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Vol 5 Feb 2009 – 1st Annual Issue

CONTENT

Article Author Page

1 Vol 5 Publitorial Saptarishis Astrology 05

Western Astrology 2 Timing Cupid ‐ From A Researcher's Diary Ron Bippus, Canada 19

3 12 Signs In 2009 Tricia, UK 32

4 7 th degree of Aquarius/Leo Axis & Other Thoughts Michele Adler, USA 45

5 The Lunar Nodes on the Solar Markers Adam Gainsburg, USA 54

6 Transits and Switchphrases Kat Miller, USA 60

7 Historia de la Astrología – History of Astrology (Spanish)

Alejandro Christian Luna, Argentina

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8 Active Astrology – 1 Ciro Discepolo, Italy 76

9 Greek Medicine & Astrology ‐1 & 2 David Osborn, USA 80

10 Great Depression Or Not Robert Gover, USA 87

11 The Great Depression & Now Robert Gover, USA 90

12 The Power Of Image In Astrology Grazia Mirti, Italy 95

13 Deklinacije – Declinations (Croatian) Lorin Cerina, Croatia 101

14 New Horary System Revealed Paul Langeveld, Netherlands 118

15 Astrology For Beginners ‐1 Holly Hall, USA 121

16 Bible & Astrology ‐1 Jay Weiss, Sweden 127

17 Moon Venus Conjunction 27th Feb 2009 Dr Tony Phillips, USA 136

Indian Astrology 18 Subscription SA 138

19 Combinations For Successful Astrologers N Sundara Rajan, India 139

20 The Astrology Of Astrologers Terri McCartney, USA 153

21 Guru Nadi ‐1 Chandrashekhar Sharma, India 161

22 Saptarishis Nadi ‐ Gemini Asc ‐ Chart 2 Yenbeeyes, India 168

23 Comet Lulin's Gives Green Light To Earth Margaret George, U.K 177

24 Rare Octuplets Krishnamurthy S, India 182

25 Birth Time Rectification‐ An Innovative Approach Krishnamurthy S, India 185

26 Exaltation & Debilitation ‐Astronomically 1 V.P.Jain, India 202

27 Chandrat Nakshatra Bindu ‐ 1 Paresh Desai, India 208

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28 Dnyaneshwari ‐ Chapter 3 V.V.Shirvaikar, USA 211

29 The Mystic Red Book Rabinder Nath Bhandhari, India 217

30 New Light On Jaimini Astrology – Part 2 Madhura Krishnamurthi Sastri, India 224

31 The Best Kept Secret of Pukhraj Alok Jagawat, India 232

32 Mrigasira Nak Padas In Ravana Samhita S.C.Kursija, India 236

33 Bhrighu Saral Paddathi – 3 & 4 Saptarishis Astrology 251

34 The Original Teachings of Yoga: From Patanjali Back to Hiranyagarbha

Vamadeva Shastri (David Frawley), USA

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35 Kumaraswamiyam ‐3 Viswalingam Padmanabhan, India 266

36 Diseases (Malayalam ) Mohan Das, India 273

37 Sukar Nadi ‐ 4 Saptarishis Astrology Team 277

38 Gripping Of Planets By The Nodes ‐ 3 Babubhai Yodh & B.D.Vaghela, India 292

39 Tingling Of Body Parts Raghavendra Rao, India 300

40 Future Prediction From Palmistry T.Stokes, U.K 304

41 House In Hand T.Stokes, U.K 307

42 Sri Sri Tadepalli Shastry Garu ‐2 Shreeram Balijepalli, Canada 310

43 Gangadhar Dasa U.K.Jha, India 314

44 True Jaimini Navamsa Revealed ‐ 1 (South Indian charts) Shanmukha, India 337

45 True Jaimini Navamsa Revealed ‐ 1 (North Indian charts) Shanmukha, India 352

46 Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Vic Di Cara, USA 367

47 Rudra’s Army Attacks Mumbai Robert Koch, USA 376

48 Horoscope‐ Male or Female? Yenbeeyes, India 394

49 Kala Chakra Dasa – A Critical Review Shakti Mohan Singh, India 408

50 10th House ‐ Paradox Of Laghu Parasari Ashok Upadhaya, India 416

51 Saptarishis Gurukul SA 418

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Combinations For Successful Astrologers

By N. Sundara Rajan, India.

[Publisher: This article first appeared in Oct 1967 in the Astrological Magazine and for a year fan mails were published by Dr Raman in response to this article. Finally Dr Raman was forced to publish a letter stating that he will no longer publish the fan mails as it was more than a year than the articles publication. Kindly note the author uses his own ayanamsa, also for recent studies one can study Terri McCartney’s article titled ‘The Astrology for Astrologers’ in this issue]

hat makes one a successful astrologer? Scientists there are plenty but there was only one

Newton or one Einstein. Likewise, among astrologers there was only one VarahaMihira and in modern times we had the one and only B V Raman. Our ancient authorities on astrology like Brihat Jataka, Phaladeepika etc deal with a number of Raja Yogas for success in different professions and various spheres of life, but they are strangely silent or speak very little about the planetary combinations which make for a successful and eminent astrologer. This was perhaps why Varaha Mihira and brilliant astrologers, who came after him, were symbols of humility. But these great ancestors have not failed in their duty to us and we find hints here and there scattered, on the combinations which make one an eminent astrologer. The rarity of mention of these rules can be imagined from the fact that after spending much time and energy on more than a dozen ancient astrological treatises, I was able to lay my hands on only

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18 rules which I list below and place before the enlightened readers. Also I have appended in illustration horoscopes of seven of the worlds eminent and leading

astronomers and astrologers of the last century.

Rule A: Jataka Parijata (Ch.15, Shl.47) while describing the effects of the 10 th Bhava and various professions from the 10 th Bhava says, ‘If the lord of the 10 th house occupies the Navamsa of Mercury, the native will make his livelihood by astrology and allied Shastras.’

Rule B: Varaha Mihira, in his famous Brihat Jataka (Ch.18, Sh.2) says, ‘If the Sun is in Gemini, the native will be an astrologer.’

Rule C: Again in Ch.19, Sh.2, he says ‘If the Moon is in Leo is aspected by Mercury, the native will be an astrologer.’

Rule D: Again in Ch.17, Sh.4, while describing the effects of the Moon in various houses, Varahamihira says: ‘The native with the Moon in Cancer will have knowledge of astrology.’

Mantreswara, in Phaladeepika (Ch.5, Sh.5), says: ‘If the lord of the 10 th house occupies the house of Mercury, the native will earn his livelihood through knowledge of the planets.’

Rule E: Kiranur Nataraja, in his Tamil astrological treatise Jatakalankara while describing the effects for natives born under four quarters (padas) of the 27 asterisms says: ‘A person born with the Moon in the 3 rd and 4 th quarters of Aswini will be fond of astrology.’

Rule F: He again says: ‘A person with the Moon in the 3 rd quarter of Rohini will be versed in mantras and astrological mathematics.’

Rule G: Kiranur Nataraja again says that one who is born with the Moon in first quarter of Visaka will be an astrologer. He also, like Varaha Mihira, says that if the Moon is in Leo aspected by Mercury, the native will be a talented astrologer.

Rule H: He further states while dealing with the 2 nd Bhava and its effects: ‘The native in whose natal chart Mercury is in a Kendra, the lord of the 2 nd Bhava is in exaltation, Venus is in a common (dual) sign, benefics in the 3 rd Bhava and Venus in exaltation – this native will be an expert in astrology.’

Rule I: Sage Garga, in his Hora Sastra, describing the effects of Tri‐Graha‐Yogas (combinations of three planets) in the 5 th Bhava, says: ‘A man who has got the Moon, Venus and Saturn in the 5 th will have knowledge of Jyotisha.’

Rule J: Illustrious Satyacharya, in his Satyacharyam, says: ‘If the lord of the ascendant is in the 5 th Bhava in a benefic sign, amsa or asterism, the native attains the siddhi of a particular God or Deity associated with that benefic and becomes a friend of powerful persons in authority.’

Rule K: Also ‘Lagna Lord in the 3 rd makes one famous in Jyotisha.’

Rule L: Again Satyacharya says: ‘If the lord of the 5 th is in the 2 nd Bhava with a benefic yoga, the native will be an astrologer and his predictions

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will come true. Further the native will enjoy wealth through Divine Favor.’ Again, while describing various professions from the 10 th Bhava, he says that Mercury makes one earn his livelihood through the profession of astrology.

Rule M: Another famous Tamil astrological treatise Veemakavi, based on a system similar to that of the Nadis, states thus: ‘If the lord of the 4 th house is a malefic and is placed in a trine; if the lords of 2 nd , 8 th and 12 th and Mercury join together or if Jupiter joins them, the native will be a scholar and an astrologer.’

Rule N: It is however another famous Tamil astrological classic, Jataka Choodamani, that lys down four sets of distinct combinations which go to make an expert astrologer.

Combination 1: ‘If no malefics are placed in kendras from the Sun, and if Venus is in exaltation in the 2 nd house with Mercury, the native will be a scholar and an expert astrologer and of charitable disposition.’

Combination 2 (Rule O): ‘If the lord of the 2 nd is in a kendra associated with or aspected by Mercury and Jupiter from his own house aspects and the full Moon is in conjunction with Saturn, he will be a talented astrologer.’

Combination 3 (Rule P): ‘If Jupiter is in a kendra or trikona and the lord of the ascendant is in exaltation and in conjunction with the lord of the 2 nd or with Mercury, the native will be an astrologer and will write treatises on astrology.’

Combination 4 (Rule Q): ‘If the lord of the 2 nd is the Sun or Mars and is aspected by Jupiter or Venus, the native will be well‐versed in Jyotisha; if the lord of the 2 nd is Jupiter or Venus and is in exaltation and aspected by the Sun or Mars, he will recite the Vedas or holy scriptures and compose them.’

Rule R: Jambunadeeyam, the famous treatise by Sage Jambunada, says: ‘If Mercury is in swakshetra in Kanya (Virgo), the native will be a poet and an astrologer.’

From, the above, it is clear that all the treatises on astrology stress the importance of Mercury primarily and only next in importance come the Moon, Venus and Jupiter and to a lesser extent, the Sun. If this one planet Mercury is well placed and very strong (by Shadvarga, shadbala, etc) he is capable of making one an eminent and outstanding scholar in astrology. Not only that, he makes the native versatile and a scholar in many subjects, mostly spiritual. This is said not to play down the significance of other planets, but just to impress on the readers how this single planet, by himself, is quite capable of bestowing on the native astrological caliber of a high order. But usually in practice, it is found that Mercury receives help from the other planets by association, aspect, etc. In the Bhava Karakatwa for success in astrology, all the texts lay stress on the 2 nd Bhava and some stress the importance of the 5 th Bhava while Satyacharyam and Veemakavi (Rule K and Rule M) refer to the 3 rd and the 4 th Bhavas in addition. Therefore it is seen that the requisites for a

successful and eminent astrologer are: 1) the full strength (by shadvarga, shadbala etc) of Mercury; 2) the strength of the 2 nd and 5 th Bhavas and their lords, occupants, etc; and 3) the interrelation of these two factors to other planets and Bhavas in the nativity.

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The success, eminence and accuracy of an astrologer will vary according to the percentage of the sum‐ total of the above factors. In addition to the above, the Shastras impose on the astrologer certain spiritual duties. They require him to be a religious, sincere, truthful and honest person. It is needless to say though many persons may possess knowledge of astrology and some may even be adepts in reciting in whole or part the classics on astrology, yet they may not make the grade in point of accuracy of predictions, due to deficiency of any one of the above factors. An analysis of the charts of some of the world’s most famous and successful astrologers confirms the above conclusions. The first four are the charts of the world’s most famous astrologers: Cheiro, Prof B. Suryanarain Rao, Prof B V Raman and the late Madras scholar Prof C G Rajan, who was my preceptor. The fifth is the horoscope of an eminent Indian astronomer who is very well known in India and abroad and who has a number of publications and ephemerides to his credit. In deference to his wishes, I am not mentioning his name. The sixth is the horoscope of a very successful Madras astrologer, famed in India and some Far Eastern countries. Last but not least, is the chart of an erstwhile Office Superintendent of mine, who shunned publicity and who was an amateur, but who in my humble opinion, should be ranked among the world’s foremost astrologers for accuracy of predictions and mastery of the classical texts.

Now let me take Chart no.1, that of the late Count Louis Hamon, popularly known as Cheiro (chart taken from Page 391 of The Astrological Magazine, April 1967 and modified by me for Ayanamsa 22° 59'.)

The birth star is in the 3 rd quarter of Magha nakshatra ruled by Ketu. In Bhava, Jupiter comes to the 2 nd , Ketu to the 4 th , Mars to the 8 th , the Moon to the 9 th and Rahu to the 10 th

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Rule E applies to this chart, since Makha is the Anujanma star of Aswini. Jupiter and Mars are both debilitated but obtain Neechabhanga due to the Moon being in the 10 th from lagna. Both are Vargottama and hence very strong. Also note that these two planets exchange aspects being lords of the 2 nd and the Ascendant. Mercury and Venus are in lagna kendra (1 st house) and Venus is exalted in Navamsa in the 2 nd from Navamsa Lagna. Rule H of Kiranur Nataraja aptly applies to this chart and no doubt Cheiro proved to be an expert in this art. Satyacharyas Rule L applies to the letter and it is known throughout the world that Cheiro’s predictions came true with unerring accuracy. When Cheiro was in New York, press reporters showed him the hand‐prints of a Dr. Meyer who was at that time arrested on a charge of murdering a rich widow after insuring her in his favor. Cheiro was not told about the identity of the doctor, but after an examination of the palm‐prints, he told the reporters that the print was that of a man who had started his career normally but who became a pervert later. Cheiro went on in his own uncanny way. This man will be arrested and there would be a sensational trial. He will be sentenced to death, but at the last minute he will escape the chair.’

There was a sensational trial as predicted by Cheiro, the court‐room was packed and the culprit was finally sentenced to die in the electric chair. The man had read about Cheiros predictions and he wanted to have an interview with him. An interview was arranged by the reporters and when Cheiro met him, the convict got hold of both his hands and begged him to say if he would live.

Cheiro examined his hands and said he would live as there was no break in the Life‐ Line. The murderer filed an appeal to the Federal Court which was turned down. The day of execution came and he was ordered to be executed at midnight. Cheiro was restless and when midnight approached, Cheiro writes, he was parting his hair and pacing up and down the room. He was worried for the life of the culprit and his reputation was at stake, since his

prediction had not come off. The clock struck twelve and Cheiro heard the paper‐boy shout in the street below, ‘Dr. Meyer escapes chair – Supreme Court finds flaw in indictment’ and ‘Sentence reduced to Life’. Cheiro has to his credit a number of such hair raising predictions. Cheiro has written in one of his books that he owes all his success to a Hindu saint whom he met in the Himalayas. The saint, according to

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Cheiro, took him to his hermitage and kept him for one month where he taught him the laws of palm reading. Then while bidding him farewell the saint told him ‘Go forth to the world and give predictions. Henceforth you will be world‐famous.’ Just before his death which he had predicted to the hour, Cheiro told his attendants: ‘The mystery of Life, why we came here, where we are going, the secrets and answers to all these questions lies in the Orient, in the Far‐East, in India, the land of the Hindus.’

Chart No 2 is that of the late Prof B. Suryanarain Rao, grandfather of the late Dr B V Raman, I reproduce the chart given in his own book, The Astrological Self Instructor with modification for ayanamsa for 21° 49' Rule M of Veemkavi is applicable to this chart. Lord of the 4 th

the Sun is a natural malefic and is in the 9 th Bhava. Lord of the 2 nd Mercury is joined by Jupiter. Mercury occupies the house of Jupiter in Navamsa and is aspected by Jupiter. Lord of the 12 th

Mars aspects both Mercury and Jupiter and Prof. Rao was a scholar and astrologer. A peculiar feature of this horoscope is that the Sun and Saturn, though mutually inimical by nature, have joined hands in elevating the native to his pre‐eminent status. Note that the Sun is lord of the 5 th from the Moon in Rasi and lord of the 5 th from Lagna in Amsa. He occupies the house of Saturn and Saturn is in the 2 nd from Asc and the Sun, Venus and Mars are associated with the Moon in Amsa (D9). No wonder, therefore, that Prof Rao was the recipient of the Suns

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blessings in full measure which accounted for his success in astrology. I remember to have read in one of his books that Prof. Rao’s father when he was childless had a dream one night when the Sun‐God appeared and blessed him with a child, as a result of which he was named after the Sun. Mercury and Jupiter are in Kendra from the Lagna in Rasi while Jupiter occupies Lagna in Amsa and Mercury is in trine. These made Prof. Rao a great and prolific writer and he wrote many books not only on astrology but also on other subjects. Jupiter is strong by position, etc, which accounts for his versatility in Mantra Shastra also. Saturn in the 2 nd aspected by Venus from the 8 th Bhava gave Prof Rao success in his predictions to an amazing degree and Rahu in the 11 th from the 2 nd evoked for him appreciation even from the Britishers and other Westerners. The relative strength of Jupiter over that of Mercury made Prof. Rao an expert in the predictive aspect of astrology to the detriment of the mathematical part which was left for his famous grandson to take over and elaborate on.

That takes us to Chart No 3, that of our beloved Late Prof B.V.Raman. I reproduce the chart given in the Astrological Self Instructor with modifications for Ayanamsa 22° 38'

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Rule C of Varaha Mihira applies aptly to this chart since the Moon is in Leo Navamsa is associated with Mercury. Rule H of Kiranur Nataraja also applies since Mercury is in a Kendra and Venus is in exaltation and in a common sign in Navamsa. Rule N of Jataka Choodamani also applies to Prof Ramans chart if the 2 nd house is interpreted as 2 nd house from the Sun. Rahu’s position in the 2 nd and aspect of the lord of that house Jupiter from a Kendra have made Prof Ramans predictions remarkably true. Jupiter and Mercury occupying Kendras in Rasi, while in Navamsa they occupy a Kendra and Trikona respectively have made Prof Raman publisher, author, editor and journalist. Incidentally it may be stated that the inter‐aspects and associations in Rasi and Navamsa between Saturn, Jupiter and Mars would have made Prof Raman an equally eminent lawyer or surgeon had he taken to those studies. Actually Prof Raman has written a book on Ayurveda, the Hindu system of medicine. Prof Ramans success in astrology is too well known and to dwell on it too long is like carrying lignite to Neyveli.

Chart No. 4 is that of the late Jyotirbhushana C.G.Rajan of Madras

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Rule D of Varaha Mihira applies to this chart. Not only the Moon is in Cancer but is associated with Mercury the Karaka in the 9 th Bhava. Also the Moon occupies the asterism of Mercury. The Sun is in Gemini satisfying Rule B of Varaha Mihira. Rule J of Satyacharya also applies very aptly. Rule M of Veemakavi is partly fulfilled by association of lords of the 2 nd and the 12 th in Kendra from Lagna. The predominant strength of Mercury has accounted for his eminence as a mathematician and astronomer of the first order. Also since Mercury has lordship over the Tamil language, Mr. Rajan published more than 30 books on astrology in easy flowing and lucid Tamil and some books in English. His works include

translations of some famous Sanskrit astrological texts like Brihat Jataka, Jambunadeeyam 1 ,

Naradeeyam etc. In his Tamil work Jataka Ganitham he has dealt with the complete mathematical part of astrology in such a simple style that even a layman who does not know much of arithmetic beyond addition, subtraction, etc can master the subject. And he has not deviated from Sripathi’s Jatakarma Paddahati. For the more advanced research student in astronomy and astrology, his book Raja Jyothida Ganitham, from which one can calculate the longitudes and latitudes of the planets for any epoch from 3200 B.C to 3100 A.D (about 6000 years) is a masterpiece. He has rendered colossal service to the cause of astrology and also to the Tamil speaking public by publishing hitherto secret works in astrology. On the predictive side I can personally vouch from a number of letters from natives in the country and abroad, for the accuracy of his predictions. In addition to being an astronomer‐ astrologer‐author, Mr. Rajan held some distinguished Government appointments like Tahsildar, Taluq Magistrate, Co‐Editor of Government Panchangas and translations of Saptarishi Nadi published by the Madras Government. Scorpio, the ascendant, is a mystic sign and being the house of Mars, gave him indefatigable energy and until his last breath, he continued his research in astrology. All the planets except Saturn and Rahu‐Ketu‐the shadowy planets‐ are endowed with full strength by varga, aspect, etc.. and among them Mercury gains maximum strength which has accounted for his phenomenal success as an astrologer.

1 Publisher: Few months back Mr Karthikeyan from Australia with the assistance of Mr Rahul Vedi,

Australia and a team member of Saptarishis Astrology had translated for SA one chapter of Jataka Jambunaadeyam of Sage Jambunada, it would be published in subsequent issues.

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Chart No.5 is that of a famous Indian astronomer, who has a number of ephemerides and other astronomical publications to his credit.

The Moon occupies Aswini 4 th quarter satisfying Rule E of Kiranur Nataraja. He is a scholar in both Hindu and modern astronomy and well versed in Sanskrit. His ephemerides are famous for their accuracy and he is the author of several astronomical publications which are used by most Indian astrologers and even by some foreigners. But surprisingly enough, as he himself confessed to me, he does not know much of astrology beyond the bare fundamentals. Or rather, he did not take an interest in it. This is a very peculiar thing, as ordinarily all successful astrologers right from Varaha Mihira down to B V Raman are good astronomers also. For an astronomer, astrology is swimming to a fish, something automatic and natural. In my humble opinion, the reasons for a lack of interest in astrology in the native of this chart are as follow: astrology, in its purest form, has more spiritual roots and it is Shastraic in its origin. Unless a person has got a Shastraic outlook and a flair for spirituality, he is not likely to be interested in Jyotisha. Jupiter, Karaka for knowledge of the Shastras and Venus are both affected in this chart considerably while Mercury is very strong

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by association, aspect, etc and is exalted. The imbalance between the strengths of Jupiter and Mercury relatively, in my opinion makes a native concentrate on either astrology or astronomy exclusively, according s Jupiter or Mercury (relatively) gains predominance over the other. In Prof. Suryanarain Raos chart, we have seen how Jupiter was considerably stronger than Mercury, leading to a dominance of the astrological side over that of the mathematical. In the present chart the process is reversed with the predominance of Mercury over Jupiter leading to a neglect of astrology. This is confirmed by the fact that Jupiter and Venus occupy the asterisms of Rahu and Saturn respectively. The ambition in life of the native is to achieve unanimity in the different systems adopted by the Hindu Panchanga makers. He looks forward to the day when a single ayanamsa will be adopted by the entire community of Hindu astrologers and Panchanga makers. I personally feel he will achieve success in his noble ambition, thanks to the strength of the Ascendant lord and the Moon (karaka for ambition).

Chart 6 is that of a famous Madras Astrologer. In this chart peculiarly none of the given astrological rules apply to the Rasi chart. However Rules A and Q apply to the Navamsa. The association of Mercury, Jupiter and the Moon with the lord of the 2 nd in the 11 th (in Rasi chart) and lord of the 5 th (intuition) in the ascendant and the 5 th occupied by Mokshakaraka Ketu and aspected by Mercury, Jupiter and the Moon from the 11 th have made the native an extraordinarily capable and talented astrologer. Note that almost all planets occupy the two houses, the 11 th and the 12 th . The native is well versed in ancient Shastras and an adept in Tantra and Mantra Shastras.

He is noted for remedial measures and preparation of Talismans and Kavachas according to Shastras. I think Saturn who occupies the asterism of Ketu and who is in the 11 th being lord of the Ascendant and the 2 nd house with Ketu in the 5 th accounts for the natives specialization in the occult and mystic side of astrology.

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In passing, I may state here that I agree fully with the views expressed in the April 1967 issue of The Astrological Magazine by Mr. Buel D Huggins that Kethu in the 5 th

bestows on the native psychic abilities and extra‐sensory perception. Incidentally it may be observed that in Charts No 1 to 3, Ketu is in the 5 th Bhava from either the Ascendant or the Moon while in Chart No 4, Rahu is in the 5 th from the Ascendant in Rasi and Ketu in the 5 th

from the Moon in Navamsa. In Chart No.6 Ketu is in the 5 th from the Ascendant and in Chart No.7, Ketu is in the 5 th from the Moon. Thus Mr Huggins findings are confirmed in 6 out of 7 horoscopes discussed herein. I may be permitted to add here one more function of Ketu in the 5 th assigned in the ancient Hindu treatises: Ketu destroys issues or children either wholly or partly in the 5 th and the Shastras attribute this to serpents curse. This assignment of Ketu is fulfilled amply in all the six charts mentioned above where he is in the 5 th . The Hindu Hatha Yoga Shastras describe that the Kundalini Shakti or Serpent Power in man, if developed fully, leads on to attainment of super human powers or Siddhis, of which

E.S.P is one. Thus while the serpent power represented by Ketu 2

bestows on the native the power of extra sensory perception or occult and mystic gifts of intuition, it is destructive to the 5 th Bhava in so far as it relates to issues or children. Perhaps destiny compensates for the efficiency in one sphere of activity by deficiency in another!

Chart No 7 is that of an erstwhile Office Superintendent of mine, who had the power of E.S.P developed well and whose psychic capabilities were remarkable.

2 Publisher: It has been observed that this 5 th house ketu might be working on Ketu in the 5 th from

Arudha Lagna (AL) too. As this publisher has in his possession a chart where the said native has displayed minor stunning predictive abilities like twice on blind charts he predicted the name of chart holder and at times gets intuition that in 5 minutes so and so person will call up, it happens multiple times in a day and it has been happening since 2001. Let us test this further please.

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The native, in addition, was a Devi‐Upasaka (a devotee of the Goddess). This man who shunned publicity out of modesty, was an amateur and, therefore, was not very widely known to the outside world; nevertheless, in my humble opinion, deserves to be ranked among the foremost of astrologers. He had mastered all the classical texts on astrology and when you had a doubt and asked him, he would come out with the appropriate shloka from such diverse and varied authorities as Jataka Chandrika, Brihat Jataka, Uttara Kalamrita or Phaladeepika, followed by his inimitable definition and explanation which could do credit to an ancient commentator like Bhattotpala. His achievements will speak for themselves and I was myself witness to some of his outstanding and uncanny predictions.

The day was 23 rd October 1962; just three days after the Chinese staged a massive aggression on the NEFA border. Day by day the military situation became serious, with newspapers carrying big headlines of the advances of the enemy and the reverses of our troops. In Parliament there was a big uproar which was echoed in the Congress Working Committee. News came that the Chinese had crossed the Sela Pass and were on the threshold of the plains of Assam. There were demands for the resignation of the Defense Minister. It was 10 a.m. on the 23 rd . Myself and my colleagues were sitting opposite to the Superintendent in the office. Naturally as any other patriotic Indian, we were worried over the outcome of the war.

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I can still vividly picture him sitting there, with his forehead bedecked with lines of the sacred Vibhuti with a spot of Kum‐ Kum in the centre.

We asked him: ‘Sir, what in your opinion, will be the outcome of the war?’

He casually threw a file in an outgoing tray and pat came his reply: ‘Don’t worry. There will be a cease fire in another four weeks.’

We took it lightly, for at that time nobody could even imagine that such a thing was feasible. And we all received a pleasant shock, when, exactly in four weeks, on the 21 st November 1962, the Chinese announced a cease‐fire and the war came to an end.

On another occasion, my marriage negotiations were taking place and the bride’s party had only the previous night visited us and after talks, left our house late in the night. The next morning at 10 a.m. I attended the office as usual. The negotiations of the previous night were known only to the members of our family and to the bride’s family. There was no chance by any stretch of imagination of this man knowing the information, since he lived in a place some 25 miles away, and none of us could possibly leak out the information in such a short time and even if it had leaked out, it could not have reached him overnight, especially since none of the group except myself was known to him. Yet, as soon as I sat opposite to him the next morning, he said cheerfully: ‘My Dear Sundara Rajan, you have got the marriage expression in your face. Negotiations for your marriage are under way and you will get married in two months.’ Believe me, the marriage was settled exactly in two moths and he attended and blessed me.

Instances such as this are numerous and for want of space I have given only two. He used to tell us, in a mystic tone: ‘For twenty‐five years now, my friends, on every Tuesday I have performed Subramanya Sahasranama and on every Friday I have

performed Lalita Sahasranama without fail. Perhaps that accounts for my success.’

In his chart (chart no.7) there are some good yogas for an astrologer of gift and intuition. First, Saraswathi Yoga is present since Mercury and Jupiter are in Kendras and Venus is in the 2 nd and Jupiter occupies his own house. Also Hamsa Yoga and Sasa Yoga are present. Rule J of Satyacharya applies, and as I have already explained, the native is a Devi‐Upasaka. The Moon, though debilitated in Rasi, obtains Neechabhanga. Rule M of Veemakavi also applies. Rule O of Jataka Choodamani applies partly except for the conjunction of the Moon with Saturn, Rule Q of the same text applies to the letter. Note Ketu is in the 5 th

from the Ascendant aspected by Jupiter. In addition to being a gifted astrologer, he was a great orator and he enchanted his audience with his fluency and was listened to with rapt attention and respect. When he spoke in a lighter vein his speech was replete with alliteration and similes. At other times he used his tongue as a weapon with bitter sarcasm and felled many a powerful opponent. Note Venus is in the 2 nd in the house of an enemy and also associated in Navamsa with the Sun and Ketu in the 2 nd .

In all the above illustrations, I have carefully selected, after much time and energy, the horoscopes of some of the world’s most outstanding astrologers; and with equal care, I have selected and culled out from ancient astrological texts, the rules which deal with success in astrology. It may be seen that one or more of the rules apply to all the horoscopes under reference. From these it appears to my humble self, that success in astrology, as in any other walk of life, is pre‐destined and determined according to one’s Poorvapunya (the good deeds of the past birth) and is reflected in the natal horoscope of the person.

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Terri McCartney is a teaching and

consulting astrologer. She served on the NCGR Board as Research Director for two years. Terri organized the 2007 NCGR Research Symposium in Baltimore. She also joined the AstroDatabank team as its Research Facilitator in 2004 and held that position for four years. Her web address is www.astroresources.com. Widely respected among international astrologers and very helpful, we have observed her for years and we recommend readers to contact her for lessons on how research is to be conducted. There can be no better teacher than her into the ever confusing area of research astrology.

The Astrology of Astrologers

By Terri McCartney, USA.

The Vedic AstroSignature

Welcome to my first AstroDatabank research post. I intend to post research articles regularly to whet your appetite for research and to keep you abreast of what we’re working on using AstroDatabank’s powerful research capacity built into version 4.

For this first column, I thought it would be fun to advance an AstroSignature for astrologers. Aren’t you just a bit curious to discover what is found in the charts of successful astrologers? We all know what we’ve observed and we have ideas about what we’d expect to find but can we really show some evidence to support our theories and observations?

In this project, I used AstroDatabank’s new release 4.0 with its awesome factor analysis feature to develop an AstroSignature for Astrologers. I wanted to test the common assumption that Uranus, Aquarius and/or the 11th house would be thematically linked to the vocational indicators in the charts of astrologers and I wanted to use a control group to validate my findings.

I found many of the statistically significant findings quite intriguing. Here are just a few of the interesting things I found in the charts of the 100 astrologers tested:

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• 38% had the Sun in Scorpio, Sagittarius or Capricorn and these placements were found in the astrologers charts twice as often as they were found in the control group.

