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Brihaspati (Jupiter): I pay respects to Brihaspati, lord of the three worlds and teacher to Deva and Rishi. Born of Aṅgiras and Vasudā, he is wise beyond compare, large in stature with eyes the colour of honey.

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BRIHASPATI (Jupiter)

Śrī Laṅkān Narasiha Yantra deemed effective for the propitiation of Jupiter, removing ignorance negativity and darkness (tamas). This yantra appeases Lord Brihaspati, granting health, wisdom, fame and wealth. Narasiha Yantra makes one a respected minister, elevates career and social standing, bringing happiness and material comforts.

Brihaspati is large-bellied, yellow in colouration and is of a phlegmatic constitution. He possesses all virtues; is endowed with an aptitude for all sciences. His eyes and hair are brownish in colour; he possesses the qualities of goodness and purity, he is exceedingly intelligent. His person is graced with the marks of royalty, not to be despised.

Jātaka Pārijāta by Vaidyanātha Dīkṣita

Brihaspati is the King’s closest advisor. Brahmin1 by caste, he rides in a chariot of gold, pulled by eight yellow horses. Masculine, his complexion is tawny, his stature large. Jupiter’s taste is sweet, his element is æther. He dresses in fine saffron-coloured fabrics and gains strength in water signs. Jupiter is exalted in the sign of Cancer (specifically 5°); similarly he is debilitated at the same degree in Capricorn. His dosha is Kapha. Considered primary Kāraka for progeny (children), he grants knowledge, happiness and corpulence; his guna is Sattwika. Jupiter is learned in all shāstra including Jyotish; he is deemed representative of Rig-Veda. The effects of Jupiter mature in one’s 16th year of life.

If strongly positioned in the horoscope he indicates one with a large or firm frame. He is the great benefic, both generous and philosophical. His gaze is considered to promote wealth and happiness, whilst protecting the individual against misfortune or ill-health. Jupiter prospers in the 2nd, 5th, 9th, 10th and 11th houses; his metal is Vanga (tin). He presides over Masa, a period of one solar month.

Jupiter protects and cushions from life’s external knocks and scrapes. King of corpulence, this graha acts as the body’s store-house of fatty tissue. Jupiter aids in the absorption and assimilation of nutrients (enzymes), removing toxins through the liver and assimilating healthy oils via bile secretions from the gallbladder. Although Jupiter does partly contribute to pancreatic health, Venus is generally regarded as having the greater impact on its functionality.2 Jupiter’s association with akasha (æther element) permits his passage into the most subtle of tissues, bringing fortification, lubrication and cohesion via essential lipids (including cholesterol). Jupiter is unctuous (slippery) by nature. His presence adds smoothness, resistance, flexibility and elasticity.

Favourable Brihaspati: Empowers the ability to study or retain knowledge, granting mastery in our chosen profession. Jupiter grants blessings from Brahmins and instruction from a guru. Jupiter is very people-friendly, quickly putting others at ease and gaining their trust. One’s wealth may be accumulated through the trading of horses, elephants and/or precious metals, their notoriety through the recitation of Vedas, mantra, piety, service to others or invocations to gods. In good standing, Brihaspati incurs the favour of Lords Brahmā (creator) and Indrā (king of the gods).

Unfavourable Brihaspati: One’s child may suffer a protracted childhood illness or incur enmity from teachers/instructors. One may befriend wicked people, be cursed by Brahmins or scolded by priests. An ill-placed Jupiter can manifest through obesity, liver disorders, excess Kapha (phlegm), excess sweating, water retention, diabetes, loss of hearing or episodes of prolonged vertigo.

Bala (strength): Brihaspati is considered well-disposed if the following are applicable: falling on his own day (Thursday) or in the signs Cancer (exalted), Scorpio, Sagittarius and Pisces (own). Jupiter gains in stature while journeying northward (Uttarāyana), at midday or in the middle portion of Rashi. He bestows much prosperity when occupying Lagna, the 2nd, 4th or 10th house from Lagna.

Undertakings on Thursday: Sacrificial offerings to Jupiter on Thursdays were considered fruitful/auspicious for those wishing to receive benefit from Brihaspati. These acts or undertakings included: construction of sacred sites (temples, etc.), honouring of deities, ceremonies/sacrifices, performance of Dharmic acts, study of shāstras, recitation of mantra, speeches, propitiation of Brahmins, the trading of excellent goods such as precious metals (gold and silver), horses, elephants, umbrellas, cowrie and conch shells as well as yellow sapphires.

Alternative names for Brihaspati
Ganapati	Grand leader of willing followers/assembled troops
Angira	A reference to the son of Brahmā, famed for great intelligence, often called the lord of Gurus
Amarejya	Superior or elder teacher to the gods
Suraguru	Divine teacher, an instructor of gods
Brihaspati	Great teacher who leads the way
Guru	Large teacher who burns away ignorance and darkness
Gīsh-pati	Eloquent and learned guide

7.1 ASTRONOMICAL

The solar system’s giant contains about 2.5 times the mass of all the other planets combined. Imaged from Earth its oblate spheroid (slightly flattened orb) reveals a banded structure of vibrant interlaced clouds swirling speedily about its interior (Jupiter’s axial rotation being fastest of all planets – it performs a full rotation in less than 10 hours). Having an equatorial diameter of nearly 89,000 miles, Jupiter’s rotation period has been noted to vary at different latitudes, each of the three ‘rotational zones’ displaying slight variances in speed when completing each circumrotation.

