Aum shree Ganeshayeh namah. Namoh Mata Saraswatti, gnanna dehi mohe, Sat-budhee dehi mohe, Ridhi-Sidha dehi mohe.

Obeisance to Lord Ganesh (the astral guide of Vedic astrology). Obeisance to Maa Saraswatti (giver of divine wisdom). May I be bestowed with sublime wisdom, sublime mind, and divinity.

Aum Surya-atman jagatta-pitta. Aum Gayattri-shakti jagatta-matta. Apoh jyotti-dehi amruttam. Asatto ma satt gamayah, tammaso ma jyotirr gamayah, mrittyurr ma amruttamm gamayah.

Oh Sun, you are the cosmic soul, and Oh Gayattri you are the cosmic energy. I seek your grace for divine light and divine nectar of altruism. May your cosmic light destroy the darkness and the ignorance, the dull and the mortal ego, the dreary and the mundane attachments, the desires and the falsehood of mortal intelligence.

Brahma-murrarri-tripurantakari-bhanu-shashi-bhumi-suttah-budhashcha-gurushcha-shukraha-shannihe-rahue-ketue-karwantu-sarwagraha-mama-suprabhanttam Aum shanti shanti shanti.

Obeisance to the nine planets Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rahu, and Ketu. Peace.

Current, electricity, magnetic field, electrolysis, and aura create distinctive unique constellations as much for things and individual persons as for the cosmic galaxy. Magnificently mystical are the constellations in the nightingale yet profoundly perceived in relation to the individual persons in cosmic terms. Every night star is a unique star of destiny.

Vedic astrology is a scientific astrology based on the principles and philosophy of Astronomical metaphysics. The Metaphysics of Vedic astrology comprise in main the permutations extrapolations of the cosmic configurations of the twenty seven constellations of stars, the entire cosmology of Vedic sky, the nine karmic planets (namely Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu), the cycle of moon - nitya (15 days bright and 15 days dark), the rotation and revolution of the earth and the moon around the sun, the movement of planets and positioning of the planets with the longitudes and the latitudes, the planetary qualities, the state of the sky, numerology, twelve houses, twelve zodiac signs – ‘rashis’ (), and karma - action in the passage of time ‘kaal’, and most importantly computation of astrological charts in conjunction with the GMT, and Sidereal time (local).

The micro cosmic being – (‘jivan-atman’) and its entity (‘manushya prakrutti’) is the same as the grand macro cosmic nature (God) param-atman and its entity ‘jagada-prakrutti in principles and metamorphosis. Thus the soul is related to the Sun and the mind is related to the Moon directly. Mars is related to the fire, eyes, bile, thighs and limbs, as Mercury is related to the intellect. Consciousness, spiritual eye, and growth in wisdom is verily related to Jupiter as Venus is related to physical body, face, the beauty, reproduction, material proliferation, beauty, and recreation. Staleness, slumber-ness, nights, slow, rest, shrewdness, acuteness, obstacles, rigidity, principles, altruism, karmic lessons are all related to Saturn and Saturn is usually co-related to structure, hair, bones, and nails in the human body. Rahu and Ketu are both the karmic planets and are usually related to the most gross or the most subtle point in karma. Hence, the highest point in karma is the Somam point or the cosmic divinity or the moksha point. Rahu and Ketu make it possible for the North Pole and the South Pole to remain slightly tilted without loosing its gravitational momentum. Hence, albeit Rahu and Ketu both are considered malefic planets, they are the most karmic of all the planets for without them the world would loose its momentum.

Purusha or atman is an absolute power static and undyingly stale without any dynamic force of energy. The entire life spectrum generates motion with energy and atomic reactions. All visible and invincible life forces are atomic, micro and macro. Every human being is a microcosmic embodiment of the same grand macrocosmic universal existence in constitution and metamorphosis. The Vedas co-relate the cosmological metamorphosis of existence to the personal human spirit of life in what the great seers call ‘the Electro-magnetic field of energies’. Every object and every person, have an aura, an energy field, a surrounding influence, and an Electro-magnetic field. In ‘Fengshui’, these concepts are referred to as "Chi", "ki", and "yin-yang spheres". Every one of us is connected to one another and to this grand globe at large in somewhat profound manner. We are individual rivers, small, large, big, short, thick, thin, with our out fate and path. Our paths may be different. Our fates may be different. However, we unite in destiny in togetherness of the existential spirit; as all the rivers finally merge in the grand ocean in unilateral compassion of the spirit of existence.

The co-existing energy fields and the corresponding magnetic fields produce micro-atomic reactions with other life forces. These energies are positive energies, negative energies, or neutral energies. The grand web of intellectual spectrum and information technology appears to be so huge and complex with indefinite shapes and forms. However, when closely examined, every one of us is one thread of existence in spirit. Every spirit of life is surviving like a river, small, medium, large, short, tall, wide, or narrow. Every different river capers wildly without a grand maestro, finding its unique course with the help of the energy and power from the vast cosmos and the surrounding environment. Every different river finally almost divinely merges into the ocean and becomes ONE, loosing its identity and ego.

Each capering river runs with its own unique different path, almost like a complex web thread.

Concisely, current, energy, power, electrons, and protons facilitate the connection made between varying threads of existence. The energy known as ‘CHI’ is the centrifugal force of this existence. The ‘Yin-Yang’ spheres perpetuate the ‘chi’. This is my belief, my faith, and my factual phenomenon of life.

Breath of life is energised air referred to as wind (that, which in Vedas is called ‘Pranna’). It is also known as "Feng".

"Pranna" or "Feng" operate on ELECTRO-MAGNETIC ENERGY. In Vedas it is referred to as ‘KUNDALINI – CHAKRA’ and is otherwise known as ‘YIN-YANG SPHERE’.

The Kundalini travels to and from the base chakra (sphere of aura) in seven different stages in Electro-magnetic currents. Similarly, the YIN-YANG travels in a CHI form to and from the base earthly matter to the entire cosmos. The personal CHI flows in Electro-magnetic current to and from the base coccyx chakra (the ‘Yoni’ point or the ‘Yami’ point about 7 cm from the reproductive organ and the excretory organ). The CHI or the kundalini makes a field of electric and magnetic energies. Every chi field is a result of the reaction, inter-action, reflection and refraction of the karmic ACT. A karmic action stretches beyond the superfluous matter of basic sense function.

The karmic plane of human universe perpetuates on the ‘Pranna’ or the ‘yin-yang’/ ‘chi’ and makes rotations and revolutions of CYCLES with "APAH" (water) or "SHUI". Without the perpetuation of energy with ‘apah’ or water or ‘Shui’, the "Agnee" (fire), will turn the earth, the ether, and the wood (alias the bones and body), into ashes or ‘Rappah’. It is because of the perpetuation of the water and air – currents of wind that we have days and nights, seasons and weather conditions, full moon and darkest night-sky.

According to Vedas, an individual or a collective Karma perpetuates in CYCLES. The karmic cycle is similar to the momentum of life breath and water on the axis of TIME. Like the rotation and revolution of the earth, the cosmological spectrum on the INDENT OF TIME (past, present and future).

Everything in existence is a reflection or a refraction of the CHI. No single act or collective act of karma is wholly ‘YIN’ or wholly ‘YANG’. In Vedas and ancient wisdom of the Tibet, everything is more ‘yin’ or more ‘yang’. The darkness and the light represent the similar kind of hypothetical understanding of the manner in which the cycles perpetuate. Like the dark cycle of the moon and the bright cycle of the moon. According to the Vedas, the dusk brings with it, ‘Rattree’ (nightfall) of glittering stars, to bring restful quintessence of sleep mode. Every sleep mode is greeted by the dawn again and the spirit of life is illuminated thus by the Sun, rendering spiral perpetuity of day and night. Light never failing always illuminates. It is to the infinite eternal light of the Sun the Vedic prayers and ceremonial oblations are made:

From the darkness, lead us onwards to the light and delight.

From the dull dreary mundane survival of dreary materialism, take us to enlightenment and spiritual fulfilment.

Karma or action is influenced by many factors. Primary factors in Vedic terms are food, water, weather, environment, wind/air, affiliated people, and ‘thought-intent-action’. Secondary factors are lifestyle, habits, family, and thoughts/attitude.

Feng-Shui means simply the external (environmental) and the internal (spiritual) life.

According to the Tibetan wisdom, "Feng-Shui" is the inter-acting reflection and refraction of the human personality with the environment and the blood circulation resulting from the INTAKE of air, food, CHI energy, and the metabolic rate of activity.

The primary influence in life is the ‘LIFE-FORCE’ called as ‘pranna’ or CHI energy. Too cold ‘chi’ is as bad as too hot ‘chi’. Therefore, the aim of, Vedas, Tibetan Wisdom and Feng-Shui, is to find a balance or equilibrium in every cycle of human activity, human reflection and human refraction.

Secondary factors are called ‘indirect influences’, which emanate from the ether or atmosphere.

The orb surrounds our attitude to life, our outlook, our life style, and our vision. The environment at a more subtle level indirectly influences the human karma.

Knowing the ‘web of existence’ is an academic and scientifically intellectual knowledge. Understanding the ‘web of existence’ is profound wisdom of the soul. It is only through ‘experience’ that we can possibly understand this ‘web of existence’.

One cannot alter destiny. Destiny is predefined in the sense that no universal power can control death. As such destiny is as mortal as the matter of the cycle that transforms from the life to death and from death to life again. One cannot alter the destiny of death.

Every life has an aggregate cycle comprising sub-cycles of transformation from infancy to old age and death awaits us all. This is destiny. However, the time of death is associated with aggregate karma of the individual in relation to the eternal evolutionary time known as a cycle.

Cycle or karma is known as ‘field of life influence’ in Tibetan wisdom. The ‘field of life influence’ attracts or repels the gravitational force of life and the centrifugal force of existence in currents. A typical aggregate cycle of Karmic current can be negative, positive, stagnant/ stale, rapid/ fast or even calm/quiet. Fate however is based on karma and fate perpetuates in cycles.

Karma is past, present or future (intended act with our thoughts). This is like the passage of time from the night to the day and from the day to the night. ‘Field of influences’ shape, infuse or diffuse our directional life force (‘karma’) and life energy (‘pranna’ or ‘spiritual chi’). Like the flow of river currents being regulated infused or diffused by positive Electro-magnetic equipment and means. Therefore, the perpetuity of the ‘chi’ from the yin to yang in rotations and revolutions transforms from the north axis to the south axis in a reverse "S" form with two dots on either side forming a grand circumference of the perpetuity. When the reverse "S" becomes infinite, it is almost like the digit "8" in a circle. According to Vedas and the Tibetan wisdom, there are eight total directions and a further centrifugal point holding all eight directional points in a circumference of perpetuity. This centrifugal point is known as the divine point that which in Vedas is referred to as the "Brahma Bindu" or the "Nav-needhee sat" – eternal most spiritual point. The symbol Aum in Vedas is also a based on the digit "8" and the circumference of the outer circle of aura ending in a point or "Bindu". The dot alias ‘Bindu’ with the spiral eight forms a nine. ‘Nine’ is the number of spiritual transformation. The Vedas and the Tibetan wisdom of Feng-Shui consider the numerical numbers one to nine, astral numerology.

Hence, the astral numerology is based on numbers one to nine.

The Vedic karmic analysis looks at twelve main active houses (‘bhava’), twelve signs of zodiac (called rashi’s) and nine main planets (‘graha’).

Whilst the Vedic analytic charts focuses on the nine directional fate of ‘karma’, Feng-Shui focuses on the nine directional effect of the environment in coherent relation to the composite personality (comprising the mind, the physical body, and the astral identity) and karma.

Vedic astrology places emphasis upon the karmic cycles and the cycles of the planets whereas the Feng-Shui wisdom and Tibetan astrology place emphasis upon the grid or directions.

Two are very similar in output results but different in analytical terms. Vedic remedial healing encompasses directional and cosmic directions and every cosmic point can be co-related in like to like terms with the Feng-Shui and the 360 degrees grid and the nine directional points. Even our Swastika is co-related to the cosmic deities and cosmic forces of karma and therefore, Swastika is considered to be the yantra of the ‘digpal’ or cosmic directions. Feng-Shui looks at every house from the centre point (the point of holding eight directions together and forming a cycle of karma in time so the clockwise movement is considered auspicious whereas the anti-clockwise movement is considered inauspicious. Clockwise movement is considered to enhance and induce energies and anticlockwise movement is considered to burn the energies and repel. Clockwise movement is soothing whereas the anti-clockwise movement is aggravating.

THE KAAL CHAKRA AND THE 360 DEGREE GRID OF THE EIGHT DIRECTIONS

N

NW NE

W E

SW SE

S

According to the Vedas, "Vishvadeva-Vanaspattaye" (the divine creation/ cosmic choreographer), beholds every single electron, proton, nucleus, molecule, and atom in almost perfect state. This centre point is referred to as the number nine ‘9’. The number nine holds together all the numbers from one to eight.

