VEDIC JYOTHISHA

ZODIACAL RASHIS DESCRIBED

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Importance of Hora:

The word Hora is derived from Ahoratr after dropping the first and last syllables. Thus Hora (Lagna as) remains in between Ahoratr (i.e. day and night) and after knowing Hora the good and bad effects of a native be known. Śrī Vishnu, the Invisible is Time personified. His limbs are the 12 Rāśis, commencing from Aries. 3. Names of Rāśis. The 12 Rāśis of the zodiac in order are Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces.

Limbs of Kaal Purush:

Kaal Purush (or Time personified) has his limbs, as under with reference to the 12 Rāśis, respectively: Head, face, arms, heart, stomach, hip, space below navel, privities, thighs, knees, ankles and feet.

Classification of Rāśis:

Movable, Fixed and Dual are the names given to the 12 Rāśis in order. These are again known, as malefic and benefic, successively. Similarly are male and female. Aries, Leo and Sagittarius are bilious. Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn are windy. Gemini, Libra and Aquarius are mixed, while the rest are phlegmatic.

Aries described:

The Aries is blood-red in complexion. lt has a prominent (big) physique. It is a quadruped Rāśi and strong during night. It denotes courage. It resides in the East and is related to kings. It wanders in hills and predominates in Rajo-Gun (the second of the three constituent qualities and the cause of great activity in living beings). It rises with its back (a Prishtodaya Rāśi) and is fiery. Its ruler is Mars.

Taurus described:

Taurus complexion is white and it is lorded by Venus. It is long and is a quadruped Rāśi. It has strength in night and resides in the South. It represents villages and businessmen. An earthy Rāśi, Taurus rises with its back.

Gemini described:

The Rāśi Gemini rises with its head and represents a male and a female, holding a mace and lute. It lives in the West and is an airy Rāśi. It is a biped Rāśi as well and is strong in nights. It lives in villages and is windy in temperament. It has an even body with a green (grass like) hue. Its ruler is Mercury.

Cancer described:

The Rāśi Cancer is pale-red. It resorts to forests and represents Brahmins. It is strong in nights. It has many feet (i.e. it is a centipede Rāśi) and has a bulky body. It is Sattvic in disposition (seen in gods) and it is a watery Rāśi. It rises with its back and is ruled by Moon.

Leo described:

Leo is ruled by Sun and is Sattvic. It is a quadruped Rāśi and a royal Rāśi. It resorts to forests and rises with its head. It has a large, white body. It resides in the East and is strong during daytime.

Virgo described:

This Rāśi is a hill-resorter and is strong in daytime. It rises with its head and has a medium build. It is a biped Rāśi and resides in the South. It has grains and fire in its hands. It belongs to the business community and is v6thegated. It relates to hurricanes (Prabharanjani). It is a Virgin and is Tamasic (a disposition of demons). Its ruler is Mercury.

Libra described:

Libra is a Seershodaya Rāśi, rising with its head; Libra is strong in daytime. It is black in complexion and is predominant with Rajo-Gun. It relates to the western direction and resorts to land. It is destructive, or mischievous (Dhatin). It represents Sudras, or the 4th Varna. It has a medium build physique and is a biped Rāśi. Its Lord is Venus. Scorpio described. Scorpio has a slender physique and is a centipede Rāśi. It denotes Brahmins and resides in holes. Its direction is north and it is strong in daytime. It is reddish-brown and resorts to water and land. It has a hairy physique and is very sharp (or passionate). Mars is its ruler.

Sagittarius described:

The Rāśi Sagittarius rises with its head and is lorded by Jupiter. It is a Sattvic Rāśi and is tawny in hue. It has strength in night and is fiery. A royal Rāśi, Sagittarius is biped in first half. Its second half is quadruped. It has an even build and adores an arch. It resides in the East, resorts to land and is splendorous.

