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Planets and Mahavidya associated with it:

There are 10 Mahavidya associated with 9 planets and lagna.
'Maha' means great and 'Vidya' means wisdom, knowledge or Revelation. The 10 Mahavidyas are the 10 forms of goddess Parvati, the Divine Mother(Maa Adi Shakti)

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Every form of Mahavidya represents the complete knowledge related to the planet.
These 10 Devis are known as the tantric form of the Divine Mother so it advised that a person should only worship these 10 forms of Maa under proper guidance & knowledge.

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Sun: Matangi
Tantric form of goddess Saraswati. She teaches you to focus inward for acquiring wisdom.

Moon: Bhuvaneshwari
She is the supreme goddess who is the creator of the universe and the destroyer of evil. She represents the inner consciousness.

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Mars: Baglamukhi
Her gaze is enough to stun or paralyse the enemy or evil. She represents hypnotic and magical powers.

Mercury: Shodashi or Tripura Sundari
She, who has the beauty of three worlds. She has a form of 16 year old. She represents not just the-

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Physical beauty but internal beauty as well.

Jupiter: Tara
The goddess with three red eyes. She illuminates the mind. She is the one who guides, protects. She shows us the importance and power to silence to move towards salvation.

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Venus: Kamala
She is goddess of wealth, creation, prosperity and fertility. Also known as Tantric Lakshmi. She is the destroyer of poverty (both material and spiritual).

Saturn: Kali
She is the goddess of Time. Also known as goddess of Death.

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She is the one who removes the darkness of ignorance and bring the light of awareness. She represents awakened consciousness.

Rahu: Chinnamasta
She is the one who severed her own head. She represents sacrifice. She is one of the most fierce form who is both -

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The all consuming and all destroying one.

Ketu: Dhumavati
She represents the painful and distressed aspects of life. Also know as the 'Smoky one'. She symbolises the timelessness and ultimate knowledge of the universe.

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Lagna: Bhairavi
The goddess of decay and also known as the 'Terrible One'. She is believed to have surpassed the trinity of Brahma, Vishnu & Mahesh in their powers. She represents the principle of 'What gets created needs to be destroyed' as per the cycle of life
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