• Sun, Moon or Mercury was found in a fixed house for 70% of astrologers and Venus, Mars, Jupiter or Saturn were placed in an air house for 71%.

• Sixty‐three percent of the astrologers had the ruler of the eleventh house direct. • None of the astrologers tested had a mutual reception between Sun and Uranus. • Pluto, Chiron or the North Node was placed in one of the Gauquelin power zones in

66%. • Uranus was found aspecting the vertex in the control group more often than it was

found aspecting the vertex in the astrologers’ horoscopes. • Nothing was found in 100% of the astrologers’ charts.

The Vedic AstroSignature

Abstract

AstroDatabank’s release 4.0 with its factor analysis module was used to develop an AstroSignature for Astrologers from the Vedic perspective. The chart dynamics of an experimental group of 100 professional astrologers (the same group of astrologers used to develop the Western signature) were compared those of a control group of 1000 generated by the AstroDatabank software. Included in the signature are only those factors found in at least 20% of the experimental group and demonstrating a positive difference frequency of 50% or greater when compared to the control group.

Introduction

After developing the signature for astrologers from the Western perspective (http://www.astrodatabank.com/as/ASAstrologyOfAstrologers.htm) using the tropical zodiac, I felt it would be informative to develop a signature from the Vedic perspective using the sidereal zodiac. I was curious if one would work better than the other.

A literature review of Vedic texts was conducted to identify what has been asserted to be found in astrologers’ charts. For the most part however, this might be termed assumption less research. I allowed the factor analysis reports to tell me what was found with significantly greater frequency in the charts of the astrologers as compared to the charts of the control group. It was the astrological factors that showed up in the charts of at least 20% of the astrologers and at frequencies 50% or greater than they were found in the control group that were included in Vedic signature for astrologers presented here.

Following is a list of the factors evaluated for this project using the AstroDatabank 4.0 software:

• Moon through Saturn, Ascendant, MC, house rulers and planetary dispositors in signs and houses.

• Moon through Saturn, Ascendant, MC, House rulers and planetary dispositors in their placements by degree.

• Benefics and malefics by house placement and rulership.

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• Placements in friendly, neutral or enemy signs. • The Vedic full and special aspects. 1

• Placements in the lunar mansions or nakshatras. 2

• Essential and accidental dignities.

Methodology

The source of the data used in this project was supplied by AstroDatabank. Its release 4.0 contains the birth data for 2222 astrologers with a Rodden rating of “A” or above. From this group, 100 astrologers were hand selected for this research project. The astrologers selected have either contributed to the general advancement of astrology in some manner and/or make their living practicing astrology. Therefore, the experimental group for this study is composed of 100 successful astrological authors, organizational leaders, teachers, lecturers and/or consultants.

A control group of 1000 records was created using AstroDatabank’s control group generator. While the control group generated by AstroDatabank does not represent birth charts of real people (and therefore might generate a chart perfect for an aspiring astrologer), the greatest advantage of this control group is it helps us quickly identify what astrological factors occur more frequently than by chance in the charts of astrologers as compared to a group of charts ten times greater than the number of records in the experimental group. In creating the control group, the year, time and place were replicated while shuffling the data independently.

The sidereal zodiac, Lahiri ayanamsa 3 and the whole house system were used to calculate each horoscope.

The factor analysis feature in AstroDatabank 4.0 was used to assist identification of the significant single factors that could be combined to build one multifactor AstroSignature rule. Those signature rules that included factors found in at least 20 % of the astrologers’ charts and at frequencies 25% or greater than they were found in the control group were included in the AstroSignature.

Results & Discussion

I reviewed Vedic texts to identify some of the yogas asserted to be found in the natal charts of astrologers. In essence, the yogas are analogous to the AstroSignature because both refer to specific chart dynamics that define specific orientations or conditions—such as the inclination to earn a living as an astrologer. Additionally, Juliana Swanson, an astrologer in Massachusetts, was kind enough to email me some unique yogas asserted by Vinay Aditya in his book, Dots of Destiny: Applications of Ashtakavarga 4 . Vedic astrologers use several different systems to determine planetary and/or house strength because it is a critical consideration in chart delineation. Ashtakavarga is one such system that evaluates strength by using a complex system of assigning points called bindus.

Following is an example of one of the passages Juliana quoted from Aditya’s text (pp. 69‐70)

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If Mercury is 4th or 6th from Saturn, associated with 5 or more bindus and the 2nd house from the lagna (ascendant) is aspected or occupied by Jupiter, the native becomes an eminent astrologer. There may be exceptions, for example, if Mercury is in its exalted sign, it may have less bindus.

The ADB software does not include a system for scoring strengths as one of its features, so I was unable to test this assertion. Nor was I able to test any of the yogas that referred to placements in houses derived other than from the Ascendant (such as stated above: Mercury is 4 or 6 houses from Saturn or in the case of placements referenced from the Moon’s‐‐which are quite common in the Vedic discipline). Additionally, I did not test yogas that referenced the navamsa chart (the ninth harmonic chart).

I was able to evaluate other assertions. For example, Juliana sent me another quote from Vinay Aditya that guided my investigation (just as Uranus and the ruler of the 11th were closely examined while analyzing the tropical data). It is:

In Vedic astrology, Mercury is the planet of astrology, along with Jupiter, due to their rulership of intellectual reasoning, intelligence, speech, computation and knowledge of scriptures. 5

Similarly, James Braha asserts that it is common for the greatest Hindu astrologers to have been born with a powerfully disposed Moon (memory) and 2nd house (knowledge). 6

Based on the above information, we’d expect Mercury Jupiter, Moon and the 2nd house to be strong. It was difficult to determine the overall strength of the second house. What was evaluated in this study were placements in the 2nd house, the placement of the ruler of the 2nd house and aspects to and from ruler of the 2nd house. The only factor found in at least 20% the charts of the astrologers and more frequently than it was found in the control group was Jupiter or the ruler of the 9th house in the 2nd (21% of the astrologers versus 16% of the control group).

Another common technique used by Vedic astrologers to evaluate planetary strength is called Shad Bala. Like Ashtakavarga it is a complex system that evaluates planetary strength. Shad Bala is based on six criteria: natural strength, motion, position, aspect, direction and time. Evaluation of the positional strength of a planet includes analysis of its dignity by sign. In this study, Moon, Mercury and Jupiter were analyzed for placement in their rulership, exaltation, fall and moolatrikona sign and degree. 7 The following table displays the totals derived from this analysis.

*None of the 100 astrologer had Mercury or Jupiter at their degree of exaltation (Mercury is exalted at 15 degrees Virgo and Jupiter is exalted at 5 degrees Cancer).

Moon in Cancer 10% 9% Moon in Taurus 14% 8% Moon exalted deg. (3 Tau) 3% 4% Moon in moolatrikona deg. 12% 7% Moon in Scorpio 5% 8% Mercury in Gem 8% 8% Mercury in Virgo 6% 8% Merc in moolatrikona deg. 0% 1.8% Mercury in Pisces 7% 9%

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Jupiter in Sagittarius 12% 10% Jupiter in Pisces 4% 6%

Jupiter in Cancer 9% 8% Jupiter moolatrikona deg. 4% 4% Jupiter in Capricorn 9% 9%

As the table shows, having the Moon in Taurus is found significantly more often in the astrologers charts and this is included in the Vedic signature along with Moon in Aquarius, the only other sign where the Moon demonstrated significance by placement. Mercury did not demonstrate significance by dignity but it did demonstrate significance in sidereal Libra, Scorpio and Capricorn. Jupiter demonstrated no significant difference with its placement by sign. While 12% of the astrologers had Jupiter dignified in Sagittarius as compared to 9.5% of the control group, this was not a large enough difference to establish statistical significance. Therefore, it would be salient to investigate further to determine if Mercury and/or Jupiter demonstrate significance using the Ashtakavarga or Shad Bala systems to determine their strength in both the natal and navamsa charts.

Additionally, to determine the quality of a planet’s influence (whether it is a benefic or malefic influence in the natal chart) involves an evaluation of the house or houses it rules. The rules governing this evaluation must take into consideration that both Jupiter and Mercury are able to rule two houses and one might be a benefic house and the other a malefic house. In general though, any planet ruling the 1st, 5th, or 9th house is considered a beneficial influence in the chart and that can be determined quite simply by rising sign. For example, the Moon rules house 1, 5, or 9 when one of the water signs is rising and would be treated as a benefic in the natal horoscope. Mercury is a benefic for Taurus (rules 5th), Gemini (rules 1st), Virgo (rules 1st), Libra (rules 9th), Capricorn (rules 9th) and Aquarius (rules 5th) Ascendants. Jupiter is beneficial for Aries, Cancer, Leo, Scorpio, Sagittarius and Pisces rising. The table below shows the result of determining whether Moon, Mercury and Jupiter carry a beneficial influence more often in the charts of astrologers than they do in the control group. Since none of the rising signs demonstrated significance on their own, I treated the rising signs in groups for this analysis.

Moon benefic‐Cancer, Scorpio or Pisces rising 29% 26% Mercury benefic‐Taurus, Gem, Virgo, Libra, Cap, AQ rising 47% 53% Jupiter benefic‐Aries, Leo, Cancer, Scorpio, Sag or Pisces rising 54% 48%

Note that both Moon and Jupiter are beneficial for individuals with Cancer, Scorpio or Pisces rising and Jupiter is also a benefic for Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius rising and having any one of these six signs rising does occur more frequently in the charts of the astrologers.

Additionally, the review of yogas uncovered a few other assertions I felt were pertinent to the practice of astrology. All of the following were taken from James Braha’s text. 8

• The 12th lord in the 3rd house gives enormous intuition. Astrologers 6%‐‐Control 8.4% • In Hindu mythology Mercury is the son of the Moon. Both planets are mental influences and

therefore whenever they aspect each other in any way an extreme intellectual nature is conferred. (This was tested this using the mutual or full aspect (conjunction and opposition with no orb of influence): Astrologers 22% ‐‐Control 15.5%

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• Mercury in a sign of Mars or Mars in a sign of Mercury is said to be good for intelligence. Astrologers 27%‐‐Control 30% (Additionally, I tested for a mutual reception between Mercury and Mars, and 2% of the astrologers has such while 3.4% of the control group did.)

• If Mars and Saturn aspect each other, the person excels in any technical field. (This was tested using the special aspects Saturn and Mars are able to make and evaluated separately, i.e. Mars in aspect to Saturn and Saturn in aspect to Mars) Mars in aspect to Saturn: Astrologers 30%‐‐Control Group 31.3%. Saturn in aspect to Mars: 23% versus 27.8%

• The lord of the 10th house conjunct with or aspected by Mars gives a career involving …any technical field. 9 Astrologers 24%‐‐Control 25.4%

• Venus aspected by Jupiter indicates excellent research ability. Astrologers 38%—Control 33.2%.

The AstroSignature

The Vedic signature for astrologers includes 30 rules and is presented in Table 1. The tropical signature contained 40 rules and therefore the scores on that signature are higher than the scores earned on this Vedic signature. This difference is primarily a result of a reduction in the number of rules referring to aspects because there were many more aspects to consider from the tropical perspective.

The average score earned by the astrologers on the Vedic AstroSignature was 9. The average score achieved by the control group was 5.3. Therefore, the astrologers scored on average 70% higher than did the control group (9‐5.3)/5.3 = 69.8%). The astrologer scores ranged from 1‐19 and 17% of the astrologers scored 5 or below (the average score for the control group.) The control group scores ranged from 0‐15 and only 8% of the control group scored 9 or above (the average score of the astrologers).

AstroSignature Legend:

D=Dispositor; R=ruler; H=House; N=Nakshatra

1) Rule 4 references Sun and ruler of the 9 th in Detriment which in Vedic astrology is the same as the sign of their fall in Western astrology. 2) A full aspect signifies that the planets are either in the same sign/house or the opposite sign/house. 3) References to specific aspects (such as the sextile, trine, square, etc) involve full signs—there is no orb of influence. 3) Rule 13 references Sun and Jupiter nakshatras. 4) Rule 14 references Jupiter and Rahu’s (north node) nakshatras, 5) Rules 17 and 18 reference degrees in any sign.

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Summary

When we compare the two signatures, the Vedic signature demonstrates a slightly greater difference in average signature score (69.8%) than did the tropical signature (63.6%). However, the tropical signature did a better job of distinguishing the experimental group from the control group. With the tropical signature, only 8% of the control group scored the average astrologer signature score or above (a score of 18+) while 12.2% of the Vedic control group scored the average astrologer signature score or above (a score of 9+). Similarly, 17% of the astrologers scored the average control group score or below using the Vedic signature while only 3% of the astrologers scored below or equal to the average control group score using the tropical signature.

And, as one more tidbit of food for your mind to digest, consider this: some of the astrologers scoring highest on this Vedic signature scored at the lower end of the tropical signature and vice versa. This realization led me to consider if a composite average might be a useful measure for those aspiring astrologers scoring below the average on either of the signatures. That is, the average signature score for both the Vedic and Tropical signatures could be added together and then divided by two to compute a composite average signature score. For example, the average signature score for the tropical signature was 18. Add to that

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the average score of 9 earned on the Vedic signature and the total is 27. We divide that by two to get an average composite signature score of 13.5 for the astrologers. That is, an individual’s score on both signatures could be added together in this way to derive an individual composite score and if it is 13.5 or above we could deduce that individual resonates strongly with others in the astrological community.

References & Endnotes

1 The aspects are evaluated differently in the Vedic discipline then they are in Western tradition. First, aspects exist within the 30 degrees of the whole sign—there is no orb of influence. Additionally, not all aspects are mutual. Planets are considered to be in mutual or “full aspect” if they reside in the same sign/house or the opposite sign/house. Only Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are able to make additional aspects: Mars also aspects the 4th and 8th sign/house from itself, Jupiter is able to aspect the 5th and 9th sign/house from itself and Saturn can cast aspects to the 3rd and 10th sign/house from itself. Some Vedic practitioners also allow the north and south node (Rahu and Ketu) to aspect the 5th and 9th sign/house from their placement. These were the only aspects analyzed in this project.

2 The lunar mansions or nakshatras are another critical facet of Vedic chart analysis and the nakshatras provide the basis for the dasa and bhukti system of prediction. The 27 nakshatras represent the division of the zodiac into three groups of nine sections of 13 degrees, 20 minutes each. Placements by nakshatra were included in this investigation.

3 The ayanamsa represents the longitudinal difference in degrees between zero degree Aries in the sidereal zodiac and zero degrees Aries in the tropical zodiac. There is a wide variety of different ayanamsa’s used by Vedic astrologers because there is disagreement about when the vernal equinox coincided with zero degrees Aries. The Lahiri ayanamsa is one of the commonly used ayanamsas.

4 Vinay Aditya, Dots of Destiny: Applications of Ashtakavarga, pp. 69‐70.

5 Personal correspondence with Juliana Swanson on May 27, 2005.

6 James Braha, Ancient Hindu Astrology for the Modern Western Astrologer, Longboat Key, FL; Hermetician Press: 1993, p. 239.

7 Ronnie Dreyer, Vedic Astrology: A Guide to the Fundamentals of Jyotish, York Beach, Maine; Samuel Weiser, Inc.: 1997, p.140. A planet’s moolatrikona is either the sign of its rulership or exaltation. The Moon’s moolatrikona is Taurus and it is considered strongest at 3‐30 degrees. Mercury’s moolatrikona is Virgo and it is considered strongest at 16‐20 degrees. Jupiter’s sign of moolatrikona is Sagittarius and it is considered strongest at 1‐10 degrees of that sign.

8 James Braha, Ancient Hindu Astrology for the Modern Western Astrologer, Longboat Key, FL; Hermetician Press: 1993, pp. 241‐243.

9 The full statement reads: The lord of the 10th house conjunct with or aspected by Mars gives a career involving the military, police work, mechanics, engineering, or any technical field.

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Chandrashekhar Sharma, from Nagpur,

has translated the first two pages and sent us to be posted on the web, so that other learned could read and modify the translation done, if necessary. Chandrashekharji has also promised to translate rest of the pages over time. He has also asked us to make it clear that if there is any mistake in the translation, the fault is entirely his alone. Chandrashekharji is the author of the book "Vedic Astrology Demystified", published by Parimal Publications Delhi "

Guru Nadi ‐ 1 Translated

By Chandrashekhar Sharma, India

adis are one of the most ancient literature on astrology at times written by Sages and at times by

stalwarts of astrology who named it after a planet or a diety. In this space we translate one such unheard of nadi called Guru Nadi. This Guru Nadi finds mention in "Chandra Kala Nadi" AKA Deva Keralam, wherein the author tells that certain interpretations be done as per Guru nadi. Guru Nadi is obviously written by Achyuta as is evident from the manuscript and is part of Deva Keralam. Unfortunately it did not get translated and the public at large remained a stranger to it. Guru nadi was never published but its manuscript was copied by P. Mavibasavaradya and checked by K.S. Mahantadevana on 11 th May 1961, perhaps from Oriental Library Madras, and was kindly made available to "Saptarishis Astrology" by a student of Late C.S.Patel who bought it from him & now has given it freely for all in the Manuscript section of Saptarishis Astrology website. It is interesting to note that some of the nadi amsha that are mentioned in Guru nadi have different names than those given in "Chandra Kala Nadi" AKA Deva Keralam. It was put on Saptarishi website for translation by scholars of sanskrit & I have undertaken this task of translating it with the best of my abilities. Some letters ae difficult to decipher in the manuscript, but I have tried to keep the logic in the same fashion as it appears. Bhoot sankhya is used in the calculations given in

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manuscript and so they will have to be carefully decodified. I am sure there can be other interpretation of the text as Sanskrit uses many similies, encrypts and allegories. So if there is any mistake in the translation, the blame for that lies with me alone.

guru näòé 

gué nafI

vasudev< präü naray[namym!,

lúmIso< nmSk«Tva vúye=h< devkerlIm!. väsudevaà parabrahma näräyaëanämayam| 

lakñmésakhaà namaskåtvä vakñye'haà devakeraléma|| Having saluted the Parabrahma Vaasudeva, who is called Narayana the husband of Laxmi, I

(now) tell about Deva Keralam.

kerle iv;ye ki½dCyutaenam ÉUsur>,

b&hSpit< smuiÖZy s c³e tp %Ämm!. kerale viñaye kaccidacyutonäma bhüsuraù| 

båhaspatià samudviçya sa cakre tapa uttamam|| Achyta a brahman, having labouriously studied and understood the zodiacal science as

explained in the treatise called Keralam.

àsadsumuoetSMmE àah devpuraeiht>,

tpsatvtuòaeiSm vTs ik< te kraeMyhm!. prasädasumukhetasmmai präha devapurohitaù| tapasätavatuñöosmi vatsa kià te karomyaham||

Guru (lord Brihaspati or the preceptor of Achyuta), of the pleasing contenance, said graciously that I am pleased with your (Achyuta’s) great labour (in studyof the science) and

said, oh my son what is it that you desire from me.

ACyut‐ acyuta- 

Achyuta says: 

nmSte muinnaway vcsa<ptye nm>,

yid mý< àsÚaeiSm y*nu¢h Éaghm!. namaste muninäthäya vacasämpataye namaù| 

yadi mahyaà prasannosmi yadyanugraha bhägaham|| 162

I salute you Oh Lord of Sages , Oh Lord of Speech. If you are pleased with my efforts and you want to grant me a boon.

AtItanagt}an< yen me SyaTsureñr,

s<i]PyJyaeit;< zaô< mTk«te v´…mhRis. atétänägatajïänaà yena me syäatsureçvara| 

saìkñipyajyotiñaà çästraà matkåte vaktumarhasi|| Kindly tell me, in brief, about the Science of Jyotish which is the knowledge of great

antiquity, Oh Lord of the Gods.

gué>‐ guruù- 

Guru Said: 

saxu saxu mhaàa} yNme mnis vtRte,

v´VyimitvTsaXya tdev< àaiwRt< Tvya. sädhu sädhu mahäpräjïa yanme manasi vartate| 

vaktavyamitivatsädhyä tadevaà prärthitaà tvayä|| You have said well, oh learned, that which was in my mind. I shall tell you that which you

have prayed for and desire to know.

puranaray[ae dev> kmlasnyaicRt>>,

jatulR]imt ¢NwEí³e Jyaeit; s<ihtam!. puränäräyaëo devaù kamaläsanayärcitaùù| 

jäturlakñamita granthaiçcakre jyotiña  saàhitäm|| In ancient times (or in the beginning), Brahma created 100,000 (One hundred thousand ‐

One Lakh) treatises of Jyotish about the zodiacal circle related to that which shines (grahas) and arranged them in a careful order and offered them respectfully to Narayana.

äüa àvtRyamas snkaid;u tTSvym!,

tÇsar< smx&Ty c³…Ste s<ihta< p&wk. brahmä pravartayämäsa sanakädiñu tatsvayam| 

tatrasäraà samadhåtya cakruste saàhitäà påthaka|| Brahma then instructed the knowledge, himself, to Sanaka, Sanandan, Sanatkumar and

Sanaatana Rishis (sages), its essence by combining the (essence of) texts.

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Aak;RimhmÙe[ àaiwRt> pUvRmadrat!,

¢NwEiÖRyut s<OyakEnaRça guémt< iÖj. äkarñamihamantreëa prärthitaù pürvamädarät| 

granthairdviyuta saìkhyäkairnämnä gurumataà dvija|| Having been attracted to this science and requested with respect, earlier, Guru said, that as

per his opinion, there are three granthas/texts (or Principal divisions), Oh Brahmin.

AyutEÉaRgRví³e k«pyav&;pvR[I.

%mayE Égvan zMÉu> àaevacayut s<Oyya. ayutairbhärgavaçcakre kåpayävåñaparvaëé|| 

umäyai bhagaväna çambhuù proväcäyuta saìkhyayä|| Lord Shambhu, the greatest among astrologer (having created the zodiac), while explaining the science of division of time, told Goddess Uma (his consort) that there are innumerable

texts (of this great science).

yNmya suk«t< pUv¡ jatkSkNxmuÄmm!,

iÖshöe[ s<iúyPy TvTk«te àaeCyte=xuna. yanmayä sukåtaà pürvaà jätakaskandhamuttamam| dvisahasreëa saìkñyipya tvatkåte procyate'dhunä||

Now you abridge the Jataka Skandha 1

(which is the best amongst the three divisions of Jyotish), which I have beautifully created in 2000 texts (shlokas?).

@v< mu®va guéStSmE %pivZy< Svk<mtm!,

mnuí ÉagRv< ipÇa tÇEvaNtr xIyt. evaà muktvä  gurustasmai upaviçyaà svakammatam| 

manuçca bhärgavaà piträ tatraiväntara dhéyata|| In this manner did Guru tell his opinion (while sitting in front) to the wise astrologer

(Brahma), who then used his intellect to decipher the science of Jatakaskandha.

ACyutae=ip pun> àItae tpsaraXyÉagRvm!,

tSmaTshö s<Oyak< àaÝvan ÉagRv< mtm!. acyuto'pi punaù préto tapasärädhyabhärgavam| 

tasmätsahasra saìkhyäkaà präptaväna bhärgavaà matam||

1 Jataka Skanda means astrology dealing with humans

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Achyuta again pleased the deity of astrologer (Guru that is Shiva 2 ), who is obtainable with

performing great austeries, and received 1000 granthas that were received from the great astrologer (Shukra or Guru).

zu³àsad l_yen mÙe[araXy z»rm!,

shö¢Nw s<i]Ý< yu´< leÉe 1 saMbizv<mtm!. 1 leoe çukraprasäda labhyena mantreëärädhya çaìkaram| 

sahasragrantha saìkñiptaà yuktaà lebhe 1 sämbaçivammatam|| 1 lekhe On account of the grace of Shukra (purity of mind/great astrologer) the Lord Shiva is

attainable and I (Achyuta) have put the knowledge of the 1000 granthas in an abridged form which gives the opinion of the Lord Shiva who is with Goddess Amba.

snkaidiÉraidòa> s<i]Ýa> s<ihta> p&wkœ,

sMàaàdan ³me[Ev te;a< te;a< àsadt>. sanakädibhirädiñöäù saìkñiptäù saàhitäù påthak| 

sampräpradäna krameëaiva teñäà teñäà prasädataù|| Many concise orderly texts have been handed down from the times of Sanaka and other

rishis due to their grace (over long period of time).

k«tk«TySttae ivà> g&h< àaPyaCyutae muda,

iz:yanXyapyamas zaô< tÎevkerlm!. kåtakåtyastato vipraù gåhaà präpyäcyuto mudä| çiñyänadhyäpayämäsa çästraà taddevakeralam||

Oh Brahmin, having brought/received (from Guru) the science (Text) of Deva Keralam on this earth (loka) Achyuta is happy to give it, for its study, to (his) shishyas.

teip nanaiv*a< c³…Ssara<zE> k«its<Sk«itm!,

AtItanagt}ane yaSyaiSt àIitéÄma. tepi nänävidyäà cakrussäräàçaiù kåtisaàskåtim| 

atétänägatajïäne yäsyästi prétiruttamä|| The (science of Jyotish/Deva keralam) has also been interpreted and refined, through

knowledge of different sciences of ancient times that are of excellent (and dear to Achyuta).

2 Publisher: Incidentally this translation was to appear in May 2009 issue in a much bigger form, but on

23 rd Feb 2009 on day of Shivaratri (Day of Lord Shiva), we felt a sudden urge to include it without knowing this verse & significance of Lord Shiva in it. This article was then formatted on the day of Shivaratri itself & when we saw this verse it was a thrilling moment. The most thrilling moment came later when we learnt that one of the names of Lord Shiva is Chandrashekhar, the name of our respected translator.

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AXyetsimd< zaô< ten sMyGguraemuRoat!,

Éavaep¢hs<yu´ oecrS)…qsaxnm!. adhyetasamidaà çästraà tena samyaggurormukhät| bhävopagrahasaàyukta khecarasphuöasädhanam||

The study of calculations of the exact degrees of the grahas together with bhavas and upagrahas in this shastra should be learnt correctly from the mouth of Guru (from Guru

himself)

¢haSSvêpkwn< razInamupl][m!,

Éavana< c pir}an< )l< tTvprI][m!. grahässvarüpakathanaà räçénämupalakñaëam| 

bhävänäà ca parijïänaà phalaà tatvaparékñaëam|| Knowledge of Bhavas, principles of giving results, attributes of grahas, rashi’s attributes,

AòvgRàkar< c àkI[Rkwt> prm!,

raJyyaegae ÉaeGyyaegae prjatk l][m!. añöavargaprakäraà ca prakérëakathataù param| räjyayogo bhogyayogo parajätaka lakñaëam||

The results be given on (duly expanding the results of) analyzing the 8 parameters (namely) Yoga for ruling a kingdom, yoga for luxuries, indications of being born from a stranger,

A<gÉ<gaidyaeg< c ivprItjinStwa,

dirÔjatk< cEv kmRjIvmt> prm!. aìgabhaìgädiyogaà ca viparétajanistathä| 

daridrajätakaà caiva karmajévamataù param|| Yogas for breaks of limbs and body parts, yogas giving reverse effects, penury, results of

past karmas,

laekyaÇa pir}an< idzana< in[Ry< twa,

ANtdRza<ivcar< c dzairò)l< twa. lokayäträ parijïänaà diçänäà nirëayaà tathä| antardaçäàvicäraà ca daçäriñöaphalaà tathä||

Knowledge of travels and deciding the direction of travel, analysis of Antardashas and the arishta (calamities) causing Dasha results and,

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dzairòàzmn< m&telR][mev c,

twalaekaNtr àaiÝéCyte sÌ‚raemRte. daçäriñöapraçamanaà måterlakñaëameva ca| tathälokäntara präptirucyate sadgurormate||

The pariharas to stop or reduce the ills or arishtas that will happen during a dasha, the indications of death and what loka one shall get after death should be told, is the opinion of

the pious Guru (Sadguru).

1 AyuxaRypir}an< Apm&Tyaeíl][m!, 1 AayudaRypir}an<

pirìajk yaegí pdæ<zkrStÄa. 1 ayurdhäyaparijïänam apamåtyoçcalakñaëam| 1 äyurdäyaparijïänaà 

parivräjaka yogaçca padabhraàçakarastattä|| Knowledge of life span, the indications of accidental or unnatural death, parivrajaka yoga

and yogas that lead to break of the vow of a parivrajaka 3 ,

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To Be Continued….

3 Parivrajaka means one who travels and refers to the sanyasi or renunciates who may not live in one

place for more than 3 days lest they develop attachment to the place and people there, barring the four months of Chaturmasas.

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Yenbeeyes hails from a Tamil family

wherein he learnt astrology from his grandfather who knew the entire BPHS by heart. He was first asked to by heart the Sanskrit verses of BPHS & then slowly taught astrology by his grandfather who was his Guru. After 3 years of teaching only BPHS he was then taught Jaimini Sutras by the age of 23. Yenbeeyes is our author’s pen name and he having retired in 2007 has taken up to the cause of astrology full time and is currently translating Jaimini Sutras into Tamil. Saptarishis Astrology has observed that Shri Yenbeeyes pursues this science with an unmatched discipline and dedication which is praiseworthy.

Saptarishi Nadi Gemini Ascendant –

Chart 2 By

Yenbeeyes, India Copy Editor: Bhaskaran Natesan, India

Manuscript Courtesy By: UpendraSingh Bhadoriya, India.

We have started the translations of the Saptarishis Nadi wherein for Each Ascendant there are nearly 1000 pages equaling 12000 pages in all. Though this is a herculean task & require a lot many contributors who would translate from Tamil language to English language but Shri Yenbeeyes & Shri Bhaskaran Natesan have done the auspicious act of initiating the work. We request all Tamil speaking scholars to come forward and help us in this herculean task. Normally we spend time reading analysis or a reading of a stalwart astrologer but when you get a reading from a Rishi as given in Saptarishis Nadi then astrologers should not miss it and use this space to read & understand their reading and try to decipher what technique they might have used to give such stunning predictions that we astrologers of today cannot give. We bow to Lord Ganapati & request the Saptarishis to guide us in this task so that our errors are minimum & the context is not lost.

Note: The Chapter is in a Poetical form and is a conversation between Goddess Parvati, Consort of Lord Shiva and Athri Maharishi. Maharishi Athri replies to the queries raised by Goddess Parvati on various positions of planets in the chart at the time of birth.

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1. Kindly tell me the results of a horoscope where Mercury, Mars and Sun in Libra, Venus and Rahu in Scorpio, Moon in Aquarius, Saturn and Ketu in Taurus, Jupiter in Gemini and Lagna is Gemini.

2. The native of this chart lives in a street running east to west and the main door of the house facing south. That is his father’s house. On the western side, there is a junction of four roads, a Shiva temple, a temple for Goddess Kali and a temple for Lord Ganesha. Nearby there is a garden and a large deep well.

3. To the south west side of the house there will be a Mariamman temple and a temple of Lord Vishnu. On the eastern side there will be another Vinayakar (Lord Ganesa) temple. On the opposite side of the house there will be no houses. In such a small place, this male native will give birth. We will tell about the fortunes and the previous birth details of his father, mother, coming wife and children.

4. While telling about the siblings of the native’s father, one brother and one sister will be there with long life. Details of the elder brother (of father): Black like the colour of Thirumal (Vishnu); Lean body; incapable of talking in public.

