Jupiter & Spirituality
Jupiter is perhaps the most important planet in Vedic astrology as far as spirituality is concerned. It's most popular name itself is Devguru (teacher of the gods). That itself tells us that it is a very auspicious planet that bestows divine knowledge or spiritual development when well placed in a chart. Not only that, it can also bestow very good fortune in terms of wealth, status and high position in society as it is the karak for wealth, ambition and extraordinary success. Let us try to understand Jupiter by first looking at its various names. It is called 'jeeva' (the one that lives), Brihaspati (brihas = expansion and pati = lord), and Guru (remover of darkness of ignorance). Why is it called the 'jeeva'? It is because a person is nothing but a bundle of consciousness wrapped inside a body. It is the consciousness that lives inside the body and the person is nothing but the conscious awareness that one has of life. Jupiter is the factor that governs the