In which rashi is Jupiter exalted?
Jupiter is exalted in Cancer (Karka rashi), most deeply at 5 degrees. It is debilitated in Capricorn (Makara) at 5 degrees.
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In Vedic astrology Jupiter (Guru) is exalted in Cancer (Karka), most deeply at 5 degrees, and debilitated in Capricorn (Makara) at 5 degrees. It rules Sagittarius (Dhanu) and Pisces (Meena). As the great benefic, a strong Jupiter protects the whole chart, and Jupiter in a kendra from the Moon forms Gaja-Kesari yoga.
Cancer is the sign of nurture, care and the home, ruled by the Moon, a friend. Jupiter is the planet of grace and generosity, and in a sign of care its wisdom turns into protection for others. Capricorn is practical and ambitious, ruled by Saturn, and there Jupiter’s faith is tested by worldly calculation.
Open your birth chart and read Jupiter through these checks in order. No single one decides it: an exalted planet in the 8th house, or a debilitated one with its debilitation cancelled, can surprise you.
From strongest to weakest: exalted, moolatrikona, own sign, a friend’s sign, a neutral sign, an enemy’s sign, debilitated. This is the first and most quoted check, but it is only one of several.
Jupiter is strongest in Cancer (Karka), comfortable in Sagittarius (Dhanu) and Pisces (Meena), and weakest in Capricorn (Makara). A sign ruled by Sun, Moon, Mars is friendly ground.
A planet in a kendra (1st, 4th, 7th, 10th) or trikona (1st, 5th, 9th) can act freely. In the dusthanas (6th, 8th, 12th) it struggles to give good results for that house, though malefics often do well in the 3rd, 6th and 11th.
Each planet has one house where it gets full directional strength, and the opposite house where it has none.
Jupiter gets full dig bala in the 1st house.
A planet too close to the Sun is combust (asta) and loses some of its independence.
Jupiter is combust within 11° of the Sun.
Jupiter or Venus with or aspecting a planet supports it. Saturn, Mars, Rahu or Ketu with it, or a planet hemmed between malefics on both sides (papakartari), weakens it.
A planet in the same sign in the birth chart and the Navamsa is vargottama, and gains a lot of strength. A planet exalted in the birth chart but debilitated in the Navamsa delivers less than its sign promises.
Shadbala adds up six kinds of strength (position, direction, time, motion, natural strength and aspects) into one number for each planet. It is the most complete single measure, and AstroPal computes it for every chart.
Jupiter aspects the 5th, 7th and 9th houses from itself, and whatever it looks at is protected. Even a Jupiter in a difficult house can do great good through its aspects, so note which houses and planets your Jupiter aspects.
Jupiter in the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th from the Moon forms Gaja-Kesari yoga. It gives the most when Jupiter is also strong by sign and not combust.
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Jupiter is exalted in Cancer (Karka rashi), most deeply at 5 degrees. It is debilitated in Capricorn (Makara) at 5 degrees.
Jupiter rules Sagittarius (Dhanu) and Pisces (Meena). The first 10 degrees of Sagittarius are its moolatrikona.
A debilitated Jupiter struggles to give its results freely, but check for Neecha Bhanga, the cancellation of debilitation. If Saturn, the lord of Capricorn, or the Moon, the lord of Jupiter’s exaltation sign, is in a kendra from the Lagna or the Moon, the debilitation is cancelled and Jupiter can still rise well.
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