5. A modest person; A patient man; Filled with love and affection to others ; Will not talk insolently; not getting lazy in work; has good manners; devoted towards Lord Shiva; We will say that because of his wife good fortunes will come.

6. He will have one wife only. We will tell about the progeny (Puthra Bhava). There will be four male issues; there will be no female issues. One male child will be given in adoption to a person in father’s family because of his childlessness & it will be given in anger.

7. As he has to perform the last rites of the adopted parents, he goes and stays with them. Because of that there will be a big litigation; then he will get the estates. Has the blessings of Goddess Lakshmi. We will tell about the native’s father. Mother! Listen.

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8. An intelligent man; a patient man; has virtuous & charitable intentions; has devotedness; is black colored; can arrive at conclusions; has wisdom; has lean body; will be subjected to baseless and untrue bad reputation accepts unwanted praise; has good character. Oh! Mother! Further, listen.

Publishers Notes: One can see that 1H & 5H is ones name and fame, the Asc Lord is Mer sitting in the 5H of name & fame, spoilt by debilitated Sun, who additionally is the naisargika (natural) 5L of fame & name in Kal Chakra Kundali. This Asc Lord Mer is conjoined by Mars the 6L of disputes & also disposits Rahu the ‘False Allegation/Scam Indicator’. All this combination of Sun, Mer, Mars is in trine to Arudha Asc & Moon (2L) is to be further noted.

9. Has the desire to offer food (to others) and has the capacity to do so; will protect those who went to him or supported him. Has friendship of the King’s officers; has no secrets; always talks high level words; has the habit of speaking the truth; will repeat the words often while speaking or while discussing. Will conquer enemies.

10. Will get enmity with relatives; will put in efforts to appear like Lord Shiva; has friendship of elders; has servants; a little short‐tempered; will walk fast; will not have much wealth; a compassionate man; has courageous mind.

Publishers Notes: As to why he would get enmities with relatives, we can see that the natural badhak (obstacle) of any horoscope which is Rahu is placed in the 6H of natural badha (fights) & also of relatives, hence he will have enmity with relatives.

Vishnu Rekha 1 (Line of Vishnu) 11. Has the capacity to rule the earth; Has influence; Has hot type of body; not having much interest in sex; has ‘Vishnu Rekha’ (Line of Vishnu) in hand; does not want to do sinful things; the native will be born as a son to such a person of character. We will tell about the native’s character.

12. Has faded color; lean body; keeps secrets; will acquire education; does not have association of low class people; capable of getting into relationship;(can get in to close association with any one especially with women, confirmed in verse 13) gives alms and gifts; will get a good name from everybody; (good to everyone) capable of talking sweetly; has wealth like fine gold etc.

13. Interested in eating sour tasty foods; will increase the fertile lands; has no bad characters; has much cattle, sheep like quadruped animals; very much interested in prostitutes; will not speak unwanted words; dear to wife; liked by relatives. Very much, more on the side of adulation.

14. We will tell about the siblings of the native. We say that he will have one brother and two sisters. The brother is younger to the native. We will tell about his brother. Mother! Please listen.

1 Publisher: Pls refer to Appendix on detailed note on Vishnu Rekha by Rabinder Nath Bhandari

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15. Has good luck. Is a good‐natured man. Has strong mind; will talk strictly; is capable of helping many people; will be modern; will perform the religious duties of his father and mother; about his wife and children‐

16. We will tell at a later part. Listen to the sister’s matters. We will tell about the loving first sister. Lives without any difficulties; has less progeny ; (sons actually) words are sweet like sugarcane; dear to husband.

17. Will observe fast with piety; will help those in distress; a little short‐tempered; has no siblings of her husband; not done any sin – Like that when the Rishi was telling, Parvati started asking – What are the reasons for the ‘Putra Dosha’ – blemish of childlessness?

18. Because of the wrong deeds in the previous birth, she will not get children. If ‘Navagraha Shanti’ (Remedy for the Nine grahas) is performed and an amulet is worn, she will give birth to one male child and two female children and they will have long life.

Publishers Notes: Readers, who are averse to remedial measures, can observe that Rishi stresses on remedial measure of 9 planets yagya and an amulet for child birth.

Method Of Doing Shanti

19. Parvati asked, How to perform the Shanti? In the house where she was born (i.e. her parent’s house) after doing Puja, perform Navagraha Homam (casting of ghee, grain etc. into the sacred fire), perform Puja of Goddess Shakthi, perform meditation and then in a thin flat silver piece write the ‘Bijakshara’ (name) of Goddess Parashakthi..

20. And then the balance letters must be meditated and recited and then if she wears that, all the bad karmas or deeds will leave and children will be born – Thus we say. She also can have a life of a long‐lived person. Oh! Parvati Devi! Listen.

Translators Notes: Navagraha homa has the power to counter flaws in the horoscope and enable a person to prosper in life in case astrological defects are the main blocks to his well‐being. The homa is done to appease the nine planets i.e. the Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rahu, and Ketu. Every planet has its own importance. Sun is the king of planets, which gives health. Moon is the planet, which rules over mind and gives success. Mars or Mangala is the planet, which gives prosperity and wealth. Mercury is the planet which gives knowledge, Jupiter gives education, Venus gives the knowledge of art, music etc. Saturn gives happiness and also teaches vairagya. Rahu makes the life stronger. Ketu prospers the family. Navagraha homam is used to remove Doshas or reduce the effect by appeasing these planets. By doing this homa, navagraha doshas are removed and good results will accrue is what the Rishi wants to convey.

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The ‘Bijakshara’ means the seed Mantra. The continuous chanting of this seed mantra bestows great benefits. Bijakshara Mantra is different for different deities. It consists of a single syllable or a combination 2 or more syllables like – Ohm, Hrim, Kleem etc.etc. This is always followed by other

letters like nine syllable or ten syllable or even 30 syllable mantras. What the Rishi states here is that the Bijakshara Mantra as applicable to Goddess Shakthi should be inscribed in the Silver plate selected for the purpose and the remaining mantras should be recited. Mantra Shastra is a vast subject, my job is only translation, and so I cannot transgress my limitations. Just for the knowledge of the readers, I pointed out some of the meanings as available in Mantra Shastra.

21. We will tell the news of the second sister. She is deceitless; living comfortably in her birth house; walks fast; has much wealth; No cheating ideas in mind; after marriage will go with her husband and live separately. (Means he will leave her parent’s house and will live with her husband)

22. While looking at the ‘Putra Bhava’ i.e. issue of children, she will have two sons and two good‐natured daughters and will live with perfection. We will say that she will have long life. Oh! Penance doing Parvati! (It appears that one line in this verse is missing)

23. We say that the age of marriage of the native is 21. His wife will come from the northern direction from his house. We will tell about her character. She is a true‐minded person; will be with virtue and follow rules; she has a lot of luck.

Publishers Notes: The age of marriage Rishi says is 21, which as per Bhrighu Chakra Paddathi is the 9H & 9H is the house of marriage/dharma where the Moon (woman) the ruler of 2H of family life is located. Moon is ruled by Cancer and as per Parasara’s BPHS Cancer denotes the North direction, maybe that is the reason Rishi is indicating that she (wife) will come from the Northern direction. Regarding luck, having virtue being possessed by the wife, maybe it is due to the aspect of Jupiter on Moon which is giving that but at the same time, Jupiter is badhak lord and Saturn also aspects this Moon, so how this is being indicated is a mystery like many other readings of Sages. To add further thought why badhakesh Jupiter sitting in the 1H has given early marriage at age of 21 is a mystery but on second thoughts maybe 21 was a late marriage scene in those olden days.

24. Will have the habit of offering food to the poor; She will be behaving with goodness with all. Dear to her husband; has good manners and conduct; has all sorts of happiness and prosperity; after her marriage and when she reaches her husband, incomparable wealth will be accumulated.

25. We will tell about native’s progeny. Will have two sons and two daughters and they will be with long life. Further three will be born but will pass away. Oh! Mother of Lord Ganesha! Listen.

Mother Of Native 26. Mother will be of faded color; has no secrets; bilious body; faultless; has the good habit of behaving according to the wishes of her husband. (in this verse also one line appears to be missing)

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27. We say that mother’s family will be wandering one. Out of three siblings two will die. One will be steady. (will have longer life)He will go to a foreign country via ship. We will tell about her previous birth. Mother! Listen.

28. In a big place to the west of Kancheepuram, born in a potter’s family, gave birth to children, worshipped Shiva, the eater of hala poison, lived without difficulties, died before her husband;

29. created by Brahma again and she was born – we say like that. Parvati, Wife of Lord Shiva asked: You said that her siblings would be lost. You also said that she would be wandering. What is the reason for that? Oh! Parvati! Listen (Rishis started telling)

30. In the previous birth, when she was living comfortably, one day a Rishi came and asked for a vessel for cooking food. She also gave a vessel made of pot (mud pot) Rishi also cooked in that vessel. When the rice was boiling, the vessel broke.

31. All the boiled rice fell to the ground. When seeing this, the Rishi cursed that her house will be destroyed and her lineage will not prosper. That curse continued and reached her in this birth.

32. In the next birth, to the south of Thirukazhukundram (a place) in a big place she was born in this race (in this caste or a particular family/lineage). Will live by getting lot of wealth. We will tell about the history of the previous birth of the father. Oh! Parvati! Listen.

Previous Birth Of Father Of Native 33. In the previous birth, he was born in the same race in Puducheri town (Now called as Pondicherry). When he was living with wife and children, after constructing a big house, having done big business in the world and praised by all people in the world,

34. We will tell about the curse that came upon him. One businessman had borrowed money from him (native’s father) and was doing business. He incurred heavy loss in the business and hence could not repay the debt and with grief‐filled mind, he went to another place.

35. The native’s father took all his house and lands and constructed a place for the pilgrims (those who do penance). The businessperson’s wife suffered without a house and she cursed. Oh! Mother! Further, listen.

36. While leaving this birth, she said that in the next birth, I would take birth in your race; I will quickly create enmity, and will create great loss (of money). In the last days after getting easy death, (spontaneous death without prolonged illness or suffering)

37. She was born again – like we said. That girl also gave birth in this race, later became enemy. However, whatever is the enmity or displeasure in the end the native’s father will be victorious.

38. As we said, father will be a wise man. A pious man; will have mature understanding; interested in sustaining and protecting dharmic thoughts, controls his words; has submissive qualities. Oh! Mother! Further, listen.

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39. We will tell about the death time of native’s father. In the native’s 36 th year, it will happen. For the mother the death will be in his 38 th year. Oh! Giver of the elephant headed God to the world! Listen and oh! The most compassionate and merciful!

Publishers Notes: Father’s Death: The death of natives father is 36 th year, now 9H is house of father, his lord Saturn goes into the 12H of exit along with Ketu (who is the exiter) and aspected by 12L of death Ven from 6H, so everything is happening at the 12H which as per Bhrighu Chakra Paddathi is the 36 th year and also Saturn as per normal astrology gives results at the age of 36. Mothers Death: At the age of 38 the Rishi says his mother will die. This can be seen in many ways, first let us see the 4H stands for mother, take this as Mothers Asc, the 3H will be 36 th year, 4H will be 37 th , 5H will be 38 th year, it being 2 nd from 4 th is the maraca (death inflicting) house for Mother, and it is placed with 8L Mars (from Mothers Asc) & 12L Sun (from Mothers Asc) in the 2H of maraca (from Mothers Asc). From Natal Asc: 38 th year will be the 2 nd house as per Bhrighu Chakra Paddathi and 2H stands for family, incidentally its lord here is Moon, natural significator of mother, this house is aspected by 8L of death Saturn from 12H of exit & this Saturn in turn aspects natal Moon too thereby indicating an event in family to the mother in the 38 th year.

40. We will tell about the native’s death time. In his 60 th year, in the month of ‘Purattasi’ 2

(It is a Tamil month name, which falls between 15 th Sep. to 15 th Oct.) On the New Moon day, died because of bilious disease. Oh! Worshipper of the people doing great penance! Parvati! Listen.

Publishers Notes: Death Of Native: 8L of death Saturn who is natural karaka of death, it goes into 12H of Exit along with Ketu forming a very malefic combination, the 12house denotes 12 th , 24 th , 36, 48, 60 th year hence death happened, also Saturn would have completed his double round.

41. We will tell about the previous birth of the native. In Thiruvalangadu 3

(a place), took birth in the ‘Vanniar’ caste (a race prevalent in Tiruchirappalli and Madurai districts of Tamil Nadu) and lived with much landed properties and wealth and jewels. He was dear to the Brahmins, and was doing service to Lord Shiva.

42. On the roadside he kept water‐sheds (For quenching the thirst of pilgrims and travelers who passed by), solved the grievances of those who come there tired, did service to the Lord

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the lord of Thiruvalangadu which was there and died, again because of Brahma’s designs?,

2 Bhaskaran Natesan on the word Purrattasi: Bhadra pada masa (and Kanya masa in solar calendar) Yenbeeyes: Since chandramana and Souramana and English months refer to different periods of time, I have simply mentioned the name of the month as mentioned in the verse and given the equivalent of it in English month 3 Copy Editor – Bhaskaran Natesan ‐There are two places in Tamil Nadu. One is located 15 Kms from Tiruttani (one of the Six abodes of Lord Subramanya). The other one is located near Mayiladuthurai (Probably it is now under Thanjavur District in Tamil Nadu.) 4 Copy Editor: The Presiding deity in Thiruvalangadu is Lord Shiva. This is the place where Lord Shiva and Mother Kaali danced to find out who was the better among the two.

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43. We said that he took rebirth in this ‘Vellala’ (one of the agricultural tribe) race. We will tell about his re‐birth. He will take birth in the family of Brahmin knowing Vedas, in Kancheepuram. We will say he will live with nothing in want. He shall live With luck,

44. and good fortune, he will live, praised by his relatives, with good character and helpful to the people of the world. Will not go back on his promises. Will have eloquence, will have increased grains (from his field); doing agriculture, 5 he will increase the wealth of his father.

Appendix

Vishnu Rekha (Line of Vishnu) By

Rabinder Nath Bhandhari, India.

According to The Lal Kitab System Of Prediction, when planet Sun [Suraj – Tappasavi Raja] is placed in 1 st house of horoscope of a person, which can be confirmed by looking at the position of Sun Line [Suraj Rekha] which is restricted to the mount of Sun [Suraj Ka Burj] only, or there is a sign of Star [Suraj Ka Sitara] on that mount, or by simply looking at that person, who is slim [not weak] in structure, wheatish [neither black nor white] in complexion with glowing attractive eyes with long face and all his body parts are present in perfect working condition, not disabled [Suraj Parbal Ka Insaan or a person who is governed by Sun], that person is empowered with a capacity to rule as a King, he will become rich with self efforts and still will have no attachment with money [Laxmi]. He will lend help to his father, follower of old ancestral traditions, will do all for his children, but will demand nothing from them in return. Native will live a happy prosperous life with very good health and all his body parts will be in working order till his end, will be benefited from Govt., owner of landed property, true in self and always truth lover and trust worthy. The native will be shining like the Sun in connection with his fate, will be blessed with the of habit of doing charity, which will be the foundation of his rising state, whereas on the contrary when he starts accepting charity, his downfall will start. He will be hot like Sun in his temper, and when pressed by worldly people by creating obstacles in his way to progress, he shines much more and becomes hotter but his enemies suffer a lot on the other hand. The native will be of good moral character and remain away from dirty love affairs and bad sexual relations [if such person performs sexual act during day time, this will give adverse effects on the health of that person]. He will be in habit of taking low salt [item of Sun] in food and will like to wear light color clothing’s instead of black and dark blue color [colors of inimical planets to Sun]. Furthermore, native’s house will also belong to planet Sun; a house facing eastward direction main gate and courtyard of that house will be in centre of that house.

As lord Vishnu controls planet sun, so possessor of such signs of sun is blessed with the above qualities as quoted in Vishnu Rekha. If Vishnu Rekha is mentioned somewhere else

5 Copy Editor: Here we have to pause and think. In the previous verse, the Rishi states that the native

will be born in a family of a Brahmana. A Brahmin does not cultivate lands. Yet the Rishi states that the native will cultivate in order to increase his granary storage. This needs thinking.

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(by another authority), on any other part of body, that will also be the representative of planet Sun which is the manifestation of Lord Vishnu.

So, possessor of Vishnu Rekha will behave in this world just like Sun, which gives light to this world, is hot, well disciplined, very punctual, never deviates from its path and who never sets down, when we say Sun Set, it is the movement of Sun, just away from us, but Sun keeps shining always somewhere at another place.

Aphorisms from the Secretum Secretorum

(1) If possible, the planets must be reinforced with a fixed star from the same nature, because it concentrates the power of the influx and the duration of the work.

(2) When the request is from the same nature than the ascendant and the dominant star, and is reinforced with a fixed star, one can be sure that it will be obtained easily and the influx will be strengthened.

(3) For dynamic the Eagle Star must be used, for the static the Lira Star .

(4) Conjunction of celestial bodies is a great support that we have to take advantage of.

(5) Positions are as fundamental as conjunctions for talismans.

(6) The dominant star being in the Midheaven, exalted or in its domicile and taking part of the ascendant.

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Margaret has been studying astrology

for over 30 years, and took up jyotish 20 years ago. We have observed her readings for years on various forums; she possesses the special ability to do readings with utmost compassion coupled with her astonishing intuition. Currently she is studying astro meteorology, in between enjoying delivering astrology features to a wide range of media, and giving personal jyotish readings. She is from Old English Yorkshire & you can also visit her website www.starsite.org.uk to access a few more of her features.

Comet Lulin Gives Green Light to Planet Earth

By Margaret George, U.K.

strologers from very ancient times have warned us that the appearance of comets is a very

special event with many portents for the world and mundane affairs. Few astrologers apply astrology to mundane affairs so we have little experience to draw on with which to guide our appraisal of the effects of this astro‐phenomenon.

Brihat Samhita, an encyclopaedia of astrological knowledge originally compiled by Varamahira (approx 505 AD) has a chapter on comets. It tells us how Al Biruni, the Arab astrologer of worldwide reputation in his day, admired the vigilance of Hindu astrologers in 'devising theories and methods of' great subtlety and of great length. The Brihat Samhita tells us that comets were known as 'Ketu' and are seen where ' despite the absence of fire, there is still the appearance of fire........save for the presence of glow‐worms, phosphoric lights on graves, gems and crystals, marble pieces and the like....' The author defines for us three types of Ketus: The Atmospheric Ketus are those that are sighted on flagstaffs, weapons, buildings, trees, horses, elephants and such other quadrupeds The Celestial ones are seen amidst the constellations and the Terrestrial ones are those that do not come

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under either of the two categories.

Two significant phrases from the above extract spring out at this time of the appearance of Lulin, the new comet expected to orbit closest to

earth on February 24th 1 . The phrase 'phosphorous

light’ appropriately describes the colour and luminous appearance of Lulin as it approaches close to our globe. If you look out at night in the February sky and can see Venus, you will notice she adopts a particularly more beautifully luminous and subtly green glow than I have ever seen her exhibit before, perhaps greeting or mirroring the comet or even trying to out‐glow its glorious glowing phosphorous green garb. Of course this comet is a celestial ‘Ketu’, but in Australia at the moment 'there is still the appearance of fire’ due to many conflagrations raging through the South West of the country, some of which were

deliberately started by arsonists; a coincidence I’m sure, but then most astrological techniques are based on the perceived synchronicity between what is above and below.

Effects Of Comets

rihat Samhita tells us that the effects of the comet are to be told through the 'positions of its appearance and setting, contact with planets or

asterisms, smoky mantle and colours' Lulin rises quite a few hours before the Sun and by 24 th February, when it makes the closest encounter with earth, it will be not only be opposite the Sun's position but will pass the place reserved for the Full Moon on 11 th March at 26 degrees of constellation Leo, by which time the comet will itself be in constellation Cancer. These two constellations Leo and Cancer, and their rulers Sun and Moon, seem particularly significant for Lulin, but more of this later. ……

The Indian treatise goes on to list the many different appearances of various comets noted, including references to sun spots witnessed, along with the results to be expected at the passing of these portents near the earth's hemisphere. Happily we are told not all Ketus are evil as some augur well for the world...but is Lulin a happy omen?

Lulin is moving from the southern to the northern

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hemisphere as it currently sojourns across the autumnal colure in Libra. Could Lulin be one of the 65 comets classified as Vikaca by ancient seers and which are said to have a single white star, are bereft of a crest and be a child of Jupiter? The size of the comet has been compared to planet Jupiter already. These Vikacas are glossy, appear in the south and are dreadful in effect. Or perhaps it could be the comet named Kapalaketu because it does fit the description of being visible during Amavasya or New Moon, as we get the best view of it on 24th February the day before the New Moon at twelve degrees Aquarius. The Kapalaketu have rays and crest which are smokey coloured rather than luminous green however, and travel half the heavens, and are an omen of famine, pestilence, drought and diseases.

The Brihat Samhita gives strong indications of what will happened when the smokey tail of the comet touches certain asterisms and warns us of what effects were expected in ancient times, for example if the smokey tail affects Visakha, as it did on 6th February when close to the star Zubenelgenubi (the bright star at the tip of the scales of Libra constellation) we are told ancient seers would expect the 'chiefs of Iksvakus and the city of Ilaka will be killed.' On February 16 th Lulin passes by Spica, which is found in Hasta nakshatra, and was said to adversely affect the King of Dandaka; then still speeding on its way it approaches Saturn on 24th February the day of closest movement to the earth, it will be in the nakshatra of Uttaraphalguni, this transit is said to be a bad omen for the governor of Ujjain.

It is difficult to use Brihat Samhita as a reference for locating a description of comet Lulin, and its effects. These ancient astrologers did track the nature of comets, classify them and note their course and likely time of reoccurrence knowing some return visits would not repeat until after 3000 years. Sadly none of the descriptions of comets in the encyclopaedia refer to a luminous green one. Clearly however, the use of comets in ancient cultures was one of the methods used perhaps even by biblical seers who we know used the Moon, eclipses and planetary transits to foretell the rise fall and destruction of various ancient regions. Lulin is described by NASA as potentially making its first visit ever to the inner solar system, so perhaps this is why it becomes difficult to find any pre recorded reference. We don't know when or if it will appear again, nor have we got any foregoing sojourns with which to establish what events on earth may coincide with its appearance so close to our world.

Tempel 1 Leaves Its Mark

do find that comets can help us understand events in mundane astrology if only we take time to track their passage. For instance Tempel 1 caused a stir at its appearance and with a little bit of research I was amazed at the coincidence of its passage with a certain

consistency of events of importance here on earth......

The Tempel 1 orbital journey is half that of Jupiter, taking only just under six years to complete, and so has a 2.1 resonance with Jupiter. Not only that, every so often Jupiter' nudges' this comet, causing it to move over slightly in its passage. Further, the comet crosses over the orbital path of Mars.

Given the link with these two planets and the comet I looked up a few of the coincidence of events with this comet's passage in close proximity to earth, and its close proximity to Jupiter, and found an unexpected but interesting pattern emerging:

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1787 March US constitution first drafted 1783 Nov US independence recognised 1777 Nov Brit army surrenders to US forces in US 1775 July First act of independence taken in US 1771 July Boston massacre (1770) Notwithstanding this, on 4th July 2007 when the US sent a missile to blast a crater on the meteor, within three days, on 7th, we had the coincidence of the first suicide bombings in England. So we have Jupiter, planet of religion and morality, resonating with ‘Tempel’ which is being blasted in a martial act of impact/explosion. Was NASA putting a spin on US destiny with this deep impact mission do you think? Did the founding fathers of America know about this comet and use its pathway to define the future progress of the US when they used astrology to set up the inauguration of their country’s independence from the UK?

What Events On Earth Will Be Remembered To Coincide With Lulin’s visit?

omet Lulin was discovered in July 2007 by a 19‐year‐old meteorology student called Quanzhi Ye when a sky photo was taken at Lulin Observatory in Taiwan. However it is only recently that the comet has become visible to the naked eye and it is the

first sighting of the naked eye, and noting the position of the planet in constellations which are the important times for the astrologer to note. The rising and setting should also be taken into account, and length of appearance in the sky. Lulin rises in the west hours before the Sun. It will arrive at a 38 million mile distance from our planet before moving on. Mars was 34.6 million miles away at its closest ever approach.

Unfortunately there isn't any history to inform us of what went before with regard to the pathway of comet Lulin. We can only look at what is happening on our planet now to see what legacy the comet will leave behind for us to remember and associate with it and hopefully pass on to future astrologers.

Lulin passes through the constellation Leo during the time when it will be most visible to the naked eye. Leo is a fiery sign and stands for royalty, banks, worship, pride, entertainment, children, investment, gambling and risk taking. These are just a few of the significations of the sign Leo. We don’t yet know whether the comet augurs good or ill, but we do know the affairs ruled by Leo will be affected. I find it significant that as the time for closest approach to earth arrives, the banking systems around the world are under scrutiny for taking risks with money entrusted to their institutions. Some individuals such as Madoff in the USA have been found out to be very greedily abusing trust put into them, as they sought to secretly and deviously collect a royal fortune for themselves by adopting risky ‘Ponti’ pyramid schemes. This meant that promises were made to billionaire investors who put money forward only to find out that instead of it being invested in the manner promised, it merely went into an account to be drawn from allegedly at Madoff’s whim for his own personal use, but also as a means of illegally cycling money giving new deposits to pay out old investors to create the illusion that an investment had been made. This was alright until they all wanted their money back when it became clear that there wasn’t enough money to even pay back capital let alone any interest made on it. Billionaire investors lost fortunes in the scheme with at least one taking his life as a result.

In the UK bankers who got caught up in get rich quick schemes are now being brought to account for their dubious handling of packages of toxic subprime mortgage deals packaged in America. These bankers also had involvement with financial markets where hedge funds

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and other dubious and risky schemes were taking place and has yet to be fully understood so that those guilty of manipulating markets irresponsibly and immorally can be brought to justice. The ordinary saver or investor with limited funds for perhaps pensions or health treatment have seen their hope of ever getting it back completely wrecked, due to irresponsible gambling with that money by the bankers who saw fit to use it like chips on the table at the casino. The most extraordinary situation of these financiers justifying royal fortunes for their salary on the grounds that they were taking great risks is finally being seen as delusional empty, pompous and arrogant excuses with no foundation in reality. Greed and avarice have been allowed to reign during the years of the war against so called terrorism.

Such delusional reasoning for the squandering of money is not just limited to the UK or the US. Iceland is on its knees due to one of its key financiers acting in the same profligate manner, and undoubtedly there are many other stories all around the globe where similar practices have ruined not just the wealthy but also the ordinary man who once thought banks were safe places to keep hard earned and honestly acquired savings safe.

Earlier I mentioned that three planets are singled out by Lulin’s transit of nakshatras during its visible stages. All three of these planets, Jupiter, Sun and Moon are significations for wealth, and Leo is the sign of banks. Jupiter is the significator for the treasury, Moon is the significator for money and of the masses, and Sun is the karakatwa for gold and wealth. Undoubtedly these three planets represent the main issue of concern on mass consciousness at the time of Lulin’s appearance in earth’s orbit. Sadly the current situation we are all facing on the globe is a crisis of extreme covetousness and the worship of Mammon taken to excess by a handful of pathologically greedy people.

Comet Lulin is an ethereal luminous green colour, a colour mostly associated with jealousy and bile. Certainly the world scandal today is tinged with the anger or bile of the masses of honest people amazed at the greed, cunning and lack of integrity of a few gambling men who stopped at nothing to worship Mammon. These corrupt bankers and financiers became so jealous of the wealthy that they stopped at nothing while coveting billions of pounds entrusted to their care. On another level global events are also warning us that the over‐ exploitation of earth’s resources is propelling the planet onto a path of pollution and destruction on a massive scale. Carelessness with resources has also added to devastation on the planet. Sea waters are polluted by oil tanker spillage, refuse and chemicals and even eight US nuclear missiles now lying at the bottom of the seabed along the coast of Greenland. Lulin is a similar green to the phosphorous colour of polonium used in nuclear weapons……………could the comet be a major significator for the nuclear coming of age?

Whether we agree with the faulty science behind the global warming campaign or not it is clear that the race to control the global economy and world markets has set up an imbalance in the human relationship with the environment, and between nations.

Comet Lulin’s colour green, a soft green, is also one which is often associated with healing. Let’s hope that after the poison of greed and avarice has been rooted out of our nations, decency and integrity can reign once more across the globe bringing more unity, and less of a gap between rich and poor, greater respect for all living things, with everyone working to heal the planet.

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The Author is about 49 years old and

holds a Post Graduate degree in Civil Engineering from Indian Institute of Science (IISc., Bangalore). He was the University topper and Gold Medallist at the Graduate level. He worked as a Software Engineer for over 22 years in both Indian as well as large MNC companies. He did on-site software development work at Switzerland for a few years. He took voluntary retirement in December 2004. Since then, he is pursuing the study of Astrology which is one of his interests. The author is particularly interested in Medical Astrology and has already published articles giving special combinations for Diabetes (both Type-I and Type-II) and severe Dandruff problems that could be identified from natal charts. His other interest being Poetry; has published a poetry collection (in local language Kannada) in 2006.

Rare Octuplets (A follow‐up report)

By Krishnamurthy S, India.

As the horoscopes of twins continue to haunt Astrologers world‐wide, recently there was a rare event of octuplets 1 born in the USA, all alive! This happened in the USA after a gap of 10 years. Last time, the octuplets were born in 1998 and one of them passed away after one week. This time it happened on the morning of January 26 (on the day of solar eclipse) in Bellflower, California. The most interesting part was all the babies were delivered by C‐section within a span of just 5 minutes from 10:43 to 10:48! Overall, they were six boys and two girls, all kicking and crying.

With the breaking of this news, the first thought that came up was to immediately check out if the rules that were defined earlier (refer to “Unique Features of Charts of Twins”, August 2008 issue of Saptarishis Astrology) were applicable to this case as well or not. Though the rules were defined for twins, it should cover multiple births as well. Those rules have been reproduced here for ready reference:

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1. Take a look at the Lagna lord or its dispositor. One of the two following conditions can be seen: [Rule 1]

a. LL or its dispositor is involved in a Parivartana/Srinkhala 2 either in Rasi or in Constellation, or

b. LL or its dispositor disposits its own Rasi dispositor in Constellation (mixed Parivartana?)

c. LL and its dispositor are closely conjunct (or, could it be within one nakshatra pada)

2. Lord of 11 th house (representing multiplicity) or the karaka of 11 th house Jupiter influences Lagna or Lagna Lord by ownership or by conjunction or by graha drishti. [Rule 2]

3. Rule specific for identical twins [Rule 3]: a. The 3 rd lord and 11 th lord are in close conjunction, hardly 1 degree apart! (or it

could be within the same nakshatra pada), or b. There is a Parivartana/Srinkhala between the 3 rd lord and the 11 th lord either in

Rasi or in Constellation.

Since it is a clear case of fraternal twins, the third rule need not be looked into. The birth details of the first twin are as follows:

Natal Chart

Date: January 26, 2009 Time: 10:43:00 Time Zone: 8:00:00 (West of GMT) Place: 118 W 06' 58", 33 N 52' 54"

Bellflower, California, USA

The chart for this data is presented below:

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Now, to the interesting part of checking out the rules defined. The lagna lord is Mars. Its dispositor is Jupiter. Mars and Jupiter are in Parivartana in Navamsha! Also, Jupiter’s dispositor Saturn is involved in a Parivartana in Rasi. It is interesting to note that all three ‐ the lagna lord, its dispositor and its dispositor are involved in Parivartanas. This satisfies Rule 1.

