Gajakesari Yoga: The Jupiter-Moon Combination, Its Rule and How Common It Really Is

Gajakesari Yoga, the elephant and the lion, forms when Jupiter sits in a kendra counted from the Moon. This guide covers the exact rule, when it is strong, what it is said to give, and why it appears in more than a quarter of all charts. It is part of our series on yogas in Vedic astrology.

संक्षेप में: गजकेसरी योग तब बनता है जब बृहस्पति चंद्रमा से केंद्र में हो, यानी चंद्रमा के साथ या उससे 4, 7 या 10वें भाव में। यह लग्न से नहीं, चंद्रमा से गिना जाता है। गज यानी हाथी की बुद्धि और केसरी यानी सिंह की प्रतिष्ठा - यह योग स्थिर मन, सम्मान और धन से जोड़ा जाता है। परीक्षण की 291 में से 83 कुंडलियों में यह मिला, यानी 28.5%। नीच बृहस्पति या कमज़ोर चंद्रमा इसे क्षीण करते हैं। पूरा लेख हिंदी में पढ़ें →

How Gajakesari Yoga is formed

Gajakesari Yoga forms when Jupiter is in a kendra counted from the Moon: in the same house as the Moon, or in the 4th, 7th or 10th house from it. Unlike most yogas it is counted from the Moon, not from the lagna. Our engine marks it very strong when Jupiter is also in its own sign (Sagittarius or Pisces) or exalted (Cancer).

What Gajakesari Yoga is said to give

Gaja is the elephant and kesari the lion. The classical picture is of a person with the elephant’s wisdom and the lion’s standing: respected, learned, generous, and able to overcome rivals. The Moon is the mind and Jupiter the teacher, so the yoga is read first as a steady, well-guided mind, and through it reputation and wealth.

How common is Gajakesari Yoga?

Jupiter can be in any of twelve houses from the Moon, and four of them form the yoga, so about one chart in three would have it by chance. In our test set of 291 computer-generated charts, spread across all twelve lagnas and many birth years, the engine found Gajakesari Yoga in 83 charts, 28.5%.

What strengthens or weakens it

The yoga is weaker when Jupiter is debilitated (in Capricorn), when the Moon is weak (near the new Moon, or debilitated in Scorpio), or when either sits in the 6th, 8th or 12th house from the lagna. It shows most in the dashas of Jupiter and the Moon.

To see whether your chart has it, open your birth chart after saving a free kundli: the yogas section lists every yoga our engine detects, with the planets involved and its strength. A free account shows the first three yogas found; Plus lists all of them.

Gajakesari Yoga: FAQs

How is Gajakesari Yoga formed?
Jupiter in the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house counted from the Moon.

Is Gajakesari Yoga rare?
No. It appeared in 83 of 291 test charts, 28.5%. Its strength, not its presence, is what matters.

When does Gajakesari Yoga give results?
Mostly in the mahadasha or antardasha of Jupiter or the Moon.

What weakens Gajakesari Yoga?
Jupiter debilitated in Capricorn, a weak Moon, or either planet in the 6th, 8th or 12th house from the lagna.

For your yogas read together with your dashas and transits, get the ₹49 kundli report or talk to an astrologer.