Guru — Jupiter
Jupiter gives knowledge and happiness in the Kāla-puruṣa and sits as minister in the grahas' court: large-bodied, tawny, of kapha constitution, versed in every śāstra. He is the kāraka of knowledge and merit and of children, rules Dhanu and Mīna, and holds the second-longest Vimśottarī span after Venus and Saturn — sixteen years.
At a glance
- Office in the court
- ministerBPHS C02.2
- In the Kāla-puruṣa
- knowledge and happinessBPHS C02.1
- Kāraka of
- knowledge, meritBPHS C42.1
- Colour and form
- fair (gaura)BPHS C02.4
- Deity
- IndraBPHS C02.5
- Element (tattva)
- ether (ākāśa)BPHS C02.6
- Varṇa
- brāhmaṇaBPHS C02.7
- Guṇa
- sattvaBPHS C02.8
- Sex
- maleBPHS C02.8b
- Taste (rasa)
- sweet (madhura)BPHS C02.17
- Body tissue (dhātu)
- fatBPHS C02.20b
- Place
- treasuryBPHS C02.21b
- Cloth
- yellow (pītāmbara)BPHS C02.23
- Season (ṛtu)
- early winter (hemanta)BPHS C02.26
- Dhātu · mūla · jīva
- jīva (living things)BPHS C02.27
- Exaltation (uccha)
- Karka (Cancer) 5°BPHS C02.38b
- Debilitation (nīca)
- Makara (Capricorn) 5°BPHS C02.39b
- Mūlatrikoṇa
- Dhanu (Sagittarius) 0°–10°BPHS C02.29
- Own signs (svakṣetra)
- Dhanu (Sagittarius) · Mīna (Pisces)BPHS C01.17
- Natural friends
- Sūrya (Sun) · Candra (Moon) · Maṅgala (Mars)BPHS C02.31
- Neutral
- Śani (Saturn)BPHS C02.31
- Natural enemies
- Budha (Mercury) · Śukra (Venus)BPHS C02.31
- Vimśottarī years
- 16 years of 120BPHS C29.80
- Nakṣatras ruled (Vimśottarī)
- Punarvasu · Vishakha · Purva Bhadrapadacomputed
Parāśara on Guru
बृहद्गात्रो गुरुश्चैव पिङ्गलो मूर्धजेक्षणः। कफप्रकृतिको धीमान् सर्वशास्त्रविशारदः।।१६।।
RenderingGuru is large-bodied, with tawny hair and eyes, of kapha constitution, intelligent, and versed in every śāstra.
राजानौ भानुहिमगू नेता ज्ञेयो धरात्मजः। बुधो राजकुमारश्च सचिवौ गुरुभार्गवौ।।३।।
RenderingAmong the grahas Sūrya and Candra are kings, Maṅgala the commander, Budha the prince, Guru and Śukra the ministers, Śani the servant, and Rāhu and Ketu the army.
समौ सिताकीं शशिजश्च शत्रुर्मित्राणि शेषाः पृथिवीसुतस्य। शत्रुः शशी सूर्यसितौ च मित्रे समापरे स्युःशशिनन्दनस्य।।४५।।
RenderingOf Maṅgala, Śukra and Śani are neutral, Budha an enemy, the rest friends. Of Budha, Candra is an enemy, Sūrya and Śukra friends, the rest neutral. Of Guru, Budha and Śukra are enemies, Śani neutral, the rest friends. Of Śukra, Budha and Śani are friends, Maṅgala and Guru neutral, the rest enemies. Of Śani, Guru is neutral, Budha and Śukra friends, the rest enemies.
Phaladīpikā — kārakatva and form
ज्ञानं सद्गुणमात्मजं च सचिवं स्वाचारमाचार्यकं माहात्म्यं श्रुतिशास्त्रधीस्मृतिमतिं सर्वोन्नतिं सद्गतिम् । देवब्राह्मणभक्तिमध्वरतपःश्रद्धाश्च कोशस्थलं वैदुष्यं विजितेन्द्रियं धवसुखं संमानमीड्याद्दयाम् ॥५॥
TranslationIt is through Jupiter that one ought to seek information about one's knowledge, good qualities, sons, minister, behaviour, teaching, magnanimity, knowledge of Vedas, Sastras and Smritis, prosperity in everything, beatitude, reverence to Gods and Brahmins, sacrifice, penance, religious faith, treasure-house, wisdom (learning), conquering of the senses, happiness of the husband, honour and compassion.
पीतद्युतिः पिङ्गकचेक्षणः स्यात् पीनोन्नतोराश्च बृहच्छरीरः । कफात्मकः श्रेष्ठमतिः सुरेड्यः सिंहाब्जनादश्च वसुप्रधानः ॥१२॥
TranslationJupiter has a body of yellowish hue. His eyes and hair are brown. He has got a fat and elevated chest and possesses a big body. He is phlegmatic in temperament and is exceedingly intelligent. His voice is similar to that of a lion or the sound of the conch. He is always after wealth.
What SIA does with this
SIA computes Jupiter's sidereal longitude for the birth moment from its own Sūryasiddhānta model, places it in the rāśi, bhāva and all sixteen vargas, states its dignity (exaltation, debilitation, mūlatrikoṇa, own or friendly sign), and fires every rule in its store whose condition names Jupiter — each printed with its verse. The graha's position and daśā periods are part of the free chart view.
Questions
Which signs does Jupiter rule?
Dhanu (Sagittarius) and Mīna (Pisces)
How many years is Jupiter's Vimśottarī daśā?
16 years of the 120-year cycle, in the fixed order Sun, Moon, Mars, Rāhu, Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury, Ketu, Venus.
See these verses fire on your own chart.
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