The eight directional cosmic points are:

Cosmic Point | Cosmic Energy | Energy | Element
NORTH | Soma (Purest Nectar) | Coldest | Vacuum
NORTH-EAST | Issanaya & Rudra (transformers) | Cold-Moist | Mountains
EAST | Indra (illuminator) | Warm-Hot | Rain & Thunder
SOUTH-EAST | Apah (Water) | Water | Rain
SOUTH-EAST | Agnee (fire) | Windy-Hot | Ether
SOUTH | Yamma (Lord of death) | Warm | Fire & Earth
SOUTH-WEST | Nirritti (Dissolver) | Warm-Cold | Earth
SOUTH-WEST | Vasus, Marutas, Pusanas (givers) | Warm | Earth
WEST | Varuna (Compassion) | Moist | Water
WEST | Kuber (Proliferator) | Moist-Wet | Water
NORTH-WEST | Vayau (Wind) | Misty | Orb
NORTH-WEST | Pranna (Life breath) | Mixed | Air
CENTRE | Vannaspattaye (Co-ordinator) | Balanced | All five
CENTRE | Vishwadevaye (Architect) | Balanced | All five

The essential Vedic astrological permutations are based on ‘kala chakra’ (time that is split into past, present and future in perpetuity). The cosmos is a one huge ‘shunya’ (zero) of vast space (‘akash’) without any form. The space is segmented by four elements namely air, water, fire, and earth; each containing attributable nature namely ‘sattva’ (pure, sublime, finer), ‘rajas’ (rich, esoteric, combust), and ‘tamas’ (stale, dull, rot, and decay). The gravitational force rotates, revolves, and permutes in cycles around twelve main ‘rasi’ (zodiacal stars). Each cycle can be studied under the VARGA (divisional chart of twelve houses) and nine energies). There are nine energies and nine cosmic forces, which influence the karmic metamorphosis of kaal chakra. Nine directions and nine ‘graha’ (active planetary constitution) influence the nine karmic cycles of causation of effect. Each pad (passage of time taken for the moon) is either dark (Krishna) or bright (shukla). Each pad takes fifteen days to complete the revolution of earth. The day represents TITHI (time and date). Each TITHI passes through 27 different nakshatras and under 12 zodiac signs. The twelve rashis have twelve houses respectively – which we call bhava. Rashi chakra (zodiac circle with the 360 grid) and bhava kundali with the 360 degrees grid:

27 Nakshatras will be shown again in conclusion are the framework upon which Vedic astrology is scientifically appropriate to the grid of time.

CONSTELLATION | RULING DEITY
1. ASHWINI | ASHWINI KUMARS
2. BHARINI | YAMA
3. KRITTIKA | AGNI
4. ROHINI | BRAHMA
5. MRIGASIRA | CHANDRA
6. ARIDRA | RUDRA
7. PUNARVASU | ADITI
8. PUSYAMI | BRIHASPATTI
9. ASHLESHA | SARPA
10. MAKHA | ADITYA
11. POORVA PHALGUNI | ARYAMA
12. UTTAR PHALGUNI | SURYA
13. HASTA | VISHWA KARMA
14. CHITTRA | VAYAU
15. SWATTI | INDRA
16. VISAKKA | MITRA
17. ANURADHA | INDRA
18. JYESHTA | NIRRITTI
19. MOOLA | VARUNA
20. POORVASADHA | VISHWADEWA
21. UTTARASADHA | BRAHMA
22. SRAVANA | VISHNU
23. DHANISHTA | VASUS AND KUBER proliferators
24. SATABHISAJ | VARUNA
25. POORVABHADRAPAD | AJAPADA
26. UTTARABHADRAPAD | AHEERBUDHANYA
27. REVATTI | POOSHAN
28. ABBHIJIT | HARI
| AUM TAT SAT

The moon cycle of ‘shukla nitya’ (fifteen bright days to full moon) and ‘krishna-nitya’ (fifteen dark days of the descending moon) form 30 ‘tithis’, (aspect causation in co-relationship to the circle of earth from the north axis to the south axis). This complete revolution in a 360 degrees is sub-divided by 30 degrees each. The 360 degrees is divided by twelve to give 30 degrees each forming a permutation of the cosmic zodiac horoscope sign. Clasping each Zodiac sign is a cusp. A cusp is like a link and bears approximately 12.5 degrees (according to Fengshui it is 15 degrees). Each link forms a sphere of cosmos. In aggregate terms, the stars, the planets, and various cosmic constellations form the circumference of the galaxy.

Each causation is ruled by corresponding ‘yog’ (additional nature which is auspicious, inauspicious or neutral). A Cosmic lord or deity rules each ‘yog’ in turn. The ‘yog’ (the aspect of nature) is segmented by 27 sectors of asterism (‘nakshatra’).

Each soul, spirit of life enters the material world from the seven compartments of the cosmos namely the celestial, the deity, the spiritually sublime, the terrestrial, the animal, the ghosts, and the evil doers. The examination of the sun and the moon in an astrological chart will determine which ascendant or lagna has followed on from the previous life.

The time of birth depicts a ‘nakshatra’ or cosmic constellation. Constellation is very important firstly because it provides link to the personality associated with the ascendant (lagna) and the life force or the nature of the pranna prevailing in the ‘deha-sharir’ (body). Secondly, it provides an indication of the ‘tithi’ (type of time). ‘Tithi’ can be conducive of producing the following physical DOSHA types:

Time ruling:

AM PM

EKADOSHA PURE VATTA 3-5 3-5

EKADOSHA PURE PITTA 11AM TO 1PM 11PM TO 1AM

EKADOSHA PURE KAPHA 7-9 7-9

DWA DOSHA VATTA-PITTA 1-3 1-3

DWA DOSHA VATTA-KAPHA 5-7 5-7

DWA DOSHA PITTA-KAPHA 9-11 9-11

TRI-DHOSIC VATTA-PITTA-KAPHA CUSPS CUSPS

Three main qualities of nature control desire. They are namely Sattvic (pure, sublime, super intelligent, abstract, conceptual, perceptual, idealist), rajjasic (intellect, ambition, drive, ego, mind, thought, and exotic pleasure) and tamasic (gross, stable, stagnant, dull, and dark) - desire to live, desire to please and the desire to free. In Vedic astrology, each nakshatra (one constellation) is any of the above seven Dosha constitutions. The prakrutti is the birth constellation whereas the vikrutti is the current constellation. It is the transit or the ‘chalit’ kundali. Rashi (birth), navaamsha (karmic) and the ‘Chalit’ (current) kundali are the most prominent charts to examine.

Each of the nine planets transits the prakrutti (birth constitution) under the vikrutti (current state of configurations of the planets). Therefore, we place the rashi/ birth chart together with the gochara/ transit to determine the effects of the planets transiting the Prakrutti to make it the present Vikrutti or the state or the condition or the prayog. NAKSHATRA represents the nature of the spirit of the person whereas the ascendant represents the karmic personality of the individual based on previous life karma.

What we are today is the result of our past. What we may be tomorrow will transpire from our present karma and our present dharma (sacrificial religious deeds). We learn from the past, labour (in rites, rituals, ceremonial sacrifices, and humanitarian compassion) in the present, and aspire for the future.

Ascendant is the eastern point on the latitude of birth in Zodiac earth. Everything is in relation to the earth. The sun has no motion. The sun is almost tantamount to the purusha or the param-atman, alias that which does not move. Everything revolves around this giant static energy. Rotation of every planet occurs around the sun in anti-clockwise direction as seen from the northern celestial hemisphere. Its projection from the earth would look like progressive rings of orbs and rings of rotations and revolutions.

The twelve houses of the Vedic astrology are as follows:

SIGN | ###### BHAV/ HSE NO | RULER | IMPLICATION
ARIES | ONE/lagna | SUN & MARS | ASC.LIFE – HEALTH
TAURUS | TWO | JUPITER & VENUS | WEALTH-ASSETS
GEMINI | THREE | MERCURY | COURAGE-BREVITY
CANCER | FOUR | MOON | ASSETS/PLEASURE
LEO | FIVE | SUN | CHILDREN-LOVE
VIRGO | SIX | MERCURY& KETU | ENEMY/OPONENT
LIBRA | SEVEN | VENUS | MARRIAGE-LOVE
SCORPIO | EIGHT | MARS | LONGEVITY/PAIN
SAGITARRIUS | NINE | JUPITER | RELIGION-DUTY
CAPRICORN | TEN | SATURN | STATUS/EGO
AQUARIUS | ELEVEN | SATURN | GAIN & INCOME
PISCES | TWELVE | JUPITER & RAHU | MOKSHA PEACE

The Sun/ Surya is the soul (param-atman) of universal galaxy. The Moon/Chandra is the mind (mannas) of the universal galaxy. Mars/ Mangal is the cosmic strength. Mars is fiery hence tamasic. Mercury/ Budha generates sound and speech. Jupiter/ Guru-Brihaspatti confers knowledge and harmony/ wisdom and justice/ rules the nine planets. Venus/ Shukra governs the Semen and the fertility of the cosmos. Saturn reflects grief, sorrow, sanyas, hardships, strains, obstacles, and pain on the physical level.

‘Surya-atman-jagatah-tashthu shashcha’. The sun is the soul embodiment of all.

Rahu and Ketu are the two lunar nodes. In Vedas, Rahu is the head of the serpent and Ketu is the tail of the serpent Shesha that beholds the entire orb of the galaxy in almost perfect motion. There is a mythological belief that Lord Vishnu-Hari-NARAYAN/ Cosmic God sleeps on the Shesha Nag and Everytime his eyes open the wretchedness of the sinful earth ends because he incarnates himself to come to earth.

Qualities of planets

Planet | Guna-Dhosha |  | Cosmic Sex | LORD OF
Sun | Sattvic | Atman | MALE | Leo
Moon | Sattvic | Param-Mannas | FEMALE | Cancer
Mars | Rajas-Tamas | FIRE & AIR | MALE | Scorpio
Mercury | Rajas | WATER & AIR | NUETRAL | Gemini
Jupiter | Sattvic-Rajas | AIR & ETHER | MALE | Sagittarius
Venus | Rajas | WATER & AIR | FEMALE | Libra
Saturn | Sattvic-Tamasic | EARTHLY-AIR | MALE | Capricorn
Rahu | Tamasic |  |  |
Ketu | Tamasic |  |  |

The karmic cycle of spiritual germination may encounter all twelve or part thereof before final destiny of moksha is attained.

No absolute truth yet exists to prove exactly how the mystical spiritual journey manifests in the unknown.

Understanding our own spirit for the karmic picture may be derived from our perception of the birth charts or otherwise through intuition and divinity.

The nightingale has fascinated me since I was a child. I have always gazed at the nightingale whenever I have felt hurt. The night sky gives me great comfort. It is somewhat mystical and magical yet comforting. Since I was a child, I believed very strongly in my deepest sub-consciousness, that every individual person is a unique star of destiny in the nightingale. Mysticism is scientifically so immaculate and perfect.

Stars come and go, Suns rise and set, seasons come and go time eternal perpetuates in cycles of karma as though the momentum of time never ends.

The glory is to the effulgent power of Sun without which the galaxy would be so dark. The glory is to the beautiful Moon without whose silver shine the night sky would become so sombre. The glory is the strong brave Mars, the intelligent Mercury, the Chief Justice Jupiter, the fertile Venus, The spiritual Saturn and the Lunar Rahu and Ketu. The glory is to the stars without whose configurations the night sky would seem life-less and the spiritual world would almost not appear.

The glory is to the whole great mystical galaxy full of mysticism that benignly speaks to us of the magnificent beauty of that one divine supreme eternal God – Hari-Aum-Tat-Sat. Not this, nor that, thou art the divine light of truth and thine divine light is the one beautiful truth. Only every vision is like a snapshot or picture taken from different point of life with different vision of life experience and with different perception of life. If we were to remove these differences, we will take a leap into the mystical unknown, almost in togetherness of divine compassion, of the universal spirit of life. The bare existence is subtle cosmic energy and the same subtle cosmic energy prevails in either Sattvic (pure), rajjasic (causative) or tamasic (gross) form in all beings. The table below shows the Sattvic, rajjasic and tamasic qualities of houses and planets:

Tri-guna

Sattvic | Rajjasic | Tamasic
4/cancer/moon | 1/aries/mars-sun | 6/virgo/rahu-mercury
5/leo/sun | 2/taurus/ Venus-jupiter | 8/scorpio/mars
9/sagittarius/jupiter | 3/gemini/ mercury | 10/capricorn/ Saturn
12/pisces/jupiter-ketu | 7/libra/ Venus | 11/aquarius/ Saturn
Tri-doshas: |  |
Vatta: MERCURY, SATURN | Pitta: MARS, SUN, | Kapha: MOON, VENUS , AND JUPITER
Air-wind SPACE/AIR/ETHER | AIR and LIQUIDY fire FIRE | Earth and water
Pancha-mahabhutas |  |

The multidimensional human energy field or ‘aura’ travels like currents in the rivers in what we call ‘meridians’. Meridians via veins and arteries nourish every organ and cell. These meridians are supported by vortexes of energies called ‘chakras’.

A disruption in the flow of energy ‘chi’ results whenever a blockage accumulates in any of the seven chakras or meridians. Blockages destroy harmony, and traumatise the subconscious reflexes of the mind and the nervous system. Diseases as well as mental and emotional disorders in the physical body procure. The karmic adversity, of gross physical, physical and mental states, is directly (environmental) or indirectly (universal aggregate energy field) the causation. When imbalances are greater, the symptom become more gross and visible on the deha-sharir (gross body) either as disease ‘rog’ or otherwise as disability. Vedas do not suggest that a perfect state of bliss is attainable in one snap shot or miracles. Mythology of dooms spell, black magic, or all round misery is not only a result of the evil eye but also a karmic manifestation of previous life karma. The dark and dull condition of life cannot be eradicated sometimes in just one lifetime. It may take more than one lifetime to eradicate the evil.

Every single moment of life is an opportunity to dissolve and to diminish the sorrowful misery of darkness and dullness by knowledge, wisdom, love, compassion, and sacrificial rites, rituals, ceremonies, and humanity. TRUTH ALONE TRIUMPHS and the light of the sun never failing always illuminates. The spirit of life is greater and more profound than the ego. In the universe of humankind, the human mind has created, recreated, and modified all the mortal materialism. The human mind and the human ego thrive on ‘change’.

The human personality dwells in the elapsing universe, in ‘thought’ and ‘operational’ faculties of the functional mind. The extrinsic universe rotates, revolves, and unfolds with time. The intrinsic spirit of life grows, evolves, and transforms itself. Nothing in the human universe is EVER absolute.

