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If Jupiter is your Planet

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'I worship Jupiter, the teacher of the Gods and the seers, who has the luster of gold, endowed with wisdom, the ruler of the three worlds.'

• Veda Vyāsa

Dynamic: How we expand ourselves on all levels without expectations

Keywords: Wisdom, knowledge, justice, learning, goodness, optimism, good fortune expansion, righteousness, prosperity

Sign: Sagittarius, Pisces

Color: Yellow

Gender: Masculine

Cakra: Sahasrāra and Viśuddhi

Temperament: Sattva (pure)

Governing deity: Guru, Brhaspati

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Jupiter in Vedic Scriptures

A king had seven sons. One day, sādhus (holy mendicants) came begging for alms, but the wives of these sons turned them away empty handed. Jupiter became angry with them, and as a result, the prosperity of the kingdom diminished.

The youngest wife visited a sage to ask for a solution to this problem. The sage advised her to fast on Thursdays and to give alms to spiritual people. The master also suggested that if any one of the girl's husbands had gone to a foreign country, the wife should create two human figures and place them behind her door, which would ensure the safe return of her husband.

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The youngest wife did so, as her husband has gone on a tour to a foreign country.

The other six sons were also gone on a tour to a neighboring country. The youngest wife did the ritual, as instructed by the sage. The youngest son was in a country where the king died. The king had no son. In order to find a suitable successor, a garland was put on the horn of a female elephant and whoever was garlanded by the elephant would be king. The elephant put the garland on the youngest son's neck. He became king.

The youngest wife's spiritual discipline brought prosperity to the kingdom.

The other six wives also repented and began to do Vara Pūjaā (worshipping Jupiter on Thursdays) for Jupiter to bless their families and kingdom as well.

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Tendencies of Jupiter and Sagittarius

'Jupiter has a big body, tawny hair and eyes, is kapha, intelligent, and learned in Śastras.'

• Brhat Parāśara Hora Śāstra

Symbol: The Centaur

Element: Fire

Ruling Planet: Jupiter /Guru

Ayurvedic constitution: Kapha (water)

Healing stone: Citrine

Jupiter is the great benefic of the solar system, the bestower of the cosmic good. He is known as Brihaspati, the deity who personifies the worship of the Gods. He provides opportunities for the limitless expansion of inner qualities. His energy emphasizes the opportunity for inner and outer growth. Jupiter is also referred to as Guru, which means preceptor, teacher as well as one who initiates the student into the secret wisdom of the Vedas.

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Jupiter's impact is to impart religious satisfaction, peaceful contentment, and a sense of inner fulfillment. Physical existence is usually easy under Jupiter, one's desire to live, to do social work, to speak and undertake activities in the name of the Truth. Such an individual strives to spiritualize his life.

The natives can grow prosperous, their life will be fruitful, and they will attain satisfaction from their prosperity. An important attribute of the Jupiterian influence is its concern for the welfare of humanity. This includes spiritual as well as physical welfare.

Jupitereans' approach to life is benevolent and positive. They naturally feel God is present in the whole of creation and in all beings. They find great fulfillment in working for society and for humanity in general.

Sagittarius natives have an expansive and pure heart, as well as deep spiritual inclination. They will always keep active and engaged in work and hate external pomp. They are honest, humble, free from

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hypocrisy. They are generally generous and conventional.

Their sense of principles is overly strong; they follow laws and justice. They may become lawyers, religious leader or successful business men.

They can be athletes, but not too competitive; they like the outdoors, wilderness, and enjoy nature more than any other sign. Enthusiastic, they create many friends.

But their mind may be too discriminating and fault finding; this may not enable them to see their own unawareness. Their over-optimism can sometimes make them take decisions too lightly and impulsively or without awareness of the actual reality of their decision.

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Jupiter Nakşatras: Mūla, Pūrvāșāda, Uttarāșāda

Tendencies of a person born under Mula

Mula means 'root' in Sanskrit; the symbol of the naksatra is a bunch of roots tied together. It shows everything of basic nature; it connotes the idea of foundation, commencement from the very bottom. The naksatra has the power to ruin, destroy and break things apart, and reveals the necessary dissolution that precedes a new life on a new basis, on a more spiritual basis.

If the native feels pain in his life, it is seldom to inspire him to look for something higher. Mūla inspires the person to seek for divine help.

You can become very devoted to your spiritual path and come to spiritualize yourself completely. You will be successful in financial matters and materially comfortable. You can have a deep spiritual nature and an inquisitive mind, which enjoys exploring the roots of any subject.

