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Saturn / Shani in Vedic Astrology

a natural malefic in BPHS and a tamasic planet. BPHS describes Saturn as long and emaciated, tawny-eyed, windy in temperament, big-toothed, indolent, lame and coarse-haired. Core field: time, endurance, labour, sorrow, limitation, longevity, maintenance, loss, structure, consequence and the capacity to persist through difficulty. BPHS assigns Saturn as the principal significator for the 8th and 12th houses in its general scheme, connecting it naturally with longevity, endurance, loss and withdrawal.

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Saturn’s house placement must be judged together with dignity, dispositor, functional lordship, aspects, conjunctions, avasthas, divisional strength and dasha timing. The placement can show endurance and structure as well as limitation; the complete chart decides which side dominates.