Capricorn described:

Capricorn is lorded by Saturn and has predominance of Tamo-Gun (a disposition, seen in demons). It is an earthy Rāśi and represents the southern direction. It is strong in nights and rises with back. It has a large body. Its complexion is variegated and it resorts to both forests and lands. Its first half is quadruped and its second half footless, moving in water.

Aquarius described:

The Rāśi Aquarius represents a man holding a pot. Its complexion is deep-brown. It has medium build and is a biped Rāśi. It is very strong in daytime. It resorts to deep water and is airy. It rises with its head and is Tamasic. It rules Sudras, the 4th Varna and the West. Its Lord is Saturn, Sun’s offspring.

Pisces described:

Pisces resembles a pair of fish, one tailed with the head of the other. This Rāśi is strong at night. It is a watery Rāśi and is predominant with Sattva-Gun. It denotes resoluteness and is a water-resorter. It is footless and has a medium build. It rules the North and rises with both head and back. It is ruled by Jupiter. This is how the twelve Rāśis, each of 30 degrees extent, are described to evaluate gross and specific effects.

DESCRIPTION OF PLANETS

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Exaltation and Debilitation.

For the seven Planets, from Sun on, the exaltation Rāśis are, respectively, Aries, Taurus, Capricorn, Virgo, Cancer, Pisces and Libra. The deepest exaltation degrees are, respectively, 10, 3, 28, 15, 5, 27 and 20 in those Rāśis. And in the seventh Rāśi from the said exaltation Rāśi each Planet has its own debilitation. The same degrees of deep exaltation apply to deep fall.

Additional Dignities:

In Leo the first 20 degrees are Sun’s Moolatrikona, while the rest is his own House. After the first 3 degrees of exaltation portion in Taurus, for Moon, the rest is her Moolatrikona. Marsh as the first 12 degrees in Aries, as Moolatrikona with the rest therein becoming simply his own House. For Mercury, in Virgo the first 15 degrees are exaltation zone, the next 5 degrees Moolatrikona and the last 10 degrees are own House. The first one third of Sagittarius is the Moolatrikona of Jupiter, while the remaining part thereof is his own House. Venus divides Libra into two halves keeping the first, as Moolatrikona and the second, as own House. Saturn’s arrangements are same in Aquarius, as Sun has in Leo.

Natural Relationships:

Note the Rāśis, which are the 2nd, 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th and 12th from the Moolatrikona of a Planet. The Planets ruling such Rāśis are its friends, apart from the Lord of its exaltation Rāśi. Lords other than these are its enemies. If a Planet becomes its friend as well, as its enemy (on account of the said two computations), then it is neutral, or equal.

Temporary Relationships:

The Planet, posited in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 10th, 11th, or the 12th from another, becomes a mutual friend. There is enmity otherwise. (This applies to a given Janm Kundali)

Compound Relationship:

Should two Planets be naturally and tempor6thly friendly, they become extremely friendly. Friendship on one count and neutrality on another count make them friendly. Enmity on one count combined with affinity on the other turns into equality. Enmity and neutral-ship cause only enmity. Should there be enmity in both manners, extreme enmity is obtained. The astrologer should consider these and declare horoscope effects accordingly.

Ratio of Effects:

A Planet in exaltation gives fully good effects, while in it is bereft of its auspicious effects by one fourth. It is half beneficial in its own House. Its beneficence is one fourth in a friendly Rāśi. In an equals Rāśi one eighth of auspicious disposition is useful. The good effects are nil in debilitation, or enemy’s camp. Inauspicious effects are quite reverse with reference to what is stated.

Non-luminous Upa Grahas (Sub-Planets):

Add 4 Rāśis 13 degrees and 20 minutes of arc to Sun’s longitude at a given moment to get the exact position of the all inauspicious Dhoom. Reduce Dhoom from 12 Rāśis to arrive at Vyatipat. Vyatipat is also inauspicious. Add six Rāśis to Vyatipat to know the position of Prithvesh. He is extremely inauspicious. Deduct P6thvesh from 12 Rāśis to arrive at the position of Chap (Indra 2ndus), who is also inauspicious. Add 16 degrees 40 minutes to Chap, which will give Ketu (UpaKetu), who is a malefic. By adding a Rāśi to UpaKetu, you get the original longitude of Sun. These are the Planets, devoid of splendor, which are malefics by nature and cause affli cteacher.

