Planet condition and strength
Vimshopaka bala in Vedic astrology
Vimshopaka bala is a strength score out of 20 for each planet. It looks at how well the planet is placed in a set of divisional charts, not only in the birth chart. A higher score means the planet is well placed in more of them.
Updated
Vimshopaka bala: how the API computes it
POST /v1/strength/vimshopaka scores each planet in four sets of charts (VB-01). The sets have 6, 7, 10 and 16 charts, named shadvarga, saptavarga, dashavarga and shodashavarga. Each chart in a set carries a weight.
In each chart, a planet in its own sign earns the full weight, 20 parts in 20. Otherwise it earns 18, 15, 10, 7 or 5 parts (VB-02). That depends on whether the sign's ruler is its great friend, friend, neutral, enemy or great enemy.
Exaltation is not a separate grade, as in the source text. The friendship is the same five-fold friendship POST /v1/shadbala uses. Rahu and Ketu are not scored, and not_computed says why (VB-03).
The vargas field shows the working chart by chart, so you can check any score. For John Doe, across all 16 charts, Mars scores highest at 16.05 and Saturn lowest at 8.32.
Get it from the API
Divisional-chart strength, ishta and kashta phala, and planet friendships. Here is the call to API for Astrology (apiforastrology.com) for our sample, John Doe, born Aug 15, 1990, 10:30 AM, New York.
POST /v1/strength/vimshopaka
# John Doe, born Aug 15, 1990, 10:30 AM, New York
curl -X POST "https://apiforastrology.com/api/astrology/v1/strength/vimshopaka" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $ASTROLOGY_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"year":1990,"month":8,"day":15,"hour":10,"minute":30,"second":0,"latitude":40.7128,"longitude":-74.006,"timezone":"America/New_York"}'Answer (long lists shortened)200 OK
{
"grahas": {
"Sun": {
"vimshopaka": {
"shadvarga": 14.3,
"saptavarga": 14.9,
"dashavarga": 16.12,
"shodashavarga": 15.62
},
"vargas": {
"D1": {
"sign": "Cancer",
"lord": "Moon",
"grade": "great_friend",
"points": 18
},
"D2": {
"sign": "Leo",
"lord": "Sun",
"grade": "own",
"points": 20
},
"D3": {
"sign": "Pisces",
"lord": "Jupiter",
"grade": "neutral",
"points": 10
},
"D4": {
"sign": "Aries",
"lord": "Mars",
"grade": "great_friend",
"points": 18
},
"D7": {
"sign": "Cancer",
"lord": "Moon",
"grade": "great_friend",
"points": 18
},
"D9": {
"sign": "Pisces",
"lord": "Jupiter",
"grade": "neutral",
"points": 10
},
"D10": {
"sign": "Sagittarius",
"lord": "Jupiter",
"grade": "neutral",
"points": 10
},
"D12": {
"sign": "Gemini",
"lord": "Mercury",
"grade": "friend",
"points": 15
},
"D16": {
"sign": "Cancer",
"lord": "Moon",
"grade": "great_friend",
"points": 18
},
"D20": {
"sign": "Scorpio",
"lord": "Mars",
"grade": "great_friend",
"points": 18
},
"D24": {
"sign": "Gemini",
"lord": "Mercury",
"grade": "friend",
"points": 15
},
"D27": {
"sign": "Aquarius",
"lord": "Saturn",
"grade": "great_enemy",
"points": 5
},
"D30": {
"sign": "Scorpio",
"lord": "Mars",
"grade": "great_friend",
"points": 18
},
"D40": {
"sign": "Sagittarius",
"lord": "Jupiter",
"grade": "neutral",
"points": 10
},
"D45": {
"sign": "Scorpio",
"lord": "Mars",
"grade": "great_friend",
"points": 18
},
"D60": {
"sign": "Aries",
"lord": "Mars",
"grade": "great_friend",
"points": 18
}
},
