Goravani Astrology Complete

Goravani
Astrology
Complete
By
DAS GORAVANI

Goravani Jyotish
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INTRODUCTION
'Veda' is a Sanskrit word, which means 'knowledge'. 'Vedic' means 'of the knowledge'. This
word was used in ancient India to describe the original culture, the original knowledge given to
humans at the beginning of creation. It was passed down orally since the time of creation, and then
eventually in written form to the present. 'Vedic' refers to original knowledge given by God to
humankind.
Please understand right from the start that by "God" we are referring to the Vedic Vaishnava
conception of Divinity, which is vastly different from the Christian conception most Westerners are
familiar with. By "God" we are referring to the Supreme Vedic Deity, Sri Krishna, who is always
accompanied by his female counterpart, Shrimati Radharani. Together they are the Supreme Couple,
and they are represented to us through many layers of spiritual and material reality within each of,
which they are reflected as other deities such as Brahma and Saraswati, and Shiva and Parvati.
So, when we say "God" anywhere in this book, we are referring to the revealed Vedic
conception of God, which is a far cry from the vague ideas of a bearded old man who judges from a
throne. We are using the English language, and we accept its limitations, but ask you the reader to
have an expansive and broad understanding as you read. It is rather essential for a proper Vedic
Astrologer to have both devotion to and understanding of the proper conception of Divinity or God
since Astrology is studying the direct working of God in our lives.
Vedic Astrology comes from the Vedic scriptures of ancient India. The centerpiece book on
Vedic Astrology is the 'Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra'. This is the great scripture on Astrology by
Sage Parashara.
Parashara Muni and his illustrious son Veda Vyasadeva were both friends of Lord Shri Krishna
and the Pandavas. It was the son of Vyasadeva, the grandson of Parashara, known as Shukadeva
Goswami, who spoke the Bhagavat Purana to Parikit Maharaj, the grandson of Arjuna. This great
work, the Bhagavat Purana, is the cornerstone of personalism in Hinduism, also known as
Vaishnavism. It is easy to understand that Parashara Muni, his son Vyasadeva, his grandson
Shukadeva and the Pandavas who are also the grandchildren of Vyasadeva- all of them knew Lord
Krishna. All of them were personalists, or Vaishnavas.
The Bhagavat Purana teaches that at the beginning of creation, an expansion of Krishna
known as Vishnu creates the material Universe. Precisely the way it is created is more or less
described in various Puranas. The creation includes a description of the breathing of Maha Vishnu,

wherein universes are breathed out like bubbles. Within each Universe another Vishnu appears, and
a lotus flower sprouts from his navel upon, which Lord Brahma appears. At this time the Universe is
empty. Brahma receives knowledge from Vishnu lying below him in the form of the Gayatri Mantra,
which contains all knowledge. Infused with knowledge from Vishnu, Brahma then creates the Planets
and people and all other manifestations within the material Universe. Within the span of only one
breath of Vishnu, the universal bubbles go out and then during inhalation are again retracted. During
this one breath, Lord Brahma appears, lives his life and then dies during the inhalation or disappears
as it were.
Lord Brahma's lifespan is equal to millions and millions of our years. Our current bodily life
exists within a fraction of a second of one of Brahma's days. Therefore in truly universal or Brahma-
Vishnu time, our lives are considerably insignificant. Because Vishnu breathes out bubbles and then
breaths them back in, there is motion upon the bubbles. They are in a sense spinning in cosmic space.
Within the bubble Brahma appears and creates everything. Again there is motion. It is said in the
Puranas that when the bubbles are out, Vishnu glances upon them and infuses them with life. During
Brahma's lifetime, which is millions and millions of our years, we small and marginal little living
entities go through innumerable lifetimes.
The aim of life is to achieve liberation- attachment to God and detachment from matter- so that
we can be elevated to the more eternal spiritual worlds to participate in pastimes with the Lord and all
his liberated devotees.
This material creation, which is a bubbly dream of Lord Vishnu, is created for our perfection,
training and liberation. What this really means, especially to an astrologer, is that the material world
is a great school created by Vishnu for the elevation of new souls to the status of participating in
'Lila', or the pastimes of God and His liberated devotees. When Brahma creates the Universe under
the guidance and knowledge of Vishnu, he does so with incredibly divine mystic power and artistry.
There is great artistry and wonderful magical formations built into the material nature. Part of that
magical mystical artistry is the illusion that we are all on a spacial ball encircling a Sun with other
balls; when in fact there are actual personalities in charge of, responsible for and carrying out the
interactions of all things in this material Universe. These personalities who are factually existing and
who are of a much higher caliber than us are known as demigods.
The Planets are actually physical representations of humans on a much higher plane. What we
see as 'the balls' is a representation of their potency to our material eyes. There are other planes of

existence that perceived correctly would enable us to see the Planets as demigods, just as if we could
see souls, we would see one within each living body.
In the Bhagavad-Gita, Krishna says that He regularly comes to re-establish religious principles
on Earth so that at all times there is a chance for the complete liberation of those souls who are
ready. It is always therefore the plan of the Lord that sufficient knowledge be brought down to the
waiting devoted sincere spiritual aspirants. Therefore, part of the artistry and magical systems used
by Brahma in designing everything was taught to his sons who then taught these things to their
disciples. Parashara, the so-called father of Vedic Astrology, claims that he learned Astrology in this
way, ultimately from Brahma, the creator of everything in this Universe, who is known as Aja the
unborn, because he has no parents within the Universe, but rather sprouts directly from the navel of
Vishnu.
The proper student of Vedic knowledge understands that ultimately Vedic Astrology, like all
Vedic knowledge, is revelation- not the creation of meditation by sages and not the speculative
empirical discovery of scientific humans. Vedic Astrology is revelation. It is partial knowledge only of
some of the systems of control put in place by Brahma under Vishnu. If a Vedic Astrologer is also a
very sincere Vedic spiritualist, they can see and realize new and more full aspects about the science
than is currently revealed in the standard books on the matter. This is true of all Vedic and spiritual
subjects. Further revelation is possible and available to the sincere, humble and devoted spiritualists,
who by sincere practice draw the attention of their invisible guardians and receive gifts from them.
In the Parashara Hora Shastra, where most of the science of Vedic Astrology is taught, at one
point Parashara Muni tells Maitreya Muni that "I am revealing to you what the people of Kali Yuga
will be able to understand and no more". In other words, there is of course more to be known, and it
may not be all in the books. We may or may not find out this 'more' that exists out there in cosmic
reality. It is enough for us to be sincere spiritualists, try to learn what is available to us and go on
happily.
The main business of life is not Astrology. Shri Krishna describes in the Bhagavad-Gita that the
main business of life is to become His devotee and a detached but sincerely hard-working dutiful
servant through whom things are done. Krishna describes that everyone should perform the regular
matters that are a part of their everyday life, but this should be done with detachment from the fruits
or the outcome of those endeavors. Instead, attachment to relating with Krishna (the Supreme Lord
and source of Divinity) should be cultivated, thus attaining maximum satisfaction for the soul. This is
more the aim of life than becoming a great astrologer.
My realization is that the reason the Lord has revealed Vedic Astrology to humankind through
the agency of the sages and the scriptures is because Astrology can confirm the spiritual teachings of
the scriptures to a large degree. Astrology is one of the strongest material proofs of certain principles
given in the spiritual sections of the Vedic scriptures.
One of the cornerstone points of Vedic spirituality is the principle of Karma and reincarnation;
karmic control of us by the demigods. Vedic Astrology proves that at the time of birth, the entire life
of the individual is already largely if not fully planned. This proves that we are being controlled, and
that free will is just that- it is will alone; but that the actual events are controlled outside of and
beyond us by God as it were.
As Shri Krishna states in the Bhagavad-Gita that the demigods are His agents, and that they
carry out the granting of both good and bad results to us according to our Karma, Vedic Astrology
gives us a profound way to see and realize that this statement is indeed fact. Anyone who studies
Vedic Astrology even just a little will begin to see that it works. There will then be profound
realization that indeed the Planets are God's agents for controlling our lives or delivering our karmic
reactions to us.
Vedic Astrology reveals a profound spiritual and philosophical truth to us: that our lives are
fully controlled from the moment of birth to the moment of death. Realizing this can be catastrophic
to some people who are not yet ready to accept that they are living in the benevolent cupping hands
of the Supreme Lord at every moment of their lives. In modern times, especially in the West, it is
vogue to think of us as masters of our lives, as the creators of our destiny. This may be argued in
philosophical terms as fact, but Vedic Astrology shows that there is another side; a side where we can
see that we are fully controlled.
One of the world's greatest philosophers, Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (early 1500's, India),
has stated that to understand the Absolute Truth is to know that we are simultaneously both fully
controlled and independent. In other words, full determinism and free will exist simultaneously for
us. What this means is that while our lives are fully controlled by God through the universal
demigods, at the same time His power and majesty in creating us is so amazingly great that we
experience free will at every moment even though we are controlled. We feel as though we are
choosing. We feel the emotional results of our choices.
It is true however that even our choice is controlled. Even our choices flow from our mental
condition from birth and from the mold with with we were individually created. So the cosmic super-

reality is that we are simultaneously free and controlled. Astrology focuses on one side of this
equation, while other sciences and perceptions focus on the other side. A Vedic Astrologer must be a
genius in such a way that he or she can walk this razor's edge in-between these two realities, deftly
going between the two according to the nature and needs of the situation at hand in both their
personal and professional lives.
Happiness. We all want it. Our cats and dogs want it and our houseplants want it. The trees
in the forest stretch ever upward in an effort to receive enough light to go on living. At least we want
to go on living- to survive. At the very least we want survival. But beyond survival we want
fulfillment of other desires. Even prisoners in the worst jails survive. We want more than survival-
we want fulfillment of quite a few desires. For this fulfillment of desires we struggle hard. Pleasure-
enjoyment- happiness- we strive for these things- we want these things. For each of us, the
fulfillment of desire and the sense of pleasure take on different forms. Some humans consider eating
a T-bone steak to be a pleasurable experience while for others it is vile, even while still in the thought
stage. Some consider enlightenment a worthwhile endeavor while others consider it a waste of time
at best.
This Earth seems to be a dirt ball floating in a great space. Combined with atmosphere and
sunlight it has proved itself capable of providing so many varieties of animated beings with an
environment in, which they can pursue both survival and fulfillment of their variegated desires. Yet,
oddly, no living thing survives- everything dies. Every 100 years or so the Earth is supporting a
whole new set of human bodies, with all previously living ones are either buried, burnt or eaten by
animals and turned into stool. Therefore, there is a constant sense of not only urgency, but of
competition for the use of limited resources. An underlying knowledge in all living things here is that
death is the greatest deadline we face, and that between this moment and that unknown deadline, we
have but a limited time in, which to gather and enjoy whatever we seek. This creates tension, to put
it mildly. To make matters yet even more interesting, nobody knows for sure, at least in terms of
"scientifically 100% sure" why the heck this is all here. Why is it like this- what is it for- is there a
purpose- is it an accident of chemistry and evolution- a folly of enzymes and microbes- or is there a
reason- a God- a purpose- what am I- what are we- why are we? In this ocean of tension,
competition, unfulfillment and impending deadlines we are also faced with a lack of reasons and
answers to the most basic questions. And so it is, as it is, and so it shall be, and so we go on, at least
trying to survive and enjoy our senses, as it always has been, as it were.

Then we meet the "Vedic Scriptures". What are these ancient books of India? Mythology,
perhaps, the wishful thinking of ancient tribes of villagers, in an "uncivilized" country? Or are they
parables containing somewhat valuable, but still mythologically phrased, teachings of super-
thoughtful sages of a pure and enlightened ancient India? Or can we- dare we- take them literally?
Do the far-out stories and histories go beyond our sense of rational? Should we, orphans afloat in an
ocean of insecurity, uncertainty and certain peril, dare decide what is "rational"? Should we instead
adopt a mood of submission and surrender to what describes itself as "truth revealed from beyond
the borders of this time and space". Do we dare have faith in such a thing?
In this world there are atheists and atheistic scientists. These are persons who believe only
what they can see, test and prove. They discourage others from the path of "faith in the unseen". For
them, religion is wishful thinking- folklore for simple folk- the opium for the masses of suffering,
irrational humanity.
Yet, they cannot see to the edge of the Universe. They cannot prove from where everything
came. They cannot answer the fundamental questions of life- why we are, what we are, and what
follows death, if anything. Yet, they dare to attack the competition- religion, as irrational, and not
worth our faith or attention. How dare they! They provide virtually no answers, yet they insult that,
which does!
Religion, a compound Greek word meaning "again union with God" is similar to the Sanskrit
word "Yoga", which means "to link" or "union". Although there are various religions, or paths to
linking with the whole truth, the Vedic Scriptures, and the path or paths they represent and teach, are
undoubtedly the most vast, and the most primeval. Therein we find practical science, systems,
instructions and philosophy covering virtually every aspect of life and creation. We find descriptions
of the origin of the Universe, the ontology of the progress of the soul, the theology of the souls
encasement in bodies, the science of war, the art of lovemaking, and the science of medicine, just to
name a few, and all described within a consistent framework of interrelation, which clearly leads us
to, guess what, "happiness".
Yes, the aim of the Vedas is happiness, and nothing less than full happiness. In fact, in
describing the destinations of the various Vedic paths, we find words and phrases describing highly
happy states of existence, which are somewhat untranslatable into English. However, translations
are required, and therefore states of Yoga, or Vedic religion, such as "Brahmananda", "Prema Bhakti",
"Madhurya Rasa" and "Mukti" are translated into spiritual bliss, the highest love, and divine union
with God, and liberation from matter.
Because the goals, and even the daily disciplines, of the various Vedic paths to happiness defy
simple translation, one finds that the condensed Vedic aphorisms found in the Sanskrit scriptures
expand dramatically when carefully translated by a devoted translator. In English, one must use
many more words to describe that, which is told in short Sanskrit verses. Not only that, but the way
of Vedic thought, is dramatically different from the way of modern thought, especially in the West.
Therefore, along with translations of the Vedic scriptures we often find "discussions", "purports" or
"illuminations"- those lengthy add-ons by the translator or commentator, wherein they attempt to
bring us up to speed with what is actually being taught.
And so it is with Vedic Astrology. This form of Astrology, which claims to be a God-given
science from the spiritual world beyond our Universe, is rooted in a system of consciousness, which
must be learnt by Westerners through a deliberate attempt at consciousness transformation. The
serious student of Vedic Astrology in the West, and India for that matter, can only be that person who
is willing to submit themselves to belief in things, which are not easily seen with our flesh-eyes. The
student must be willing to develop their faith in things divine with a passion- not as a part time
interest, but as a full time paradigm- a view of the creation and life, which overwhelms and
encompasses their whole being. Only in such a state of devotion to the Vedic truths can one actually
understand the Vedic conclusions or sciences, including Astrology. Lack of this level of devotion is
the prime reason for the lack of good Vedic astrologers worldwide, especially in the West. The
increase of the above level of interest and devotion will therefore be the prime reason for the
increase in the number of competent Vedic Astrologers worldwide and in the West.

WHAT DOES VEDIC MEANS?
Veda means original knowledge and truth. Vedic means, ‘of the original knowledge and truth’.
The Lord, who ever resides in his own blissful abode of Vaikuntha (means "free from anxiety"), the
Spiritual World, creates Jiva souls, small souls, that is us, from the light that shines forth from his
divine body. Those spiritual sparks are at first undifferentiated from each other and are called
Ìtatasta Shakti or the marginal potency of the Lord.
At that stage we are like pencil rays of light all side by side floating in undifferentiated bliss,
but inactive and not fully conscious. In that blissful, peaceful state, an agitation can come, which
makes the Jiva soul want differentiation and action. Thus, we enter this plane, known as the material
world, where the external potency of the Lord surrounds us on all sides, as our own bodies and as the
environment, the Universe.
The purpose of coming here is to play out parts in a drama and learn thereby- it is essentially
a school. The lessons are hard, and often painful. What we are learning is our position and our
relationships, or Sambandha Gyani, with everything. Nature, being perfectly under the constant,
perfect control of an absolutely benevolent divinity, is perfect in gradually raising our consciousness
through the process of "touch-burn-don’t touch it again". Everything is working that way- there are
easy lessons and there are hard lessons. Ultimately, the soul must learn that she is Prakriti, not
Purush. This means that we are subordinate, yet fully provided for, participants in a play, which is
for the pleasure of the Purush, and that is God himself- Krishna- who is Purush-Uttama, or the
Supreme Enjoyer.
When Lord Brahma creates the Universe under the instructions of Vishnu, at that time
Brahma receives full knowledge about basically everything. He receives, for example, complete
information on how to create the material world. The best scriptural resource we have that narrates
to us the very primeval interaction between Vishnu and Brahma at the time of creation is the Brahma
Samhita. That great scripture, spoken by Lord Brahma, gives detailed information as to what were
the main points, the main knowledge was that was given to Brahma via the Gayatri Mantra.
Part of that was the knowledge of Astrology. Brahma actually creates the material world
under the direction and authority of Vishnu. Brahma directly knows the controlling systems put in
place here because he put them there, even though the power comes from Vishnu. So, Brahma gave
Jyotish Vidya to his sons such as Narada Muni, the Four Kumaras, and so on, who in turn gave it to
their disciples, such as Vyasadeva.

That knowledge was passed down through disciplic succession until around the start of Kali
Yuga because that is when books become required because human memorization ability decreases to
a large degree. Previously Brahmin children had to simply memorize everything. So anyway, around
the beginning of Kali Yuga sages such as Parasara and Vyasadeva created so many books so that
Vedic knowledge, the original knowledge, would not be lost in this Kali Yuga.
It is a big hassle to make books- even for great sages. It is not pleasant to sit and write and
write and write. You just want to give codes- to make sure the essential is not lost. However, what
this means is that there is much detail that is not in the books. However, the sincere seeker who has
a natural insight into things Vedic will be able to discover that, which is not literally given. Because of
possessing the proper mood of service and submission to the great truth many hidden things become
revealed to the heart of such a surrendered soul.
Please indulge me a few more points: I have been around this Vedic path for quite some time
now and I have seen and heard it correctly and incorrectly perceived and reflected by others. For
example, Vedic scripture is NOT myth. While there may be interpolations and exaggerations and the
like, the basic punch of it all is true. There is a personal God, there is a creator, the Vedic times did
happen, the battle of Kurukshetra took place, Krishna really lived, as did Lord Ramachandra, etc.
Lord Ganesh is not an energy nor a myth, he is a real being who can stand in front of you and chew
you out for insubordination should he so desire!
Why not believe? Look at yourself in the mirror- do you not see an amazing creation- isn’t it
weird and wonderful- two eyes that roll around, one nose- a mouth, a genital- the whole thing is so
strange and bizarre- why cant there also be a human with what we call an elephants head? Is it
impossible to you? Have you ever seen a hammerhead shark? Can you believe how shocking that
must have been for persons to see those weird creatures for the first time having never heard that
they existed?
When it is foggy we forget that the Sun is shining above the clouds. On mountaintops it is
often sunny when the valley is fogged over- similarly, just because the coverings of this Universe
obstruct and limit our vision doesn’t mean there is nothing beyond. So, why not believe- why cant a
benevolent God and cast of demigods such as Lord Ganesh exist- is there something that says we
must be the only great things around?
It is rather sane to believe in the Vedic version, and rather insane to not believe- that is my
carefully considered opinion. That we are in school learning to become fully trained, willing and

detached players in the Lord’s eternal pastimes or Lila is wholly believable, whereas the dialectical
materialist or "scientific" atheism is rather unbelievable to me. (Where did it all begin- they can
NEVER answer that- Big Bang? Ridiculous!)
The other thing I wish to say is that the correct Vedic understanding is never sectarian,
dogmatic or fixed, and, any follower of the Vedas must be loving and kind. Ahimsa, or non-violence is
a primary principle. If you want to be happy, definitely spread happiness, give protection, and serve
more than you receive. Definitely, be a vegetarian. You cannot feel God in yourself in you kill to eat
unless absolutely necessary for survival. Give up being a party to the killing of innocent animals.
Learn how to cook enough variety of vegetarian dishes that you don’t miss meat- that is possible, and
you need to do it. To be a truly great soul who can read Karma and help others, you can’t be involved
in such base Karma yourself- it will definitely block your vision.
In the beginning of the Parasara Hora Shastra and other classics there are always verses
describing who can and cannot be taught Astrology. Astrologers are advised by the great sages, who
must be followed, NOT to teach this divine science to those who are faithless, who do not love and
follow the Vedic path, or who are not surrendered, or who are simply not qualified with the requisite
intelligence in the areas of math, calculation, space and time, etc. In the West, these admonitions are
not being followed- and anyone can buy the books, buy the programs, go to the seminars, and learn
Jyotish. This is not good, and yet from another angle, we can say that at least it is spreading- there
must be mercy before law is applied. If the Vedas are not allowed to come to the West freely, they
may never come at all, and that would be worse than misuse- I agree. However, if you are sincere
and serious about being granted entrance into the deeper truths, then you should not apply such
leniency to yourself. That is for rationalizing the misuse by other beginners- but do you forever
count yourself in that group? Don't. Move on- take responsibility- become a member of the more
sincere group who actually want for themselves to become pleasing to the hidden, yet very real and
seeing, Guru Varga (which means the Great Masters of truth and religion as one entity).
I encourage you to read the Shrimad Bhagavatam (which is also known as the Bhagavat
Purana) as translated by Bhakti Vedanta Swami. It is, as a presentation of this most important
Purana, very good at getting across the correct mood of submission and surrender to the Lord, and
the whole Vedic truth and path. Therefore, I recommend reading it and trying to understand deeply,
and follow. Please do that for the perfection of your life.
Try to live cleanly, free from hard drugs, meat and gross engagements of all kinds. Become a
Brahmin in action- clean, merciful, tolerant, ever learning good things, helpful to all, and devoted to
truth. The four pillars of religion or Dharma are: Truthfulness, Mercifulness, Cleanliness, and
Austerity. Practice these. Don’t try to get everything you desire (austerity). You will simply become
a materialist who is too overwhelmed by their temporary body and its temporary desires. Be
satisfied with what comes without too much endeavor. Be merciful to all living beings. Ask much of
yourself, but be kind to others while gently encouraging them to raise their own standards. Be clean
in as many ways as you can- health, bodily, eating, thinking, and speaking. Associating with the
Tamasic Guna is dirty, so avoid it. The lower you associate, the lower you are- so associate with
cleanliness. Be honest and truthful- that is said by scripture to be the last leg of Dharma left in this
Kali Yuga.

