In the Hindu
Mythology, Jupiter is designated as the Master of the Deities or Dev guru and
Moon is described as his disciple. Jupiter is the significator of wisdom,
conscience, religion etc. while Moon is that of mind, feelings etc. In the
Zodiac, Moon is the lord of the sign Cancer which is constituted of one-fourth
of the constellation Punarbasu and the whole of Pushya and Ashlesha. Cancer is
cardinal watery sign of Tamasik nature and being the fourth sign in the Zodiac,
it signifies mind, home, mother, domestic happiness, memory based education
etc. The ninth and the twelfth signs of the Zodiac i.e. Saggitarius and Pisces
respectively are owned by Jupiter. Saggitarius is dual fiery sign of Sattwik
nature while Pisces is dual watery sign of Sattwik nature. The ninth house in a
natal chart signifies religion, conscience, Guru, father, wisdom, deeper layer
of mind etc. while the twelfth house signifies expenses, sacrifice, bed
happiness, and emancipation or Moksha etc. Cancer is the eighth house from
Saggitarius and fifth from Pisces. It means that Saggitarius and Cancer are of
opposing nature and element but Pisces and Cancer are similar. The
constellation Pushya is designated as the birth constellation of Jupiter.
Jupiter signifies
the assimilation of all the disciplines of knowledge resulting in wisdom and
also religion, but this religion is not the rituals of any community, rather it
signifies the living processes which help the maintenance of the entire
creation. Religion such defined is related with feelings which are also the
base of wisdom. Such sensation when developed in an individual creates a
unifying sensation with the total universe. Again, Moksha which is actually the
liberation from all sensual complexes is also a subject of feelings. These
characteristics of Jupiter are not in harmony with the material desires of
happiness characterized by Venus, the military nature of Mars, the rationality
and practical intelligence of Mercury, the servitude and pessimistic
spiritualism of Saturn, the royal power and ego of the Sun. But these are fully
expressed with the help of deep feelings of mind characterized by Moon. Therefore,
the selection of the sign Cancer as the house of exaltation for Jupiter is
totally justified.
Therefore, the
seventh sign counted from Cancer i.e. Capricorn should be the sign of
debilation for Jupiter. Capricorn is cardinal earthy sign of Tamas nature ruled
by Saturn of which it is the passive field. Saturn signifies the Shudras,
Servants i.e. low-classed people on the one hand and materialist analytical
minded and to some extent narrow minded and devoted worker without any
aspiration for results on the other. Therefore, the Jupiterian wisdom, the
esteem of the Guru, exalted idealism, democratic liberalism etc. are quite in
discordance with the characteristics of Capricorn. The Brahmin Jupiter feels
quite discomfort in the house of Shudra Saturn. As such, the selection of
Capricorn as the sign of debilation for Jupiter is quite justified.
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