Astrological significance of designating Jupiter as the most benefic planet

According to Hindu Philosophy, the Supreme Being manifested Himself in the entire creation originated from Himself and He enjoys Himself in innumerable forms of living and non-living nature according to their characteristics and the ultimate goal of every being is to return to its Origin i.e. attainment of its Supreme Self. The main obstruction towards this course is the interaction of the so called six enemies’ i.e.  different complexes which result in the interaction of a being with the environment leading to its deviation from the path of eternal good. To overcome these obstacles, it is absolutely necessary to follow the God-directed path of living.

According to Modern Physics, every being, animate or inanimate always emits waves of certain definite frequency and the being concerned is but an instantaneous projection of its characteristic wave bounded by space and time. According to Hindu Philosophy, at the start of the Creation when there was nothing in existence, the Supreme Sound came out from darkness to start the creation. This Supreme Sound is the Brahma as defined in Hindu Philosophy which means expansion and manifestation of the Supreme Being in innumerable forms. At the start of the creation, the Supreme Wave was the manifestation of the Brahma and this immediately started dividing himself in various sub-waves which gave rise to different beings according to their frequency and amplitude. The resultants of the various superimpositions of these branch waves had different frequencies and amplitudes leading to innumerable forms of living and non-living entities. The greater the differences of the amplitudes and frequencies of these resultant waves from those of the Supreme Waves, the greater will be the deviation of the individual beings from the Supreme self. In other words, the natural difference thus originated from the Supreme self forms the hard coating on each individual being termed as the “Maya” or “Illusion” as said by some sages. The greater this difference, the harder will be the coating on the individual resisting the manifestation of the Supreme self within the individual being concerned.   

Therefore, for the progress of the individual soul towards attainment of Godhood, it is absolutely required to pierce the hard coating of the “Maya” and realization of the self. In the language of Modern Physics, it may be said that for a branch wave to attain the harmony with the original Godly wave, it is necessary to reduce gradually the mutual interactions with other branch waves and ultimately to brings it to the end.

In our solar system, the relative position of the planets and other stellar bodies with respect to the earth is: - Sun – Mercury – Venus – Earth – Mars – Jupiter – Saturn. Since Sun is the origin of terrestrial life, therefore Saturn remaining at the extreme opposite end is assumed as the significator of destruction. Mercury and Venus remaining between the Sun and the Earth create obstruction for the continuance of life; similarly Mars and Jupiter remaining between Earth and Saturn cause obstacles towards destruction. If we divide the Zodiac into three equal parts starting from Aries, it is assumed that the portion from Aries to Cancer signifies the first part of life, portion from Leo to Scorpio signifies the middle part and the remaining portion from Saggitarius to Pisces signifies the last part of life. The chief ruler of the first two parts is the Sun assisted by Moon, the child planet Mercury, the young planet Mars and lastly Venus, the significator of material enjoyments and the life period between youth and middle age. Under their influences, a native starting from birth up to the middle age acquires huge experiences through the activities for existence and expansion combined with fulfillment of material desires. These experiences produce results in the last part of life covered by Saggitarius to Pisces. The cream of such experiences gathered up to the middle age are stored as wisdom under the influence of the old planet Jupiter which is also the significator of extracting and thereafter assimilating the substance of all foods intaken by the native. After this, the wisdom thus acquired results in the feelings of the mortality of the earthly life and thus helps to attain spiritual consciousness which gradually leads the native towards salvation cum liberation from earthly complexes signified in Pisces ruled by Jupiter, the Master of the deities.

The ninth sign of the Zodiac is Saggitarius, the positive sign of Jupiter wherein are judged religion, Guru i.e. Master, conscience etc. Jupiter of Saggitarius engages the native in organizational work for the good of the human being which maintains the creation and which is actually termed as religion. From the wisdom of this sign develop in a native the activities without any personal attachment which are signified by Saturn and the sign Capricorn. Realizations and experiences gathered from such activities are accumulated in the form of wisdom and instincts signified by Saturn of Aquarius which are expressed in the form of common-sense and intuition in the next birth. The ultimate result of such accumulated wisdom and instincts are liberation from the complexes leading to Moksha i.e. unification with the Supreme Soul signified by Jupiter of the sign Pisces, the dual negative sign of watery nature wherein the individual soul remains with the Supreme Soul in opposition at Supramental level. The third sign from Saggitarius i.e. the field of courage is Aquarius which is actually the wisdom at its highest level when the native identifying himself with the entire universe takes the responsibility to carry the entire load of the world signified by the symbol of Aquarius and through these activities gradually develops the sacred desire to devote himself to the Supreme Soul signified by the negative sign of Jupiter i.e. Pisces.

