Jyotiṣa Astrology Body Map
Jyotiṣa Astrology Body Map is a Hindu / Jyotish — graha body rulerships body system as transmitted through the lineage Jyotiṣa assigns natural significations to the seven visible grahas and the two lunar nodes. Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra is the canonical anchor for this entry; the nine body loci are a cautious editorial synthesis of classical significations, not a claim that one chapter supplies a single universal somatic chart.. This page lists every point in the system with sourced placements and links to cross-tradition correspondences curated for The Body Spiritual.
Open in interactive explorerPrimary sources
- Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra (trans. R. Santhanam, Ranjan Publications (1984)) — Ch. 3, natural significations (naisargika kārakatva) for the grahas; chapter and terminology follow the Santhanam edition.
- Hart de Fouw and Robert Svoboda, Light on Life (Lotus Press (1996)) — Modern scholarly-practitioner synthesis of Jyotiṣa graha significations and medical astrology, used here to clarify variant lists without treating them as anatomy.
Known lineage variants
- Graha body lists vary among Parāśarian, medical-astrology, and regional tables; this map uses broad significations and marks each point with a large uncertainty radius.
- This Vedic graha map must not be merged with Hellenistic melothesia or modern Western planetary body rulerships; the nine-graha set, nodes, and interpretive frame are distinct.
Related systems
No other systems share this tradition label.
Points
- Sūrya — Sun — eyes, vitality, and sovereign centre
- Candra — Moon — face, fluids, and receptive mind
- Maṅgala — Mars — blood, heat, and force
- Budha — Mercury — skin, nerves, and articulation
- Guru — Jupiter — liver, nourishment, and expansion
- Śukra — Venus — kidneys, fertility, and generative fluids
- Śani — Saturn — bones, joints, and constraint
- Rāhu — ascending node — disruption, appetite, and worldly fixation
- Ketu — descending node — release, severance, and inward turning
Frequently asked
What is Sūrya — Sun?
Classical Jyotiṣa assigns Sūrya general significations that include vitality and the visual faculty. The eye/head placement is a compact body-map convention, with the anatomical-right eye placed at x below 0.5; it is not a clinical diagnosis.
What is Candra — Moon?
Candra is treated in Jyotiṣa as a significator of receptive, fluid, and mental functions. We project that cluster to the face region, while recognising that regional body lists vary by school and text.
What is Maṅgala — Mars?
Maṅgala is associated with heat, force, and sharp or martial qualities in classical graha significations. The upper-torso point is an editorial focus for those qualities and does not claim a one-to-one anatomical organ rulership.
What is Budha — Mercury?
Budha signifies discrimination, communication, and adaptive or connective functions in Jyotiṣa. Its throat/upper-torso locus is a visual synthesis for speech and sensory exchange, not a fixed canonical coordinate.
What is Guru — Jupiter?
Guru is commonly treated as a significator of growth, nourishment, and the liver in Jyotiṣa medical correspondences. The liver-side projection respects the front-view convention that anatomical right is x below 0.5, while the radius records interpretive uncertainty.
What is Śukra — Venus?
Śukra is associated with reproductive capacity, pleasure, and generative fluids in classical Indian astrology. We use a lower-abdominal point as a compact projection; different medical-astrology tables distribute Venus across the kidneys and reproductive organs.
What is Śani — Saturn?
Śani signifies age, dryness, limitation, and hard structures in many Jyotiṣa correspondence tables. The knee/bone-region placement is therefore a broad symbolic locus, not a statement about disease or physical causation.
What is Rāhu — ascending node?
Rāhu is a shadow graha whose significations concern disruption, appetite, and amplification rather than a luminous planet. Its footward point is an editorial descent marker used to distinguish the node from the visible grahas.
What is Ketu — descending node?
Ketu is the complementary shadow graha associated with severance, release, and inward or spiritualising movement. We place it near the navel as a central turning point; this is a comparative graphic choice and not a universally standard body assignment.