Manisha Anjali is an artist and writer of Fijian and Indian descent based in Melbourne. She has also lived in Fiji and New Zealand. Manisha has been published in Mascara Literary Review, Seizure and Pulp Magazine. She was awarded the Hot Desk Fellowship by The Wheeler Centre in 2013. She is currently working on her debut novel.
Prayer for Jupiter
om gurave namah
om brihaspataye namah
Find baby banana plant on gumtree.
Get it delivered in a Ute.
om gurave namah
om brihaspataye namah
Repeat the mantra 9 times for 9 Thursdays.
Light small candle.
om gurave namah
om brihaspataye namah
Sing at sunrise. Water plant in divine holy circles.
om gurave namah
om brihaspataye namah
Do not sing or pray to Jupiter
if you are menstruating.
om gurave namah
om brihaspataye namah
Do not eat.
Do not drink alcohol.
Tea, coffee and milk OK*.
om gurave namah
om brihaspataye namah
Eat yellow food only at sundown.
Dahl, kadhi, aloo gobhi etc.
om gurave namah
om brihaspataye namah
Listen to the bells in your head.
God is a planet. God is not dead.
om gurave namah
om brihaspataye namah
Unlearn lust, despair and ADHD.
om gurave namah
om brihaspataye namah
Acquire ambition, wealth and self-esteem.
*Sex and cigarettes probably OK.
