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Guru (Jupiter)
Also in: हिन्दी
Guru (Jupiter, गुरु) is one of the nine grahas of Vedic astrology. It signifies wisdom, children, wealth, dharma, teacher, liver. It rules Dhanu and Meena and the nakshatras Punarvasu, Vishakha and Purva Bhadrapada, is exalted in Karka and debilitated in Makara, and its Vimshottari dasha lasts 16 years.
Classical facts
| Sanskrit name | Guru / Brihaspati |
|---|---|
| Hindi name | गुरु / बृहस्पति |
| English name | Jupiter |
| Glyph | ♃ |
| Deity | Brihaspati / Indra |
| Nature | Benefic |
| Gender | Male |
| Guna | Sattva |
| Element | Ether |
| Direction | North-East |
| Signs ruled | Dhanu, Meena |
| Exaltation | Karka 5° |
| Debilitation | Makara 5° |
| Mooltrikona | Dhanu 0°-10° |
| Friends | Surya, Chandra, Mangala |
| Enemies | Budha, Shukra |
| Neutral | Shani |
| Aspects (drishti) | 5th, 7th, 9th |
| Vimshottari dasha | 16 years |
| Nakshatras ruled | Punarvasu, Vishakha, Purva Bhadrapada |
| Significations | wisdom, guru, children, wealth, dharma, expansion, liver |
| Karaka | putrakaraka, dhanakaraka |
| Time in one sign | ~1 year |
Articles about Guru (Jupiter)
- Yogas in a kundli: what they are and how much they decideA yoga is a named combination of planets that tradition reads as one unit. Most charts carry several. Here is how they form and how much weight to give them.
- Kundli combinations said to change life after marriageTradition holds that certain planetary combinations come into effect around marriage. What the chart actually shows is timing, and the difference matters.
- What a yoga calculator actually checks in your kundliA yoga calculator matches your chart against a stored list of combinations and prints what fits. It cannot weigh them, and it never says when.
- Which dasha is running for you in 2026 and 2027There is no dasha that everyone shares in a given year. Yours depends on the Moon at your birth. Here is how the cycle works and how to find your own period.
- Why a weekly horoscope says so little about youThis is not a weekly forecast. It is a plain explanation of what the twelve-way weekly format can honestly tell you, and what only your own chart can.
- Why a published list of wedding dates is not your muhuratA marriage muhurat is fixed from the panchang and from both charts together. Numerology is not part of the method, and a general list of dates is a shortlist rather than an answer.
- How a wedding muhurat is actually chosenA wedding date is narrowed in four layers, the season, the panchang, both charts, and what the two families can manage. The method, and the open windows.
- How Hindu wedding dates are chosen, and why some months have almost noneMarriage muhurat is chosen from the panchang and the couple's charts. Whole stretches of the year are closed by Chaturmas, Pitru Paksha and Kharmas.
- Vish yoga, when it is cancelled, and why the celebrity lists are worthlessVish yoga is the Moon with Saturn. It occurs in about one chart in twelve, it is weighed rather than cancelled, and the celebrity lists are not verified.
- Vish yoga and marriage, without the fearVish yoga is the Moon and Saturn together. Tradition reads a heavy mind and a slow, delayed marriage, not a marriage that fails.
- Vish yoga in the kundli, what softens it, and why the celebrity lists prove nothingVish yoga is the Moon sitting with Saturn. It occurs in about one chart in twelve, which is why the celebrity lists settle nothing either way.
- Vedic astrology in 2027: the transits that matter2027 turns on three slow transits. Saturn leaving Pisces for Aries in stages, Jupiter crossing into Leo, and the nodes holding Capricorn and Cancer.
- Ugadi 2026, the new year in the panchang, and what the year actually holdsUgadi falls on Thursday 19 March 2026, the first day of the lunar year. What a year reading can honestly say comes from the slow planets, not your rashi.
- The types of raj yoga in a kundli, and why nearly every chart has oneA raj yoga forms when a lord of an angular house and a lord of a trine house meet. Nearly every kundli has one, so the question is which, and how strong.