According to Astrology, there are both similarities and dissimilarities between Jupiter and Saturn. In Astronomy, both are designated as superior planets situated on the same side of the earth. Jupiter enriches the native with wisdom which is the reality of the universe through Supreme Pleasures. From Jupiterian angle of view, the world is the manifestation of the ever blissful pleasures. But Saturn on the other hand, exposes to the native the other side of the absolute truth of life through sorrows. The mortality and sorrowful experiences of the native endowed by Saturn help the native to be purified being freed from all complexes and then and then only the wisdom of Jupiter gives the native the light of immortality and the ultimate significance of this creation. According to Astrology, Jupiter is the old planet while Saturn the very old and therefore the mortality of this earthly life and the immortality of the soul are realized on the verge of old age when the passions of youth combined with earthly desires come to the end i.e. the influences of Mars and Venus become fainter and fainter.  

According to optics, in the solar spectrum Jupiter rules over the yellow band and Saturn the violet band i.e. from the middle of the spectrum the regions ruled by these two planets are on either side. Therefore, these two regions influence a native in opposite senses. A native ruled by Jupiter feels the existence of inherent blissful pleasures of the Supreme Soul in everything while to a native ruled by Saturn the same world appears to present itself in the form of sorrows. In other words, a Jupiterian native experiences the positive side of life while a Saturnine observes the negative side of the same.

Analysis of the solar spectrum shows that the two opposite ends are covered by the red and the violet regions. Wave length of the red band being more, the frequency is less and the reverse is the case with violet region. For the creation of life, the waves of the red region are necessary and for destruction the same of violet region is required. The region covered by Jupiter stands approximately midway between the two while the exact middle region i.e. green band is ruled by Mercury signifying new creation. These two bands viz. green and yellow influence the two ends. Of the two, the band ruled by Jupiter has wave length less than that of green band and therefore its penetrating power is more and consequently its neutralizing capacity is higher but the indigo band ruled by Venus is in the vicinity of violet region and therefore has its destructive capacity higher than that of Mercury. The wave length of the violet band being less than that of blue band, the destructive capacity of the latter is expressed through delicate feelings of apparent happiness. It, therefore, appears that the band ruled by Jupiter can neutralize to a large extent the destructive influences of other bands and therefore helps the creative function of the solar spectrum. This is of course totally experienced when Jupiter is not afflicted by malefics in a natal chart i.e. the influence of this band is not badly interfered by other bands. Therefore, it may be concluded that the benefic influence of Jupiter is the most in the planetary kingdom so far as an individual life is concerned.                                        

Analysis for the mutual relations of the signs owned by Mercury and Jupiter

In the Zodiac, Mercury rules over the signs Gemini and Virgo while for Jupiter, these are Saggitarius and Pisces. All the four signs are dual in nature of Sattwa Guna but Gemini is airy in nature, Virgo earthy, Saggitarius fiery and Pisces watery. The elements fire and air being helpful for each other, the positions of the two signs Gemini and Saggitarius in mutual seventh relation is justified. Similar is the case with Virgo and Pisces in mutual seventh relation being earthy and watery respectively. Again, according to astrological principles, these four signs remain in mutual angular relation as the result of which they help one other through exchange of energy.

Gemini being the third sign of the Zodiac signifies common-sense, inquisitiveness, valour, strength etc. while the ninth sign Saggitarius signifies wisdom, religious consciousness, sublimation and depth of mind etc. Mercury is designated as child planet as well as prince in the planetary kingdom since it is closest to the king Sun, both physically and functionally. Since inquisitiveness is maximum in a child, therefore selection of Mercury as the lord of the third sign Gemini is quite justified. The third sign also signifies arm strength because the prince is supposed to have it in full. But on the other hand, a proverb says that strength of intelligence is maximum rather than the arm strength and the same is also signified by the third sign as well as Mercury. Again, all sorts of queries and inquisitiveness when satisfied i.e. find their ends, it is wisdom signified by Jupiter and the ninth sign Saggitarius evolves. This is quite in accordance with the astrological principles that the seventh sign counted from any Bhava is the house of detriment for the characteristics of that Bhava. Consequently, this leads to the sublimation of consciousness as is signified by the symbol of the sign Saggitarius. Therefore, the relation of the signs Gemini and Saggitarius in opposition to each other is quite justified.

