This article is first in the list of many articles that I would be writing on Yogas – Planetary Combinations. I would basically be publishing online the notes I have made during the ongoing process of learning astrology.Gaja Kesari YogaGaja Kesari Yoga is caused by Moon and Jupiter coming together in a horoscope by being in Kendras (1st, 4th, 7th, or 10th) from each other.Why is it called Gaja Kesari yoga?I do not have a good answer to this question. Jupiter can be compared to a Gaja – big, slow moving, intelligent and looks over all other animals. However, Moon cannot be called as Kesari – it is represented by color white. It is a saumya graha – cannot really be compared to a lion or a tiger.
However, this yoga does give the person qualities of a both animals – magnanimous and intelligent as an elephant and majestic as a lion. Such people would earn a lot of name and fame in life.A quality of generosity would also be associated with them.
Some of the coolest politicians of the world have this yoga in their kundalis Mahatma Gandhi, Kennedy. Both the candidates in US presidential election in 2003 have this yoga. And the latest to join this category is Narendra Modi, who is all but the next Prime Minister of India.When would this yoga work?Mathematically, this yoga can appear in horoscope of a lot of people. However, like all other planetary combinations, this yoga also depends on the strength, position and house lordship of the two planets involved – Moon and Jupiter. It also depends on positions of other planets in the horoscope which may be stronger than these planets. The yoga would also be best shown in life if both these planets are in their exaltation sign and are at an angle not just from each other but from Lagna as well. Neechabhanga Chandra and Guru would be considered good.
The two planets would need to be benefic in the kundali and suitably disposed to the lord of Lagna as well. They themselves should be free from any negative aspect, particularly Rahu and Saturn should not be associated with Moon.When would this yoga not work?This yoga would not work if Jupiter is in retrograde in the horoscope – as benefic planets become considerably weaker when they are retrograde.
Moon and Jupiter should not be in neech awastha or in combust state. If that is the case, the effects of this yoga are nullified and the person would lead a fairly ordinary life. There is no exception to this rule that applies to all planetary combinations.
The Lagna and Lagna lord would need to be strong for any yoga to work. Lagna and lagna lord are foundation stones of a horoscope. If the foundation is not strong enough, a building cannot be built on top of it.When would the results show up?The results would show up in dasha/bhukti periods of Jupiter and Moon and during mahadasha periods of other planets as well if the main dasha lord is favourable to both these planets, otherwise, this yoga would not show up.
In short, there is nothing special about this yoga. The above statements are true about other yogas as well.Points to ponderWould this yoga work for people with Libra lagna? Prima Facie, Jupiter is not a good planet for a Libra lagna chart. It presides over affairs or 3rd and 6th house.
It is not a natural friend of Venus, which is the lagna lord. There seems to be a problem with this logic, and I keep coming back to the chart of Gandhiji, he has a Libra lagna and his success is attributed in a large part to this yoga. How would this work for people with Gemini and Virgo Lagna? For these lagnas, Jupiter is lord of Houses 7th and 10th and Houses 4th and 7th respectively.
This would give Kendradhipati dosha to Jupiter. The problem is that I do not have a lot of example charts to discuss this yoga. Searching on the internet for prominent persons from India with GKY in the chart resulted in only one name – Mahatma Gandhi. The next person in the list that got added is Narendra Modi.Narendra Modi’s Janma KundaliThe horoscope of Narendra Modi is shared here, with some analysis on Gaja Kesari Yoga. There are multiple dates floating around in the internet and there are two different kundalis, one with Scorpio and one with Libra. I am reproducing the one with Scorpio Lagna.Moon is debilitated in Scorpio in this horoscope.
However, it gets Neechabhanga Rajayoga and is good for both Lagna and 9th house. It forms its own raja yoga. Mars’ location in Lagna as well as Chandra lagna also results in Ruchaka Yoga in this kundali.
