Frequently Asked Questions
A - One billion.
Q - Is it a science based on Astronomy and Mathematics ?
A - Yes.
Q - What is the subtle difference between Astronomy and Astrology ?
A - Astronomy is the
Science of the Heavens.
Astrology is the Wisdom of the Heavens.
Q - What is the difference between Science and Wisdom?
A - Science deals with
outer life.
Wisdom deals with inner life.
Q - What is Astrology ?
A - Astrology is the Science of Time.
Q - What is the concept of Time ?
A - The Indian concept of Time stems from the celestial phenomenon of the rotation of the earth round its own axis and movement around the Sun. One constitutes the Celestial Sphere and the other the Ecliptic Sphere.
Q - What is the Western method of computation of planetary longitudes ?
A- The Western method is to find out the Mean Anomaly of the planet, then the
true Anomaly and the add to it the Argument of Perihelion to get Theta ( Theta =
v + w ). The next step is to reduce it to Cartesian coordinates, x, y and z and
then the last step is to reduce it to Spherical coordinates, r, theta and phi.
Q - What is the Indian Method ?
A - The Indian method is to reduce the planet first to the Heliocentric
Coordinate System, Manda Kriya, then reduce it to the Ecliptic Coordinate
System, Parinathi Kriya and then reduce it to the Geocentric Coordinate System.
Sheegra Kriya.
Q - If both methods are different, why some say Indians plagiarised from the
Greeks ?
A - Such talk is all rot and nonsense.
Q - What about the dates of the astronomers who computed first ?
A - Parameswara - 15th century Common Era
Nilakanta - 16th
Kepler -
17th
Laplace -
18th
Q - What is the Hindu
Solar Year ?
A - When the Sun enters the First Point of the Sidereal Zodiac, Vishu or the Hindu Solar Year begins. Normally it happens on Apr 14.
Q - How is the date of Easter computed?
A- It is the First Sunday after the Equinoctial Full Moon. The First Thursday
after the E F M is Monte Thursday and the First Friday after EFM is Good
Friday.
Q- Is it a coincidence that the Equinoctial Full Moon fell on Vishu Day, on Apr
15th, in 2014?
A - Easter is always proximate to Vishu.
Q - Has Easter anything to do with the Old Pagan Festival of Vernal Equinox?
A - It has.
The Day of Ishtar was celebrated by the Romans centred around the Vernal
Equinox. The Old Pagan Festival of Spring Equinox. Ishtar became Easter.
It is to be noted that with the help of Indian Astronomy and Maths, the Western
scholars computed the date of Easter, along with loxodromes, latitudes and
longitudes,using the sine tables of Aryabhata and Madhava. Christopher Clavius,
who initiated the Gregorian Calendrical Reforms, learnt Astronomy and Maths from
Pedro Nunes, a Jewish astronomer. Matteo Ricci was sent to India for this
purpose !
Q - What is Hindu Lunar Year?
Hindu Lunar Year is
reckoned from Shukla Pratipada, after the Equinoctial New Moon.
Equinox means a day when the day and night are of equal duration. This occurs on
Mar 21 and Sep 22, on Spring and Autumnal Equinox days. Normally the diurnal
duration and the nocturnal duration are not exactly 12 hours. But on these two
days Duration of Day = Duration of Night = 12 hours. Yadha Mesha Thualyo
Varthathe thada Ahoratranam Samanani Bhavanti,says Bhagavatha.
Chaitra is the first Lunar Month and Mesha or Medam is the first Solar month.
Chaitra is in other words, the Lunar month, when a solar ingress into Aries or
Mesha or Medam takes place. Vishu vakhya ssada Chaitre Jayathe Mesha Sankrama.
Vaishakha is another lunar month which is considered holy, along with Karthika.
Vaishakhe Vrisha Sankranti - Vaishakaha ( starting from Apr 30 ) is the lunar
month when a solar ingress into Taurus or Vrishabha takes place.
Karthike Vrischikadhipa - Karthika is that lunar month when a solar ingress into
Scorpio or Vrischika takes place.
Karthika is the Hindu Ramazan and like Ramzan, of 41 days duration !
Full Moon means when the Sun is 180 degrees away from the Moon, Pournami.
New Moon means Conjunction of Sun and Moon, Zero Degrees, Amavasya.
A- The Surya Sankrama, Solar ingress into sidereal Aries, happened at 0830 AM on 14th. And the practice of seeing the Lord or Vishu Kani cannot be effected when the Sun was in Pisces or Meena !
