fruitful
6	Ven	Friday	Multi	Diamond	Silver	South-east	Floral
7	Sat	Saturday	Blue	Blue Sapphire	Steel, iron	West	Useless
8	Rah			Gomed		South-west
9	Ket			Cat's Eye

Sr. No.	Planet	Vishnu Avatars	Nature	Governance
1	Sun	Ram	Malefic	Soul
2	Moo	Krishna	Benefic when Waxing Malefic when Waning	Mind
3	Mar	Narasimha	Malefic	Strength
4	Mer	Budhdha	Malefic if with malefic	Speech giver
5	Jup	Vamana	Benefic	Confers knowledge and happiness
6	Ven	Parasu Rama	Benefic	Semen [potency]
7	Sat	Koorma [Tortoise]	Malefic	Grief
8	Rah	Varaha [Pig]	Malefic
9	Ket	Matsya [Fish]	Malefic

Sr. No.	Planet	Cabinet	Gods	Gender	Pancha Bhootas	Sapta Dhatus	Caste	Guna
1	Sun	King	Fire [Agni]	Male		Bones	Kshatriya Royal	Satwik Good
2	Moo	Queen	Water [Varuna]	Female		Blood	Vaishya Business	Satwik Good
3	Mar	Commander-in-Chief	Subrahmanya [Kaarthikeya]	Male	Fire	Marrow		Tamasik Lethargic
4	Mer	Prince Apparent	Maha Vishnu	Neuter	Earth	Skin	Vaishya Business	Rajasik Dynamic
5	Jup	Minister	Indra	Male	Ether	Fat	Brahmin Teacher	Satwik Good
6	Ven	Minister	Sachi Devi [wife of Indra]	Female	Water	Semen	Brahmin Teacher	Rajasik Dynamic
7	Sat	Servant	Brahma	Neuter	Air	Muscles	Sudra Servant	Tamasik Lethargic
8	Rah	Army
9	Ket	Army

Sr. No.	Planet	Eyes	Body	Nature	Humours	Mind	Hair
1	Sun	Honey-coloured	Square	Clean Habits	Bilious	Intelligent	Limited hair
2	Moo		Round	Sweet speech	Windy and Phlegmatic	Learned
3	Mar	Blood red	Thin waist	Liberal	Bilious	Fickle minded
4	Mer		Attractive		All 3	Use words with many meanings	Fond of Jokes
5	Jup	Tawny	Big		Phlegmatic	Intelligent and learned in all topics	Tawny hair
6	Ven	Charming	Charming and Splendorous		Phlegmatic and Windy	Poet	Curly hair
7	Sat	Tawny	Long emaciated limps		Windy	Indolent	Big teeth & Coarse hair
8	Rah		Smoky blue mix		Windy	Intelligent
9	Ket		Smoky blue mix		Windy	Intelligent

Sr. No.	Planet	Abode	Period	Tastes	Robes	Seasons	From	Till
1	Sun	Temple	Ayana [6 months]	Pungent	Coarse	Greeshma	20May	19Jul
2	Moo	Watery place	Muhurtha [48 minutes]	Saline	New	Varsha	20Jul	19Sep
3	Mar	Place of Fire	a Day	Bitter	Burnt	Greeshma	20May	19Jul
4	Mer	Sport ground	Ritu [2 months]	Mixed	Wet	Sarad	20Sep	19Nov
5	Jup	Treasure House	Month	Sweet	Recent	Hemantha	20Nov	19Jan
6	Ven	Bed room	Fortnight	Aciduous	Durable	Vasantha	20Mar	19May
7	Sat	Filthy ground	Year	Astringent	Torn	Sisira	20Jan	19Mar
8	Rah		8 months		Multi-coloured
9	Ket		3 months		Rags

Sr. No.	Planet	Item	Item	Symbol
1	Sun	Moola	Roots,Vegetables
2	Moo	Dhatu	Metals
3	Mar	Dhatu	Metals
4	Mer	Jeeva	Living being
5	Jup	Jeeva	Living being
6	Ven	Moola	Roots,Vegetables
7	Sat	Dhatu	Metals
8	Rah	Dhatu	Metals
9	Ket	Jeeva	Living being

Sr. No.	Planet	Karakan	Karakatvam	Symbol
1	Sun	Pitru	Father, longevity, promotion, power, responsibility
2	Moo	Maatru	Mother, body, mind, brain, intelligence
3	Mar	Brathru	Brother, land, ojas.
4	Mer	Karma	Job, Occupation, Medha, Talking capability, Studies, Learning, Medicine, Worldly knowledge
5	Jup	Putra	Dhanam, Vidya, Sons, Teacher, Health
6	Ven	Kalatra	Wife, marriage, wealth, aishwaryam, enjoyments, vehicles, fine arts
7	Sat		Death method, relatives, learning other skills
8	Rah		Other languages skill, doctor and medicine
9	Ket		Moksham, Sadness, Jewels