Eight Directions  and Six Seasons Planetary and Sign Rulerships   Eight Directions "The Sun, Venus, Mars, Rahu, Saturn, the Moon, Mercury and Jupiter  are respectively the lords of  the quarters East, South-east, South, Southwest, West, Northwest, North and North-east respectively.  Six Seasons The lords of the six seasons reckoning from Vasantha are  Venus, Mars, the Moon Mercury, Jupiter, and Saturn  according to the Drekkanas or the third portions of a sign presided over by them." ~~ Jataka Parijata, Ch. 2 Nature of the Planets and Their Properties, Shloka 23 Planetary Rulers of India " Mars' territory  extends from Lanka to the river Krishna.  Venus' away  prevails from the last mentioned boundary up to the river Gautamika.  Jupiter rules  from hence up to Vindhya.  From Vindhya to the Ganges  lies the region of Mercury.  Saturn has his sway over  the country from the Ganges up to the Himalayas." ~~ Jataka Parijata, Ch. 2 Nature of the Planets and Their Properties, Shloka 25 Jyotisha Planet Rulers of the Eight Directions Surya [Sun] East (prachina) Chandra [Moon] Northwest Mangala [Mars] South (dakshina) Budha [Mercury] North (uttara) Guru [Jupiter] Northeast ("aparajita") Shukra [Venus] Southeast Shani [Saturn] West (pratichina) Rahu [North lunar node] Southwest Ketu  [South lunar node] (None) Jyotisha Rashi (Sign) Lords of the Four Directions Mesha [Aries] east Vrishabha [Taurus] south Mithuna [Gemini] west Karka [Cancer] north Simha [Leo] east Kanya [Virgo] south Thula [Libra] west Vrischika [Scorpio] north Dhanus [Sagittarius] east Makara [Capricorn] south Kumbha [Aquarius] west Meena [Pisces] north
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