Naisargika maitri
Also called: maitri chakra
The table of NATURAL friendship between the nine grahas, given in the Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra: which are permanent friends, which neutral, which enemies. Jyotish reads gem compatibility from it, which is why blue sapphire (Saturn) and ruby (the Sun) are the pair everyone is warned about — those two grahas are mutual enemies. It is deliberately NOT symmetric: the Moon counts Mercury a friend while Mercury counts the Moon an enemy, because each graha's friendships are measured from its own exaltation.
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