Hamsa

Jupiter in the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house in Sagittarius or Pisces, its own signs, or in Cancer, where it is exalted. Jupiter in any other sign, however well placed by other measures, does not form Hamsa.

The house comes first. The 1st, 4th, 7th and 10th are the angles, called kendras, the positions from which a planet takes part in visible life. Jupiter in an angle becomes a public fact: people bring the person questions, and the person's view carries weight beyond the family.

The sign supplies the quality of the judgement. Sagittarius gives doctrine and reach — Jupiter at home in its own sign, interested in principle, travel and teaching. Pisces gives imagination and compassion, a wisdom that works through images rather than rules. Cancer is exaltation: Jupiter at its most nourishing, protective and emotionally intelligent.

The engine then checks the company Jupiter keeps. Hamsa can form with Jupiter close to the Sun or sharing a house with Saturn, but it will read as a quieter version. The page reports the formation and the support the planet found, so the yoga is never treated as an on-off switch.

Hamsa works because Jupiter is the planet of meaning, and an angle is where meaning becomes useful. A person with Jupiter in an angle is often the one others consult — not because they hold office, but because their judgement is steady and their motive is legible. Trust of that kind is a form of capital that cannot be bought.

The sign changes the register. Sagittarius Jupiter argues from principles and likes to teach. Pisces Jupiter understands through sympathy and symbol, and is drawn to care, art or faith. Cancer Jupiter protects, and tends to build institutions that look after people. In all three, the yoga describes confidence that has been earned by consistency. That is why the classical texts pair the Mahapurusha yogas with character rather than with events.

• The role of adviser, teacher or elder, sometimes earlier than the age suggests.
• Judgement that holds up when a decision is unpopular.
• A wide view that can hold several sides of an argument at once.
• Generosity that is practical rather than performative.
• Institutional trust: people hand the person responsibility and expect it back well used.

• Jupiter in Cancer, its exaltation sign, where care and judgement reinforce each other.
• An angle not shared with Saturn or the nodes.
• Support from Venus or Mercury, which gives the wisdom a usable form.
• A well-placed Sun or 9th lord, which adds authority to counsel.

Hamsa is a permanent chart signature, and Jupiter's periods are when it becomes an event. The Jupiter mahadasha is the long chapter of teaching, counsel or institutional trust; Jupiter antardashas open shorter windows within other chapters. Jupiter transiting Cancer, Sagittarius or Pisces, or crossing the angle it occupies, often brings a decision that others defer to. The report reads each of them from the chart's own dasha sequence.

• Hamsa is not a mark of saintliness. It describes a capacity for judgement and trust, which can serve a judge, a doctor or a fund manager as readily as a priest.
• Jupiter in an angle is not automatically Hamsa. The sign must be Sagittarius, Pisces or Cancer; a well-placed Jupiter in Taurus or Leo does not form this yoga.

1. 1.Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, Ch. 75, verses 1–2 (Pancha Mahapurusha)
2. 2.Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, Ch. 34 (functional nature and house rulership)
3. 3.Astroword, Panch Mahapurusha Yoga (overview of the five signatures)

The formation and strength of this yoga are calculated by the RajYog engine. The interpretation is an original paraphrase of the classical rule; it is not a personal prediction. Read the methodology.