Dear Nandini,
Rishirahul ji is right .I was about to say the same thing that we here not discussing what is meaning of guru in simha and netiher we r trying to predict using just this sign...Its true that we cant judge anything without seeing not just conjunction , aspect etc but i will say we cant say anything without seeing the whole chart itself.....

What we r here trying to discuss is about quality or basic pattern of behaviour which jupiter will show when placed in simha...
Please do contribute your experience or share your ideas..

Regards,
Raman

If I may....

The Simhasta Guru is the biggest religious congreggation at Mahakaaleshwar in Ujjain on the banks of Kshipra, now totally manmade it appears though. The ancient Ujjayini and the place of the Lord of Kaala has had a rich Jyotish parampara. It is often said that for almost the entire year when Guru is in Simha marriages are not solemnised, exactly the query of this topic.

Similarly, every year, when Sun transits Dhanu Raashi, marriages are not solemnised in North India.

Symbolically, Sun has been considered as the King and Jupiter as the wise Guru of the King. When Sun visits the mooltrikona of Guru, it is like visiting the Aashram where the King focuses entirely on regaining/recharging the values of wisdom, knowledge, ethics and the ability to discern the real from the apparent. To gain the light from the ever brahamanic Guru, to find the ability to discriminate between what "should be" from what "is" and find ways to reduce such gap. When the King is immersed in worship of the Guru, marriages of ordinary mortals aren't considered auspicious since the King is not around to bless them and neither is Guru ordaining them on their journey of this worldly life. A distinction being drawn here between the material and the spiritual , which after several transits of Sun in Dhanu and that of Guru in Simha it becomes less distinct.

A similar analogy then is when Guru vists the King!
The King is overwhelmed because it happens once in 12 years. Guru in Sinha then a very good period for ethical conscious efforts for the spiritual study......

Votive

Dear Rohit and Govardhan ji,

Do not worry rohit ji as rishirahul ji has said there is not need to be afraid of our Wrath we all r here to share and learn thus doesnt matter what the topic is??? It is important to learn...And most of all this topic initiated by Chandubai ji is related to my question...I will try to come up with some thing sensible in a day or 2 as soon as i get little free.

Govardhan ji you said :-

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Here is what a Sanskrit Scholar of Tirupati Sanskrit Vidyapeet had to say when I asked him why no planets are exalted or debilitated in LEO [/quote]


His reply did explain about mars and venus but if you look actually there is no mention of WHY leo is not considered as sign for exhaltation and debilition..

Why do you think there is need to treat leo so differently....ESPECIALLY in case of jupiter  

Regards,
Raman

Dear Votive ji,
Thank you for valuable thought and views.
Your conclusion is quite appreciable.

Thanking You
Raman

This is another view of why planets are debilitated or exalted in certain rasis.
http://www.futurepointindia.com/articles/Exaltation.asp

The point is everyone applies his or her own logic as to why it happens and whichever story makes you understand this phenomena is good

Regards
Rohit