"phala": {
"uchcha": 23.74,
"cheshta": 95.86,
"ishta": 37.74,
"kashta": 0,
"capped": true,
"mean_rule": {
"ishta": 41.87,
"kashta": 18.13
}
}
},
"Moon": {
"vimshopaka": {
"shadvarga": 13.25,
"saptavarga": 13.57,
"dashavarga": 14.85,
"shodashavarga": 15.33
},
"vargas": {
"D1": {
"sign": "Taurus",
"lord": "Venus",
"grade": "friend",
"points": 15
},
"D2": {
"sign": "Leo",
"lord": "Sun",
"grade": "great_friend",
"points": 18
},
"D3": {
"sign": "Capricorn",
"lord": "Saturn",
"grade": "enemy",
"points": 7
},
"D4": {
"sign": "Aquarius",
"lord": "Saturn",
"grade": "enemy",
"points": 7
},
"D7": {
"sign": "Aries",
"lord": "Mars",
"grade": "friend",
"points": 15
},
"D9": {
"sign": "Leo",
"lord": "Sun",
"grade": "great_friend",
"points": 18
},
"D10": {
"sign": "Virgo",
"lord": "Mercury",
"grade": "great_friend",
"points": 18
},
"D12": {
"sign": "Aquarius",
"lord": "Saturn",
"grade": "enemy",
"points": 7
},
"D16": {
"sign": "Virgo",
"lord": "Mercury",
"grade": "great_friend",
"points": 18
},
"D20": {
"sign": "Aries",
"lord": "Mars",
"grade": "friend",
"points": 15
},
"D24": {
"sign": "Aquarius",
"lord": "Saturn",
"grade": "enemy",
"points": 7
},
"D27": {
"sign": "Taurus",
"lord": "Venus",
"grade": "friend",
"points": 15
},
"D30": {
"sign": "Capricorn",
"lord": "Saturn",
"grade": "enemy",
"points": 7
},
"D40": {
"sign": "Gemini",
"lord": "Mercury",
"grade": "great_friend",
"points": 18
},
"D45": {
"sign": "Leo",
"lord": "Sun",
"grade": "great_friend",
"points": 18
},
"D60": {
"sign": "Gemini",
"lord": "Mercury",
"grade": "great_friend",
"points": 18
}
},
"phala": {
"uchcha": 52.81,
"cheshta": 21.4,
"ishta": 33.62,
"kashta": 16.66,
"capped": false,
"mean_rule": {
"ishta": 37.11,
"kashta": 22.89
}
}
},
"Venus": {
"vimshopaka": {
"shadvarga": 13.4,
"saptavarga": 13.2,
"dashavarga": 13.57,
"shodashavarga": 13.25
},
"vargas": {
"D1": {
"sign": "Cancer",
"lord": "Moon",
"grade": "neutral",
"points": 10
},
"D2": {
"sign": "Cancer",
"lord": "Moon",
"grade": "neutral",
"points": 10
},
"D3": {
"sign": "Cancer",
"lord": "Moon",
"grade": "neutral",
"points": 10
},
"D4": {
"sign": "Libra",
"lord": "Venus",
"grade": "own",
"points": 20
},
"D7": {
"sign": "Aquarius",
"lord": "Saturn",
"grade": "neutral",
"points": 10
},
"D9": {
"sign": "Virgo",
"lord": "Mercury",
"grade": "great_friend",
"points": 18
},
"D10": {
"sign": "Taurus",
"lord": "Venus",
"grade": "own",
"points": 20
},
"D12": {
"sign": "Libra",
"lord": "Venus",
"grade": "own",
"points": 20
},
"D16": {
"sign": "Leo",
"lord": "Sun",
"grade": "great_enemy",
"points": 5
},
"D20": {
"sign": "Virgo",
"lord": "Mercury",
"grade": "great_friend",
"points": 18
},
"D24": {
"sign": "Capricorn",
"lord": "Saturn",
"grade": "neutral",
"points": 10
},
"D27": {
"sign": "Leo",
"lord": "Sun",
"grade": "great_enemy",
"points": 5
},
"D30": {
"sign": "Virgo",
"lord": "Mercury",
"grade": "great_friend",
"points": 18
},
"D40": {
"sign": "Virgo",
"lord": "Mercury",
"grade": "great_friend",
"points": 18
},
"D45": {
"sign": "Aries",
"lord": "Mars",
"grade": "friend",
"points": 15
},
"D60": {
"sign": "Scorpio",
"lord": "Mars",
"grade": "friend",
"points": 15
}
},
"phala": {
"uchcha": 26.22,
"cheshta": 10.46,
"ishta": 16.56,
"kashta": 40.91,
"capped": false,
"mean_rule": {
"ishta": 18.34,
"kashta": 41.66
}
}
},
"Jupiter": {