Some astrologers may opine that this is not a classical Chandra-Mangala yoga as it is involves a drishti of Mars on Moon from a kendra, but they have to be in different houses. Mars also has ownership of 6th house and this may also explain why he has so many detractors and is still able to overcome them. No one would have imagined back in 2004 that this gentleman will overcome the blot of 2002 riots and will be the one person around who the politics of India will revolve.Jupiter, Saturn and Venus are also kendras from Moon and Lagna in this kundali. Lets look at them one by one.Saturn is in 10th house, but is very close to the end of bhava and is combust, even though Sun seems in Virgo and Saturn in Leo. This does not give any strength of 3rd, 4th houses – very interesting! Still it has aspect from Ma, Ju’ and its own lord.Jupiter forms a Gaja-Kesari yoga, but it does not qualify as a classical yoga based on some of the notes that I wrote up way back in 2006.
Still, it is the lord of 2nd and 5th house and is formed in 4th house. This, along with lagna lord drishti is good for 4th house.Venus is a lord of 7th and 12th houses and is located in 10th house – which is enemy house. It does not qualify as a Rajayoga per se, but is still a good combination.This also has a Budhaditya Yoga in 11th house that may show how Mr. Modi’s campaign had no issues with inflow of funds.This kundali has extremely strong lagna as well as 9th house.
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2nd and 5th house are strong too – which give him the necessary fillip to get into public life and get into a leadership positions. If this is enough to get him to one of the highest public offices in India can only be judged if we have the exact time of birth.It is my request to people reading this blog that they educate me if they have any more examples to share.
Comment by krishna onHi,This is a very interesting discussion. I would like to point you out to some interesting links I found while browsing on the internet.Link 1——I found the horoscope of Charles Mason who is serving life sentence in prison for murders committed in 1969. Mason also has the Moon with Rahu in the 10th house, and Jupiter in the 7th along with benefics Mercury and Venus which is similar to Gandhi’s horoscope.
Following is the link:Link 2——There is a book “Enigmas of Astrology” by KN Rao, in which one of the articles discussed is on Gajakesari Yoga- Glory or disaster. He says that this is a very commonly found yoga that is wrongly applied many a time. Following is the link:Thank you,Krishna. Comment by Aditya.Poluri onI heard that combination of sun and jupiter in a house is also called gajakesari yoga,is it true?Is gajakesari yoga in navamsa considerd good?Is there any diffrence between kesari yoga and gajakesari yoga?A person has jupiter and moon in saggitarius where jupiter is in own house according to vedic or Indian astrology whereas the same person according to western astrology has Jupiter is in capricon where he is supposed to be delibated.Which is more accurate,Indian or western? Comment by Aishwarya onCharts with Gaja Kesari Yoga.HiIt was very learning experience to read through the article on Gaja Kesari Yoga. My husband and I have gaja kesari yoga, as astrologers say.You may take our charts as examples:Gender:MaleDOB:28th Sept 1978TOB:2.30amPlace:Cochin, India(9n58, 76e14)His chart has one more yoga, which I am not fully aware of.Gender:FemaleDOB:25th Nov 1981TOB:15.37 hrsPlace:Palghat, India(10n47, 76e39)You are right in saying that this yoga gets activated during the dasha periods of the planets/friendly planets.
During Jupiter Mahadasha, I had experienced the grandeur in life.Whatever I did received commendments.AFter that, Shani Dasha for past 17 years has tested my patience. Comment by Mohan Das onDont be impatient with the Shani MahaaDasha. Lord Shanideva will teach you wonderful things and when you enter the Budha Dasha afterwards, that learning will do you wonders.
