Gaja Kesari Yoga
The elephant and the lion are the two animals of strength in the Indian imagination, and the yoga is read as strength that is both patient and commanding. It is one of the most sought combinations in a chart and one of the most loosely applied, since any Jupiter in a kendra from the Moon is claimed for it.
Jataka Parijata gives two forms: Jupiter in an angle from the Moon, or the Moon aspected by Mercury, Venus or Jupiter where the aspecting planet is free of debilitation and combustion. BPHS notes that the name is properly Kesari for the simple Moon-Jupiter angularity and reserves Gaja Kesari for the stricter form.
Symbols and forms
- Alternate Names
- GajakesariKesari Yogathe elephant-lion yoga
Nature and meaning
- Kind
- Yoga
- Sanskrit
- गजकेसरी
- English
- the elephant and lion combination
- Meaning
The elephant and the lion are the two animals of strength in the Indian imagination, and the yoga is read as strength that is both patient and commanding. It is one of the most sought combinations in a chart and one of the most loosely applied, since any Jupiter in a kendra from the Moon is claimed for it.
Details
- Formation
Jupiter in a kendra (1st, 4th, 7th or 10th) from the lagna or from the Moon. BPHS adds the conditions that Jupiter be conjoined with or aspected by a benefic and be free of debilitation, combustion and an inimical sign; the commoner form in Phaladeepika ch. 6 is simply Jupiter in a kendra from the Moon.
- Fruit
Splendour, wealth, intelligence and many virtues, and a person who pleases the king: reputation that lasts and the protection of those in power.
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