Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Astro Tips

Random Thoughts
Respected Elders and Dear friends. Since I am arduous student of Hindu system of Astrology, so as a habit I keep noting the valuable points discussed by learneds time and again for gaining personal experience. I wish to share some of them with astro lovers.

Dr Raman Thakker ( Reputed astrologer of Bombay) once discussed the following. Fortunately one of my friend noted them and shared with me.

A: In case of Kumbha (Aquarius) lagna (ascendant) and if Saturn is posited in 6th house, avoid taking even legal money from him, since such money will siphon out your money too. (also remember Aquarious is a sign of collective ).
B: Jupiter when transits over natal Jupiter or transits in 5th, 7th , 9th house (from moon) it gives good results.
C: In case adverse bhukti is operational but when Jupiter transits over such Bhukti lord or by aspect Jupiter influence bhukti lord , the adverse results of such bhukti lord are checked.

D: When natal Jupiter comes under the aspect of Transit Saturn or vice versa the profession/business takes new mode/ new turn. The Jupiter considered as Jiva and Saturn considered significator of Ajivika (livelihood). The potential impact depends upon the basic strength of Jupiter and Saturn in natal chart.

E: Natal chart position of venus (i) in Capricorn (ii) in Ashwani 1st pada (iii ) Kritika 3rd pada gives disturbances in married life. ?? Mars in Libra Natal chart also gives disturbed marriage. These conditions have nothing to do with what bhava (house) Venus or Mars is posited.
( With regards I add that I am not satisfied on these points coz in every such cases it does hold good.)

E: When Karaka planet transits in debilated position and Karaka in natal chart is weak the adverse results are faced.
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The following is in my diary noted some 10-12 years back, but sorry I do not remember the source.

Retrograde Jupiter in a native chart : (1) gives an inner sense of propriety and righteous ;
(2) God loving /God fearing, so making to believe in fate/destiny to will , rather than work assiduously at long term project ; (3) gives tremendous courage and optimism ; (4) mostly non humorous ; (5) A split social / religious background. (6) A revolutionary parent/guardian. (7) Unsatisfied home background. (8) either positive or negative (depending upon other factors) but an over inflated sense of valour. (9) tunnel vision about education i.e single focus education and passionate with research. (10) enthusiastic identification with tribalism. (11) Instinctive sense of justice. (12) One at odd with the familys’ idea of proper behavior. (13) somewhat easy going type of persons . (14) frequently gifted in some way. (15)

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Retrograde Jupiter and Sun in opposition in a native chart : (1) manifests inflation of the Sun’s power as a vehicle for ego magnified . (2) Genuine allegiance to an omniscient organizing principle based on secret but natural laws. (3) Sense of personal destiny. (4) Difficult person : Dogmatic (authoritarian) and obsessive (infatuated) . (5) Little patience for boring tasks. (6) Meticulous organization of details. (7) At times Bipolar moods (8) At times Outrageous visions (during malefic planets major / sub periods. (9) Source of inspiration. (10) Arm chair philosophers with great inner wisdom at ease. ( in contrast to lonely wanderers) . (11) if Sun is in Leo the natives personal identity will bound up with purpose of life, enacted in an admirable way.

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I quote the following what I gathered from Astrological Magazine way back in 1976. That really materialized in my family horoscopes which were meticulously prepared and stands the time testing :


PARIVARTAN YOG : Exchange of houses / constellations by planets : Exchange Phenomena reveals that either it is Houses exchange or Constellations exchange between two planets, the 1st planet in his own sub period will give the result of the 2nd planet .and the 2nd planet in his sub period in the major period of the 1st planet will give the result of the ist planet. Additionally in a Planetary house exchange one planet will delegate his power of lordship involved in the exchange to other planet. Also in the exchange if some how any trik house (6th,8th,12th )is involved then that would materialize as Vipreet Raj Yog.
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Another quote from Astrological Mag. By Mr. A.S Murthy :
Life over the earth is Gods’plan. ! The horoscope is his secret time table. !!
No man can find out all the secrets there. ! Our great sages could unravel many of them.!!

Varahmihira Quote :

It is not possible for a non sage to reach even mentally the other shore of great ocean of astrology.
(pity on the number of charlanters now a days predicting what not !)

