Jupiter Transit in Krittika

Agni presides over Krittika, the razor and the flame, and the Sun is its lord. The first pada lies in Aries and the other three in Taurus. The Sun is Jupiter's friend, so the graha meets a warm lord in a nakshatra that cuts, and in the Aries pada the sign lord Mars is a friend too. In the Taurus padas Venus, Jupiter's enemy, owns the ground.

The stay is about two months. Jupiter's wisdom is sharpened here: teachers speak plainly, a long confusion burns off, and a decision about study, a child or a legal matter is made cleanly. Agni is the priest of the gods. Ritual, yajna and the study of scripture go well.

In the Taurus padas the fire turns to wealth and food. Income from teaching, counsel or the law rises, and so does the appetite. In an enemy's sign Jupiter tends to overreach.

For the Aries pada, Pisces, Sagittarius, Libra, Leo and Gemini Moons receive Jupiter in Phaladeepika's favourable houses. For the Taurus padas the same houses fall to Aries, Capricorn, Scorpio, Virgo and Cancer Moons. Taurus Moons have Jupiter in the first for most of the stay, and Gemini Moons in the twelfth, where a benefic spends. Lagnas are counted the same way.

Krittika shows what a person is ready to let go of, and how cleanly. Discrimination belongs to Jupiter, and this nakshatra makes it decisive.

Offer ghee to a lamp or the household fire on Thursday, and recite Om Brihaspataye Namah. Parashara's dana of yellow cloth, turmeric or gram is fitting. Eat moderately, and speak the truth without heat.