Vedic Astrology Lesson 10
Vedic Astrology Lesson 10
"Oriente Lux Occidente Lex
" ( Out of the East Light, out of the West Laws ) - thus proclaimed the Latin
scholars. The Orient became
synonymous with Light and Wisdom. The Occident
with laws & conquest of the outer world. The West still dominates the
fields of Science, Technology & Economics. The East was far more bothered
aboutconquering the inner world: for the greatest conquest is the
conquest of the Mind ! " The noblest conquest is the conquest of oneself "
said Buddha. This inner conquest means to sublimate our ego, conquer our
negative aspect and then redeem the world ! This is far more difficult than
conquering the outer world !
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Alpha Pegasi or Poorvabhadrapada or Poororuttathi
The role of Mars in
Horoscopy
Mars is the Defense Minister in the Government of the
Almighty. On the
practical plane this fiery planet is the significator of
administrative
ability. If the fire of Mars is not present in the natal
chart, the native
will be a dreamer, lacking in the practical brilliance
needed for success.
The term martial is derived from Mars.
Police,defence, martial arts -
all these come under his domain. Fiery
temparament and skill in war
are the prerogatives of Mars. If he be exalted
in one's horoscope,
the native will become a cruel ruler ( as in Emperor
Nero's horoscope).
Martian Effects in the 12 Houses
Mars in the Ascendant
Mars in the Ascendant makes
anger-prone and fiery. May have
suffered some wounds in the body. Wont have
much longevity.
Will be suffering from one ailment or the other. Will be
fickle-
minded. Will be adventurous and cruel.
Mars in the Second House
Will have less wealth. Less
education also. Will be serving people
who are evil. Will be argumentative.
This position of Mars is not
good from the perspective of wealth and
learning. All malefic
planets in the second are adverse for
wealth.
Mars in the Third House
Will be
very adamantine. Will be very adventurous and will be
the enjoyer of wealth ,
fame & all sorts of comforts. Will be
versatile. Will have good
longevity.Will have a tendency to go
against Ethics &
Morality.
Mars in the Fourth House
Will
be devoid of relatives, houses, landed properties, maternal
happiness &
conveyances. Will be subject to the influence of
women. Will be mentally
tortured all the time.
Mars in the Fifth
House
Will be devoid of sons, comforts & wealth.Will face a
lot of calamities
and will be slightly famous. Will be fickle-minded. Will go
against
Ethics & Morality. Will be adventurous &
anger-prone.
Mars in the Sixth
House
Will have a sound physique and good health. Will be the
vanquisher
of enemies in the battle field. Wont have much fear in the mind.
Will
have tremendous lust, fame & regal status.
Mars in the Seventh House
Will be indulging in
unethical acts. Will be devoid of marital happiness.
Will be quarrelsome.
Will be afflicted by many a disease. Life partner
will also be afflicted.
Will be cruel-hearted.
Mars in the Eighth
House
Will be afflicted in the body & mind. Will be devoid of
wealth. Will have
less longevity. Will have less Dharma & Ethics in the
mind.
Mars in the Ninth House
Will go
against father& will be violent. Will harass people. Will be
a lover of
the Occult . Will have occult power.
Mars in the
Tenth House
Will have regal status. Will be very adventurous and
enthusiastic.
Will be revered by the good. Will have good sons, fame &
wealth.
Mars in the Eleventh House
Astrology and the Science of Numbers ( Numerology
)
All the mysteries of the Universe, said Pythagorus, can be
represented
by numbers. When we say philosophically that our bodies belong
to
the Universal Sea of Matter and that it is One, Reality can be
represented
by One. Or when we say the oceans of Matter, Mind and
Consciousness
are three, we represent Reality by three. Or when we say
Reality is
sevenfold, manifesting as the septenary principles ( VIBGYOR,
the
seven octaves of music, the seven states of Consciousness, the
seven
tissue elements etc ), we represent Reality by Seven. Numerology , is
in
other words, the symbolism of Reality by numbers.