The fourth sign counted from Gemini is Virgo which being the sixth sign of the Zodiac signifies complexes, passions, material rationality, job instincts etc. In this sign, the common-sense of Gemini gets matured in its nearest angle i.e. fourth house; together with this, the passions latent in the child have evolved in the form of job instincts. It means that this sign Virgo is also controlled by Mercury because in this sign, the first half of life cycle is completed. As such, Mercury has evolved from the child to the youth and therefore is closer to the king or the father signified by Sun rather than in Gemini.

The seventh sign counted from Saggitarius is Gemini and the tenth is Virgo. The queries and inquisitiveness are ended in the wisdom of Saggitarius. Similarly, the material rationality combined with Sattwik instincts and complexes of Virgo are concentrated in the form of wisdom of Saggitarius, the first angle counted from Virgo and on this basis Dharma or religion which is the force of maintenance of the Creation is evolved in Saggitarius. Thus, the characteristics of Saggitarius viz. religion, conscience, wisdom, Guru or the Master etc. as signified by Jupiter, the mater of the Deities are justified.

The twelfth sign of the Zodiac is Pisces, dual watery sign of Sattwa Guna. It is the tenth sign from Gemini, seventh sign from Virgo and the fourth sign from Saggitarius. The twelfth house in a natal chart signifies bed comforts, sacrifice, Moksha or liberation from complexes. Pisces is signified by a pair of fishes swimming in opposite directions in the depth of a river which means the actions and reactions of two opposite forces leading to continuous conflicts in the Creation giving rise to the terrestrial phenomenon. Being the tenth sign of Gemini, the common-sense and inquisitiveness of Mercury find the highest expression in Pisces. Since the highest form of queries is in self realization, therefore the lord of Pisces should be Jupiter. Again, being the seventh sign from Virgo, the sign Pisces is characterized by the detriment of physical pleasures, complexes, materialistic rationality etc. which is actually the trait of Moksha because when complexes and desires for material enjoyments are totally satisfied, the native experiences the self realization leading to Moksha. So, in this respect also the lordship of Jupiter for Pisces is justified. Further, counted from Saggitarius, Pisces is the fourth sign which signifies happiness. This implies that sense of religion, conscience, wisdom etc. manifested in Saggitarius actually find their real place of pleasure through liberation from complexes signified by Pisces. The sublimed consciousness manifested in dual, fiery and Sattwik Saggitarius remains in peace of rest in two opposing waves of life and death in the depth of water signified by Pisces. In other words, Pisces signifies the best place of peace for the wisdom of Jupiter signified in Saggitarius.

Therefore, it is seen that in order of sequence the two signs Gemini and Virgo of the first half of Zodiac are ruled by Mercury while Saggitarius and Pisces of the second half are ruled by Jupiter. Its implication is in the start of life cycle expressed in Aries, the queries and inquisitiveness of child Mercury are converted into wisdom and conscience of middle-aged Jupiter. Similarly, the complexes and instincts combined with materialistic rationality developed in the young Mercury of Virgo are ended in the liberation from complexes leading to Moksha signified by the old Master of Deities viz. Jupiter as the lord of Pisces.

It is to be noted that all these four signs are dual and Sattwik in nature. This signifies that characteristics manifested in these four signs are developed due to the interactions of two opposite forces to maintain the Creation resulting in Sattwik pleasure or happiness.

Again, as is normal in the Zodiac, the fiery and the airy signs are in the mutual seventh position and similar is the case with the earthy and watery signs. It signifies that for spreading of fire, assistance of air is essential and similarly to increase the fertility of earth, water is essential. Accordingly, for the progress of wisdom queries and inquisitiveness are essential and the wisdom acquired in one birth reappears as common-sense in the following incarnation according to the doctrine of deeds and reincarnation. In other words, the fiery and the airy signs are mutually helpful for any birth. Similarly, the complexes combined with sensuality and Sattwik material senses require liberation from complexes for their successful attainment. Therefore, the earthy qualities manifested in Virgo require the help of water of the sign Pisces signifying Moksha for best utilization. Therefore, it appears from the above considerations that these four signs viz. Gemini, Virgo, Saggitarius and Pisces are justifiably located in mutual quadrants in the Zodiac.