Ayurvedic Astrology and Taste

[Kouros Aionios]

In Ayurveda, the planets each have a distinct flavor that corresponds to them, as well as certain grains and vegetables that one should eat depending on which planets are strong in each person's unique natal chart.
In the table I have constructed below, there are the Planets with their corresponding color, flavor, grain, and vegetable in Ayurvedic Astrology. The color of the planet corresponds to which flavor, grains, and vegetables are good for the planet.

How one can read the following chart is by looking at which planets are the strongest in their own natal charts, and based on that, they can see which food and flavor is good for them. For example, if someone has a strong Jupiter in their chart, then sweets will be better for them than the average person, and they won't have to worry about consuming too many sweet foods (within reason, of course). On the contrary, if that same person has a weak Sun, they might want to avoid consuming spicy foods often.

Planet	Flavor	Grain	Vegetable
Sun	Hot (Chili)	Wheat	Carrots
Moon	Salty	Rice (White)	Potato
Mercury	Umami	Mung	Spinach
Venus	Sour	Hyacinth	Beets
Mars	Bitter	Red Lentil	Tomato
Jupiter	Sweet	Chickpea	Corn
Saturn	Astringent	Black Sesame	Olives

Hope you all enjoy this.

Hail Shiva, Hail Narasimha, Hail Kali!

 

[OrionKrieger]

This is quite interesting, thank you for sharing this

 

[Stormblood]

Are you sure this is correct?

From my understanding, in Ayurvedic Astrology you want to strengthen weak planets, rather than indulge in strong ones. So, in your example, you'd want to moderate sweet foods (strong Jupiter) and emphasise pungent foods (weak Sun). Over-fuelling already strong energies would lead to a rajasic imbalance (i.e. excess/overactivity), while avoiding flavours related to a deficient planet would lead to an even worse tamasic imbalance (i.e. deficiency/underactivity). Jupiterian overactivity in particular can be highly problematic as it increases indulgence/excesses in all forms of pleasure. This of course without considering a more complex picture.

Umami is also not in Ayurveda. There are only 6 flavours/rasas in Ayurveda. Umami is a Japanese word that was invented in the 20th century. What would best suit Mercury in my opinion would be mixed/variable.

Can someone provide more input / correct where I/they/we are wrong?
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