That Vishu brings in climate change, relief from the scorching heat of Kumbha and Meena, Aquarius and Pisces, was proved on Apr 14th when it rained torrentially in the afternoon and at night !
Q - Whar are the three Hindu Zero Points of the Zodiac ?
A - The Tropical Zero Point, Zero Degree Aries, Sayana Meshadi
The Sidereal Zero Point, Zero Degree Sidereal Aries, Nirayana Meshadi
The Luni Solar Zero Point, Chaitradi
Q - How are these three Hindu Zero Points used in computation ?
A - The Sidereal Solar Year is
computed from the Sidereal Zero Point, the Lunar Year from
the Luni Solar Zero Point and the Tropical Solar Year from the Tropical Zero
Point.
Q - Is Astrology related to Astronomy and Mathematics?
A - Yes it is. It is based on these two sciences.
Q - Why there is calumny against Astrology ?
A - The base of calumny is ignorance.
Q - What is the function of Astrology ?
A - It is a
Light in Darkness, Thamaseeya Deepah. It is a science which was revealed to the
Seer Poets in higher states of Consciousness.
Q - What is Natal Astrology?
A - It is the analysis of the map of the heavens at the time of birth.
Q - What is Horary Astrology ?
A - It is the analysis of the map of the heavens at the time of query.
Q - What is Electional Astrology ?
A - It is the analysis of the map of the heavens at the time of the Event.
Q - What about Remedial Astrology ?
A - Astrology is based on the Grand Law of Causation, the Law of Cause and Effect, the Universal Law of Karma. All sufferings are caused by transgressions of universal laws. There are two types of Karma. positive and negative.
The Sesamum was sesamum, the Corn was corn
For negative Karma, we advocate divine remedial measures like Fasting Therapy, Mantra Therapy, Bhakti Yoga, Jnana Yoga et al. This will save the client both psychologically and spiritually. Thath Shanti Oushadha Dhyana Japa Homarchanadhibhi.
Q- Why is in India Siddhanta, Samhita and Hora ( Astronomy, Maths and Astrology ) inseparable ?
A - In India, many sciences are inseparable. This is the Law of Epistemic Correlation, that all branches of knowledge are inter related. Astronomy is the Science of the Heavens, Astrology is the Wisdom of the Heavens and Mathematics, the science of magnitude !
A- Medical Astrology is that branch of Astrology dealing with Health. The 12
Signs of the Zodiac are linked to the Twelve Limbs of the body. The Ascendant
rules the Head and the 12th House, the Feet. Medical Astrology, if
incorporated in Astrology Software, can be of immense help in relieving
patients' of their misery.
Q - Is Astrology a sister science to Ayurveda ?
A - Yes. Since the Zodiacal Signs represent the Five Elements ( Ether , Fire,
Air, Earth & Water ), the ancient astrological savants assigned everything
in the Universe to a planetary ruler, and considered all as the manifestation
of the Elemental Five and their respective qualities - hot and dry, cold and
dry, hot and humid , cold and humid. Jupiter rules "Kapha" and the
Sun "Pitta' ( the three humors of Ayurveda ). These elements were
understood in a physical & metaphysical sense, as per the principle "
As Above, So Below ". Many body constitutions are defined in Ayurveda.
The Phlegmatic ( predominance of Kapha), the Bilious ( preponderance of Pitta
) & the Windy ( predominance of Vata ). There are 4 types of Body
Constitution in Western Holistic Medicine - Sanguine, Phlegmatic, Choleric and
Melancholic. Medical Astrology here becomes Ayurvedic Astrology, analysing the
human body made of Vata, Pitta and Kapha and the seven gross tissue elements,
all ruled by the Nine Revolving Heavens.
Q - Are the Seven Planets related to the Three Humours of Ayurveda ?
A - Yes. Here is the correspondence.
| Jupiter | Kapha |
| Sun | Pita |
| Moon | Vata & Kapha |
Mars |
Pitta |
| Mercury | Pitta, Vata & Kapha |
| Venus | Vata & Kapha |
| Saturn | Vata |
Q - What is the intuitively revealed Original Verse or Pramana about this correspondence between the Triune Humours and the Seven Revolving Heavens?
Vatham Pittayutham Karothi Dinakrith
Vatm Kapham Sheetagu
Pittam Bhoomi Sutha, Tadha Sasisutha
Vatam cha Pittam Kapham
Jeevau Vata Kaphau Sithaanila Kaphau
Vatam cha Pittam Shanee
Poorne Indu sthithi rasi natha Kathitham
Poornam Kapham Thoyabhe.
Compiled By Govind Kumar