More quality information about Astro-Numerology and a free
Astro-
Numerological Report can be had from http://www.astrologiavedica.com/html/numerology.htm
Correspondence between Astrology & Gem
Therapy
Howard Beckman ( http://www.p-g-a.org/) writes that "Natural,
untreated
gemstones which are repositories of cosmic colors can restore
Pranic
Energy to the cells of the body so that their natural vibratory rate
may
be regained and normal health may be regained when the body is in
a
diseased condition. Blue Sapphire can tranquilize or have a
sedative
effect; emerald can be used as an analgesic; yellow sapphire has
anti-
septic properties; and diamond may be used as a stimulant - these
are
just a few examples of how gems can effetc the healing process in
the
body " ( Howard Beckman - Vibrational Healing with Gems )
More information about Planetary Gemology & a FREE Gem
Prescription
Report can be had from
http://www.astrologiavedica.com/html/planetarygemology.htm
Astrology , Holistic Medicine & Ayurveda
Social
life in the West increasingly stressful with the advent of
rapid
industrialization, urbanization & the breakdown of family
life after the
Second World War. The social disturbance caused
by the Vietnam war, the
propagation of materialistic ideals &
the erosion of faith in Morality
& Ethics brought a sense of futility
& meaninglessness in the Western
psyche. The disillusionment
with the promises of Science & technology,
the limitations of
the Western system of chemotherapy & the adverse
side-effects
of antibiotics, sedatives and certain other drugs made the West
turn
to Oriental philosophies, divine practices & systems of
therapy.
Holistic Health refers to a modern movement which regards health
as
a dynamic state of the total human being. Although the symptoms of
a
disease may be found in certain tissues or organs, health is not a
mere
removal of such symptoms by the treatment of the affected
tissues or organs,
but a state of multidimensional experience,
according to this perspective.
The mind, body & environment are
in a state of dynamic interaction &
the maintenance of this interaction
in a maximal state of efficiency is what
health means. In other words
"To be healthy is to have the ability, despite
an occasional bout of
illness, to live with full use of our faculties and be
vigorous, alert and
happy to be alive, even in old age." This concept of
operational
health has been termed as wellness. It is a sense of
all-round
well-being.
Sir William Osler's advice that Whole is more
important than the Part
( that the patient who has the disease is more
important than the disease
of the patient ) is reminiscent of Plato - " No
treatment of the parts
should be attempted without treatment of the
entirety". ( Plato;' The
State' ,380 Ante Domino ) The horoscope represents
the Whole
and the 12 houses are the 12 limbs of the body.
A good site
where you can get quality information about Holistic Medicine
is http://www.holistic-alt.com/
Ayurveda,
Tai Chi,Yoga Therapy, Pranic Healing, Reflexology, Reiki,
Acupuncture are all
included amongst the 70 systems of Alternative
Medicine which are prevalent
today.
The Ayurvedic Model
In the
Ayurvedic Model, the planets are classified
thus
Jupiter
Kapha
Sun
Pitta
Moon Vata &
Kapha
Mars
Pitta
Mercury Pitta, Vata &
Kapha
Venus Vata &
Kapha
Saturn Vata
Based on the great
Sankhya school of Indian philosophy, Ayurveda
conceives life as the interplay
of three life principles called humours
( which correspond to the three Gunas
of Sankhya - Sattwa, Rajas
and Thamas ). These are Vata ( wind), Pitta( bile)
& Kapha ( phlegm).
Equilibrium of the three humours is considered as
health and any
disturbance in that equilibrium is regarded as disease. One of
the
three humours will be predominant in the body. Hence human
bodies have
been classified under three types: Vata type,
Pitta type & Kapha type.The
body constitution is taken into account
while prescribing diet and
medicine.
More info about Ayurveda can be had from http://www.chakrapaniayurveda.com/
Astrology , Yoga & Pranic Healing
Yoga is the
science of holistic health. According to Yoga therapy,
disease was defined as
an imbalance in any of the three lower
sheaths of existence - physical, vital
& mental. The other sheaths are
the higher sheaths - intellectual &
bliss sheaths. To attain higher
states of Consciousness, we should keep our
lower & higher
sheaths in proper balance and use our higher
sheaths.