Jupiter itself is thought to be composed largely of hydrogen and helium, enveloping a core of iron and metallic hydrogen. Amidst its turbulent weather system this planet’s infamous eye or ‘great red spot’ (21,000 by 9300 miles) rotates once every sixty days; this has remained unchanged for at least 300 years of observation. Jupiter emits an intense magnetic field stretching as far as Saturn’s orbit. This extraordinary emission is believed to be made possible by its rotating liquid metallic core, which acts like a gigantic dynamo.

If this magnetosphere were made visible to the naked eye, Jupiter would be surrounded by a discharge whose diameter would exceed the circumference of our Moon (relatively speaking). It has been speculated that Jupiter’s influence on our solar system acts as a protective figure, scooping up rogue comets and asteroids that stray toward the inner system and inhabitable worlds. Jupiter may literally have enacted its astrological portrait as ‘great benefic’, ensuring the survival of life on Earth, protecting us from catastrophic collisions, etc.

Viewed from Earth, Jupiter (during opposition) is almost as resplendent as Venus, making it perhaps one of the easiest planets to track across the skies. Holding a steadfast course through the heavens (Jupiter’s orbital plane is almost perpendicular to the ecliptic plane), its advance at a mean rate of one zodiacal sign every 361+/– days became a popular means by which to reckon time.3 Indeed, so reliable was this planet’s motion that Indian astrologers began favouring its sixty-year cycle, known as Saṃvatsara, as an adjunct to other calendrical systems.

At a mean distance of some 483,000,000 miles from solar centre, Jupiter experiences only one-thirtieth of the light and heat received on Earth. As well as shepherding a host of dependants (sixty-seven satellites at last count),4 Jupiter also boasts a lesser-known Jovian ring system (albeit extremely faint). In many ways Jupiter’s dependants (or ‘children’) are often likened to a miniature solar system, its nearer bodies passing regularly into the broad shadow of its parent, or caught transiting its sunlit side. Many of these transits cast a shadow across the face of the leviathan planet.

7.2 PRIMARY KĀRAKAS OF JUPITER

Primary Kārakas

Teacher, guru, dharma, sattvic-natured, rituals, fame, mantra, Jyotish, astronomy, critical reflection, knowledge, knowledge of sacred texts, Rigveda, pilgrimages, benefic, sacred sites, alter stones, progeny, sons, the colour yellow, saffron, honey, golden hair, honey-coloured eyes, sesame oil, ghee, turmeric, sweet taste, elephants, horses, buffalo, clarity of mind, orators, judges, scholars, attorneys and intellectuals, fame, recognition, merit, investments, over-extending oneself financially, religious duties, devotion, respect, justice, wise elders, grandfather, elder brothers, ministers, advisors, affluence, legacies, treasures, misfortune, gold, tin, sulphur, Indrā (king of the gods), grand places, offerings to the gods, acts of piety, fire ceremonies, penance, clarity, abundance, refinement in old age, great proficiency, scriptures, holy works, near-death experiences, poems, yellow sapphire, yellow topaz, yellow quartz, banks, finance, safes, secure premises, polished woods, trees, the Nakshatras Punarvasu, Vishaka and Purvabhadra, Thursdays, long journeys, pilgrimages, residence in foreign lands, publishing, bookshops, spouse (for women), sense of justice, fair play, truthfulness, promotion, Brahmins, spiritual transformation, cows, wealth connected to elephants, precious stones, pre-winter (Hemant), holy water, palaces, throne rooms, churches, shrines, standing circles, archers, educational institutions, installations of idols, coconuts, decorations, candlelight, technical subjects, extravagance, over-eating, benedictions, broadminded, diplomacy, sympathetic, greed, lawsuits, politicians, political power, occult sciences, reading of scriptures

Physical and Medical Kārakas

Corpulence (large-bodied), broad-chested, fats, childhood development, digestive disorders, the liver, bile and gallbladder, arteries, gallstones, Kapha (phlegm), healing, hearing, loss of hearing, ears, earlobes, colds, asthma, diarrhoea, water retention, abscesses, carbuncles, lipoma, diabetes, pale complexion, weight gain in old age, tumours, vertigo

NOTES

1.Brahmin = he who serves the gods.

2.Pancreatic functionality is considered a part of the body’s water metabolism system or channel known as Ambhuvaha Srota; this primarily connects the hard and soft palates in the mouth to the pancreas and bladder. These srotas are deranged by the intake of excessively sweet, oily, salty or dry food and liquids such as alcohol.

3.Brihaspatya Varsha became a popular method of time reckoning in Southern India around the 10th century ad and continues to this day. At present each Luni-solar year is also named after one of sixty corresponding Jovian years called Saṃvatsara.

4.The most famous of these include its four famed Galilean moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto.