Graha Nature

Returns classical graha properties for all nine planets or a single planet. Includes tattva, guna, gender, caste, direction, color, deity, ruling day, metal, body part governed, and naisargika maitri (natural friends, enemies, neutrals). Pass ?planet=Sun (or Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rahu, Ketu) for a single planet. Omit ?planet to get all nine planets.

Endpoint

GET /v1/astro/planet-nature

Request parameters

Field	Type	Required	Description
planet	string \| null	No

Example request

curl
Python
TypeScript

curl -X GET "https://api.asterwise.com/v1/astro/planet-nature" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

import asterwise
from asterwise.api.astrology_api import AstrologyApi

configuration = asterwise.Configuration(
    host="https://api.asterwise.com",
    access_token="YOUR_API_KEY",
)

with asterwise.ApiClient(configuration) as client:
    api = AstrologyApi(client)
    result = api.planet_nature()
    print(result)

import { createClient, createConfig, planetNature } from 'asterwise';

const client = createClient(createConfig({
  baseUrl: 'https://api.asterwise.com',
  headers: { Authorization: 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' },
}));

const result = await planetNature({
  client,
});

console.log(result.data);

Example response

{
  "success": true,
  "message": "success",
  "data": {
    "planets": {
      "Sun": {
        "tattva": "Agni (Fire)",
        "guna": "Sattvic",
        "gender": "Male",
        "caste": "Kshatriya",
        "nature": "Malefic",
        "direction": "East",
        "color": "Blood Red / Copper",
        "deity": "Agni / Shiva",
        "day": "Sunday",
        "metal": "Copper / Gold",
        "body_part": "Bones",
        "friends": [
          "Moon",
          "Mars",
          "... and 1 more item"
        ],
        "enemies": [
          "Venus",
          "Saturn"
        ],
        "neutrals": [
          "Mercury"
        ]
      },
      "Moon": {
        "tattva": "Jala (Water)",
        "guna": "Sattvic",
        "gender": "Female",
        "caste": "Vaishya",
        "nature": "Benefic when bright / Malefic when dark",
        "direction": "North-West",
        "color": "Tawny / White",
        "deity": "Apas / Parvati",
        "day": "Monday",
        "metal": "Silver / Bell-metal",
        "body_part": "Blood",
        "friends": [
          "Sun",
          "Mercury"
        ],
        "enemies": [],
        "neutrals": [
          "Mars",
          "Jupiter",
          "... and 2 more items"
        ]
      },
      "Mars": {
        "tattva": "Agni (Fire)",
        "guna": "Tamasic",
        "gender": "Male",
        "caste": "Kshatriya",
        "nature": "Malefic",
        "direction": "South",
        "color": "Blood Red",
        "deity": "Kartikeya",
        "day": "Tuesday",
        "metal": "Copper",
        "body_part": "Marrow",
        "friends": [
          "Sun",
          "Moon",
          "... and 1 more item"
        ],
        "enemies": [
          "Mercury"
        ],
        "neutrals": [
          "Venus",
          "Saturn"
        ]
      },
      "Mercury": {
        "tattva": "Prithvi (Earth)",
        "guna": "Rajasic",
        "gender": "Neuter",
        "caste": "Vaishya",
        "nature": "Benefic (unless conjunct malefics)",
        "direction": "North",
        "color": "Green (Durva grass)",
        "deity": "Vishnu",
        "day": "Wednesday",
        "metal": "Brass",
        "body_part": "Skin",
        "friends": [
          "Sun",
          "Venus"
        ],
        "enemies": [
          "Moon"
        ],
        "neutrals": [
          "Mars",
          "Jupiter",
          "... and 1 more item"
        ]
      },
      "Jupiter": {
        "tattva": "Akasha (Ether)",
        "guna": "Sattvic",
        "gender": "Male",
        "caste": "Brahmin",
        "nature": "Benefic",
        "direction": "North-East",
        "color": "Tawny / Yellow",
        "deity": "Indra / Brahma",
        "day": "Thursday",
        "metal": "Silver / Gold",
        "body_part": "Fat",
        "friends": [
          "Sun",
          "Moon",
          "... and 1 more item"
        ],
        "enemies": [
          "Mercury",
          "Venus"
        ],
        "neutrals": [
          "Saturn"
        ]
      },
      "Venus": {
        "tattva": "Jala (Water)",
        "guna": "Rajasic",
        "gender": "Female",
        "caste": "Brahmin",
        "nature": "Benefic",
        "direction": "South-East",
        "color": "Variegated",
        "deity": "Sachi / Lakshmi",
        "day": "Friday",
        "metal": "Silver",
        "body_part": "Semen",
        "friends": [
          "Mercury",
          "Saturn"
        ],
        "enemies": [
          "Sun",
          "Moon"
        ],
        "neutrals": [
          "Mars",
          "Jupiter"
        ]
      },
      "Saturn": {
        "tattva": "Vayu (Air)",
        "guna": "Tamasic",
        "gender": "Neuter",
        "caste": "Shudra",
        "nature": "Malefic",
        "direction": "West",
        "color": "Dark / Black",
        "deity": "Brahma / Yama",
        "day": "Saturday",
        "metal": "Iron",
        "body_part": "Muscles / Nerves",
        "friends": [
          "Mercury",
          "Venus"
        ],
        "enemies": [
          "Sun",
          "Moon",
          "... and 1 more item"
        ],
        "neutrals": [
          "Jupiter"
        ]
      },
      "Rahu": {
        "tattva": null,
        "guna": "Tamasic",
        "gender": "Neuter",
        "caste": "Outcaste",
        "nature": "Malefic",
        "direction": "South-West",
        "color": "Smoky / Dark Blue",
        "deity": "Durga / Sarpa",
        "day": "Saturday",
        "metal": "Lead / Ashtadhatu",
        "body_part": "Detoxification pathways",
        "friends": [
          "Venus",
          "Saturn"
        ],
        "enemies": [
          "Sun",
          "Moon"
        ],
        "neutrals": [
          "Mars",
          "Mercury",
          "... and 1 more item"
        ]
      },
      "Ketu": {
        "tattva": null,
        "guna": "Tamasic",
        "gender": "Neuter",
        "caste": "Outcaste",
        "nature": "Malefic",
        "direction": "North-West",
        "color": "Smoky / Grey",
        "deity": "Ganesha / Chitragupta",
        "day": "Tuesday",
        "metal": "Lead / Iron",
        "body_part": "Immune modulation",
        "friends": [
          "Mars",
          "Venus"
        ],
        "enemies": [
          "Moon",
          "Sun"
        ],
        "neutrals": [
          "Mercury",
          "Jupiter",
          "... and 1 more item"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

Response fields

Field	Type	Description
success	boolean	True if the request succeeded
message	string	Human-readable status message
data	PlanetNatureAllResponse \| PlanetNatureSingleResponse	The endpoint response payload

Errors

Code	Description	Reference
authentication_failed	Missing or invalid API key.	authentication_failed
ephemeris_unavailable	Upstream ephemeris service error.	ephemeris_unavailable
insufficient_tier	API key tier does not include this endpoint.	insufficient_tier
internal_error	Unexpected server error.	internal_error
ip_rate_limit_exceeded	Too many requests in a short window.	ip_rate_limit_exceeded
payload_too_large	Request body exceeds the size limit.	payload_too_large
resource_not_found	Referenced resource was not found.	resource_not_found
validation_error	Request body failed schema validation.	validation_error

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