Enjoy & bless : Yours Dearly :
Bhola Nath Shukla Kanpur bnshukla@gmail.com

SAMSKAR

NAMAH SHIVAY SHIVAY NAMAH
CHARACTER VIS A VIS SAMSKAR
Respected Learned Elders & Friends , I hereunder place before you the valued thoughts (as gathered by me) of Swami Shri Prabhavanand jee (Ram Krishna Mission) expressed in his commentary on PATANJALI YOGA regarding CHARACTER /SAMSKAR. PATANJALI YOGA IS A WORK OF COMPILATION AND REFORMULATION.
SUTRA ( सूत्र ) means : The bare thread of an exposition, the absolute minimum that is necessary to hold it together, UNADORNED by a single bead of elaboration. Only most essential words are used.
मन : (equal English word MOOD ) : Recording facility (which receives impressions ).
Budhi बुधि : (equal English word MIND ) : Discriminative Faculty ( which classifies these रेखorded impressions and in turn reacts to them.
Ahankar अहंकार : (equal English word Self Esteem ) : Ego sense. ( which claims these impressions for its own and stores them up as an individual knowledge?
Maharishi Patanjali speaks of control of thought waves, that too of permanent nature, which could be achieved by regularly practicing positive thoughts. Patanjali do not refer to a momentary or superficial control. Maharishi Patanjali never suggests for making your mind a blank. No spiritual advantage is ever gained by self violence. We have to unlearn the false identification created by ego sense.
Maharishi Patanjali explains the philosophical meaning of CHARACTER as under :
Take the example of lake/sea/river waves coming and dying. The waves do not merely disturb the surface of the water, they also, by their continued action, build up banks of sands or pebbles on the lake bottom. Such sand banks are much more permanent and solid than the waves themselves. That may be compared with the Tendencies, potentialities and latent states, which exist in the sub-conscious and un-conscious areas of the mind. These ( tendencies, potentialities and latent states ) are termed as SAMSKARS in SANSKRIT TEXTS.
The SAMSKARS are built up by continued action of thought waves, and they in turn create new thought waves. This process works both ways positive (+ve) and negative (-ve). One who exposes the mind to constant thoughts of anger and resentment, you can very certainly find that, these anger waves build up anger throughout in daily routine. Such personalities are commonly termed as Bad-tempered. The sum total of our SAMSKARS is in fact our character at any given moment. Although it is not easy to change the attitude (built up SAMSKARS ) but it is not impossible, just as a sand bank may get shifted and change its shape if there is a forceful tide or by forceful continued current. Likewise the SAMSKARS may be modified by the introduction of other kinds of thought waves into the mind.
Not all SAMSKARS are acquired during the course of a single human life. A child is born with certain tendencies already present in its nature.You may also call it Heredity. These in-born tendencies were acquired in former incarnations (births), as a result of thoughts and actions long since forgotten. Thus it may be one way of explaining that the individual (soul) is driven by existing SAMSKARS to seek re-birth in a certain atmosphere/environment, in a certain kind of family/parents, whose SAMSKARS are like its own and thereby to inherit the tendencies which it already possesses.
There are 5 (five) kinds of thought waves : (a) Right Knowledge. (b) Wrong Knowledge. (c) Verbal delusion. (d) sleep. (e) memory.
(a) Whatever our senses perceive is right knowledge, provided that there has been no element of delusion. Whatever we infer from our direct perception is also right knowledge provided that our reasoning is correct (positive).
(b) Wrong Knowledge : A mistaken view. As it happens when a piece of rope which is mistaken for a snake, which is because the cause of fear.
(c) Verbal delusion : Jumping to conclusions in haste.
(d) Sleep : A wave of thought about nothingness. That means dreamless sleep is not an absence of thought waves in mind.
(e) Memory : Memory is when perceived objects are not forgotten, but come back to consciousness. Where as dreaming is remembering in your sleep.
A repeated effort to follow the disciplines, which give permanent control of the thought waves of mind and practice becomes firmly grounded when it has been cultivated for a long time un-interruptedly with earnest devotion. Perseverance is utmost important. Determined effort of will / longing for makes practice perfect. Never mind if people laugh or sneer at us. Unless we are hypocrites, we shall not care what impression we make upon the onlookers. No failure is ever really a failure unless we stop trying altogether. Concentration upon a single object at a time may allow you awareness, examination, discrimination and joy.
PRAKRITI is said to be composed of 3 (Three) Guna’s. Satwa, Rajas, Tamas. As long as the 3 guna’s maintain equilibrium, Prakriti remains un-differentiated and the universe exists only in its potential state. As soon as the balance is disturbed a re-creation of universe begins., with one or other guna predominating over the rest. Hence we have the variety of physical and psychic phenomena which make up our apparent world. Such a world continues to multiply and vary its form until the guna’s find a temporary equilibrium once more and a new phase of un-differentiated potentiality begins.
Since I am also arduous student of Hindu system of Astrology so I have noticed ( not to claim experienced ) that the correctly / meticulously casted Natal Horoscope of a person gives the picture of one’s SAMSKARS , ones efforts and the result of it. Importantly the 1st , 5th , 9th & 10th houses require attention in this regard.
Yours Dearly ; Bhola Nath Shukla Kanpur U.P. India ( bnshukla05@gmail.com )