Now look for the influence of either Jupiter (karaka for 11th house or the lord of 11th house on the Lagna Lord). In this case, Jupiter strongly influences the lagna lord Mars in more than one way:

‐ Lagna lord Mars is disposited by karaka of 11th house Jupiter ‐ Both the above planets are in parivartana in Navamsha

This satisfies Rule 2.

It always gives great satisfaction when rules formed to demonstrate any Jyotish principle can be applied repeatedly for other applicable charts as well. After all, repeatability is one of the corner stone’s of any science.

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The Author is about 49 years old and holds

a Post Graduate degree in Civil Engineering from Indian Institute of Science (IISc., Bangalore). He was the University topper and Gold Medallist at the Graduate level. He worked as a Software Engineer for over 22 years in both Indian as well as large MNC companies. He did on-site software development work at Switzerland for a few years. He took voluntary retirement in December 2004. Since then, he is pursuing the study of Astrology which is one of his interests. The author is particularly interested in Medical Astrology and has already published articles giving special combinations for Diabetes (both Type-I and Type-II) and severe Dandruff problems that could be identified from natal charts. His other interest being Poetry; has published a poetry collection (in local language Kannada) in 2006.

Birth Time Rectification ‐ An Innovative Approach

By Krishnamurthy S, India.

"A child is born on that day and at that hour when the celestial rays are in mathematical

harmony with one's individual karma…" – Swami Sri Yukteswar, Guru of

Paramahansa Yogananda

This is an endeavour to find the mathematical harmony that Swami Yukteswar is talking about, in the above statement. It is widely understood that the individual karmas manifest through the influence of the nine ‘grahas’ on the native. And, in a horoscope, Lagna or Ascendant in a horoscope acts similar to the needle that is pointing to North in a compass. It is very likely that the Lagna in a horoscope also points exactly to a specific ‘graha’ or planet in the chart. If we are able to determine what it is pointing to, it would be possible to accurately align Lagna to that planet and in the process we could rectify the birth time recording errors and arrive at the actual time of birth. This is the philosophy behind the research undertaken. This author strongly believes that for a human birth to take place there has to be some well defined relationship between the position of Lagna and that of one of the planets in the chart. The search for an answer began with this assumption and the result is presented here.

After assuming that Lagna is aligned to one particular planet in the chart, a question arises as to what are the criteria to determine that particular planet. Obviously, this planet should standout on some important ground. In Astrology, we have many parameters and many different scales to compare the relative strengths of different planets.

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After some study, it has been observed that how well a planet is placed in a chart emerges as the determining criteria. When a planet is most comfortably placed as compared to other planets, that planet is regarded as the best placed planet. And, Lagna gets aligned to that planet.

As each sign is owned by a certain planet and the state of another planet placed there depends on how it relates to the owner of that sign. Hence, one should look at the nature of friendship between planets to determine whether a planet is placed well or not.

Determination of Compound Relationships between planets

One should go by the compound relationship between the planets. BPHS 1 states that all planets placed in the 2 nd , 3 rd , 4 th , 10 th , 11 th and 12 th houses from a planet are its temporary friends. If we think about the reasoning behind such a proposition, it is apparent that planets become temporary enemies when they are very close to each other (as their rays interfere with each others) or when they are far away from each other (as their rays oppose each others). It appears that this rule is purely based on simple Physics rather than anything else. Normally, astrologers look at the houses mentioned above and take all planets present in those relative positions as temporary friends. Keeping the spirit of the concept, this author humbly proposes a slightly different interpretation of what has been said in BPHS as against what is commonly followed. It is proposed that, if two planets have a longitudinal distance greater than 15 degrees and less than 105 degrees between them (irrespective of the signs they occupy), they should be considered as temporary friends. Here, there is no violation from the essence of what is said in BPHS. The definition for permanent friendships followed here is exactly same as what is given in BPHS. The compound relationship is the resultant of permanent and temporary relationships:

Permanent Temporary Compound Friend Friend Close Friend (CF) Friend Enemy Neutral (NU) Neutral Friend Friend (FR) Neutral Enemy Enemy (EN) Enemy Friend Neutral (NU) Enemy Enemy Bitter Enemy (BE)

Order Of Importance

From the above table, we can conclude that a planet placed in the sign of a Close Friend is better placed than a planet placed in the sign of any other compound relationship. However, there are even better placements for a planet than this. Following is a list of placements ordered from best to worst:

Exalted (EX) (Not the entire sign, within 15 degrees approaching the deepest point) Vargottama (VG) Moola Trikona (MT) (Not the entire sign, look for actual degrees) Own (OW)

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Close Friend (CF) Friend (FR) Neutral (NU) Enemy (EN) Bitter Enemy (BE) Debilitated (DB) (within 15 degrees approaching deepest point)

Treating for Planets in Parivartana/Srinkhala 2

There is one very important concept that affects the determination of how a planet is placed in a chart. It is very important to check if a planet is either in Parivartana or in Srinkhala and apply necessary adjustments. In the experience of this author, a planet which has undergone Parivartana/Srinkhala behaves as if it is placed in its own sign (the sign that has participated in Parivartana/Srinkhala). Except for considering combustion and effects of other conjunctions and aspects, for other purposes, such a planet should be treated as if it is in its own sign. As a result of Parivartana/Srinkhala a planet is entitled for two different placements, one in the house actually placed and the other the resultant own house. That planet should be assigned the better of the two placements. Hence, a planet debilitated but in Parivartana should be assigned a ‘GO’ (Goes to Own) placement while a planet exalted and in Parivartana/Srinkhala should be assigned ‘EX’ placement.

However, one should note that more the planets in Srinkhala, less the effectiveness of Parivartana. A three planet Srinkhala should be definitely considered while a Srinkhala involving more than three planets could be ignored.

Checking Some Important Conditions

1. Planets placed in a Rasi Sandhi or Gandanta are considered to be weak irrespective of their placement status. Even the planets disposited by planets in Rasi Sandhi should be ignored unless they are extremely strong like being Vargottama.

2. If a planet is debilitated (either in Rasi or in Navamsha) or closely conjunct a debilitated planet (within an orb of about 6 degrees) or even if it disposits a debilitated planet (either in Rasi or in Navamsha), then one should not take it into the reckoning (unless the debilitated planet is under Parivartana/Srinkhala). Only Exalted or Vargottama planets should be kept in the reckoning even if they are tainted by debilitated planets.

3. A planet exalted in Navamsha that has a lesser status in Rasi should be given a status EXN. Entire sign in Navamsha is fine, no need to look at specific degrees.

4. Those planets which are more than 50% combust should be ignored. One should not disqualify Mercury even when it is deeply combust. And, the planets that are disposited by such combust planets should also be ignored.

5. Ketu by default should be left out as its placement depends on placement of Rahu. Hence, there are only eight planets in the race including Rahu. For Rahu, Taurus should be considered as the sign of exaltation and Scorpio should be considered as the sign of debilitation. Rahu owns Aquarius and Ketu Scorpio. This comes handy while checking Parivartana/Srinkhala.

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6. No need to make any special adjustments for a planet which is retrograde

Care should be taken to verify all such conditions that make a planet weak and ensure that the planet considered is well placed in all respects.

Determining The Best Placed Planet

After filtering the planets for all their negative qualities, one should look for the planets in the following categories (in that order of importance) rejecting the others and also rejecting those with other blemishes (as described in the above paragraph):

1. Vargottama (EX or MT) 2. Exaltation (EX) 3. Moola Trikona (MT) 4. Vargottama (VG) (other than EX or MT) 5. Exalted in Navamsha (EXN) (not in DB, BE or EN in Rasi) 6. Own (OW)

One should first look for planets in the number 1 category, if none found, then look for the next best category etc., and reach the best placed planet. Some points to note before finalizing the best placed planet:

Ø If there are two or more planets in the same top category, the best of them should be determined by comparing their Shadbala.

Ø If none of the planets fall in the qualifying categories, then such horoscopes should be carefully looked into to find the best placed planet.

Ø When a planet’s Shadbala is relatively much higher as compared to that of any other planet, this planet also becomes a contender.

Ø When two planets are in Graha Yuddha 3 , there is no consensus on the resolution of

the criteria to determine the winner. As a result, there could be some errors in the calculation of Shadbala of those planets. Also, Graha Yuddha should be considered only between the five non‐luminous physical planets. There are other considerations which could affect the Shadbala calculations. In such conditions, relying fully on the Shadbala could cause problems.

All such cases should be studied carefully as it is difficult draw a clear line.

Aligning Lagna with the Best Placed Planet

Here comes hitherto unknown bit. This might appear a bit strange to some. But, this has been proposed after testing numerous charts for the accuracy of birth time.

This step can not be easily done without using software as this is a highly iterative process. This author has used JHora. It could be performed using any software that gives nakshatra‐ lord, sub‐lord, sub‐sub‐lord…. table for all the planets like the one in JHora. In JHora, this is

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found by clicking the ‘KP’ tab at the right bottom on the default screen. One will see the information like below:

Body/Cusp * Nak‐Lord * Sublord * Prati‐sub * Sookshma‐sub * Praana‐sub * Deha‐sub As Ju Sa Ve Ma Ju Sa Su Ju Mo Mo Ju Ra Ve Mo Ma Ke Ve Mo Mo Ma Ma Ju Mo Me Sa Sa Ke Me Me Ra Mo Me Sa Ju Ju Mo Ve Su Ra Ke Ju

Ve Mo Sa Ve Mo Su Me Sa Ju Ve Ju Mo Ke Mo Ra Ve Sa Me Ra Sa Ve

Assuming that Rahu is the best placed planet, one could focus only on the relevant information of this table as below:

Body/Cusp * Nak‐Lord * Sublord * Prati‐sub * Sookshma‐sub * Praana‐sub * Deha‐sub Lg Ju Sa Ve Ma Ju Sa Ra Ve Sa Me Ra Sa Ve

Now, in an iterative process, adjust the birth time such that both ‘Lg’ and ‘Ra’ have identical lords from ‘Sub‐lord’ onwards in the above table. Stop adjusting the birth time once the following configuration is reached:

Body/Cusp * Nak‐Lord * Sublord * Prati‐sub * Sookshma‐sub * Praana‐sub * Deha‐sub Lg Ju Sa Me Ra Sa Ve Ra Ve Sa Me Ra Sa Ve

The adjusted time to reach this alignment is the rectified birth time of the native.

Other than the above suggested alignment, two more alignments are possible which also involve the Nak‐lord of either Lagna or that of the planet in question. These alignments are demonstrated below:

Alignment‐2

Body/Cusp * Nak‐Lord * Sublord * Prati‐sub * Sookshma‐sub * Praana‐sub * Deha‐sub Lg Ju Ve Sa Me Ra Sa Ra Ve Sa Me Ra Sa Ve

Here, Sub‐lord level of the Lagna is aligned to Nak‐lord level of the planet in question.

Alignment‐3

Body/Cusp * Nak‐Lord * Sublord * Prati‐sub * Sookshma‐sub * Praana‐sub * Deha‐sub Lg Sa Me Ra Sa Ve Ve Ra Ve Sa Me Ra Sa Ve

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Here, Nak‐lord level of the Lagna is aligned with Sub‐lord level of the planet in question.

The time that gives an alignment that is closest to the given/recorded birth time should be considered as the rectified birth time.

Normally, in case of well documented births, such an alignment is seen within a couple of minutes from the recorded birth time. If not, following three situations are possible:

a. There is an error in identifying the best placed planet, or b. The given birth time is grossly erroneous, or c. Could be a rare case that fails this theory (needs a closer look)

The truth of this fact is demonstrated taking examples of some of the well recorded birth details of famous personalities. The given examples could be studied to understand the procedure better as well as a proof that Lagna always points to the best placed planet in the chart. That is the time when the celestial rays are in mathematical harmony resulting in a human birth.

Applicability & Advantages of this method

Ø This method is applicable for the final fine‐tuning of the birth time when birth time is available within a range of few minutes from the time of actual birth, or when a hospital record is available which invariably would have some variation due to recording errors.

Ø The advantage of this method is that there is no need to cast a Prashna chart, or there is no need to know some important events in the life of the native, and there is no need to drill through many divisional charts and fine‐tune them based on the events in the native’s life. The method of fine‐tuning poses inherent traps as it calls for a very good knowledge of delineating divisional charts. This method uses the available birth details and looks for the mathematical harmony between Lagna and another entity in the chart. Hence, is prone to fewer errors.

Ø This method is not too sensitive to small changes in Ayanamsha (like a difference of even around one degree), it still gives the same rectified time irrespective of the Ayanamsha used in a small range. For example, the method gives same rectified time when either Lahiri or Raman Ayanamsha is used. Here the difference is more than one degree between these two Ayanamshas. Hence, Astrologers can use any Ayanamsha of their choice. However, it should be noted that in some charts, the Navamsha placement of planets when on the border are sensitive to small changes in Ayanamsha and this could hijack the end result.

More than 100 charts with well recorded birth times have been tested to see if such an alignment between the Lagna and the best placed planet exists around the given time of birth. There were only handful of misses and the success rate is exceptional.

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Examples

Those who would like to study this approach in detail are urged not to miss the last example of Jawaharlal Nehru. That example clearly demonstrates the power of this approach. The Ayanamsha used is “True Chitrapaksha Ayanamsha”.

1. Client Eastwood 4

Birth Date: 05/31/1930 (May 31, 1930) Birth Time: 17:35 (05:35 PM) PST (+8:00) Birth Place: San Francisco, CA Latitude / Longitude:

37 N 47 / 122 W 26

Rodden Rating / Source:

AA / BC/BR in hand

Source Notes: B.C. in hand from Steinbrecher, obtained by Bob Garner. (Same Contemporary American Horoscopes and Gauquelin Book of American Charts)

Planet Comments on the placement of the planet Sun NU Moon OW Mars OW Mercury In Rasi Sandhi Jupiter Dispositor in Sandhi Venus Dispositor in Sandhi Saturn EN Rahu BE

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There is a tie between Moon and Mars. However, Mars has a higher Shadbala than Moon. Hence, Mars is the best placed planet in this chart.

The relationship between Lagna and Mars is as follows:

Body/Cusp * Nak‐Lord * Sublord * Prati‐sub * Sookshma‐sub * Praana‐sub * Deha‐sub Lg Ju Me Sa Ra Ra Ma Ma Ke Ra Ra Ra Mo Ra

The birth time is adjusted to have the alignment in the following manner:

Body/Cusp * Nak‐Lord * Sublord * Prati‐sub * Sookshma‐sub * Praana‐sub * Deha‐sub Lg Ju Ke Ra Ra Ra Mo Ma Ke Ra Ra Ra Mo Sa

The birth time that gives the above alignment is 17:37:0.94 (as against the recorded time of 17:35 hrs.)

2. Pablo Picasso 5

Birth Date: 10/25/1881 (Oct 25, 1881) Birth Time: 23:15 (11:15 PM) LMT (+0:18) Birth Place: Malaga, Spain Latitude / Longitude:

36 N 43 / 04 W 25

Rodden Rating / Source:

AA / Quoted BC/BR

Source Notes: B.C. in hand from Filipe Ferreira ("a las once y cuarto de la noche.") Formerly, Filipe Ferreira quoted Josep Palau Fabre in his well

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documented, "Picasso Vivent," Ediciones Poligrafa, Barcelona, 1982, "according to the testimony of his father in the birth certificate." The same information is in the book of Picasso's secretary, Jaime Sabartes, "Picasso: Documents Iconographiques," p.113‐114 and 302‐303, Cailler, Genebra, 1954 (Formerly, times were given variously as 9:30 PM, 11:59 PM, 12:03 PM, 11:35 AM, 7:30 AM and 7:30 PM)

Planet Comments on the placement of the planet Sun DB Moon DB Mars Disps DB Moon, DB Sat & DB Rahu Mercury VG(OW) Jupiter BE Venus Disps DB Sun Saturn DB Rahu DB

Mercury is under Parivartana/Srinkhala both in Rasi as well as in Navamsha, as a result behaves as a Vargottama planet in own sign. Mercury is the best placed planet in the chart.

The relationship between Lagna and Mercury is as follows:

Body/Cusp * Nak‐Lord * Sublord * Prati‐sub * Sookshma‐sub * Praana‐sub * Deha‐sub Lg Sa Ra Sa Sa Ra Mo Me Ju Ra Sa Mo Ke Mo

The birth time is adjusted to have the alignment in the following manner:

Body/Cusp * Nak‐Lord * Sublord * Prati‐sub * Sookshma‐sub * Praana‐sub * Deha‐sub Lg Ra Ra Sa Mo Ke Ra Me Ju Ra Sa Mo Ke Ra

The birth time that gives the above alignment is 23:15:47.2 (as against the recorded time of 23:15 hrs.)

3. Queen Elizabeth II 6

6 http://www.astrodatabank.com/NM/QueenElizabethII.htm

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Birth Date: 04/21/1926 (Apr 21, 1926) Birth Time: 2:40 (02:40 AM) GDT (+0:00) Birth Place: London, England Latitude / Longitude:

51 N 30 / 0 W 10

Rodden Rating / Source:

AA / Quoted BC/BR

Source Notes: Fagan quotes official announcement AA 3/l976

Planet Comments on the placement of the planet Sun EX Moon OW Mars EX Mercury DB, Dispositor in Sandhi Jupiter In Rasi Sandhi, disposits DB Mercury Venus NU Saturn GO Rahu VG (CF)

Here, there is a tie between Sun and Mars. However, Mars has higher Shadbala than Sun. Hence, Mars is the winner and is the best placed planet in the chart.

The relationship between Lagna and Mars is as follows:

Body/Cusp * Nak‐Lord * Sublord * Prati‐sub * Sookshma‐sub * Praana‐sub * Deha‐sub Lg Su Ma Ra Ve Ve Ra Ma Ma Sa Sa Ve Ke Me

The birth time is adjusted to have the alignment in the following manner:

Body/Cusp * Nak‐Lord * Sublord * Prati‐sub * Sookshma‐sub * Praana‐sub * Deha‐sub

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Lg Ra Ma Sa Sa Ve Ke Ma Ma Sa Sa Ve Ke Me

The birth time that gives the above alignment is 02:40:29.5 (as against the recorded time of 02:40 hrs.)

4. Albert Einstein 7

Birth Date: 03/14/1879 (March 14, 1879) Birth Time: 11:30 (11:30 AM) LMT (‐0:40) Birth Place: Ulm, Germany Latitude / Longitude:

48 N 24 / 10 E 00

Rodden Rating / Source:

AA / Quoted BC/BR

Source Notes: Ebertin quotes B.R.

Planet Comments on the placement of the planet Sun CF Moon GO Mars FR (far away from deep exaltation point) Mercury DB Jupiter Disps DB Mercury Venus EX Saturn VG(MT) Rahu CF

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Saturn has undergone Parivartana both in Rasi and Navamsha and as a result behaves as a Vargottama. It also overcomes the blemish due to close conjunction of debilitated Mercury because of that.

The relationship between Lagna and Saturn is as follows:

Body/Cusp * Nak‐Lord * Sublord * Prati‐sub * Sookshma‐sub * Praana‐sub * Deha‐sub Lg Ra Ma Ju Ra Sa Sa Sa Sa Mo Ve Me Ju Ju

The birth time is adjusted to have the alignment in the following manner:

Body/Cusp * Nak‐Lord * Sublord * Prati‐sub * Sookshma‐sub * Praana‐sub * Deha‐sub Lg Ra Mo Ve Me Ju Ju Sa Sa Mo Ve Me Ju Ju

The birth time that gives the above alignment is 11:28:24.7 (as against the recorded time of 11:30 hrs.)

Here are some famous Indian personalities for whom the birth details available are believed to be accurate.

5. Swami Vivekananada

Planet Comments on the placement of the planet Sun VG (CF) Moon NU Mars Disps DB Rahu Mercury GO Jupiter NU Venus EXN, (NU in Rasi) Saturn GO

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Rahu DB

Sun is a clear pick.

The relationship between Lagna and Sun before rectification is as follows:

Body/Cusp * Nak‐Lord * Sublord * Prati‐sub * Sookshma‐sub * Praana‐sub * Deha‐sub Lg Ve Ke Ve Ju Ju Ju Su Su Ra Ra Ve Ju Me

The birth time is adjusted to have the alignment in the following manner:

Body/Cusp * Nak‐Lord * Sublord * Prati‐sub * Sookshma‐sub * Praana‐sub * Deha‐sub Lg Su Su Ra Ra Ve Ju Su Su Ra Ra Ve Ju Mo

Aligning Lagna with Sun, the rectified birth time will be 6:36:13.3 as against the recorded birth time of 6:33:00 (from Sri Sanjay Rath’s book)

6. Sri Satya Sai Baba

Planet Comments on the placement of the planet Sun NU Moon NU Mars OW Mercury NU Jupiter Dispositor combust Venus Combust Saturn Combust Rahu NU

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Though Mars is placed in the debilitation sign in Navamsha, it has undergone Srinkhala with Moon, Jupiter and Mercury. Hence, it has no blemish of being debilitated in Navamsha. It is the only planet that qualifies. However, considering that the Srinkhala involving 4 planets is not very effective and disqualifying Mars on that ground, yet Mars qualifies as the best placed planet by virtue of having higher Shadbala than all other planets.

The relationship between Lagna and Mars before rectification is as follows:

Body/Cusp * Nak‐Lord * Sublord * Prati‐sub * Sookshma‐sub * Praana‐sub * Deha‐sub Lg Sa Me Ju Ra Ve Ju Ma Ke Me Sa Sa Ke Me

The birth time is adjusted to have the alignment in the following manner:

Body/Cusp * Nak‐Lord * Sublord * Prati‐sub * Sookshma‐sub * Praana‐sub * Deha‐sub Lg Sa Me Sa Sa Ke Me Ma Ke Me Sa Sa Ke Me

Aligning Lagna with Mars, the rectified birth time is 6:26:07.1 as against the recorded birth time of 6:26

7. Indira Gandhi

Planet Comments on the placement of the planet Sun VG(MT) Moon GO Mars GO Mercury FR Jupiter GO Venus GO Saturn GO Rahu BE

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This is a strong chart with three pairs of Parivartanas. Sun undergoes Parivartana with Mars in Rasi and is in its own sign in Navamsha. Hence, Sun is a clear pick.

The relationship between Lagna and Sun before rectification is as follows:

Body/Cusp * Nak‐Lord * Sublord * Prati‐sub * Sookshma‐sub * Praana‐sub * Deha‐sub Lg Me Ju Ra Su Ve Ra Su Sa Sa Ve Ve Ke Ju

The birth time is adjusted to have the alignment in the following manner:

Body/Cusp * Nak‐Lord * Sublord * Prati‐sub * Sookshma‐sub * Praana‐sub * Deha‐sub Lg Me Sa Sa Ve Ve Ke Su Sa Sa Ve Ve Ke Sa

Aligning Lagna with Sun, we have the rectified time as 23:13:45.9 as against the recorded time of 23:13 (From Sri BV Raman’s book)

8. Jawaharlal Nehru

This is a very interesting case to study using the proposed method of Birth Time Rectification. The reason being that there are different views on the correct birth time within a narrow range of about half an hour and it would be interesting to check what the result of rectification indicates.

Following are the different birth times available for Nehru:

From Sri B V Raman’s book (How to Judge a Horoscope Vol. II) – 23:03 hrs. (LMT) From Sri Sanjay Rath’s book (Crux of Vedic Astrology) – 23:21 hrs. (IST) Astrodatabank – Rodden Rating ‘A’ (from Memory) 23:36 hrs. (LMT)

The second of the above three times is used cast the chart as it is the near average. In any case, nothing much changes in Navamsha for all the three times except Navamsha Lagna which is not relevant to the method being used.

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Planet Comments on the placement of the planet Sun In Rasi Sandhi Moon VG(OW) Mars NU Mercury NU Jupiter VG(OW) Venus OW Saturn Dispositor is in Rasi Sandhi Rahu NU

Jupiter and Moon both are in their own sign in Rasi and they are in Srinkhala in Navamsha. Hence, they both behave like Vargottama planets in their own sign. As there is a tie between them, Shadbala comes into picture. Clearly, Moon has a much higher Shadbala than that of Jupiter and hence Moon is picked as the best placed planet in this chart.

The relationship between Lagna and Moon before rectification is as follows:

Body/Cusp * Nak‐Lord * Sublord * Prati‐sub * Sookshma‐sub * Praana‐sub * Deha‐sub Lg Me Ju Me Ju Me Ve Mo Me Me Ju Ju Ra Ke

Looking at the above combination, one can see that out of the three possible alignments, only one is likely if the given time‐frame is +/‐ 30 minutes from the assumed time, which is aligning Nakshatra lord of Lagna with Sub‐lord of Moon. For any other alignment to take place, the rectified time undergoes a drastic change.

The birth time is adjusted to have the alignment in the following manner:

Body/Cusp * Nak‐Lord * Sublord * Prati‐sub * Sookshma‐sub * Praana‐sub * Deha‐sub Lg Me Ju Ju Sa Ve Ke Mo Me Me Ju Ju Sa Ve

Aligning Lagna with Moon, we have the rectified birth time as 23:18:00 hrs (LMT). This is equivalent to 23:20:00 hrs (IST). This is very close to the time used by Sri Sanjay Rath (23:21 IST). It appears that his source is the authentic in this particular case.

It is clear from this example that in case of small errors in recorded birth time, this approach shows the way to narrow down to the likely correct birth time.

Conclusion

The above examples demonstrate that there is a clear affinity between Lagna and the best placed planet in the chart. Hence, it is appropriate to conclude that the correct birth time is when the Lagna is perfectly aligned to the best placed planet in the chart.

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Extending the scope of this study

It is always challenging to apply any Jyotish principle to a twin’s chart and verify it. As the news of octuplets birth was breaking, it was indeed interesting to see how to apply this theory for such births. The birth details are as follows:

January 26, 2009 between 10:43 and 10:48 hrs, at Bellflower, California, USA.

It was highly exciting to see that 8 alignments (one with each of the 8 planets) were available in a span of just 5 minutes, roughly between 10:39 and 10:44! It is really very rare to get so many alignments in such a short span of time. Anyone who looks into this would understand that availability of 8 alignments to the Lagna in a span of only 5 minutes is not just a co‐incidence. Though this theory has not been tested over a large number of twins’ charts yet, this author believes that the principle given above could be successfully applied to twins’ (multiple births) charts as well.

Muhurta

Ø In the presence of Ravi Yogas, the evil yogas have no effect. Count the Suns transit nakshatra to the Moons nakshatra. If the Moons Nakshatra is the 4 th , 6 th , 9 th , 10 th , 13 th and 20 th

Ravi yoga forms

Ø If the Amrita yoga and Siddhi yoga form simultaneously, the day is considered evil, like the combination of honey and ghee (clarified butter) – Jyotishtatva

Ø The nakshatra in which the solar or lunar eclipse occurs should be avoided for auspicious functions for 6 months, if it is full eclipse, for 3 months if half and 1 month if it is 1/4 th

- Muhurtha Sindhu by Iranganti Rangacharya

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V. P. Jain was born in Rewari on 31st Aug

1931. He obtained Masters Degree in Mathematics with Astronomy as one of its papers. He retired as Audit Officer from the office of the Director General of Audit Central Revenues and has thereby written several books in astrology titled 'Elements of Astronomy & Astrological Calculations', Text Book for Shadbala & Bhavabala' which received enormous praise from readers & 'Astronomy relevant to Astrology'. Many of his research papers have been published in various astrological publications.

Exaltation & Debilitation –

Astronomically ‐ 1 By

V.P.Jain, India.

As per Surya Sidhanta (SS) by Late Shri Mahabir Prasad Srivastava, the exaltation of planets takes place when they are at maximum distance from the Earth and debilitation is at 180 degrees opposite to them. SS is considered to be the base of Indian Astrology for astronomical calculations. (Reference SS pages 21 to 34). Before proceeding further we have some definitions and various motions of the Earth.

Some Definitions

Aphelion is the farthest point of the orbit of the planet from the Sun.

Perihelion is the nearest point of the orbit from the Sun

Apogee is the farthest point of the orbit from the Earth.

Perigee is the nearest point of the orbit from the Earth.

Line of Apsides is the line joining the Aphelion and Perihelion of the orbit. It is also called Apse Line.

Geocentric longitudes are used in Astrology and these are the longitudes of a place in the ecliptic where the planets are seen by an observer as if he is at the centre of the Earth.

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There are Several Types of Motions of the Planets and the Earth

We shall discuss only four of them.

(1) Planets rotate on their axis by which days and nights are formed. It is called the diurnal motion of the planets and the Earth.

(2) Planets including the earth are revolving around the Sun in elliptical orbits and the Sun is at one of its focus. One revolution is the year of the planet.

(3) The Earth has a slow wobbling motion; such that the celestial pole describes a small circle of diameter about 47 degrees nearly around the pole of ecliptic. This causes precession of equinox and formation of Aynamsa.

(4) The above three motions of the Earth and the planets are commonly known to the astrologers but the fourth one is rarely known which is:

Slow Motion of the Apse line (the line of Apsides)

By observing the position of the apse line of the orbit of the planets for a number of years, it has been found that it has a slow direct motion in the plane of ecliptic. In the case of Earth it is at the rate of 11.25”each year or one revolution is completed in 1 lac and fifteen thousands years (one hundred and fifteen thousand years). It is given on page 109 of ‘Elements of astronomy’ by George W Parker.

It is explained by a figure given below:

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A B is the position of the apse line at any time and A1 B1 is the position of the apse line after‘t’ years. Here A and A1 are perihelion (can be said that the Sun is at perigee). B and B1 are aphelion (can be called apogee also). When the Sun is at A, the Sun is seen at Q on the ecliptic, its longitudes are the longitudes of Q while at B its longitudes are that of P. At A1and B1 the longitudes of the Sun are those of Q1and P1. In ‘t’ years the apse line has moved 11.25 x t longitudes. The longitudes of perihelion have increased by 11.25 x t’

The orbits of planets are revolving with a motion, resulting in slow motion of the perihelion and aphelion of their orbits.

Shlokas of S.S.Madhyamadhikara (29 to 33) are given below

These state the revolution of planets and their Shigra (perihelion) in 432,20,000 years Annual motion of aphelion and perihelion (Mandochha and Shighrochha) as per SS at pages 33‐34 are as under;

Name As per Modern Astronomy As per SS Of planet from Nirayana Aries

Sun +11.25" +0.1161"

Mars +15.46" +0.0612"

Mercury +5.85" + 0.1104"

Jupiter +6.65" + 0.27"

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Venus ‐3.24" + 0.1605"

Saturn +19.31" +0.0117"

The difference between these observations is due to the fact that the SS observations were taken by naked eye and crude instruments, while the modern ones were observed by telescopes and precise instruments.

As the Moon is revolving around the Earth its apse line is also revolving. The apse line (line joining perigee and apogee of its orbit) completes one revolution in 3232.6 days (8.85 years as per Lahiri’s Ephemeris 2009page 15). As per SS it completes one revolution in 3232 Savana days 5 ghattis 37 pala and 13.6 vipal. In one year it moves by one sign, 10 degrees and 40.7 minutes.