- Twin flames and Vedic astrology, honestlyTwin flame is not a Vedic idea and no birth date reveals one. What a kundli can read is your own pattern in relationships, and the periods when they move.
- Which house represents children, and which house shows creative talentBoth answers are the fifth house. Why one house carries children and creativity, which planets support each, and what a chart honestly cannot tell you.
- Which house in a horoscope is the strongest, and how it is judgedNo house is strongest for everyone. It is judged chart by chart from the house ruler, its occupants and its aspects. The 1st house anchors all of it.
- Can a spouse bring raj yoga into your life, and what that really meansTradition does describe fortune arriving through marriage, when the 7th house links to the houses of fortune. It is not luck you can marry into.
- Simha rashi, career and relationships through 2026 and 2027Two things dominate Simha rashi right now. Saturn sits in your 8th house until June 2027, and Jupiter reaches your own sign on 31 October 2026.
- The 7th lord in the 10th house, a husband's traits, and careerWhat tradition holds about a husband's temperament when the 7th lord sits in the 10th, why no chart describes his face, and what it does to a career.
- What the seventh lord honestly says about your spouseThe seventh lord shows where in life partnership happens and what it feels like. It does not name your spouse's face, job or standing.
- Which house rules marriage in a kundli, and what an empty seventh house meansThe seventh house rules marriage. An empty seventh house is ordinary, not a warning, and the chart is read through the seventh lord and Venus instead.
- The 7th house in your kundli, and what it really says about marriageThe 7th house describes the partnership you are drawn to and the terms on which you meet another person. It does not name a spouse or fix a date.
- What the 7th house in your kundli says about marriageThe 7th house describes how you partner, what you look for and where friction settles. It does not describe a specific person waiting for you.
- Saturn as your Darakaraka, and what it actually indicatesSaturn as Darakaraka is read as a partnership built on patience, duty and time rather than on quick romance. It is not a warning about your marriage.
- Retrograde Jupiter in the 7th houseRetrograde Jupiter in the 7th house is usually read as a slower, more considered path to marriage. Astrologers disagree on what retrogression itself means.
- Raj yoga in a kundli, and what neech bhang actually cancelsA raj yoga is a working link between a kendra lord and a trikona lord. Neech bhang is the separate rule by which a debilitated planet stops being weak.
- Raj yoga in your kundli, and what a raj yog calculator cannot tell youAlmost every kundli holds some raj yoga. A calculator lists the combinations; strength, house and timing decide whether any of them does anything.
- Rahu in the 7th house, in marriage and in business partnershipsRahu in the 7th house does not break a marriage. It raises the appetite for partnership and lowers the accuracy of your first read of a person.
- How planetary transits affect your career and your moneyA transit is where a planet is now, moving over your birth chart. It shifts pressure and timing around your work. It does not overrule the chart.
- Free numerology calculator, and the arithmetic behind itIndian numerology takes two numbers from your date of birth and a third from the running year. Here is how each one is calculated, and what it is not.
- Neecha bhanga raja yoga, and what it means in the marriage chartNeecha bhanga cancels a planet's weakness. It is a repair, not a crown, and a weak Venus in the marriage chart is not a verdict on your marriage.
- Neecha bhanga raj yoga, and the three ways Saturn is involvedNeecha bhanga is the cancellation of a planet's debilitation by other placements. It lifts the weakness, it does not make the planet strong.
- Neech Bhang Yoga, and what a calculator cannot settleNeech Bhang Yoga is the cancellation of a planet's debilitation. Here are the classical conditions, and why a calculator only gives you a first answer.
- Moon sign compatibility in marriage, and what it can honestly tell youNo moon sign pairing guarantees a happy marriage. The moon sign describes emotional temperament, which is one useful input in matching, not a verdict.
- Moon in the 8th house: the Vedic reading and the Western oneVedic and Western astrology often place the same Moon in different houses and read it differently. Here is why, and what this placement does not decide.
- Money in the kundli: which houses and planets are readMoney is read from the second, eleventh and ninth houses, with Jupiter and Venus. What a chart shows is flow and friction, never an amount.
