Sanskrit: “elephant and lion”
Jupiter in a kendra — the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th — counted from the Moon.
Perhaps the best-known yoga in popular Jyotish: intelligence, good judgment, respect, and support arriving when it is needed.
Because it only requires Jupiter in one of four positions from the Moon, it occurs in roughly a third of charts — so its presence is unremarkable on its own. What matters is Jupiter’s dignity and whether its dasha runs at a useful time.
Our free kundli checks for Gajakesari Yoga deterministically from your birth chart and will tell you plainly whether it is present — and will never claim it when it isn't.
Create your free kundliA note on how to hold any of this: a yoga is one feature of a chart among many, and no combination decides a life on its own. Classical texts frequently disagree on exact conditions, and a yoga’s effects are traditionally read as arriving during the dasha periods of the planets involved rather than continuously. Be particularly wary of any reading that names a difficult yoga and then offers to sell you the cure.
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