Astrology

Vedic Disciplines		Ayurved	Yoga	Vastu Shastra
Abbreviation	Planet Sanskrit Name	Planet Name in English	Represents	Corressponding Yantra
Sy	Surya	Sun	Soul	Surya Yantra
Ch	Chandra	Moon	Mind	Chandra Yantra
Ma	Mangal or Angarak	Mars	Energetic action, confidence and ego.	Mangal Yantra
Bu	Buddh	Mercury	Communication	Budh Yantra
Gu	Guru or Birahaspathi	Jupiter	The great teacher.	Brihaspati Yantra
Sk	Shukra	Venus	Wealth, pleasure and reproduction	Sukra Yantra
Sa	Shanaishcharya, Shani	Saturn	Learning the hard way and judgement of one's previous life.	Shani Yantra
Ra	Rahu	Ascending/North Lunar Node	Often described as a demon who does his best to plunge any area of one's life he controls into chaos.	Rahu Yantra
Ke	Ketu	Descending/South Lunar Node	Supernatural influences.	Ketu Yantra
*The Navgrah Yantra represents all nine planets.

There are two planets in this form of astrology, that do not exist in the Western system. These are, Rahu (the dragon's head) and Ketu (the dragon's tail). Both of these are shadow planets and are generally considered to be malefic. The are also two planetary groupings in Vedic Astrology. The planets in these two groups are considered to be friendly towards one another, but are opposed to (enemies of) the planets of the opposite group. These two groups are given below, the planets in these two groups also share common characteristics. Those in Group - 1 are masculine, while those in Group - 2 are feminine.