Removing mental blocks is a major step in Pranic
Therapy.
Removing Mental Blocks
Due to
the presence of obstructions within, the Cosmic Energy
called Prana does not
flow freely within the individual & the Universal
life. This is the main
reason holistic health practices often fail
or succeed only partially. These
obstructions are caused by
Samskaras, residual traces of our past actions and
experiences.
Samskaras are of two kinds, those which only produce
memories
( smriti ) of past experiences and those which produce impulses
or
drives to repeat these experiences called vasanas Complex
patterns of
love, hate, fear and other emotions are generated
by these psychic memories..
These complexes do obstruct
the free flow of Life energy in us.
These
complexes, formed in childhood & adolescence are
repressed into the
unconscious regions of the mind & these
repressed samskaras lodged in the
hidden recesses of the
unconscious go on creating psychological &
psychosomatic
problems.
Without a Guru, it is difficult to confront
& ferret out these repressed
complexities. It is not easy to encounter
the past experiences and
deactivate them.The true mystic who depends only on
Divine Power
may find that these inner blocks are removed by Divine
Grace.
Astro-Therapy helps in removing mental blocks. By taking recourse
to
remedial measures, faith and Grace Divine allows the horoscopian
to
overcome the mental blocks & negative planetary
influences.
More information about Transcendental Philosophy & Yoga can
be
had from http://www.astrologiavedica.com/html/yogamain.htm
Astrology & Occult Vibratory Chemistry ( Tantra
)
Occult Vibratory Chemistry existed in India by the name of
Tantra.
Tantras developed a different but parallel model of human
personality
Whereas Vedanta & Yoga speak of Five Sheaths or Koshas,
the
Tantras speak of six chakras.
In the Tantric Model, life is
regarded as the unfolding of the Self at six
different levels of
consciousness known as Chakras. In ordinary people
the unfolding takes place
only at the first three chakras which represent
procreation, metabolism &
speech; the higher three chakras remain
latent . The awakening of the higher
chakras results in the unfolding
and fulfillment of spiritual life. The Heart
Chakra ( Anahata ), the Throat
Chakra ( Vishuddhi ) & the Eye Brow Chakra
( Ajna ) are the higher
chakras, which when awakened, can lead man to Cosmic
Consciousness.
Sir John Woodroffe was a researcher in Tantra and he had
written many
scholarly books on the subject. His magnum opus is the "Serpent
Power",
which is a scientific treatise about the Kundalini, the feminine
serpentine
energy present in humans.
Yantras are diagramatic patterns
about Manifestation. The Central Dot
or the Bindu represents the Absoulte
Self and the geometrical figures
are Its different levels of
manifestation.
The main remedies used in Astro-Therapy are Tantric. Hence
Tantra
continues to be a close affiliate of Astrology.
More quality information about Tantra &
Yantras can be had from http://www.astrologiavedica.com/html/yantra.htm
For students of Astrology, we have given a Free Astrology Software download on the Home Page of www.eastrovedica.com. It is an Astrology Software Freeware ( Transit ). It computes the transits of Jupiter, Saturn and Sun and warns you of any negativities.
Vedic Astrology
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Did you know that the 360 degrees of the Zodiac has 360 different symbols? These Sabian symbols (a set of astrological notations representing each degree of the zodiac ) can be used for divination. Discusses origins of the symbols. Learn from the great Dane Rudhyar, a Titan in the field of Astrology. Rudhyar integrated Jungian Psychology with Astrology and called it Harmonic Astrology. He postulated that the stars do not cause the effects ( like Dante who said planets impel and they do not compel ) and that but were pictures synchronistically aligned to human beings. Detailing psychological forces working in individuals. He did not override human freedom in responding to these forces. His magnum opus "The Astrology of Personality" was published in Lucis Publishing.
