Mangala appears in 2 systems: the same name is used for more than one thing. Both are shown below.
Jyotisha
Mangala
Mangala is Mars, the graha of courage, land, younger siblings, surgery and the machinery of war and of work. It gives the will to cut and to act, and it is the karaka of the 3rd house and, with Saturn, of the 6th. Its benevolence is a function of what it is aimed at: the same Mars gives a surgeon and an accident.
Exalted at 28 degrees of Capricorn, debilitated at 28 degrees of Cancer; moolatrikona the first 12 degrees of Aries, the rest of Aries being own sign, with Scorpio as its second own sign (BPHS ch. 3). Friends the Sun, Moon and Jupiter; enemy Mercury, and Venus and Saturn are neutral. Jyotish keeps Scorpio with Mars and does not give it to Pluto: the outer planets own no sign in this system and are not among the nine grahas. Mars is also the deity Kartikeya in the navagraha worship, and its day is Tuesday.
Correspondences
- Planet
- Mars
Sacred timing
- Day
- Tuesday
Symbols and forms
- Alternate Names
- KujaAngarakaBhaumaLohitaMars
Nature and meaning
- Kind
- Graha
- Sanskrit
- मंगल
- English
- Mars
- Nature
- ClassKruraQualityMaleficConditionMalefic in every chart; a hot, dry, burning malefic whose harm is sudden rather than slow.Reading
Mangala is krura (harsh) and malefic without qualification, and the classical texts pair it with the Sun and Saturn as the three natural malefics beside the nodes. Its harm is accidental and cutting (fever, surgery, quarrel) rather than the slow erosion Saturn brings. A strong Mars is courage and command; an afflicted one is violence and accident.
- Meaning
Mangala is Mars, the graha of courage, land, younger siblings, surgery and the machinery of war and of work. It gives the will to cut and to act, and it is the karaka of the 3rd house and, with Saturn, of the 6th. Its benevolence is a function of what it is aimed at: the same Mars gives a surgeon and an accident.
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Deities
Correspondences
Offerings
- Offerings
- Red flowersMasoor dalJaggeryRed sandalwoodCopperKumkum
Sacred timing
- Sacred Timing
Symbols and forms
- Alternate Names
- MangalAngaraka
- Gender Expression
- Masculine
- Titles
- The Red OneLord of TuesdayThe Auspicious
- Symbols
- TrishulaMaceRam
Practice
- Invocation Approach
- ToneHot contestedAddressMangalaThe Red OneLord of TuesdayRelationshipThe fire that wins the land and then has to hold itWarningHe is auspicious and he is still a fightResonanceThose facing dispute soldiers those who need energy
- Modern Practice
Mangala is called on in disputes, for strength and for the energy to begin something hard. His day is Tuesday and his offering is red.
Nature and meaning
- Domain
- WarStrengthLandDisputeEnergyFireThe planet mars
- Mythology Summary
Mangala is Mars in the Hindu sky, born in some tellings from Shiva's sweat, the red planet and the lord of Tuesday, war and the owning of land. He is the fire that makes a claim and the effort of holding it.
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☥ Deities 2
- Ketu Related Deities
- Bagalamukhi Related Deities
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☊ Jyotisha 1
- Mangala Dasha Graha
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