Om Shanaischaraaya Namaha!Dyayenneela shilochaya dyutinibham neelaaravindaasanamDevam deeptha vishaala lochanayutam nityakshudham kopinamNirmamsodara shushka deergha vapusham daityaakrtim bheeshanamDeergha shmashru jataayutam graha patim sauram sadaaham bhaje.Please sing this hymn every saturday, respect the elderly, do your duty, fast on Saturdays, and practice daanam to old people, dogs, and crows.May Lord Shanaischara bless you and lighten your burdens. Comment by Chaitanya onHi!I thought this information will be helpful with you. You have asked for people who have libra ascendants and gaja kesari yoga in them. The prominent personalities are N.T.Rama Rao. He was a wonderful actor and also the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh.
Secondly, Hrithik Roshan has Gaja Kesari yoga with Libra ascendant.For NT Rama Rao, jupiter and moon are conjunct in ascendant itself and for Hrithik, Jupiter is in 4th house and moon is in 10th house (own house). Jupiter is debilitated. But there is Neecha banga raja yoga as jupiter is associated with moon who is the lord of jupiter`s exaltation house. You can check for these two personalities astro charts in google.Hope this information is helpful to you.— Chaitanya. Comment by nisha onHi,This is very informative indeed. But I am rather confused. I have gajakesari yog, moon sign Simha, ravi raas, and my Guruji told me that I have very nice time in near future.
But for last 2 years, since my Saade sati started, though I havent faced any major problems there is not a grain of development in my personal affaires, which was told contrary by Guruji. This happened first time with me, I mean previous predictions were accurate.For anyone kind/curious enough to dig into this further:BirthDate: 23rd aug 79time: 7:14amPlace: MumbaiI am planning for child this year. Dont know what to expect! Comment by Geeta onHi! My son has exalted Jupiter conjunct Moon in 12th house (Leo Ascendant). Can anyone enlighten me on the effects of this?
The boy had been brilliant, hard working and successful. 3 yrs ago his school headmistress started picking on him systematically and keeps trying to humiliate him. He still did extremely well for his O-levels (Nov 2006) but am now worried as he’s due to take A levels next year (Nov 2008) and his results this year (2007) were not very good. I want to help him and am extremely worried. Comment by onDear astrologer,My twin boys were born on 13.6.1973 at 3.55 and 4.05 am. The first one Aries lagna in Bharani 3 and the second same lagna but in Karthika 1 Both have Kesari yoga in 11th,aquariousCHART AS FOLLOWS. (1)venus (2)sun kethu gulika (3)mercury sat.(4)mars (5-6-7) none (8)R(9-10)none (11) Jup moon (12) none.Navamsa lagna of the first is scorpio andthe second is Dhanus.Both are well educated and reasonably well employed.
However the differences are glaring.The first one had a tough time after studies. Now he is happy and travel a lot to foregin countries.His wife is casual looking and stout.and no children so far.The second got job soon after studies.His wife is beautiful and have two children. He seldom travel abroad.How the kesari yoga affect them,Why they differ so much.Can anybody explain.THANKS.diF.Bivera,Gandhinagar,Kochi,682020.
Comment by Dr Roopa Venktesh onI have gaja kesari yoga and I am currently running jupiter mahadasha.Jupiter-retro infourth house in aquarius and Moon in seventh house-taurus rashi along with retro kethuLagna is vrischika and rashi is vrishabha.I have had stupendous unbelievable moments in favourable major sub periods.In order to know more i have read more about the yogaIt is interesting to note a good and powerful gajakesari yoga annihilates a lot inauspicious elements in the natives birth chart. Comment by Dhiresh Kumar Das onSir I was born on 22nd december 1979 10:20PM Anugul district of Orissa.In my kundli leo Lagna is there. In my 1st house jupiter, rahu, mars is there.
I n my second house satrun is there. Third house is vacant. In fourth house venus is there.
In my fifth house rabi is there. In 6th house moon and venus are there. In my seventh house ketu is there. So Sir Please give me any suggestion how my life will go? Please sir give me any solution Please please write to my mail Please.
Comment by adrian onthis is a very siple yoga.the moon is not the one benefiting from this yoga, but the kendras of the moon make jupiter strong.jupiter gains power from the moon thru his exaltation sign. And jupiter has the epithet of an elefant and a lion.
