Benefic planet The Sun and Mars Malefic planets – Mercury, Venus, The Moon, and Saturn Neutral planet – Jupiter Benefic planets – Venus and Mercury. Malefic planets –Jupiter, The Moon, and Mars Neutral planet – The Sun Benefic planets – Saturn and Mercury. Malefic planets – Mars, The Sun, Jupiter, and Mars Neutral planet – The Moon and Venus Benefic planets – The Moon, The Sun and Jupiter Malefic planets – Mercury and Venus Neutral planet – Saturn and Mars Benefic planets – Mars, The Sun and Jupiter Malefic planets – Mercury, Venus, and The Moon Neutral planet – none Benefic planets
Planet potential "rogue planets" are excluded. In the Solar System, all the planets orbit the Sun in the same direction as the Sun rotates (counter-clockwise as seen from above the Sun's north pole). At least one extrasolar planet, WASP-17b, has been found to orbit in the opposite direction to its star's rotation. The period of one revolution of a planet's orbit is known as its sidereal period or "year". A planet's year depends on its distance from its star; the farther a planet is from its star, not only the longer the distance it must travel, but also the slower its