WHAT IS JYOTISH
Say it right: Joe – Teesh. Then, slip in the “y” after the “J” in “Joe” and you have pronounced it
correctly!
Jyotish means The Science of Light
Jyotish is Astrology according to the ancient astrological tradition from India. Jyotish is the
science of reading a number of charts, listings, and other mathematical formulas, tables and grids, all
of, which are based on the movements of the Planets in our solar system.
Jyotish works. If you have doubts, don’t. I personally guarantee you right now that Jyotish
works to a very significant and obvious degree. This will be seen by anyone who spends enough time
to learn it. If you don’t, you’ll never know why I can be so sure. If you do, you’ll be just as sure.
To do Jyotish you take the moment and place a person was born, and using scientific methods you
calculate the positions of the Planets in the Zodiac at that time, then draw them in a chart, which
has as it’s starting reference point the Sign rising on the Eastern horizon for the place of the birth
at the birth moment, and with that Sign known, the Houses of the chart can be known and the
Planets correctly placed in them. Then other calculations and items or astrological objects are
created by the astrologer (or software program). The basic chart is formed mainly of the 12 Signs,
12 Houses and 9 Planets.
By reading the various charts and other items of Jyotish, you can tell much about a person:
• Their bodily propensities
• Mental propensities
• Personality traits
• General flow of life
• Events too if you’re good enough
• Compatibility with other persons
• Onset and outcome of diseases
• and everything else!

Jyotish is most meant for helping with the final stages of enlightenment for those souls who are
approaching liberation. It is a study, which helps the soul, who is at a certain stage very close to the
highest things available in this world, to fully understand the mysterious spiritual reality of Acintya
Bhedabheda Tattva, which is a statement, which summarizes reality in a nutshell. (More on that
later) The proper study of Jyotish strengthens faith in God, by giving concrete knowledge and
evidence of the ways and means of the concretely obvious presence of Divine Control in every aspect
of life, side by side with the appearance of free will and freedom, and the resultant mixture being
gradual elevation of the soul to liberation.
Jyotish is a science, allowed to appear in this world by the Lord, as part of His loving plan to
liberate all souls. Jyotish proves the statements of Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita:
(Excerpts taken from the Bhagavad Gita As It Is by A.C. Bhakti Vedanta Swami Prabhupada - Founder
and Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness)
sadåçaà ceñöate svasyäù
prakåter jïänavän api
prakåtià yänti bhütäni
nigrahaù kià kariñyati
Chapter 3 Verse 33
Even a man of knowledge acts according to his own nature, for everyone follows the nature he has
acquired from the three modes. What can repression accomplish?
ye yathä mäà prapadyante
täàs tathaiva bhajämy aham
mama vartmänuvartante
manuñyäù pärtha sarvaçaù
Chapter 4 Verse 11
As all surrender unto Me, I reward them accordingly. Everyone follows My path in all respects.
bhoktäraà yajïa-tapasäà
sarva-Loka-maheçvaram
suhådaà sarva-bhütänäà
jïätvä mäà çäntim åcchati

Chapter 5 Verse 29
A person in full consciousness of Me, knowing Me to be the ultimate beneficiary of all sacrifices and
austerities, the Supreme Lord of all Planets and demigods, and the benefactor and well wisher of
all living entities, attains peace from the pangs of material miseries.
mattaù parataraà nänyat
kiïcid asti dhanaïjaya
mayi sarvam idaà protaà
sütre maëi-gaëä iva
Chapter 7 Verse 7
There is no truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are strung on a thread.
éçvaraù sarva-bhütänäà
håd-deçe ’rjuna tiñöhati
bhrämayan sarva-bhütäni
yanträrüòhäni mäyayä
Chapter 18 Verse 61
The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone’s heart, O Arjuna, and is directing the wanderings of all
living entities, which are seated as on a machine, made of the material energy.
Astrology is the science of the effects of the Planets movements on our lives and all things.
Astrology is based on astronomy in that astrologers need to know the correct positions of the Planets
at any given time, as well as the correct positions of the zodiacal fixed star Signs in relation to any
place on Earth at any given time. Once the correct positions of the Signs and Planets are known, the
astrologer then constructs charts representing these positions, and using the astrological science,
studies the charts and can make quite a wide range of conclusions about the moment the chart was
cast for.
Charts are cast based on an exact moment at an exact place on Earth. Therefore, the moment
you were born and the place you were born has a chart, or can have a chart, and that is called your
"birth chart" or "natal chart". By reading the chart of the heavens for the time and place of your birth,
we can know much about you. That is the claim of Astrology. It can be used for other things such as

the chart of a question asked (called "Prashna" Astrology) or for planning when to do some certain
action (called "Muhurtha" or "Electional" Astrology).
Primarily, Astrology is used to understand ourselves, or our Karma for this life.
What does the word "Vedic" implies about this type of Astrology? Vedic Astrology differs from
Western or Tropical Astrology mainly in that it uses the fixed Zodiac as opposed to the moving
Zodiac. Because of the gradual tilting of the Earth in space on its axis, the Zodiac, if you calculate it
from the Sun's relationship to the Earth, appears to be moving at the rate of a little less than 1/60th
of a degree per year. Currently, the relative or movable Zodiac is off or out of alignment with the
fixed or real star-based Zodiac by roughly 24 degrees, which is almost one whole Sign of the Zodiac.
Therefore, first and foremost you should know that Vedic Astrology sticks with that original,
star-based Zodiac and thus another term to describe Vedic Astrology is that it is "sidereal Astrology",
which simply means that the real Zodiac is used to locate, which SIGNS THE PLANETS ARE
CURRENTLY LOCATED IN. The Signs the Planets are in is one important part of Astrology. Because
the two systems are skewed from each other by nearly one whole Sign, most people's "Sun Sign",
that, which you can get from the paper each day, is usually one Sign back when the chart is refigured
using Vedic Astrology.
Thus, the first surprise using Vedic is that you are no longer the Sun Sign you always thought
you were. This happens with many charts. However, if you were born in the last 5 days or so of the
Western Sign month, then you will probably still be that Sign in Vedic since the difference is 23
degrees currently, and Signs are 30 degrees long in space (12 Signs times 30 degrees each each a 360
degree circle surrounding the Earth).
Vedic Astrology also has a great number of techniques for studying the charts once they are
cast, which give Vedic a predictive edge. For example, the "Dashas" or "planetary ruling periods"
system, which is a part of the Vedic system give Vedic astrologers a tool for quite accurately
predicting the trends, changes and events in your life with good accuracy regarding dating when
things will take place. Therefore, Vedic astrologers are less limited to talking about your general
overall self and can get more deeply into what's going to happen in your life. These two things are the
primary, immediate things you should know about Vedic Astrology.
Vedic Astrology is called “Jyotish”. Using “Jyotish”, or Vedic Astrology, means to recognize that
God does His and Her work of controlling the upbringing of all the children of the Universe through a
complex interactive system of energy rays, or “light”. The focal points of this energy is the balls we

know as Planets, which the Vedic Books of Knowledge teach us are actually personal “Demi-Gods”,
and it is through these focal points, in their ever-swirling dance around our solar system, that we can
read the unfoldment of the plan of God for us all, a small part of, which is planned for us as
individuals and is frozen in and readable from our birth charts, which are simply maps of the
heavenly bodies at the moment of our birth in relation to our place of birth. Simply Wonderful!
First of all, let me guarantee you that Jyotish works! But, it is after all, the science of reading
the control system of nature. Imagine for a moment exactly how complex and interactive that must
be. It is very complex indeed. The task of reading the complexities of the interactions of natural
forces is a very tall order. The astrologer must study real charts for years, and build up a wealth of
knowledge, and then on top of that base of realized knowledge must also apply a large helping of
spiritually broad intuition. The Vedic astrologer must indeed be like a conduit of reception and
speaking on behalf of the natural forces of nature read through the planetary chart.
The saintly sages of ancient India received this science from God, and passed it down through
the generations of their disciples. Eventually, starting around 5,000 years ago, it began to put into
the written form and has been recorded and passed on that way ever since then. Now, in modern
times, we have the advantage of the accuracy of modern astronomy and computers, but the reading
of the chart remains something that is limited to the openness and spiritual receptivity of the
astrologer, the “chart reader”. We’ve made the science of calculation very perfect, but nothing in
science can help us with our appreciation and reading of, the chart. That part remains something
that must be developed in the individual astrologer.
And here we are in the present. I, like a few others, have written a very astronomically precise
chart calculating software program. Into that program my assistants and I have entered many
readings from classic and modern astrologer authors for the “meanings of” or “the readings of” the
planetary positions in the chart. Later in this book you will see “your readings”. You have to right
now grasp the fact that these readings are for each of the specific placements of the Planets in your
chart, but they are somewhat “unblended”, in that they are each for a specific placement by itself.
Now, a human astrologer, with the above mentioned ability to really see and read the chart, as a whole
will be able to give interpretations for the chart, which are blended, from all the placements. A
computer program, such as the one I’ve written, which produced this printout for your chart, cannot
do the kind of intuitive blending a good human astrologer should be capable of.
However, there is another, different kind of value inherent in the type of printout you now
have in your hands. Namely, that it blindly and selflessly gives the interpretations for the planetary
positions present in your chart as they are spelled out in the classic Jyotish books. This has value
because from these fundamental readings the more complex blended readings take form. You make a
blend from raw ingredients- these are the raw ingredients of your Karma. The blending of these is
your real, actual life.
Therefore, as you read the readings given for your chart herein, remember that they are
unblended, and therefore will cancel each other to some degree, and otherwise balance each other
out. For example, in one reading it might say that you have a strong negative quality, but in another
reading it may assuredly say that you have the strong opposite positive quality. , which is right? The
truth lay in the middle of the two- and also that at some points you will be one way, and at other
times you will be the other way. This is where the human astrologer, hopefully bringing a vast base
of experience in judgment, can sort it out to the real truth. But, knowing the pulling, or baseline
effects, of your various planetary placements is important if you want to really enter into your chart,
your life plan, more deeply. In other words, to really understand yourself through Astrology, you
need the information contained herein.
Here’s another reason why this chart you hold can be very helpful: In Vedic Astrology, one of
the most important facets of the science is what we call the Dashas. The Dasha is essentially a
dateline of when the Planets will give their effects in your life. It is primarily using the Dashas’
planetary rulership periods that the Vedic Astrologer is able to predict when things are going to
happen. The chart shows all the things contained in the life span, but the Dashas show us when each
thing is going to happen. Using the Dashas, the Vedic Astrologer can predict when life events such as
marriage, children, changes in career, ups and downs in wealth, and much more, will take place.
Your Dasha-planetary dateline is contained in this printout. Now, the way you can make best
use of it is by knowing, once again, the raw effects your Planets create. Then, using that information,
you can best understand what the Planets will try to do during their periods as spelled out in the
Dasha dateline. If you did not have information such as the readings contained herein, you would not
be able to make your own decisions about the coming effects of the Planets in their coming periods.
In other words, this printout gives you the tools to begin to enter deeply into your own chart, and
start learning how to read your Planets effects in the past and coming planetary periods.
Let’s take an example: In my chart I have Jupiter in the 9th House in Sagittarius. This
placement is said to bring a strong connection with religion, and priests or gurus. I also have Saturn
there too. This placement bodes ill effects for my father, and Saturn rules base jobs and hard work.
Now, the Dashas say that I was under the period of both Jupiter and Saturn when I was around 10
years old. That means that my Dashas say that when I’m around ten years old, both Jupiter and
Saturn will be active. Not Venus, not Mercury- not the other Planets. I was in the Dasha period of
Jupiter-Saturn.
So what happened then you’re probably asking, right? Well, when I was around ten, my father
became seriously mentally ill, and my mother sought help from the Church leaders in our area, being
a staunch Catholic. One day, my siblings and I were brought to the Church, where the Priest
explained our father’s condition to us, and our father was sent away to a hospital shortly thereafter.
He was, at the time, doing a nighttime second job as the janitor of the Church in our parish. I then
took that job over after my father’s departure. So here I was, having lost my father, working for the
head priest, as the janitor of the Church. In other words I experienced quite classically what exactly
the Planets in my chart spelled out- contact with religion and priests, loss of father, and a base job
with hard work. This is exactly how predicting is done with Vedic Astrology. You see what effects
the Planets are supposed to give according to the classic works on planetary effects, whose readings
are contained herein, and then you look to the Dasha periods to determine when the effects will take
place in the life.
So in this printout you have some pretty potent tools for putting together some of your own
understanding of what and when things will happen in your life. Unfortunately, it’s not easy, because
after all, again, we are talking here about reading the immensely large and wonderful piloting system
divinity has built this Universe upon! So, take it easy, and don’t be in a hurry or easily turned off. It
takes some time to get the hang of it.
Now, if you weren’t looking for work when you ordered this chart, and just wanted some
instant gratification in terms of finding out what stuff you got coming, then don’t worry, I think you’ll
get at least some of what you’re looking for. Usually we are looking for reassurement from our chart
of something that we hope is really going to be a part of our life. Often what we want is coming and
the chart will probably mention it.
However, in our lives there is much coming that we don’t want. I have had numerous clients
and acquaintances that have received gifts from Divinity into their lives, which were or are, unwanted
things such as horrible diseases. It is a fact of life that the negative side is there. All of us have to face
the gradual decay inherent in old age, disease and death, and some of the readings are going to
mention these kinds of things. Some of us are going to face these challenges earlier than others, and
some of us are not going to have our dreams fulfilled. So, don’t fall prey to the folly of expecting your
Vedic Horoscope to cater to only your dreams.
On the other hand, the beauty of knowing that Divinity has a plan for us is indeed a source of
bliss in itself. We can, after surrendering to this fact, go through our life, with all its ups and downs,
in a happy state due to detachment. What happens, in the end, is not up to us, and is beyond our
control. We are players in an already written play, and we generally don’t know the script, but there
is one, and it comes from a purely benevolent divinity. Our dreams, hopes and wishes are generally
self-centered and based on a vision of ourselves as these bodies we temporarily inhabit. But that is
not the vision of Divinity, who sees us instead as gradually evolving souls learning lessons in each
life, which are retained, though the possessions and material attainments of each life are not. The
aim of life is the emotional lessons we learn, and those, the Vedas say, are carried forward to our next
destinations. Our dreams, hopes and wishes however are usually focused in the material realm of
our current life.
Therefore, it is important when approaching Vedic Astrology, to understand that it is not our
servant, but rather, we are its servants. It is a small reading of Divinities plan for our spiritual
evolution in this life. It is not so concerned with whether our illusory understanding of our lives shall
be catered to and fulfilled. Rather, a plan of lessons is already in place, and the chart reveals the
unfoldment of that lesson plan.

BASIC COMPONENT OF JYOTISH
The little astronomy an astrologer needs to know. There are just a few points from the science
of Astronomy that a Jyotish (Vedic Astrologer Person) needs to understand.
Zodiac – The belt that surrounds the Earth in space. The Zodiac contains 12 constellations, which are
known as Rashi (raw-shee) in Sanskrit and Signs in English. This extends 8 degrees on either side of
the belts center, so the belt is roughly 16 degrees wide and wraps all the way around the Earth.
Ecliptic – This is the imaginary plane or flat surface in space defined by the Earth’s revolution
around the Sun. The “plane” that the Earth “orbits upon” is called the Ecliptic. All other Planets’ orbits
are almost on this Ecliptic (plane), but they are slightly different or “inclined” to the ecliptic plane.
Pluto is very much tilted (inclined) compared to this ecliptic.
ZODIAC ARC DISTANCE AND CLOCK TIME

Distances of Arc, or the circle of the Zodiac in space,
are discussed in the following terms:
• Degrees: 360 Degrees is the whole Zodiac circle
• Signs: 12 Signs of 30 degrees each
• Stars: 27 stars ruling 13 degrees 20 minutes of space each
• Minutes: Each degree contains 60 minutes
• Seconds: Each minute contains 60 seconds
It’s important to not confuse ARC degree minutes and seconds with the clock.
With “arc of Zodiac” we are talking about a measurement of distance in space around
the Zodiac belt. Clock time is an entirely different thing. So here again, this is distance, not
time.
Example of playing with the math: Each Nakshatra can also be seen instead as just 800
minutes. Because 13 times 60 minutes per degree, plus the 20 minutes. 13 * 60 is 780 and that plus
the 20 is 800 total. In one Nakshatra there are 48,000 seconds of space distance. So 27 times 48,000
seconds is how many seconds of arc exist in the Zodiac., which would equal 360 * 60 * 60 again. Or,
degrees times minutes times seconds. There are 1296000 seconds in the Zodiac, therefore.

BASIC COMPONENTS
The most basic elements of Vedic Astrology are the nine Planets or heavenly bodies and the
twelve Signs of the Zodiac and the twelve Houses of the chart. When studying Vedic Astrology, it is
important to become familiar with the Sanskrit words for all the main components. Therefore,
through out this book, we will often refer to these Sanskrit words. To begin with, let it be known that
the words Planets and "Grahas" are synonymous. The twelve Signs of the Zodiac are called "Rashis"
and the Houses are called "Bhavas" or "Sthanas". The nine Planets used in Vedic Astrology are the
Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu. These are known in Sanskrit as
Ravi or Surya, Chandra, Mangal or Kuja, Buddha, Guru, Shukra, Shani, Rahu and Ketu.

The Planets

Planet Glyph Owns Sex Aspects Sanskrit Main Significations
Soul, Self, Power, Esteem, Ambition, Control,

Sun A Leo Male 7 Surya
Shrinks, Purifies
Emotions, Mind, Health, Purity, Mental Balance,

Moon E Cancer Female 7 Chandra
Mother
Mars F Aries, Scorpio Male 4 7 8 Mangal Energy, Drive, Agility, Aggression, Accidents
Intellect, Speech, Relating, Communications,

Mercury B Gemini, Virgo Neutral 7 Buddha
Diplomacy
Sagittarius,
Jupiter K Male 5 7 9 Guru Fortune, Law, God, Wealth, Status, Expansiveness
Pisces
Venus C Taurus, Libra Female 7 Shukra Desires, Pleasures, artistry, beauty, additions, Sex
Capricorn,
Saturn L Neutral 3 7 10 Shani Obstacles, seriousness, truthfulness, Sorrows
Aquarius
Rahu P Aries Female None Rahu Karma, eccentricities, disturbances, foreign things
Ketu Q Libra Neutral None Ketu Death, spirituality, detachments, outcastes

The Signs

Sign Sanskrit Meaning Glyph
Aries Mesha Ram a
Taurus Vrishabha Bull b
Gemini Mithuna Embracing c
Cancer Karkata Crab d
Leo Simha Lion e
Virgo Kannya Teenage Girl f
Libra Thula Scales g
Scorpio Vrishchika Scorpion h
Sagittarius Dhanush Bow i
Capricorn Makara Crocodile j
Aquarius Kumbha Jug k
Pisces Meena Fish l


CHARTS, ZODIAC AND STARS BASICS
Astrology mainly utilizes a chart of the Planet’s positions at the time of the birth. The chart of
the planetary positions in the Signs of the Zodiac, rotated so that the Sign rising on the East at that
moment is the First House and all the other Signs of the Zodiac following in their order as the
successive of the 12 Houses, is the Rashi Chart. Rashi, also spelled simply “Rashi”, means Sign. So,
the Rashi Chart, also called the Rashi Chakra and Rashi Kundali, is the chart of the Planets in their
Signs at the time of the birth.
There are other charts used in Jyotish. But, all charts have 12 divisions called the Houses,
each of, which holds one of the Signs of the Zodiac. Hence we say the 2nd House is Gemini, or
Aquarius is in the 10th House. We are always expressing the Houses by their number and Sign as
both are significant, as you’ll see.
The Planets are rotating around the Sun in different orbits and at different speeds. Hence,
they are always moving. At the time of a birth, they are in certain Signs as viewed from the Earth, and
those are the Signs we draw them in within the chart for that person.
The Zodiac is a band of stars that surround us on all sides. A circle is considered to be made of
360 degrees, so also we refer to the Zodiac in terms of 360 degrees as a large circle in space around
our solar system. The Zodiac is comprised of 12 major divisions of stars, which are the constellations
you’ve heard the names of so often: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio,
Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces.
Signs are 12 in number, and therefore each occupies 30 degrees of the circle around us, and
12 times 30 equals 360 degrees total. All the Planets orbit more or less in line with us on a plane of
space for, which the Zodiac is the outer wheel. Hence, looking from Earth to each of the Planets we
see a Sign of the Zodiac behind that Planet, and that is the Sign we say the Planet is “in” right now.
Each of the 12 constellations has a few special stars as key points in its makeup. There are 27
special stars in Vedic Astrology called The Nakshatras. The term Nakshatra can be taken to mean
star, though some of the 27 Nakshatras are clusters of stars in actuality. The Moon just so happens to
move through these 27 stars at the rate of roughly one per day, making the roughly 27 day lunar
orbit. In the same way that each Planet is in a Sign as viewed from the Earth, similarly each Planet is
“backed up” by a Nakshatra that rules the zone of space the Planet is currently moving through.
Because they are 27 in number comprising the entire 360-degree Zodiac, the stars therefore
rule 13 degrees, and 20 minutes each, which when multiplied out you’ll find totals 360 degrees again.
Each degree, by the way, is made up of 60 “minutes” and each such minute is made up of 60
“seconds” of the Zodiac. This system of degrees-minutes-seconds is used these days as the
calculations have become more exact through modern astronomy.
The Nakshatras, or 27 stars, are like Signs too- in that they have personalities as zones of
space to color Planets that fall within their 13 degrees 20 min. domain of influence. The Nakshatras
are used extensively in Vedic Astrology, as you will see.