So if jupiter is strong good things can happen to people. The moon is a lagna, just like the sun, or the lord of the lagna, or the arudha of the lagna.jupiter gains by being in all the kendras.but he is exalted in cancer only, so this is why from all similar yogas this one is special.
Comment by sreelu onDear Sir,My son lagna is taurus with saturn and mercury in lagna and 3rd house has jupiter and moon(cancer). Venus, mars and ketu in his horoscope are in 7th house(scorpio)8th house has mercury(saggitarius), 9th house has sun(makara). The exact DOB is 18-1-2003, 3.18pm bangalore. Futher he has Saturn, Jupiter and mercury in retrograde. I heard that retrograde planets give different results to normal.
Would gajakesari yoga apply here? Awaiting your response.thanks in advanceregardssreelu. Comment by Nimmi onHere is a chart with Libra ascendant and Gajakesari:13/5/1955 16:46 Dunedin NZ (+12 GMT)170E30 45S53.Jupiter is vargottama and exalted in Cancer while moon is in capricorn. It is an interesting chart that there are 2 mahapurusha yogas. I would say both are active in the personality of the person. I have known him for 22 years.
Very careless about appearance, likes to roam around – mad about travel. Works very hard and is unreproachable in his sense of duty.
Does not have a bad thought in him, very kind especially to down and out people (exalted saturn giving sense of duty/responsibility? Exalted vargottama jupiter aspecting moon giving compassion? Or exalted vargottama venus in 6th in Pisces giving empathy?). Can swing between being very self indulgent, esp with food and drink and being very self controlled. Vegetarian at birth, was forced to eat meat, and later became vegetarian again at age 42. Has a very subtle taste in food.
Strong moralist.Not enormously wealthy materially, but has always had enough. Marriage after age 30 to colleague, support from marriage partner. Happy marriage. Comment by Fareeduddin onI dont agree fully with this explanation of this Yoga.I challenge back this person,there are Yogas but not every Yoga works.The Chart of Governer of Andhra pradesh is exactly like my Guru chart then why my Guru is not Governer of state & living ordinary life?remeber NO PLANET IS BENIFIC NOR MELIFIC.KARMA PLAYS IMPORTANT ROLE.by Professor Krishna Murthy who enlighten the Astrology unlike aVedic astrologers stressing on birth charts with the techniques just like a blind man touch a elephant and try to guess what is it. Comment by Sridhar onHiHere’s an interesting fact for you. Comment by asim c onin my Gajakesari yoga, jupitor is malefic i.e lord of 3&6th and also jupitor mahadasha running.Further moon is in own house i.e.
Exalted,and lord of 10th, the yoga started in jan2009,in march09 say 2 months later my father passed away.I seek transfer close to my family with whom i am away for last 6 yrs so also applied for a senior position in govt of india at board level. Do I expect any relief either close to family, higher position?Pl elaborate.when do the result of this yoga fructify, in my case when can I expect result if at all as above.thanks. Comment by deepa sachdeva onI M DEEPA SACHDEVA. MY DOB IS.BIRTH PLACE- DELHITIME OF BIRH- 19.15 OR 7.15 PMI M VERY UPSET. ACTUALY I M CAPABLE FOR SUCCESS.I M POPULAR. SMART AND INTELLIGENT. BUT I M NOT HAPPY.
SOME TIME I WANT TO SUICIDE BUT STILL I M STRONG ALSO AND AMBITIOUS TOO. AS ASTROLOGY I KNOW I HAVE THE GAJ KESRI YOG.
BUT MY PLANETS R NEECH. PLS TELL HOW CAN I ACHEEV MY GOALS. I M WORRY ABOUT MY FAMILY LIFE AND PROFESSION TOO. I CAN EARN LOT OF MONEY BUT SOME TIME I HAVEN’T MONEY. I M VERY AMBITIOS PLS HELP ME.
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