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You can gain great wisdom and knowledge through hard work and sadhana. You have a very deep urge for peace; you are peace makers, but can fight forcefully for rightful causes.

Your skills are multiple; therefore, changing profession does not scare you, and you spend your money generously. You may be ambitious, learned, a writer, talkative, a traveler, and helpful to others. Mūla natives do well in careers such as writing, philosophy, law, politics, medicine, pharmacy, business, sales, and public speaking. Tendencies of a person born under Pūrvāșāda

Pūrvāşāda is known as the 'invincible Star', whose name denotes its courageous and enduring qualities.

This naksatra is associated with declarations of war. People born under Pūrvāșāda's auspices are intelligent and convincing. They have the pliability of water and can adjust to many situations easily. They can also influence and empathize with the masses.

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You are popular, good natured and intelligent. Manifesting your inner potential comes easily to you. In your life, hidden knowledge from past lives can surface and express itself. Under this naksatra, all life experience works as a bridge towards the seeking of enlightenment.

You have creative fertility and much wisdom. You can exhibit an over-expansive nature. You also aim at leading groups wherever you are, because of natural leadership and charisma. You will earnestly follow your passion in life without bothering about others' opinion.

You often get into arguments with others and prove your intelligence through it. You are a gifted debater and can defeat anyone in that field, but this drains your precious energy. Be aware not to take light decisions without really being aware of the outcome. Not willing to submit to the demands of anyone because of your obstinacy will prove to be inauspicious to you.

But you may be egoistic and do what you like

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without taking others' advice beforehand. At times, your optimism can express as aggression. Learning to move ahead of your pride and ego will take you to the beautiful surrender to God's will.

Tendencies of a person born under Uttarāșāda

Uttarāșāda is known as the 'Universal Star'. Its energy is very concerned with humanity at large and shows a powerful radiance. It gives introspection and is characterized by intensiveness.

Uttarasada can bring you to the summit of your skills, support and recognition, not so much through your own personal efforts, but with the appropriate support of all the Gods. You can work like a workaholic; you are extremely persistent when motivated by a project, but can step back and become lazy and not finish what you started.

A strongly placed moon in the natal chart of Uttarasada-born can lead to mistrust of others; it is only

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after spending considerable time with you that others can gain entry into the inner circle of your friends. You are a good mediator and consultant or advisor in many fields. You are usually respected, noble but of wavering mind.

This inclination can lead you towards mantras, tantra and other rituals which confer yogic powers. Some may be engaged in penance and tapas, in order to gain the knowledge of enlightenment.

Under this naksatra, all actions are clearly motivated by a more spiritual depth. The person may be introspective and self-centered, as he perceives the universal consciousness in him and contemplate on it. Slowly, the person becomes humble in life.

You can be attracted to careers such as research, military position, hunter, boxer or fighter for a cause, government jobs, and social work.

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Energy Centers and Sagittarius

The Sahasrara Cakra - Fostering Gratitude

There are seven major energy centers in our body, called cakras in Sanskrit. They are directly connected to our emotions and impact different aspects of our personality and the way we relate to ourselves, others, and to Existence.

Each planet resonates with a particular energy center in the body. The expanded characteristics of Jupiter in Sagittarius are connected to sahasrāra cakra, located at the top of the head. Sahasrara flowers when you start giving gratitude towards the whole, existence, regardless of what happens to you. This unfolds with beautiful devotion, trust and a deep love for life. This devotion can directly fulfill the native who has a natural capacity for feeling fulfilled and enjoying life to its fullest.

Depression can be a side effect from the native's not letting this aspect of himself grow. The constant

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discontentment that blocks this cakra brings emotional restlessness and ultimately drains his system, creating chronic depression.

You should keep an eye on your diet, which can be extreme when depression or low moods assail you. Sagittarius can be prone to bulimia and seeking sweets to counterbalance a lack of affection.

To keep sahasrāra balanced, to develop awareness and experience how you can flower by sharing your generosity, optimism will benefit you. You can give this teaching a try today: 'suffocate others with your gratitude'. This attitude will give contentment and the expansion you are seeking.

A balanced sahasrara cakra will manifest a broad and generous personality, one that radiates bliss.

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Sagittarius and Āyurveda: Understand your Constitution

In a birth chart, many influences have to be considered to find out one's body type. Consulting an experienced Ayurvedic doctor will help you to understand your body constitution.

Generally, the Ayurvedic dośa (body constitution) related to Sagittarius is kapha.