Astronomy-Astrology Laced

KEEP - DISTANCE
It would be of interest for many to know the basis of arrangement of (sequence) planets in Vimshotri dasha system also known as Udu dasha.
The Six planets, Moon (Earth) , Mars , Jupiter , Saturn , Mercury & Venus revolve round the SUN.
The Ecliptic is the great circle of the celestial sphere which is the apparent path of the SUN among the stars. It is called the ecliptic because when any heavenly body is near the circle it is liable to be eclipsed i.e. deprived of the Sun’s light by some intervening body.
The Zodiac (Rashi Mandal) is a broad circle/belt, surrounding the heavens, about 16 0 (degree) wide, along the middle of which runs the ecliptic or apparent Sun’s path. It includes the path of Moon and all the principal planets (I mean, Hindu system of astrology) and contains the twelve signs or divisions reckoned its order in which they are mentioned hereunder from Aries, the point of intersection of the ecliptic and the equator : Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces. A degree is the daily step of the Sun on its annual round the sky among the stars. It is the unit of Astronomical calculation. The Zodiac contains 360 0 (degree). Nearest to Sun is the Mercury. Next to it is Venus. Then comes moon (Earth) / Mars / Jupiter & then Saturn. Mercury is the smallest of all. Mercury & Venus revolve in the orbits and are never in opposition. Mercury & Venus are termed as Inner planets. Mars, Jupiter & Saturn are known as Outer planets. Other related details are tabulated hereunder. A.U is acronym for Astronomical Unit.
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PLANETS Distance from Sun ( Astronomical Unit
. Mean Maximum Minimum
MERCURY 0.387 0.467 0.306
VENUS 0.723 0.728 0.718
MOON (EARTH) 1.000 1.0167 0.9833
MARS 1.524 1.666 1.381
JUPITER 5.203 5.4555 4.951
SATURN 9.539 10.069 9.008
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Also the belt of ASTEROIDS is found betwixt MARS & JUPITER and betwixt MERCURY & VENUS. To my mind these ASTEROIDS would have been considered as RAHU & KETU respectively in Udu dasha (Hindu system of astrology.)
So far as the sequence order in Udu dasha for Moon(Earth), Mars, Jupiter & Saturn is concerned they fit in with the distance order shown here in above. That is the distances of planets growing more and more has been taken as a criterion to fix the order of planets. Whereas the same analogy do not fit in respect to Mercury & Venus. Although Mercury is nearer to Sun as compared to Venus but in Udu Dasha the Venus is placed immediately before Sun and Mercury is placed next to Venus.
In this regard I presume The angle between the ecliptics (orbital plane) would have been considered. Mercury is tilted about 7 0 (degree) and Venus is tilted about 3 0 23 ‘. Thus Venus tilt is less than Mercury. The sketch below based on above explanation will also interest you.

Mercury (tilt about 7 0 )

Ketu (Asteroid Belt )

Venus (tilt 0f 3 0 23 ‘ )

SUN
Distance 1.00 A.U.
Moon (Earth)
Distance 1.524 A.U.
Mars

Rahu (Asteroid belt )
Distance 5.203 A.U.
Jupiter
Distance 9.539 A.U.
Saturn.


Respected elders and friends. Read and react.
Yours dearly Bhola Nath Shukla Kanpur bnshukla05@gmail.com