Jupiter Transit in Uttara Bhadrapada

Uttara Bhadrapada lies in Pisces, Jupiter's own sign, and Saturn is its lord, neutral toward Jupiter. The graha is strong by sign and steady by lord. The deity is Ahirbudhnya, the serpent of the deep, and the symbols are the back legs of a funeral cot and a pair of twins.

A stay here lasts about four to five months, and the retrograde often gives it two visits. Saturn's rule slows Jupiter to the pace of a sadhana, so wealth is conserved and property held for the long term. Children are quiet and inward. A child's education is settled in a lasting way.

Saravali reads Jupiter in Pisces as giving learning, respect and a position of trust, and Uttara Bhadrapada is the part of the sign where this is most stable. Faith deepens without noise, and teachers are old and few. Law and dharma take the form of long agreements kept.

Aquarius, Scorpio, Virgo, Cancer and Taurus Moons and lagnas have Jupiter in the second, fifth, seventh, ninth and eleventh, Phaladeepika's favourable houses. Pisces Moons carry a strong Jupiter in the first, a grace for health and standing. Aries, Sagittarius, Libra and Leo Moons hold it in the twelfth, fourth, sixth and eighth and should finish old work before beginning new.

The depth of a person's patience comes into view. Uttara Bhadrapada asks how long one's wisdom can wait.

Ahirbudhnya is honoured by silence, and by care for what lives underground and in water. Recite Om Brihaspataye Namah on Thursday and give yellow cloth, turmeric or gram as Parashara prescribes, and light a sesame oil lamp on Saturday for the lord. Sit for meditation at a fixed hour, and let the stay pass without announcing it.