Graha Karakatva
Saturn
Karakatva Roles
Substantive Significances
People & Relationships
Elderly People, Manual Laborers & Workers, Servants & Subordinates, Ascetics & Hermits, Miners & Factory Workers, Crippled / Chronically Ill Persons, Judges of Karma
Body & Health
Nervous System & Vata Dosha, Legs, Knees & Feet, Teeth & Bones, Joints & Cartilage, Nails & Body Hair, Chronic Ailments & Paralysis, Degenerative Conditions
Objects & Substances
Blue Sapphire (Neelam), Iron & Heavy Steel, Coal, Crude Oil & Petroleum, Black Sesame & Mustard Oil, Old / Antique Goods, Leather & Heavy Wool, Lead & Scrap Metals
Places & Regions
Mines & Underground Vaults, Old Dilapidated Structures, Crematoriums & Cemeteries, Prisons & Detention Centers, Heavy Industrial Factories, Remote Desolate Mountains, Slums & Labor Colonies
Professions & Sectors
Mining & Petroleum Extraction, Heavy Industry & Metallurgy, Civil Construction & Labor Management, Sanitation & Waste Management, Antiquities & Archaeology, Monastic Life & Hermitage, Disciplinary & Correctional Services
Nature & Phenomena
Biting Cold, Darkness & Gloom, Storms & Barren Landscapes, Slow Erosion & Time (Kala), Winter Decay
When Planet is Strong
Grants profound longevity, deep patience, organizational mastery, mass leadership among common people, steadfast discipline, and detached spiritual equanimity. Builds immense and lasting wealth through perseverance.
When Planet is Afflicted
May inflict severe delays, chronic arthritis or paralysis, poverty, prolonged sadness, legal confinement, harsh labor without reward, and social ostracism. Risk of deep melancholy, cynical bitterness, or lethargy.
Texture / Manner
Slow, methodical, disciplined, austere, persevering, grave, detached, realistic, humble and enduring.