Everything on the karmic plane of existence is relative, impermanent, and transitorily in a change mode. The karmic plane of existence is mortal. The ancient Tibetan wisdom splits matter into five elements namely tree, fire, soil, metal and water. Similarly, the Vedas refer the ‘Bhumee-Vastusastra’ (matter and environment) as a fusion of ‘Agnee’ (fire), ‘Vayau’ (Wind), ‘Apah’ (Water), ‘Ether’ (atmosphere), and ‘Mitti’ (Soil) with the kundalini in seven chakras. These elements include or exclude ‘yin’ and ‘yang’ CHI to form a spectrum. If logically then we were to adhere to the Vedic concepts and Feng-Shui in a scientific manner, nothing in life is permanent. We dwell on all the impermanence and forget the core issue of the spirit. Spirit must evolve in order to grow closer to the nectar of sublime most truth.

In Vedas it is called AUM TAT SAT (emptiness of eternity is that purest vacuum which is the only truth nothing but the whole eternal truth which radiates the orange hue of the sun). It is the ‘Brahma point’ in the cosmos comprising ‘Soma’ (the purest nectar of truth), a point whereat the light of the sun never failing ever illuminates. The Vedic Godhead is built on "togetherness" rather than oblique surrender to the will of a supernatural personified God. The Vedas do not uphold sin or evil as such like in the literal institutional religion. The Vedas profoundly believe that the power of Agnee (fire) in the sun is the illuminating force of the universe. The Vedic perception of sin and evil is in the word of ‘DARKNESS’ and ‘DULLNESS’. As such, just like the ‘Asvasthama tree’, there are two ways the human personality can travel, one is in the dreary wretched soil, and the other is outwards towards the sun. The soil is finite matter, and anything that travels in the gross matter travels in constrictions. The darkness and the dullness of the gross material soil comprise ignorance, pride, ego, greed, lust, anger, desires, and material power. The evil coils perpetually in the dark soils in perpetual cycles of dreary mundane births in varying forms in varying karmic cycles. The ‘Evil’ becomes mortal and impermanent feature of the elapsing time, because Shiva (the father of Galaxy, also known as Rudra –the transformer) subjects it to a total destruction. In the process of destruction of the gross physical and the physical matter, Shiva (Rudra) benignly reigns the compassion of Varuna (the cosmic preserver), and gives re-birth to the human kind on the karmic plane of human earth.

Thus re-birth in the human form is a great opportunity to become united with eternity in compassion of the spirit.

Dissolution of one human cycle of impermanence and mortality is a beginning of another newer cycle, a reminder for repentance, retribution, consecration, and resolution in "karma". Thus, the human life, is a penultimate opportunity for spiritual growth and spiritual awareness, in karmic progressions. The human life is the rarest gift in time to elevate from the darkness comprising ignorance, greed, lust, anger, desires, envy, jealousy, malice, avarice, and gross material attachments. Nothing in life is as important as being simply happy about life itself. It is by far our greatest human right and this human bare existence can only manifest in pure state of sublime bliss.

‘Knowing it all’ is ‘intellectualism’ and it does not necessarily hold true compassion of the spirit. Between the heavenly skies and the human earth, grows the "EGO". Between the spirit and the personality/ matter, the ego dances in the shadows of the intellect (budhi). The Ego only sees what the intellect perceives.

The ego power always wants to feel right. The Ego power knows it all, thinks it all, through the mind power and provides great REASON and CAUSE to the material world.

The chaos and crises projected by our grand world at large is the reflection of this EGO. The many wars and the catastrophic epiphanies all over the world represent eruption in the human ego power and the camouflage of conflict.

The individual "EGO" as a generic identity is no different to the global EGO as a collective reflection of the world we are in. An individual ego projects and proclaims all the time with the greatness of “I”, mightiness of “ME” and the supreme regime of political power, prestige, status and brand name.

The world of fierce competition and ruthless survival begins with in fear and ends in fear. From childhood, a sense of CONFLICT is enacted between the super ego and the spirit of life.

The conflict between the light and dark prevail in perpetual cycles of karma. The light is one truth. The truth is beautiful. To know it we have to become it. To understand it we have to dissolve the conflict. The conflict of darkness and the dullness comprise ignorance, pride (stubbornness), ego, avarice, jealousy, greed, lust, anger, desires, and material power.

Altruism of ‘understanding it all’ in ‘profoundest quintessence’ transforms the human personality. In time, it diminishes the habitual survival and progressively unites the light of the spirit to the eternal light of the Sun. Shiva is ‘Rudra’ in Vedas, that transforms and redeems whilst destroying the mundane past full of dark ignorance and drudgery. Even when we are afraid and lonely, we must persistently be determined to shut off the buzzing noises, rushing traffic, conflicts, and opinions.

Nothing in human life remains the same forever. The light of the Sun ‘never failing’ is the eternal light of immortal truth. The roaring ocean is the open heart of the compassion.

The teeming vast sky is the infinite glory of the magnificent stars. The moving galaxy is the perfect momentum of eternity. The universal earth is the most beautiful plateau of earth, water, wind, fire, and ether put together. All you need to see and believe is the perfect timeless beauty of this wonderful magnificent nature of God. The Vedic concept of Godhead is based on "togetherness". In togetherness of the cosmic forces, we invoke the cosmic energies to diffuse the karmic fate and transform it into HOPE. The diffusion process is "Upayas" (REMEDY). The remedy of rectifying stagnant, stale, negative and adverse energies. When, Pranna (life breath), Tejas (blood) and Ojas (life sap-immune) are at their optimum, the body is and the mind is healthy.

The greatest ecstatic joy is the intrinsic joy of being happy without the conditional memory of the mundane human survival - to be free infinitely beyond the reality of earthly life of ‘all this and all that’. Our human life is based on ‘support’, ‘creation’, ‘preservation’, ‘dissolution and destruction’.

Too much Pranna will create anxiety, worry, insomnia, loss of memory and concentration, mental depression and suppression. Excess pranna aggravates kundalini and dries up the Ojas (life-sap immune). Kundalini is blocked in the base chakra and second chakra when this happens because of which lower back, coccyx, and kidneys hurt. Excess Tejas also depletes Ojas by burning the immune life-sap because of which depletion and lack of blood circulation, Ida, and pingla (two life energy currents of kundalini) are aggravated in sushumna (the invincible carrier/transported of kundalini).

The Vedas do not see an individual soul different to that of the global soul of the earth. As such, the offering of oblation is not merely for the self, but for the global union of togetherness, peace, and harmony. If the global universal spirit of this world at large is in a huge dilemma and crises from many ecological, political, economical and sociological aspects, it is because the individual COLLECTIVE AGGREGATE human spirit is in conflict.

To transform in karmic terms, it is necessary to dissolve and destroy the dreary mundane past filled with fear, crises, conflict, aggression, reason and chaos. It is necessary to create a new support to preserve and maintain universal peace in ‘togetherness’.

Restructuring and re-engineering the personal ‘chi’ and creating a newer awareness is a process called ‘Upayas’. It is almost very similar to removing blockages from flow of the river so that the flow becomes swifter more radiant and vibrant.

The Vedic Consulting focuses on ‘Upayas’ (rectification and dissolution) based on mantra-manjaree (chanting of holistic mantra uniquely appropriate asterism), ‘anushthan’ (charity, sacrificial deeds, rites and rituals) and ‘tyaag’ (sacrificial detoxification). The primary objective of the Vedas is to align the spiritual existence and to promote evolution of the spirit. The secondary objective of the Vedas is to bring illuminating light ‘jyoti-prakash’ from the Sun into the individual spirit of life.

In an intensive Vedic analysis, we look at the various influences, environmental factors, chi energies, diet, lifestyle, and karmic constellations.

Identifying and merely giving astrological birth charts and astrological reports render a substantial danger firstly of not being an end in itself and secondly of being subjectively non-absolute. Therefore, no astrological reports are absolute.

A true Vedic perception of human personality does not consider the tools and analytical methods and means, as an end. Rather it considers the transformation process of leaving behind the mundane past and transmigrating into illumination. This transformation process is what I term as EVOLUTION OF THE SPIRIT. Evolution process takes many collective karmic years .

JYOTISHA

Vedic astrology is known as jyotisha. Jyotisha is a revelation of the cosmic constellations of the individual astral being. Scepticism cannot perceive the divine light of jyotisha. It is in the interpretation, the qualitative deductions and the qualitative understanding of the nature, characteristics, and significance of various complex constellations VEDIC ASTROLOGY becomes a scientific tool of analysis of the JANMA-PRAKRUTTI (personal karmic constitution)-KARMIC-VIKRUTTI (vitiated TRANSIT constitution). If Vedic astrology constitutional birth chart (janma-prakrutti) is correctly drawn, it will be a similar like to like reflection of the palm and the map of the palm. Furthermore, the same overview reflection will be shown from the numerological computations.

What makes VEDIC ASTROLOGY so special and unique?

It is based on the principles of the cosmic science derived from the VEDAS and it is an exact like to like literal existence of the cosmic sky. Vedic astrology is referential to the ishtha-LAGNA (ascendant), and, the sun and the moon configurations.

It is based on specific nakshattara (constellation), prevailing at the specific time, the individual soul (jivan-atman) comes into life, and an individual ego (identity) is formed. Like the first cry of the baby, the first breath of the baby outside of the womb, the disconnection of the umbilical chord, and the formation of the individual identity. The AHAM-TATTVA (individual ego) assumes a form based on one of the tri-gunas (three gunas). The three gunas are:

- Sattwic (sukshma/subtle, komal/sublime, sushil/pure, divya/divine, and adhya-atmic/ soul conscience devotion, ‘dharmic’/religious, and premic/universally loving).

- Rajjasic (karmic – samsahric/inter-active, prashnic/inquisitive, vyadhic/insecure, mohatic/ambitious, virya/strong, baal/brave, kshatriya/warrior, yudhawan/army of battlefield, ahamkaric/egoist, chintit/defiance, and kshatra/weapon)

- Tammasic (krishna/dark, krurr/dull, dreary, mundane, gross, ignorant, desirous, illusive and pleasures).

GUNAS can be one, mixes of two, or tri-gunic. Seven combinations emanate from the inter-mixing of the above three gunas. SATTWA, RAJJAS, TAMMAS, SAT-RAJ, SAT-TAM, RAJ-TAM, SAT-RAJ-TAM become the seven combinations of gunas based on the placements of the planets at the time of the birth.

Janma-patrika is the constellation map of the cosmic sky.

A specific JANMA-PATRIKA will have RASI, NAKSHATTARA (ASTROLOGICAL GROUP OF STARS), ASCENDANT, and THE SPECIFIC DASA point (perpetual karmic point) at which the individual ego was formed.

Every life spirit on the human planet is a unique cosmic star of constellation, a cosmic entity, and an individual microcosmic spirit. Vedic astrology is based on TWELVE HOUSE –NINE PLANET systems. The twelve houses are the twelve aspects or forms of MORTAL KARMIC LIFE. THESE TWELVE HOUSES ARE THE KEY DWELLINGS OF EACH TYPE OF KARMIC OCCURRENCE (COLLECTIVE KARMA OF MORE THAN ONE LIFETIME). Each house contains 30 degrees aggregating 360 degrees (HENCE TOTAL OF 12 HOUSES). The ecliptic path is an esoteric belt of 9 degrees and –9degrees, in which all planets, stars, and cosmic forces revolve around the sun. THIS BROAD BELT OF 18 DEGREES IS CALLED THE ZODIAC ORBIT.

Mystical science of ASTROLOGICAL cosmos is based on logic, rationale, insight, and inspirational deductions of foresight. Foresight is not black and white. It cannot be proven until certain events have occurred.

Astrology is like a guide. Astrology is like a map. Astrology is like a pathfinder, which makes the LIFE KARMA (our life) meaningful, purposeful, progressive, and relative to past, present and future TIME.

The VEDIC ASTROLOGICAL SCIENCE entails ETERNAL SPIRIT – ETERNAL TIME – ETERNAL KARMA (THE ACT OF DOING AND THE RITE, RITUAL, SACRIFICE TO RETRIBUTE) – ETERNAL PURPOSE (nirvana-‘absolute nothingness’). Vedas speak of single oneness and dualism. Single oneness manifests beyond the pancha-mahabhutas and the tri-gunas sattwa-rajjas-tammas. When the ‘BHUR’, ‘BHUVAH’, ‘SVAHAR’, ‘MAHA’, ‘JANNA’, ‘TAPPA’, AND ‘SATYAM’ LOKKAS/spheres HAVE BEEN TRANSPIRED WITH SPIRITUAL AWAKENING LIGHT OF THE SPIRIT, the dualism of mercury, and the pancha-mahabhutas, cease to exist.

Beyond the wholesome finite existence of the pancha-mahabhutas (elemental form)-senses and sensory perception-tri-gunas (mind)-ahamkar (ego)- mannas (individual astral spirit), there is only ONE oneness and one light that which is the true divine light of infinite god. This light is called AUM TAT SAVITUR VARENYAM BHARGO DEVASYA DHIMAHA DHIYO YO NAHA PRACHODAYYATT AUM TAT SAT-hari aum sat-chitt-ananda. It is the light of the celestial Sun, the sound of the infinite space beyond the orbital sky, the dwelling of the ATMAN-param-atman whereat dualism cannot prevail because there is neither ego nor the mind. It is pure sublime state of astral manifestation of pure existence. The purusha (the cosmic atman) and the prakrutti (cosmic Shakti) dance divinely. The sun is the purusha and the moon is the prakrutti-she, in just as Shiva is the purusha and the Shakti is the primordial energy. For pure stagnant Shiva to move, the subtle force of the sattwic Shakti is necessary. When pure sattwic energy and pure sattwic purusha meet with the AKASHA & VAYAU IT BECOMES SATTWA-VATTIC. It is fatal to presume that only Sattwa is necessary for human existence because it is the most profound and sublime state of existence. Manushya lokka is a karmic bhumi (mortal plane of karma), whereat manushya-ayush has to struggle, sacrifice, experience, loose, and realise the final beatitude of moksha-spiritual liberation through different stages of self-realisation. Self-realisation is a lifetime, or even more than one lifetime process.