- Meena rashi in love and relationships, and the honest limits of compatibilityWhat tradition says about a Pisces moon sign in relationships, the pairings it calls easy, and why a sign to sign compatibility list proves very little.
- Famous people born under Meena rashi, and how to check a moon sign properlyMost lists of famous Meena rashi people use the western sun sign and are wrong. Meena rashi means the Moon in Meena, worked out from the birth data.
- Mars in the seventh house, and the truth about the divorce claimMars in the seventh house is one of the manglik placements. Tradition reads it as heat in partnership, not as a verdict of divorce.
- Do the 2026 and 2027 transits decide your marriage yearA transit can only trigger a window your own chart has already opened. Here is what the current sky is doing, and what it cannot settle on its own.
- When will I get married, and why a chart gives a window rather than a dateA chart can indicate periods when marriage is likelier and periods when it is not. It cannot give you a year, and anyone who names one is over-reaching.
- When will I get married, and what a kundli can honestly say about timingA kundli can indicate periods when marriage is more likely, not a date. Marriage age by rashi is not a real method. Here is what is read instead.
- Can astrology predict the exact date of your marriageNo. A kundli can indicate periods when marriage becomes more likely, usually a year or two wide. It cannot name a date, and anyone naming one is guessing.
- The marriage chart, sometimes called the navamsa, and what it addsA second chart from the same birth details tests whether what your kundli promises about marriage holds. It needs an accurate birth time to mean anything.
- Finding a likely age for marriage from a kundli, honestlyA chart gives windows of a few years, not a wedding date. What is actually looked at, why the windows are wide, and why an exact age is overselling.
- Lucky and unlucky colours in Vedic astrologyColours in Vedic astrology belong to the grahas, not to people. No colour causes harm. Here is where the associations come from and how they are actually used.
- Planetary transits and your relationships through 2026The transits that shape relationships in 2026: Jupiter crossing three signs, Saturn's full year in Pisces, and the nodes changing axis in November.
- Saturn and Jupiter in a Leo ascendant chartFor a Leo ascendant Saturn owns the 6th and 7th houses and Jupiter owns the 5th and 8th. That ownership explains most of what each one does in the chart.
- Marriage after 35, a strong career and a quiet 7th houseA settled career and an unsettled marriage often sit in one kundli. What a weak 7th house means, and what Saturn has to do with a later marriage.
- How to judge the strength of your lagna lord (lagnesh)The lagna lord rules your rising sign and colours the whole kundli. What actually makes it strong or weak, and what a weak one does not mean.
- Ketu transits Ashlesha from December 2026, and what that period is aboutKetu enters Ashlesha on 5 December 2026 and leaves on 14 August 2027. Here is who it touches, what tradition says about it, and what is worth doing.
- Ketu in Revati nakshatra, its effects and its one practical costRevati is the last nakshatra and Ketu is the point of letting go. Tradition reads the pair as a gentle, unworldly placement with one practical cost.
- Jupiter transiting the 8th house, and the inheritance story that gets oversoldTradition reads Jupiter through the 8th house as demanding, not a windfall. It touches shared money, loans and inheritance, usually as paperwork.
- Jupiter's 2026 transit, from Gemini into exalted Cancer and on to LeoJupiter enters Cancer, its sign of exaltation, on 2 June 2026 and moves to Leo on 31 October. The real dates, and what they mean from each moon sign.
- Jupiter mahadasha for Virgo ascendant, home and marriage in the same sixteen yearsFor Virgo ascendant Jupiter rules the fourth and seventh houses, so its period brings home, property and marriage forward, with duties attached.
- Jupiter mahadasha for Libra ascendant, the period that pays for effortFor Libra ascendant Jupiter rules the third and sixth houses, so its sixteen years pay for effort rather than hand anything over. Honestly explained.
- Jupiter mahadasha, Jupiter in Gemini, and what either one says about loveA Jupiter mahadasha runs sixteen years and starts on a date set by your own chart. The Gemini transit ran to 1 June 2026; Jupiter is now in Cancer.
