How planets influence your education prospects?

When we were growing up our parents used to coax us into studying hard to get admissions into good colleges, to further get employed by top companies. Eras changed and decades went by and we still do the same to our children. Education has not lost its importance in all these years, and it never will. Nations take pride in their literacy rates and thus it is considered as an important component of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals and the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

To offer an opportunity and a recognized platform to highlight improvements in world literacy rates, and reflect on the world's remaining literacy challenges, International Literacy Day is celebrated annually on 8^th September.

While there are obvious demographical and cultural challenges to improve literacy rates, there are some astrological influences also which define the level of education that an individual could attain.

Discovering literacy through astrological houses

According to Vedic astrology, education is generally ascertained from the 4^th house and its lord. Your 2^nd house, 5^th house and 9^th house also have a role to play in establishing your level of education.

• Your 4^th house indicates intelligence and also signifies your learning and grasping powers
• Your 2^nd house represents early education prospects
• Your 5^th house denotes memory
• Your 9^th house signifies higher education prospects

If these houses and their lords are well placed in your natal chart, you will undoubtedly receive superior level of education. But when these houses or their lords are afflicted, by conjunction or aspect or by the presence of a malefic, it will have a negative impact on your education prospects.

The crucial placements and combinations of the key house for education and literacy are given below:

• Any association between the 5^th and the 9^th house lords it is believed to bestow the native with excellent education opportunities.
• If benefic planet is posited in the 5^th house, the native is considered very fortunate on the literacy part. If the lord of the 9^th house is placed in your 5^th house, the native is believed to have good writing skills and possibilities of immense wealth is also there, which the native will earn through knowledge and wisdom.
• Significance of 2^nd house can be gauged through the aspects it touches upon in the realm of education. It basically denotes primary or basic education level of the native. It also represents family wealth which further reveals the paying capacity of the native’s family on education.
• Similarly, your 4^th besides representing your learning potential, allows denotes your mother and her contribution to your education, being your first teacher.
• The 5^th house in your natal chart not only signifies your mental strength and memory but also stands for the teacher who will guide you through the various aspects on life.
• The strength of your 9^th house just not signifies the likelihood of your education but also represents your father who will be your guiding force and tour mentor.

Planetary combinations that favor education and literacy

The houses in your natal chat are occupied by any of the nine planets. And, this placement and strength of these planets in your birth chart has a strong bearing on your education and learning prospects. The key planets that influence education include, Mercury, Jupiter, Sun, Moon and Mars.

Mercury - the Karaka for education

Mercury signifies education and literary skills. A strong and exhilarated Mercury gives concentration power to study well and along with the ability to makes sense of what is being taught. When Mercury comes under the influence of Sun and Mars it gives you education in mathematics. The impact of Sun, Mars or Ketu favors the native’s education in engineering subjects.

• If 5^th lord is strong in Mercury sign, the native achieves success as a student.
• Placement of Mercury in any of the malefic houses – 6^th, 8^th or 12^th, brings hurdles in education.
• A combination of Mercury and Venus makes a person eloquent and gives power of expression in both verbal and written communication.
• Mercury in 3^rd house for Aries and Cancer lagnas gives good and higher education.
• Mercury in 4^th house gives success in educational pursuits.
• Mercury in 10^th house also signifies academic achievements, which will help further the career prospects.
• Mercury in 8^th house in Virgo gives name, fame, success and distinction.
• Placement of many planets on the signs of Mercury causes disturbance in studies due to family circumstances.

Jupiter - the lord of knowledge and wisdom

Jupiter, the ‘Devaguru’ is believed to give supreme and divine knowledge. It is the Karaka of wisdom and gives education in holistic studies. Strength of Jupiter in your natal chart defines your inclination towards attaining high-grade knowledge.

• Jupiter’s aspect on Mercury gives smooth and meritorious educational course.
• Strong Jupiter and Mercury in 2^nd house enhances the native’s interpretation skills.
• Jupiter in 9^th house signifies prospects for higher education in foreign land.
• The 9^th house Sagittarius, which is ruled by Jupiter, also signifies higher education.
• High honors and positions, which is attained through wisdom and knowledge, is represented by the presence of Jupiter in 10^th
  

Other significant planets for education and literacy are:

Sun for authority through education: A well placed and strong Sun in your birth chart signifies that you will earn status and position of authority through your education. In association with Mercury, it gives intelligence and a scientific bent of mind to the native. Sun in Mercury in your 2^nd house gives literary and linguistic talent.

Moon for brainpower in education: Moon is the signification of mind and a sane mind can only guarantee good focus and inclination towards education. A strong Moon in association with Mercury gives the native an active mind, with good intellect and sharp memory. The person will also have a good common sense, expressive skills and astuteness.

Mars for attentiveness in education: Education requires you to be highly attentive and observant of the facts and figures. A favorable opalescent of Mars gives the native an alert mind to study well. A combination of Mars and Mercury in your birth chart will give you a sharp mind but it can even cause break in education or obstacles in learning.

Important yogas for education

A yoga, in astrological terms, refers to certain planetary combinations in the birth chart of the native. These combinations give rise to distinctive and unique results on the life of the native. There are many yogas in Vedic astrology to predict about education in the birth chart of a native. Some of these important yogas are given below:

Saraswathi Yoga: The placement of Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury in any of the Kendra House (i.e. 1^st, 4^th, 7^th and 10^th house) or in Trikonas with respect to the lagna gives the Saraswathi Yoga. This yoga, as the name suggests, blesses the native with good knowledgeable and educational achievements, which are preeminent.

Brahma Yoga: The placement of Venus and Jupiter in the Kendra to the ascendant, and to the lord of either 5^th or 11^th house results in Brahma Yoga. This yoga guarantees best education, fame and wealth to the native.

Education and literacy are not something that can be gained overnight, a person needs determination, focus, hard work and years of devotion to become well-educated or literate. Astrological combinations that will favor one’s education prospects are also of supreme important. Besides, the contribution of family, support of society, government and nation at large is rudimentary.

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