EAST VERSE WEST
There are mainly two systems of Astrology presently being used and spread in the Western
countries. These are Western or Tropical Astrology and Vedic, which is Sidereal Astrology. Western
Astrology uses the Tropical Zodiac, whereas Vedic Astrology uses the Sidereal Zodiac.
These two systems used the same Sign names, but the difference lies in the fact that, due to
the Earths gradually increasing tilt on it’s axis, the Equinoxes no longer coincide with the starting
points on the usual Signs, so those who judge the starting point of the Zodiac by the Sun’s Spring
Equinox, namely the Western Astrologers, no longer judge planetary positions by the background of
the stars, but rather by the Sun’s relative relationship with the Earth.
In plainer words, the Western Zodiac and the Sidereal or Eastern Zodiac is in disagreement at
the current time by a whopping 23 degrees. When they say a Planet is in Aries, we usually say it is in
Pisces, and so on, because 23 degrees is almost one whole Sign difference. So, get ready, if you’ve
been used to judging your Sun Sign by Western standards, you may soon find you are actually the last
Sign backwards in Zodiac order! And that goes for all your Western-calculated Planets, rising Sign,
etc.
Which is right? That’s what everybody asks. Well, my personal experience is that both have
some validity, because reading planetary patterns by itself yields significant results. The Western
Zodiac has more to do with the natural phenomena of our immediate world, like the seasons,
whereas the Vedic Zodiac has more to do with the greater picture of the Universe, which yields better
results I think because it is more closely tied to absolute controls rather than relative considerations.
Vedic is often said to be “more predictive” as it does surpass Western Astrology in this area.
Personally I feel it is also better at psychology, which is often claimed to be the privileged area for
Western Astrology.
In any case, Vedic Astrology works very well, better than Tropical Astrology many of us feel.
Some of us just kind of intuitively feel that something coming from India, preserved by that
knowledge-proud-and-protective culture of India, and blessed by it’s rich spiritual heritage with
ample links thereto, is simply going to come out the gate superior to a similar practice, which seems
to hail more from Western soils, more rich therefore with empiricism than revelation. As far as I’ve
seen we have not been disappointed.

THE HOUSES AND SIGNS
Each person is a product of the Universe at the time of his or her birth. There are two dials
and nine hands on the universal clock. The two dials each have twelve compartments. One dial is the
12 Houses; the other dial is the 12 Signs. The 9 hands on this clock are the 9 Planets. The Houses
rule actual things in our life.
In the classic scriptures, the Houses have single word names, for example, the first House is
Thanu Bhava, which means the House of the body. The 2nd is Dhana Bhava, the House of wealth. In
this way every House has its single word name that describes the main thing that it rules over. An
astrologer gradually gains realization into what the Houses govern, and as this realization becomes
deeper and deeper through actual practice in real life, one's perception and appreciation of an
individual House becomes very broad and, therefore, based on the Planets effecting that House, one
can render many detailed and accurate predictions and revelations.
The Houses are always situated in space in relationship to the Earth in the same way. The
first House is always on the eastern horizon and the 7th House is always in the western horizon and
so on. So the dial of the Houses is fixed in space. The Houses are sections of space surrounding us at
all times and they are always the same.
The dial of Signs of the Zodiac however, appears to be moving in relation to us, but this is
because our Planet is spinning. The Zodiac is stationery and the Earth is spinning. So the Zodiac
Signs appear to move- one Sign every two hours across the eastern horizon up into the sky. The Sign
that is crossing the eastern horizon is known as the ascending Sign, the Ascendant, the Lagna, or the
rising Sign.
The Signs of the Zodiac are always in the same order because they represent sections of the
stars of space that never change. At any given time of the day, one of the twelve Signs will be on the
eastern horizon and since they are in the same order, then we can easily recite their names in order
and know, which Sign is filling, which House.
For example, when Aries is rising, since Taurus is always the next Sign, we know that Taurus
is in the second House whenever Aries is rising or in other words, when Aries is in the first House.
Similarly, since Sagittarius is always 9 Signs from Aries, we know that Sagittarius is in the 9th House
whenever Aries is in the 1st House. If Capricorn is rising, or in other words, tenanting the 1st House,
then we know that Taurus will be in the 5th House since Taurus is always five Signs from Capricorn,
always and forever.

So there are two dials in space, the Houses and the Signs. The Houses rule actual things in the
life like the body, the wealth and the religion, the mother, the career, etc. of the person. The Signs are
like "colored glasses". If you are wearing the red colored Signs in your 9th House of religion, then
when it comes to religion, you are red colored, or in other words, rather passionate and fiery.
If you are wearing a rainbow colored Sign in the House of the spouse or the 7th House, then
you will have a natural tendency to seek spouses or partners who are beautiful or who move in
beautiful ways.
In this way, the Signs represents natures or modes of existence, or flavors, and depending on
the Houses they are in at the time of the birth, they color the aspects of the life governed by the
Houses. So one of the early duties of a student of Astrology is to learn the areas of life governed by
the Houses, and then learn the ways in, which the twelve Signs do their coloring and then begin to
combine these two. Never mind the Planets at first.
So the first thing to find out about a person when looking at their chart is what is the Sign that
was rising on the eastern horizon at the time of their birth. In other words, find out their rising Sign.
Their rising Sign will determine where all the Signs fall in their twelve Houses and right away just
based on this, you can say quite a bit about them.
Of course there are only 12 Signs, and everyone must have only one of them as their rising
Sign. So basically there are only twelve types of people when it comes to rising Signs because, again,
in case it is not already clear, if some one has Cancer rising, then they have Leo in the 2nd House, and
so on around. The person who lives next door to them who also has Cancer rising will also have Leo
in the 2nd House. These two people may be very different so obviously you cannot make huge
sweeping judgments based just on the rising Sign and the Sign placements in the persons 12 Houses.
But even though that is true, you can say many things that are true about these two people, just based
on a there rising Sign.
Also, we don't care so much about the rising Sign to make predictions as much as we do about
the fact that it sets up the base of this person's being upon, which the artwork of the Planets is drawn.
For example, for Cancer rising people, since Cancer is the only Sign ruled by the Moon, and Cancer is
a watery Sign and the Moon is a very sensitive Planet, we, therefore come to realize that Cancer is the
Sign that rules emotions- and scripture confirms this. Cancer is an emotional Sign because being
watery, it is fluid and easily changes and moves and adjusts itself to fit its surroundings. Ruled by the
sensitive Moon gives it a sensitive nature.

The Moon reflects the light of the Sun, therefore, people with Cancer rising are like the Moon.
They like to reflect the light of some greater Sun whom they hold very intimate to themselves. Why
is that? Because the Sun rules the 2nd House for a Cancer Ascendant and the 2nd House rules those
people who we hold very near and dear- like our family and other intimate persons. So Cancer
people like to have some intimate near and dear person who is like a light for them. And they, being
like the Moon, want to reflect that light. This is true in general for all Cancer Ascendants, and this
kind of generalization is possible, permissible, and works well, once you learn the things that are true
for each of the 12 Ascendants.
For all Cancer Ascendants, Mars rules the two Signs (Scorpio and Aries), which occupy the 5th
and 10th Houses. Thus, Mars rules 2 important Houses for the Cancer Ascendant. The 5th House
governs how we deal with creativity, romance, and all types of projection that we put forth into the
environment- all the creativity that we engage in in order to please other people. That is why the 5th
House deals with romance because romance is what we do to attract others.
Therefore, the 5th House would also deal with trying to please a boss doing creative things to
please a boss at a job. So all types of creative projection in order to satisfy the desires and wishes of
other prominent people in our lives is the domain of the fifth House. The 5th also rules children
because children are a creation of us in partnership with another person. The 10th House deals with
status, position, our rise in life, our career, etc. The 10th House is that section of space straight
overhead and, therefore, at high noon when the Sun is straight overhead, every one is at the peak of
their daily actions, performing their daily work and their career.
Mars rules these two all-important Houses for a Cancer Ascendant. So although Cancer
Ascendant people may be emotional, watery, and changeable, they are also extremely aggressive in
action, because in regards to their creativity and rise in life, they apply Martian qualities because the
two Mars ruled Signs are the filters they feel on their Houses of creativity and career- so they can be
aggressive artists. They can be aggressive people in general.
In this way we can judge the way each rising Sign personality type will behave in regards to
the 12 main areas of life governed by the Signs in their Houses. So once again, in a succinct formula
form, this principle works as follows:
Take any rising Sign and take any one of their 12 Houses, look at the Sign that governs that
House for that rising Sign and know that the person with that rising Sign will perform the activities
governed by that House in the way that the Sign filter dictates.

In this way, if you study each of the 12 House and Sign combinations for one rising Sign, you
will understand the overall nature of the people who have that rising Sign.
For example, let us examine the 12 Houses and their filtering Signs for the Aries Ascendant.
First of all, Aries rising people have Aries in the 1st House. The 1st House governs the body and the
over-all nature in life, and how one begins things because the first House also rules "beginnings".
Since Aries is a Sign that represents passion in its jittery-most form, Aries rising people begin
things quickly and with a bang. In other words, they are better sprinters than long distance runners.
Because Taurus rules their second House they are fond of having money because the 2nd House is
the House of wealth and Taurus is the Sign of pleasure. So they like to have enough money to spend
on pleasures.
Because Gemini, an intellectual, Mercurial Sign rules their 3rd House, the House of courage
and communication, they are good communicators and would rather think or communicate their way
out of a confrontation than face it physically. Also they are very fond of learning because the 3rd
House rules degrees and writing and Gemini is a natural Sign for this House. These two go well
together to make Aries rising people fond of books and learning.
The 4th House rules mother, home, real estate and Aries rising people have Cancer in the 4th
House. Therefore, they are fond of living near water since Cancer is a watery Sign. They may change
residence often because Cancer is a moveable Sign, which is also very responsive to other impulses.
Since Cancer rules emotions they have a soft spot for mother, and home.
Aries rising people have Leo in the 5th House. The 5th House rules creativity and romance.
Leo is the Sign or filter of independence, freedom, and dominance. Therefore, Aries rising people are
independently creative and aggressive and dominant in their romance or affections. They are not shy
in approaching others in romance- in fact; they feel fearless, like a Lion, since such a filter is ruling
that House.
Aries rising people have the Virgo filter upon their 6th House, which rules enemies, debts and
diseases. As a filter, Virgo is a Sign ruled by Mercury whose symbol is the virgin or young girl holding
grains seated in a boat. Because the over all nature of the Aries person will be passion and fire, they
have a natural distaste for that Sign ruling their 6th House or Virgo. Virgo is an intellectual, rather
nit-picky Sign (according to an Aries person). The pragmatic, detailed-oriented nature of a Virgo
person aggravates the passionate, quick action oriented nature of the Aries; this is why we find Virgo
in the 6th House of "enemies" for an Aries Ascendant.

Libra rules the 7th House for an Aries Ascendant. This Venus ruled Sign rules the market
place and the scales of commerce. It is the Sign of exaltation for Saturn, which means that it is a Sign
very dear to the working class. Libra rules the market place. The best way to understand it is a
beautiful shop full of nice things, ladies, where the workers are happy and working hard. Therefore,
Aries rising people with their passionate nature tend to bond and partner up with those who are fond
of beautiful things and business, trade and bustling activity. People with Libran moons are very
expert at most things in regards to making nice arrangements while we are in this material world
and Aries rising people find this to be an attractive and workable relationship, hence, Libra rules
their 7th House.
The 8th House for an Aries Ascendant is ruled by Scorpio, which is ruled by Mars, the Lord of
the 1st House. Aries rising people have the Scorpio filter applied to their 8th House, which means
that 8th House affairs are run through the filter of this most difficult Sign of all. The 8th House is
difficult, this Sign is difficult, so Aries rising people can at times of their lives know the worst. But
because the same Lord rules the 8th as well as their first, the 8th House troubles are somewhat
familiar to them by nature- in other words; they have the grizzle to take what life dishes out. We
would expect this from a Martian rising Sign since Mars is, after all, an aggressive Planet ruling a
rather intense lineup of difficult matters such as cutting, killing, police, military, the red color,
precision, etc.
The 9th Sign of Aries holds the Sign of Sagittarius, which governs religious ashrams, military
fields and other place where there is a lot of virtue and regulation applied for the sake of achieving
high ideals. The symbol for Sagittarius being the arrow pointed up in the air, symbolizing the desire
to attain high ideals. So when discussing the 9th House affairs for an Aries rising person, we can
assume that they have a natural affinity for organized religion such as movements, ashrams and
churches, and that they are goal oriented in the areas of the 9th House- religion, father, faith, God's
grace, fortune, etc.
The 10th House runs through the filter of Capricorn for them. Thus, the House of career is
ruled by the Sign of hard work, so Aries rising people can be very hard workers in their careers.
When motivated, you can count on an Aries rising person to have a natural affinity for hard work.
Because Capricorn as a Sign likes being appreciated and recognized, and is not at all humble, Aries
rising people liked to be recognized for their work. Wherever Capricorn is for someone's rising Sign,
that's a good place to pay compliments to the person.

The 11th House contains Aquarius, which is a Saturn ruled air Sign telling us that Aries rising
people have ideals and desires governed either by darkness or ancient solid truths, depending on the
disposition of Saturn in their chart. This Sign of Aquarius can be very high and spiritual, or very low
and mundane.
Lastly the Sign of Pisces colors the 12th House for the Aries rising person. Pisces is a watery
Sign representing either liberation or the return to this world. Because the 12th House rules such
things such as loss of all types, then there is a dissolving nature placed upon this House of loss for
Aries rising people, so depending on the placement of the Lord of Pisces or Jupiter, either their losses
dissolve away, or dissolve the person.

Chandra Lagna Chart
In this way by examining the effects of the Signs or filter upon the Houses we can understand
the nature of people born under each of the 12 different rising Signs. Advanced and experienced
astrologers speak about each rising Sign with great ease and accuracy. Overall, the Sign that is rising
in the first House has the greatest effect of all upon the person. The other Sign that is most important
in understanding a person is the Sign, which holds their Moon. In actual practice we find that both of
these points are very sensitive and important- that is, the rising Sign and the Moon Sign.
Many classics recommend that a chart be judged from its Ascendant or rising Sign in totality.
Then, they say, it should be again judged using the Moon Sign as the rising Sign. When the Moon Sign
is used as the rising Sign, that chart is called the Chandra Lagna Chart. It means you simply take the
Rashi chart, or the main chart, and rotate it so that whatever Sign the Moon is in becomes the first
House. So judging the Moon Sign as the first House, we look at all the Houses and Planets. Rashi
means Signs and the Rashi chart means the chart of our Signs. The Chandra Lagna or Moon chart is
simply the Rashi chart rotated so that the Sign the Moon is in becomes the first House.
In other words, our Moon Sign is a lot like our Ascendant. It is a very important, central and
pivotal Sign. To understand a person you need to examine both their rising Sign as well as their
Moon Sign - and all other things- the Houses, the Lordship placements, everything, from both of these
"Ascendants". Both play a big part in determining the life and mentality of the person.
The rising Sign in the Rashi chart determines most about what will actually happen to the
person in their life, whereas the Moon Sign and the chart judged from the Moon Sign determines
more about the person's internal mental makeup. Since the Moon rules the mind, the Sign the Moon
is in says a lot about the overall nature of our mind and just as the 4th House from the Ascendant
rules happiness, the 4th House from the Moon Sign rules mental happiness.
Since the rising Sign, and the Houses counted from it, rule our actual body and life, and since
the Moon Sign and Houses counted from it have more to do with our mental world, therefore, anyone
who has the Moon in any House other than the first House will naturally have a mental world that
does not exactly match their actual world. This is true for most people since only about 1 in 12
people have Moon in the first House.
So most of us in the material world naturally have a mental world, or in other words, a world
of perception and desire, which does not exactly match our actual life. Whereas people who have the

Moon in the first House are often found to be very realistic in matching their mental world with their
physical life.
So when talking to someone about their chart, you predict from the rising Sign and the Houses
counted from it, which is their natural Rashi chart, and you talk about their mental or emotional
world based on their Moon Sign and the Houses judged from it. So the persons who have Moon in the
first House in one sense are more congruent overall than all other persons. Of course, this is subject
to great modification based on other things, but this principle needs to be understood.
In review, we have examined in this chapter how the rising Sign determines where the rest of
the 12 Signs fall within a chart. One Sign occupies one House; therefore 12 Signs occupy the 12
Houses. The Signs are always in the same order around the Zodiac. By understanding the areas of
life governed by each House and filtering those through the nature of the Signs, we can understand
the basic foundational nature of a particular rising Sign. This is the foundation of any chart. Lastly,
the chart judged from the Ascendant rules more the external Karma, whereas the chart judged from
the Moon rules more the mental inner world of the person.

DASHAS AND INTERPRETATION
Dashas are an important part of Jyotish. They are basically timelines of dates that span and
cover each and every day of your life. Dashas are a dated listing of often changing “periods”, which
are governed by the Planets in stacks of up to say reasonably, three at a time, such that you are said
to be, for example, in the period of Jupiter-Saturn-Moon, or say Sun-Mercury-Saturn. They mix up in
succession in a planned and fixed order, but the lengths of time each keeps control varies according
to lengths set in scripture.
So don’t think right now about how the dateline of periods is created, but understand this:
The Dashas Work. One of the most amazing things that happens to you when you first begin to study
Jyotish is finding out that YES, the significant events of your life make sense as you first begin to see
the Dashas you were running at each and every main event time. You will see the reality of the
Dashas, and you will be stunned. This happens to most people who contact Jyotish through their own
study or through a reading with a really good Jyotishi.
Dashas are the main tool, which, when added to the basic charts of Jyotish, give it its
predictive edge that is lacking in Western Astrology. Dashas are easy to calculate from scratch, but
it’s even easier to let a computer do it for you. Learning how to predict from the Dashas is something
we’ll work on later.
In order to learn what a Planet will do in a certain Sign, and in a certain House of the chart or
horoscope, we first learn from the old books of readings that come from authors that lived long ago
in India, and the updated versions of those same ideas in the books of modern authors.
There are many old and new “books of readings” that are written specifically for Jyotish.
Reading them to gain an idea of what the various placements in a chart can cause is essential.
Thereafter, it is essential to see if those readings come true in the lives of persons whom you both
know and have charts calculated for. I have done this a lot, and I can tell you that many do come true
as stated in the books, but that many do not, mainly, I’ve learned, because the influences blend with
other placements and opposite influences in the same chart.
But nevertheless, the classical statements about the Planets in the Signs and Houses are the
basis upon, which everything is happening. The classical understanding of the Planets, Signs and
House significations and combinations is a baseline reality that is coming down to us to learn from,
and not to reject. These ideas need translation into modern time, place and circumstance, but
translation is fine, because it represents a people connecting to unchanging concepts using their own

reference and reality. The fact is, the influences are the same, but the oxen are now a Toyota, for
example.
Indians have a tradition of stressing points more strongly than we do in the West. Therefore,
many verses may say something like “this reading never fails”. Well, it can fail, usually, in some chart.
So, knowing this about the culture of their speaking, tune your gullibility accordingly.
Jyotish is never as easy as applying some rules you read in a book. It is an organic living
culture, which is challenged at each new chart. To actually be able to know about someone or the
future events in a life from some dry mathematical charts and lists is a tall order. We get very exact
at times with Jyotish, but application of just one rule is not how it’s done. By learning many things
and blending them with experience over much time, the Jyotishi sharpens their abilities and vision.
Your Dasha sheet is laid out in this way: The major periods are long- and they are
represented down the left side of the sheet. A large Planet symbol is shown in each section with the
Planet’s name written there as well. These are the major periods. During these long periods, the
Planet whose name and symbol is shown in large on the left side of the sheet is the master controller
of that period of time.
Each such major period is then broken down into nine sub periods, known in Sanskrit as
“Bhuktis”, but that name is not so important. We can just call them sub-periods. These are the
columns just to the right of the large symbols whose start dates appear in a bolder print. So, these
bold dates next to the nine symbols within each major period are the sub period start dates. On these
dates, the sub period of the Planet begins whose symbol is to the left of the date. For example, if the
large symbol is K and the small symbol next to a start date is L, then we say on that date the sub
period of Saturn (L) begins within the major period of Jupiter (K). Put another way, we say that
during the period from that date to the next date below it you will be in Jupiter-Saturn. This is how
you read and refer to the periods you go through. You just say- I’m in Jupiter-Saturn, or I’m going
through Mercury-Venus. Then we look to your chart to see what effects might be happening at that
time based on the placements of those Planets in the chart.
Now, that’s enough to begin with, but just to be complete let me tell you what all those
symbols and dates going over the right stand for. As I said, the first column next to the large major
period Planet is the sub period Planets and start dates. Well, the Planet symbols and dates next to
each on a specific row are the sub-sub-periods Lords and start dates. In other words, the Dasha

printout we’ve given you here shows three levels of detail. We give you the major, sub, and sub-sub
periods and their start dates.
Each Sub Period (that’s the column on the left next to each major period symbol) starts with
itself as the sub-sub period Lord. The next sub-sub period is the next Planet and date to the right, and
the next one after that is the next one to the right, and so on. If you study it carefully, you’ll notice the
following principles:
1. The periods always go in the following order:
Sun-Moon-Mars-Rahu-Jupiter-Saturn-Mercury-Ketu-Venus
2. Each period begins with itself as the sub and sub-sub Lord as well.
For example, Venus Major actually begins as Venus-Venus-Venus (3 levels).
The period you start life in is determined in a way, which is too technical to cover here, but
there is an exact science to it.
The Dasha system is incredible and amazing. It’s basically a fixed pattern of lengths of
planetary influences, going in a set pattern, but everybody starts life in a slightly different part of the
entire 120-year cycle (that’s how long it takes to run the whole cycle for all the Planets). Then again,
everybody’s Planets are in at least slightly different arrangements in their charts, thus what the
Planets give in their periods is different for everybody.
Did you ever think about this: Your chart is based on your birth moment at your birthplace. If
another child was born at the same moment as you, but just 10 miles away, their Ascendant angle
would be slightly different, and so they would have a different chart. Similarly, if they were born just
the right amount of time after or before you so that they would have the same Ascendant angle, well,
the Moon, the other highly important sensitive point in the chart, would be at then a slightly different
place in it’s 27 day cycle around the Zodiac. So, the bottom line is this: It is physically impossible for
two people to have the exact same chart because no too babies can be born at the exact same place at
the exact same time. Even twins are born moments apart from each other, giving them slightly
different Ascendant and Moon positions. But just see the facts- they have similar charts, and indeed,
they grow up in the same House, often look the same, act the same, marry similar people, and so on.
It is well documented that often they suffer similar diseases at roughly the same time, even though
having moved apart from each other.

The next thing I want to tell you about in your printout are the Karakas listing we’ve provided.
This refers to the section herein labeled “What the Houses, Signs and Planets Rule”. Karaka means
Significator or stands for or rules over. So, we have herein provided you with lists of some of the main
things each of the Houses, Signs and Planets rule over. Astrological charts are built primarily with
these three building blocks: Twelve Houses, Twelve Signs, and Nine Planetary bodies. The
combinations of these are what your basic chart is made of.
When you speak of a planetary placement in a chart, you have to mention three things- the
House, the Sign and the Planet. So, we might say, “In my chart I have Jupiter in Sagittarius in the Ninth
House”. See? I mentioned all three things. Another example from my own chart would be Venus in
the First, in Aries. Again, I mention all three.
Now the nice thing about having these lists is that you can combine these ruled-over items to
come up with your own predictions of planetary effects. For example, remember that I said I have
Jupiter in the Ninth in Sagittarius? That’s true- in my chart I have that placement. OK, so let’s look at
these lists and see what is listed under these three things: Jupiter, Sagittarius, and Ninth House.
Under Jupiter, two things that I see are: Astrology and belief in God
And two from Sagittarius would be: Barracks and high ideals
And two from the ninth House would be: Attainments and benedictions

Now, what we do here is combine these things. I have Jupiter in Sagittarius in the Ninth. So,
the combined influences of these three are what my Jupiter Planet promises. Now, I went through
Jupiter Major from when I was about 10 years old to 26 years of age, and then, at 36, I’m was in
Saturn major, which is with Jupiter, so also under its influence and that of the Ninth House and
Sagittarius.
I first met up with Vedic Astrology when I was 21, in the religious barracks of an orthodox
Hindu Ashram, which was a quite a “religiously militant” place, let me assure you. So the “belief in
God”, the “barracks”, and the “Astrology” were all present in my Jupiter Major period. But then,
during Saturn Major, I was sitting in a room, which is the barracks of a major mission to bring Vedic
Astrology to prominence in the West, and it’s based on very high ideals, believe me. I have high
ideals about Astrology, and I lived in what are like barracks dedicated to Astrology, and it is also
strongly based on my belief in God, and there has already been great attainment in the field, and
many benedictions. So, if someone were to simply yet intelligently piece together the words in these
lists of Karakas (Significators) they could come up with rather meaningful and correct judgments of
their own or anybody’s chart!
But then there is the negative side of everybody’s chart too! Again from my chart lets examine
my Rahu in the 5th, in Leo.
Here are a few words for each from the enclosed lists:
Item Words
Rahu Accidents, afflictions, hard times, immense pain
5th House Children, especially the first
Leo Suddenness, fierceness, fiery
In Jupiter-Rahu period when I was 25 years old, my first child was suddenly badly burned
and that accident has stayed with her and me as an affliction in our lives since then. She
experienced immense pain then and since then sometimes as well. She lives with large scars, now
and forever because of this sudden, fierce, fiery, accident, which took place logically during a Rahu
in Leo in the 5th Sub Period in my Dashas. Don’t worry, she’s OK now.
Would I have ever believed an astrologer if they told me that my first child would be nearly
burned to death when she was only one year old? Would I have wanted to know that in advance?
Probably not. Seeing the future brings a lot of responsibility, detachment, and acceptance of God’s
divine will. Lord Chaitanya of India called such things the “rough embrace” of God. Are we ready to
understand God’s divine will, including his rough embrace, through the revealed science of “God’s
Light”, or “Jyotish”? With humility and detachment we can be.
So, we’ve given you a page right before the Karakas sheet, which lists for you what Signs and
Houses your Planets are in. Using this lists, and the Karakas lists that follow it, you can easily do
what I’ve demonstrated above.
So, in closing, I want to once again point out that the readings contained herein for your chart
are unblended. Yet, they are excellent for entering into a deeper study of your chart than most
readings you would get from an astrologer. Also, using them in conjunction with your Dashas is an
ideal way for you to seek out what might happen in the coming periods. To train yourself, go over

past periods, thinking about the major events of your life that took place in each period, and read the
readings for each Planet, and see if you can find how the events match the descriptions of the Planets
involved at the time via your Dashas.
By the way, to the right of each reading in the 20 or so pages of readings included herein, you
will see a description of the Planet or Planets, and sometimes Signs and Houses, which caused the
reading. This is how you can best see, which Planets; Signs and Houses caused each reading.
Now, if a reading mentions the Lord of a House, it’s referring to the Planet, which owns or
Lords the Sign that is in the respective House. We have given you a list of the Lords of your Houses
herein. You can refer to it, and eventually memorize the Planets that rule your twelve Houses.
For example, if a reading says it is caused by the Lord of the 10th then you can
1. Look to the list we’ve provided herein, see, which Planet rules your tenth House,
2. Then look to the Dashas for the periods and sub periods of that Planet
3. In order to get an idea, when to expect those kinds of results

PLANETS
INTRODUCTION
Large moving bodies in our area
The Planets are the largest things around. Besides them, in our whole big multi million-mile
expanse of space there is nothing. It’s just the Planets here, and we’re on one of them. We are stuck
on the surface of the Earth, which is just a small ball in a huge expanse of space, and we’re rotating
around on the surface, trying desperately to hold onto our lives by constant work, struggle and all in
futility, as we all die.
So, we’re on one ball, but there’s a number of other balls, and they’re all whirling around in a
circle around one bright star. They are balls in a system of balls, a group of balls, and within a certain
space surrounded by the Zodiac. So, we’re very small players- dependent players- in a larger system.
Small items within a larger framework are dependent on the larger framework as it’s parts-
where it goes, they go. For example, a chip in my computer is burned if I burn my computer, it goes
downtown if I take my computer downtown, and it was bought when I bought my computer.
As their patterns, so all smaller dependent entities and natures

Similarly, as things go in this Universe, so it goes for us. We are dependent. The Planets are
splintered up parts of a greater whole. They each are representatives of different parts of a natural
whole system. Their gravity pulls on each other- for example every one knows that the Moon affects
the tides. Well, guess what, it also affects the water inside us making our water-influenced emotions
rise and fall with it’s 27 day cycle around the Zodiac.
You were born on one of the spinning balls. The influences of all the parts of the Universe led
to your appearance. You, like me, are totally dependent on the nature we live in for your life- if the
Sun stopped shining you and I would die, period. We are dependent on many things we cannot see.
The Planets are the Significators of the unfoldment of all things in the Universe- reading their
dance is to read the plan of unfoldment of all things- the plan of God, the Light of God, or Jyotish.
Veda doesn’t use the outers

The Vedic Astrological system doesn’t use the three outer Planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto.
These are mentioned in some old books I’m told, but that’s not important. I believe these Planets
may have effects- I believe that just because they exist they are certainly meaningful and probably

have a God personality behind them as the other Planets do, but since the Sages don’t talk about them
we don’t use them. It’s that simple.
As dictators of most natural patterns such as music, color, cycles, natural

phenomena
The Planets we do use, Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu, have
colors they rule, as well as notes, sounds, metals, elements, and more. You see, the wavelengths of
the Planets, again, because they are the biggest and significant objects in the Universe and are
affecting our world entirely, are to be found in all things.
For example, Mars rules Red, and Mars rules all Martial activities such as war and police work.
Isn’t it funny that Red is always used in the kind of urgent areas of work where Mars people are often
found- Red Cross, Blood Red, Red Fire Trucks, Red Flashing Lights, Red Hats, Red Stop Signs, Red
Circle with a line through it. So the stone of Mars is Red Corral.
Once you learn Jyotish you will know the Planets by all of these kinds of things as well. You
will see the Planets in colors, in people’s faces, in the way they dress, in the sound of music, in the
pace of a city, in the mood of a handshake- everywhere. Everything is working under the strict
control of the modes of material nature- that means Astrology- or more specifically, the unfolding
Universal seasons based on the Universal clock.
About motion-speed-stations-retrogrades.
The Planets rotate at fairly steady speeds and each on their own orbit band so that they don’t
collide, and in this way, with the Sun in the center they are rotating around and around, year after
year. In fact, what is our year, but the time it takes for our ball to go around the Sun one time. See,
Astrology is the basis of the calendar that is running your life already!
In Astrology, the speed a Planet is travelling relative to our Planet affects how strongly it acts
in a person’s life. A Planet is like a strong beam of light in your chart. The beam, if held still on one
point, can ignite a fire. But if we just run the beam of light quickly across the dry leaves, nothing
happens. It is exposure over time that allows a strong beam of light to begin to burn the object on,
which it focuses.
So when Planets are either moving slowly in relation to us or standing still in space, then their
effects are heightened in the chart.
Yes, Planets seem to slow down, stand still, then proceed backwards, then again stop, turn
around and go forwards again. This is because of the law of retrograde motion.
The Planetary Movements
A Jyotishi must have a good idea of how the Planets move. I am going to briefly explain the
basics to you.
In the picture below, notice Aries is at the top, Taurus is the pink “bulls head” at about 11
O’clock, and Gemini is the 2 green Pillars at about 10 O’clock and so on. Those are the Signs. They
are in space. They are the constellations of the Zodiac. The Sun is in the Center, and the other
Planets are rotating counter clockwise as in the arrows coming off of Saturn. This is all physical fact-
this is astronomy, no voodoo here.
Now, pinpoint the Earth in the above picture. Now draw a line in your mind from the Earth to
all the other Planets, each one directly, then continue each of those lines through the Planets and on
to the Zodiac Sign behind them. You will end up with a drawing as under:

Notice the yellow lines now coming from the Earth through each Planet, and onto the Signs
behind each Planet. So, when we speak of the Signs the Planets are in, we are speaking
“Geocentrically”, which means “Earth as the viewing center”. Notice the red line coming from the
Earth over near to the Cancer symbol- this is my representation to talk about “The Ascendant”, which
is also fine to call “The Lagna” or “The rising Sign”. Looking directly East from the place of a birth, we
will see (or not see if it’s daylight out) a certain Sign rising - one of the Signs of the Zodiac is ALWAYS
rising on the Eastern Horizon from EVERY point on Earth at ALL TIMES. Trust me on that.
So, what Sign was rising at the moment of a birth becomes the degree point of the Ascendant,
and the Sign involved takes over as the First House of the chart. So, the above chart has something
like 25 degrees Gemini rising because that’s where my red Ascendant line is touching. Then notice
that the line through the Moon ends up at around 20 degrees Taurus, and see all the others. Here’s
how the chart would be drawn Vedic:
This is the Geocentric, or Earth Centered drawing of the Planets at the same moment as the
previous Sun Centered Universal drawing. Notice we are placing the Planets in the Signs, as they
appear from Earth, not the Sun. Astrology is about the effects the Planets are “beaming at us”, not at
the Sun.
The reason Gemini is rising is because it WAS rising on the Eastern Horizon in our Hypothetical chart
previously shown.
The Signs of the Zodiac are ALWAYS in the same order. The stars don’t swim around at all.
They stay in the same places. Only the Planets travel around. So, once you establish the rising Sign,
the rest of the Signs just follow around in order filling the remaining 12 spaces or Houses in the chart.
In Jyotish, there are 12 Houses because there are 12 Signs. The Houses and Signs are
synonymous. , whichever one is rising is the first House. It doesn’t matter how much of that Sign is
rising- whether the first part or the last part has already come- whatever- that Sign becomes our
rising Sign or the first House. The rest of the Signs just fill in using their natural order.

The apparition of Stations and Retrograde
Consider the drawing below. As Mercury moves along on the other side of the Sun, notice that
the points in the background Signs that it hits or points to are moving forward from Scorpio to
Sagittarius.
Now when Mercury comes up alongside the Sun and is soon going to be coming between the
Sun and Earth, there is a point where for a short time, to it’s cresting on the edge of it’s orbit in
relation to us, it appears to stand still when we judge by looking at the Sign behind it. This is called
“Stationary”. It happens at about the point shown in the next image:

At this point, what really happens is this: The energy from the Sign behind the Planets is
focused by the Planets onto us much like a prism would do if angled just right. The Planets are
reflector points, and the Zodiac Signs give off certain types of rays or influences. This is what’s
always going on.
But what’s happening special at the time of a Planets “station” (that’s when it appears to
standstill against the Zodiac backdrop) is that we are getting an extra long dose time of just one spot
in a Sign being focused through that Planet at us.
In the above drawing, the spot of about 27 degrees Sagittarius is being focused through
Mercury upon the Earth. We would say, in astro-jargon, that “Mercury is Stationary Retrograde at 27
degrees Sagittarius”.

Retrograde verse Direct
The Planets are actually never turning around. They just appear to be. After “stationing” as in
the above drawing, Mercury comes up between the Sun and Earth and appears to be moving
backwards if we just judge from the Sign “behind” Mercury. See this in the drawing below:
Notice that as the days roll by and Mercury is aborting just normally around the Sun as it
always does, it appears to be moving backwards when we judge by the Sign and Sign part that
appears behind Mercury as viewed from our viewpoint here on Earth.
Now if you think about the other Planets, those circling inside our orbit such as Mercury and
Venus and those outside our orbit such as Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, you’ll find that they all do this.
The Sun and Moon never go retrograde in relation to us.

In Jyotish, a retrograde Planet is strong generally, although retrogression is also sometimes
causing “exact opposites” as it represents travel direction opposite to the norm. Generally however,
retrogression, which appears in charts very frequently, serves to make Planets stronger. A Planet
that was stationary on or around the day of birth is very prominent or powerful to do whatever the
chart says it will do, and if a Planet was recently stationary and at the time of birth is just starting to
move again, same thing, very strong. This is just one point of Jyotish. I’m not trying to over stress it-
I was just covering the movements of the Planets so that these physical realities will have some home
in your brain as you proceed to talk about them in Jyotish.

THE PLANETS THEMSELVES
The Lagna
When you go to a play at the Theatre, the players enter the stage from the left (maybe). So
you have your eyes glued to the left side of the stage, just waiting to see who will come on the stage.
So it is with the rising Sign. If you watch the Eastern Horizon, and if you could see the Zodiac
behind that Horizon, you would find that the constellations, or Signs of the Zodiac are rising there at
the rate of one Sign roughly ever two hours. Wow!
These big huge 30-degree (1/12th) sections of the circle of space that surrounds us at all
times are rising one after the other all day long. You know, the reason the Sun rises and sets each day
is because the Earth is turning. So, as the Sun rises, so do the Signs of the Zodiac, also because of the
turning of the Earth.
At any given moment, if you look East, the Sign rising is the “Rising Sign” or “Ascendant” or
“Lagna”. These all mean the same thing. And just like with the Planets, it is the exact degrees-
minutes-and seconds that we are interested in with the Lagna, so we might say someone has “29
degrees Sagittarius rising”. So, we are interested in the exact angle, as usual. You’ll see why later- it
has to do with the all sub-divisions of the Signs mostly.
The Lagna is very important. It is the body and overall life. Afflictions to the Lagna are
significant. It is the starting point of the chart. The Lagna is the first House, and sets up the chart.
Without the Lagna we don’t have a chart. It’s not optional. The Lagna is based on the place you were
born, as well as the time. If you are born in New York at a certain time, and you look East, you see the
Lagna. But someone born in New Delhi at that exact same moment would see a different Lagna
because the Earth is a ball, and looking East from any point on the surface of that ball is going to
produce a different spot in the great circular Zodiac that surrounds us.
The significance of the rising Sign is that it determines the overall nature of one’s body. The
Lagna has most to do with the body, then the overall life in general. So, if a Lagna is a materially good
Sign, and the Lagna or first House is affected by materially helpful Planets, then the overall life will be
smoother and the person will be healthy and good looking. The opposite influences will produce the
opposite results.
I’ve covered the Lagna here in the list of Planets because it functions a lot like a Planet as a
very important point in the chart.

The Sun
The Sun is the center of the Solar System of Planets used in Vedic Astrology. Therefore the
Sun rules all types of Central things such as the central government, the centrally powerful person in
an organization, and so forth. In ourselves, the Sun rules our center, which is our soul.
The Sun is the source of light for all other Planets and beings, so the Sun rules in Astrology our
center of energy. As the source of energy in the Universe, so from the Sun’s placement in our charts
we judge our level of energy.
The Sun God is father to great Kings in ancient Vedic history. In a chart, a strongly placed Sun
gives the ability to lead and be forceful. As we cannot live without the power of the Sun, so it goes in
life that nothing can live without the power of the Sun. If one person has a very strong Sun in their
chart, they will have a hard time subordinating to those who do not. People with strong Suns
therefore tend to surface as leaders by their own force.
The Sun owns the Sign of Leo. Leo is therefore invested with the powers of the Sun. Since the
King, or the Sun, is independent, makes the laws, and is therefore in many ways above the law, we
find independence and leadership qualities of Leo. Planets placed in Leo take on this nature- that of
independence and leadership or force of will. The way of a Lion, the symbol of Leo, is that of “either
dominate it, or walk away”. A lion either dominates something, or walks away. Lion’s do not
surrender to anything; therefore they are “the king of the jungle”.
The Sun is called a “malefic” Planet in Jyotish. Malefic means “negative” or “dangerous”. Why
is it that the central Planet, the one that represents the soul, is considered as “bad”? This is because
the soul does not, in one sense, belong here. The soul is ultimately meant to be in the spiritual world,
and one with other beings in service to the center. But here, the soul is overcome by the feeling of
separateness and independence, and hence is a “malefic” entity in itself. The law here is that one
living being lives at the expense of another. Our very presence here as souls has a malefic effect on
other living beings always. We are here to learn by carrying out our personal, somewhat selfish,
campaigns of self-serving continuation of our lives. Our presence here puts us in contact with
elements, which give us pain. So, the Sun, or the soul, is in a somewhat negative position so long as
we are here, unliberated, in this material world.
The Ego is a malefic, because it is generally separate from God. We feel like we are somebody,
but that somebody is a nothing. We are humble slaves of God, but we often feel like something else.
That is false Ego or Ahankara. In Sanskrit Hankara means Ego, but putting an “a” before any Sanskrit

word means the opposite. So Hankara means Ego, and Ahankara means the non-Ego, or un-real Ego,
the false Ego.
In many Sanskrit devotional songs and poems the word Ahankara is used. This word is a
favorite of the Saints of Ancient Times, because they liked to be able to sum up the illusioned Ego of a
person in this world in one easy word. That’s their word- Ahankara, and it is ruled by the Sun in
Jyotish.
The Sun’s position in our chart represents where our false Ego will most manifest. The
position of the Sun in our chart represents an area of life we will have to reckon with, in order to
clear ourselves of attachment in preparation for liberation from bondage and suffering. Liberation to
the Spiritual World is something to want and long for. But, our attachments and longings here will
keep us here. We have to become humble. The Sun promotes non-humility or pride. Pride is the
enemy of the Spiritualist. So, the Sun, though it is our pivot point for being here in this life, it is
nevertheless attaching us as well. Saturn, the Sun’s enemy and opposite in many ways, rules
humility.
In Jyotish the Sun rules central things, powerful things, things, which have force of character,
things, which are essential or pivotal, as well as overbearing things, and things, which can burn and
dominate. Vedic Sages may call the Sun a Malefic, but most Westerners would call it a great benefic
because Westerners by background are aggressive, and supportive of a strong Ego in the individual.
So keep in mind the Sun is considered a malefic mostly for reasons, which are not understood, nor
attractive to, the Western mind prior to it’s infusion with Vedic Style Spiritual Philosophy.

The Moon
The Moon is close to us, and reflects the light of the Sun. The Moon is the most visible Planet
of all, to us here on Earth, because we can look at it so easily. It neither burns our eyes, nor hides in
the deep darkness of space, like the others. Rather, the Moon is up close and personal, showing
Herself fully to us. The Moon is indeed very dear, close, and friendly. It’s light is very nice and
pleasing. Her full bodily luster each month is a rising sight to see.
The Moon is the most prominent reflection of the central light of the Sun. Therefore, the Moon
rules the most obvious reflection of our soul to the seeing world, and that is our mind or selves as
conscious beings. It is not so much our body, or our skin, or our hair that makes us who we are as
people, so much as do our minds. And not our knowledge, but rather, our emotional mental selves.
Our attitude- how we “take life” or “interact with life” on an emotional level, that is the most
important and influential aspect of ourselves, which reflects to others.
The Moon rules the mind, the emotions, nursing, nurturing, mothering and the overall self. An
afflicted Moon greatly shapes the personality in the direction of the affliction, whether it be
harshness of character, sadness of mind, or an angry and aggressive nature. Similarly, benefic
influences upon the Moon in a chart, or a well placed Moon we could also say, bestows the reflections
of helpfulness, peace of mind, cleanliness all around, and so forth.
The Moon is “the other Lagna”, which means that as we normally take the rising Sign as the
first House, so also we can take the Moon Sign as the first House and read the chart of the person that
way too. This is a very important principal in Jyotish, and we will cover this technique more later.
For now, understand this- the Moon is the Most Important Planet in Vedic Astrology because
it holds this special post of being as sensitive as the Ascendant. Afflictions to these two, the
Ascendant (Lagna) and the Moon, are very strong shapers of both character and events. Your body,
your health, your mind and gifts from birth are all dictated in greatest measure by these two. So just
appreciate that the Moon is one of two very main points in a chart to examine correctly and carefully.

Mars
Mars is the Kshatriya of the Gods, meaning the warrior. Mars rules aggression, weapons,
enforcement of law, emergencies, urgencies, weapons, energy, suddenness, rashness, anger, the color
Red, and related items and matters.
The Sun is the King, and Mars is the Kings Commander of Armed Forces. Mars is ever
beholden to the will of the Sun. The General enforces the orders of the King, so Mars is always ready
to be pushy on behalf of the King. Soldiers are usually fighting either for a cause, or for a
government. This is because soldiers, even modern US Marines for example, derive their natures
personally and collectively from the Planet Mars, the “God of War”. Soldiers usually have a strong
Mars in their charts.
There are points in all of us when we apply our energy and quickness, usually to prevent a
disaster, or to save a situation. For example, we move quickly to catch a falling glass object. Mars
likes to protect- we race to save a child from running into the street. If somebody is hurt, we hurry to
the scene. Mars people are often involved in causing bleeding with their weapons or stopping
bleeding with their medical equipment. The gun of the soldier kills some and saves others. It’s good
to be on the right side of a person under the influence of Mars.
The Sun is the King, and Mars his Military General, and Jupiter his Guru or Advising Minister of
the Court. These three Planets- Sun, Mars and Jupiter are all very masculine and each other’s friends.
Together they are the “fire trine” of Planets because they each rule one of the fire Signs of Aries, Leo
and Sagittarius, and they are always working well together.
If a person has a good Mars energy in their chart, then they are into enforcing rules, good at
following orders, have plenty of energy, are quick when it’s needed, and are usually also terrible
when crossed. A weak Mars makes one easily tired, jittery, easily angered, and reactive.
Mars and Venus are the two Planets whose orbits surround the Earth’s on each side. Venus
orbits just inside our orbit whereas Mars is the next Planet outside our orbit. Venus rules all things
desirable and Mars rules aggressive action. Venus represents the feminine and Mars the masculine.
These two surrounds the Earth sandwiched in the middle of the passionate attraction these two have
for each other, so to speak. The intense passions caused by these two have most people on Earth
within their grip. In Sanskrit terminology, most people are in the Maya (illusion) of Lust and Passion.

Mercury
Mercury is the Prince of the Court. He is going to be the King someday, and His father is the
King, or the Sun, but for now Mercury is just a boy. Since this boy is the Son of the King, he is given
tons of respect, and the King uses him (Mercury) as a minister gofer- run here and negotiate this deal,
then run over there and carry this message, then go do your studies, then just hang out with me- this
is how the King talks to this boy.
Mercury is youthful and causes youthfulness or immaturity in the chart in the House it
resides. Mercury is the negotiator, so it rules in us the ability to be diplomats, negotiators,
dealmakers, or good liars. Mercury rules all types of communications, spoken and written. A good
Mercury in a chart makes for careers where speaking, studying, thinking, writing and other scholarly
thinking related matters are necessary. A bad Mercury can work towards making a person dumb or
odd in mental workings.
Mercury, being youthful, is neither mature nor convinced about anything for certain. He is
truly a gullible boy; so, other Planets easily influence him. Any Planet with Mercury will influence
him. So Mercury is called “mutable” or “changeable”. This reflects in the chart very much. Mercury
always stands for the thinking capacity in a person, which in Sanskrit would be called your “Buddhi”
or “intelligence”. Mercury’s Sanskrit name is therefore “Buddha”, which also means “the
intelligence”.
An important point about each of us is our level of intelligence. This is partially judged from
Mercury (as well as Jupiter and other things). The intelligence is influenced by learning,
surroundings, family background, and so in the chart we will see all these things influencing the
highly influencible Mercury.
Mercury is sensitive, because it rules a very important part of us- our intelligence. If your
intelligence is low, there’s not much anybody can do to help you have a better life. A fool is a fool, and
there’s no point in giving a fool a lot of opportunities. This is a cold, hard fact. When you empower a
fool, the only thing that happens is more trouble for everyone.
So Mercury is a very important point in a chart, much like the Moon, the Lagna, and the Sun.
In fact, when quickly looking at a chart, one should first see the influences on these, the Moon,
Mercury, Sun and Lagna. These are very sensitive points that make up the “insides” of a person. You
can call these “inner Planets” because they rule our “insides”.

Jupiter
Jupiter is the “Guru of the Gods”. Jupiter is called “Guru” in Sanskrit. Guru means “heavy”
because he is “heavy with knowledge”. Jupiter is also called Brihaspati (bree-haws-putt-tee).
Brihaspati is the name of the Guru of all the demigods in the higher Planets. He is the advisor, or
teacher, of the demigods. From these designations we derive the nature of the effects of the Jupiter
Planet.
In a chart, the disposition and relationship of Jupiter to the chart will determine therefore how
the person feels about, and deals with, all things related to higher advice and council. A good Jupiter
in a chart, which leans towards Jupiter in a positive way will grant good relations with Priests, Law,
Higher Education, the Legal system, the Financiers of the world, and so on. Jupiter has close ties with
higher law such as God’s laws, the laws of the land, and so on. Jupiter encourages righteousness
when He is strong.
Jupiter is a large Planet, and so rules largeness in things. Jupiter tends to expand things.
Wherever He sits and wherever He aspects in a chart will tend to grow based on Jupiter’s influence.
For example, if Jupiter affects the Lagna, which rules the body, then the body will tend to be large, or
fatty. When a good Jupiter affects housing ruling money then the money will tend to grow. Jupiter in
the second House, which rules speaking, will tend to make the person speak often, and with a tone of
giving advice, one of Jupiter’s other natural tendencies.
Gurus and advisers are always well wishers, so Jupiter is very giving or kind, and is known as
a great giver or granter of fortune. Jupiter is considered the most benefic Planet, because of His
nature of always wanting to give and grant benedictions. Because children are an expansion of life in
many ways, as well as a gift from God, Jupiter rules children. Because Jupiter represents God through
his many advices He has a tendency to be related to the ninth House, which rules God in our lives.
Jupiter is a Brahmin, which means Priest. Brahmins give advice and guidance of all types to
the other members of the society, and this is Jupiter’s tendency- to give advice or to show the way to
achieve one’s objectives.

Venus
Venus is called Shukra in Sanskrit. Shukra literally means “semen”, but more generally means
“refined things”. Venus rules over all types of refined things that are desirable such as art, music,
flowers, love, beauty, etc. A well placed Venus in a chart that is well disposed towards Venus will
grant to the person a life full of “the good things” such as those things mentioned above.
Venus is also a Brahmin or Priest, but of the “Rakshasa” type. Venus is called the “Asura
Guru”. Sura means “godly people” and therefore Asura means the “ungodly people”. Venus is the
Guru of the ungodly side in us. Venus gives us advice on how to achieve material success, whereas
Jupiter’s Braminical advice is more of the godly nature.
The Vedic way of understanding of life, and the process of elevation, is such that addictions to
material gratifications are known to be often “Anartha” or “unnecessary”. Too much stress is laid
upon material gratifications in ungodly societies. So, Venus is loved and followed when the person or
society is of the materialistic type. For Westerners, a good Venus is considered a good thing because
it helps in bringing in material wealth, sense gratifications, and all types of material fortunes.
Famous, rich and beautiful people often have strong Venus, as these blessings are highly desirable to
the materialistic masses, which love to worship such “achievements” in life. People in general are
much more interested in the “Lives of the Rich and Famous” than they are in the “Lives of the
Intelligent and Devoted”.
Shukracharya (literally “the Venus Teacher”) is a famous personality in the Vedas because he
was present in many of the struggles between the Rakshasas (demonic or materialistic beings) and
the Devas (the “good” Gods). Brihaspati, Jupiter, was always on the side of the Gods as their Guru,
and Shukracharya was always on the side of the Rakshasas as their Guru. The advices of these two
Brahmins, Jupiter and Venus, are almost always opposite and oppositely motivated. Inside us, we
tend to listen more to one than the other.
While Jupiter tends to give advice leading to surrender to higher principles, Venus gives
advice, which works for us in the here and now. Jupiter is more about Dharma, or religion for higher
principles, whereas Venus is more about adharma, or self-serving ways. The entire Vedic principle is
to surrender to the greater laws of God, whereas Venus teaches us to maximize things as they are
now, for ourselves. But it is not that one is bad and one is good- it’s that priority has been
established correctly. It is not wrong to have material quality in our lives, or pleasures and
enjoyments, but they should not direct us and dictate our actions when higher principles of goodness
are at stake.
Saturn
Saturn is known for his ring. Saturn rules restrictions- or things that surround us on all sides.
All types of blocks, restrictions and obstacles are the ruling lot of Saturn. The wedding ring is related
to Saturn, because it represents a restriction that prevents certain types of actions- namely, courting
other spouses and therefore the ring is a symbol of a block or restriction.
Saturn is the outermost Planet in the Vedic scheme of things, and so has “the last laugh”.
Saturn is final, being the last one. Saturn rules all types of final things, or things, which are
insurmountable. Saturn is “the bottom line” in many ways. Therefore, Saturn rules Death as well as
Unconquerable Time. All things decay in time, and Saturn rules this decay, or the effects of old age.
Saturn is old, and low, the worker, the downtrodden, the dirty.
Saturn rules the colors blue and black, which are akin to seriousness, coldness, and finality.
Things turn dark when they are dead, when the color of life has gone out. The sky is either blue or
black because the distance we are looking at when we look at the sky is always insurmountable,
being such a far distance. When we look across the land the trees in the distance are more “greyed
out” than the closer trees, because that distance, being insurmountable, takes on the dulling effects of
Saturn. If something is hazy or unclear, it is because it is “out of reach” and that is Saturn again.
When Saturn affects a House or Planet in a chart, then it “shuts it down” to some degree, by
means of it’s strong oppressing power. Saturn has the ability to oppress anything. When it aspects
the Moon, or Mind, then the person feels the effects of Saturn in their mind, which basically leads to
depression.
Saturn is large and slow, and so it rules these things. Large slow things cause a lot of pressure,
and so does Saturn. When Saturn affects something, it slows it down, puts it under pressure, and
ultimately crushes it under its tremendous weight and restrictive power. On the good side, these
things give it rule over focus. Focus is a funny thing- it means application of pressure for a certain
goal. Saturn can make things it affects highly focused or controlled, which at times is a very good
quality.
Because of all these things, Saturn is considered a “first class malefic”, or in other words, a
Planet capable of doing great harm. But that is spoken from the angle of vision of the materially
oriented. Materially speaking Saturn is usually malefic, except when his reduction and crushing
capacity is used, in the chart, against the enemies of our material progress. For example, if Saturn is

situated in such a way as to crush the twelfth House, or the House of losses, then our losses are
crushed, which means we don’t lose as much.
But Saturn has another good side. Consider the diamond- it is created from black coal under
great pressure for a long time. Saturn rules coal, pressure, and long periods of time. So, Saturn
creates the diamond, which is very beautiful and extremely hard. When a person is under Saturn,
they eventually become beautiful and hard, or shining and strong. The trials and struggles that
Saturn puts us through teach us hard lessons. As one popular rock song says:
“We can’t run and we can’t hide, because when we meet what we’re afraid of, we find out what we’re
made of”.
So, Saturn makes us strong, by putting us to the test for a long enough period of time that we
develop muscles and willpower.
Therefore Saturn rules the side of the religious peoples, which is strong in principal,
unbending, renounced from material motivations, and so forth. Saturn has a lot to do with the dark
blue color worn by most Police officers, and the black worn by many Priests. Men often wear dark
suits to do business, because it promotes a no-nonsense, dead-serious demeanor in their business
dealings.
Saturn rules the low workers or Shudra, as we say in Sanskrit. This is because he rules all
things low and difficult. Things, which are cold, dark, hard and created under pressure are ruled by
Saturn, so he rules many types of metal like iron and steal, as well as the tools of hard work. Because
he is an old man, he rules old things.

Rahu
Rahu is not an actual Planet-ball, as the other Planets are, but a point in space that is of great
influence. The nodes Rahu and Ketu are always opposite each other in the Zodiac. They are
calculated from the orbits of the Sun and Moon in relation to the Earth. They are gravitational line up
points. They cause the Moon to actually wobble in its orbit.
The Puranic story that tells of the creation of Rahu and Ketu goes like this in brief: There was
a feast for the Gods, and they were all there. At such feasts the Gods would drink Soma-Rasa, or the
drink of “immortality” (a feeling it creates in them only, as they are never immortal). There was a
Rakshasa, or demon, named Rahu who wanted some of that sought after drink. So, disguising himself
as a God, Rahu sat in on the feast. It just so happened that he sat in-between the Sun and Moon Gods,
whose names are Chandra and Vivasvan respectively.
When the cup was passed it finally came to Rahu, who put it to his lips. At that moment the
Moon recognized who Rahu really was, and told the Sun. The Sun told Vishnu, God Supreme, who
utilized his Sudarshan Chakra weapon to cut off Rahu’s head immediately. Rahu’s head went flying,
but it had touched the drink, so he got a real positive boost for long life. Whereas, the body of Rahu
became dead. The body is now called Ketu. Thereafter and to this day, the head and body of Rahu
float in space forever trying to chase and harm the Sun and Moon. When there is an eclipse, it
represents the Sun or Moon entering Rahu’s mouth, and then coming out his neck again.
It is a scientific fact, that when the Moon gets close to the nodes in it’s real orbit, that it
wobbles due to the gravitational pull of the point. So, when in a chart we see that the person was
born at a time when the Moon was close to one of the nodes (Rahu or Ketu) that the mind is
disturbed, since the Moon rules the mind. This is a fact, which you will see played out in the lives of
those who have this (myself being one of them). Since the nodes occupy two Signs, roughly one sixth
of the population has this. However, it is strongest when the Moon is really close to the Node it
conjoins- or in other words, when the two are close by degrees within the Sign- say within 5 degrees
of each other. Then the effects become pronounced.
Rahu’s nature is that of anger, upsetness, anxiety, sadness and other things, which we would
feel if we got our heads cut off right when we were getting something we wanted. Think of it: Just
when you are about to get what you always wanted, right then something comes to totally ruin your
plans. But, the secret is this: Anyone who is killed by the weapon of Vishnu is also highly benefitted
spiritually, so this plays out in our lives as well. So, the effects of Rahu can be said like this: Painful
and troublesome, but ultimately for a higher cause.
Ketu
Ketu is the dead body of the lusty demon, killed by Vishnu. So, Ketu rules beheadings and
losses and death, along with Saturn. Spiritually speaking, Ketu is somewhat purified because he was
killed by Vishnu. So, Ketu rules over the highly renounced, the Sannyasis (Sanskrit for renounced
persons) because they have voluntarily given up everything.
Wherever Ketu sits in a chart there we will find the sucking black hole effect. It feels forever
like a hole into, which we tend to want to put more and more of that thing to satisfy it. We cannot get
enough where Ketu sits- we feel the lack of that House in our lives very much. Therefore many say
that Ketu rules separations, cuts, loses and deprivations.
For the spiritually minded Ketu is very good, and for the materialistic, very bad. It is good for
the Spiritually minded because it rules liberation from bondage. When Rahu’s body was separated
from his head, the body no longer was under the influence of Rahu’s mind, and so was free. Ketu
represents the ultimate freedom from ourselves, our spiritual liberation. Ketu is very final in this
sense.
In Vedic thought, liberation, called “Mukti” or “Moksha” is considered the highest goal of life.
After all our material role-playing is through, we are to seek liberation from material bondage and
misidentification, and seek out union with God (Yoga means union). So, liberation is the highest goal
and Ketu is the “Moksha Karaka” or Significator of Moksha in our charts.
When reading astrological books, one must remember that many of them were written, oddly
enough, from the materialistic viewpoint. Indeed, today also, many people who are into Astrology
are into it for reasons of bettering their material positions, or finding out just how good their life
(here on Earth) is going to be. Therefore, the books often say that Jupiter is the highest benefic.
But spiritually minded astrologers know that, in terms of real spiritual development, Saturn is
above Jupiter and Ketu is above Saturn. Jupiter rules Wisdom, but Saturn rules Truth, yet Ketu rules
Moksha, the highest achievement of all. So, Ketu is the most spiritual Planet, with Saturn being next
in line, and Jupiter takes third place.

Angles, Outers and Subtle Planets
The Midheaven, or MC as it is sometimes called in astrological books, is a point in space, which
was “straight up” from our birth moment. If you were to look straight up at the Zodiac at the time of
the birth, you would be looking at the spot, which is called the Midheaven.
The Midheaven in the middle of our tenth House, which rules career, rise, high position and
attainment. When we stand up, we are under the Midheaven. Our head, in a sense, points up
towards the Midheaven. If someone rises high in life, say a famous person, or a successful person, or
a President of country for example, then you know for sure that they have a significant Midheaven, or
tenth House, in their charts.
The Midheaven is a point in the Zodiac, just as the Lagna is the point in the Zodiac. So, we
record the Midheaven as a point in a Sign with so many degrees, minutes and seconds. Planets near
to this point, or owning the Sign this point falls in, or aspecting this point will affect the rise, career
and other attainment factors in the life.
There are a number of other such points we look at in charts. They are, for example, the
middle and starting points of the Houses in the Bhava Chart, or House Chart. Then there is the Yogi
point, another mathematically calculated point in the Zodiac. Of all the points, the Lagna and
Midheaven are the most significant.
Vedic Astrology does not use the three outer Planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. God and the
Sages saw fit to exclude them for their own reasons, and we follow suit. They probably represent
Gods or Goddesses as the others do, and they probably have some effect, but for whatever reason
they have been excluded, that is enough for the Vedic followers- we need not speculate about the
matter.
There are a number of subtle Planets mentioned in Jyotish classics. The most widely referred
to are Mandi and Gulik. These Planets are calculated points, like Rahu and Ketu for example, and not
Planets that have actual mass. Most modern Jyotishis do not make any use of them, and some of the
computer programs therefore don’t calculate and list them at all. Their effects remain largely
untested to Jyotishis in the West therefore. Perhaps someday they can be brought into the computer
programs and more heavily tested.
I would like to say that, while I respect all Vedic revelation as significant, I am also practical.
There are many parts of the even the great Brihat Parasara Hora Shastra, the cornerstone classic of
the science of Jyotish, which we in modern times no longer use. This is more due to lack of time and

energy to learn and incorporate all the principles and techniques given therein. It is hard enough to
digest just the basics these books give, what to speak of the numerous advanced techniques, which
they give without much explanation as the correct application of the techniques. Since you can get so
much from just the basics, and my purpose, that of spreading Vedic thought, is helped plenty by the
spread of the basics, I myself am not excited to the point of taking action, on many of the finer and
obscure techniques found in the classics.