- Jupiter mahadasha for Gemini ascendant, partnership and public work togetherFor Gemini ascendant Jupiter rules the seventh and tenth houses, so its sixteen years raise marriage and career together. Tradition rates it mixed.
- Jupiter in love: what it shows and what it cannot promiseJupiter in a relationship shows values, generosity and the partner you are drawn to, not a date for love. Here is the honest reading.
- Jupiter in Gemini, and what it means for a marriage yearJupiter crossed Gemini from mid 2025 to June 2026, then moved into Cancer. What tradition holds about Jupiter and marriage, and what it does not settle.
- Jupiter in Cancer, 2026 and 2027, and what it means for marriageJupiter is in Cancer from June 2026 into mid 2027. What that transit can honestly say about marriage, and what it cannot.
- Jupiter, career and the work it favoursJupiter is read for teaching, advice, law, finance and healing: work where you are paid for judgement. How to see it in a chart, honestly.
- Jupiter and Rahu in the 7th house of the marriage chartWhat tradition holds when Jupiter and Rahu share the 7th house of the marriage chart, why it is not a divorce forecast, and why the birth time decides it.
- Jupiter and a happy marriage, and what a chart can honestly promiseJupiter is the first thing astrologers read for marital happiness in a kundli. The combinations that matter, and the limits of what they promise.
- Jupiter in the 7th house of the marriage chart, what it indicatesJupiter in the 7th house of the marriage chart is read as supportive: a principled, advising partner. There is one classical caution worth knowing.
- Daily horoscope: read from moon signA Vedic daily rashifal is read from your moon sign, not your Western sun sign. That single correction changes which one you should be reading.
- Gudi Padwa 2026, the timings, and the year it beginsGudi Padwa falls on Thursday 19 March 2026. The tithi runs from 06:53 that morning to 04:52 the next. It opens Vikram Samvat 2083 and Shaka 1948.
- Gajakesari yoga, how to check it, and why so many charts have itGajakesari yoga forms when Jupiter sits in the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house counted from the Moon. Roughly one chart in three has it.
- Gajakesari yoga: how to check it from your date of birthGajakesari forms when Jupiter sits in the first, fourth, seventh or tenth sign from the Moon. You can usually check it from the date alone. Here is how.
- Gaja Kesari yoga, Jupiter in an angle from the MoonGaja Kesari forms when Jupiter sits in the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house from the Moon. About one chart in three has it, which tells you how to read it.
- An empty 7th house in the D9 chart does not mean no marriageAn empty 7th house is ordinary. Nine planets cannot fill twelve houses. The house is read through its lord, not through what sits in it.
- An empty 7th house, and what it says about your partnerAn empty 7th house is normal and is not a sign of a difficult marriage. It is read through its lord, through Venus or Jupiter, and through what aspects it.
- An empty 7th house in the marriage chartAn empty 7th house in the marriage chart is normal and means nothing is wrong. Most houses in most charts are empty. Read the 7th lord instead.
- Dharma karmadhipati yoga, worked out step by step from your own chartThis combination forms when the ninth and tenth house lords connect. How to find it in your kundli, and what the tradition does not claim for it.
- Dhan yoga and the wealth combinations in a kundli, read honestlyA dhan yoga links the lords of the houses of wealth, gains and fortune. It indicates a capacity to accumulate. It names no figure and no date.
- Darakaraka in your kundli, and how to find yoursYour Darakaraka is the planet at the lowest degree in your kundli. Here is how it is worked out, what it indicates, and what it cannot tell you.
- Darakaraka in the 7th house of a kundliWhen the spouse indicator sits in the house of marriage itself, partnership becomes a central theme of the life. Tradition is split on what that costs.
- The D9 chart and marriage, and what it can honestly settleThe D9 is a second chart derived from your birth chart, used to test how strong its promises are. It refines a marriage reading. It does not give dates.
- Choosing a wedding date, and why Mercury retrograde is not the real testA vivah muhurat is decided by the panchang and the two charts, not by Mercury retrograde. The real exclusions are Guru asta, Shukra asta and Chaturmas.