"vimshopaka": {
"shadvarga": 14.8,
"saptavarga": 13.62,
"dashavarga": 13.38,
"shodashavarga": 13.85
},
"vargas": {
"D1": {
"sign": "Cancer",
"lord": "Moon",
"grade": "great_friend",
"points": 18
},
"D2": {
"sign": "Cancer",
"lord": "Moon",
"grade": "great_friend",
"points": 18
},
"D3": {
"sign": "Cancer",
"lord": "Moon",
"grade": "great_friend",
"points": 18
},
"D4": {
"sign": "Cancer",
"lord": "Moon",
"grade": "great_friend",
"points": 18
},
"D7": {
"sign": "Aquarius",
"lord": "Saturn",
"grade": "enemy",
"points": 7
},
"D9": {
"sign": "Leo",
"lord": "Sun",
"grade": "neutral",
"points": 10
},
"D10": {
"sign": "Aries",
"lord": "Mars",
"grade": "great_friend",
"points": 18
},
"D12": {
"sign": "Virgo",
"lord": "Mercury",
"grade": "neutral",
"points": 10
},
"D16": {
"sign": "Cancer",
"lord": "Moon",
"grade": "great_friend",
"points": 18
},
"D20": {
"sign": "Cancer",
"lord": "Moon",
"grade": "great_friend",
"points": 18
},
"D24": {
"sign": "Scorpio",
"lord": "Mars",
"grade": "great_friend",
"points": 18
},
"D27": {
"sign": "Gemini",
"lord": "Mercury",
"grade": "neutral",
"points": 10
},
"D30": {
"sign": "Virgo",
"lord": "Mercury",
"grade": "neutral",
"points": 10
},
"D40": {
"sign": "Taurus",
"lord": "Venus",
"grade": "great_enemy",
"points": 5
},
"D45": {
"sign": "Sagittarius",
"lord": "Jupiter",
"grade": "own",
"points": 20
},
"D60": {
"sign": "Gemini",
"lord": "Mercury",
"grade": "neutral",
"points": 10
}
},
"phala": {
"uchcha": 59.77,
"cheshta": 8.89,
"ishta": 23.05,
"kashta": 3.43,
"capped": false,
"mean_rule": {
"ishta": 34.33,
"kashta": 25.67
}
}
},
"Mercury": {
"vimshopaka": {
"shadvarga": 12.45,
"saptavarga": 11.9,
"dashavarga": 11.65,
"shodashavarga": 12.28
},
"vargas": {
"D1": {
"sign": "Leo",
"lord": "Sun",
"grade": "great_friend",
"points": 18
},
"D2": {
"sign": "Cancer",
"lord": "Moon",
"grade": "neutral",
"points": 10
},
"D3": {
"sign": "Aries",
"lord": "Mars",
"grade": "enemy",
"points": 7
},
"D4": {
"sign": "Taurus",
"lord": "Venus",
"grade": "great_friend",
"points": 18
},
"D7": {
"sign": "Aquarius",
"lord": "Saturn",
"grade": "enemy",
"points": 7
},
"D9": {
"sign": "Scorpio",
"lord": "Mars",
"grade": "enemy",
"points": 7
},
"D10": {
"sign": "Aries",
"lord": "Mars",
"grade": "enemy",
"points": 7
},
"D12": {
"sign": "Gemini",
"lord": "Mercury",
"grade": "own",
"points": 20
},
"D16": {
"sign": "Virgo",
"lord": "Mercury",
"grade": "own",
"points": 20
},
"D20": {
"sign": "Taurus",
"lord": "Venus",
"grade": "great_friend",
"points": 18
},
"D24": {
"sign": "Aries",
"lord": "Mars",
"grade": "enemy",
"points": 7
},
"D27": {
"sign": "Pisces",
"lord": "Jupiter",
"grade": "friend",
"points": 15
},
"D30": {
"sign": "Libra",
"lord": "Venus",
"grade": "great_friend",
"points": 18
},
"D40": {
"sign": "Aquarius",
"lord": "Saturn",
"grade": "enemy",
"points": 7
},
"D45": {
"sign": "Libra",
"lord": "Venus",
"grade": "great_friend",
"points": 18
},
"D60": {
"sign": "Scorpio",
"lord": "Mars",
"grade": "enemy",
"points": 7
}
},
"phala": {
"uchcha": 53.58,
"cheshta": 40.71,
"ishta": 46.7,
"kashta": 11.13,
"capped": false,
"mean_rule": {
"ishta": 47.14,
"kashta": 12.86
}
}
},
"Mars": {
"vimshopaka": {
"shadvarga": 18.45,
"saptavarga": 17.98,
"dashavarga": 16.55,
"shodashavarga": 16.05
},
"vargas": {
"D1": {
"sign": "Aries",
"lord": "Mars",