When various practices of the MIND and the EGO break the original TRUE divine ONENESS of AUM, there is no longer TRUE REAL divinity but propaganda, commerce, self-orientation, and dualism. True real divinity can only manifest when dualism of falsehood and falseness is removed in a FILTERATION process of cosmic spiritualism. EACH NAKSHATRA HAS A KARMIC ROUTE LIKE THE ONE EACH RIVER HAS ITS OWN COURSE. Eventually, all rivers (different individuals) loose name and form to merge with the vast divine ocean. To run the karmic plane of existence, we need all three gunas in appropriate, relevant, and optimal proportions. When there is balance and harmony in the three gunas, there will be balance and harmony in three forces of existence namely the force of propulsion, the force of transformation and the force of cohesion. So, when each nakshattara completes and accomplishes its karma, life gains moksha.

The Vedas discourage practices, rites, rituals, and karma that do not support the proportionate balance of the tri-gunas. Therefore, extremities are similar to eccentricities. Moderation, right action, right thought, right life, right food, right goals, and absolute divine humbleness imply DHARMA and MOKSHA. Dharma and Moksha are last phases of the karmic cycle, whereas kaam (pleasure) and artha (enjoyment of ego-mind) are lower phases of karmic cycle. Eternal purpose of manushya: To realise the Eternal Spirit (MOKSHA-MUKTEE).

The soul transmigrates, journeys and experiences life in different modes depending on different circumstances (yogs), different conditions (prayogs), and different levels of KARMA (gross material-material-physical-meta-physical-emotional-spiritual-divine). The collective human life experiences four basic modes of life-purposes either in one or more lifetime. The four life-purposes for karma to manifest are:

- KAMMA (desires, pleasure, practical mundane level, gross physical and physical). In Vedic astrology, houses numbers three, seven and eleven are kamma houses.

- ARTHA (practical work, practical physical, career, finance, practical goal). Houses, two, six, and ten are artha houses.

- DHARMA (Duty, selflessness, servitude, religion, and performance of field duty). Houses first, fifth, and ninth are dharma houses.

- MOKSHA (Spiritual, divinity, attainment of liberation, freedom from the pain and sufferings of karma). Houses fourth, eight, and twelfth are moksha houses.

God incarnate Lord Krishna specifically stipulate to life principal Arjuna that the true devotee is a profoundly humble servant who does NOT claim to own or possess any material glitter in titles, prestige, ego, status. A divine servant of God is a seer, an liberator, a facilitator, and a warrior to protect righteousness and good conduct. Only in giving light and only in unconditionally directing the seekers towards GODHEAD, does the Vedic sciences of astrology prevail appropriate. When Vedic astrological science is used for reasons other than, rendering genuine true light/jyott it is considered A COMMERCIAL MYTH. Therefore the intention of the astrologer and the intention of the seer of the astrology IS CENTRIFUGAL to the VEDIC ASTROLOGICAL SCIENCE. According to Lord Krishna, NO ONE HUMAN BEING CAN PREDICT THE FUTURE! The future is in the hands of GOD SUPREME NARRAYANA VISHNU. However knowing and understanding the causes of sufferings and dissolving the malefic purva-karmic (previous life karma) effects of the existing time is the responsibility of every human spirit. This responsibility is a commitment, an obligation, a duty, a divine experience of associating with the core essential spirit of life – that which is the eternal god supreme divine. The Vedas and the Vedanta talk about the INTENTION of the seeker, BHAVANA (internal motif), NITTI (intent), DIVYA-LAGAAN (love for divinity), atman jagrutti (awakening of the soul), ADYATMIC-ANUBHAVVA (profound experience), SAT KARMA (RIGHT ACTION), and SAT DHARMA (right conduct).

Vedic astrological science acts as a guide, as an insight only towards spiritual growth or otherwise towards evolution of the spirit in experience.

No two experiences in life will be identical. Vedas explicitly make emphasis on KAAL AS A MOVING ELAPSING TIME. Time that has become a bygone past can never be experienced again. Only in memory and only in flashes of the glimpses can a spirit of life recall during the last few moments of the life on earth.

The Vedic birth chart shows purpose, KARMA PATH, DEVOTION PATH, SUFFERING PATH, ADVERSITIES, AND REWARDS, to be fulfilled in this lifetime.

Karmic purpose is shown from the following:

1. NAKSHATRA (CONSTELLATION OF BIRTH) and NAV-karmic graha-patrika (nine karmic planetary positions across the twelve houses).

2. PLACEMENT OF THE ASCENDANT (POINT OF EASTERN HORIZON).

3. PLACEMENT OF THE MOON (POINT OF LUNAR AXIS)

4. PLACEMENT OF THE SUN

5. DEVATA (LOKA FROM WHICH THE ATMAN HAS DESENDED FROM)

KAAL:

ROTATION and REVOLUTION of the earth make

Every being is unique, almost as though no two individuals could be same in all characteristic criteria. However, similarities may exist in the individuality and personalities.

These similarities are grouped into 27 NAKSHATRAS over 360 degrees of time. Each group of constellations is covered by 9.3 degrees plus 4 degrees of cusps giving a total of 13.3 degrees. Hence, KAAL is divided into 27 NAKSHATRAS PLUS ONE MORE NAKSHATRA OUSIDE THE ORBIT CALLED THE ABHIJI NARAYANNA NAKSHATRA (LORD VISHNU).

Janma-prakrutti (life birth chart), is a pictorial elucidation of the planets.

Planets rotate around the sun in an anti-clockwise direction as seen from the northern most celestial hemisphere.

Rotation of the earth crosses all twelve signs of the zodiac.

Average daily angular motions are:

SUN 00-59-10.68 DEGREES

MOON 13-20 DEGREES

MARS 00-31.26-46 DEGREES

MERCURY 01-40 DEGREES

JUPITER 00-04-59.17 DEGREES

VENUS 01-36 DEGREES

SATURN 00-02-00.40 DEGREES

NODES 00-3’-11’ DEGREES

The longitudinal distances play important part for establishing karmic effect.

BRAHMA MURARI TRIPURANTAKARI BHANU SHASHI BHUMI SUTA BUDHASHCHA GURUSHCHA SHUKRA SHANNI RAHU KETU SHANTI

SUN- AGNEE-BRAHMA-SOM-RUDRA

MOON – VARUNA-KUBER-VASUS-MARUTTAS

MARS - SHAKTI-GANESH

MERCURY VISHNU-NARAYANA

JUPITER BRIHASPATTI – INDRA –

VENUS INDRANI-LAXSHMI

SATURN YAMM-VAYAU-NIRRITTI

MERCURY AND SATURN HAVE NEUTRAL SEXUALITY.

MOON AND VENUS HAVE FEMALE SEXUALITY.

MARS, SUN, JUPITER HAVE MALE SEXUALITY.

RAHU AND KETU HAVE NO SEXUALITY.

Metaphorically speaking:

FOR our purposes, the orbit is inclined @ 5 degrees to the ecliptic celestial orb (the horizontal plane, which passes through the equator and the centre of the sun).

The moon ascends and descends into the southern and northern hemisphere in a clockwise direction if seen from the somma-bindu-point (the Northern Hemisphere). Moon completes its entire cycle of revolution in 18.6 solar years.

The northern node is known as RAHU, whilst the southern node of the moon is known as KETU. Vedic Rishis considered moon to be a karmic planet (the doer), whereas the sun to be an adhya-atmic (‘know’er’) planet.

RAHU AND KETU are moksha planets. Rahu is connected with the detachment of the mind and the ego from the mortal impermanence. Ketu is connected with the detachment of the physical and material desires from the impermanence of mortal manushya-lokka (human world).

The full Moon (bright cycle of the moon 15 days towards the full moon), Mercury in progression, Jupiter, Venus, and Sun are ‘saumyaic’ (benefice). The decreasing descending Sun, Mars, Saturn, Moon, Rahu, and Ketu are ‘krrurruk’ (malefic). Moon is a she and ‘Ksheena chandra’ weakest on the 14th and 15th days of the dark cycle of the moon. From the 8th day of the bright cycle of the moon to the 8th day of the dark cycle of the moon, the moon is benefice, strong, and romantic. Most fatal accidents, tragedies, and epiphanies occur between the 10th day of the dark cycle of the moon and the 15th day of the dark cycle of the moon. The dark cycle of the moon is called the KRISHNA – DARK PAKSHA-CYCLE. Bright cycle of the moon is known as SHUKLA-BRIGHT-TEJAS.

Mercury is a neutralising planet and it increases or decreases the effect of a specific planet depending upon the lordship and ownership of the particular house. JUPITER IS CONSIDERED THE LORD OF NINE PLANETS. The sun is the soul, the moon is the mind, Mars is the strength, and Mercury is the speech. Jupiter is the priest of cosmic knowledge, wisdom, and divinity. Venus is the potency (virility), and Saturn is the karmic giver of grief, sorrow, and unhappiness for teaching the ego and the mind the lessons of karma and impermanence. Rahu and Ketu are two half planets THE HEAD AND THE TAIL. AKASH-SKY, VAYAU-WIND, AGNEE-FIRE, APAH-WATER, PRITHVEE-EARTH ARE pancha-mahabhutas governed by Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Venus, and Mercury. Karmic position of the planets according to seasons:

KAAL:

1 Mahurtha = 2 gharis = 48 mintes

1 Dina = day = 48 mintes * 15 mahurthas = 720 minutes/60 = 12 hours

Sawan = one sunrise to another sunrise

Ahoratra = (dina+ratree) = 24 hours or 60 gharis or 1440 minutes/

Massa = 30 sawans = one month

Paksha = ½ of the sawan month or 15 dinas (days).

SHUKLA PAKSHA = 15 DAYS TO FULL MOON/PURANMASSI

KRISHNA PAKSHA = 15 DAYS TO DARKEST DAY/ AMAVASYA

EKA CHANDRA MASS = one lunar month

Moon rotates around 27 nakshatras in 30 days.

Each mahurtha is then subjected to TITHI/ lunar period of moment in a day.

The planets undergo through six ritus (seasons in one lunar year)

SEASON POSITION OF SUN LUNAR MONTH

SHISHIR | CAPRICORN & AQUARIUS | MAGH, PHALGUN
BASANT | PISCES & ARIES | CHAITRA, BAISAKH
GREESHMA | TAURUS & GEMINI | JYESHTA, ASHADA
VARSHA | CANCER & LEO | SHRAVAN, BHADRAPADA
SHARRAD | VIRGO & LIBRA | ASHWINI & KARTIKA
HEMANT | SCORPIO & SAGITTARIUS | MARGH, PAUSHA

HORARY ASTROLOGY USES NINE PLANETS, DASHA (PERIOD OF PLANET IN KARMIC LIFE) AND ANTAR-DASHA (ADJOINING PLANETARY INFLUENCE) RELATED TO TRANSIT OF PARTICULAR PLANET. PRASHNA MARGA LOOKS AT TRANSIT OF NOW. Each planet has its karmic life upon the human lifetime in the passage of life and death based on the altruism of Vedic boon of longevity of 120 years maximum lifespan. This means ideally the lifespan of each planet is proportionately lesser in terms of specific time it remains in a person’s lifetime by fractionally lesser rather than more specific relative span of influence. Therefore astrology is NOT perfect.

HOUSES AND EFFECT OF PLANETS:

PLANET | EXALT SIGN | LORD OF | DEBI. SIGN | MAX DEGREE
SUN | ARIES (1) | LEO & ARIES | LIBRA (7) | 10
MOON | TAURUS (2) | CANCER | SCORPIO (9) | 3
MARS | CAPRICORN(10) | SCORPIO | CANCER(4) | 28
MERCURY | VIRGO(7) | GEMINI | PISCES(12) | 15
JUPITER | CANCER(4) | SAGITTARIUS | CAPRICORN(10) | 5
VENUS | PISCES(12) | LIBRA | VIRGO(6) | 27
SATURN | LIBRA(7) | AQUARIUS & CAPRICORN | VIRGO(6) | 20
RAHU | Leo | VIRGO | Capricorn |
KETU | Capricorn | PISCES | Leo |

Note: Rahu and Ketu are karmic planets.

Planetary Inter-relationships:

Planet | Friend | Enemy | Neutral
Sun | Moon, Mars, Jupiter | Venus, Saturn | Mercury
Moon | Sun, mercury | Rahu and Ketu | Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn
Mars | Sun, Moon, Jupiter | Mercury | Venus, Saturn
Mercury | Sun, Venus | Moon | Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Jupiter | Sun, Moon, Mars | Mercury, Venus | Saturn
Venus | Mercury, Saturn | Moon, Sun | Mars, Jupiter
Saturn | Mercury, Venus | Sun, Moon, Mars | Jupiter
Rahu | Jupiter, Venus, Saturn | Sun, Moon, Mars | Mercury
Ketu | Mars, Venus, Saturn | Sun, Moon | Mercury, Jupiter

Further to the nine planets, we have upa-grahas:

THEY ARE: INAUSPICIOUS SUB-PLANETS

DHOOMA; VYATIPATA; PARIVESHA; INDRA CHAAP; UPKETU

GULIKA & MADIKA (imaginary non-existing planets off springs of saturn and yamma)

YAMAGHANTIKA (off spring of yamma); ARDHAPRAHARA; KALA; MRITYU

The 12 zodiac signs and THEIR AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES:

As we see the galaxy there are those planets that have greater distance from the earth and others that have lesser distance from the planet earth. This makes planets grossly direct and physical or subtly direct and metaphysical depending upon their distance from the earth.

GROSS = Aggression, fiery ambition, drive, power, politics, career, earning money, drive, self-ego, mind, and all other masculine tendencies of exerting one’s self, projecting, and making masculine affirmation of the power of the mind and ego are ruled by masculine signs like Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius and, tri-doshic Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius. SUBTLE = Assertion, quietness, creativity, self-less-ness, femininity. IT IS ENERGY AND ENERGY IS NEVER SEEN ONLY EXPERIENCED OR SEEN.

ZODIAC SIGN IN CHRONOLOGICAL | PROPERTIES
1. ARIES | MOVABLE, MALEFIC, BILLIOUS, rajjasic, fiery, red, bulky, nightly, east, royal, wander, RULED BY MARS,
2. TAURUS | FIXED, BENIFICE, WINDY (vattic). White in complexion, RULED BY VENUS, Long, nightly, SOUTH, it is a beautiful garden of the south. beauty and charisma. vaishya or trades person. It aligns the axis in proportion. Rajjasic.
3. GEMINI | DUAL NATURE, MALEFIC, TRI-DOSHIC, twin, couple, holding mace & lute, WEST, AIR, biped, nightly, windy and phlegmatic body, grass, pastures, watery dew, because the air is hot, it is slightly pitta. RULED BY MERCURY. RAJJASIC.
4. CANCER | MOVABLE, BENEFICE, PHLEGMATIC (kapha), pale red hue, BRAHMIN, MULTI-FOOTED, BULKY BODY, SATTWIC BECAUSE ITS RULED BY MOON, AND PHLEGMATIC BECAUSE ITS ELEMENTS ARE AIR AND WATER. NORTHERLY.
5. LEO | FIXED, MALEFIC, BILLIOUS (pitta), SATTWIC BECAUSE IT IS RULED BY SUN, FOUR FOOTED, WARRIOR, LIVES IN VAAN (FORESTS), BULKY HEADED, EASTERLY, PALE HUE,
6. VIRGO | DUAL, BENEFICE, WINDY (vatta), STRONG, DAY SIGN, BIPED, SOUTH, GRAINS AND FIRE IN HAND, AIR, VIRGIN, TAMASIC FOR ITS CHILD-LIKE NATURE. RULED BY MERCURY.
7. LIBRA | MOVABLE, MALEFIC, TRI-DOSHIC (vatta-pitta-kapha), BLACKISH, RAJJASIC, WEST, VIOLENT, BIPED, VENUS RULES LIBRA
8. SCORPIO | DUAL, MALEFIC, BILLIOUS (pitta), CENTIPEDE, BRAHMIN, DAY, REDDISH BROWN, WATER AND LAND, HAIRY, VERY SHARP STING, AND VERY SHARP FOREPART. RULED BY MARS. RAJJASIC
9. SAGITTARIUS | FIXED, BENEFICE, PHLEGMATIC (kapha). RULED BY JUPITER, SATTWIC, HUE PALE, NIGHTLY, WARRIOR, ROYAL, EAST, WANDERER, SPLENDOROUS, RULED BY JUPITER.
10. CAPRICORN | MOVABLE, BENEFICE, WINDY-EARTHLY (vatta-KAPHA). RULED BY SATURN, TAMMASIC, AND EARTHLY. SOUTH, huge body, wonders, glides in the water hence kaphic. CAPRICORN IS DUAL DOSHIC IN MY OPINION BECAUSE OF THE WIND AND EARTH CONSTITUTION
11. AQUARIUS | FIXED, MALEFIC, TRI-DOSHIC (vatta-pitta-kapha) MALE, HOLDING POT, BROWN COMPLEXION, MEDIUM SIZE BODY, STRONG, RESIDES IN DEEP MUDDY WATERS, AND ELEMENTALLY IT CONTAINS AIR. RULED BY SATURN, WEST
12. PISCES | DUAL, BENEFICE, PHLEGMATIC, kapha. Fish. Water. Sattwic. Health. Brahmin. RULED BY JUPITER.

IN AYURVEDA, TRADITIONALLY THERE ARE TWO DISTINTINCT LAGNAS DRAWN BY ANCIENT RISHIS 4000 YEARS AGO.

NISHEKA LAGNA (CHART) = THE LAGNA AT THE TIME OF CONCEPTION when the zygote is formed and there is embryo.

JANMA KARMIC LAGNA (karma chart) = The lagna @ the time of birth when the water bag breaks.

NISHEKA LAGNA WILL REVEAL THE NATIVES LONGEVITY, INFLUENCE OVER PARENTS, AND INFLUENCE OVER THE ATMAN JOURNEY TO MOKSHA.

JANMA LAGNA WILL REVEAL THE NATIVES KARMIC PATH. WHAT THE PERSON WILL UNDERGO TO ACHIEVE THAT FINAL GOAL OR PURPOSE IN LIFE.

JYOTISHA CONSIDERS SUFFERING, PAIN AND SORROW AS AN ASSOCIATION TO THE PREVIOUS LIFE KARMA AND PRESENT LIFE KARMA.

MAPPING OUT JANMA, PATRIKA BASED ON 12 HOUSE SYSTEM NORTHERN INDIAN VEDIC SYSTEM ENTAILS THE FOLLOWING:

TIME OF BIRTH:

PLACE OF BIRTH

NATURE OF DELIVERY – WAS IT DIFFICULT, EASY, ETC.

CONCEPTION LAGNA OR NISHEKA LAGNA.

KUNTI PLEDGED TO KRISHNA ON THE BATTLEFIELD OF MAHABHARATTA TO GRANT HER STRENGTH, SPIRITUAL DEVOUTION, SINGLE-MINDED-NESS IN GODHEAD, AND DHARMA (RIGHTEOUSNESS) DESPITE THE SEVERE ADVERSITIES AND TRAUMA SHE UNDERWENT IN LOOSING EVERYTHING MATERIAL AND EVERY ATTACHMENTS. Similarly, in the KARMIC LIFE of mortal beings, we were born with nothing in our hands and we die with nothing in our hands. In between is just a mirage, an illusion, a MAYA. That KARMIC LIFE is just a transitory passage in the journey of the soul. ADVERSITY, PAIN, GRIEF, SUFFERING comes in one’s life to associate US to our root karma. If tragedies happen to us, we MUST question collective family and collective root KARMA and re-attribute retrospectively. The reason that we are born to a certain background, certain environment, certain family, certain society, certain condition, certain parentage, certain roots is because of our PREVIOUS KARMA. In this, present life, we are born to share the pain and sorrows of our families and to contribute and to awaken from the sacrifices, rites, rituals, ceremonial devotions, bhakti-Rasa, and sharing the good happiness and harmony (no matter how small it may be).

A fine example of SUDAMA AND KRISHNA shows how a poor pauper like Sudama nourished true divine friendship with Krishna in LOYALTY, SINCERITY, DEVOTION, DIVINITY, SELF-LESSNESS, all his life without expecting to see any wealth or riches. Towards the end of his karmic life, Sudama was given everything he had wished for- house, son, wealth, all.

The same example applies to ARJUN (pandavas) AND DURYODHANA (kauravava).

Arjun was dismayed and dis-heartened. There was depression because he is complaining to Lord Krishna why he had to undergo so much suffering and pain and now he has to detach himself from ‘all’. Lord Krishna affirmed that it is BETTER TO SEE SUFFERING, PAIN AND SORROW WHEN WE ARE YOUNG, STRONG AND ABLE TO SUSTAIN THE SUFFERING. NOT WHEN WE ARE OLDER WORN OUT AND UNABLE TO SUSTAIN THE PAIN. How profound this is! When people misuse and abuse their life karma (action and deeds) and dharma (right conduct, duty, and obligations), in their youth to fulfil their personal EGO desires, in reality their old age becomes very painful and very severely impeded. Our duty is not to change the ways of the whole world but to become the change that we expect from the world order and to light a candle of hope for the future generation children by becoming the light of many lights, by giving the light of compassionate love and righteous wisdom and by becoming a light of delight with our spoken and written words, by being patient, forbearing and tolerant. Let us never stop dreaming even on the last exhale and find it in our heart to forget and forgive then we will be forgiven in likeness. Let us try to smile, even when sad as this invokes the inner smile to surface. Let us take each day as it’s dealt and let us be more than grateful "thankful" to Mother Divine Nature for the wealth, grains, and nourishment Mother Nature generates perpetually. Let each spirit of life discover, adventure and experience its course just as a river does......Life oh life! Let it be a flight of delight! All things to all men, impermanent and ever changing everything perishes in due course of time. Life is a song, music, a lyric, a story, a dance, a picture, and a dream. If I am unusual and isolated from most of my folks, it is perhaps because I hear a different drumbeat, different music, and different song to most. Like a night in the Ocean, let me be. Let it be. The nightingale is beautiful beyond the things of pleasure. Let me caper to the roaring ocean and let my last dance be the steps to the silent music of the night. Life oh life! Let it be a flight of delight!

A typical live life chart under its current planetary influences:

A typical rashi chart in circle format under present conditions.

Chinese horoscope: Six houses, twelve animals, and 360 degrees grid.

NITYA YANTRA OF THE MOON CYCLE AND KAAL SHAKTI: Very rare to see:

Each Shakti in the cosmic galaxy or the cosmic sky is represented by the kundalini shakti an chakras in the human body. Like for example:

RECIPROCATORS IN A HUMAN ENTITY ARE SO SUBTLY SIMILAR TO COSMIC ENTITY.

Vedic Astrology and karma

“From Darkness lead us to light; From non-being lead us to being; From death lead us to immortality”

One cannot teach humankind anything; one can only help find it (the truth) amidst imperfections of time and circumstances and conditions prevalent in the passage of time. That which is neither conscious nor unconscious, which is invisible, impalpable, indefinable, unthinkable, unnameable; whose very essence consists of the experience of its own divine self; which absorbs all diversity, is tranquil and benign, without a second, which is what they call the fourth state -- that verily is the atman. This it is the truthfulness the blissfulness and the serene which should be known, discovered and realised beyond the manifest.

‘Dharma’ in Vedas is NOT the institutional religions propagated by humankind under various umbrellas of political organisations, politics and man made bureaucracies. If one remains at the top of this system the so called system of man made religions, one cannot actually experience the life of life and deliver to the human kind the difference between the wisdom and knowledge. One can preach dharma only when one comes down to the level of state of humanity. Dharma is one’s obligatory duty and one’s rightful obligation in this life. Dharma is to protect the innocent, to nourish the childlike, to uphold the purity and to cleanse the impurity. Dharma is to remove the darkness of ignorance and replace it with the light of wisdom and awareness. Dharma is to grant compassion and love to those less fortunate than ourselves. Dharma is to give food, clothing and shelter to those who need it. Dharma is to make peace and not war. Dharma is to love and not to hate. Dharma is to aggregate and collate and remove differentiations, discriminations, segregations, divisions, multiplicity, complex structures, complicated systems, and individualism.

Universal religion can only manifest if we remove names, forms, shapes and sizes, and personalised wardrobes full of fashions and styles. In simplicity, we need to uniformly recognise beyond doubts that the world is one, this earth is one, therefore there is only one common aspect between one another and that is love, compassion and self-respect. What is the purpose of practicing ardent religious means when we cannot remain together at the simplest level to love one another and to respect one another? Therefore, Vedic astrology is NOT construed as being the tool of humanity if it spreads doubts, paranoia, delusions, and dualism. Vedic astrology is a light of divine wisdom of Gods and deities and divinity can only bring forth light and hope.

Vedic astrology entails purity, divinity and self-less-ness. Vedic astrology is NOT to be practiced for commercialism (‘dakshina’ is a nominal fees for time consumed).

The Four Goals of Life – human karma:

Vedic wisdom elucidates that we are not our body, mind or emotions. We are divine souls on a wondrous journey of karma.

We came from God, live in God and are evolving into oneness with God. We are, in truth, the Truth we seek, towards that light of truth we perish in matter. We are that seed, in time we germinate and towards time we dissolve in karma.

To desire is not wrong. But it should be rightful/ legitimate. Desire is at the root of all things, with the macro-cosmic as well as the micro-cosmic. It is a desire to manifest itself that started the first vibration in the Un-manifest Consciousness. All manifestation and Cosmo genesis starts first from this first desire and vibration, which is perceived as the vibration of AUM. By a long process, the manifest universe of five elements arises from the un-manifest.

Vedic science implies that there are four karmic goals of life. These four karmic objects that human beings pursue are ‘kama’ (desire, ambitions, mind, emotions), ‘artha’ (proliferation – growth, prosperity, wealth, children, attachment, outstanding debts), ‘dharma’ (obligations, duties, rightful sacrifices, tolerance, giving compassion, humility, humanity), and moksha (the communion of sacred divinity, union of soul and universal spirit of cosmic godhead, merging of two lights, losses, giving up the mirage, giving up the life of pleasure and undertaking stillness, meditation, spiritual awareness).

Beyond these four purposes of life is nirvana or the state of tranquil static divinity whereat there is neither karma nor any desire for karma. It is a state of pure infinite stillness.

Kama

Translated as desire, it is the achievement of one's aspirations. All desires and ambitions are part of “Kama”. While at one level, lust too is part of it; Kama just represents one's innate urge to attain one's aspirations.

Artha

It refers to the acquisition of wealth or resources that are valuable. Wealth is essential to allow us to function happily in life. When knowledge is used for supporting oneself, it can also be part of artha.

Dharma

It is the Way, the Natural law or that which is natural. It is the dharma of the Sun to shine. It is the dharma of the planets to revolve around the Sun. Dharma, when followed diligently, will carry one across the ocean of existence. To follow dharma, is to go with the cosmic flow. Though the role of religion is to indicate or show what dharma is, often it ends up in dogma and ritual. Dharma is much more than religion. It is beyond all dogmas and narrow ideas religion.

Following dharma is doing what you ought to do. Dharma is one’s obligatory duties and sacrifices and oblations towards one’s time here and now between the life and death in the passage of present life time. Death will encounter and the time will no longer be available. So, the present time, the present moment is considered as the most significant in doing right. One must think not of the reward or anticipate results but one must pray and one must perform the sacrificial duty and one must give all to the issue at hand, to the circumstantial condition at hand; one must bring positive acceptance of all the adversities at the present moment in time. Most learned saints and sages live in the present moment in time to utilise it as the only moment available for nourishing and worshiping, for doing good and being good. When the karma bank becomes surplus, life automatically will alter.

Moksha

The goals of ‘kama’ and ‘artha’ can be pursued as long as they are rightful/moral/for the welfare of the society (based on principles of dharma). With dharma as the foundation, if one has attained the first three goals, eventually a time comes when one transcends them. The first three goals are a means to attain the ultimate goal of moksha or liberation. Once one has experienced a lot from the first three goals, one will realize that there is no permanent happiness in them, that this world is impermanent and that no finite and impermanent thing can give us everlasting happiness. Everlasting happiness is possible only if a thing is infinite and eternal. That brings us to the One source of all - the Infinite and eternal Truth, call it Brahman, God or whatever you want to. Attaining moksha or liberation is just achieving union with the cosmic consciousness or going back to Cosmic Roots. All four goals are important to a life well lived. Each of them facilitates the other, until finally evolve towards the ultimate aim of liberation. But most people do not pursue all the four goals equally because their own individual karmas direct them to prefer particular courses of action. This can be ascertained from the positions of the grahas (planets) in the signs and houses. Let us consider the twelve astrological houses: Aries is the first house of the zodiac. In an individual chart, the ascendant or lagna is the first house. Applying the same principles:

Houses | Goals
1st, 5th and 9th | Dharma
2nd, 6th and 10th | Artha
3rd, 7th and 11th | Kama
4th, 8th and 12th | Moksha

Placement of the 4 goals of life in the chart:

Moksha (12) | Dharma(1) | Artha (2) | Kama(3)
Kama (11) |  | Moksha (4)
Artha (10) |  | Dharma (5)
Dharma (9) | Moksha (8) | Kama (7) | Artha (6)

‘Dharma bhava’ Religion houses

If we uphold dharma, dharma will protect us (dharmo rakshati rakshitah). If a person has led a life of ‘satt-dharma’ (virtue) in the past, the effects or repercussions or consequences are seen in the current incarnation. This could take the form of intelligence and good education (represented by the 5th and 9th houses) ‘drishtti’ (aspect) and otherwise influences of planets inclusive. Later on in life (or at some point of time), it can also manifest in the birth of good children and happiness through them (again in the 5th and 9th houses). Should the karmic seed be depleted, children and growth in the family may usually be rule out. Finally, if the Dharma has been very strong, it gives sadhana (mantra in the 5th and guru/spiritual teacher' in the 9th). Dharma is associated with health, mind, and clarity of reasoning. The highest religion is the one that is needed of a subject during the present lifetime based on one’s previous karma. Hence, the challenges of one’s karmic life to make right from wrong take the toil out of one’s conditions. However, a ‘dharma tevi’ one who is favoured by the divinity shall get help and support from higher order at every point in one’s crises and upheaval as though it is a sheer miracle from the higher order. ‘Bhakti’ (devotion), satt-karma (good deeds), satyah (righteousness), karuna (compassion), premah (love), and shantih (peace), contribute towards evolution in Dharma and onwards enjoyment of one’s life here and now. The karmic cycles of planets:

Karmic cycles of dina/ day and their respective ruling planet:

The KARMA OF SEVEN PLANETS FORM THE KARMA OF HUMAN LIFE IN THE PASSAGE OF LIFE AND DEATH AND BECOMES MANIFESTATION IN LIFE.

Rahu and Ketu are karmic planets and as such are known as the nodes of the moon. The moon and the earth remain in karmic balance around the soul SURYA Sun and the seven planets because of karmic momentum of the Rahu and Ketu.

Dharma – bhava prakasha-

One cannot control this triangle much in this lifetime as it depends on previous good karma or merits of past life.

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Artha houses

The houses associated with ‘Artha’ are: 2nd, 6th and 10th. They are also the houses associated with the profession of the person which then leads to the creation of wealth/prosperity. To ascertain an individual's profession (which is the means to wealth or artha), we have to analyse the artha triangle. i.e. houses 2, 6 and 10. The second indicates finances and accumulation of wealth. The sixth indicates service, rivals, debts etc. "Living on others' money”, being the order of the day, making money through others' money comes here. Most businesses run on loans. The other person is seen on the 7th, 12th being loss or expenditure, the 6th indicates loss to others (12th to 7th ). When we take a loan or get into debt, the other person loses, and we gain or get his money. As such our money is based on his expenditure. In the changing scenario, the 6th house is no longer totally bad. But judging the exact effects needs more knowledge of astrology. Overindulgence, overeating, excess of anything that contributes to excessive pleasure and stimulation always end up in overuse of senses, sense organs, abuse of body organs, and abuse of stomach. Stomach is the grand custody of treasure house filled all the ambitions and self-importance. Ego always capers in the shadow form and ego eventually diminishes.

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Kama houses

The Kama houses (3rd. 7th and 11th ) deal with desire. The 3rd indicates one's efforts, while the 7th indicates all interactions with the OTHER PERSON, be it a spouse or business partner, or anyone with whom we enter into a contract. The 11th indicates one's aspirations, goals and their fulfilment or otherwise. It also indicates attachments or ties of a lasting nature like a permanent friendship. The kama houses indicate the motivations of the person, showing one's efforts, aspirations, goals and interaction with others for the fulfilment of the same. The key word is desire. ‘Moha’ (the inner desire for wants), ‘mahad’ (materialism) and ‘maya’ (attachments and illusions) are but the ways of ‘samsahr’ the wheel of karmic life and humankind identifies with the society by firstly itself being a measuring yardstick of pride, prestige and status and secondly by placing relevant importance to comparison, competition and discriminations.

It is the nature of the human mind and the human ego that dwell in the circumferences of this society to measure, to judge and to discriminate others by status, prestige and position. Placing self-importance and creating systems of bureaucracies’ egotists help themselves to quick money and bring to themselves fame - short term pleasure but their karma eventually brings dismal grief to themselves and their families towards the end of their life nearing their death. Most of materialism is associated with the two goals namely kamma and artha. When kama and artha houses are filled with planets and receive favourable aspects then the person will be very rich!

Upachaya houses or Houses of Growth

A word on the Upachaya houses is not out of place here. The Upachaya houses are the houses of growth. They are houses 3, 6, 10 and 11. These are the areas where man has more freewill. These houses afford a chance for the so-called growth or progress materially. In fact malefics such as Saturn or Mars are preferred here. If you see any book of Jyotish, the results given for malefics in these houses are better than other houses. Malefics here seem to give more growth materially while actually taking the individual away from the path of realisation. All the Upachaya houses are either Artha ( wealth ) or Kama ( desire ) houses. Freewill is allowed more in these areas.

Prarabdha (resultant karma from collective previous aggregate karma) rules more strongly in the other houses. The 2nd house which represents the family and the 7th which represents marriage, are largely determined by karmic debts (Rrnna) and an individual has very less freewill in these areas. We have no choice in the family that we are born into. NOTE: Rashi charts alone cannot and should NOT be examined or evaluated to determine the karmic astrological map. The navaamsha chart must be closely examined as navaamsha represents the spiritual embodiment of the karmic energy. Furthermore, it is also useful to examine the influences of parental and children on the karmic forces. There arises a question: How long is a piece of string? Karma is very difficult subject except that it can be explained in vivid imperfect manner according to the VEDAS. The Vedas say that even when a soul attains nirvana, but because of its last wish (thought) prior to the soul living the body being attached to either longing or an unfinished business or incompleteness, then rebirth or re-incarnation procures. No one astrologer can determine death and birth!

Moksha houses

Houses 4th, 8th and 12th relate to Moksha. The 4th house refers to wisdom and Vedic knowledge. The 8th house refers to life/ death, Para-normal experiences, spiritual encounters, and sudden tragedies. The 12th house refers to mysticism, spiritual growth, isolation, losses and dissolution in karma.

The Moksha houses are spiritual houses. These are secret or mystic houses. They are seldom understood properly. This is the part of the book of fate that is closed to normal human minds. Even the best astrologers understand very little of these houses. The 4th and the 8th houses represent psychic and occult powers /abilities, Samadhi (ability to observe and to watch in silence), nightmares. The 12th house also signifies everything foreign-foreign countries, foreigners, etc being watery and also because it signifies the feet. Another important signification of the 12th house is that it is a secret house other than the 8th. Spies, detectives, people involved in any kind of `secret work' could have a strong 12th house connection. The 12th house also signifies dissolution. Water stands for Cosmic dissolution. So material dissolution, loss and expenditure, or, voluntary giving away in charity/philanthropy, or at its best the dissolution of the Individual into the Cosmic; in other words final liberation or moksha, are all indicated by this house. While the 4th indicates interest and study into the occult, the 8th takes us deeper into the secrets of the Cosmic Consciousness and the 12th actually frees the individual under ideal conditions.

In reality any of the trio (4th, 8th, or 12th) are mystic houses; especially the 8th and 12th give experiences which are unusual, or spiritual. The exact nature of the experience, whether it is truly spiritual or belonging to a lower or higher level of illusion (‘maya’), is decided based on the planets and other houses involved. To understand one's spiritual experiences, an analysis of 4, 8, 12 houses and signs becomes important. In fact any strong links between the houses of Dharma and Moksha bodes well for spiritual inclinations and progress.

All aspects from planets to the houses 4th, 8th and 12th are considered in proportion to their influencing strengths. We loose plenty to gain a little in the spiritual world. All the materialism seems like shackles when we free ourselves from the burdens of book knowledge and free ourselves onwards to the soul divine. The freedom of the divinity and the happiness of giving that divinity in wisdom and knowledge is such a noble patent because we have given ourselves wholly towards the meaning of human life – that which is moksha (release from the burdens of the cycles of karma). Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before the innocence of children. The voyager having wondered from one place to another place, knocks at very alien door to come to his/her own and one has to wonder and adventure and experience life just as rivers do. Having wondered through all the outer worlds and places and circumstances and conditions, one finally reaches the shrine of his/her inner most sacredness at the end. Melting into tears of a thousand streams, and deluge the world with flood of assurance, alas, ‘hamnssa’ closes his eyes to bid farewell sweet departure from earth.

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Karma

“The song that I came to sing yet remains un-sung; my karma albeit spending my days in stringing and in unstringing my instrument, remains unaccomplished. Life oh life, let it be, let it what it may be; face it, accept it, grit it, but grin at it and shrug it away in time to take a flight of delight, let my departure be sweet, let me now go in peace!”

Karma literally means "deed" or "act" and more broadly names the universal principle of cause and effect, action and reaction which governs all life. Karma is a natural law of the cause and the consciousness, just as gravity is a law of matter.

What is the purpose of human life? Life brought with it myriad experiences, including the inevitable experience of suffering too. Why do we suffer? Why are we born? Such questions plagued my mind for a long time.

The sacred books and the wise men gave me a glimpse of the theory of karma and transmigration of the soul. It seemed very logical, yet I doubted it especially during the dark nights of the soul, that are common to most spiritual aspirants in the early phases. Then I started studying Jyotish or Hindu Astrology. But it took me years of hard work, some experience and sincere thinking to be convinced. When I started seeing the patterns in the horoscope manifesting in actual life, I had to accept the theory of Karma. Slowly it was no more a belief, but a fact. Karma means not only action, but also the result of an action. Whatever we are going through at the moment is the result of previous actions, not just of this life, but many lives. In short Karma is the sum total of our actions both in this life and in the preceding ones.

Nothing happens by accident or chance actions. Everything happens in regular order, the past, present and the future being interconnected and interdependent. Cause is effect concealed, and effect is ‘cause’ revealed! It is the physical body that dies. The astral body (sukshma or lingam sarira) and causal body (karana sarira) continue forth. The causal body has all your Karmas stored in it as seeds, seeds that result in rebirth. As long as man has not exhausted all his Karmas, he has to be born again. All our actions and thoughts become the seeds for our future lives. Karma is at the root of this cycle of births and deaths. Again and again Karma makes us take birth. Countless times have we been born and countless times have we died. Very many wombs have we passed through.

RUNANUBANDHANA – the linkage of karmic bondage and reason for cause.

In each life, we have mother, father, brothers, sisters, spouse, children and so on. We are born in a family as a result of un-discharged debts of past lives. Constantly we are creating accounts, debiting and crediting. We are creating Karmic debts with all those with whom we interact. The Karmic debts (rna) lead to bondage or attachment (bandhana). These Karmic attachments pull us into the wheel of existence again and again. runanubandhana (the bond that results from Karma debts) is at the root of repeated lives.

Karma leads to rna and rna leads to Karma. It works both ways. If you have given something to somebody in some life, the memory is stored in your casual body. That person will be your debtor in this birth. If you have taken in the past, it will be taken from you in some birth. The causal body stores the memory of all of one's runanubandhanas of countless births. Till all the karma stored in the causal body is burnt away or exhausted, there is no liberation from rebirth. Human life is nothing but a memory of runanubandhana, the story of the countless karmas that we make, and live through. Every relationship reflects some runanubandhana.