In olden days it was thought that all the planets are revolving around Earth but now it has been established by modern astronomy that they are revolving around the Sun in elliptical orbits. So the SS is taking apogee (mandochha). When a planet is at mandochha it was said to be exalted and at 180 degree opposite to it at perigee it was considered as debilitated. In Shadbala the Shighrochha (perigee) is taken when it is near the Sun at that time, this however does not agree with period of exaltation of planets. As per classical texts the period of reaching their Shighrochha will be every year. It does not agree with SS pages 29 to 33. This way Mercury and Venus will come to mandochha more than once during a year as their sidereal periods are 88 days and 225 days, but Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will be farthest from the Earth in one year. During that year such exaltation and debilitation points are used.

Here it is essential to mention that according to Kepler’s 2nd law the line joining the planet and the Sun covers equal area in equal interval of time and the Sun is at one of the focus of its orbit. It is deduced that when the planet is at perihelion its angular motion will be faster and slower at aphelion. In case we consider that the mandochha (exaltation point) is aphelion it will be come back to this point after one sidereal period which is true for Saturn and Jupiter.

In case of Sun and Moon apogee is mandochha. Now a days Sun is at apogee or the Earth is at perihelion around 4th of July when its Nirayana longitudes are nearly 77 degrees or 17 degrees in Gemini and the Moon’s apogee changes 40 degrees and 40.7 minutes every year and it is at apogee when its motion is least.

Shri Kedar Dutt Joshi, former Professor of Mathematics and Predictive astrology of Kashi Hindu Vishwavidyalaya (University) has stated in the preface of Tajik Neelkanthi on page 57 that the planets are exalted at mandochha. He has also stated that by not adopting the correct longitudes of exaltation and debilitation points predictions fail many times. These points used are the same which were in vogue in Varahmihir’s times and many renowned astrologers like Sri Pati, Narain Bhatt, Keshwark, Ram Daivagya etc., were not having good knowledge of mathematics (I think it includes astronomy too) and adopted the old exaltation points.

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Shri Joshi has given a horoscope of Shrim Ram Chander ji, which is given at page 199 of his book ‘Jyotish Mein Swar Vigyan ka Mahatva’. It was quoted in the Mangal Prakaran of horoscopes of the natives.

It states that Sri Ram was born in Chaitra Shukla (bright half) Navami Tithi (ninth lunar day) Punarvasu Nakshatra, Cancer ascendant, Jupiter conjunct with Moon and five planets exalted.

Punarvasu ends at 3degee 20minutes in Cancer. So it was maximum away by 93 degrees 20 minutes from the first point of Aries. In case the Sun was at 0 degree Aries the Tithi comes 93 degrees 20 minutes divided by 12 resulting in 7 as quotient and 9 degrees 20 minutes as remainder. The Tithi will be eighth and not ninth. The ninth is only possible in case the Sun was in Pisces.

Five planets were exalted: Moon is in its own sign and cannot be exalted as per classics. Only one out of Mercury and Venus can be exalted. Four planets Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn are exalted. Hence the left over Sun should be exalted as fifth planet. It was in Pisces. Regarding Rahu and Ketu classics differ for their exaltation points. Hence Sun used to be exalted in Pisces during those days.

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In my opinion the mandochha i.e. exaltation points of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn should be when they are at aphelion and not at perigee. While those of Sun and Moon should be apogee as for Moon’s aphelion is irrelevant and for Sun it is at apogee when the earth is at aphelion.

There are many things in astrology which require change in the light of modern astronomy for which research by those, well versed in both astronomy and astrology should be conducted. In my opinion astrology is applied astronomy but we do not normally use astronomy except for the preparation of horoscopes.

To Be Continued................

Shirorogadhikarah – Diseases of the Head Many Jyotish reasons given in text but not being mentioned here except … 3 rd lord see in which Navamsa it is placed, this Navamsa Rasi Lord see where it is placed in Navamsa, that navamsas lord note and this lord be aspected by a kendra positioned malefic (last point to be observed in D1 or D9 not mentioned) Or in Janma Kundali (1 st divisional) Saturn, Rahu or Mars be conjoined in one house or if in Asc there is a malefic planets Sign and Asc lord be conjoined with Guru and Moon (note benefics here instead of malefics) then diseases of head/brain is formed.

- Chapter Hradayarogadhikaraha of the ancient classic ‘Veerasimhavalokah’ by King VeeraSimha Dev of the Tomar Dynasty

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Chandrat Nakshatra Bindus

By Dr. Paresh Desai, India

Our ancient Rishi‐Munis have described 8 Chandrat Nakshatra Bindus (CNB). These are 1.Karm, 2.Sanghaatik, 3.Uday, 4.Aadhan, 5.Vinaash, 6.Maanas, 7.Raaj and 8.Abhishek.. As these are Chandrat nakshatra bindus, they are counted from the Nakshatra of Chandra i.e. Moon in native’s birth horoscope. Each CNB occupies one constellation and they come in this serial order only. They are situated at certain distance from the constellation of Moon which is fixed by our rishi‐munies. Accordingly Karm occupies 10 th nakshatra from the nakshatra of Moon. Sanghatik is situated in 16 th Nakshatra from the Nakshatra of Moon. Similarly Uday occupies 18 th nakshatra, Aadhan occupies 19 th

Nakshatra, Vinaash occupies 23 rd Nakshatra, Maanas occupies 25 th Nakshatra, Raaj occupies 26 th nakshatra and Abhishek occupies 27 th Nakshatra from the Nakshatra of Moon respectively. In tabular form it will be:

Sr. No.

Name of CNB

Number from Nakshatra of Moon

Brief Meaning

1. Karm 10 th Work, Deeds 2. Sanghaatik 16 th Together 3. Uday 18 th Rise of Fortune 4. Aadhan 19 th Invisible

Growth 5. Vinaash 23 rd Destruction 6. Maanas 25 th Engraved on

memory 7. Raaj 26 th Kingly

happiness 8. Abhishek 27th Public Honour

Paresh Desai is a doctor by

profession & has pursued deep study of astrology since several decades. He comes from a parampara where ‘Only Sarvatobhadra Chakra’ is used for predictions, no dasas at all. His Guru was the illustrious legendary celebrity astrologer of Bombay, Shri Ravindra Desai who had learnt astrology from Baroda & Benaras for 25 years and then developed his own system of Sarvatobhadra Chakra. We expect Mr. Desai to reveal some rare secrets in this space in the coming months.

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Meaning of CNBs:

1. Karm: Karm denotes work or deeds. Every native has taken birth to do certain deeds. This bindu provides the opportunities to carry out these deeds. In Sarvatobhadra chakra Karm bindu denotes the reason for which the native has taken rebirth. The house in which this bindu is placed plays an important role in reaching the goals of the life of native. This house becomes instrumental in providing opportunities to native to earn his livelihood, fulfill his family and social obligations. The main objective of the work or deeds of the native will be to get the fruits of the house in which this bindu is present. E.g. if this bindu is present in the 2 nd house, which is the house of money matters, savings of money, wealth and family members then the main objective of native’s deeds will be to earn lot of money, increase his bank balance and amass as much wealth as possible and to ensure the happiness of his family members. These things would come first in the life of native i.e. first priority deeds in his life.

2. Sanghaatik: Means together or to work in groups. As per the characteristics of this bindu, native gets co‐operation from known or unknown persons in getting fruits of the house in which this bindu is present. Fruits could be good or bad as per the transit of planets and as per the strength of this house in the horoscope. But as this bindu is a chandrat nakshatra bindu, the degree of bad fruits could be decreased and the amount of good fruits can be increased by proper planning and effort which is the characteristics of chandrat nakshatra bindu. Another characteristic of this bindu is that if person tries to do some work on his own, he may not be able to finish it or will find it hard to finish it but if he takes the help of others, the same job will be done easily and nicely. E.g. a person wants to book a railway ticket. If he goes himself to the booking office, he will find a long Q there, some people may break the Q and get the ticket; booking officer may take longer time then is required and find it hard, tedious and time consuming. Instead if he contacts any booking agent and asks him to book ticket for him, his work will be done easily and without any hardship.

3. Uday: This is the 3 rd CNB occupying 18 th nakshatra from the nakshatra of Moon. This bindu denotes the rise of fortune and progress of the native and the house in which this bindu is placed gives opportunities for progress. Suppose this bindu is present in the 4 th

house, then the 4 th house is the house of mother and very close friends. So native’s mother or close friends play an important role in the rise of native or his progress. Native uses his intelligence or power to bring about the progress in his life. During the favourable rotation of planets, there will be rise of fortune and progress in the life of the native but during unfavourable rotation of planets, there will be worries about the progress or about the fortune and if the birth horoscope is also not powerful then there might be the downfall of the native.

4. Aadhan: This is the 4 th CNB occupying 19 th nakshatra from the nakshatra of Moon. Aadhan means invisible growth or the invisible growth of the fruits of the house in which this bindu is placed. E.g. if we sow some seeds in the soil, we will not be able to see it grow for few days as their growth take place under ground. The fact that we can not see seeds growing for first few days does not mean that seeds are not growing. We will be able to see them grow after few days as its stem come out of the soil. So we may not be able to see the fruits of the house in which this bindu is present initially even after hard work or efforts. These fruits which are not visible at the time of work are not going to get destroyed but we are going to get them in future.

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5. Vinaash: This is the 5 th CNB and is placed in 23 rd nakshatra from the nakshatra of Moon. The meaning of Vinaash is destruction. The bindu denotes the destruction of the fruits of the house in which it is present. This destruction could be due to nature or by the folly of the native. The fruits of the house which have been accumulated in the past during the rotation of good planets get destroyed during unfavorable rotation of planets. This destruction can be total or partial depending upon the strength of the house in native’s birth horoscope. But since this is a CNB, this destruction can be minimized or avoided.

6. Maanas: This is the 6 th CNB occupying 25 th Nakshatra from the nakshatra of Moon. Maanas means memory or some thoughts which has left deep impression on memory. The memory of good or the bad fruits of the house in which this bindu is situated leave a long lasting impression on the mind of the native. He cannot forget the bad situation developed during malefic rotation even if he tries very hard to forget it. Similarly he cannot forget the good things that have happened regarding this house. So there is a long lasting impact of all types of fruits of this house on the memory of the native. These fruits have to be endured by the native alone. But as this is a CNB, native can reduce the bad effects of fruits or increase the good effect by efforts and planning.

7. Raaj: this is the 7 th CNB occupying 26 th nakshatra from the nakshatra of Moon. The meaning of Raaj is kingly, i.e. like a king. The native gets all types of happiness, luxury, name and fame like a King. He gets all types of luxuries, top honours and fame in public. He is the boss of organizations or companies. He gets lot of wealth and fame in the society. The way in which the native works to get the fruits of the house in which this bindu is present creates a kingly aura. Sometimes native gets fruits of this house as if it is his right to get those fruits. The native gets famous in his society. All these fruits are obtained when the house in which this bindu is present is strong in the horoscope. These fruits are obtained during the favourable transit of planets. But if this house is not strong, then during unfavourable rotation of planets, native will have all sorts of worries about his name, fame, wealth and happiness.

8. Abhishek: This is the 8 th and last CNB occupying 27 th nakshatra from the nakshatra of Moon. It means public honour i.e. getting honour in public by the society or country. For example if some one wins an award or any medal in any field at the national or international level is honored in public by his country or association to which he is attached.. The house in which this bindu is present becomes instrumental in achieving this feat. The native achieves such top positions that he is publicly honoured. E.g. Abhinav Bindra who won gold medal in Olympics at Beijing was praised by one and all and was honoured by public, president of India and other distinguished personalities and associations of the country and also got lot of prize money. Like Michael Phelps creating history in winning record number of Gold Medals in swimming completion at Beijing Olympics was honored by his country and many others. But these fruits are obtained only if the house is strong in the horoscope and only during favourable rotation of planets. During unfavourable rotation of planets contrary to these fruits are obtained. Native gets discredit or is publicly humiliated and we can take the example of Golden Olympic runner Marion Jones of US who was stripped off her gold medals as she tested positive for the banned drugs.

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Dr. Vasant Vishnu Shirvaikar was born in

1932 & did his M. Sc in Nuclear Physics from Wilson College, Bombay, and Ph.D. in Physics from University of Bombay. Worked as research scientist in Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Bombay for 37 years and authored several research papers. He is a known authority on Dnyneshwari. He is devote of Shri Shankar Maharaj of Pune & with his blessings have published works on Dnyaneshwari, Yogiraj Shri Shankar Maharaj , & Amarvani-English translation of a Hindi book by the Jain Saint Amarmuni. Also published several articles on spiritual topics including a ten-part series on Datta- Parampara in the magazine Sai-Arpan published from Bombay. He resides in USA & is now engaged in expanding the series as a book.

Dnyaneshwari The Philosophical Part

Chapter 3 By

V.V. Shairvarkar, USA.

Path Of Actions

Arjuna Is Confused t this stage Arjuna asks why, if Shri Krishna was against actions he was asking hi m to fight. (3:3)

Jnanayoga And Karmayoga ‐ Both Have Common Goal Shri Krishna said, "While I was telling you about the Buddhiyoga, naturally I also told you about Sankhya philosophy. But both have been only expounded by me from time immemorial. Through the practice of Jnyanayoga (the Yoga of Knowledge) of the Sankhyas a seeker attains Self‐realisation and becomes one with me immediately. Karmayoga (Yoga of Action) is a slow‐ speed path in which a seeker diligently practices actions according to Swadharma and attains liberation at an appropriate time. (Saint Dnyaneshwar compares these two aspects to a fruit on a tree which a bird (Jnanayogi i.e. a follower of Jnanayoga) can fly and eat directly while a human being (Karmayogi i.e. a follower of Karmayoga) has to laboriously climb the tree, branch after branch, to get at it. Both paths, though outwardly different, lead to the same result. But which path to follow depends upon the capability of the seeker. (3:33‐44)

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Importance Of Actions Abandoning action is not non‐action : If without doing the prescribed actions first one says that “I am abandoning actions like a Siddha”, then that will not at all constitute non‐action for him. Because it is foolish to think that non‐action is the same thing as not doing the duties that have fallen to one’s lot. (3:45‐ 46). As long as one is in his body and has desires, actions cannot be abandoned; certain natural duties (like earning livelihood, preparation of food, having progeny etc.) have perforce to be performed. But the actions become non‐actions when one is ceaselessly content. Therefore one who wants to achieve non‐action should never give up the prescribed actions. (3:47‐ 50) It is Maya which controls the material universe. (See the note at the end of Ch 2). Therefore, to say that ‘I shall do this and not do that' is ignorance. Even if one stops doing one's duties, the organs have to continue with their own natural duties. (3:53‐ 54). Then what is it that one is giving up? (3:58) Therefore, a person under the control of nature or Maya cannot give up actions. (3:63) Some may try to attain the state of non‐action by giving up prescribed duties and by controlling the tendencies of their senses. But as long as thoughts about actions continue to occupy their minds they cannot be said to have achieved non‐action even though outwardly they may hypocritically pretend to have abandoned actions. Such natives must be without doubt considered to be engrossed in sense‐objects. (3:64‐ 66).

A Desireless Person In this context listen to the characteristics of a desireless person. (3:67). Such a person though outwardly he may behave like others, is internally steady, always absorbed in the meditation on the Supreme Self. Since he is in control of his sense‐organs he is not afraid of sense‐objects and nor does he avoid his duties. While he lets his action‐organs do their task he is not affected by the resultant feelings. He is not influenced by delusion or by lust. Since outwardly he behaves like others, one cannot know his inner state. Such a person may be considered as liberated. Such a liberated person should be specifically called a yogi. Therefore Arjuna, be such a yogi and let your mind be quiet and free, and let the action organs do their duties. (3:68‐ 76).

Performing Prescribed Duties Is A Ceaseless Yajna One cannot abandon worldly duties. Then why should one indulge in doing prohibited actions? Actions performed with desireless attitude leads to liberation. Actions performed by a person according to his caste as per the directions laid down for the four caste system lead to his liberation. (3:77‐ 78). Performance of the duties as laid down by Swadharma is equivalent to performing a ceaseless Yajna and does not allow sins to enter the mind. One who leaves Swadharma and prefers improper actions gets bound to the worldly birth and death cycles. (3:81‐82).

Brahmadev’s Advice Shri Krishna then told Arjuna the following old legend: When Brahmadev created this world, he created at the same time both humans and the code of behaviour or actions (Dharma) for them. But the code was subtle and men could not understand it. So they asked Brahmadev, "On what basis do we exist here?" (3:86‐87).

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Act as per the code Brahmadeo replied, "I have already set the code of actions depending upon your caste. Let your actions be guided by it and your wishes will be fulfilled with ease. Do not trouble your body by performing Vratas (observance of austerities like fast sometimes with rituals) and penances. Do not go far away for pilgrimage. Do not observe yoga and similar techniques, penance with desire or mantra and tantra techniques. Do not worship other deities. Perform the natural yajna of doing actions as per the code (Dharma) and the actions will become successful. If you worship the deities by performing actions as per the code then the deities will be pleased and give you the desired objects and will sustain you. You will enjoy the good things of life and be happy." (3:88‐95). When you worship the deities by doing actions as prescribed by Swadharma, the deities will be pleased with you and there will develop a mutual love between both of you. (3:96‐97).

Violators of code shall be punished And Brahmadeo also warned that, "But if any person, after thus gaining wealth becomes lusty and behaves by the tendencies of the sense objects and will not use the wealth given to him by the deities to worship God, will not give offerings to Fire and donate food, will not show devotion to the Guru, will not welcome the guests and will not satisfy his community, such a person will face many calamities, lose his wealth and will not be able to enjoy it. (3:103‐108). He who forsakes his code loses his liberty. Fate punishes him considering him a thief and snatches everything from him. (3:111‐112). Even if he asks for mercy he is not set free up till the end of time. (3:115). Therefore one should always be alert and follow one's code." (3:118)

Utilisation of Wealth Brahmadeo further said, “He who, with desireless mind spends his wealth for the duties prescribed by Swadharma, worships his Guru, well‐wishers and Fire, and after performing Shraddha of forefathers (ritual of offering of food etc. to the dead forefathers) and other yajna rituals through the hands of brahmins, partakes of the remaining food along with his family, gets his sins washed and becomes free of all blemishes. (3:119‐123). Therefore wealth earned by actions according to Swadharma should be spent according to Swadharma and whatever remains should be enjoyed with satisfaction. (3:124‐125).”

Food a form of Brahman Shri Krishna continued, “But those sinners who, by considering themselves to be only the body and not the soul, do not see the sense‐objects as anything other than means of enjoyment and who instead of considering the earned wealth as the material for yajna, use it selfishly for their own pleasures, (for example) prepare tasty food and consume it themselves, actually consume sin. (3:125‐129). All wealth is a means of yajna in the form of Swadharma‐based actions and should thus be offered to God. Instead, these fools prepare various types of food for themselves. The food which fulfils a yajna is no ordinary thing. It is actually a form of Brahman because life of all creatures depends upon it. (3:130‐133). Creatures grow by food, food grows by rain, rain falls because of yajna and yajna is performed by actions which are prescribed in the Vedas which have originated from the indestructible Brahman. Therefore the Brahman pervades all the living and non‐living objects. Thus, the basis of the yajna performed by actions are the immortal Vedas. Thus, Vedas permanently reside in the prescribed actions. Thus I have told you in short the background of the yajna as part of Swadharma. (3:134‐138). Therefore, a proud arrogant person who does not behave properly as per Swadharma and instead by evil deeds spends time in physical pleasures is a sinner and burden to this earth.

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His life and works being fruitless are wasted. (3:139‐141). Duties accompany the body at birth. Duties naturally come with the body i.e. as soon as a person is born, therefore why should one avoid proper actions? Those who avoid the duties even after attaining the human body are ignorant. (3:141‐144). But he who is always engrossed in the Self does not get bound by the actions even while going about doing his duty because he is satiated with the knowledge of the Self and with that he has finished the duties of this lifetime. Therefore he does not get loaded by his actions. (3:146‐147). Just as the means of satisfaction become irrelevant when one becomes satisfied, the desireless actions according to Swadharma are relevant only until one attains the knowledge of the Self. (3:148‐149) Therefore Arjuna, you should control your organs, leave selfish desires, and follow what is prescribed by Swadharma. Those who follow Swadharma with desireless attitude attain Brahman in this world. (3:150‐151).

Actions As An Example To Others There is another advantage gained by performing prescribed actions. When we do our duties, others note and follow and thereby they are saved from pitfalls. Particularly those who have attained Self‐realisation and reached a perfectly desireless state should perform duties for the guidance of others even after Self‐realisation. (3:153‐155). If a man of knowledge does not teach others by his actions then how will the ignorant understand and take to good path? It is natural for ordinary people to emulate the actions of the big, thinking them to be the prescribed actions. Therefore one should not abandon one's duties. Especially the saints and similar persons must perform their duties. (3:157‐159). Even God has to set example by actions Why talk of others? Even I follow this path of actions. I do so not because I am in difficulty or desire something. You are aware that there is nobody in this world who has reached more perfection than I have. (3:160‐162). I carry out prescribed duties in such a way that people get the impression that I do them out of some desire. But I do the duties only because all creatures are dependent on me and they should not behave wantonly. (3:164‐165). If I were to remain engrossed in the Self after reaching perfection, how would people cope up with life? If people emulate me in that condition the entire world will stop functioning. Therefore particularly a capable person who has attained knowledge should not abandon actions. (3:166‐168). A desireless person must attend to actions with the same readiness as one with desire but without posing as somebody special. I am telling this to you repeatedly because it is essential that society be protected in every way and one should never show that he is different from the others. (3:169‐171)

Jnanayoga Not To Be Told To The Unfit Never sing even by mistake, praises of the path of non‐action to a person who is fit only for path of action. Such a person should be told the importance of proper actions and guided towards performance of good actions by setting him an example by own behaviour. If one performs actions for protecting the society such actions do not bind him against liberation. In this way even persons of knowledge perform good deeds with desireless and dispassionate attitude for serving people. (3:173‐176) One should not also tell about this profound spiritual path to an ignorant person who, ignoring the fact that all actions are caused by Maya (or nature_ thinks, because of the ego

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and narrow thinking, that he is the doer. (3:178‐179). Maya, the creator of all actions is absent in a person who has realised Self. Such persons give up the I‐am‐the‐body ego, understand the unique relation between the attributes and actions and remain in the body with uninvolved attitude. Therefore even by remaining in the body, the actions do not touch them. (3:181‐183). A person who is under the influence of the attributes and acts under the control of Maya is alone affected by actions. Because organs, with the help of the attributes behave according to their own nature but he claims the credit for their actions. (3:184‐185). Therefore Arjuna, you perform all the prescribed actions and make their offering to me but concentrate your attention on the Self. Do not harbour an ego like “This is the action, I am its doer and I am going to do it.” Do not go after this body, shed all desires and enjoy or endure whatever comes to your lot. (3:186‐188). Those who accept with respect this firm opinion of mine and behave according to it with faith will be free from the binding of their actions.(3:192‐193). A wise person should never pamper the organs. (3:202). When the body is controlled by others why should one accumulate the fruits of actions for it. (3:205). Ordinarily, mind experiences pleasure when the organs are provided with the sense‐objects. But just as the company of a robber is safe for a short time, only up to the village boundary, the lust residing in the organs leads them to depravity. (3:210‐211, 213). The desire for sense‐pleasures causes anger and destroys the intellect. Desire and anger are both extremely dangerous; therefore shed their company. Do not let the nectar of experience of the Self be spoilt by even the thought of desire and anger. (3:215‐218).

Importance Of Dharma It is advantageous to practice one's own Dharma, however difficult, rather than that of others even if the latter may appear attractive. (3:219‐220). Would one demolish one's own thatched hut by comparing it to the white mansions of others? (3:223). Similarly, even if one's Dharma is painful and difficult to practice, it is that which makes his afterlife happy. (3:225). Therefore by taking into account his own benefit, one should not do actions which may befit others but not to himself. Even if one has to sacrifice one’s life while practising Swadharma it is good because it will establish one’s greatness in both the worlds. (3: 228‐229).

Arjuna's Question At this point Arjuna asked, "Who are responsible for making even persons of Knowledge distort their thinking and go astray?" He also asked other questions broadly in the same vein. (3:232‐238)

Desire And Anger Obstruct Liberation Shri Krishna replied, "Desire and anger dwelling in a person's mind are the two merciless culprits who are responsible for it. They keep people away from Knowledge and Devotion. (3:240‐241). They rule the whole world by means of delusion etc. They are generated from the Rajas (action) attribute in the mind and are the root of the demoniacal endowment. They thrive on ignorance of the mind and are the source of the demoniacal actions. Though they arise from the Rajas attribute, they are favourites of the Tamas attribute which is the main constituent of indiscrimination and delusion. (3:243‐244). They operate through hope and delusion. (3:246‐247). Desire and anger are closely connected with ego and delusion. Because of them, falsehood and hypocrisy have prevailed over truth and by destroying peace and through the importance given to Maya, minds of even saints have been polluted. (3:249‐251). They destroy the sense of discrimination, of dispassion and control over senses. They

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destroy happiness by destroying Knowledge and instil the three forms of torture (personal, external and elemental) in the hearts of people. After birth they are attached to the physical body and reside in the mind and therefore cannot be discovered even by Brahmadev. They destroy the personality of even a person of Knowledge and nobody can control them. (3:253‐ 256). Pure Knowledge is always associated with desire and anger and is veiled by them. (3:262). Therefore one should first conquer them before attaining Knowledge. It is however very difficult to do so because more one tries more it helps them to strengthen their hold and because of this even Hathayogis are defeated. There is only one method of bringing them under control. (3:264‐267)

Losing Desire And Anger Leads To Self‐Realization Their original residence is in the sense‐organs from where impetus for action originates. Therefore it is necessary to exercise control on the sense‐organs which will restrict your mind from the pleasure‐seeking tendency. This will free your intellect and thus they will lose their support. (3:268‐269). Once a person loses anger and desire, the person will realise Brahman in whose bliss he will enjoy. This is the secret between a Guru and his disciple and it is also the union of the Self and the Brahman in which he remains stable perpetually. (3:271‐272)

Tao Te Ching By Lao‐tzu

All in the world know the beauty of the beautiful, and in doing this they have (the idea of) what ugliness is; they all know the skill

of the skilful, and in doing this they have (the idea of) what the want of skill is.

So it is that existence and non‐existence give birth the one to (the idea of) the other; that difficulty and ease produce the one (the idea of) the other; that length and shortness fashion out the one the figure of the other; that (the ideas of) height and lowness arise from

the contrast of the one with the other; that the musical notes and tones become harmonious through the relation of one with another; and

that being before and behind give the idea of one following another.

Therefore the sage manages affairs without doing anything, and conveys his instructions without the use of speech.

All things spring up, and there is not one which declines to show itself; they grow, and there is no claim made for their ownership; they go through their processes, and there is no expectation (of a

reward for the results). The work is accomplished, and there is no resting in it (as an achievement).

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Rabinder Nath Bhandari was born on

26th Dec 1950 and is a science graduate from Punjab University. He has been studying astrology since 1978 in which 28 years he has spent in Lal Kitab. Being well versed in Urdu, Punjabi, Hindi & English he has dwelved deeper into Present day Palmistry along with Indian Samudrik Shastra apart from doing vast amount of readings for people. His interests likes in nature photography & the exactly how nature is simple, this simplicity reflects in his persona being an extremely humble and loving human being.

The Mystic Red Book

By Rabinder Nath Bhandari, India.

In English this rare work is called the ‘Red Book’ & in Urdu/Hindi it is called Lal Kitab. In my opinion, it is tough to explain Lal Kitab in few words, because this book provides vast information regarding readings and interpretation of effects of Past Karmas {deeds} on any individual, which are first of all recorded in heavens, represented through nine { 9 nidhi} planets by their placement in twelve houses {12 sidhi} of a horoscope, whose influence is recorded in human brain first in 42 houses {42 years of age of planets Rahu}, thereafter through thoughts created in human brain, these effects are transferred through nervous system in the shapes of different palm lines and mounts of various planets {which form a base for enacting a horoscope based on reading palm lines and mounts} and all these readings in this system are also to be correlated with the total outlook {body in total} of self, house of native {from which house horoscope is enacted and plays a vital role in selecting Lal Kitab remedies}, plants, trees , animals and birds, relatives, friends, colors of clothing’s, eating habits and personal behavior while giving a reading based on Lal Kitab.

In fact Lal Kitab, which was published in five different editions 1 is the presentation

1 All were originally written in Urdu language,

with total Punjabi touch in its style, and where, Pandit Ji felt necessary, he used Farsi or Arabic language, and even phrases in Punjabi to convey meanings emphatically.

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of a new system of prediction, which we may quote as Lal Kitab System Of Prediction, through which, the author Pandit Rup Chand Joshi {1898 – 1982} tried and succeeded to get rid of tough/long mathematical calculations and linked planetary readings with Samdurik Shashtra {palmistry} and through Ilm Kayafa {estimations} related knowledge about influences of our surroundings.

Why Is It Called The Red Book – Lal Kitab?

It is clearly mentioned in Aagaz {preface} of Lal Kitab, that color of this book binding must be in red, which is supposed to be non‐shining, and all other colors of it’s binding will give negative effects {manhoos asar dene wale hongey}. Reason for selecting this color is self explanatory and becomes very much clear while reading colors and influences of all nine planets in this book, and there is only one planet, i.e. mangal nek {mars positive}, whose color is blood red, {color of life}, and in presence of mangal nek, no other planet in negative state prevails and all effects and results come always positive and no malefic combination can render it’s negative influence in it’s presence. Where as, while we think about any color of another planet, every planet can be affected in adverse way by aspects or by malefic combinations or by their placements or links with inimical planets. Thus keeping this view in mind, red color, which is supposed to be non – shining, is selected for binding of this book and name to this book {Lal Kitab } given accordingly.

Time Period When All Five Editions Of Lal Kitab Were Published

Lal Kitab was written and published from 1939 to 1952 in five total different editions. All these were published under the name of Pt. Girdhari Lal Sharma along with his photograph, but actual writer of these books was Pandit Rup Chand Joshi Ji, resident of village Farwala {Distt. Jalandhar} near Phillaur (Punjab state), from where busses follow a route toward Noor Mehal. Pandit Rup Chand Joshi Ji was in service in Defense Accounts and retired as Asst. Accounts Officer, which becomes very much clear to the visitor even today, to the native village of Pandit ji, where a beautiful, big name plate is still present on top of the main gate of Baithak {A Room, where Pandit Ji attended to visitors and used to give predictions to them}. As, most of the practitioners of Lal Kitab are writing name of Pandit Ji with wrong spellings i.e. Pandit Roop Chand Joshi, but in the original name plate, spellings are Rup Chand Joshi (see below original name plate).

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I visited personally Farwala (Distt. Jalandhar) village and contacted some old persons from that village, who were very much pleased to talk about Pandit Ji, and all gave due respect to “Him”. One of his neighbors, Sh. Kundan Lal, whose shop and residence is just opposite to Baithak, told me that all knowledge, which is reflected in all these five editions of Lal Kitab is entirely due to “His” hard work, intelligence and interest in this field of Jyotish and whatever is said, is true and what so ever “He” predicted to his visitors, came true and that was his own original work and all this knowledge was acquired by “Him” during his service time.