MORE ON RAHU AND KETU
When the Moon crosses the node point, it wobbles slightly in its orbit due to the gravity field
generated by the node. The node is an indicator of a junction of planes- the plane on, which the Earth
and Sun relate- when the Moon crosses that, he is affected by their presence in space. An eclipse is
when they are all 3 aligned. Normal, non-eclipsed conjunctions are all other times- the Moon crossing
this plane, but not in direct alignment with the other two. So eclipses are the most intense nodal
conjunctions because they carry the additional gravitational effect of alignment along with "crossing
the plane".
The Moon's orbit is not along the elliptic, but has it's own angle. Hence it sometimes "rises
above the Earth" and is sometimes "below the Earth". When it comes up, that is crossing Rahu. When
it sets, that is crossing Ketu.
So these are all necessary things to know to easily interpret these conjunctions in a human
chart.
In both cases, you must first understand that the wobble of the Moon is because of
gravitational forces that are generated by the Earth and Sun. This translates to "sensitivity to
vibrations based on the interactions of the souls and the field of action", or, "sensitivity to the
manifestations of desire and Ego". The Sun is the soul, the Ego, the being, and the Earth is the field of
action.
So these people are always sensitive, usually therefore more mentally hyper, and often
therefore seen as difficult, "weird", psychic, abnormal, outcastes, depending on many factors.
The rising of the Moon above the Earth represents awareness. The Moon is trying to come
above to protect, to cover and shelter. The Northern course represents the caring of the Gods for all
beings. The other course, which begins at "Ketu's gate" for the Moon, and, which also therefore lasts a
fortnight as does the other, represents the Moons giving up care, or renunciation, being "under" all
things taking place here, and overwhelmed by them. Rahu is the incoming breath of the Moon, and
Ketu the outgoing.
Those born with Ketu conjunct Moon are overwhelmed in their feelings of sensitivity, and feel
the need to retreat to counter this feeling. Therefore, those with Rahu Moons will be more involved,
and actually argue and carry on like they care about everything, whereas those with Ketu Moons are
more disinclined to be involved, and tend to philosophize away the problems they are sensitive to.
Rahu is involving, Ketu is retreating.
Wherever is Rahu there will be some involvement there- things of that House run more out of
control, and cause us to be involved in the material world- the matters of that House have a hook of
obligation, so it feels, into our souls, and makes us to act and perform here. This will be a House very
hard to renounce- very hard to ignore.
Ketu on the other hand creates a vacant House often- of the feeling thereof- therefore some
will strive to fill it- therefore sometimes Ketu causes great success in the matters of the House where
it rests in a persons chart- due to causing them to ever pursue "filling" that emptiness. It can make
things ethereal and unseen- like me, I have thousands of friends, but I never see any of them (Ketu in
the 11th).
Sri Chaitanya, the greatest personage of this Yuga, was born on a raging full Ketu eclipse
rising. He was a genius, but his sensitivity tore away at his mind, and most considered him crazy. He
was highly sensitive and visionary, to say the least. Normally persons with nodal conjunctions will
take to the sensitive arts, the arts, drugs, religion, seclusion, or revolution, or anything other than
normalcy. They are usually outcastes or eccentric in some obvious way.
The current times are highly significant. All Planets are involved in a square with the malefics
in movable Signs. Only the Brahmins are excluded and they too do not directly aspect much of this at
all. Cancer is aspected and contains Rahu. This indicates a higher than normal level of trouble
crossing the waters of the world. It heralds movement of ships to resolve problems. It is not nice to
see the Planets as they are now. It is very foreboding to me. I do not like to see all these powerful
malefics almost entirely unguided by the Brahmins.
When Shani is aspected by Mars in debility and has the whole Sign ahead of him nearly. This is
very hard for Saturn. It means that Martian things are fighting harder than ever against restrictions.
When this occurs, and restriction is weakened, then it supports the activities of the bullies and not
the high classes, who's actions are more often rooted in old restrictions than the new, the young, the
immature, represented by Aries.
Rahu and Ketu have actually little to do with the other Planets normal systems, as they are
outcastes, Rakshasa. They are one, but two parts on one being, an anti-godly power being, and a
power demon originally.
The presence of Rahu and his other half Ketu in the heavens comes only because an eventful
moment in Rahu's life wherein just as he was getting what he sought, he was slain, and henceforth
having gotten a taste of the eternalizing (within this realm) Soma Drink, is now living on like a God,

but is not a God. Ketu is the dead half of his body. Rahu is the ever-living head. One’s alive, one’s dead.
One angry at the tattle tail Sun and Moon Gods, the other one dead but in the ecstasy of the touch of
the deadly but liberating Sudarshan Chakra of Vishnu. So Ketu is more purified- as he has no choice-
is more ultimate- Rahu is still toiling. The Rahu side of this axis represents toil, and the Ketu side
detachment. Gain and Loss, in one sense, but Rahu's gain is not always material or external.
Rahu and Ketu come to us in the way that they were added to the heavens. Their presence in
the heavens is ever antagonistic to the normal flow there, hence they are not welcome, nor wanted,
especially by the luminaries. There is some connection with Venus due to the later being the Guru of
Rahu, hence I buy the theory that Rahu is exalted in Taurus if anywhere as that is the safest House for
him as it's Earth and Venus ruled, so the other Gods have less say there, Venus is at least
compassionate for Rahu, and he's on the Earth there, not in the Sky chasing the luminaries.
If a soul takes to Jyotish during Rahu Maha Dasha, then most certainly they lived previously in
a land or home where the authorities are anti-Veda, because then they are learning Veda during the
anti Sun and Moon Dasha. See? Someone said this. It's probably as I say. For them, that period was a
tour away from their norm, and so their norm must have been non-Vedic. This is common these days
in New Agers in the West. They will become hippy outcaste vegetarian love Jyotishi TM'er types and
the like during Maha Rahu if placed just so in the chart, so as to oppose modern Western materialism.
So Rahu these days in the West can often liberate a person, when properly placed, because "LIKE A
DEMON AGAINST THE SUN" they pursue their cherished desire for Soma Rasa and often get it. Isn't
that what we're after here? I am Ketu conjunct Moon myself. I am a nodal child born under a Rahu
ruled Star and Ketu ruled Lagna star, in Rahu Mahadasha. Hmmm.
The effects of Rahu and Ketu depend most on what surrounds them in all respects like other
Planets. They are more reactive than anything though- they react and attack rather than build, unless
what they are building is foreign to the place and times, new, different, a growth, a revolution, an
alteration for either creative better, taking on new and better foreign ideas say, or for the worse,
spray-paint and poison, revolution and killing. The House, Sign and conjunctions are the greatest and
main things to watch. Nodal conjunctions are important. The Houses they reside in is the most key,
then the Sign, then the conjunctions, perhaps in that or other order. This is my understanding.
For example, Rahu in the sixth connects him with the persons and things the sixth rules. Ketu
in the 10th connects Ketu with 10th House significations. The Sign colors the behavior and
conjuncted Planets become affected. This is like other Planets.

The primary mode of Rahu is to expand. He is a voracious grabber of good things in life, like
Venus, but is expansive like Jupiter, and can generate sudden events like Mars, and powerful forces
like Saturn. Rahu is very karmic. You will find politicians rising into power during Rahu Maha Dasha
say placed in the 10th- we find it enhances the career overall, but is the way of that expansion good
or bombastic in many respects?
Rahu in the first generates lots of worry in the head. Rahu in the first makes the person a
wanderer, a foreigner, standing out, appearing a little aggressive at times. Rahu means "the
unexpected, uninvited guest from another land, hear to steal something, not wanted". This can never
be all good.
It can however turn into: "Your Rahu is giving you the power to go into an established order
or place or industry or endeavor, and somehow or another usurp a position there, and reap the
richest rewards". Yes, Rahu sometimes gets turned positive and aggressive, allowing the native to
capture something spectacular. Rahu often creates spectacular and stellar "grabbing" achievements
in the House it tenets. The results of that House may really stand out after being discovered, just as
Rahu was discovered. But the reaction may be also rejection by the common, but love and acceptance
from an opulent minority, such as us here. We are an opulent minority in the world (Rich in
knowledge) seen often as DEMONS in our countries, depending on the place. So these days in the
West Rahu rules over Astrology very much so. The fact that I have Rahu in the 5th and the 5th Lord in
the second directly connects foreign ideas and creativity that is unusual in my head (Rahu in the 5th)
with my mouth (the 2nd) and hence it is supportive of preaching Hinduism in America and Astrology,
etc.
The House where Rahu tenets become foreign and suffer the stigma of being unwelcome in its
environment very often. So Rahu in the first is hard on the person him or herself, making them seem
odd, outcaste, a little too unique, etc. However, they can therefore be the source of something new
and original. They are often leaders of innovation in some way.
Look to where the Lord of the House of Rahu has gone to understand how he is reacting to
Rahu, or where the Lord’s personal interests lie, and it might give a clue as to why Rahu has attacked
that particular House.
Ketu is a killer, and strips the House where it tenets of life in a way, but can promote it in
another way. The way it does both is through its strong empty feeling. By promoting an emptiness in
that House, the person often struggles to refill it. This can result in accumulation and abundance for

that House; hence Ketu in the 11th increases riches, by creating a feeling of constant poverty or
drainage of the 11th.
Ketu in the 7th causes a feeling of loss of connections with others, a natural result of Rahu in
the first, which makes one often rejected and abandoned for being outcaste. This happens subtly
throughout life for those bearing the mark of Rahu in the first.
Rahu always causes Ketu straight across. Thus, the nodes affect an axis always. On one side
there is concern and expansion (Rahu) and on the other side there is detachment and loss (Ketu).
They are head and tail of karmic reality- too much abundance and involvement for the mouth of Rahu
caused him to lose his body but he became eternal in a sense.
So, you will over endeavor and toil where Rahu is, because you are driven too by past karmic
material attachments like Rahu. You will achieve much there, because of demon like endeavors. You
will get rewards, but you will suffer for your sins of theft, and all along you will ignore the other side
in some senses, and your detachment for the Ketu side will grow, or your feeling of loss there,
depending on Ketu's particular color in the chart, and thus this is one way that various imbalances
and karmic reactions will manifest- the Rahu Ketu axis is always key in discovering where some of
our main problems in life will be- losses, deaths, diseases, weird and dangerous events. These two
certainly carry these things.
On the other hand, they carry such drive and passion that they drive much of what goes on
here. Without our Rahu and Ketu sides, we would not be struggling so as we do. We would not be
learning as much. So, they are where the lesson stick will fall in this life, as well as SOMETIMES where
serious fruits will be handed back to you from successful past lessons.
They are never considered really benefic in the sense of "all good", as they must always carry
some of the heavy Karma their birth is associated with, but they can be truly honorable in the right
chart. They can be the source of things such as valor, endeavor, bravery, in ways, and certainly things
like fleeing a hostile environment, being revolutionary, fighting bad governments, being the
underdog, being a yogi or spiritualist of many good types, focusing on things such as mysticism,
death, the afterlife, God's valor, God's ultimate law (Ketu especially is aware of this as he's dead
because of it!).
Ketu is the highest Planet in Jyotish spiritually, because he rules the ultimate truth for us here.
Jupiter can teach us all about Dharma, but Ketu really drives it home. Ketu and Saturn help us to
realize the teachings of Jupiter and they alone teach us that we must be humble. Jupiter is too soft as

is Venus. The malefics teach the hard side of our lessons and hence in a way, are braver, more caring,
in a way, than the benefics, who would spoil us rotten if left alone to do that.
Someone wrote to me:
“You mention Ketu is in the "ecstasy of the touch of the deadly but liberating Sudarshan Chakra of
Vishnu." Does this mean Ketu is similar to being void like, yet can really only come alive so to speak
by the heart attributes of (God) Vishnu?”
My thoughts:
Vishnu is God, and all good, and his personal weapon used when he is here in this realm is the
Sudarshan Chakra, which is the wheel of time so to speak, but it's a disc weapon hurled from the
forefinger of Vishnu, and he is always pictured holding it up in the air on his right hand. He protects
the good with this, and kills the bad.
When we are here, we are attached to our current bodies, and their sense objects, even though
we know for sure we will be kicked out of our entire accumulated situation here at death. Still, we are
attached emotionally to this life we are currently in. So death is not welcome.
When one is killed by the Disc of Vishnu, one gets full liberation to the Spiritual World. This is
because God is all good. So getting killed by Him has to also be all good. Plus, he says so over and over
everywhere in the scriptures where the subject arises.
So Ketu is dying and getting liberation, so simultaneously he weeps, in a sense, for the loss of
the old life, and steps through the door, to the new bliss he is given. This transition period is Ketu’s
energy. Ketu is putting this always on everything- the rainbow of mental transition from one life to
the next. So in Ketu Dashas, especially if the native has Ketu with Moon or in First House, there will
be a loss of identity and individuality while you transition into the new consciousness. It is a rebirth.
The type of ecstasy given by being liberated by being killed by Vishnu is that of Vaikuntha. The
soul must go through the Viraj River on the way out of the material world. So some time is spent
lamenting, then the rainbow changes and the soul begins to perceive the new light that awaits them,
and they are moved forward forcefully by event, and then they begin to realize that they are being
lovingly held. The feelings get better. A swim through a river is taken. It washes off all identification
with all your past lives. You feel the dropping off of layers of Ego and misidentification. It is the
Supreme Cleansing process.

On the other side of the Viraj, you come out a spiritual being, and you are taken on a plane
through many realms until you arrive at yours. When you get there, you will remember that this is
your home, and you will know everything. That is Vaishnava liberation.
Ketu is the moment of death in this world and the transition to new awareness. The type of
awareness Ketu can give will depend on the Sign, and the usual things we look at. Ketu is a loss point
to sum it up. A death and rebirth point. At least it increases awareness of those things, and often does
some killing in the House it resides. Close to the Moon it brings these matters to the mind repeatedly
throughout the life. It gives visions, sensitivities, extremely wide scope and awareness.
Because of this nature of His, when in the first House it causes the being itself to experience
wideness in life, and therefore lack of identity is the result. The person finds it hard to be firm on
anything because they are so very sensitive to impulses. They feel other people very acutely, and all
input affects them. They are like walking antennas or antenna, whatever. They pick up everything. If
you hold onto their foreheads, you can hear radio stations......(I'm kidding).
So they naturally come into contact with weirdoes, that is, Rahu in the 7th, because those
weirdoes are walking around looking for someone sensitive enough to understand them. It takes a
Ketu to like a Rahu, I always say....
Ketu is the moment of awareness that you don't care anymore because there's no use in
caring anyway. It's guaranteed to be over. When He realized that His head was no longer connected
to Him, Ketu's identity became separated from Rahu's. At this moment, the intense feeling of
inevitability, the moment of death, the most sure event to prove to us that we are not the boss here, is
the moment when we flash on all that we will no longer know and see and be with. It is the moment
we flash and feel loss, then realize it's absolutely futile to look back, and at that moment the blurry
goodness of the blurry light that lies ahead begins to warm your emerging new spiritually confident
conscious self at that moment with warm light, and off you go, if you're ready.
Ketu is the moment that the heart stops beating. The quietness at that moment is louder than
life actually. It is the sudden missing heartbeat that you thought you couldn't hear usually, that
suddenly you realize is no longer there, and after about 2 seconds of that, you meet Ketu in your
mind. You are either ready or not. You will be where Ketu was as the disk left the exit side of the
throat of Rahu. We will all be there at one moment soon enough.

Ketu Dasha, and a nicely placed Ketu, will make the native peep into awareness of Ketu in
advance. Such a person accepts predeterminism, and if gifted can side by side accept the appearance
of free will as the intent of God for the learning process of the misidentified souls.
Such a detached person, caring neither for defense of either side of this dilemma, accepting
that either way there is a flow coming at them called "the environment", which is of it's own nature
and whims, not under the control of my emotions. Therefore, the detached and released Ketu
realized person becomes then a viewer of the flow with a positive attitude and cooperation. Where
divinity is served, they flow, where not, they flow away, and they follow the light, not caring for life
and death here, because they've accepted it already.
Ketu is the door to liberation. Proper placement and Dasha etc will make one realize liberating
experiences.

SIGNS OR RASHIS
INTRODUCTION
The Signs of the Zodiac, or the twelve main constellations, are colorings. They color the
Planets within them, and they color the Houses, which they are for a given chart.
The Signs and their Lords:

Sign Sanskrit English Ruling Planet
Aries Mesha Mars Kuja
Taurus Vrishabha Venus Shukra
Gemini Mithuna Mercury Buddha
Cancer Karkata Moon Chandra
Leo Simha Sun Surya
Virgo Kannya Mercury Buddha
Libra Thula Venus Shukra
Scorpio Vrishchika Mars Kuja
Sagittarius Dhanush Jupiter Guru
Capricorn Makara Saturn Shani
Aquarius Kumbha Saturn Shani
Pisces Meena Jupiter Guru
Signs are owned by Planets, and hence in the table we give the Lords of the Signs. The Planets
have natures, as we’ve already shown to some degree, and these natures are reflected in their Signs.
Most of the Planets rule two Signs, and in those cases the qualities of the Planet are somewhat split
between the two Signs. It’s the Sun and Moon who each rule only Sign one, and the rest rule two
Signs each and in a certain order. So, here’s another way of viewing the Zodiac, one where the “Kind
and Queen” are at the top, and the rest in order by House:

Sun/Moon Own ---> Leo Cancer
Virgo Gemini Mercury ruled
Libra Taurus Venus ruled
Scorpio Aries Mars ruled
Sagittarius Pisces Jupiter ruled
Capricorn Aquarius Saturn ruled
In the above diagram, the King Sign Leo (Simha, Leo, means Lion) is on His own right side, and
the Queen Sign Cancer is on His left. The Signs on “her side” of the Zodiac are listed on Her side
(Gemini to Aquarius) and the Signs on His side of the Zodiac are listed under Him (Virgo to
Capricorn).
Notice the top two, Virgo and Gemini, are ruled by Mercury, the next two by Venus, and so on.
This is the order of the Planets by orbit moving out from the Sun.
Mercury orbits close to the Sun, because as the Prince, Mercury must remain close to the
Power Center, otherwise he’s likely to be kidnapped, because you know how scoundrels like to
kidnap the children of the rich and famous, and Mercury, he’s so gullible anyway.
Venus needs to be close to the Power also because without light, who cares what she looks
like- nobody can see who’s beautiful in the dark. So, She, Venus, needs the light of the Sun to be seen.
Also, beauty and pleasures need support- they are not independently wealthy. In fact, indulgences
tend to decrease wealth. Prostitutes work for money, not charity. The arts are the pastimes of the
rich and powerful. Low, hard working, poor people barely have time or money for fancy Venusian
things like nice clothes, nice cars, jewelry, perfumes, hairstyles, and so on. So, where we find
mundane Power, and where we find the mundane Center, there we will find a greater degree of
Venus as well. Venus clings to the Central Powers of this material plain.
Next comes Mars. Mars also needs the Sun and is dependent upon the Sun for His life. For
example, militias need the funding of their governments to exist. Also, when a soldier kills an enemy,
he’s a hero. But if the same soldier kills a civilian (like the famous Timothy McVeigh example) then
he is an outlaw. So, Mars derives his dispensation as the Commander in Chief from the Sun, who as
the King gives Mars his importance. Without this blessing, Mars’s “thug qualities” or “get it done”
abilities become misled easily. Mars follows orders and does heavy things for the cause of whoever is
giving the orders. Soldiers who fight in battle are similar in that they are all soldiers; by they are
separated by the ideals that drive their commanders or countries. Mars by nature is a follower of
Power, and so he is close to the Sun, after the Young Prince and the Young Lady of course, being a
chivalrous gentleman who lets “children go ahead”.
Next comes Jupiter. Now Jupiter and Saturn are “way out there” in terms of being quite a
distance from the Sun. Jupiter doesn’t need the Sun. The classical Vedic Guru, while he may live in
the palace of the King, is never under the King. If the King betrays his Guru, the Guru leaves, and no
soldier will ever arrest the Guru, and by no means ever would a soldier (a Kshatriya) kill or in any
way give trouble to the Guru of the king, or any Brahmin for that matter.
In classical Vedic literature, many stories are told of what great lengths Kings went to in order
to satisfy and please the Brahmin class, and especially the leading Brahmins, who if they could, they
tried to persuade through humbly submitting themselves to come live with them as advisors. Kings
know that good advisors are the key to remaining in power. Guru’s, or real Brahmins, know what is
what and who is who, and by using Astrology and other means of divination, they can often know
what is coming. Not caring for the Spiritual implications of such things, the Kings are simply
concerned at harnessing such powers for themselves, to fortify their materially lucrative positions as
Kings.
But, the Brahmins are very standoffish. They help righteous Kings not because they like the
Kings so much themselves, but because the people in general, and all the creatures of the land, will be
better served if a righteous King is in power. If a bad King is in control, then everyone suffers. Caring
for the welfare of all, the Righteous Brahmins help the Righteous Kings to gain and keep power. The
evil minded Brahmins help the evil minded Kings, and together these two dacoits team up and
scheme it up.
So, Jupiter stands far away, because the principles He adheres to personally, and likes to teach,
are based on Dharma or higher principle, which doesn’t care for the desires of any particular King or
anybody else. In the eyes of Higher Dharma, a King is just a soul, like everyone else. The real Guru,
like Brihaspati, is bowed to by all great Kings and Demigods, and never the reverse.
However, Jupiter does appreciate the way the Sun gets things done. Like‘em or not, Kings
have power, and Jupiter recognizes this. Since Jupiter is also a male Planet by behavior, and a
grandiose thinker too, He likes to team up with the King to get things done in the Kingdom. So,
Jupiter and the Sun are friends.