The people with whom we have very strong Ruanubandhana become our parents, spouse, children and Coburn’s in this life. The memory of Karmic debts may be sweet or bitter. Sweet memories of karmic debts lead to a `happy' relationship and bitter memories to an `unhappy' relationship. In reality most of the karmic debts are mixed, a mixture of sweet and bitter memories. That is why most relationships are of a mixed nature.

Two people can be mutually attracted to one another only if there was some relationship between them in some previous life. When you meet a person to whom you were related in a previous life, the stored memories or the runanubandhana stir up your emotions and you may start “feeling” for the person. In fact sex itself has rnanubandhana at its roots. In countless lives, we would have had bondage with many people. Every longstanding relationship leads to certain deep impressions.

Any act when done repeatedly can become a habit. Every habit leaves an impression. These impressions are the samskaras, which drive us to act again.

That is why we get attracted many times in similar mannerisms. But if we have no more debt (rna) with the other person, it just remains as a fleeting thought, as an impulse only. But if the runanubandhana is still there, the attraction results in a relationship. Sometimes even if the karmic debt is discharged, still the samskaras (impressions of past acts) drive us to meet. We eventually end up creating a fresh account, a further karmic debt that is not advisable.

In the majority of the relationships, attraction is only the samskaras and not the actual karmic debts (runa) that operate. But if there is any un-discharged karmic debt, it results in a relationship of karma. When the karmic accounts are settled, once there is no more debt, the relationship breaks suddenly. But if the runanubandhana is very strong, it results in a long-standing relationship like marriage.

This is the cause of every relationship, how it is born and how it ends. But nothing is permanent. No karmic debt can be everlasting. Eventually it has to end, when the debt is discharged, when the account is balanced.

In this impermanent world change is the law of life. Countless wombs have we passed through. Innumerable mothers, fathers and wives have we been with. But when a karmic debt is over, the attachment might still be there. We still cling on.

When rna (debt) is over, the relationship has to end. But anu-bandhana (bondage or attachment) might still make us cling to the person. Like the fan that turns for a while even after the power supply has been switched off, the attachment doesn't die for some time. Once the rna is over, nothing can sustain the relationship. Hence any further remnants of attachment (anubandhana) are bound to produce only suffering and misery. In some cases, one of the two people involved grows out of the relationship once the rna (debt) is discharged. But the other refuses to move on, due to the attachment (anubandhana). The second person suffers tremendously because any further attachment leads to misery and suffering only. Sometimes there is bitterness also after separation. This bitterness can sow the seeds for future karma! When the karmic debts are over, when a couple has to part ways, as far as possible, it should be done with the least negative feelings. They should part in an amicable way to avoid further seeds of new karma. Easier said than done; in reality our memories are faded and we find it shameful to seek counsel of the aged and listen their wise counsel. One must seek wise advice and not become stubborn. Stubborn-ness builds anger and destruction of the physical body. Being so humble, letting go of the hurt and realising the truth through the light of the wise counsel can bring neutralisation of karma. Many instances of obstacles have taught me that hardships teach us karmic lessons. Obstacles come into our lives to re-enact us into a highly spiritual mode and re-awaken us back to our roots. Hardships, adversities and calamities visit us to make us realise that we have to eventually empty this body and give up the borrowed time upon which we are struggling abreast to be alive, kicking, and wondering from places to places until finally we die. Two persons or two souls meet together in a life because of previous life karma or ‘RUNANUBANDHANA’.

The karma that brings two people together into marriage can also be of many types. I will mention a few below:

i. Bitter enemies are born as husband and wife and always fight, criticize, deceive one another and make their lives miserable.

ii. Two people who have created negative karma between them come back as man and wife and lead a life of suffering together, fighting with one another.

iii. Two people who have created both positive and negative karma between them come back as man and wife and have a mixed life causing both happiness and unhappiness to one another.

iv. Two people who have created positive karma between them in previous lives come back as man and wife and lead a relatively happy life.

v. One who has taken a lot in some life has to give in the present life. In such a case, one of them will always be giving (money, love, care, etc.) and the other receiving.

vi. Two souls who are evolving spiritually come as husband and wife, help each other in their evolution and benefit one another. This is the purpose of marriage.

vii. A couple who has been husband and wife may come back as husband and wife again if their runanubandhana is very strong. If the runanubandhana is very strong and their destinies (lives) are so strongly interlinked, usually both die almost at the same time. If one dies first, generally the other also dies within a few hours or days or weeks. The souls are so strongly identified with one another that towards the end of a successful married life, they behave as if they are one.

viii. Sometimes (rarely) a very highly evolved being or soul, or spirit or even an avatar is born as two people to accomplish a mission. After the accomplishment of the mission, they merge back into one. Though very rare, such a divine couple also takes birth in all ages. Such a high soul may be born as two separate individuals as husband and wife, brothers, guru and disciple, etc.

The anubandha (bond) between husband and wife is thus of many types. The patterns of karma are myriad, exceedingly intricate and perplexing. It is very difficult to understand because karma is an eternal mystery that defies all description. Yet we should try to understand what little we could with the guiding `light' of Jyotish.

Summation: KINDS OF KARMA

i. Sanchita Karma or Total Accumulated Karma

This is the vast store of accumulated Karmas of all past lives (as a human being only). It may be indirectly seen in a man in his character, his tendencies, aptitudes, inclinations and desires.

ii. Prarabdha or Fructifying Karma

That portion of our Karmas allocated to us in this life is called Prarabdha. It is the fruit of our past actions that are being reaped in this life. All of Sanchita karma will not be experienced at one time. Only that portion which has `become ripe' for experiencing in this life time is Prarabdha. The natal horoscope reveals Prarabdha only.

iii. Kriyaman or Current Karma

This is the fresh karma that we do in this life. This is the area that man has freedom to determine the course of action. This determines our future lives. This is where the concept of free will comes. The horary chart reflects both the prarabdha of past lives as well as the kriyaman of this life. In other words the prashna (horary) chart is the latest karmic bank statement with regard to the query!

iv. Agami Karma or Future Karma

The karma that is coming, in other words, new actions that you contemplate as a result of your thoughts, the way you envision the future, is Agami Karma. Today's plans when executed could become a reality one day. Planning is Agami while execution is Kriyaman. Thus Agami (planning) leads to Kriyaman (freshly executed actions of the present) which becomes Sanchita (accumulated) to later surface as Prarabdha (destiny). Sanchita karma manifests in two ways. Firstly, as Prarabdha or the so called destiny, and secondly, as the Samskaras or tendencies.

JYOTISH OR ASTROLOGY is a guide only and a map based on imperfections. Imperfections therefore only render an overview insight. Insight is therefore subjective.

Astrology sheds light on life by revealing our karmic patterns. When a soul is born into a family, it is because of the karmic debts with the others in that family. When everything is ideal, the situations and the persons fit into the karmic patterns and the soul takes birth. In other words the individual karmic pattern selected for this life has to fit in or correspond to the group (whole) karmic patterns of the family, society, etc. This happens not just by chance, but in accordance with the cosmic patterns.

What relation does the horoscope have to fate and destiny? Do planets dictate our lives? These are often asked questions. The planets do not control our lives. They reflect the cosmic patterns. The universe works in certain natural cyclic patterns. Both the macrocosm and microcosm operate in a similar way. The planets revolve around the Sun. The electrons revolve around the nucleus in the atom. `As above so below'. This is the fundamental law. A man can be born only at a time when his individual karmic pattern (Prarabdha) matches that of the macro-cosm, that is the planetary and stellar patterns. What is happening at a macrocosmic level is also happening at a microcosmic level. By this cosmic law, the karmic pattern matches with the planetary pattern. In other words the time of birth is Prarabdha (destiny)!

By studying the patterns created by the stellar bodies, we can infer the karmic patterns of the individual, because they both are co-extensive. The horoscope thus reveals the Prarabdha karma of an individual. An intelligent astrologer can analyse to a reasonable extent, the Prarabdha with which a person is born, and based on that, the situations in which the individual may be placed in life at different times. The character, the tendencies, the Prakriti (Constitution), mental make-up and the situations in life are all Prarabdha indicated by the horoscope through the patterns revealed. Hence study of Jyotish or Hindu astrology can shed a lot of light on the unknown aspects of life and is very illuminating. That is why it is called the best light (Jyoti:light; Ish:Lord). Astrology is the best light on life.

Astrology can guide in our lives by giving hope, by correcting us and most importantly can be a Sadhana (spiritual practice) in itself when done unselfishly. To the spiritual person, it gives proof of karma, rebirth and the goal of life. Used wisely astrology can guide us and help us in our spiritual ascent. Areas like Medical astrology, Muhurta and even predictive astrology (only to some extent when used wisely) can be of immense help in our day to day lives. That is the purpose of astrology too.

LIMITATIONS OF ASTROLOGY

Astrology has its limitations too. An astrologer cannot see every thing. He has access to limited information. First only the Prarabdha is revealed through a horoscope, that too in a veiled manner. A very good, honest astrologer has access only to the `Patterns'. He does not `see' the story written there. He has to analyse the patterns and infer what it could possibly mean. Often the astrologer (Jyotish) comes to crossroads, where two or more interpretations seem equally possible. Each could manifest in many ways. Only the general or specific trend may be understood. But never `exactly' as it would manifest. The actual event itself may manifest in a manner totally unanticipated by the astrologer.

Often the astrologer may misjudge or even be working on wrong information (like wrong birth time)! Even if the astrologer is running a favourable planetary period (Dasha) himself and judges it correctly, he should remember that he has access to the Prarabdha only. He is in the dark where a vital area like Kriyaman Karma is concerned. This is the invisible area, where an individual can make or mar his destiny. Some of the effects of Kriyaman karma manifest in the future lives while some manifest in this life itself. An astrologer can never know exactly about the client's spiritual merit which may be rapidly declining or increasing. Though the predictions can often be uncannily accurate, no astrologer can be hundred percent correct always and therefore should be humble enough in his approach to the divine science. Nothing teaches more humility as the true practice of astrology does. With all these limitations, an honest astrologer can still guide us to a reasonable extent because it is supreme, mystical and some how bringing to us lessons of value. Value means realising the many aspects of life. Identifying those that matter towards our onwards evolution to truth. Therefore, it is better to be wise and let reason rather than impulses become our guiding force. Haste always makes waste. Thus, taking time to sit in quietness to meditate over with reason and rational logic with insight and astrological guidance can help us overcome our grief.

LESSONS

There are a few ideas that emerge from a sincere study of the ancient texts. Prarabdha cannot be changed by any one. This is destined to happen. No one can avert it. The best way is to accept things as they are and surrender to the Almighty. Prarabdha can affect the body only, not the mind. If one can cultivate sufficient mind control, he can avoid unnecessary mental suffering. In other words disasters happen, but mentally one can remain unaffected by adopting a spiritual attitude.

Some people take a wrong message from all this. They feel that doing no work, inaction will help them. This is impossible. No human being can ever remain without karma. Bound by Prakriti (Nature), man is forced to do karma by the three gunas (Sattva, Rajas, Tamas). Our Prakriti will make us do karma. Karma is three fold. First there arises a desire. Then you will think of how to get it. Then you exert to attain it. Desire, thought and action always go together. So thought itself is subtle karma, the seed of karma. Karma can be done through the mind (thought), speech (words/verbal) and the body (the actual act). These are three threads, which make the rope of karma that binds all men. Hence even if a man is inactive and refrains from action, he may still be doing karma at a thought level. As long as thoughts are there, karma is being done. A man may be acting, but mentally he may not have sense of agency, in which case karma cannot bind him. This is the essence of the Gita Sloka, `He who sees action in inaction, and inaction in action, is a `Yogi'. Seeing, hearing, talking, thinking, etc. are all Karmas. We are constantly performing karma through the mind, speech and body in all the three states of dreaming, sleeping and walking.

There can be no state in which a man is not performing karma. Instead of running away from action, one should diligently give up all sense of agency, the identification with Karmas.

Can one go beyond karma? As Swami Sivananda said, one can go beyond the results of karma. `Attaining knowledge of Brahman or the Eternal destroys the whole lot of Sanchita karma. It can be greatly modified by entertaining lofty, divine thoughts, and doing virtuous actions. Agami karma can be destroyed by expiatory rites or Prayaschitta and by removing the idea of agency through Nimitta Bhava (attitude that one is an instrument in the hands of God) and Sakshi Bhava (attitude that one is silent witness of the actions of the senses and the mind)”. If you write a cheque for a hundred thousand rupees and do not sign it, is it valid? No, because your signature is not there. Similarly if you do not put your signature on the actions, they cannot bind you. In other words, you can act, but do not be attached to the result. Do it without any sense of agency, with a Nimita Bhava.

Surrendering oneself to God, if one acts without any attachment to the results, the Karmas do not bind him. The sense of `I', `mine' and self identification are your signature. When you do any karma without your signature, it is not going to bind you.

As Swami Sivananda said, `You have no Bhoga-svatantrya (freedom to determine the result of action) but you have Karma-Svatantrya (freedom to determine the course of action)'. In other words, the only area where we have a choice is the present.

Irrespective of the results, one should carry on with his duties, surrendering to the Lord. At times we may not have freedom to determine the results, but we are totally free to determine the course of action. By moving in the right direction according to Dharma, one can alter the course of the future (especially future lives). The situations that we find ourselves in are due to Prarabdha, over which we have no control. But we have freedom as far as our reaction to the situation is concerned.

`What you are now at present is the result of what you thought and did in the past. What you shall be in the future will be the result of what you think and do now'. Hence, destiny is your doing. You have built it. Only you can undo it. If your actions of hundred lives have resulted in an adverse condition, you can still undo it. But it requires a hundred times more effort to balance the actions of previous lives. Yet, if you want to change your life you always have the freedom to determine the course of action, if not the results.