First edition of Lal Kitab was published in 1939 titled as Samudrik Ki Lal Kitab, in which, it is very much clear from title page of this book, where it is written {hatheli ki lakeeron se teva (tipra) janam kundli bnane aur zindgi ke poorey halaa,t dekhne ke liye, Samudrik Ki Lal Kitab {how to enact a horoscope based on readings from hand lines of a person}. This book contains information in 383 pages regarding palmistry mainly, showing relationship of 9 planets and 12 houses of horoscope on palm of a person and their influences on his life and also on his relatives.

Second Edition of Lal Kitab was published in 1940 and was titled as Samudrik Ke Lal Kitab Ke Armaan {285 pages}, in which all required information, which was not included in First Edition of Lal Kitab, was incorporated and this is the book, in which Ilm Kyafa {estimations} was included and it was clearly mentioned in ‘Sarsri Note’ in the beginning of this book that all ‘Armaans’ of this book are to be read in conjunction with all ‘Farmaans’ of 1939 edition, to reach up to the depth of this subject. This book also contained some remedies in a precise manner, which were also quoted in other editions too.

Third edition of Lal Kitab was published in 1941 and was titled as Samudrik Ki Lal Kitab Teesra Hissa {428 pages} and is a pocket sized edition. This book is written mostly in poetry and this is a summary reference book and Pandit Ji used to call this book as Gutka {Pocket Book}. In this book, one thing of great importance regarding remedies of adverse influence of planets is quoted on page no 410 {line number 12 to 15}, where to perform remedies according to planetary position in horoscope of subject or correct planetary influences according to House Horoscope {Makaan Kundli}.

Fourth Edition of Lal Kitab was published in 1942 and was titled as ‘Samudrik Ki Lal Kitab’ tarmeem shuda {379 pages} is written in a very much compact way, in which detailed information is incorporated in quite an interesting manner regarding all twelve houses, nine planets, samudrik shastra, Ilm Kyafa, additionally remedies are also explained in a very nice way and more stress is paid on Grammer Of Lal Kitab and how to judge negative or positive influence of planets and their placements by looking at individuals such as When Face Is Long, Jupiter Is Found Influencing Sixth House, When Face Is Broad, Instead Of Jupiter, Ketu`s Influence Is More On Sixth House And In The Same Way From Eyebrows Of A Person, Quality Of Saturn Can Be Judged, From Ears – Ketu, From Tip Of Nose – Mercury And All Other Planets Can Be Noticed In The Same Manner, but all this information is lying scattered in different Farmaans of Lal Kitab, which reader is supposed to collect with his labor and reading it with deep interest.

This is the only edition, in which, Pandit Ji said “Mazmoon Go Deemag Par Bhari Asar Hone Se Thakaega Magar Mehnat Se Lal Ktab Ke Zariye Nikala Hua Natija Ya Farmaan

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Ek Karamad Cheej Hogi” – which means ‘the astrologer who uses all these calculations will get mentally tired but with the labor he does of Lal Kitab the result he will get will be miraculous’. Which shows, how deep was the interest of Pandit Ji in this system of prediction, and these words are reflecting that the writer himself realized the impact and depth of information included in these books, who also felt exhausted with the overloading of brain force while reading and writing all this information for the benefits of humanity.

Fifth Edition of Lal Kitab was published in 1952 and was titled as Jyotish Ki Lal Kitab and on title page it was written in English language first time that “{Astrology Based on Palmistry}” and there were 1180 pages in total up to last page of drustiyan {correction memo} and this edition was the most detailed version and more stress was paid on Grammar Of Lal Kitab, Varsh Phal Calculations, all planets were discussed to make it clear to its reader regarding Nek {Good} or Bad {Adverse} condition of every planet with very nicely incorporated information regarding various remedies, which are to be performed to ward or get rid of adverse influence of

any planet. Relation of different planets with residential house, types of person of various planets, effects of animals, birds, plants, donations, colors of writing pen with ink used there in are very nicely explained. One more interesting chapter in this book is Pitri‐Rin, which deals with influence of bad deeds / sins of the ancestors of native on the native, which generally create obstacles for the prosperity of the person and how to get rid of all these is mentioned very elaborately.

All the above five editions of Lal Kitab are written in a proper sequence, if any person reads all these five books in their proper order (order of their publication) repeatedly, he is blessed with very deep knowledge and will be in a position to interpret horoscope made by our traditional system, by reading palm and will be in a position to trace placement of all planets in different houses, can give predictions only by looking at any person by ascertaining position and condition of planets as per guidelines given in all these five editions.

Basis Of Judgment accordingly to Lal Kitab is very accurate because:

1. We can read horoscope made according to old traditional system by giving ascendant as no 1 and then complete horoscope according to Lal Kitab.

2. By casting a horoscope of One’s Own Home – Makaan Kundli, based on observations of placement of different items and their location by linking all these with 9 planets and 12 houses.

3. By looking at the face and observing personal behavior, a horoscope according to the brain of that person – Deemag Kundli (Brain Horoscope).

4. By having a detailed look at the hand of a person; planets can be placed in 12 different houses of a horoscope ‐ Samudrik Ki Bunyad Se Banayee Hooyee Janam Patri.

All these charts are given below for reader’s reference.

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Pls note that in the Vedic system Saturn and Ketu are placed in the first house in Virgo Sign and this gets converted into the Red Book Horoscope by just changing the sign of Virgo to No 1 as the first house, there are houses in Lal Kitab.

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Remedies According To Lal Kitab

bimari kaa bgair dwai bhi ilaaj hai, mager mout ka koyee charraa nahin, yeh dunyavi hisaab kitab hai, koyee dava‐ e‐ khudai nahin – which means that ill health can be cured without the help of medicine, but death can`t be averted, so these all are the worldly calculations, not a verdict from almighty.

As prediction base of Lal Kitab is very strong because of its judgment based on multidirectional observations, accuracy level is very high; in the same manner its remedial measures for curing ill effects of planets on human beings are also having a very strong base. Affecting planets are classified into two types of planetary placements such as

A) Greh Phal – Planet Result (remedies for these planets are not done directly, because of their permanent influence – so in these cases, remedies are performed by taking help of other planets or of one out of two planets, representatives of their artificial {masnooyee} form and

B) Rashi Phall – Sign Result, for which direct remedies can be performed. Main stress is paid on personal behavior of any person, color of clothes, eating habits, bad immoral activities, his temperaments, relations with his family members and surrounding fellow beings, his residing place, timing of marriage etc, timing for construction of house, main gate direction of house where a person is residing, type of charity and donations which a person is supposed to perform, color of fountain pen which he is using and all these remedies are very strongly effective in getting rid of bad influences and clear all paths of progress of the native. As all these remedies are very easy to be performed only by changing some routine habits, personal behavior, and their cost is very much low, because these are meant for help of humanity, not for benefits of self.

In my 28 years of experience in Indian Astrology, Lal Kitab, Palmistry, I have observed and found that every remedy works very well and very quickly. There are a number of very quick remedies for protection of baby child since from the day of pregnancy till birth, for happy married life and relations, for success in any one’s career, for getting rid of illness, for foreign travel, to prevent loss of money and control of extravagant expenses, remedies for getting relief of ill affects of any ones residential house according to types of houses and so many other aspects of life of a human being.

There is no one specific remedy as people think for any specific work, selection of any remedy varies from person to person for any given field and so their effectiveness varies. In all of it’s remedies, a special care is paid to get benefits only by small changes in our daily routine life, which are totally logically based, e.g. as any one person, whose Moon is placed in first house, he should avoid use of ‘Glass Tumbler’ for taking milk or water and instead of this, use of silver tumbler is advised because of the basic reason of moon and mercury planets inimical behavior and at the same time, there is a special foot note at the base of that page, in which it is advised not to use Ganga Sagar Of Silver (Ganga Sagar is a silver tea pot with side pipe to pour tea into cup – now why not to use this since silver represents planet moon and a round hollow pipe represents planet mercury, which will give adverse results due to an artificial combination of moon and mercury.)

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In the same manner, there are a great number of remedies which are very easy to perform and effect oriented, but these remedies should be performed under the guidance of any person who is blessed with this knowledge to get their optimum results in minimum time period.

The Writer Of Lal Kitab

Pandit Rup Chand Joshi the author of the Red Book was born in village Farwala on 18 th Jan, 1898 and was very much intelligent in his studies; he lost his mother in childhood and was a self made man. Pandit Ji was a man of discipline and very much punctual in his daily routine and acquired all this knowledge during service time in Himachal Pardes, but it is said that some spiritual power helped Pandit Ji in compiling such a great work for benefits of people who are unable to do the rigorous routine of Vedic rituals. This work was published and printed in five different editions under the name of Pandit Girdhari Lal Sharma, cousin brother of Pandit Ji. Pandit Ji always helped humanity by studying and interpreting horoscopes & hands at his native village Farwala at His house in a Baithak, in front of which on top of main gate A Beautiful Name Plate (image of which is been attached above), is also present now and people of that village still have due regard and respect for Pandit Ji in their hearts and remember his good work done for the suffering people of that area. Although Pandit Ji left this world on 24 th Dec, 1982, but he is still alive in hearts of people.

All these five books are basically an Aashirwad (blessings) for followers of the system of Lal Kitab and blessings for the eternally suffering humanity as in the last page of every edition of Lal Kitab is written a word Blessings (Aashirwad).

I bow my head with respect on the feet of such a great person, a holy spirit, who in fact cared for humanity from core of His heart and request all persons linked with this system to be very sincere towards this system and try to explore this system with best of their efforts and expand their knowledge bank for the help of humanity as our respected Pandit Ji did.

In my 28 years of experience of Lal Kitab, I have realized the spiritual message emanating out of this book which is not to condemn and criticize other scholars of Astrology, but be like the SUN, who never sets, it is we people, who say, SUN has set in, but then SUN is away from us, giving it`s light somewhere else in another part of world, and always a donor, not a taker, with punctuality and discipline in life. Imbibing this quality of the Sun is the spiritual message from Lal Kitab which I have been trying to follow in my life and with folded hands I request the young ones to do the same.

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One of the oldest authorities on Jaimini

Astrology, he graced the Astrological Magazine in 1960s under immense persuasion of Late Dr Raman and gave us some rare jewels in Jaimini Astrology. At the age of 80, he lives in a small town in Andhra Pradesh. Incidentally not many in India & West know that Andhra Pradesh has been the land of Jaimini Astrology after Banaras. Revered Sastriji leads a strict Brahminical life along with being very open minded & extremely humble. His humility only shows his supreme mastery over astrology. He and Iranganti Rangacharya are considered as the foremost authorities alive today in Jaimini Astrology. Mr Sastri has supported Saptarishis Astrology right from its inception stage.

New Light On Jaimini Astrology –

Part 2 (AN ANALYSIS OF THE COMMENTARY

OF SOMANATHA) BY

MADHURA KRISHNAMURTHI SASTRI, INDIA.

COPY EDITOR: SHANMUKHA

[Publisher: As the articles of Sastriji were very advanced for the internet Jaimini astrologers, we have requested our friend Shanmukha to make extensive notes so that advanced Jaimini adepts can understand many 1 st time revealed points by Sastriji even though these articles first appeared in Oct 1962. We hope Shanmukha’s efforts have addressed the complaints we received from Jaimini net forums regarding the new concepts explained by Maduraji, although they are part of the standard commentaries of Jaimini.]

n the last article that was published in May 2008 Vol.2 issue of Saptarishis Astrology, some different types of

Lagnas were studied. A few more to be studied will be considered in their appropriate places. I shall now study the Raja Yoga, Yoga Bhanga (cancellation) effects of Bhavas and the Dasas in the horoscope referred to earlier.

(Copy Editor: As already stated in the earlier article, Sri Madhura Krishna Murthi Sastri uses his own Ayanamsa which he came to conclusion after spending 6 months in Jantar Mantar Observatory in Rajasthan. The chart is generated with our software to the maximum extent possible to get the longitudes given by the author. For the benefit of the readers, we are giving below, the longitudes given by the author.

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Sun: 25Ge22 Moon: 29Le50 Mars: 21Li37 Merc: 10Cn16 Jup: 08Ta12 Ven: 09Ta57 Sat: 13Aq05 Rahu: 12Le08

In the horoscope, it was found that Saturn is the Yogada planet as he aspects both Lagna and its 7 th house. For this planet Saturn and the Lagna, I shall discuss the Argala effects and then study the Yoga and Avayoga (malefic) influences, and then discuss the Dasa effects. Sage Jaimini has defined Argala in five sutras. Somanatha and Krishna Misra have explained these clearly. Argala influences must be studied both for the Lagna and the Seventh house before studying the good and bad points of a horoscope.

In this horoscope, Jupiter, Venus, Mercury, Saturn and Ketu are in the second, fourth and eleventh houses from the Lagna and in the anti‐influential houses 12, 10 and 3 respectively to these houses, the Sun occupies only one house that is 3 and the other houses are free from

occupation. According to the rule ना नु  िवबला, even the Sun is not an anti‐influential planet. As there are planets in the three Argala houses, the horoscope has full Argala Yoga for the Lagna. Therefore the native will enjoy full benefic influence in his life.

But, Somanatha and Krishna Mishra have discussed the following evil influences in the horoscope in order to assess the final good effects:

1. Rahu’s position in the 5 th house

2. The association of Moon and Rahu

3. The association of Ketu with the Yogada planet Saturn.

4. Saturn, Ketu and Sun occupying trines from Mars and Lord of the Lagna.

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These are the detracting influences. This native, born in poor family, started his life as an humble clerk and became an influential officer of the same company.

The native was born in a chara rasi (movable sign) with planets in the Argala houses 2, 4 and 11 with no planets in the anti‐influential houses 12, 10 and 3. So, according to Somanatha and Krishna Mishra, the native has full Raja Yoga.

As regards Yogada planet Saturn, is in its own house; Jupiter and Venus occupy the fourth house from Saturn; Saturn is in a fixed sign. Therefore Saturn causes Raja Yoga. Saturn is also subjected to some malefic influences. Sun and Mars – malefics—are in trines (5,9) from Saturn. The rule is that malefics in 5 th , 9 th and 8 th houses from any planets cancel its benefic effects. In the final assessment, the native has full Raja Yoga.

Dhana Yoga (Finances): According to Jaimini Sutras पीलाभयोिद ा िनराभासाग ळ patnīlābhayordiṣṭā nirābhāsārgaḻa 

शभुाग ळे धनसमिृ śubhārgaḻe dhanasamṛddhi ­­1­3­23

f either the Janma Lagna and the seventh houses or Arudha Lagna and its Seventh houses have pure Argala influences without cancelling effects, the native must be wealthy. In the horoscope under consideration, there are benefics in 2 nd and 4 th houses

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Arudha Lagna for this chart, according to Somanatha is Cancer which has powerful Argala influences as Moon, Rahu, Mars, Jupiter and Venus occupy 2 nd , 4 th and 11 th Rasis from Cancer. The natives has therefore a powerful Dhana Yoga. He suffered from poverty in his youth due to the location of malefics in the Argala houses.

Further According to Jyotisha Phala Ratnamala, Chapter 9, slokas 3 and 4, there will be Dhana Yoga if the benefics and malefics alternatively occupy the signs from the Lagna or the Rasi occupied by the Yogada planet.

Dasa in which Raja Yogas wil be effective: According to Somanatha, there are forty dasa types. Of couse, eleven are for Raja Yoga horoscopes; five for rich horoscopes and the others for ordinary horoscopes.

The native under consideration is born poor and therefore cannot have Prabhu Yoga. His horoscope must be studied in relation to other six ordinary Dasas.

According to Kalpa Latha, horoscopes which do not have Prabhu Yoga, but have Raja Yoga are to be studied by applying the following ordinary six Dasa systems: Nakshatra Bheda, Nakshtraraja Dasa, Nisarga, Chara, Chara Paryaya, Sthira Paryaya and Gochara. Gochara Dasa is otherwise known as Trikona Dasa. The sutra

िपतमृातधृन ायािदिकोण े pitṛmātṛdhana prāṇyādistrikoṇe (2­4­26)

defines Trikona dasa. Here the fifth sign, Leo, is strong and Leo Dasa becomes the first Dasa.

(Copy Editor: There is a mention of Prabhu Yoga in Phalaratnamaala by Krishna Mishra in Lagnabheda Adhyaya (Chapter 10)

Jataka Sara Sangraha states: Select the stronger of the two trines for the first dasa. According to the Prakriti Chakra, for Chara rasis (Movable Signs) in the natural order, for

Sthira rasis (fixed signs) every sixth rasis 1 , for Dwiswabhava rasis (Dual digns) first

angular, then succeedant and finally cadent rasis (Kendra, Panaphara and Apikloma) must be chosen for Trikona Dasa.

Now, Leo is a strong Trikona Rasi and is an odd sign. Since it is an odd sign, the sixth rasi in the natural zodiacal order must be chosen for successive dasa.

1 This is called Padakrama. For Movable signs in regular, for fixed signs first starting sign and every 6 th

sign there from run the dasa.,

The native was born in a chara Rasi (movable sign) with planets in the Argala houses 2, 4 and 11 with no planets in the anti-influential houses 12, 10 and 3. So, according to Somanatha and Krishna Mishra, the native has full Raja Yoga.

The rule is that malefics in 5 th , 9 th and 8 th

houses from any planets cancel its benefic effects.

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We must fix the Dwara and Bahya Rasis and also the Arudhas. For this horoscope, the following are the Dasa periods: ‐‐

S.No Dasa Sign Dwara Rasi

Bahya Rasi

Year

1 Leo Leo Leo 11 2 Capricorn Capricorn Leo 12 3 Gemini Gemini Aries 2 4 Scorpio Scorpio Aquarius 2 5 Aries Aries Sagittari

us 7

6 Virgo Virgo Libra 3 7 Aquarius Aquarius Leo 1 8 Cancer Cancer Gemini 12 9 Sagittarius Sagittarius Aries 6

Work out the dasas in this manner for the whole life.

Karakas: Karakas are of five kinds. They are Atmakaraka, Swakaraka, dasa karaka, and Bhava karaka. Atmakaraka is a planet which has travelled the largest number of degrees in a Sign. Dasa karakas are those indicated by the dasas.

Nitya (Fixed) Karakas are those given by Parasara – for example‐ Sun as Atmakaraka etc. Chara (Variable) karakas are those determined by the horoscopes individually.

Karakas for this example horoscope:‐

S. No Karaka Planet 1 Atma Karaka Moon 2 Amatya Karaka Sun 3 Bhatri Karaka (Brother) Mars 4 Matri Karaka (Mother) Saturn 5 Pitri Karaka (Father) Rahu 6 Putra Karaka Mercury 7 Jnati Karaka (enemies) Venus 8 Dara Karaka (Spouse) Jupiter

The twelve Karakas for the first Dasa – Leo Dasa

Sl. No.

Karaka Planet

1 Tanu Karaka (body) Sun 2 Dhana karaka (Money) Mercury 3 Sodara Karaka (Brothers) Rahu 4 Matri Karaka (Mother) Moon 5 Buddi Karaka (Mind) Mars 6 Satru Karaka (Enemies) Ketu

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7 Jamitra Karaka (Wife) Saturn 8 Ayush Karaka (Longevity) Venus 9 Bhagya Karaka (Wealth) Jupiter 10 Rajya Karaka (Profession) Sun 11 Labha Karaka (Profits) Mercury 12 Vyaya Karaka (Expenditure) Ketu

(Copy Editor: The above table is the dasa karakas for Aquarius Dasa and similarly for other dasa Rasi can be worked out. The reckoning of subsequent karakas is to be found out using Graha Chakra. In fact, there are 4 types of reckoning in Jaimini system. They are

1. Udaya Chakra, counting zodiacally for all signs

2. Prakriti Chakra, counting zodiacally for odd signs and anti zodiacally or even signs.

3. Vikriti Chakra, counting anti zodiacally for odd signs and zodiacally for even signs

4. Graha Chakra: Graha Chakra reckoning means counting from lord of Dasa rasi (from

Atmakaraka in case of Atmakaraka Graha Dasa) in regular zodiacal (Udaya chakra) fashion. So,

the Tanu karaka will be the lord of the dasa sign and the subsequent karakas are the planets next to

him by Udaya chakra (Zodiacal) fashion. Refer to Jataka Sara Sangraha by Raghava Bhatta or

Jaimini Sutramritam by Sri Iranganti Rangacharya for more details of these reckoning.

Bhatri Karaka in the above table needs explanation. Rahu and Moon occupy sign Leo, so according to Kalpalatha preference shall be given to the planet that travels less longitude in the sign to determine the karaka. Rahus longitude given by the author is 12°8' so he covered only (30° ‐ 12° 08)= 17° 52˝, where as Moon’s longitude is 29° 50́, so Rahu shall be taken as Bhatri Karaka. This can be understood with Chara Paryaya dasa as the same reckoning will be used for finding respective lords for each dasa.

Vyaya Karaka is not the 3rd planet, but the 6th planet in Graha chakra reckoning. Raghava Bhatta specifically mentioned it in Jataka Sara Sangraha. This is very important rider which is often overlooked.)

The effects of the Dasas will depend on the relationship between Janma Karakas, Dasa Karakas and the Arudha Rasi and on the nature of the Dwara and Bahya Rasis. Benefic effects are to be predicted if they are benefic and malefic if they are otherwise. The effects of Dasas will be discussed in detail later.

Longevity (Somanatha’s Views): There are a number of Dasas for determining longevity. According to Jyotisha Kalpalatha, for all horoscopes consider Brahma, Varnada, Chara and Chara Paryaya dasas for Longevity. The use of other dasas will depend on the nature of horoscopes considered.

For all horoscopes, if there is a Brahma planet, fix the dasas in the clockwise order. As regards Varnada Dasa, it will depend on the Hora Lagna and Vilagna. Varnada Rasi is to be determined as follows:

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Varnada Rasi (Jataka Sara Sangraha)

For those born in odd signs, count from Aries to Lagna and Hora Lagna. If both the numbers obtained are either odd or even, add the two numbers. If one of them is odd and the other even, take their difference. Then count from Aries as many signs as are denoted by either of the numbers according to the conditions. The result will be the Varnada Rasi.

[Copy Editor: Please note that as explained in the first article in the series, Hora Lagna calculation, here is according to Jataka Sara Sangraha by Raghava Bhatta. The Hora Lagna (HL) shown by JHora shall not be used in this case. This variation of Hora Lagna will be provided in our open source program, and this version of Hora Lagna will be known by the name Savayava Hora Lagna (SHL)]

In the horoscope, counts up to Janma Lagna and Hora Lagna are 1 and 7 respectively. Since both are odd, take their sum 1+7 = 8 and count 8 rasis from Aries; thus Scorpio is the Varnada Sign.

Determination of the Rasi indicating Death: Consider the most afflicted Varnada dasa sign by malefics or the sign whose trines afflicted by malefics. That Sign brings about death of the native. In the above example, of the three signs, Scorpio, Aries and Cancer, Cancer is the most afflicted. Cancer is aspected by Saturn, Jupiter, Venus and Ketu, and Sun, Moon and Rahu are in 2 nd and 12 th house. Therefore Cancer Varnada Rasi Dasa will bring the death of the native.

Determination of the first Dasa: Choose the stronger of the Lagna and Hora Lagna. In our example, Lagna is Aries and Hora Lagna is Libra. Libra is stronger as there is a planet in it. From Libra, count 8 signs (8 being the number of Varnada Rasi, Scorpio); we get Taurus, for which the dasa period is 12 years.

The dasa periods are:

1. Libra 12 years 2. Scorpio 6 3. Sagittarius 11 4. Capricorn 1 5. Aquarius 2 6. Pisces 10 7. Aries 1 8. Taurus 7 9. Gemini 11 10.Cancer 8

‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 69 Years

‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Hence, the longevity is 69 years.

(Copy Editor: The duration of first dasa Libra is explained above. Next dasa is Scorpio. Counting 8 signs (the Varnada number for this chart) anti‐zodiacally from Scorpio gives Aries. So, the years for

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Aries are (from Aries to Sign occupied by Mars, Libra ‐ 1) 6 and these 6 years are the dasa years for Scorpio dasa. Similarly the other dasa signs may be worked out.)

Jyotish Kalpadrum

Prasna Related with Child Birth. (Page 58, Chapter related with child birth Prasna, Jyotish Kalpadrum)

1. When female nativity asks about the child birth, if at that time the Rahu is situated in lagna or Arudha lagna, predict the female is pregnant. Its certain, may be the pregnancy has happened only a day before.

2. If Moon is situated in Lagna with benefic planets, child birth will happen certainly. But if Moon is in 3 rd , 5 th or 9 th house with Sun and Venus child birth will not happen.

3. If Jupiter is situated in Lagna or Arudha or in 5 th , 7 th house in friendly sign child birth will happen, but if in inimical sign children will die at young age.

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Alok Jagawat is a young astrologer with

deep study in astrology. He is a Graphic Engineer and has done MA in Astrology He started astrology at a very young age of nineteen and has had many credible predictions to his credit. He likes to specialise in those areas of astrology which has been traditionally ignored. His website is www.gems-astrology.com

The Best Kept Secret of Pukhraj

By Alok Jagawat, India.

“Ratnen Shubhen Shubham Bhavati nripanamanishtamshuben” Yasmadtah parikshyam daivam ratnashritam tajagaye”

his is the first stanza from the chapter “Ratnaparikshadhyaya” from the ancient classic “Braht

Samitha”. It says that auspicious, clean and best quality gems bring prosperity to kings, and bad quality gems bring bad luck to kings. So an astrologer should always choose a gemstone with utmost care as gems are the harbinger of fortune.

The last line says it very clearly that gems have powers inside them; that they are the carriers of fate. But questions still get mounted in the mind as which stone is the true gemstone for a planet and this can also raise some controversy as well. Before writing this article, I shared this knowledge with many of my friends; and to my surprise and astonishment everybody tried to discourage me to write this article. I assure you that this article would remove all your doubts related to a very particular gemstone known as “Pukhraja”. I have been threatened to write this article as this will definitely bring down the businesses of people who have been selling a different gemstone as Pukhraja through all these years. I myself am; one of the culprits as I also sold the same gemstone calling it “Pukhraja”. I was not aware of it and I acted as been informed but researches and discovery into this subject has forced me to share this knowledge with everybody.

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Please note that I am writing this on the basis of proofs from Ancient classics and I am backed by the same classics that gave birth to the pure spirit of astrology.

The synonyms of Pukraja are: 1. Pushparagah 2. Manjumani 3. Vachaspati Vallabha 4. Pitah 5. Peetsphagtikam 6. Peetraktha 7. Pitaashm 8. Gururatnam 9. Peetmani 10. Pushpraja 11. Topaz

Most important in these synonyms is the colour of this gemstone which is Yellow. “Peeta” means yellow. But there are several gemstones which are yellow in colour. This includes yellow beryl, yellow sapphire, yellow topaz, yellow citrine and yellow tourmaline. So what exactly is Pukhraja or “Pushpragam”?. Please note that most of the commentators of classics have used the word “topaz” as the synonym for “Pukhraja”. Also nobody can claim that yellow sapphire was called topaz in those times; as topaz or pushparaga has a hardness of 8. Yellow sapphire has hardness of 9.

Today almost 99% of the astrologers and gemstone dealers sell yellow sapphire as “Pukhraja”. The reason is very simple. A clear and bright coloured yellow sapphire can cost you anywhere between Rs 5000 /carat to Rs 25000 /carat; depending on its size, cut, clarity & colour. But a real topaz can only cost you 2000 to 3000 Rs /carat in its utmost finest quality. Now there is a problem with yellow topaz as well. If you go to market to buy a yellow topaz, you will only end up with citrine which is far cheaper than yellow topaz itself. It is so controversial that if you happen to differentiate between topaz and citrine while buying it, the seller will strongly oppose it and you may get dejected as a fool.

First of all let me quote some classics texts to prove that “Pushragam” is the stone related to Jupiter: Vaidyanath (Describing Jupiter and its qualities):

“Devacharya Saukhyavigyansagara subhdo devejya jeevastubhaytovrajet purandaracharya dvipaat budhalayagramcharo guruh; trishat varshani guruh shakhadhipo jevah ; devta indrah; devjayasya cha Pushparaga”

Mantreshwar. Grahbhedadhyaya, sloka 29:

“Manikayam Tarne, sudharyamamalam muktaphalam sheetgo, Maheasya cha vidrum, markatam saumyasya garutmatam, Devdayasya cha pushpragam suramatyasya vajram shane”

Please note that weight of gemstone is not specified in classics. It is not necessary to wear gemstones in particular weights. It is clear and understandable that gems should be of certain weight and size so they can allow the light to pass through (which can be any size above a carat).

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Vrihadjataka, Vrhat Samhita, Rajvallabha, Rasratnasamuchya, Shushrut Shanita, Garud Purana , mention gems related to planets.

Manimala mentions different traits of “pushparagam”, sloka 388: “Aapeetpanduruchirah pashanah pushpragamsangyastu” A certain ash coloured stone having a beautiful yellowish shade goes by the name of topaz.

Please note that yellow sapphire belongs to corundum class and is found with blue sapphire. Topaz is an entirely different gemstone with a far lesser value then its popular false counterpart. For your benefit here is the technical structure of the gemstones as mentioned earlier:

Properties Yellow sapphire (Peela Neelam)

Yellow Topaz (Pukhraj)

Citrine (Sold as topaz)

Crystal System Trigonal orthorhombic trigonal crystal system

Crystal Habit six‐sided barrel shape tapering to pyramid terminations

elongate, prismatic

Enantiomorphic

Hardness Scale 9 8.00 7 to 7 1/2 Refractive Index (RI)

1.760 to 1.773 1.610 to 1.630 1.550.

Specific gravity (SG)

3.90 to 4.10 3.54 2.6 ‐ 2.7

Gem Colour Yellow Yellow Yellow Chemical Composition

Al2O3 Al2SiO4(F,OH)2 SiO2

Topaz or Pukhraja Yellow sapphire or Peela neelam

Citrine

As it must be clear through the pictures, all the three gemstones look equally alike and appear like Pukhraja. A true Pukhraja can only be determined through lab tests. It is generally clean and should not cost much. Yellow sapphire which is sold as Pukhraja is not pukhraja and it is a very expensive gemstone.

In Manimala sloka 395, author says: “ That a man who wears a faultlessly yellow topaz possessed of a beautiful shade, weighty, exceedingly cool, flawless, and perfectly round, reaps fame, heroism, happiness, wealth and length of

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days. That topaz which is spotted, rough, white, yet dirty, light, void of lustre and containing grits is noxious.”

Pukhraja or Topaz as known to ancients: This stone was called “Pittdoh” in Hebrew; by professor Aaron Pick, and “Pittoh” by Gesenius, who thought that it was derived from the Sanskrit word “Pitta” and that the Greek “Topasion” is a transposition from “Pittdoh” to “Tipdoh”. The topaz is one stone noticed in the Bible and was in the Middle Ages, considered to be the emblem of Apostle James the Younger. According to the ancients the topaz would become pale and obscure if it came in contact with the poison. It soothed anger and quenched the heat of boiling water. It drove away nightmares and sadness, strengthened the intellect, sharpened the wit, bestowed courage and if bound on the left arm or hung round the neck, set in gold, it dispelled enchantments.