"grade": "own",
"points": 20
},
"D2": {
"sign": "Cancer",
"lord": "Moon",
"grade": "great_friend",
"points": 18
},
"D3": {
"sign": "Sagittarius",
"lord": "Jupiter",
"grade": "great_friend",
"points": 18
},
"D4": {
"sign": "Capricorn",
"lord": "Saturn",
"grade": "enemy",
"points": 7
},
"D7": {
"sign": "Libra",
"lord": "Venus",
"grade": "friend",
"points": 15
},
"D9": {
"sign": "Sagittarius",
"lord": "Jupiter",
"grade": "great_friend",
"points": 18
},
"D10": {
"sign": "Capricorn",
"lord": "Saturn",
"grade": "enemy",
"points": 7
},
"D12": {
"sign": "Pisces",
"lord": "Jupiter",
"grade": "great_friend",
"points": 18
},
"D16": {
"sign": "Gemini",
"lord": "Mercury",
"grade": "great_enemy",
"points": 5
},
"D20": {
"sign": "Libra",
"lord": "Venus",
"grade": "friend",
"points": 15
},
"D24": {
"sign": "Gemini",
"lord": "Mercury",
"grade": "great_enemy",
"points": 5
},
"D27": {
"sign": "Aries",
"lord": "Mars",
"grade": "own",
"points": 20
},
"D30": {
"sign": "Libra",
"lord": "Venus",
"grade": "friend",
"points": 15
},
"D40": {
"sign": "Aries",
"lord": "Mars",
"grade": "own",
"points": 20
},
"D45": {
"sign": "Virgo",
"lord": "Mercury",
"grade": "great_enemy",
"points": 5
},
"D60": {
"sign": "Scorpio",
"lord": "Mars",
"grade": "own",
"points": 20
}
},
"phala": {
"uchcha": 30.1,
"cheshta": 39.52,
"ishta": 34.49,
"kashta": 24.75,
"capped": false,
"mean_rule": {
"ishta": 34.81,
"kashta": 25.19
}
}
},
"Saturn": {
"vimshopaka": {
"shadvarga": 6.35,
"saptavarga": 6.88,
"dashavarga": 7.55,
"shodashavarga": 8.32
},
"vargas": {
"D1": {
"sign": "Sagittarius",
"lord": "Jupiter",
"grade": "enemy",
"points": 7
},
"D2": {
"sign": "Cancer",
"lord": "Moon",
"grade": "great_enemy",
"points": 5
},
"D3": {
"sign": "Leo",
"lord": "Sun",
"grade": "great_enemy",
"points": 5
},
"D4": {
"sign": "Virgo",
"lord": "Mercury",
"grade": "neutral",
"points": 10
},
"D7": {
"sign": "Gemini",
"lord": "Mercury",
"grade": "neutral",
"points": 10
},
"D9": {
"sign": "Scorpio",
"lord": "Mars",
"grade": "great_enemy",
"points": 5
},
"D10": {
"sign": "Leo",
"lord": "Sun",
"grade": "great_enemy",
"points": 5
},
"D12": {
"sign": "Libra",
"lord": "Venus",
"grade": "neutral",
"points": 10
},
"D16": {
"sign": "Capricorn",
"lord": "Saturn",
"grade": "own",
"points": 20
},
"D20": {
"sign": "Capricorn",
"lord": "Saturn",
"grade": "own",
"points": 20
},
"D24": {
"sign": "Aries",
"lord": "Mars",
"grade": "great_enemy",
"points": 5
},
"D27": {
"sign": "Pisces",
"lord": "Jupiter",
"grade": "enemy",
"points": 7
},
"D30": {
"sign": "Libra",
"lord": "Venus",
"grade": "neutral",
"points": 10
},
"D40": {
"sign": "Aquarius",
"lord": "Saturn",
"grade": "own",
"points": 20
},
"D45": {
"sign": "Pisces",
"lord": "Jupiter",
"grade": "enemy",
"points": 7
},
"D60": {
"sign": "Aries",
"lord": "Mars",
"grade": "great_enemy",
"points": 5
}
},
"phala": {
"uchcha": 37.96,
"cheshta": 48.7,
"ishta": 43,
"kashta": 15.78,
"capped": false,
"mean_rule": {
"ishta": 43.33,
"kashta": 16.67
}
}
}
},
"maitri": {
"Sun": {
"Moon": {
"natural": "friend",
"temporal": "friend",
"compound": "great_friend"
},
"Venus": {
"natural": "enemy",
"temporal": "enemy",
"compound": "great_enemy"
},
"Jupiter": {
"natural": "friend",
"temporal": "enemy",
"compound": "neutral"
},
"Mercury": {
"natural": "neutral",
"temporal": "friend",
