Planetary war: When a true planet is within 1 degree of another true planet, a planetary war takes place. It is as if they are fighting for territory, and even the victor of the war gets bloodied. (The victor is the planet having higher latitude and/or brightness

Planetary wars never involve the Sun, Moon, Rahu, or Ketu

Another way that signs are used by Vedic astrologers is to assess the stability of planets.

When a planet is in its sign of exaltation or debilitation, that planet becomes unstable, exaggerated in influence, and therefore the themes of the houses it occupies, rules, and aspects as well as those of the planets it aspects become destabilized. 

An Example of Planetary War

A good example of Planetary War is the chart of Adolph Hitler.
In his seventh house, he had the exalted Sun in Aries – as well as a planetary war between Venus and Mars – and his primary relationships, the people he was closest to, and he himself, were very unstable. He and his generals were exaggerated in self-importance.

It is interesting indeed how often the Moon is with the Nodes in the charts both of sadgurus like Ramana Maharshi and Bipin Behari and charismatic cult leaders and Adolf Hitler. Charles Manson (the Sharon Tate murders

Look at some extraordinary celestial configurations.

Famous (and infamous) people have fascinating astrological charts. Planetary forces line up in such a way to make them strong, for good or for ill. But even though these charts often lack the ambiguity sometimes seen in the charts of ordinary people, they too are not without nuance. Jyotish, which looks deeply at human character, is a complex science. Good and evil do not come in neatly wrapped packages, making some people heroes and others villains. It is worth remembering that fact, particularly in these hot political times, with so much extreme polarization going on in the world today.. How and why did it happen? What does Jyotish have to say about the man? 

) and Jim Jones (mass suicide in Guyana) both had their Moons with Rahu.

Adolf Hitler Chart had Moon aspecting Rahu across the chart. Rahu-Moon makes for a magnetic personality. But it often disturbs the mind, creating the lethal mental cocktail of brilliance, charisma and lunacy.

Rahu is the psychologist, a master of manipulation and seduction. Rahu is about engulfing things, bringing them into materiality. It takes a sharp intellect to manipulate; and in Hitler’s chart Rahu is in Gemini, sign of discriminating intelligence, a congenial ground for his psychological shrewdness.

Through Rahu, Hitler is intoxicated with power, obsessed with realizing his vision of self-aggrandizing dominance and control.

Jupiter is also very strong in Hitler’s chart. (You know by now that strong does not necessarily mean good.) Jupiter makes things bigger, which is also not necessarily a good thing. Jupiter conjunct Moon inflates Hitler’s mind, obscuring his fundamental insecurities with an exaggerated confidence and creating pathological narcissism. With a sense of self so inflated that other people and their needs no longer register, the makings of a sociopath are in place.

Venus is lord of Hitler’s chart. (So right away things seem odd. The planet of love and beauty ruling Hitler???) But in his chart, the power of Venus is greatly diminished. Venus resides in Mars’ sign, Aries, not a congenial place for Venus. Moreover, Mars is there too, along with the Sun, both of them very strong in this placement: two strong hot pitta planets in a pitta sign. They overwhelm Venus, essentially burning him up, so the Martian qualities of desire, impetuosity, contention, aggression and power dominate. The Venetian qualities recede. Yet Venus (a wounded planet for Hitler) still represents his deepest layer of self-identity. Mars and Sun (because this happens to be the Seventh House) represent other people for him, those he admires and endeavor’s to emulate. The difference between what Hitler would like to be (an Aryan warrior like Mars) and what he is (a broken Venus) manifests as envy, role-modelling and weak self-esteem. It creates bitterness, and an abiding sense of inferiority that fuels his cruelty
Saturn enters into the picture too, casting his aspect upon this Seventh House. Saturn’s influence adds the dimension of military statesmanship. He transforms raw warrior energy into a highly organized military machine. In fact, Hitler revolutionized warfare through the development of blitzkrieg: an incisive method of warfare that decimated the enemy in record time.
Saturn loves control. He sets up hierarchies and gives excellent organizational ability. He also creates incredible tenacity. Clearly, Hitler was relentless in his determination. The planet of time and history, Saturn helps develop the mythic elements of Hitler’s political ideology, so that he rose before the public with his mesmerizing vision of deliverance.

One of Hitler’s greatest strengths was his oratory skill, that galvanizing rhetoric which could inspire a crowd. The Second House governs speech, and for Hitler it is Scorpio, owned by Mars. All of the power of Mars delineated above also fuels Hitler’s speech, which is dynamic, fiery, impassioned, incisive and angry. Though his message was perverse, he delivered it with great dramatic effect, successfully igniting the hearts of millions of followers.
Even so, “How did he get so many people to buy into his demented ideology?” This is the question that always puzzles the student of history. But the division between good and evil does not always line up neatly. Hitler also has a powerful configuration for spirituality, perception and inspiration in his chart, albeit distorted for sinister purposes.
story, Saturn helps develop the mythic elements of Hitler’s political ideology, so that he rose before the public with his mesmerizing vision of deliverance.

But it did not look that way at first, particularly to the German public, broken after a humiliating defeat in World War I and suffering from economic chaos. Hitler presented a political ideology with messianic overtones. He would purify and elevate the German people, leading them as the Third Reich to a salvation of mythic proportions. Cloaked in this sense of greater purpose and believing in their quasi-religious righteousness, the public followed Hitler down the flaming path towards annihilation.
In Hitler’s chart, the Moon, which is the mind, resides in the fire sign, Sagittarius. Moon here is inspirational; it is spiritually and psychologically oriented. The mind heats quickly and displays itself with flaming brilliance. Jupiter conjunct the Moon augments these features, orienting the mind towards philosophy, ideas and religion. He also gives teaching aptitude, the ability to deliver a compelling message and cultivate followers. If this sounds to you like what it takes to be a great priest, you are right. The qualities themselves can serve either good or evil. It all depends upon the chart as a whole.
Hitler delivered his theories of purification and historical entitlement with the charisma of a messianic priest. So what oriented his mind, his Sagittarius Moon, towards the sinister? Both Rahu and Ketu, the Nodes of the Moon, are involved, along with Jupiter. The Nodes derange the mind, and Jupiter expands it.
Ketu, the South Node, resides in Sagittarius with Jupiter and Moon; Rahu, the North Node, is directly opposite in Gemini, which happens to be the Ninth House of Spirituality. Ketu is the planet of perception, intuition, enlightenment, and madness. Ketu makes the Moon visionary, “good” in the chart of Ramana Maharshi where it brings spiritual genius, “bad” in the chart of Adolf Hitler where it brings derangement. A powerful force for psychic destabilization, the Nodes bring breakthrough or breakdown, and which way it goes lies often on a razor’s edge