- Career transits in 2026 and 2027, read from your rising signSaturn holds in Pisces through 2026 and reaches Aries in June 2027, Jupiter enters Cancer in June 2026. The house each falls in, from every rising sign.
- Borewell placement and vastu: where water goes, and what actually mattersVastu places a borewell in the north, north-east or east, and keeps it out of the south-west and the centre. The engineering and legal rules come first.
- What a kundli actually shows about a career in lawNo rashi makes a lawyer. A chart can indicate aptitude for argument, procedure and contest, and roughly when those years open. That is its whole scope.
- The planet transits of 2026, with the actual datesJupiter enters Cancer on 2 June 2026 and Leo on 31 October. Saturn stays in Pisces all year. Rahu changes sign on 5 December. The dates, and what they mean.
- When will I get married, and what a kundli can honestly say about itA kundli can narrow marriage to a window of a year or two. It cannot give a date. What is actually read, and what the old content oversold.
- Virgo and work in 2026, read from the actual transitsFor Virgo rashi, Jupiter moved into the 11th in June 2026 and Saturn sits in the 7th all year. Here is what that supports at work, and what it does not.
- Vikram Samvat 2083, the samvatsara year running nowThe year that began at Gudi Padwa on 19 March 2026 is Vikram Samvat 2083, Shaka 1948, called Parabhava. What that does and does not mean.
- Retrograde Jupiter in the 7th house, and your relationshipsTradition reads retrograde Jupiter in the 7th house as marriage thought over rather than rushed. It is common, and it is not a curse.
- Rahu sitting with a debilitated planet in your kundliWhen Rahu shares a sign with a debilitated planet, tradition holds it exaggerates that planet's uneasy side. It is rarely as bad as it reads.
- The major planetary transits of 2026 and 2027, and how to read them against your own chartSaturn reaches Aries in June 2027, Jupiter moves between Cancer and Leo across both years, and the nodes turn to Capricorn and Cancer in December 2026.
- What a mahadasha is, and what it does not decideA mahadasha is the long planetary period running in your kundli. It sets the theme of those years. It does not fix the outcome, and no transit overrules it.
- Career and money inside a mahadashaThe mahadasha running in your chart shapes which years favour building a career and which favour holding what you have. It indicates conditions, not amounts.
- Can numerology reveal your future partner? An honest answerNumerology cannot name the person you will marry, and no year delivers one. What number practice offers, and what a kundli can say about marriage.
- Numerology in 2027: the year number, and what it cannot do2027 adds to 11, which reduces to 2, so it is a two year. How to work out your own personal year, and an honest note on numbers and money.
- Jupiter through the 8th house in 2026, and what it does not promiseJupiter is in the 8th from Sagittarius rashi through 2026 and into 2027. What tradition says about it, and why the inheritance headline is wrong.
- The Gudi Padwa shobha yatras in Mumbai and PuneGudi Padwa 2026 fell on 19 March. Here is the panchang reason for that date, what the gudi stands for, and how the Mumbai and Pune processions actually work.
- Gajakesari yoga: check if you have itGajakesari yoga forms when the Moon sits in the first, fourth, seventh or tenth position from Jupiter. It is common, it is often weak, and here is how to check yours.
- An empty 7th house is normal, in the kundli and in the Navamsa, the ninth-part chart read for marriageAn empty 7th house does not mean no marriage, in the birth chart or the Navamsa. It is read from the sign, from the 7th lord and from Venus.
- An empty 2nd house is not an empty bank accountAn empty 2nd house only means no planet sits there at birth. Money is read from the lord of that house, from Jupiter and Venus, and from the 11th house.
- A weak planet in the 10th house, and what it does to a careerA debilitated planet in the 10th house indicates a career that starts slowly and changes often. Tradition also describes conditions that cancel that weakness.
- Darakaraka in the 11th house, and what it actually indicatesDarakaraka is the planet at the lowest degree in your kundli. In the 11th house, tradition reads a partner who arrives through your own circle.
- Cancer horoscope for tomorrow, and how to work it out yourselfWhat actually changes for Cancer rashi between today and tomorrow is the Moon's position. Here is how to read it from the panchang instead of guessing.
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