Saturn stands very far away from the Sun. This is because He rules the dirty and low, and the
workers. The King does like to see these people because they are doing all the hard work of His many
commands. They don’t get paid much, and they’re lives are pretty humble, possibly even miserable.
For where there is material light, there must be material darkness. The kind of Light the Sun
advocates is the kind where He is the center. Spiritual light emanates independently from each
object in the Spiritual World, but here, the Sun is in the Center. This mandates that there must be
those who are “far from the center in the darkness of the outer regions”, and this is Saturn, and the
people Saturn rules.

OFFICES OF THE GODS
The Signs are the offices of the Gods. Through these Signs the Gods do their works. When
they are in their offices, they are able to work very well. When they are “looking at” their office,
which is called “aspecting”, then they can oversee and thus protect their offices. But when they are
neither in their offices nor seeing them, then their offices may be plundered by enemies.
In Jyotish, the Signs are the Houses- the two are synonymous. There are twelve Signs, and therefore
12 Houses. However, they are separated by what they rule. For example, Sagittarius rules “High
Ideals”. That’s true, whichever House Sagittarius ends up being in. If Sagittarius is in the 4th House,
then the person has high ideals in the areas of emotions, which is something the 4th House rules,
independently from whatever Sign is there. The ninth House independently rules religion, so if
Sagittarius is there, then the person will have high ideals in the area of religion.
As stated, all the Planets except the Sun and Moon rules two Houses. These Planets “split up”
their natures into these two offices. For example, in Aries and Scorpio Mars stores His tendencies. In
Aries we find the brute force energy of Mars, and His warrior tendencies, whereas in Scorpio we find
his nasty bite and secret spy tendencies.
Some of the Planets are friends and some are enemies. So, if an enemy Planet is in a Sign and
the Lord of that Sign is off doing other business, and isn’t watching that office closely, then the enemy
Planet in the Sign is free to harm the Sign, and thus harm the House the Sign is in. In the same way
you would think of offices or bedrooms, and the protection thereof, so also you can think of Signs and
Houses as the Planets move around amongst them.
Affecting how Planets feel and can act

As stated, Planets have natural tendencies- for example, Mars is fiery, a soldier, and
aggressive. Saturn, as another example, is slow, low, and a hard worker. So, these natural tendencies
are either helped or blocked by the nature of the Signs as they move through them. We judge these
interactions in the chart very closely.
Take Mars again for example. Mars is fiery and energetic. So think about water and fire.
What does water do to fire? So when fiery Mars is in a water Sign, His fire is “put out” to some
degree. So, Mars does not like water Signs because he can’t behave as fiery as he would like. This
would indicate in a chart that the fire in the person is hampered. Signs are also designated as male or
female, movable, non-moving or mutable, and other designations. All of these designations either
help or hinder the Planets depending on their natures as people with their various personalities.
Coloring parts of the body and life
The Signs convey their nature upon the parts of our life where they sit. For example, the Sign
in the first House, which rules the body, will greatly affect the nature of our body. The Sign in the
second House will affect our saving of money and the way we speak, as the second House rules over
these things. The Sign occupying the third House will color our approach to younger siblings and
college degrees, as the third House rules those things, and so on.
So, think of Houses as ruling specific parts of life, whereas the Signs are more coloring agents
who add the specific character. Houses rule Things, Signs give Character. That’s a good basic rule to
remember.
As having Karakas
Signs do have Karakas of their own- things that they rule over, and these things will manifest
through the House the Sign tenets, or occupies. So, for example, since Cancer, a Sign, rules emotions,
whatever House it occupies- those areas of life will take on an emotional nature in that person. Since
Capricorn rules Jungles, wherever House it occupies will have some connection with Jungles, or
dangerous places full of diversity where the law cannot reach or touch.
As combining with Planets and aspects

Signs have a natural color or radiance for certain things. For example, Pisces radiates Peace
and Calm. This wavelength or ray, is trapped by any Planets in Pisces in a chart, and is bent or
combined with that Planet’s own ray or wavelength, to form a combination ray. For example, if
Saturn were in Pisces in a chart, we would combine Peace with low work, and that person might find
their peace in humble work. If Saturn was in Virgo, which rules over farming, then that person might
find their work in dealing with agriculture in some way, depending of course, as always, on other
factors in the chart.
The important point to remember is to blend the Sign’s nature with the Planet’s nature, to
come up with a blended effect. This also goes for aspects. If a Planet aspects a Sign, it casts it’s
nature upon the House where the Sign resides, and ultimately therefore matters governed by that
House and Sign combination take on some of the qualities of the aspecting Planet.
Therefore, the key to Jyotish is to be able to mentally combine many factors into one cohesive
reading. The learned Jyotishi combines the effects of Planets, Signs, Houses, and aspects on a very
regular basis.

THE SIGNS THEMSELVES
Aries
Aries is youthful and never mature. As the first Sign, Aries carries all the qualities of
youthfulness- quickness, agility, zest and energy. Because it is ruled by Mars, it has ties to aggression
and force. As a fire Sign it is best occupied by Mars, Jupiter and the Sun, who are the three Planets
who rule the three fire Signs. The Sun is exalted in Aries, because the King is worshipped by the army
there. A King feels really good amongst his army because first they do his bidding, and secondly they
protect him, and third they kill His enemies. So, Aries is the Sign where the Sun is the strongest.
Because Aries is so passionate for life, quick, aggressive, happy, youthful, therefore Saturn
hates Aries and is debilitated therein. Debilitation means that Sign for each Planet where He feels
stripped of power. Since Saturn is into slowness, the quickness of Aries is a pain. Since Saturn is into
old age, the youthfulness of Aries is a pain, and so on.
As stated, the two most sensitive points of any chart are the Moon and Lagna. We can know a
Sign very well by looking at the charts of person who have the Moon or Lagna in that Sign. Persons
who have the Moon in Aries, for example, are quick thinking, quick to action, make sudden decisions,
and leave things quickly too, as Aries has no endurance, only sprint-ability.
Taurus
Taurus is ruled by luxury loving Venus. Taurus is the Sign of beauty, luxury, happiness,
comfort and all things nice. Taurus is symbolized by the Bull, which is quite content to sit in his nice
green pasture and eat grass. The scene with a happy bull in a field is a nice and pleasant scene, and a
very settled one too. It’s not easy to move a bull, and an angry bull is dangerous. So, Taurus rules the
settled home, and Taurus affected people like to get things set up and leave them that way.
Taurus is one of the three Earth ruled Signs. The Earth Signs rule Earthy things such as
pragmatism and material provisions. As the first of these three Taurus is the leader. With the beauty
and grace of Venus behind it, Taurus goes about procuring or arranging for very Earthy
circumstances and since Earth is solid, the things Taurus creates are also solid and lasting, not
fleeting, like things created by Wind Signs (which are susceptible to being “blown away”).

Gemini
Gemini is a Mercury ruled Air Sign. Thinking and ideas “live in the air” so to speak as they
have no Earthly form. Mercury is about thinking, speaking, deal making, carrying messages, and so
on. Gemini is his first Sign, and the first of the air Signs. So, Gemini has a special kinship with
messages, which travel in the air, which could be gossip, or TV advertising, radio and so on. Since
Mercury is a very non-committed entity, so also Gemini has the tendency to be open to all ideas, and
therefore is very good for study, learning, scholarship, education, teaching, repeating things learned,
book publishing, and so on.
In Sanskrit Gemini is called Mithuna, which means “sex” essentially. The coming together of a
pair of lovers for the exchange of love is a type of meeting, which Gemini supports very well. Gemini
and Mercury are very supportive of talks, messages and negotiations, and not so much about what is
being shared. Mercury and its Signs are more about handling messages and information rather than
committing to the specific content of any one message. There are many things, which carry messages
without concern for the content- such as computer disks, libraries, phone lines, colleges, mirrors, etc.,
and these things have a touch of either Mercury, Gemini or both, inside of them.
Wherever Gemini sits in the chart, there we will find intellectualism. If Gemini is in the first
House, we will find an overall interesting but deal making person. If Gemini is in the seventh, the
person will have a tendency to make deals with the spouse. If Gemini is in the ninth, the person will
have a tendency to intellectualize about religion, but necessarily commit to any one religion.
Jnan, pronounced “gyawn” like “yawn” with a “g” in front, is a Sanskrit word that means
“knowledge”. But it means “book knowledge” or just knowing facts, not realized knowledge, which is
more like “wisdom”. Gemini and Mercury are more into Jnan, than Vijnan (vig-gyawn). A Jnani is
one who “knows a lot of things”. This does not necessarily imply depth of character, or depth of
wisdom, which requires positive help from Jupiter and Saturn. A soldier who teaches war at a college
may know a lot about war but may be “a chicken” when it comes to fighting. Gemini and Mercury are
about Jnan.

Cancer
Cancer is called Karkata in Sanskrit, which means both circle and crab (the sea creature). The
example of the crab is significant because crabs live near water, and Cancer is a Water Sign. Crabs
are particular about protection. This is because they move somewhat slowly and their bodies are
very soft. So, they employ hard shells and claws to help themselves survive. They tend to sit in holes
in the rock for further protection when not scrounging about for provisions. They often inhabit the
shells of other bygone creatures.
Cancer is one of the more sensitive Signs therefore. All the water Signs are sensitive, but this
one is the leader. Water flows around your finger- it does not object if you stick your finger into it.
Whereas, fire will burn it off, and Earth simply won’t allow it in. But water is adjusting to others.
Water doesn’t mind “going around” obstacles and “assuming the shape” of wherever someone may
pour it. So it is with this Sign- it is adjusting, soft, sensitive, generally in need of protection, and a
natural servant of those persons or places that give it shelter.
Cancer is ruled by the Moon, and as the Moon reflects the light of the Sun, so goes Cancer-
always searching for that great light to reflect, or glorify, or serve. Cancer feels dependent and needy,
and so has a natural tendency to depend upon others. If everything is safe, it is a very good Sign, but
if things aren’t safe, it’s likely to use its little pinchers to pinch a wound or two into the threat.
As Cancer is the only Sign ruled by the Moon, and Leo the only Sign ruled by the Sun, much of
the nature of the feminine and masculine principles are taken from these two Planets and their two
Signs. The masculine principle is independence and control, whereas the feminine is dependence
and submission. The masculine is strong in the material world, whereas the feminine qualities are
more helpful for emancipation from this world, because what is needed in spiritual life is first and
foremost a humble and submissive attitude towards the divine.
If you need someone to be concerned about setting up or protecting a home, or about

nurturing and caring for dependent children, then Cancer is your woman!

Leo
Leo is the only Sign ruled by the Sun. It is a Fire Sign, and odd or masculine, and fixed, not
movable or mutable. Therefore, Leo is the topmost excellent Sign for masculine dominance. We find
often in political leaders that they have either Leo Moon, Leo Sun or Leo rising. This is very common.
Amongst person, those with these prominent Leo placements always have a hard time submitting to
others, and therefore they rise to leadership positions because being a follower is foreign to them.
If you need someone to be brute and strong willed, never succumbing to opposition, then Leo is your
Man!

Virgo
Virgo is called Kannya in Sanskrit. Kannya means “daughter” or “virgin”. Virgo is a Feminine
Earth Sign. Virgo rules the bounty of nature when it is at its prime. In India, virgin daughters are
considered much like the Earth itself- full of the possibility of producing the future needs of
everyone. Virgo is innocent, beautiful, Earthy, and being ruled by Mercury, has connections with
learning. In fact, Virgo is the writers and editors Sign to be sure. Persons with significant mental
planetary placements (Lagna, Moon, Sun or Mercury) in Virgo tend to be writers, editors,
communicators, etc.
The symbol of Virgo is a young girl seated in a boat, carrying books and fresh cut grain from a
field. These symbolize the nature of Virgo. Virgo rules agriculture because of the fact that agriculture
is based first and foremost on the preparation of the soil. When the environment and soil are truly
healthy and good, then good things are grown in that soil.
The young girl in the boat is healthy, happy and wholesome. She is young, and learning. Virgo rules
that coquettish stage of learning where the person feels an abundance of knowledge, and is proud of
it. This is why it’s good for writers and editors. They like to use their exacting knowledge. This leads
to being “picky”. Virgo as a Sign is known most for producing very picky people (which editors must
be for example).
Cleanliness requires finding dirt and getting rid of it. Editing requires finding mistakes and
getting rid of them, and good farming requires finding things, which foul the process and getting rid
of them. A beautiful young girl is something easily polluted. A virgin is no longer a virgin after one
sexual encounter, so, Virgo as a Sign is very particular about seemingly small things. If you need
somebody to be “anal” about something, then get a Virgo!

Libra
Libra is called Thula in Sanskrit, which means “scales”. Thula is used in Sanskrit verse to
mean “how heavy do you weigh in”, or “what is your position”. It is a bit deeper than just “scales”.
Libra is the only Movable Air Sign. Libra is ruled by Venus and is the exaltation of Saturn, and the
debilitation of the Sun. All of these things tell us a lot about Libra.
Where is that place, where King’s feel in danger, and workers feel really good? Well, the open
marketplace in the street. Libra is there in that market. There we have the scales of commerce, the
workers showing their goods, collecting cash for their wares, and having fun talking to each other. So
here comes the King. He’s surrounded by those whom he overtaxes, he’s surrounded not by his
army, but by workers. They taunt him, throw things at him, and he has to run away in fear. In Libra,
we’re all equal. Libra is about cloth, and goods, and talking, and being friendly, not taking sides, but
somehow just getting through the day. Libra is very practical and real.
Nobody can move around like Libra. As a movable air Sign, it’s “out of here” constantly. Don’t
try to lock down Libra. As the exaltation of Saturn and the Debilitation of Sun, it’s not about being
“strong, responsible, conservative and stable”. No, forget those uptight qualities. Libra is a
marketplace full of hippies, who set up on one corner one day, and a different corner the next. It’s a
confusing array of colors, cloth, decorations, smiling painted faces, clowns, music, balloons, hounding
horns, bullock carts, pickpockets and all the things that an uncontrolled happy crowd of desperate
living and breathing beautiful humans can offer each other. No heavy decisions, no heavy
organization, just “lets do something, lets make some money, lets have some fun, can we go now?”

Scorpio
Ah Scorpio. Are you ready for this? You enter a cave where water is dripping everywhere and
it’s hot and steamy. Down you go. You come to a cavern, and there is a den of thieves. Rough, tough,
grimy sweaty men with intense looking haircuts and spike collars like bulldogs. You think you’re
finished. But just then, in a very sensitive and humble voice, one of them starts to talk about his inner
child, and the other one offers you his milk biscuits.
So here we have the 8th Sign of the Zodiac. Not an enviable number at all, as you’ll eventually
realize from studying Jyotish. Scorpio is a Mars ruled water Sign (“Oh brother”). That’s a paradox in
itself, but then on top of that it’s a Fixed Sign (non-movable nature).
So how does this all stack up. Well, how do you feel about large underground gasoline tanks?
They are watery, yet full of Mars potential, yet fixed in the Earth. Perfect. Scorpio is dangerous, that’s
true. That’s why it’s the debilitation point of the sensitive Moon. The sensitive Moon feels very
threatened and frightened in Scorpio. In Sanskrit Scorpio is called Vrishchika, which by no surprise
means “Scorpion”.
Scorpio is mysterious and frightening to us all. All the things that Scorpio rules are the things
we love to fear- like spiders, serpents, scorpions, holes in the ground, caves, crevices, cracks and dark
places. When you take deadly force, and give it a covering, and make it mysterious, you’ve created
Scorpio.
Scorpio is also the genital and anus of the Kala Purush, or the Universal Form of God. In the
Bhagavat Purana, and other Vedic Scriptures, the Virat Rup (Universal Form) of the Lord is described.
There it is said that Scorpio rules over the private parts region of the His body.
Nobody likes to show their anus to other people, and none of us want to look at each other’s
anuses. It’s just not a pleasant subject. Yet, having one is essential and we use it every day. The
genital is another thing, also a part of the picture of Scorpio. We “love each other” through the
Genital, but we cover it with cloth, and don’t show it openly. It’s a private, erotic, secret area.
So Scorpio is about secrets, and private pleasures, and deep issues, and eroticism, and fear,
and danger, and all kinds of things we love to hate, or love to fear, or love to lust, and generally
remain really bewildered about. Some of the most odd and unique personalities have Scorpio
placements.
If you want someone who believes in things nobody else believes in, or to listen to you babble
really fast about all your muddled emotions, then you need a Scorpio.
Sagittarius
In Dhanush (Sadge), we have a Mutable (that means it’s either moving or non-moving-
depending) Fire Sign. Dhanush means the Bow as “Bow and Arrows”. So here we have a Fire Sign
ruled by the Priest, or Jupiter.
Many wars have been fought for religious reasons. In fact, it’s still going on. In fact, in one
sense, they’re all about some type of “we’re better than you”. Of course, the Gulf War was just about
who gets the old dinosaur goop, but most wars are about “We’re better than you, and you just don’t
get it”. So wars are fought over beliefs and money. Jupiter rules both beliefs and money. So, in
Dhanush we find the arms of Jupiter, ready to stand up for what is right, and fight for it.
Dhanush is idealistic. Dhanush thinks, “Let us set our goals and go for them. Let us aim high
with our bows and fling our arrows into the beyond. Let us transform from what we are to what we
want to be.” These sentiments and emotions are found in the Barracks of Armies, and in the
Churches and Ashrams, and sometimes in businesses. Wherever we find Preacher types who are
kind of in control, and conveying a message rich with high goals, and others are following it with fire
and zeal, there we have the influence of Sagittarius, or Dhanush.

Capricorn
Capricorn is pragmatic and real. Ruled by Saturn, and being an Earth Sign, Capricorn is about
what’s really going on right here right now, or at least, that’s how it feels and seems. When important
personality shaping Planets are in this Sign in someone’s chart (that’s the Sun, Moon, Ascendant and
Mercury) then they became pragmatic, good workers, hard workers, have lot’s of endurance, and
serious.
Capricorn is the exaltation Sign for the Mars, and the Debilitation Sign of Jupiter. The reason
Mars is exalted in Capricorn is because Capricorn is where simple forest dwelling, hard working
people live who don’t follow the King. Mars likes to go and fight there. Also, in forests and jungles,
there’s lots of shrubbery and trees for fire to consume. So, both the soldier and the fire can really go
nuts in the jungle and live out their Martian desires. Jupiter is debilitated there because the simple
jungle people have no interest in his high talks and rituals for material advancement. They just give
him a blank stare and then walk away. He hates it- nobody listens to him there.
This is why America had such a hard time in Vietnam. They are the “ant people”, devoted to
being small, working humbly, underground, with less tools and weapons. We preferred to not touch
the ground, thinking we could fight from the air, or standing straight up, and we were wrong.
Capricorn is humble- it’s “the people Sign” and it’s not especially fond of the fire-trine buddies Sun,
Mars and Jupiter. If you want workers, you need Capricorns.
The Sanskrit term Makara means Alligator. Actually, the descriptions in the scriptures of the
“Makara Beast” is a combination creature, not just an alligator or crocodile. Capricorn doesn’t so
much need anything else. This is the nature of Saturn. We’ve conquered the world, but it’s hard to
conquer the jungle. Similarly, if a crowd gets big enough, no government can control it, and why
should it, if the crowds of people are against it? Saturn is powerful in its humility, size and sheer
distaste for the controlling mood of the Fire Trine.
The downside of Capricorn is that it can blunt and dull. The Sign does not promote
intellectualism or finery in any way. It is more about brute strength; strength is lowness, and being
“totally real”. But by “real” Capricorn means to say, the lower classes, the masses, the worker, basic
provisions, hard work, doing what’s necessary, not being proud or loud.

Aquarius
Aquarius is a Fixed Air Sign, ruled by Saturn. It is neither the exaltation nor debilitation of any
Planet. Air Signs promote thought because air can move quickly, like the mind. Saturn rules old
things and the is a Fixed Air Sign, so, the combination of these two makes Aquarius well suited for old
things, things that don’t change, and things, which are idea based. Because scriptural revelation is
old, unchanging, and coming from the sky, or air, as it were, therefore Aquarius is associated with
these things.
Every twelve years when Jupiter is in Aquarius, called “Kumbha” in Sanskrit, the Kumbha Mela
takes place in North India. This is the largest gathering of humans in one place on Earth at any time
ever. It’s a big event- millions of Hindus gather at the meeting place of the Three Main Holy Rivers of
India, the Jamuna, Saraswati and Ganges. It is called Kumbha Mela because that is where the nectar
fell from the sky oh so long ago. Kumbha means, “water pot”. Occasionally good things pour down
from above, and because of this happening once long ago, the Kumbha Mela still happens every
twelve years. If you want to see Yogis, that’s the time and place to do it. They come down out of their
hiding places to all hang out together for a few days.
Aquarius is a good Sign for understanding gadgets, science, electrical things, and so on. Many
researchers and scientists have Moon or Mercury in Aquarius. This Sign is known for causing
seclusion and depression. Fixed in the air and ruled by Saturn, it is unreachable and old. When the
Moon is in this Sign the person is ever universal and detached. Aquarians do not make good friends
or lovers in some ways because they are so detached. If they love, it is for all. They always seem
aloof.