Let's use this scale:

If you experience symptoms such as lethargy, a feeling of heaviness, nausea, chills, looseness of the limbs, coughing, mucus discharges, breathing difficulties and a tendency to sleep too much and high cholesterol, you may be suffering from kapha imbalance. Other symptoms can be inertia, congestion, stagnation and circulation problems. There may be a tendency toward obesity and boredom, depression, apathy, laziness, and mental dullness may be present.

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If you are easy going, forgiving, physically strong, stable and reliable, slow to anger, active and positive minded, have a strong immune system, full of mental resolve, rational thinking, endurance, adaptability, long term memory, then your kapha is balanced.

Here are some of the common characteristics of people who have predominantly kapha body constitution:

O Relaxed disposition, slow paced

Loving, forgiving, compassionate personality

Stable nature, reliable

Faithful

O Physically strong and heavy and large body, enduring constitution

O Slow speech, good memory power,

O Large watery eyes

O Prone to heavy depression

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O Gentle, self sufficient

Excellent health, strong resistance to disease,

Slow to anger, greedy, envious

O Tend to hold on to things, possessive of people, money

Physical problems generally include colds and congestion, sinus, headaches, respiratory problems including asthma and wheezing, hay fever, allergies, and atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) and constipation.

How to manage kapha?

Kapha people are prone to lethargy, sluggishness and overweight. Therefore, they need activity and stimulation more than the other types of constitution. Daily exercise is a must for them. Getting out of the house, walking and actively seeking new and different experiences, breaking their routine is also valuable. They should learn to be receptive to useful change, renounce impediments to progress, implement life

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solutions and choose foods, mental attitudes, behaviors, exercise, relationships that can help them to balance kapha characteristics.

Food items to balance kapha:

Kapha people should consume little fried or fatty foods; avoid icy drinks, sweets or excessive amounts of bread. Butter, ice cream, cheese and milk should be avoided; they are among the worst foods which aggravates kapha. The consumption of salt should be kept in check, as it creates water retention in kapha body types.

They should enjoy plenty of fresh vegetables, raw fruits and salads. Pungent, bitter, and astringent tastes decrease kapha influences. Black pepper, ginger, cumin, chili, and some other spices provide the pungent taste; bitterness is provided by some green leafy vegetables like lettuce, endive and some green vegetables and beans provide the astringent taste, like cucumber and unripe fruits.

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Meditation for Sagittarius: Contemplate beyond Perception

Jupiter natives can be benefitted through techniques that boost their body and enable them to expand their capacity to visualize. Sagittarians naturally seek the state of meditation; they can easily fall into the no-mind state. To add to it, they can also practice yoga, which will bring this state into their body, into their cells, and also boost their kapha constitution which needs dynamism. Rituals are also techniques that Sagittarians are attracted too, enabling their devotional and traditional approach to spirituality to be expressed in a beautiful way.

Duration: 10 minutes - Sit in a comfortable position and contemplate on your mind. Think about the most elevated things you know. Now, drop this thought.

Next, try to think beyond your previous thought. You might think about the galaxy beyond the solar system. When you are able to think of the galaxy, then

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drop that thought. Go beyond the galaxy. When you continuously expand your mind to go beyond, you will be in the present moment.

Whatever you think is the ultimate in your life, drop it, and expand your thinking to something bigger. Then again your mind will automatically grasp something else. Don't allow your mind to hold that idea; drop it also. Don't bother about the ending. Just constantly keep dropping each boundary, each thought, and expanding, going beyond.

Meditate on the real Master, or the real cosmos or the real God. You may think you have grasped the essence of God, but that can never be, because your mind can never grasp the real God! If your mind can grasp God, it means your mind is greater than God. So what you grasped is not God, it is just your idea of God. Drop the idea and try again. Grasp something bigger than that.

Continuously try to grasp the ultimate truth. And you will experience the bliss of no-mind.

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Nithya Yoga for You

When the dynamism is low in the person, outdoors sports like tennis, golf or even jogging can be practiced to assist Jupiter's energy. Otherwise, gentle yoga postures that work on sahasrāra cakra, as well as Sūrya Namaskär (the ancient Sun salutation) can be practiced by all natives!

Prasarita Pādottānāsana

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Instructions:

· To blissfully enjoy the benefits of any asanas, make sure your body is warmed up, the spine worked on and stretched out before entering the postures.

. In a standing position, spread the legs wide apart and have the toes pointing forward.

· Inhale, raise your arms to the side parallel to the floor with the palms facing downward.

. Exhale, bend forward and bring the hands down on the floor between your feet. Have the hands about shoulder width apart. Stretch the spine and bring the crown of the head towards the floor between your hands.