"compound": "friend"
},
"Mars": {
"natural": "friend",
"temporal": "friend",
"compound": "great_friend"
},
"Saturn": {
"natural": "enemy",
"temporal": "enemy",
"compound": "great_enemy"
}
},
"Moon": {
"Sun": {
"natural": "friend",
"temporal": "friend",
"compound": "great_friend"
},
"Venus": {
"natural": "neutral",
"temporal": "friend",
"compound": "friend"
},
"Jupiter": {
"natural": "neutral",
"temporal": "friend",
"compound": "friend"
},
"Mercury": {
"natural": "friend",
"temporal": "friend",
"compound": "great_friend"
},
"Mars": {
"natural": "neutral",
"temporal": "friend",
"compound": "friend"
},
"Saturn": {
"natural": "neutral",
"temporal": "enemy",
"compound": "enemy"
}
},
"Venus": {
"Sun": {
"natural": "enemy",
"temporal": "enemy",
"compound": "great_enemy"
},
"Moon": {
"natural": "enemy",
"temporal": "friend",
"compound": "neutral"
},
"Jupiter": {
"natural": "neutral",
"temporal": "enemy",
"compound": "enemy"
},
"Mercury": {
"natural": "friend",
"temporal": "friend",
"compound": "great_friend"
},
"Mars": {
"natural": "neutral",
"temporal": "friend",
"compound": "friend"
},
"Saturn": {
"natural": "friend",
"temporal": "enemy",
"compound": "neutral"
}
},
"Jupiter": {
"Sun": {
"natural": "friend",
"temporal": "enemy",
"compound": "neutral"
},
"Moon": {
"natural": "friend",
"temporal": "friend",
"compound": "great_friend"
},
"Venus": {
"natural": "enemy",
"temporal": "enemy",
"compound": "great_enemy"
},
"Mercury": {
"natural": "enemy",
"temporal": "friend",
"compound": "neutral"
},
"Mars": {
"natural": "friend",
"temporal": "friend",
"compound": "great_friend"
},
"Saturn": {
"natural": "neutral",
"temporal": "enemy",
"compound": "enemy"
}
},
"Mercury": {
"Sun": {
"natural": "friend",
"temporal": "friend",
"compound": "great_friend"
},
"Moon": {
"natural": "enemy",
"temporal": "friend",
"compound": "neutral"
},
"Venus": {
"natural": "friend",
"temporal": "friend",
"compound": "great_friend"
},
"Jupiter": {
"natural": "neutral",
"temporal": "friend",
"compound": "friend"
},
"Mars": {
"natural": "neutral",
"temporal": "enemy",
"compound": "enemy"
},
"Saturn": {
"natural": "neutral",
"temporal": "enemy",
"compound": "enemy"
}
},
"Mars": {
"Sun": {
"natural": "friend",
"temporal": "friend",
"compound": "great_friend"
},
"Moon": {
"natural": "friend",
"temporal": "friend",
"compound": "great_friend"
},
"Venus": {
"natural": "neutral",
"temporal": "friend",
"compound": "friend"
},
"Jupiter": {
"natural": "friend",
"temporal": "friend",
"compound": "great_friend"
},
"Mercury": {
"natural": "enemy",
"temporal": "enemy",
"compound": "great_enemy"
},
"Saturn": {
"natural": "neutral",
"temporal": "enemy",
"compound": "enemy"
}
},
"Saturn": {
"Sun": {
"natural": "enemy",
"temporal": "enemy",
"compound": "great_enemy"
},
"Moon": {
"natural": "enemy",
"temporal": "enemy",
"compound": "great_enemy"
},
"Venus": {
"natural": "friend",
"temporal": "enemy",
"compound": "neutral"
},
"Jupiter": {
"natural": "neutral",
"temporal": "enemy",
"compound": "enemy"
},
"Mercury": {
"natural": "friend",
"temporal": "enemy",
"compound": "neutral"
},
"Mars": {
"natural": "enemy",
"temporal": "enemy",
"compound": "great_enemy"
}
}
},
"scale": {
"vimshopaka": 20,
"phala": 60
},
"weights": {
"shadvarga": {
"D1": 6,
"D2": 2,
"D3": 4,
"D9": 5,
"D12": 2,