Who Should One Wear A Pukhraja: ll gemstones should only be worn in the case when a certain planet associated to a gemstone is weak but benefic. The gemstone of malefic planet who are functional malefic should be strictly avoided. Topaz should be worn when Jupiter is benefic

but weakly placed in the horoscope. Good results from a weakly placed Jupiter in horoscope and Shadbala table can be acquired by wearing a clean and proper coloured Pukraj. Pukraj should not be worn with Rahu Ratna Gomedaka and Markat Mani or Emerald. It should be embedded in Gold and should be worn in Index finger of the right hand. It can also be embedded as a pendant in the necklace.

Weight: lease note that weight of gemstone is not specified in classics. It is not necessary to wear gemstones in particular weights. It is clear and understandable that gems should be of certain weight and size so they can allow the light to pass through (which can be

any size above a carat). But particular weights are not mentioned in classics. I have seen astrologers recommending gemstones in rattis and heavy weights without any specific reasons. This is a bogus practise and has no base behind it.

When It Should Be Worn: Topaz can be worn on a Thursday of a brighter lunar half. The ring should be offered milk and water. It should then be cleaned with clear water. A brihaspati beej mantra can be recited 108 times to bring auspiciousness to this object. According to “Ratna Prakasha” the ring should be worn during one and half hours before sunset.

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S.C. Kursija is a graduate of Delhi

University, Meerut University and the Homeopathic System of Medicines in Delhi. He has worked in various capacities for Delhi Homeopathy Medical Association (DHMA), and was founder and chief editor of their monthly journal, Hahnemann Homoeopathic Sandesh. He has received numerous awards and passed the Jyotish Visharad from the Indian Council of Astrological Sciences (Madras). He is a member of the faculty of Bhartiya Vidhya Bhawan and has taught astrology for ICAS, Madras Delhi Chapter-1. Currently, Dr. Kursija is General Secretary of all Indian Federation of Astrologers Societies. Dr. Kursija teaches astrology and Vaastu in various chapters, and has written on various topics of interest. He is particularly interested in hearing from fellow astrologers who have researched the topic of suicide in astrology. He can be contacted at sckursija@yahoo.com.

Nakshatra Padas in Ravana Samhita ‐

Mrigashira Nakshatra

By S.C.Kursija, India.

Copy Editors: Babban Singh, India & Renay

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lanets give different phalas (results) in each of the 27 nakshatras (lunar mansions).

These phalas relate to the quarter (charana/pada) of a nakshatra in which a planet is placed and the dristhi (aspect) of other planets that it receives. The beauty of Ravana Samhita is that a planet in one pada might give problematical results, whereas in the next pada of the same nakshatra it can give fortunate results. This difference is subtly highlighted and one that an intelligent student must not ignore. Here follows the fifth in this series of translations of Ravana Samhita, relating to the fifth asterism Mrigashira, which stretches from 53 degrees‐20 minutes to 66 degrees‐20 minutes of the natural zodiac. The Lord of this nakshatra is Mars.

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Mrigashira Nakshatra

Sun in Mrigashira

v If Sun is in Mrigashira nakshatra and aspected by Moon, the native earns through the articles related to water. Many women of the family depend on him.

v If Sun in Mrigashira nakshatra and is aspected by Mars, the native is brave and earns through bravery [Editor: such as being in army or police].

v If Sun in Mrigashira nakshatra and is aspected by Mercury, the native is handsome, intelligent and becomes a writer.

v If Sun in Mrigashira nakshatra and is aspected by Jupiter, the native has links with government, has close ties with the ruling party and earns/benefits through them.

v If Sun in Mrigashira nakshatra and is aspected by Venus, the native’s wife earns through business, and the native himself is in politics.

v If Sun in Mrigashira nakshatra and is aspected by Saturn, the native is very miserly and marries a lady who is elder to him. He has a few children.

Publishers Notes: Chart: Rock Star Prince

See his Sun is in Mrigasira and aspected by Saturn directly so one would expect him to marry an elderly lady. He had 2 marriages: the 1 st with Mayte Garcia‐Nelson who was 15 years younger to him and a 2 nd marriage with Manuela Testolini, 25, in a Jehovah's Witness ceremony in Hawaii on 12/31/2001. Both were distinctly younger to him and one can notice that Saturn is retrograde.

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Chart: Donald Trump

At the start of the text it says if sun is in Mrigashira and aspected by Moon the native will earn through water, here the native has earned through real estate. He was the son of a self made millionaire. Sun signifies father and it is the dispositor of Mars (land) in the 11H of inheritance of property (8 th from 4 th house of property). It is aspected by Moon who is debilitated but with Ketu. Some take Ketu for built buildings. He made his millions turning losing properties into winning games.

Sun in Mrigashira

First Pada v If Sun is in first pada the native is fond of flowers, fortunate, intelligent and has

attractive personality. He has a few children. He has diseases of throat, face or eyes.

Second Pada v If Sun is in second pada, he is dressed neatly, shining face, and has attractive personality.

He is fond of music. He has fear of water. He begets marriage at the age of 25 year.

Third Pada v If Sun is in 3 rd pada, the native deals in finance. He attains a fairly high position in his

field due to his intelligence. His son attains name and fame in research in science. He suffers from nasal or teeth problems from time to time.

Fourth Pada v If the Sun is in 4 th pada, the native does works for the benefit of public. If Mercury and

Moon are also in the same nakshtra, the native is extremely intelligent, good in rhetoric, and an expert astrologer. The native suffers from problem in throat.

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Moon in Mrigashira

v If the Moon is in Mrigashira nakshtra and aspected by Sun, the native lives in a village, is wealthy and earns his livelihood by lending his money on interest.

v If the Moon is in Mrigashira nakshatra and is aspected by Mars, the native gets separated from his first wife because of another woman. He displays cruel behavior with his mother.

v If Moon is in Mrigashira nakshtra and is aspected by Mercury, the native gets married within his relations. He gets honor due to his children and wealth.

v If Moon is in Mrigashira nakshatra and is aspected by Jupiter, he gets all the comforts of his life, with wife, children and wealth, and becomes famous.

v If Moon is in Mrigashira nakshatra and is aspected by Venus, he gets wealth from his mother’s side and his life is happy.

v If Moon is in Mrigashira nakshatra and is aspected by Saturn, the native is poor, there is danger to the longevity of mother, but his children are obedient. [Publisher: The word used is Ghatak for Mother if Moon is aspected by Saturn.]

Moon in Mrigashira

First Pada v If Moon is in first pada, the native becomes famous as a scholar, has more daughters, his

wife is beautiful, is of good character and is engaged in political or social work. She helps her husband in money matters. The native suffers from eye disease and joint pain.

Publishers Notes: Chart of John Forbes Kerry He ran for US Presidential race against George Bush in Nov 2004

There is a huge discrepancy on his birth time and those young ones who are interested can check out this link http://www.astrodatabank.com/nm/KerryJohn.htm. Now, if we go by the 8.03 am time or any time of birth his Moon will still be in Mrigasira and Ravana Samhita

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says that ‘his wife is beautiful, is of good character and is engaged in political or social work’

Wikipedia says ‘his wife Julia Thorne 1

became active in local environmental groups such as the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. Thorne supported Kerry's 2004 presidential run. She died of cancer on April 27, 2006.’ Now see all conditions are satisfied of Moon being in 1 st

pada of Mrigasira and additionally it is in 7H of wife with 6L of disease Mars and is retro, implying incurable disease. He came to public life in 2004 (7H). The result would be of its dispositor which goes to 12H of death and disease. She died in 2 years.

Second Pada v If Moon is in 2 nd pada, if moon and Lagna is on the same nakshtra, the native takes birth

in affluent and royal family and he is a good man. He will have an early and happy marriage. He will suffer in later half of life from bronchial asthma, tuberculosis, and other lung problem and heart diseases.

Third Pada v If Moon is in 3 rd pada, the native will have name and fame. His income is satisfactory. He

has to suffer in childhood. He will not get love and affection from his mother. He indulges in tobacco chewing and begets diseases due to that. He has mark on his back.

Fourth Pada v If Moon is in 4 th pada, the native is engaged in the profession of medicine, chemistry or

cosmetics. He gets more earning if he is in the profession of a doctor (vaidya). The male suffers from lung diseases and female suffers from menstrual problems.

Mars in Mrigashira

v If Mars is in the nakshtra of Mrigashira and aspected by Sun, the native likes to follow the path of righteousness and lives in a forest area. He hates females.

v If Mars is in the nakshatra of Mrigashira and is aspected by Moon, the native has respect for his mother but runs after prostitutes. He has to undergo a lot of troubles & obstacles in life.

v If Mars is in the nakshatra of Mrigashira and is aspected by Jupiter, the native will be blessed with a few children and little wealth.

v If Mars is in the nakshatra of Mrigashira and is aspected by Mercury, the native loves music and dance. He loves his friends a lot.

v If Mars is in the nakshatra of Mrigashira and is aspected by Venus, the native gains a high political post or high post in army.

v If Mars is in the nakshatra of Mrigashira and is aspected by Saturn, the native is a rogue, a villain.

Publishers Notes: Politicians For Mars in Mrigashira and aspected or conjoined by Venus the text says native gains high political or army post but only 6 charts were found of natives in mediocre posts in army or navy in our database. Also 7 charts were found of highly placed politicians.

Chart: Czech President

1 John Kerry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry#Family

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Czech president, one of the organizers of the Communist Party in Czechoslovakia, a despot. He was a carpenter before entering politics. As one can see, his Mars is in Mrigashira and aspected by Venus as per the text promising him a high post in politics.

Chart: Canadian Prime Minister

Canadian politician, the Prime Minister of Canada from 1930‐1935. He has Mars in Mrigasira conjoined with Venus.

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Other Example: Name: TUNNEY, JOHN V. Date: 6/26/1934 Time: 12:30 EDT (+5:00) Gender: M Place: New York, NY Lat: 40 N 42 Lng: 74 W 00 Biography: American politician who first became interested in politics from his involvement in the Kennedy campaign in 1958. Relocated to California, he opened a law office and ran for Congress and became the youngest Senator at the time, age 36 in 1971.

Mars in Mrigashira

First Pada v If Mars is posited in 1st pada, the native is rhetoric, (has harsh speech) he is always in

dearth of money. He has responsibility of maintaining a large family. His span of life is short. He may lose his wife early. If the lagna is in Vishakha nakshtra the native may not have any child. He suffers from high fever, discharges and inflammation of glands.

Second Pada v If Mars posited in 2nd pada, the native brings bad luck (ghatak) to his family. He brings

bad name to his family by his misdeeds. He suffers from chronic disease such as back ache, pain in spine and other rheumatic problems.

Third Pada v If Mars posited in 3 rd pada and lagna also in Mrigashira, one takes birth in poor family.

He suffers from boils on face. He is clever in business but suffers from diseases repeatedly.

Publisher: It is not clear if lagna can be anywhere in Mrigashira or it has to be in the 3 rd pada only to give the result of one taking birth in poor family.

Fourth Pada v If Mars in 4 th pada, one suffers from heredity problems. He has no happiness in his

marital life as his wife remains frequently sick. He suffers from diseases of throat and other diseases.

Mercury in Mrigashira

v If Mercury is posited in the nakshtra of Mrigashira and aspected by Moon, the health of the native will be good. The native gives a lot in charity, has great honor in the society and looks after his family with ease.

v If Mercury is posited in the nakshatra of Mrigashira and aspected by Sun (should be conjunct with Sun, as Sun cannot aspect Mercury in rasi chart), the native has high education, is learned, interested in studies and teaching, and joins a profession in government.

v If Mercury is posited in the nakshatra of Mrigashira and aspected by Mars, the native is full of anger and takes pleasure in destroying things.

v If Mercury is posited in the nakshatra of Mrigashira and aspected by Jupiter, the native fulfills his promises, is a firm believer, devoted to others and the leader of intelligent people.

v If Mercury is posited in the nakshatra of Mrigashira and aspected by Venus, he enjoys his life in all walks of life, he is a successful business man, fortunate and wealthy.

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v If Mercury is posited in the nakshatra of Mrigashira and aspected by Saturn, the native suffers from penury. He has to face obstacles at each step of life. He falls into troubles & obstacles due to his friends.

Mercury in Mrigashira

First Pada v If Mercury is posited in the 1 st pada, the native is pious in character, intelligent and

wealthy. He suffers due to short memory in his old age due to mental imbalance.

Second Pada v If Mercury is posited in the 2 nd pada, the native earns through menial jobs. He is jealous

of wealth and grandeur of others. He has many male children and only one daughter. He suffers from throat diseases, teeth, small‐pox and bronchitis.

Third Pada v If Mercury is posited in the 3 rd pada, the native is intelligent, has patience and is always

hopeful. He loves women and marries more than once. He has a defect in speech. He may suffer from tuberculosis.

Fourth Pada v If Mercury is posited in the 4 th pada, the native is fortunate, religious, gets medium

education, but is famous due to his hard labor. He is on high post having many servants. He suffers from mental imbalance, defect in speech, and other diseases of the body.

Jupiter in Mrigashira

v If Jupiter posited in the nakshtra of Mrigashira and aspected by Sun, the native is blessed with wealth, position‐fame and servants. He is working on some high post and has close links with the ruler.

v If Jupiter posited in the nakshatra of Mrigashira and aspected by Moon, the native is wealthy, has all pleasures and is extravagant.

v If Jupiter posited in the nakshatra of Mrigashira and aspected by Mars, the native is fortunate, has patience and intelligent but his marital life is not happy.

v If Jupiter posited in the nakshatra of Mrigashira and aspected by Mercury, the native has high education, virtuous, and endowed with riches.

v If Jupiter posited in the nakshatra of Mrigashira and aspected by Venus, the native has dignified personality, enjoys the company of beautiful women. He earns through items used by women.

v If Jupiter posited in the nakshatra of Mrigashira and aspected by Saturn, the native is learned in different languages. He gains praise due to own labor. His wife has harsh behavior.

Publisher: With all above verses of Jupiter in Mrigashira it makes sense with the natural karakatwa (significations) of those planets adding the flavor except the last one. Here, aspect on Jupiter, the 9 th lord of marriage and higher studies of natural zodiac, by Saturn, it is not clear why that should give learning of different languages. Mrigashira is placed in the natural 2 nd house and 3 rd house of languages, but why should Saturn’s aspect make the native

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multi‐dimensional in languages is not understood in our limited knowledge. Saturn is harsh and it aspecting Jupiter in natural 2 nd house of family which may make the natives marriage partner harsh.

Jupiter in Mrigashira

First Pada v If the Jupiter is posited in the 1 st pada, the native has fluctuating mind but has nature to

learn more. The native has strong muscular body, wealth, name and fame. Still the native is not satisfied. If the lagna is also in the same pada (1 st ) of this nakshatra, the native has fair color skin and beautiful eyes. The native suffers from knots in nerves in the hands and feet, a hunchback, or can suddenly become physically disabled.

Second Pada v If Jupiter is posited in 2 nd pada, the native will have close links with rulers or with

politicians. If the ascendant has the same nakshatra pada (2 nd ) and Jupiter has relations with lagna, the native will be highly educated, intelligent and will have an attractive personality.

Third Pada v If Jupiter is posited in 3 rd pada, the native has less happiness from children and wife. The

native is a miser, will have doubts on the members of her/his family. He suffers from blood diseases or heart trouble.

Fourth Pada v If Jupiter is posited in 4 th pada, the native is wealthy. He receives posts and honors from

rulers. He understands the psychology of others as a physician and will be a very intelligent person. He suffers from eye diseases or bowel disorders.

Venus in Mrigashira

v If Venus is posited in Mrigashira nakshatra and is aspected by Sun, the native has a beautiful and fortunate wife. The native gets wealth (after marriage and) due to his wife.

Publishers Notes: Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy married two of the world’s most powerful men, 1 st President John F Kennedy and then on 10/20/1968 she married Aristotle Onassis, the world's richest man. She has Venus in Mrigashira and got wealth due to the spouse, her birth details are 28 th

July 1929, 14.40 time, Southampton, NY, USA – 25Li Asc.

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v If Venus is posited in Mrigashira nakshatra and is aspected by Moon, the mother of the native has high status in society; the native in turn also enjoys a very high social position in society.

v If Venus is posited in Mrigashira nakshatra and is aspected by Mars, the native will be cheated in marriage; wealth is spent on low type of women folk.

v If Venus is posited in Mrigashira nakshatra and is aspected by Mercury, the native is cheerful and fortunate.

v If Venus is posited in Mrigashira nakshatra and is aspected by Jupiter, the native will have a good wife, children and wealth.

v If Venus is posited in Mrigashira nakshatra and is aspected by Saturn, the native suffers from the hands of his father‐in‐law’s family and his wife.

Venus in Mrigashira

First Pada v If the Venus is posited in 1 st pada, the native is expert in music, dance and drama and fine

arts. He earns through fine arts or through acting. He indulges in sensual acts and sexual joys. He gets an award (puraskar) for his arts or acting skills.

Second Pada v If posited in 2 nd pada, the native has more association with women. He helps the needy

with whatever he has in his hands. He will be generally healthy but may suffers from kidney’s diseases, swelling, tuberculosis, and rheumatism.

Third Pada v If posited in 3 rd pada, he will be expert in shastras, music, dance and drama, he earns

through dance and drama and fine arts. If Venus is aspected by a malefic planet, he will have two marriages. He native gets auspicious results in the main period of Venus. The native starts earning at the age of 13 years. He will have mixed results in his life. He may suffer from headache and liver problems.

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Fourth Pada v If posited in 4 th pada, the native has noble character, will have short to moderate height

and a muscular body. He is a poet or a writer. He has mole on his face. If the lagna in Pushya nakshtra, he has two marriages or has extra marital relations. He has venereal diseases or glandular diseases.

Saturn in Mrigashira

v If Saturn is posited in the nakshtra of Mrigashira and aspected by Sun, the native is learned in Vedas and shastras. But most of his life will be dependent on others for his day to day requirements.

v If Saturn is posited in the nakshatra of Mrigashira and is aspected by Moon, he attains high position in the political field and becomes the head of a department of the government.

v If Saturn is posited in the nakshatra of Mrigashira and aspected by Mars, the native becomes an officer of the army and has a respectable ideal family.

v If Saturn is posited in the nakshatra of Mrigashira and aspected by Mercury, the native works under females and remains under criticism for his bad character.

v If Saturn is posited in the nakshatra of Mrigashira and aspected by Jupiter, he becomes an equal partner in happiness and sorrow of others. He is always ready to help the others without giving any thought.

v If Saturn is posited in the nakshatra of Mrigashira and aspected by Venus, the native is landlord or friend of the officers of the government. He enjoys women and wine.

Publishers Notes: Chart of B Suryanarayain Rao

Grandfather of Prof B V Raman, Mr. Rao was a very famous astrologer and visited by many government officials of his time and also the Maharaja of Mysore, government officials

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indicated by the text. One can see that his Saturn is posited in Mrigasira Nakshatra and is aspected by Venus.

Saturn in Mrigashira First Pada v If Saturn is posited in the Mrigashira nakshtra in 1 st pada, he is tall and narrow chest,

blackish complexion, curly hairs, and weak in monetary point of view. The wife of the native will be unchaste, if aspected by Venus or Jupiter. He suffers from the diseases of teeth and hairs.

Publishers Notes: Diseases of Teeth & hairs

This natives Saturn is in the 1 st pada of Mrigasira and one can see that Mrigasira 1 st pada comes in Taurus which in the natural zodiac comes in the 2H of teeth and sustenance of hair. The natives 80% teeth are in extreme bad condition having undergone root canal treatment & his hair is grey from the age of 15 when he really noticed it. By now 40% of his hair is grey even though he is 36 years old. As per the text the wife will be unchaste if this Saturn is aspected by Venus or Jupiter, here both conditions are applied. The native’s girlfriend was found to be unchaste having a triangular relationship, this girlfriend was in his life when he was 32 years old which is the 8H as per Bhrighu Chakra Paddathi. Here Jupiter is placed aspecting the Saturn.

Second Pada v If posited in 2 nd pada, he has friendship with bad character people. He is extravagant. He

is engaged in business but does not gain. The speed at which he will rise in life with the same speed he will fall down in life. He may become bankrupt by spending his money on enjoyment with females & other pleasures of life.

Third Pada v If posited in 3 rd pada, and lagna is posited in Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra and if the chart

be of a female she will conceive even before marriage ceremony. The male native may be employed in security jobs.

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v If posited in 4 th pada, the native may have defect in limb at the time of birth or afterwards can become handicapped throughout his life. He shifts to another place from his birth and commits bad deeds in secret. He suffers from asthma or lungs diseases.

Rahu in Mrigashira First Pada v If the Rahu is posited in Mrigashira nakshtra 1 st pada, the native is financially affluent.

He earns reputation by his good deeds. The native suffers from epilepsy, white leprosy or intestine or stomach diseases.

American best‐selling author of popular fiction books. Five of her books have sold more than 60 million copies worldwide in 20 languages. In 1979, "Princess Daisy" cut a milestone in book publishing when it was sold to paperback for a record‐breaking $3.2 million. The text says the native will be financially affluent and here her Rahu is in the 1 st pada of Mrigashira in the 3H of writing and she made her millions from writing.

Second Pada v If posited in 2 nd pada, the native is foolish, short tempered. However he gets sudden gain of

wealth.

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The text says sudden gain of wealth. Note here that he has Rahu in 2 nd pada of Mrigashira in the 6h of fighting & sports, he made his millions from Rocky (Sports) & Rambo Series (fighting). Now the story goes like this in almost his own words ‘I had $106 in my bank and they raised the price for Rocky script from $60,000 to $1 million dollars but I refused, finally they budged and I became Rocky….”

Ex‐President George Bush Jr. bought the Texas Rangers in 1989. His original investment there of $600,000 would eventually be worth an estimated $10 million. 6H is the house of sports & competition, the arudha of this house is the 11H being 6 th from 6 th and you can see that Rahu in 2 nd pada of Mrigashira is placed in the 11H of sports giving him the money as hinted by the text.

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Rahu is in the 11 th house of gains in 2 nd pada of Mrigashira, indicating huge wealth. Now what is 8H? It signifies transformation, so 8 th from any house shows its transformation and 8 th from 4H of property would show transformation of properties. Donald Trump one of the richest property dealers made a fortune estimated at $1 billion by finding and buying losing properties and turning (transforming) them around.

Third Pada v If posited in 3 rd pada, the native is greedy. He is engaged in low type of deeds. He gives

trouble to others due to his bad deeds. He is jealous of the prosperity of others. He always apprehends dangers from his enemy. He suffers from his own deeds.

Fourth Pada v If posited in 4 th pada, he is engaged in research work. His children obey him. His

character is doubtful, but he has respect & love for his own wife.

Ketu in Mrigashira

First Pada v If Ketu is posited in Mrigashira nakshtra in 1 st pada, the native faces many ups‐down in

his life. He has many children. He earns little money by his own efforts. However, due to good children who would take care of him, he spends peaceful life in his old age. He suffers from diseases of eyes.

Second Pada v If Ketu is posited in 2 nd pada, the native has a defect in his limb but will be a great scholar.

He is engaged in upliftment of handicapped people. He suffers from throat or tongue defect.

Third Pada v If he is posited in 3 rd pada, the native spends his time in talks of ills of others or is jealous

of others. He suffers from rheumatism, gout & skin diseases.

Fourth Pada v If he is posited in 4 th pada, the native is engaged in sinful deeds. He has bad character. He

suffers from various diseases. He has no penny and is bankrupt by his own deeds.

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Sage Bhrighu’s Blessings

Bhrighu Saral Paddathi – 3 & 4 By

Saptarishis Astrology

ith Obeisance to Lord Ganapathi, Lord Bhrighu & Lord Saturn, we thank them for BSP 1 & 2 and now let’s move to BSP 3 & 4. In order to cut short the number of articles these two techniques are combined in one form & this is indeed one

of the major ways of seeing Karma. It truly reveals ones karma if one knows the full life story of an individual and you would see the dance of karma play out in real life. The examples that are used may sound harsh but the intention is never to paint a black picture but to get faith in the techniques as most of us know the lives of these individuals, hence at times we would not spell out the way Karma is enacting in those charts but leave it for the erudite astrologer to ‘read between the lines’. We expect the reader to have read the Publitorial of this issue where these methods have been explained in detail.

Sage Bhrighus Easy Methodology ‐ Bhrighu Saral Paddathi 3 & 4

BSP 3: Wherever Saturn sits, he becomes Judge Dredd or Emperor (Shahenshah) and he shouts ‘I Am The Law’.

It is that house where a) Karma is unfinished & you ‘Need’ to finish it. b) You will or can make mistakes concerning significations of that house c) You will be Judged for your mistakes – there is no 99% in this.

If the Universal Law is not followed in that house, Saturn will destroy that house as He is the Law

BSP 4: Wherever Saturn sits he ‘Spoils/Destroys/Activates’ one of the significations of the 2 nd house from it. That He passes on the judgment of this house (where he is placed) on to the 2 nd house from it.

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BackGround on BSP 4 & Its Importance: 1. The technique outlined in BSP 4 was first learned by us in the passing in just one line

from an astrologer whom we fondly called the ‘Guaranteed Astrologer’ about whom we had written in KNRs ‘Jyotish List’. To write in brief about him, well we were sent to him by mentor who knew him since 20 years and after seeing our chart he said ‘after 10 months you would get job, these are the 4 dates in that month, out of which for 2 I take guarantee’. As he was the only astrologer who took guarantee for his prediction we called him the ‘Guaranteed Astrologer’. Mentor had sent us to him so that we could learn from him and unfortunately we could learn nothing, but a great fondness for him was there and so far in our experience he has been the greatest predictor we ever met, the purpose of our appreciating this astrologer to this extent is not to undermine any other persons competence which we know can be higher than even this level of excellence which unfortunately has stayed beyond our reach. He died on 31 st Aug 2007, the same month & year beloved C S Patel died. This astrologer always had a cigarette lit and would speak in his accent which was undecipherable, he would go on and on predicting and after one hour one would had to stop him. He never used anything apart from Rasi Chart & Moon Asc chart, no divisional’s, didn’t spend more than 5 minutes on a chart before he blurted everything out, did his Vimshottari dasa calculations by hand and his writing was undecipherable like his speech. He was the astrologer of some celebrities including Amitabh’s daughter and in front of mentor he had predicted the exact date of gain of Chief Ministership position to one of the most powerful Chief Ministers of India & the CM had replied to the guaranteed astrologer that it’s impossible since ‘Iron Lady is not considering me at the moment’. We can go on with his Bollywood clientele lists but the reason he is the ‘Hero of Heroes’ is he read only 1 book in English by a famous writer, 4‐5 issues of an English astro magazine & then threw it, never had a single astro book in his house and he resorted to only Hindi Ephemeris and learnt astrology from the ephemeris & through the greatest guru ‘Observation’. His rules of prediction were far different from normal astrology but it worked like the wind & far more astonishingly than anything we

have known. A true Eklavya 1

of Jyotish he proved his mettle and even though he smoked and drank but was far better a human being than most of us. He was one of the 2 astrologers whom we met so far who offered money to a jobless client.

One of the most important rules of mentor is never to talk or write about or take names of people who are dead, maybe because ones soul’s journey should carry on and memories or desires of people still on earth should not act as an attachment in bringing the soul back. But since it is the issue of giving credit we have referred to his nick name though breaking mentors rule for which he may kindly forgive upon reading this.

2. Later we learnt same method from another source & that it was a Bhrighu Technique, but since we heard it first from the guaranteed astrologer this must be dedicated to him.

1 Publisher: Eklavya is a character in Mahabharatha the epic from India where the student did not have

a physical guru but only in mental form. The Guaranteed astrologer’s techniques have been quietly given in the first 3 volumes of SA in the palm leaf sections, which is after the articles, for readers to read & test aggressively; whenever you would find a strange rule in the palm leaf section you would know it’s him though it has been observed that many miss his methods.

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3. Three months ago when we were discussing BSP 1 & 2 with our beloved friend Shanmukha and told him about this BSP‐4 technique, he immediately retorted that in rural coastal Andhra Pradesh (this state is known for developing astrology phenomenally like Kerala in India) the village astrologers use this technique and he said they almost ignore the other 3,7,10 aspects of Saturn and give major importance to Saturn’s 2 nd aspect.

Having given due credit and importance let us see the logic behind it.

Logic of Saturn’s 1H aspect & 2 nd H aspect he issue with any logic in astrology is it need not be accepted and this is the reason Strict Gurus never teach others students and never write in magazines as they are content with themselves and do not want uninvited criticism as it is the job of most

wannabe scholars to only criticize. At times there is only philosophical logic that the teacher might be aware of. In our lecture on 26 th Jan 2009 in Ahmadabad city where nearly 20 BSP methods were revealed among 200 astrology students including 50 stalwarts, the question put to us strongly was to reveal the logic of each method. In BSP 1 & 2, one can give exact logic

and even show its decoding from Parasara’s 2

BPHS with the exact shloka from it, but if one does that then people might think the attempt is to show to the world that previous Gurus have not learnt BPHS till date and that should never be our intention.

When it comes to BSP 3 & 4 let’s visit a Puranic Story that all of us know about.

Puranas When Lord Ganapathi was created by Mother Parvati, she invited all the Gods to visit and bless the child Ganapathi. When Saturn was standing in the queue with his head down he was asked by Parvati as to why he is not seeing Ganapthi and blessing him, then Saturn advised her that his sight is cursed and it would bring calamity on Lord Ganapathi. Goddess Parvati forced him to see and we know the story of how Ganapathi lost his head.

What is to be learnt is Saturn signifies sorrow, grief as he carries the bagof one’s bad karma (good too and this is the key) and where he (the house he is placed in) there this will come and being an orderly gentleman he would want you to bring to order the significations of the house he is placed in. This is BSP‐3. Now as soon as he starts moving his head up in order to move forward, he would look at the house next to himself as that’s the path of his journey, so he looks up to the 2 nd house hence he destroys that house too but if our karma is good he will not cause harm and this is where you would find the technique not working and thus you judge how the planet is behaving irrespective of shadbalas etc.

Astro Logic adesathi means when Tr Saturn moves into the 12 th house to ones natal moon, then on natal moon and then next to natal moon – covering 3 houses. As per most authorities this is the worst period in native’s life. So let’s assume that Saturn is in 12th house

from natal Moon, now what is this 12 th house it is ‘house of loss & also comforts’ and being 12 th from Moon it signifies loss of one’s mental happiness, when will this happen when there are troubles of the worst kind, now who is causing this it is Saturn, which means Saturn where he sits (12 th from moon) is causing loss and discomforts and harming the 2 nd from it – which is moon, the mental happiness which means everything. Thus the logic of BSP 4 is gotten that Saturn spoils and destroys the 2 nd from it provided other factors don’t intervene. The

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logic of BSP 3 can be derived from Tr Saturn on natal moon – it causes high grief, only when there is unfinished karma we get punished by Saturn. Ofcourse there is more to ‘this sade sati method’ and it must be reserved for another article in order to not lose focus. If you observe this way of looking at Sadesati it has not been revealed so far and if you re‐read it couple of times you would get a far bigger key to decode other shlokas. Let’s now test BSP 3 & 4 on nine charts.