· Inhale, turn to the right, bend your right knee. Bend you're your left knee also and place it on the floor. Bring both hands on the inside of your right foot.

. Exhale, bow the head down next to the hands and try to touch the crown of the head to the floor.

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. Inhale, straighten your legs, stand right back up bringing your arms and hands parallel to the floor again.

Repeat entire sequence again. Next time, however, alternate and go to the left.

. Right and left is equivalent to one time. Repeat this movement six times in total.

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Remedial Birthstones for Sagittarius

Citrine gemstone bracelet

This book comes with a unique energy bead bracelet which beautifully combines semi-precious stones with rudraksa beads, enhancing and radiating the properties of the stones. This bracelet attunes you to the Universe and contributes to destroy sufferings related to negative karmas. It is specially blessed by Nithyananda, the enlightened Master of our times for the fortunate ones who wish to receive the blessings of the Universe! Enlightened Masters are said to be the manifestation of the Cosmic Energy that radiates Enlightenment.

Jyotișa uses different gemstones (also called birthstones) to strengthen the planet's energies.

Gemstones are the finest and purest consolidation of minerals that exists, formed under extreme heat and pressure inside the earth. Stones are crystals of

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clear and purified minerals that are also found in the human body.

Because of their mineral quality, they are agents of electromagnetic energy, which influences the electromechanical nature of the human body. When a stone is in contact with the skin, it starts working on the physiology and energy level of the body, as well as the pranic layer of energy.

Citrine represents planet Jupiter in the natal chart. It rules over expansion, vitality and good fortune. It is beneficial for:

· Wisdom

· Contentment

· Longevity

. Happy family life

· Economic prosperity, comforts

· Business negotiations

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. Giving birth to a child, good children

· Delayed marriage

· Liver condition, jaundice, anemia

· Heart beat, palpitation, high blood pressure

· Dysentery

· Gum trouble

. Gastric and intestinal problems

· Nose bleeding

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Five Techniques for a Sagittarius Mind

Be aware!

If there is no bliss in your life, it means you are fast asleep. Don't make any direct effort to become blissful; nobody can succeed in that because bliss is a by-product. You cannot achieve bliss directly. You have to go via awareness. If you feel you are miserable, that simply shows one thing: it is an indication that you are unaware. So become more aware, become more meditative. As meditation deepens, misery disperses and the same energy that becomes misery becomes bliss. All that is needed is the process of awareness; it transforms energy by its nature itself.

Dive into faith

Time is up to break some of your limitations. You are so cautious about maintaining your comfort zone that you miss taking steps forward to deal with crucial responsibilities. You can remain where you are ... But are you evolving? You may be confronted to situations

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you were carefully trying to avoid in relations and profession also. Were you trying to avoid a project, to talk in public, a conjugal crisis? Before anticipating negative scenarios about what has become inevitable, stop and dive into faith. Never forget you have it, and because you have it, nothing is impossible. Either you doubt and make it difficult, or you trust and open up to miracles.

Stand up!

You show your confidence through example, and your example makes a difference. Whatever you learn spiritually is giving you strength today to stand up even in your commercial activities and business negotiations. It is a time to get along with everyone and start fresh contacts with people who will help you on this level. Take some free time with your family, extended family, and others. They will be a very valuable support to the growth that happens inside and outside. You can succeed with finding balance between your activities, your relationships, your spiritual practices and your

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inner connection with the Master, which is the ground on which you are standing today.

Intensity is what you need

Intensity is what you need: in spiritual understanding, in what you call external world, as a lifestyle! Intensity in the inner world is spiritual intensity, a longing to grow and to transform. Intensity in the outer world is what you need to change situations that have been bothering you for a long time. Now, you cannot bare these situations anymore, and this awakens a strong urge to improve yourself. This brings you the strength to go to any extent to shift your problems. When you are intense, you have freedom to create your destiny. You can actually even change your body with your intensity. Understand that whatever bondage you have comes from the past decisions that created it. You can break free of it!

Move with devotion

Devotion towards the master is the ultimate

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happening in life; it paves the way to your enlightenment. When your prayer becomes gratitude, you attract more benevolence to you. Gratitude is the ultimate prayer that can bring us more than we can imagine. Real prayer is not reading prayer books, it is not offering material things to god, it is not donating money to temples; it is deep and silent gratitude to the whole of Existence for being what it is. It is the undaunted trust that Existence is taking care. Prayer is a celebration of the benevolence of Existence. When our prayer is this way, Existence responds. When Existence responds, it comes to you as more benevolence in your life. This is the virtuous cycle of prayer and blessing.

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