"D30": 1
},
"saptavarga": {
"D1": 5,
"D2": 2,
"D3": 3,
"D7": 2.5,
"D9": 4.5,
"D12": 2,
"D30": 1
},
"dashavarga": {
"D1": 3,
"D2": 1.5,
"D3": 1.5,
"D7": 1.5,
"D9": 1.5,
"D10": 1.5,
"D12": 1.5,
"D16": 1.5,
"D30": 1.5,
"D60": 5
},
"shodashavarga": {
"D1": 3.5,
"D2": 1,
"D3": 1,
"D4": 0.5,
"D7": 0.5,
"D9": 3,
"D10": 0.5,
"D12": 0.5,
"D16": 2,
"D20": 0.5,
"D24": 0.5,
"D27": 0.5,
"D30": 1,
"D40": 0.5,
"D45": 0.5,
"D60": 4
}
},
"points": {
"own": 20,
"great_friend": 18,
"friend": 15,
"neutral": 10,
"enemy": 7,
"great_enemy": 5
},
"not_computed": [
{
"component": "vimshopaka.nodes",
"reason": "Rahu and Ketu have no natural friendship in the classical scheme, so there is no compound relation to grade them by. They are left out rather than given an invented table."
},
{
"component": "phala.nodes",
"reason": "ishta and kashta phala are read from uchcha and cheshta bala, which are computed for the seven grahas only."
}
],
"basis": {
"vimshopaka": "BPHS ch. 7: per-varga weights summing to 20. The graha earns all 20 twentieths of the weight in its own sign. It earns 18, 15, 10, 7 or 5 twentieths as the sign's lord is its great friend, friend, neutral, enemy or great enemy. Friendship…",
"phala": "BPHS ch. 29: ishta = sqrt(uchcha x cheshta), kashta = sqrt((60 - uchcha) x (60 - cheshta)), from the uchcha and cheshta bala of /v1/shadbala. The Sun's cheshta is its doubled ayana bala and is capped at 60 here. `mean_rule` is the…",
"maitri": "natural from the classical friendship table. Temporal from the rasi: the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 10th, 11th and 12th from a graha are its friends. Compound is the two combined. Read row to column: the row graha's view of the column graha."
},
"meta": {
"ayanamsa": "lahiri",
"ayanamsa_value": 23.7260727,
"julian_day": 2448119.10483,
"ephemeris": "JPL DE440s",
"node": "true",
"timezone": {
"source": "zone",
"offset_hours": -4,
"zone": "America/New_York",
"abbreviation": "EDT",
"dst": true,
"dst_hours": 1,
"ambiguous_resolved_by_fold": null,
"note": "read from the IANA tz database at this instant, so daylight saving and historical offset changes are included"
}
}
}Where the API returns it
| POST | /v1/strength/vimshopaka | Divisional-chart strength, ishta and kashta phala, and planet friendships |
What the API reference says
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- POST /v1/strength/vimshopaka · Divisional-chart strength, ishta and kashta phala, and planet friendshipsVimshopaka bala scores each planet out of 20 by its dignity across a set of divisional charts.
Feature page: Planetary strength. Who uses it: Astrologer consultation platforms. The classical rules the API follows are in the rulebook.
How we check the numbers
Every value here starts from planet positions worked out from NASA JPL planet data (DE440). We test them against NASA JPL Horizons, NASA's planet position service. On 25,571 positions from 1850 to 2149, the Sun and planets agree within 0.001 arc seconds. The Moon agrees within 0.011. On 2,000 random birth charts, the rising sign agrees with Swiss Ephemeris within 0.004 arc seconds. An arc second is 1/3,600 of a degree. A practicing astrologer reviews the rules behind these answers. See how we test.
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