Chart 1: Maryada Purushottama – Lord Shree Ram

How do you tell in an instant the life story of a native upon seeing his chart, it is Saturn at times who shows it to you in an instant at times. BSP 3: Where Saturn sits there karma is remaining

As explained in Nov 2008 issue containing BSP 1, we are taking the traditional chart of Ram and not going into the varieties. Now see Saturn is in the 4H of throne and mother, he had to let go of his throne due to his step mother, in one sec anyone can co‐relate his life story which does not mean everyone with Saturn in 4H will have same story, it only means he had pending karma towards his step mother and by obeying her wishes he let go of the throne and finished his karma there. Now 4H is the house of chastity and he was forced to publicly question as a king the chastity of his wife and not as a husband it is said. Consequently Sita Mata had to undergo the fire test. It was this same Saturn sitting in the 4H which showed the pending karma in terms of Chastity issues, incidentally Saturn signifies the working class or ones servants and Lord Ram did this action when he heard a washer man couple (Libra) talking about Sita’s chastity. Now what will be the result of this action of questioning the chastity of a woman (Saturn in 4H), where will the result go, it will go into the house 2 nd from it and that is the reason if one does mistake in issues where Saturn sits the 2 nd house from it is destroyed. The 2 nd house from the 5H is the house of love and one’s children and gains from marriage (11 th from 7 th ), and consequently Shree Ram had to suffer the consequence of his wife leaving him, losing his love (5 th house of love) and losing his children (5H of children) and at the same time later on had to fight his children in

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battle. Can you imagine a father fighting his own children and now knowing they are his own children?

Chart 2: Indira Gandhi

Natal Saturn is in the 1H of self, her life was a sorrow and she did what Saturn does best serve people. She slept only for 4 hrs a day and rest she devoted to people. Where Saturn sits there karma is unfinished and karma is left to be done, Saturn sits in the sign of Cancer, the sign of mother, she almost became Mother India and at times cold (Saturn). Saturn destroys the 2 nd from it, and the 2 nd from it is the 2 nd house of family, her family life was destroyed, living separately from her husband, finally her husband died at a early age, in her family she had 2 children one got killed in air crash, 2 nd blown to pieces by terrorists what family life is left. In conclusion 1 st house is body and 2 nd house is maraca sthana (death house) she herself (self‐body) got the worst death in terms of physical death.

Chart 3: Jawaharlal Nehru (1889‐1964)

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Saturn sits in 2 nd house of family; he almost had no family life. His family consisting of daughter married against his wishes to a man from out of his community. In India till now this is prevalent. His family consisting of daughter and grandchildren suffered the worst death. Now use BSP‐4, Saturn destroys one of the significations of the 2 nd house from it which is the house of brothers and sisters. In olden & even current India, one desire’s only brothers and no sisters as one needs to pay dowry for the sisters and the pressure of getting your sister married is too much on brothers and family. So desire is for brothers but Saturn sitting in 2H has destroyed one of the significations of the 3H which is brothers and he had no brother, next one of his two sisters did not get along with him. Next see which is the planet in the 2 nd from Saturn, it is Mars, who is this Mars significator of siblings, his siblings never could make it as big as him (Nehru). Now this Mars is 5L of children and love affairs and 10L of career, so one of it would be destroyed or altered. He was a lawyer by profession and his career changed into being a freedom fighter not what a wealthy father who was in the good books of the Britisher’s would want for his son. Mars being 5L of children is spoilt by Saturn whose 2 nd aspect falls on it and his daughters end was terrible. Mars is also 5L of love, being spoilt by 8L of scandals Saturn through his 2 nd aspect, his relationship with Lady Mountbatten was frowned upon.

3 rd house is the house of initiative, where Mars (initiative, aggression, army general) is placed being destroyed by 2 nd aspect of Saturn. It was during the Chinese Invasion of India in the 60s, Nehru was accused by many of not having the initiative to give them a bitter

fight and drive them out. Famous journalist Arun Shourie 3

writes India’s crushing rout in 1962 hastened the death of Nehru, “a fervent patriot,” according to Shourie, who “misled himself and thereby brought severe trauma upon the country, a country that he loved and served with such ardour”. The defeat transformed Nehru from a world statesman to a beaten, shattered politician.

Chart 4: Sarah, Duchess of York

She was married to Prince Andrew, on 7/23/1986. It was hoped that marriage to fiery Fergie would tame him but they played hard together and separately, and parted on 3/19/1992. An official palace announcement of their divorce came on 4/16/1996.

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Saturn is in the 3H the house of marriage of husband (9 th from 7 th house) and being in the 3H it shows mistakes through 3H of free will, this cannot be ignored. Next it is in the sign of Sagittarius the religious marriage 9 th sign of Natural Zodiac, here Saturn sits so Karma is pending here and mistakes can happen here this is what astrologer needs to advice client when he sees such a chart. Next natal Saturn in 3H will destroy 2 nd to it which is 4H of ‘Life’s Stability’ and ‘Home Life’. Due to break in marriage there is no home life is old ones interpret. Readers who know the chart of a famous Delhi astrologer who has never been married would know that Saturn is placed in his 3H thereby giving him no home life i.e. no marriage.

Chart 5: Loni Anderson

She had an early marriage to Salesman Bruce Hasselberg that lasted three months and gave birth to a daughter, Deidra Hoffman, in 1965. Her second marriage was to actor Ross Bickell on 1/28/1974; the marriage lasted for seven years. After six years together, she married Burt Reynolds on 4/29/1988 which was her 3 rd marriage. In January 1994, they entered a bitter divorce battle with custody and money fights. Reynolds in turn flaunted his extramarital affair and accused her of being a lousy mother. In her book, Anderson does not conceal the history of her own love life, including an affair with actor John Gavin and a romance that developed into a sex addiction for her former WKRP co‐star Gary Sandy. In 2008 she married Bob Flick.

Interpretation is the Master Key experienced astrologers hold whereas when we are young we haste to denounce a new method. See this case Saturn is in the 11H so it will show grief,

unfinished karma & mistakes in the 11H of children and marriage 4

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of children and marriage area. Next Saturn in 11H will destroy 12H of sex and bed pleasures, but as per case history one would say she has had bed pleasures, the issue here is of smart interpretation which elderly and successful astrologers have and taking a cue from them, we should interpret it as 11H Saturn destroys the happiness of 12H of bed pleasures and fortune of home life (9 th from 4 th – 9 th is fortune, 4 th is home life). So it has given her bed pleasures but no peace from it but bad name due to it. Finding about the existence of peace or absence of it in any area of life is astrology and hence this example was used as the rule of 2 nd from Saturn needs to be finely understood. Also, it is not at all a good point to use someone’s chart to analyze their personal life and his/her chastity but this writer would like to apologize for it.

Chart 6: Huge Family Wealth at Stake

The native is dedicated astrologer & businessman, his father’s partner has siphoned off 500 odd crores of their wealth ($100 million dollars). See Saturn sits in the 11H of wealth & gains so there is unfinished karma in this and within this life the mistake will happen, they trusted someone and money gone. Now see 2 nd from Saturn is the 12H of fathers wealth (4 th

house of fortune from 9 th house of father), this money is actually fathers money, his whole fortune. So this way one finds out the ‘Real Planet’ involved and get the remedies done.

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30 yrs ago faced major accident and was hospitalized for more than 3 years with more than 8 operations within one year. In the accident 5 people in car, one person died, one persons leg dislocated till now, the woman’s husband also got major injuries. This accident happened 6‐7 months before the birth of the son of the lady, which means child was in the womb.

Now see Saturn is in 2H of family life, the moment one gets family Karma will be activated, Saturn is the 5L of children & the Putrakaraka (child significator) too. So Saturn sitting in the 2H shows the unfinished karma, now where and how will it act out in real life, when the native travels which means 3H of travelling, and this 3H is 2 nd from Saturn, the story is completed when woman travelled and accident happened.

Chart 9: Late Dr. B. V. Raman

Natal Saturn is in the 4H of education in the sign of Taurus which is the 2H of Kala Purusha Kundali which means again education especially taken by south Indian astrologers. And this Saturn is placed together with Moon the 4L of Kalapurusha Kundali and again 4H of education it hints at, so you can see Dr Ramans life was a Debt (Moon is 6L of debts) and his starting the astrological magazine was a debt to society that he had to pay, especially since Saturn is the 12L of ‘Extreme Karmic Debts’. For the Jaimini enthusiasts see it this way Moon is AK (Atma‐Soul) and Saturn is GK (Debts), this moon Saturn combo was his ‘Soul’s Debt’ & by grace of God he probably repaid the debt. Wise astrologers should mark this difference between doing an act vs repayment of karmic debt when they predict on a chart.

See a publisher like Dr Raman is often flooded with articles and requests of higher ups to publish articles even though it might not be of great quality and a strict publisher has the toughest job of refusing even great astrologers who might not be great writers. This creates enmity and at times errors of judgment on parts of publishers. But an error is an error and that karma won’t be wiped off easily. One would not talk more on this 4H of Saturn but stalwarts know what is meant here if they know life story of native/s. The result of this is the 2 nd aspect of

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Saturn which comes here to the 5H of children, thereby spoiling it and unfortunately Dr Raman’s son Surya Prakash died at a very young age and if Surya Prakash had stayed long enough he would have become far greater than Dr Raman according to many.

Mistakes In Interpretation he difference between young ones and balanced minds of experienced astrologers is the wise one does not take a simple technique like above literally in all charts, he observes and observes and interprets with his dhi (intelligence). Suppose you see

Saturn in the 12H and the native has no problems in terms of bed pleasures, he is loyal to his wife and not unchaste and is a spiritualist/yogi kind of then Saturn will never destroy the 2 nd from it. This technique will not work, how can it work when the basic tenet of native not committing mistake in the house where Saturn sits is followed how will Saturn harm.

Master Key he key to master any Bhrighu Saral Paddathi (Bhrighu Easy Methodology) is the mastery over significations of houses. It is something that we learn as basics and unfortunately most ignored point in basics that would make you a master astrologer.

This writer has developed a habit which has stood him in good stead over time, which is mostly for the busy astrologer & would like to pass this on to others. Whenever you see a classic and feel it’s too tough for now and meaningless for you, then just read the houses chapter, read each classic and their houses chapter, re‐read and re‐read and then think there only 10‐12 significations per house is given in each classic which makes the total to 144 roughly and actually in life there are 800 minute significations of life, so where are the other 650 significations, which houses they are. Then just think and think and it would become a beautiful journey. It is for this reason we respect a man who saw Saturn, Mars & Rahu in the 10H and said to his client that ‘Saturn would destroy the 2 nd from it which is 11H. Did your wife have an abortion and is your marriage life pathetic. The man replied yes.’ The man never asked his clients Asc or other planets, just what is there in the 10H.

Incidentally the house 3 rd from where Saturn is placed in the deciding factor for the above techniques.

‘Dedicated to the Holy Feet of Lord Bhrighu & ‘The Guaranteed Astrologer’

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Vamadeva (Dr. Frawley) is a unusual western

born knowledge-holder in the Vedic tradition. He carries many special Vedic ways of knowledge (vidyas), which he passes on to students in India and in the West. In India, Vamadeva is recognized not only as a Vedacharya (Vedic teacher), but also as a Vaidya (Ayurvedic doctor), Jyotishi (Vedic astrologer), Puranic (Vedic historian) and a Yogi. He is a visiting professor for the Vivekananda Yoga Kendra in Bangalore, India, a government approved deemed university for yogic and Vedic studies and also a teacher with the Sringeri Shankaracharya Math, the most central of the traditional Vedantic centers in India. In India, Vamadeva's translations and interpretations of the ancient Vedic teachings have been given great acclaim in both spiritual and scholarly circles. In America he is more known as a teacher and practitioner of Ayurvedic medicine and of Vedic astrology (Jyotish) and has done pioneering work on both these subjects in the West.

The Original Teachings of Yoga:

From Patanjali Back to

Hiranyagarbha By

Vamadeva Shastri (David Frawley), USA

Many people today look to Patanjali, the compiler of the Yoga Sutras, as the father or founder of the greater system of Yoga. While Patanjali’s work is very important and worthy of profound examination, a study of the ancient literature on Yoga reveals that the Yoga tradition is much older.

The traditional founder of Yoga Darshana or the ‘Yoga system of philosophy’ – which the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali represents – is usually said to be Hiranyagarbha. It is nowhere said to be Patanjali. The Mahabharata (Shanti Parva 349.65), the great ancient text in which the Bhagavad Gita of Sri Krishna occurs, states: “Kapila, the teacher of Samkhya, is said to be the supreme Rishi. Hiranyagarbha is the original knower of Yoga. There is no one else more ancient.”

Elsewhere in the Mahabharata (Shanti Parva 342.95‐96), Krishna states, identifying himself with Hiranyagarbha: “As my form, carrying the knowledge, eternal and dwelling in the Sun, the teachers of Samkhya, who have discerned what is important, call me Kapila.

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As the brilliant Hiranyagarbha, who is lauded in the verses of the Vedas, ever worshipped by Yoga, so I am also remembered in the world.” Other Yoga texts like the Brihadyogi Yajnavalkya Smriti XII.5 similarly portray Hiranyagarbha as the original teacher of Yoga, just as Kapila is the original teacher of the Samkhya system. So do commentaries on the Yoga Sutras.

The vast literature of the Vedas, Mahabharata and Puranas speak of numerous great yogis but does not give importance to Patanjali, who was of a later period. Even the Yoga literature that is later in time than Patanjali, like that of Kashmir Shaivism or Hatha Yoga, does not make him central to their teachings.

This earlier Yoga literature before Patanjali can be better called the Hiranyagarbha Yoga Darshana as it is said to begin with Hiranyagarbha. In fact, most of the Yoga taught in Vedas, Upanishads, Gita, Mahabharata and Puranas – which is the main ancient literature of Yoga – derives from it. Such ancient Pre‐Patanjali texts speak of a Yoga Shastra or the ‘authoritative teachings on Yoga’ and of a Yoga Darshana or ‘Yoga philosophy’, but by that they mean the older tradition traced to Hiranyagarbha.

Patanjali in the Yoga Sutras is only referred to as a compiler, not as an inventor of the Yoga teachings. He himself states, “Thus is the teaching of Yoga” (Yoga Sutras I.1). This is quite unlike Krishna, the avatar of Yoga, who states, “I taught the original Yoga to Vivasvan” (Bhagavad Gita IV.1).

Patanjali is traditionally regarded as a devotee of Vishnu/Narayana, whose main human avatar is Krishna. This strongly suggests that Patanjali himself was a devotee of Krishna. Traditional Sanskrit chants to Patanjali laud him as an incarnation of Lord Sesha, the serpent on which Lord Vishnu/Narayana resides.

This Sesha attribution subordinates Patanjali and his darshana to Krishna/Vishnu. The depth, clarity and brevity of Patanjali’s compilation is noteworthy, but it is the mark of a later summation, not a new beginning.

The Bhagavad Gita is the primary ancient text lauded as a Yoga Shastra or ‘definitive Yoga teaching’. This can be carried to the Mahabharata as a whole, in which the Gita occurs. Bhishma in the Mahabharata (Shanti Parva 300.57) also speaks of a Yoga teaching “established in many Yoga Shastras.” The Anu Gita section of the Mahabharata (Ashvamedha Parva 19.15) has an interesting section that begins, “Thus I will declare, the supreme and unequalled Yoga Shastra.”

Several Upanishads like the Katha are said to be Yoga Shastras, besides numerous Yoga Upanishads that also do not emphasize Patanjali. The Puranas contain sections on Yoga said to be authoritative in nature as well and do not give importance to Patanjali. When such texts teach Yoga, they often do so with quotes from the older Vedas.

This means that the Patanjali Yoga Darshana is a later subset of the earlier Hiranyagarbha Yoga

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Darshana. It is not a new or original teaching, nor was it ever meant to stand on its own. The topics addressed in it from yamas and niyamas to dhyana and samadhi are already taught in detail in the older literature. In the Mahabharata (Shanti Parva 316.7), the sage Yajnavalkya speaks of an “eightfold Yoga taught in the Vedas.” The Shandilya Upanishad (1) refers to an eightfold or ashtanga Yoga but does not mention Patanjali.

While no single simple Hiranyagarbha Yoga Sutras text has survived, quite a few of its teachings have remained. In fact, the literature on the Hiranyagarbha Yoga tradition is much larger than that on Patanjali Yoga tradition, which itself represents a branch of it. We cannot speak of a Patanjali Yoga tradition or of a Patanjali Yoga literature apart from this older set of Yoga teachings rooted in the Hiranyagarbha tradition. The Patanjali Yoga teaching occurs in the context of a broader Yoga Darshana that includes other streams. There is only one Yoga Darshana that existed long before Patanjali and was taught in many ways. It is the Yoga Darshana attributed to Hiranyagarbha and related Vedic teachers.

Hiranyagarbha and Vedic Yoga

Who then was Hiranyagarbha, a human figure or a deity? The name Hiranyagarbha, which means “the gold embryo”, first occurs prominently as a Vedic deity, generally a form of the Sun God. There is a special Sukta or hymn to Hiranyagarbha in the Rig Veda X.121, which is commonly chanted by Hindus today. The Mahabharata speaks of Hiranyagarbha as he who is lauded in the Vedic verses and taught in the Yoga Shastra (Shanti Parva 339.69). As a form of the Sun God, Hiranyagarbha can be related to other such Sun Gods like Savitri, to whom the famous Gayatri mantra is addressed. Therefore, the Hiranyagabha Yoga tradition is a strongly Vedic tradition. We can call it the Hiranyagarbha Vedic Yoga tradition.

Krishna states in the Bhagavad Gita (IV.1‐3) that he taught the original Yoga to Visvasvan, another name of the Sun God, suggesting Hiranyagarbha. Vivasvan taught this Yoga to Manu, the original man or first king, making it into the prime Yoga path for all humanity.

The Mahabharata (Shanti Parva 340.50) additionally identifies Hiranyagarbha, as other texts do, with Brahma or Prajapati, the creator among the Hindu trinity, who among other things represents the Vedas and is the source of all higher knowledge. It also identifies Hiranyagarbha with the Buddhi or Mahat, the higher or cosmic mind (Mahabharata 302.18), with which Brahma is often connected.

The chief disciple of Hiranyagarbha in the ancient texts is said to be the Rishi Vasishta, the foremost of the Vedic seers (seer of the seventh book of the Rig Veda), who passed on the Yoga teachings to Narada (Mahabharata Shanti Parva 308.45). Vasishta teaches the Yoga Darshana in the Mahabharata (Shanti Parva 306.26): “The Yoga Darshana has so been declared by me according to the truth.” He also passes on his knowledge to his son, Parashara, in whose line was born Veda Vyasa, who compiled the Vedas and wrote the Mahabharata.

Vasishta is made into the prime early human teacher of such other Vedic disciplines as Advaita Vedanta (the tradition of Jnana Yoga or the Yoga of Knowledge), and of carrying on the Yoga teachings of Shiva and Vishnu as well as that of Hiranyagarbha. There are several very important Yoga texts in the Vasistha line including the Vasishta Samhita and

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Yoga Vasishta, the latter of which is often regarded as the greatest work on both Yoga and Vedanta.

The original Yoga tradition is not the Patanjali tradition but the Hiranyagarbha tradition. It teachings are found not only in the Yoga Sutras but in the Mahabharata, including the Bhagavad Gita, Moksha Dharma Parva and Anu Gita, which each contain extensive teachings on Yoga from many sides. The Hiranyagarbha Yoga tradition is the main Vedic Yoga tradition. The Patanjali Yoga tradition is an offshoot of it or a later expression of it. Samkhya, Yoga and Vedanta are all presented as aspects of this same tradition in the Mahabharata. Ayurveda and Vedic astrology are important aspects of its outer application. If we want to go back to the real roots of Yoga and restore the original teachings of Yoga, we should return to the Hiranyagarbha Yoga Darshana.

Distortions of the Yoga Sutras

Much of modern Yoga rests upon a misinterpretation and misunderstanding of the Yoga Sutras. The first problem is that many people try to look at the Yoga Sutras as an original text that stands in itself, when it is only a later compilation that requires examining its background in order to make sense of it. This causes them to separate Yoga from the earlier Vedic tradition that forms the greater context of Patanjali’s teachings.

Second, the Yoga Sutras, as a sutra work consisting of short aphorisms, can be easily slanted in different directions according to the inclinations of the interpreter. The teachings of the Hiranyagarbha Yoga Darshana, on the other hand, are more complete and can be cross referenced to avoid such distortions.

Third, the Yoga Sutra tradition has been made sectarian, notably opposing Yoga and Samkhya to Vedanta. This is not something of the modern age only, but occurred in old debates between these philosophical systems going back to the Middle Ages and before. The original Hiranyagarbha Yoga Shastra, however, is presented as in harmony with Samkhya and Vedanta, such as we find it in the Mahabharata. The synthesis of these three systems is in fact as old as Krishna, if not older.

This older integral Yoga is the same general type of Yoga‐Vedanta taught by great modern Yoga gurus of India like Vivekananda, Yogananda, Aurobindo, Shivananda, and his many disciples, and many others, the very teachers who first brought Yoga to the West in the last century. They have taught the Yoga Sutras, the Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads together as part of the same broader tradition.

So how do we approach the Yoga Sutras then? It is best to do so in the context of the older Yoga Darshana. There is only one Yoga Darshana through all the texts and tradition. There is no Patanjali Yoga Darshana as an entity in itself apart from the older Hiranyagarbha Yoga Darshana. If we want to understand the meaning of the technical terms in the Yoga Sutras, we should do so with recourse to the older literature, not by inventing our own meanings or trying to make these terms unique to the Yoga Sutras. Whether it is the yamas and niyamas, the different types of samadhi, or the different aspects of Yoga practice, all

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such terms often alluded to only briefly in the Sutras can be found explained clearly and in detail in the older literature.

In addition, we should look at the Yoga Sutras in light of Vedanta, not only the Bhagavad Gita but also the Upanishads. While Patanjali emphasizes the Purusha rather than Brahman (the Absolute), we must remember that the Hiranyagarbha tradition gives Brahman its place. We can also look to Vedanta for a greater description of Ishvara or God, which Patanjali does not examine in detail, but which Vedantic texts examine in great detail.

This means that we should delink Yoga per se from Patanjali and restore its meaning at a broader level. We should look at Yoga beyond the Yoga Sutras, not only the ancient Yoga literature before Patanjali but the later Yoga literature apart from him, the various traditions of Vaishnava, Shaivite, Shakta and Vedantic Yoga. Once we do this we can understand why different aspects of Yoga have been used by different philosophical systems in India, including those who may not agree with Patanjali on certain philosophical issues. Yoga as a general tradition is something more than Patanjali, however great his compilation may be. Most of that broader Yoga can be found in the earlier Hiranyagarbha formulation, particularly in the Mahabharata.

Besides looking at Patanjali in a new light, we should work to restore the teachings of the Hiranyagarbha Yoga Darshana. Many of these can easily be compiled from the Mahabharata, Upanishads, and other ancient Vedic teachings. Through it we can gradually reclaim the older Vedic Yoga it was based upon. In this way, we can restore the spiritual heritage of the Himalayan rishis. This is an important task for the next generation of Yoga aspirants, if they want to really reclaim the origin and depths of the teaching.

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Shri V Padmanabhan is a great scholar

& has contributed a lot to Tamil literature. He has published English translations of the much sought after Tirukkural, Naaliadiyar, Thiruvalluvar as a Living Legend & many others. Post graduate in Commerce from University of Madras, retired from the services of an international bank and now a senior citizen.

KumaraSwamiyam An Ancient Tamil Classic

Translated By

Viswalingam Padmanabhan, India

Copy Editor: R. Ramanathan, India

amil is one of the most ancient Indian languages & there are many classical Jyotisha secrets in Tamil

literature. One such is Kumaraswamiyam & many scholars have given it the highest pedestal attributing their phenomenal predictions to this classic. In Tamil language, Kumaraswami means Lord Muruga son of Lord Shiva. Initially Lord Shiva is telling astrology to Lord Muruga here & he in return passes it on to Rishi Agasthiyar that our current deeds are based on past karma. In the translation assignment, this author has striven very hard to give below the best possible translation from his knowledge & trust many will agree. If they have some corrections/suggestions on the same, they can contact us. One will appreciate & understand how difficult it is to translate from a traditional epic given in poetic Tamil of good olden days, into modern Tamil and then into English. It is a very painstaking job that deserves accolades. We continue this series from our 1 st annual issue.

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Bhavam (Lion), Balavam (Tiger), Kowlavam (Pig), Thaithulam (Donkey), Karaji (Elephant), Vanaji (Bullock), Batthirai or Vishti (Cock), Sakuni (Crow), Chathuspatham (Dog), Naagavam (Snake), Kimisthukkiyam (Worm) are the eleven Karanams.

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Ascendant (Lagna) is considered as the first house or bhava in the birth chart. This house reflects

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direction is Second house which influences face, forehead, eyebrows, nose, right eye, tongue & teeth of the subject, his family, finance, food, power of speech, prosperity, art & Charitable Manners. The third house reflects its effect on the right ear of the subject, his vigor,

Heroism, art, literature, ornaments and status of his younger brother. The fourth House reflects status of the right hand of the subject, comforts of dwelling, dress material, gift of cattle, transport vehicles & servants, status of his mother, his Critical Periods & gift of water resources. The fifth house reflects gift of children, love, wealth, status of heart & chest of the subject. The sixth house portrays disease, poverty, Indebtedness, enmity & distress of the subject.

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The seventh house depicts the status of spouse/partner, extent of conjugal pleasure and Contentment of the subject, The eighth house reveals longevity, time & nature of death, Murderous intent, perils, lack of prestige of the subject and status of his anus. The ninth House determines the gift of charity, fortune of getting a Guru, divinity, ability to Perform Penance and gift of pilgrimage of the subject & status of his father. The tenth house reveals gift of nature, extent of fame, nature & status of profession, travel facilities of the subject and status of his left hand & thigh. The eleventh house Determines the profitability, comforts, receipt of gifts and the status of left ear, knees of the subject and details about his elder brothers. The twelfth house reveals status of the Left eye of the subject, loss & wastage of his efforts.

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II) Chapter on the History of Stars

Naming a Child based on their Birth Star*

Here are the prefixes in Tamil alphabets* relating to each star and this will form the first Letter in the name of the child. These prefixes are transliterated in English for guidance.

Star Prefixes Star Prefixes Krittika Aa, Aaa, E, Eee Anuradha

(Anusham) Na, Naa, Ni, Nee, Nu, Noo

Rohini Va, Vaa, Vi, Vee

Jyeshta (Kettai)

Nae, Naey, Nai

Mrigasira Vae. Vaei, Vai, Vow

Moola Yu, Yoo

Aridra (thiruvadhirai)

Ku, Kuu Poorvashada (Pooradam)

Vu Voo, Ae. Aae, I

Punarvasu Kai, Kaei, Ky Uttarashada Vo, Voh, How

Pushyami Ko, Koa, Kow Sravana Ka, Kaa, Ki, Kee

Aslesha (Aayilyam)

Mae, Maai, My Dhanishta (Avittam)

Jna, Jnaa, Jni

Makha Ma, Maa, Mi, Mee, Mu, Moo

Satabhisha (Sadayam)

Tho, Thoe, Thow

Pubba (Pooram)

Mo, Moa, Mow Poorvabhadra (Poorattathi)

No. Noa,Now

Uttara (Utthiram)

Pa, Paa,Pi, Pee Uttarabhadra (Uthirattathi)

Yaa

Hasta Pu, Poo Revati Sa, Saa, Si, See

Chitta (Chitrai)

Pe, Pae, Py, Po, Poa, Pow

Aswini Su, Soo, Sae, Saey

Swati Tha, Thaa Bharani So, Soa Sow

Visakha Thi, Thee, Thu. Thoo, They, Thaei, Thai

*(transliterating the tamil alphabets might cause some difficulty in identifying them. It is suggested that readers may refer to Tamil almanacs for better comprehension)

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Animals, Birds Trees or Plants relating to Stars

Star Animal Bird Tree / Plant Krittika Sheep Peacock Fig Rohini Serpent Owl Jamun

Mrigasira Rattle snake Cock Ebony Aridra Dog Krouncha bird Red Ebony

Punarvasu female cat Swan Bamboo Pushyami Goat Water Fowl Pipal Aslesha

(Aayilyam) Male Cat Kingfisher Alexandrian Laurel

Makha Male Rat Vulture Banyan Pubba Bandicoot Female Eagle Palasu Uttara Bull cricket oleander Hasta Ox Eagle Mountain Ebony Chitta Male Tiger Kingfisher Bael Swati Male Ox Fly Arjuna

Visakha Female Tiger Sparrow Wood Aple Anuradha Female deer Skylark Makizham

Jyeshta Male Deer Sakkaravaalam Birai Moola Bitch Redvulture Sal

Poorvashada Male monkey Partridge Rattan Reed Uttarashada Sterile cow Valian Jack fruit

Sravana Female Monkey Crane Madar Plant Dhanishta Lioness Beatle Vanni Satabhisha Mare Crow Kadambu

Poorvabhadra Lion Male ullan Thema Uttarabhadra Milch Cow Owl Margosa

Revathi Female Elephant Royal Falcon South Indian Mahua Aswini Horse Rajaali Strychnine Bharani Elephant crow Erublic Myrobalam

(words in italics are in native Tamil language as the equivalent in English is not known)

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Nature of Stars

Nature Stars Human Pubba, Poorvashada, Poorvabhadra, Uttara, Uttarashada,

Uttarabhadra, Bharani, Rohini,Aridra Deva Sravana, Revathi, Pushyami, Aswini, Mrigasira, Punarvasu,

Anuradha, Swati, Hasta Demon Krittika, Aslesha, Makha, Chitta, Visakha, Jyeshta, Moola,

Dhanishta, Satabhisha

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Relative Deity to the Star & Gender of Stars

Star Deity Star Deity Krittika Fire God Anuradha Vaayu Rohini Brahma Jyeshta Devendran Mrigasira Moon Moola Asura Aridra Rudran Poorvashada Varunan Punarvasu Devas Uttarashada Vinayaka Pushyami Viyazhan Sravana Vishnu Aslesha Aadiseshan Dhanishta Indirani Makha Sukran Satabhisha Iyaman Pubba Parvathi Poorvabhadra Kuberan Uttara Sastha Uttarabhadra Kamadhenu Hasta Sun Revati Saturn Chitta Visvakarma Aswini Goddess Saraswathi Swati Lakshmi Bharani Durga Visakha Subrahmanya

Note: The above table is very useful for remedial measures

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Gender Gender Stars Male Aswini, Bharani, Rohini, Pushyami, Aslesha, Makha, Uttara,

Chitta, Swati, Jyeshta, Moola, Poorvashada, Poorvabhadra Female Visakha, Revati, Sravana, Hasta, Dhanishta, Anuradha,

Punarvasu, uttarashada, Aridra, Pubba, Krittika, Uttarabhadra

Eunuch Satabhisha and Mrigasira

‐ all these were narrated by Lord Subrahmanya to sage Agasthiar.

Head Diseases If in previous births one opposes the instructions of brothers in gurus lineage, or of Guru or Mother or Father then in next life he will get diseases of the head. In this situation he should resort to medicines given in Vaidic Shastra. If a Brahmachari (not married man) in his previous life does the Karma of Praayop Veshan and Naishikaadi Vrato Ka Tyag he does then in next life he gets diseases of the head. For this he needs to feed 50 brahmins and do Uddanndheti Mantra recitation. He should also do Havan of Kushmand.

- Chapter Hradayarogadhikaraha of the ancient classic ‘Veerasimhavalokah’ by King VeeraSimha Dev of the Tomar Dynasty

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