How does karma actualize? The Karmas are stored in the causal body. When the cosmic planetary patterns change, when the time is ripe, the karmas ripen to fruition; the seeds of karma in the causal body sprout and project into the astral body where they influence the mind. The thoughts energize the physical body, thus, to act in a manner that is in accordance with the karmic patterns. Thus any undesirable seed of karma spotted in the horoscope can be prevented from actualizing itself at the mind level if one exercises enough control, since the body translates the thoughts into actions. But this is often very difficult. One who gains total control over emotions like anger, lust, greed etc is indeed a Yogi.

Intensity of karma

Here a very important point has to be kept in mind. Karma can be classified into three types based on intensity.

a. Dridha (Fixed or Strong) Karma

b. Adridha (Not Strong/Non Fixed) Karma

c. Dridha - Adridha (Strong/Not Strong or Not Too Strong) Karma

As the name suggests the Dridha Karmas are very difficult or almost impossible to be changed. Adridha karmas can be easily altered while Dridha - Adridha can be altered through concentrated efforts. Generally Upayes or Pariharas (spiritual remedies) are effective in the 2nd and 3rd types. But to change very strong (Dridha) karma, is very difficult, practically almost impossible. Either we encounter obstacles even in implementing the remedies or a life long attempting of the remedies is required!

Change can only occur when the Agami and Kriyaman Karmas neutralise the Prarabdha. Hence, the quality and quantity of effort required to alter destiny (Prarabdha) depends on how strong our previous karmas were. But what we have done can be undone nevertheless.

When an astrologer sees a confluence of factors, he predicts confidently for he knows that he is looking at Dridha Karma or Fixed Karma. Apart from Purushartha (Self efforts) there is another very important concept that the scriptures offer - Kripa or Divine Grace. Divine intervention or Grace can always do what human efforts fail to achieve.

Thus there are three factors, which influence the outcome of Prarabdha.

Muhurtha: Choosing favourable time in accordance with the planetary patterns can augment or maximise the effectiveness of human efforts.

Agami & Kriyaman Karma: The thoughts and presents efforts can be initiated in the right direction sincerely. A strong current of favourable thoughts combined with sincere efforts can go a long way. Part of this, is seeking spiritual remedies (Upayes or Pariharas) that astrology can offer.

Kripa or Divine Grace: Divine Grace can intervene and change things. The spiritual remedies are partly aimed at drawing divine grace that is why of all remedies, the most effective, reliable and simple ones are Mantras and Prayers. Mantras, prayers and danam or charity (which is nothing but Selfless Karma) are prescribed by the great sage PARASHARA.

WHERE TO PLACE ASTROLOGY

In the house of Ignorance, there is no mirror in which to view one’s soul divine. Happiness is a myth that we consciously seek but its occurrence is a sheer miracle just like the dawn and the dusk whereat the sun kisses the entire existence in enchanting beauty unparalled.

From the above points, it becomes clear how a wise person takes astrology. There are two ways:

To seek astrological guidance, but not to be totally dependent on it. The astrologer has many limitations.

No astrologer has the final say in any matter.

Thinking, pondering, and planning intelligently remembering the astrologer's advice as a guide and as an insight only. Any Pariharas (remedies) suggested by the astrologer can be adopted as long as they are spiritually oriented and do not involve unnecessary expenditure. Such remedies (as per PARASHARA, the father of Indian astrology) are prayers and chanting of remedial Mantras. Other remedies which involve huge tantric costs are not reliable and are mostly suggested by dishonest commercial astrologers. Furthermore, one must acknowledge one’s destiny and accept one’s Prarabdha and do one’s duties cheerfully. No one can alter destiny. Even Yogis can help one only to postpone it, not avert it! But there is one area where we have total freedom. That is our current karma (Kriyaman).We can determine the course of our present action. We can bring in an anti-current of thoughts, a current of noble, spiritual thoughts, thoughts guided by Dharma. It is never too late to change the course of action. In the Kriyaman area, let us do good deeds. Let Dharma guide us all. Some times there may be a conflict between free will (Kriyaman) and destiny (Prarabdha). Let us not despair. However powerful Prarabdha is.

Let us do our duties cheerfully without any attachment to the fruits of our actions. Surrender ourselves to God and doing our duties with a Nimitta Bhava (sweetness and humbleness that can melt any stubborn person). Great Yogis like Bhisma and Vasishta have placed Purushartha or exertion (free will) above destiny. Let us not underestimate the role of Kriyaman Karma, your free will to change the course of action. The advanced people do not need astrology. They accept Prarabdha as God's Will. But the ignorant person develops pathological dependence on astrology, starts despairing, lapses into inaction or makes half-hearted attempts.

It is for this reason that Vedantic thinkers and saints like Swami Vivekananda and Dayananda Saraswati were opposed to astrology. But saints like Sri Rama Krishna who was Swami Vivekananda's guru, spoke positively about Vedic astrology because every realised soul knows it. It all depends on how we take it. The devotee (Bhakta) sees only Prarabdha. The Vedantic (Gnani) wise person sees only Purushartha. Both are correct for these are two sides of the same coin. The Bhaktha (Devotee) feels it is all Prarabdha only. Yet there is no fatalism in this. Prarabdha is only Purusharta (efforts born of free will) of previous births. Purushartha combined with Prarabdha brings effects. A man who is sick has to take the medicine (Purushartha) and leave the results to Prarabdha. Through Purushartha, Markandeya conquered death.

Vasishta advocates Purushartha to Sri Rama throughout the Yoga Vasishta. We are neither totally bound by destiny nor are we totally free. We have limited freedom like a cow that has been tied to a post in a field with a rope. It can move freely, but only within the limits of the field. We have limited freedom depending upon how much we can stretch our Karma. Human life is a story of the alternating patterns of duality, of happiness and suffering, joy and misery, ups and downs. There is not a single life without this admixture, without this pair of opposites. This is the law of life. Though the Atman is identical to the Brahman who is ever-radiant and blissful, the Jiva (individual) suffers because he is entrapped by the limiting adjuncts (Upadhis) of body and mind. The infinite seems to be entrapped by the finite body and mind. Misery is not natural to the Jiva. It comes to experience a state of misery because of its association with a body.

a. So the cause of misery is a body

b. The body (birth) is due to karma (previous actions)

c. Karma arises from attachment and hate, by preference to certain objects and aversion to some.

d. Attachment and hate arise from Egoism (sense of `I' and `Mine')

e. This Egoism comes from indiscrimination.

f. Indiscrimination, from ignorance of your true nature, that you are one with the Brahman

Thus, the root cause of all suffering and Karma is ignorance. The only way to go beyond this is to bring the light of knowledge. The first step in this direction is to change one's attitude, to retrace one's steps along the same path that we have come down. In other words, the only solution is to go back to our cosmic roots, to become one with the Cosmic Consciousness. That is liberation that is moksha, salvation, whatever you call it. We are born so that we can exhaust our karmic debts, so that we may be free. This is the only answer, the only purpose of life. Jyotish is the light that reveals this great truth to us so that we may be free. A sincere study of Jyotish can be a great spiritual education; a Sadhana in itself, for it partly reveals the eternal mysteries of the cosmos to us. It leads us to the unknown through the known. It guides us out through the intricate labyrinth that life is, with its myriad pairs of duality. It shows us the way and ultimately sets us free, by taking us back to our cosmic roots.

Not everyone is enabled to see through the inner vision, the insight, and the spiritual eyes. Gifted by the boon of higher order the secret mystic divine vision is sacred!

Conclusion:

Everything that we see today, in the present time is made by past generations, was before its appearance a thought in the mind of a humankind and in intuition of impulsive emotion in a woman’s heart. Lo!

Our soul is our divine home, our eyes its windows and our spoken words its messengers. We are the master of our spoken words but we become the slaves of our spoken words as they let out our internal energies.

Vedic Astrology, palmistry, numerology, and mystical tarot only give us insight. We are greater in spirit to alter the course of our fate as our appearances and words and actions carry enormous karmic consequences. What we need is reason to understand our place in time and to evolve towards light of lights in delight. The good in us ought to flow freely like rivers. Humanity is the spirit of cosmic Godhead on earth and compassion its spiritual essence. Between the spiritual world and the world of substance there is a path upon which we walk in a swoon of slumber almost. Humankind possesses destiny which impels thoughts, and actions and words and that not sufficing directs the footsteps to a place of unwilling abode.

Beauty is my religion, beauty is all that matters. If I see and envision beauty and believe in beauty of God deep in my soul divine, perhaps I shall create hope for myself and in turn grant a light of hope to the future generation children.

Will human remain a slave of self-confinement until the end of the world or will human be freed by the passing of time and live in the spirit for the spirit? If one would only resolve to God and be not therefore the solver of all riddles and all puzzles, perhaps all this, that and the other will appear a childlike joy! Everything in creation exists within us and everything within us exists in the creation. Nature (prakrutti) reaches out to us with welcoming arms. Let us sacrifice ourselves and become that self-same light of spirit to live in the spirit of all love, all humanity, all compassion and all divine grace! Through our soul divine, let music never cease to play for the song of love. Let us soar into the spacious firmament of love and freedom with the wings of our spirits. Let us yearn for eternal peace in the hereafter. Let us take a flight of delight into the unknown! Let our departure be sweet from the earthen clays to leave behind sweet memories and light of hope for the future generation children. Life is weaker than death, and death is weaker than love.

Jaya Sat Chitt Ananda, Aum Tat Sat Swaha

© Jyotikar Pattni, June 2006.

Full acknowledgements to Swami Siva Ananda, Chinmoy Swami, and Anandmaya.

Updated and revised with references from Swami Siva-Ananda and Chinmoy Swami.

Nakshatra | Asterism | Lord | Sex | Rajju | Body Part | Yoni | Guna | Nadi | Zodiac Sign | Longitude
Aswini | Beta Arietis | Kethu | Male | Feet | Soles | Horse | Deva | Vata | Aries | 13 deg 20'
Bharani | Arietis | Venus | Male | Hip | Toes | Elephant | Man | Pitha | Aries | 26 deg 40'
Krittika | Eta Tauri | Sun | Female | Head | Head | Goat | Rakshas | Sleshm | Aries Taurus | 40 deg
Rohini | Aldebaran | Moon | Male | Throat | Fore head | Snake | Man | Sleshm | Taurus | 53deg 20'
Mrigashira | Lambda Orionis | Mars | Eunuch | Head | Brows | Snake | Deva | Pitha | Taurus Gemini | 66 deg 40'
Ardra | Alpha Orionis | Rahu | Female | Throat | Eyes | Dog | Man | Vata | Gemini | 80deg 0'
Punarvasu | Beta Geminorum | Jupiter | Female | Navel | Nose | Cat | Deva | Vata | Gemini Cancer | 93 deg 20'
Pushya | Delta Cancri | Saturn | Male | Hip | Face | Goat | Deva | Pitha | Cancer | 106 deg 40'
Aslesha | Alpha Hydroe | Mercury | Male | Feet | Ears | Cat | Rakshas | Sleshm | Cancer | 120 deg 0'
Magha | Regulus | Kethu | Male | Feet | Chin | Rat | Rakshas | Sleshm | Leo | 133 deg 20'
Purva Phalguni | Delta Leonis | Venus | Female | Hip | Right Hand | Rat | Man | Pitha | Leo | 146deg 40'
Uttara Phalguni | Beta Leonis | Sun | Male | Navel | Left Hand | Cow | Man | Vata | Leo Virgo | 160 deg 0'
Hasta | Delta Corvi | Moon | Female | Throat | Fingers | Buffalo | Deva | Vata | Virgo | 173 deg 20'
Chitra | Spica Virgins | Mars | Female | Head | Neck | Tiger | Rakshas | Pitha | Virgo | 186 deg 40'
Swati | Arcturus | Rahu | Male | Throat | Chest | Buffalo | Deva | Sleshm | Libra | 200 deg 0'
Visakha | Alpha Libroe | Jupiter | Male | Navel | Breast | Tiger | Rakshas | Sleshm | Libra Scorpio | 213 deg 20'
Anuradha | Delta Scorpio | Saturn | Female | Hip | Stomach | Hare | Deva | Pitha | Scorpio | 226 deg 40'
Jyestha | Antares | Mercury | Male | Feet | Right Side | Hare | Rakshas | Vata | Scorpio | 240 deg 0'
Mula | Lambda Scorpii | Kethu | Eunuch | Feet | Left Side | Dog | Rakshas | Vata | Saggitarius | 253 deg 20'
Purvashada | Delta Sagittari | Venus | Male | Hip | Back | Monkey | Man | Pitha | Saggitarius | 266 deg 40'
Uttarashada | Sigma Sagittari | Sun | Male | Navel | Waist | Mongoo -se | Man | Sleshm | Saggitarius Capricorn | 280 deg 0'
Sravana | Alpha Aquiloe | Moon | Female | Throat | Genitals | Monkey | Deva | Sleshm | Capriocorn | 293 deg 20'
Dhanista | Beta Delphinum | Mars | Female | Head | Anus | Lion | Rakhsas | Pitha | Capricorn Aquarius | 206 deg 40'
Satabhik | Lambda Aquarius | Rahu | Eunuch | Throat | Right Thigh | Horse | Rakshas | Vata | Aquarius | 320 deg 0'
Purvabhadra | Alpha Pegasi | Jupiter | Male | Navel | Left Thigh | Lion | Man | Vata | Aquarius Pisces | 333 deg 20'
Uttarabadra | Gama Pegasi | Saturn | Female | Hip | Shins | Cow | Man | Pitha | Pisces | 346 deg 40'
Revati | Zeta Piscum | Mercury | Female | Feet | Ankles | Elephant | Deva | Sleshm | Pisces | 360 deg 0'

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