Hamsa appears in 2 systems: the same name is used for more than one thing. Both are shown below.
Symbols
Hamsa
Hand symbol offering protection against evil eye and negative energies.
Correspondences
- Element
- Aether
Practice
- Magical Uses
- ProtectionBlessingWardingLuck
Nature and meaning
- Meaning
Hand symbol offering protection against evil eye and negative energies
Details
- Keywords
- ProtectionBlessingPowerStrength
Jyotisha
A Jupiter in a kendra from the lagna in its own or exaltation sign is also the combination BPHS's translator identifies with Hamsa when he distinguishes it from Gaja Kesari, which is the source of much confusion between the two yogas.
Symbols and forms
- Alternate Names
- Hamsathe Jupiter mahapurusha yoga
Nature and meaning
- Kind
- Yoga
- Sanskrit
- हंस
- English
- the Jupiter great-person combination
- Meaning
Hamsa is the Jupiter form of the mahapurusha yoga, and the tradition reads it as the highest of the five in dignity though not in power: the eminence of the sage rather than of the king. The hamsa, the swan, is the classical emblem of discrimination.
Details
- Formation
Jupiter in Sagittarius or Pisces (own signs) or in Cancer (exaltation), placed in the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th bhava from the lagna, and free of affliction.
- Fruit
Wisdom, righteousness and the respect of others; a teacher, counsellor or priest, a beautiful and well-formed person, and a life that is honoured rather than merely successful.
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