Effects of Sub-Planets:

If one of these afflicts Sun, the natives dynasty will decline, while Moon and Lagna, respectively, associated with one of these, will destroy the longevity and wisdom. So declared Lord Brahma, the Lotus-Born.

Calculations of Gulika etc. The portions of Sun etc. up to Saturn denote the periods of Gulika and others. Divide the day duration (of any week day) into eight equal parts. The eighth portion is Lord-less. The seven portions are distributed to the seven Planets commencing from the Lord of the week day. Whichever portion is ruled by Saturn, will be the portion of Gulika. Similarly make the night duration into eight equal parts and distribute these, commencing from the Lord of the 5th (by) week. Here again, the eighth portion is Lord-less, while Saturn’s portion is Gulika. Sun’s portion is Kaal, Mars’s portion is Mrityu, Jupiter’s portion is Yamaghantak and Mercury’s portion is Ardhaprahar. These durations differently apply to different places (commensurate with v6thable day and night durations).

NATURE OF PLANETS - II

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Description of Sun:

Sun’s eyes are honey-colored. He has a square body. He is of clean habits, bilious, intelligent and has limited hair (on his head).

Description of Moon:

Moon is very windy and phlegmatic. She is learned and has a round body. She has auspicious looks and sweet speech, is fickle-minded and very lustful.

Description of Mars:

Mars has blood-red eyes, is fickle-minded, liberal, bilious, given to anger and has thin waist and thin physique.

Description of Mercury:

Mercury is endowed with an attractive physique and the capacity to use words with many meanings. He is fond of jokes. He has a mix of all the three humors.

Description of Jupiter:

Jupiter has a big body, tawny hair and tawny eyes, is phlegmatic, intelligent and learned in Shastras.

Description of Venus:

Venus is charming, has a splendorous physique, is excellent or great in disposition, has charming eyes, is a poet, is phlegmatic and windy and has curly hair.

Description of Saturn:

Saturn has an emaciated and long physique, has tawny eyes, is windy in temperament, has big teeth, is indolent and lame and has coarse hair.

Description of Rahu and Ketu:

Rahu has smoky appearance with a blue mix physique. He resides in forests and is horrible. He is windy in temperament and is intelligent. Ketu is akin to Rahu.

Primary ingredients (or Sapta Dhatus):

Bones, blood, marrow, skin, fat, semen and muscles are respectively denoted by the Planets: Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn.

Abodes of the Planets:

Temple, watery place, place of fire, sport-ground, treasure-house, bed-room and filthy ground: these are, respectively, the abodes for the seven Planets from Sun onward.

Planet periods:

Ayan, Muhurta, a day (consisting day and night), Ritu, month, fortnight and year: these are the periods allotted to the Planets from Sun to Saturn.

Tastes of the Planets:

Pungent, saline, bitter, mixed, sweet, acidulous and astringent are, respectively, tastes lorded by Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn.

Strengths of Planets:

Strong in the East are Mercury and Jupiter. Sun and Mars are so in the South, while Saturn is the only Planet, that derives strength in the West. Moon and Venus are endowed with vigor, when in the North. Again, strong during night are Moon, Mars and Saturn, while Mercury is strong during day and night. The rest (i.e. Jupiter, Sun and Venus) are strong only in daytime. During the dark half malefics are strong. Benefics acquire strength in the bright half of the month. Malefics and benefics are, respectively, strong in Dakshinayan and Uttarayan. The Lords of the year, month, day and Hora (hour of Planet) are stronger than the other in ascending order. Again, stronger than the other in the ascending are Saturn, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Moon and Sun.

Related to trees:

Sun rules strong trees (i.e. trees with stout trunks), Saturn useless trees, Moon milky trees (and rubber yielding plants), Mars bitter ones (like lemon plants), Venus floral plants, Jupiter fruitful ones and Mercury fruitless ones.

Other matters:

Rahu rules the outcaste, while Ketu governs mixed caste. Saturn and the nodes indicate ant-hills. Rahu denotes multi-coloured clothes and Ketu rags. Lead and blue gem belong to Rahu and Ketu. Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn in their order govern red silken, white silken, red, black silken, saffron, silken and multi-coloured robes.

Seasons of Planets:

Vasanta, Greeshma, Varsh, Sarad, Hemanta and Sisir are the six Ritus (or seasons), respectively, governed by Venus, Mars, Moon, Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn. Rahu and Ketu denote 8 months and 3 months, respectively.

Dhatu, Mool and Jiva Divisions:

Dhatu Planets are Rahu, Mars, Saturn and Moon, while Sun and Venus are Mula Planets. Mercury, Jupiter and Ketu rule Jivas.

Age. Out of all the Planets:

Saturn is the eldest. He bestows maximum number of years in Naisargik Dasha.

NATURE OF PLANETS - I

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Natural Malefic Planets:

Sun, Saturn, Mars, decreasing Moon, Rahu and Ketu (the ascending and the descending nodes of Moon) are Natual malefics. Mercury, however, is a malefic, if he joins a malefic.

Natural Benefic Planets:

Jupiter, Venus, Increasing Moon and Mercury are Natural Benefics.

When Moon is ahead of Sun, but within 120, she has medium strength. Between 120 to 240 she is very auspicious,( see Atishubhapred). From 240 to 0 she is bereft of strength. This is Yavana’s view; vide P. 70 of my English Translation of Saravali. This view is, however, related to Moon’s strength, or otherwise, while the waning Moon (Krishna Paksha, dark half) is a malefic and waxing Moon (Shukla Paksha, bright half) is a benefic. Should Moon be conjunct with a benefic, or receiving a Aspect from a benefic, she turns a benefic, even if in a waning state. As regards Mercury, we have clear instructions from Mahārśi Parashara, that he becomes a malefic, if he joins a malefic. If waning Moon and Mercury are together, both are benefics.

Planet governances:

Sun is the soul of all. Moon is the mind. Mars is ones strength. Mercury is speech-giver, while Jupiter confers Knowledge and happiness. Venus governs semen (potency), while Saturn denotes grief.

Planet cabinet.

Of royal status are Sun and Moon, while Mars is the Army chief. Prince-apparent is Mercury. The ministerial Planets are Jupiter and Venus. Saturn is a servant. Rahu and Ketu form the Planet Army.

Complexions of Planets:

Sun is blood-red. Moon is tawny. Mars, who is not very tall is blood-red, while Mercury’s hue is akin to that of green grass. Tawny, v6thegated and dark are Jupiter, Venus and Saturn in their order.

Deities of Planets:

Fire (Agni), Water (Varuna), Subrahmanya (Lord Shiva’s son, following Ganesha), Maha Vishnu, Indra, Shachi Devi (the consort of Lord Indra) and Brahma are the presiding deities of the 7 Planets in their order.

Gender of the Planets:

Mercury and Saturn are neuters. Moon and Venus are females, while Sun, Mars and Jupiter are males.

Primordial compounds:

Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Venus and Mercury, respectively govern the Panchabhutas, space, air, fire, water and earth.

Castes of Planets:

Jupiter and Venus are Brahmins. Sun is a royal Planet, while Moon and Mercury belong to commercial community. Saturn rules the Sudras (4th caste).

Nature of Planets:

Sattvic Planets are the lumin6thes (Sun & Moon) and Jupiter, Venus and Mercury are Rajasik, while Mars and Saturn are Tamasic.

CHARACTERISTICS OF SIGNS:

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ARIES Odd, male, chara, agni, dathu, fiery, boodred, short, pristodaya, east,

kshatriya, quadruped, forest, ram, ruled by Mars

TAURUS Even, female, sthira, prithvi, moola, white, long, pristodaya, east, sudra, quadruped, field, bull, lord Venus.

GEMINI Odd, male, dual, vayu, jeeva, green, long, ubhayodaya, southeast, vysya, biped, village, male & female, holding mace & lute, lord Mercury

CANCER Even, female, chara, jala, dhatu, Pinkishwhite, long, pristodaya, south, Brahmin, reptile, pond, crab, punarvasu. Lord Moon

Leo Odd, male, sthira, agni, moola, browned, medium, sirsodaya, south, kshatriya, quadruped, forest, lion, Lord Sun

Virgo Even, female, dual, prithvi, jeeva, greyishwhite, medium, sirsodaya, southwest, sudra, biped, village, virgin. Lord Mercury,

Libra Odd, male, chara, vayu, dhatu, mixed colour, medium, sirsodaya, west, vysya, man holding balance, marketplace, Lord Venus

Scorpio Even, female, sthira, jala, moola, black, medium sirsodaya, west, Brahmin, scorpion, hole, Lord Mars

Sagittarius Odd, male, dual, agni, jeeva, golden, long, pristodaya, northwest, kshatriya, man holding a bow with horse below hips, battlefield. Lord Jupiter.

Capricorn Even, female, chara, Prithvi, dhatu, yellow, long pristodaya, north, sudra, a crocodile with face of a deer, forest with water, Lord Saturn

Aquarius Odd, male, Sthira, vayu, moola, mixed, curved, sirsodaya, north, vysya, man holding a pot, village. Lord Saturn

Pisces Even, female, dual, jala, jeeva, darkbrown, short, fat ubhayodaya, northeast, Brahmin, pair of fish, water. Lord Jupiter.

SIGNS AND THEIR LORDSHIP

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In continuation to our last discussion of division of zodiac in to 12 signs and their lordships It could be observed that Sun and Moon are owning only one sign i.e., Leo and Cancer respectively and all other planets are owning 2 signs i.e:

Positive Negative

Mars owns - Aries and Scorpio

Mercury owns - Virgo and Gemini

Jupiter owns - Sagittarius and Pieces

Venus owns - Libra and Taurus

Saturn owns - Aquarius and Capricorn

For each planet, out of the two lordships, one is the positive sign and the other is the negative sign. The positive lordship of the each planet is called the moolathrikona sign of that planet. Thus the following are the moolathrikona signs

Panet Moolathrikona sign Moolatrikona Degree

Sun - Leo 0⁰ – 20⁰

Moon - Taurus 3⁰ – 30⁰

Mars - Aries 0⁰ – 12⁰

Mercury - Virgo 15⁰ – 20⁰

Jupiter - Sagittarius 0⁰ – 10⁰

Venus - Libra 0⁰ – 15⁰

Saturn - Aquarius 0⁰ – 20⁰

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DIVISION OF THE ZODIAC

The Zodiac is devided into 12 parts of 30⁰ each and each part is given a sign Starting from Aries – Pieces and each sign is owned by a planet. The zodiac starts from Aries and ends at Pieces.

Aries - 0⁰ – 30⁰Ruled by Mars

Taurus - 30⁰ – 60⁰ Ruled by Venus

Gemini - 60⁰ – 90⁰Ruled by Mercury

Cancer - 90⁰ – 120⁰ Ruled by Moon

Leo - 120⁰ – 150⁰ Ruled by Sun

Virgo - 150⁰ – 180⁰ Ruled by Mercury

Libra - 180⁰ – 210⁰ Ruled by Venus

Scorpio - 210⁰ – 240⁰ Ruled by Mars

Sagittarius - 240⁰ – 270⁰ Ruled by Jupiter

Capricorn - 270⁰ – 300⁰ Ruled by Saturn

Aquarius - 300⁰ – 330⁰ Ruled by Saturn

Pieces - 330⁰ – 360⁰ Ruled by Jupiter

The above division is clearly mentioned in the below Chart. It is said that this is the chart (Janma Patri / Kundali / Jathaka) of the Kala Purusha (God himself).

Meena (Pieces) Lord – Jupiter (Guru)	Mesha (Aries) Lord - Mars (Kuja)	Vrishabha (Taurus) Lord – Venus (Shukra)	Mithuna (Gemini) Lord – Mercury (Budha)
Kumbha (Acquarius) Lord – Saturn (Shani)			Kataka (Cancer) Lord – Moon (Chandra)
Makara (Capricorn) Lord – Saturn (Shani)			Simha (Leo) Lord – Sun (Ravi)
Dhanassu (Sagittarius) Lord – Jupiter (Guru)	Vrishchika (Scorpio) Lord - Mars (Kuja)	Thula (Libra) Lord - Venus (Shukra)	Kanya (Virgo) Lord – Mercury (Budha)

RETROGRESSION AND THE CUMBUSTION OF THE PLANETS

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RETROGRESSION

All the planets are seen moving from West to East but for some time the planets (Excluding the Sun and the Moon) appear to move in the opposite direction i.e., East to West at this time their longitudes go on decreasing and such they are called retrograde.

Actually, all the planets and revolving around the Sun in one direction and are never retrograde i.e., never move backwards, if we view them from the sun. But on seeing from the earth their motion appears retrograde, which is due to variation in their distance from the Sun and time of completion of one revolution of the Sun.

The earth is revolving round the Sun and the Moon round the Earth, so they never become retrograde.

COMBUSTION

The planets are called combust when they are near the sun in longitudes and their rays which are the reflection of the Sun’s rays are intermingled with that of the Sun whose rays are much stronger. Therefore, the effect of the planets becomes much less. The planet under combustion is not visible, being too near the Sun, and is called Asta

PLANETS AT A GLANCE

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SUN

The sun is the most important of all the heavenly bodied, to the inhabitants of the earth. Its rays supply light and heat etc. not only to the earth but also to the other family members of the solar system. The Sun controls the motions of all its family members. Its influence on our day-to-day life is supreme.

EARTH

The earth is the planet on which we live. Though we claim that we know a lot about our planet but the fact is that our knowledge about the planet is very limited. It is the third planet in order of the distance from the sun.

MOON

Moon is the Earth’s only satellite. Moon is the most important of all the heavenly bodies to us after the Sun. Like the sun and other planets, it is also moving among the fixed stars in opposite direction (West to east) making a complete revolution in about 27 days 7 hours and 43 minutes i.e., 27.3217 days

MERCURY

Mercury is the first planet in order of distance from the Sun i.e., it is the nearest planet to the Sun. The rotation period of Mercury is approx. 58.65 days

VENUS

Venus is the second nearest planet to the Sun i.e., after mercury it is the next planet nearest to the Sun. The rotation period of Venus is approx. 584 days.

Mercury and Venus are inner planets which can be seen near the Sun (either east or west). These are therefore called the morning or evening stars as they are visible either just after the sunset or before the sunrise.

MARS

Mars is the fourth planet in order to distance from the Sun and the nearest outer planet to the earth. Its rotation period is 780 days. There are two satellites of Mars named Deimos and Phobos.

JUPITER

Jupiter is the largest planet. It is more massive planet that all the other planets combined together. Jupiter shows yellowish disc, crossed by famous cloud belts.

There are sixteen satellites of which the most important are four, namely, Io, europa, Ganymede and Callisto

SATURN

Saturn is the sixth planet in order of distance from the sun. It is much larger and more massive than any other planet (except Jupiter). It is surrounded by circular rings which do not touch the surface of the planet.

RAHU AND KETU

Rahu and Ketu are the nodes of the Moon. When the moon crosses the ecliptic while going from south to north of the ecliptic, it is the ascending node of the moon which is called Rahu and descending node of the moon which is called Ketu. So Rahu and Ketu are actually not any physical planets but are the points on the plane of ecliptic where the moon crosses it. This is the reason for calling these two as Chaya Grahas i.e., shadowy planets. These are also called Dragons head and Dragons tail.

Llewellyn's 2011 Daily Planetary Guide: Complete Astrology-At-A-Glance (Annuals - Daily Planetary Guide)

Rahu Ketu Aarti

Rahu & Ketu ( Moon's Nodes ) in Predictive Astrology

FEW IMPORTANT ASTRONOMICAL DEFINITIONS

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ECLIPTIC

Ecliptic is the apparent annual path of the sun amongst the fixed stars on the cosmic sphere. It is inclined at 23D28’ to the celestial equator. Actually it is the earth that is moving around the Sun. So exactly it is the projection of the earth’s annual path around the sun on the cosmic sphere.

ZODIAC

Zodiac is an imaginary belt of about 9⁰ north and 9^o south of the ecliptic where all the planets including moon has their movement

STARS

Stars are self-luminous bodies which emit light and heat in the space. The Sun is a star. Stars are grouped into constellations.

PLANETS

Besides the fixed stars, the Sun and the Moon, there are other heavenly bodies visible to the naked eye and moving around the Sun. As their motion is whimsical among the fixed stars, they are called Planets or wandering stars.

SATELLITE

Satellites are those heavenly bodies which move around the planets and in turn move around the sun along with the planets and are normally called moons of the planets, like the Moon which is a satellite of the earth.

SOLAR SYSTEM

The solar system is made up of the Sun, Planets, Satellites, comets, minor planets and interplanetary dust, gas etc. It is a very small part of the Universe and seems important to us only because we happen to live inside it. As the Sun is also a star and is at one focus of the orbits of all the planets revolving around it, the system is called the Solar System.

A Book on Astronomy ; Relevant to Astrology

Paper I, Part 'B,' Astronomy Relevant to Astrology-I (Indian Council of Astrological Sciences, Regd. Madras, Delhi Chapter I, Jyotish Praveen)

Paper I, Part 'B,' Astronomy Relevant to Astrology-II (Indian Council of Astrological Sciences, Regd. Madras, Delhi Chapter I, Jyotish Praveen)

INDIAN ASTRONOMY

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Now we must turn our attention to the origin and history of Indian astronomy. It is very ancient, it pertains to a period much earlier than those of the Greek philosophers and astronomers. It started well had depth of knowledge, accurate mathematical calculations, a system of observations (but there were no telescopes etc.). But, after political subjugation of India, the result was burning of libraries and suppression of intellectual research. Hence, India lagged behind in experimental observation especially during the last three centuries.

Most of the Indian astronomical works are claimed as divine revelations ot various sages. Some of these Siddhantas are mentioned:

Surya Siddhanta 10. Marichi Siddhanta
Pitamaha Siddhanta 11. Manu Siddhanta
Vyasa Siddhanta 12. Angirasa Siddhanta
Vashishtha Siddhanta 13. Lomasa Siddhanta
Atri Siddhanta 14. Paulisa Siddhanta
Parashara Siddhanta 15. Chayavana Siddhanta
Kashyapa Siddhanta 16. Yavana Siddhanta
Narada Siddhanta 17. Bhrigu Siddhanta
Garga Siddhanta 18. Saunaka Siddhanta

All the above sages are called 18 Jyothisha Pravarthakas.

A Book on Astronomy ; Relevant to Astrology

Paper I, Part 'B,' Astronomy Relevant to Astrology-I (Indian Council of Astrological Sciences, Regd. Madras, Delhi Chapter I, Jyotish Praveen)

Relation between the Macro Cosmos (Brahmanda) and Micro Cosmon (Pindanda)

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Macro Cosmos means the world above us along with earth and all the galaxies of creation with its elements. Macro cosmos consists of heaven; land, underground named respectively as Swarga, Marthya and Pathala. This also consist of the sky above, the galaxies, stars, planets, the five elements denoted by fire, land, wind, water and sky, rivers, mountains, planets, plant and animal kingdom etc.

Micro Cosmos (Pindanda) is referred to human being. The human being is called pindanda because the being is formed by a solid formation called panda in the womb and gets called as pindanda

It is strange that whatever elements present in the Macro Cosmos are also present in the Micro Cosmos and hence human body (Micro Cosmos) is nothing but the replica of the Macro Cosmos which can be understood with the following mutual relationships

MACRO COSMOS MICRO COSMOS

Fire Fire of Digestion

Land Smell

Wind Respiration

Water All liquids in the body

Swarga Head

Mountains Bulging bones

Stars Hairs of the body

Rivers Blood veins

Nine Planets Nine openings in the body

Out of nine openings Sun and Moon rules over the two eyes, Mercury and Venus represents the nostrils, Saturn and Mars represents ears, Raahu and Ketu indicates openings of the excretory organs.

It is due to this fact that man gets disturbed due to various weather changes in the nature as the elements mentioned in the Micro cosmos have to get adjusted to the changes of the elements in the Macro Cosmos

Astrology is a science which studies these changes through the study of planes influencing different persons differently according to the veracities of the presence and the strength of these elements in the body represented through the planets which is not the same for all the human beings or animal race in this world.

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KARMA VASANA

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Karma Vasana means that a human being may die with sorrow leaving behind certain desires getting unfulfilled in one lifetime. Say for example a person is interested in getting name and fame as a musician or dancer or an actor etc. and has worked his or her lifetime to accomplish the same and dies without achieving it before his or her death. In the next birth this knowledge which is hidden in the soul gets manifested as a scent from past birth and he or she pursues this knowledge to accomplish the fame in the next human birth which otherwise could not have been accomplished in the past births. So, it is the desire of any form that tends the soul to get rebirth.

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KARMA THEORY

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Hindu astrology believes in the theory of Karma. The study of astrology is based on the theory of Karma i.e., it is based on the foundation of past karma of the native in question. To begin with we have to understand the meaning of Karma and the gamut of Karma Theory. To understand the meaning of Karma one has to understand the philosophy of rebirth which is the result of one’s deeds in the past births.

To get human birth the soul has to transmigrate 84 lakh times in different births. That is why it is said that it is very difficult to get the birth of a human being. Thus the birth of a human being happens after innumerable births of the past. If in the past birth good deeds were performed present birth will be good one and if bad deeds are performed it results in bad birth. Karma means the results obtained for the acts or deeds performed in many births. Therefore, according to Hindu philosophy, we consider that the human beings get born and reborn time and again as per the Karmic effects of the past births.

There are three type of Karmas, they are Sanchitha Karma, Prarabdha Karma and the Agami Karma.

SANCHITHA KARMA – The deeds done in many births good or bad gets carried on and on from birth after birth and the karmas get accrued from birth after birth and the cumulative karmas of these past births are titled as Sanchitha Karmas.

PRARABDHA KARMAS – Out of the Sanchitha Karma when the effects of these karmas are felt and become operative then that karma gets categorized as Prarabdha Karma. Therefore one who starts enjoying or suffering the results of the Sanchitha Karma falls under the ambit of being under the influence of Prarabdha Karma.

AGAMI KARMA – The results performed in the present birth will be enjoyed or suffered in the future and can be termed as Agami Karma. Agami karma can also be termed as the karma to be performed in future.

Astrology is a medium to know what are the natives Sanchitha Karmas, whether good or bad. And what Prarabdha Karmas are there for him to enjoy or suffer during his present birth.

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SIGNIFICANCE IN VEDAS

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In India, Hindus strongly believed in VEDAS. It is said that Lord Brhama has told our ancient Rishis about the rules and regulations for a man to lead life in the Stotras (Sacred chanting) form which is called Shruti or Vedas.

Astrology is an oriental science and is part of Vedas and hence is called a Vedanga. There are six branches of Vedas namely Shiksha, Vyakarana, Jyothisha, Chandas, Nirukta and Kalpa. Jyothisha is astrology which is considered as eye of Vedas.

VEDIC ASTROLOGY

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