Pisces
The final Sign of the Zodiac, Pisces rules the end of all things. There is nothing left to do,
except be peaceful. Pisces is called Meena, which means Fishes, because this symbol represents
being merged in the ocean of truth or finality. This is a Water Sign, ruled by Jupiter. Think of the
quiet inner grounds of a monastery, and you have Pisces. There is monks walking about very
serenely and there are fountains, and gardens, but everything is quiet, very controlled, very balanced,
one with God, surrendered to Divinity, and there is Pisces.
When Pisces affects a person greatly, say because it is their Moon or Rising Sign, then they will
have a quality of Peace and equanimity in their personality. Pisces folks like this are kind, sensitive,
but fairly passive- they seem to do more staring at you than domination. It is not an ideal Sign for
being a leader, as water is too responsive to others. It is a good Sign for serving, for counseling, and
for private or protected lives. It is sometimes called a “weak” Sign because it has so little material
“oomph”.
Pisces is the exaltation of Venus, and the debilitation of Mercury. Venus, the Planet of
happiness and pleasure does well in Pisces because in her Vanity she totally stands out there where
She is not at all wanted. Jupiter, the owner of Pisces, and Venus, are enemies because they preach in
opposite directions. So when Venus is in Pisces, we find in the person some trace of something
holding them back, or interrupting their meditation. Venus rules the 3rd and 8th Houses from Pisces,
and you’ll find that these are “malefic” angles from any point. So, we know that Pisces does not want
Venus to come inside. It is like Mars in Capricorn, it’s an exaltation built more on rudeness and
confrontation than welcoming.
As for the debilitation of Mercury in Pisces, this is because in the final chapter of truth, which
Pisces rules and carries, there is no place for lively Jnan (Gyan) or knowledge. Knowledge, mental
speculation, thinking about things, not being sure, switching sides, making deals, negotiations- all
these things are not necessary once “one is there”. Pisces represents “being there”. It’s final, and
spiritual. The Vaishnava leaders in the line of Sri Chaitanya make it very clear that Gyan is inferior to
Bhakti, and that in the final stages it is neither welcome nor necessary. It is replaced instead by
spontaneous loving affection and intimate pastimes and exchanges based on love and divine
relations. The things Mercury rules have faded away. Everyone is too peaceful in Pisces, so Mercury
feels that His ample talking, discussions, readings, studying and so on is not welcome, and He’s right!

HOUSES
INTRODUCTION
There are 12 Houses, simply called Houses 1 to 12. They are always around you at all times.
Look up, that’s the 10th. Look East, that’s the 1st. Look West, the 7th. Look straight down, and under
you, on the other side of the Earth, lies the 4th House.
The Houses are always in the same place. The East is always the first House, and so on. They
start on the Eastern Horizon, then proceed to go down under the horizon until you reach the 4th,
which is straight down, and then the 7th on the Western Horizon, then on up to the 10th above you,
and then the 11th and 12th complete it coming back down to meet the Eastern horizon again.
The above is true for each and every location. Since the Earth is a ball, this means that for
New York the exact degree and Sign rising will be further ahead in the Zodiac than the Sign and
degree rising for San Francisco at that moment. Since the Earth rotates once a day, every location on
Earth sees all 12 Signs rise through the first House once a day, one roughly every two hours.
So when someone is born, as usual, the first House was on the Eastern horizon like it always is, and
some Sign and degree was rising there, and the Planets all were at different degrees in different
Signs, and so the chart is drawn.
The Houses rule different parts of the life. They are VERY important in Vedic Astrology. The
Houses are as important, and possibly more important than the Signs.
Each House is occupied by one of the Signs. For example, if someone is Taurus rising, then
Gemini, which always follows Taurus, becomes the 2nd House, since Taurus is the first House and
Gemini follows it. Cancer follows Gemini, and so Cancer becomes the 3rd House. Whoever the Lord
of the Sign is, that Lord becomes the “Lord of the House”. For example, if Taurus is in the first, then
since Venus is the Lord of Taurus (always), then Venus is the Lord of the 1st House.

Here again are the Lords of the Signs:
SIGN RULER SIGN RULER
Aries Mars Libra Venus
Taurus Venus Scorpio Mars
Gemini Mercury Sagittarius Jupiter
Cancer Moon Capricorn Saturn
Leo Sun Aquarius Saturn
Virgo Mercury Pisces Jupiter
The above order and Lords is always true and never varies. So memorize this list!
Now, any of the above 12 Signs could be rising at the time of as birth (or any chart since they
are not always just for people). So, any one of these Signs could be “in the first House” or the “rising
Sign”. , whichever one is rising occupies the first House, and the rest in order occupy the rest of the
Houses in order.

So here for example is what we get if Libra is rising:
HOUSE SIGN RULERSHIP
1 Libra Venus is Lord of the 1st House
2 Scorpio Mars is Lord of the 1st House
3 Sagittarius Jupiter is Lord of the 1st House
4 Capricorn Saturn is Lord of the 4th House
5 Aquarius Saturn is Lord of the 5th House
6 Pisces Jupiter is Lord of the 6th House
7 Aries Mars is Lord of the 7th House
8 Taurus Venus is Lord of the 8th House
9 Gemini Mercury is Lord of the 9th House
10 Cancer Moon is Lord of the 10th House
11 Leo Sun is Lord of the 11th House
12 Virgo Mercury is Lord of the 12th House
Notice that the order is the same as normal, only it begins at Libra and therefore ends with the
Sign before Libra or Virgo. So remember, the order is constant, just the starting Sign can change to
any one of the 12.
Also remember: The Lords are constant- the Lords of the Signs will never ever change in all of
creation, period. So, memorize them. They too then simply rotate in a fixed order. By the way, this
order is highly significant and full of divine truth and wisdom, and as you learn Jyotish, one of the
greatest gifts it will give you is realization upon realization about the truths of God built into nature.
For example, I explained in the Signs section, in the Pisces section, about the relationship of Venus to
Pisces. This kind of makes clear the truth about the final stages of spiritual life. It’s unarguable and
fixed (the relationship of Venus and Moksha being the example as Venus rules the 3rd and 8th Signs
from Pisces, which tells us much).
Where did the Lord Go?
When we look at a chart, we first want to see immediately where the Lords of the Houses have
gone. This means, for example, if Taurus rises, then where has Venus, the Lord of Taurus, gone? We
find what House it is in, say it is in the 10th House, so then we say, “The Lord of the First is in the
10th”. Then we would look at Gemini, the Sign in the 2nd House, and looking at the above table, we
see that Mercury is it’s Lord, and so we look to where Mercury has gone in the chart, and then, if it’s
the 9th House, we would say “The Lord of the 2nd is in the 9th”.
This is one of the most important techniques in Vedic Astrology. So now, lets practice.
Looking at the charts and the reference table below, write down on a piece of paper where the Lords
of the Houses have gone. It’s all right here- you don’t have to look anywhere else, but you need to get
good at this.

Table of Signs and Their Lords
GLYPH SIGN LORD
a Aries Mars
b Taurus Venus
c Gemini Mercury
d Cancer Moon
e Leo Sun
f Virgo Mercury
g Libra Venus
h Scorpio Mars
i Sagittarius Jupiter
j Capricorn Saturn
k Aquarius Saturn
l Pisces Jupiter

Table of Planet Glyphs (symbols)
GLYPH PLANET SANSKRIT
A Sun Surya (or Ravi or Vivasvan)
E Moon Chandra
F Mars Kuja (or Mangal)
B Mercury Buddha
K Jupiter Guru (or Brihaspati/Devaguru)
C Venus Shukra (or Asuraguru)
L Saturn Shani (or Sanaischaraya)
P N. Node Rahu
Q S. Node Ketu

Here’s how to do it
1. Identify the first House, or a House (X)
2. Identify the Sign in that House
3. Identify the Lord of that Sign
4. Find that Planet in the chart
5. Identify the House it is in (Y)
6. Construct the sentence:
“The Lord of the (X) is in the (Y) House.”

Write your answers for the above chart:
The Lord of the 1st is in the ______
The Lord of the 2nd is in the ______
The Lord of the 3rd is in the ______
The Lord of the 4th is in the ______
The Lord of the 12h is in the ______

Write your answers for the above chart:
The Lord of the 1st is in the ______

The Lord of the 2nd is in the ______
The Lord of the 3rd is in the ______
The Lord of the 12h is in the ______
After you learn to do the above, you can start stringing predictive sentences together pretty
easily. Below and later you will learn “Karakas” for the Houses. Those are things the House rules.
For example, the 9th House rules religion and the 10th House rules work. So, in the above chart, we
see that the Lord of the 10th is in the 9th (Saturn in is Sadge in the 9th). So, construct a sentence like
this: “Your work (10th) is heavily influenced by your faith”. Was that so hard? You just say one
work from the House you’re looking at, and the other word from the House where the Lord went. Big
deal!

Here’s a harder one: The 1st Lord is in the 12th (in the above chart). The 1st House is body,
12th is donations. “You donate your body”, or said another way, “You give yourself over to things
very fully with little reservation”. OK, you’re doing great here!
Let’s do one more: The 2nd Lord (money House) is in the 1st (the self). “You make your
money by your own effort”. True, good, hey, I can see your good at this!
If somebody always wants something, does that mean they have it or not? Well, in one sense,
longing for something means they don’t have it, and that’s why they’re longing for it. The 11th House
rules longing, or dreams and desires, so any Planets in the 11th, if you look back at what Houses they
Lord, you’ll know what the person hankers for lifelong.
So in the above chart, we see Moon and Ketu in the 11th House, right? Ketu doesn’t rule any
Signs and therefore rules over no Houses, but Ketu rules detachment, so the person longs for
detachment for example. But the Moon rules the 4th House of Cancer in the above, and the 4th House
stands for home and emotional comfort. So, combining it all you could say “You long for detachment
on the one hand, and emotional happiness on the other”. And then going on to give obvious advice:
“Somehow try to find emotional happiness in a detached state of mind, and you’ll have what your
chart tells me you want”.
See, you can do this! The trick is to learn lots of things that each Planet, Sign and House rule,
but especially start with the Houses- there you’ll find the biggest bank for your learning buck. And
then combine in the above way, practice on yourself and well wishing friends, keep studying, and
you’ll get there after a good while. OK? No hurry, just practice.
Answers to chart Lordships:
1st chart: Lord of the 1st is in the 7th, 2nd in 8th, 3rd in 9th, 4th in 6th, 5th in 5th, 6th in 4th, 7th in
4th, 8th in 5th, 9th in 6th, 10th in 9th, 11th in 8th, 12th in 1st.
2nd Chart: 1st in 12th, 2nd in 1st, 3rd in 2nd, 4th in 11th, 5th in 2nd, 6th in 2nd, 7th in 1st, 8th in
12th, 9th in 9th, 10th in 9th, 11th in 9th, 12th in 9th.

STILL ON THE HOUSES
There are twelve Houses in a chart. The chart is also called the "Kundali Chakra". The twelve
Houses govern all the various parts of our lives. The Houses are domains in space. When you stand
anywhere on the Earth, at that moment you are surrounded by space all the way around you. Space
even surrounds the Earth, which is below your feet. You are standing on a ball floating in space so
space surrounds you and your Earth ball on all sides.
If you look directly East and point your hand at the Eastern horizon where the Sun rises, you
are pointing in the direction of what is known as the first House. The first House governs the 30
degree span of space where the Eastern horizon is. Directly across from it, or on the Western horizon
is the 7th House. From the first to the 7th are the 2nd through 6th Houses.
Directly over your head is the 10th House. That is, straight up into space where the high noon
Sun beams down on us is the 10th House. Straight below your feet covering the span of space on the
other side of the Earth from you, is the 4th House.
So the first House governs the Eastern horizon, the 2nd House is just below the Eastern
horizon, the 3rd House is deeply below the Eastern horizon, the 4th House is directly underneath
you, the 5th House is underneath you and behind a little bit. The 6th House is underneath you and
behind you quite a bit. The 7th House is behind you covering the Western or Sunset horizon. The 8th
House is just over your shoulder when you turn your head around and look behind you. The 9th
House is above the top back part of your head, the 10th House is straight over your head, the 11th
House is what you see when you look upwards but not straight up. The 12th House is just slightly
above the eastern horizon and this brings us back around to the first House, which governs the
eastern horizon.
In this way, the entire 360 degree circular span of space surrounding you and your Earth are
divided into 12 equal 30 degree sections, each of, which has a number from 1 - 12 and is known as a
House. Studying the parts of life that these Houses govern is a large part of Astrology.
For example, the 10th House, i.e., the span of space directly overhead, governs power, position
and our career to a large degree. Any Planets in this span of space at the time of our birth greatly
affect our career, power and status in life. As you study Astrology, you will find this to be unfailingly
true and eventually you will become so familiar with the effects of Planets that effect this House that
you will be able to tell much about the success and failure of anyone's career who's chart you glance
upon.

In conclusion, the 12 Houses are always present. At every moment the 12 Houses are present
surrounding you and your Earth.
BODY
HOUSE SANSKRIT MEANING KARAKAS MAIN RULERSHIP TYPE
PART
Body, Overall Results, Trine Head, body

1 Tanu Body Sun Health, Childhood, Self,
Angle in general
Head
Family, Wealth, Speech,

2 Dhana Wealth Jupiter Maraka Face, mouth
Food,
Courage, Discomforts,
Breasts,
3 Sahaja Siblings Mars Loss of Property, Loss Upachaya
ears, arms
of Parents, Diplomas
Happiness, Home,
Moon Heart, Mother, Large
4 Sukha Happiness Angle Heart, chest
Merc Property Possessions,
Heritage
Intelligence, Creativity,
Children, Trine
5 Suta Children Jupiter Belly, womb
Entertainment, Deity, Trikona
Fortune
Saturn Debts, Diseases, Dushtana Lower

6 Ripu Enemy Enemies, Service, loss
Mars Difficult abdomen
of relationships
Spouse, Partners, Angle

7 Jaya Spouse Venus Contracts, Significant Lap area
others in all matters Maraka
Death, Disasters, Sex, Dushtana Genital,

8 Mrityu Death Saturn Loss of Fortunes,
Difficult anus
Mysteries, Mysticism
Religion, God, Guru,

Sun Fortune, Father, Law, Trine
9 Dharma Religion Thighs, hips
Jupiter Faith, Protection, Trikona
humility
Jup/Sun Career, Prestige, Rise,

10 Karma Work Success, Government, Angle Knees, back
Merc/Sat Material Success
Gains, Desires, Friends,

11 Labha Gain Jupiter Older Siblings, Upachaya Legs
Selfishness
Donations, Liberation, Dushtana

12 Vyaya Loss Saturn Losses, Old Age, Private Feet
Pleasures, Temples Difficult

Besides the 12 Houses there are 12 Signs. It is important to differentiate in your mind
between the 12 Signs and the 12 Houses. Let us examine this difference more closely and then
ultimately bring the two together where they become one in Vedic Astrology.
First let us discuss the physical Zodiac, which is comprised of 12 main constellations also
known as Signs or Rashis.
The Zodiac is a band of stars that surrounds the Earth like a ring. There are 12 main
constellations that form this great ring around us. The stars that we see in the night sky are mostly
very, very far away. Amongst the millions of stars in the night sky, the 7 Planets and two invisible
Planets in Vedic Astrology exist also, although they are much closer and they move. Besides these
few, very few, moving Planets all the other stars are fixed out in space.
The Zodiac is comprised of a band of these fixed stars, very very far beyond the Planets that form our
immediate solar system. So you could say that the fixed stars of the night sky, which includes the
band called the Zodiac, altogether form the "back drop" of the sky or the backdrop against, which our
solar system is moving.
For example, in Astrology, we always speak of, which Sign a Planet is in. The Planets are not
actually mixing in the stars at the Sign, it is just that because the Planet is circling with us around the
Sun, looking from Earth towards the Planet in question, we always see some Sign of the Zodiac as the
back drop of that Planet.
For example, picture yourself standing in the middle of a circular room. There are seven other
people with you in the room. You yourself and the 7 other people are all walking in circles around in
the room. Some of you are closer to the wall; some of you are closer to the middle. You are all
walking at different speeds, but you are all walking around the central point of the room. Some of
you complete your circles around the center of the room on your own path very quickly and begin
again, circling again and again. While others, walking closer to the outer edge, and perhaps walking
slower due to their own natures, takes longer to complete their circle around the room.
The wall of the room surrounding all of you is painted with 12 different distinct colored
sections. One section is orange, the next section is green, and the next section is red and so on. You
are walking on the 3rd or 4th ring out from the middle of the room. When you look to your right or
left you see the other walkers within the room. Whenever you look at any one of them, you see a
colored backdrop behind them from your relative viewpoint. For example, you may look at the
person on the 5th ring from the center, and when you look at them you see that behind them is the

green section of the wall, which is 1/12 of the circular wall surrounding all of you. If you were to
refer to that person, you might say the 5th walker is in the green section. Looking yet at another
person, you may see an old man on the very most outer ring, walking very slowly against the gray
1/12 of the backdrop wall. You could then say, the old man who is on the outer most ring is currently
in the gray section as he walks around the room.
In this way the various heavenly bodies known as Grahas or Planets are always, in relation to
our vision, situated in front of one of the Signs of the Zodiac, which is behind them. Thus we say that
the Planet is in a certain Sign. It does not mean that the Planet is actually in those stars at this time,
but simply that that constellation (Sign) is the back drop far away behind the Planet as we gaze upon
it. Apparently it is the will of the Lord that these relationships of the Planets to Signs and the Houses
in relation to us, is how the effects of the Gods can be read.
Our Universe is so dependent upon the higher controlling demigods that what we see as our
Planet, the 12 divisions of space surrounding it (the Houses) and the other floating Planets in our
solar system, are all actually a reflection of the dance of various demigods during the minute fraction
of their day that passes while we have an entire lifetime. Their thoughts at a moment reflected in the
Planets, control our entire lives.
A real astrologer looks at the Planets in a chart and having already become familiar with the
nature of the demigods that each Planet represents, can immediately tell the mood and effect upon
the person whose chart it is. Vedic Astrology is actually a system of reading the effects of the
demigods based on their positioning within a chart.
These three elements, the Planets, Signs and Houses are the most important fundamental
building blocks of Jyotish. One must become intimately familiar with the nature of these 33 items.
Namely, 9 Planets, 12 Signs and 12 Houses. After this there are 27 special stars or Nakshatras. The
27 Nakshatras are the most important stars in the Zodiac. They are spaced roughly evenly around
the Zodiac and they control 13 degrees and 20 minutes of the Zodiac each. Studying the Nakshatras
or special stars will come later. First one must become familiar with the 33 main elements. Before
we begin to study these elements in detail and individually, let us first take a brief over view of the
process of actually reading the chart or practicing Vedic Astrology.
Vedic Astrology works like this. You take an exact moment in time, such as 4:42 a.m. for
example, and a date, such as May 18 1960, and a place on Earth, such as Oakland, California, U.S.A.

On that date, at that place, at that exact time, the heavens were in a certain position in relation to that
spot on Earth at that moment. In fact, that moment was the moment and place of my own birth.
At that time, the Sign known as Aries was rising on the eastern horizon. Roughly 1/4 of the
Sign had risen above the eastern horizon when that moment in history flashed by. The Planet known
as Venus was in the 30 degree domain of space close to the Eastern horizon, which we earlier
discussed as being the first House. The Sun and Mercury were under the Eastern horizon, and they
would soon rise above the Eastern horizon and thus the dawn of that day, May 18th 1960, was soon
to begin.
But at 4:42 a.m. it was still dark. It was very early morning, just prior to dawn. Therefore the
Sun and Mercury who always travels near to the Sun were in the 2nd House, which is the next House
just under the eastern horizon. It is the next House to rise. It takes roughly two hours for each Sign
of the 12 to pass by the eastern horizon. Thus, roughly within every 24 hour period, the 12 Signs of
the Zodiac each take a 2 hour turn rising on the eastern horizon. And as each one rises, it's opposite
across the Zodiac is setting on the western horizon. So at the time of my birth, there were no Planets
in the 3rd or 4th Houses underneath the Earth, but the shadow node of the Moon known as Rahu was
in the 5th House, which is just under and towards the West a little, there was nothing in the 6th, 7th
(western horizon) or 8th. Then we come to the 9th House, which if we look towards the East is just
above our heads, and to the back a little bit. The 9th House rules religion in Vedic Astrology. It is
interesting to note that many religions honor this angle through various customs. For example,
Jewish men wear a small hat known as a Yamaca on that part of their head. Many Hindu men shave
every part of their head except that part, which they let grow into a long pony tail known as a Seika.
It is also taught in the Vedas that that crown of the portion of the head, which faces the 9th House, is
where certain types of yogis of the past used to burst through at the time of their death and would
actually leave their body through that spot, which is known as the Brahma Rundrum. It is also
interesting to note that the hair often curls in a swirling

THE LORDS OF HOUSES
In Vedic Astrology, each of the twelve Houses of the horoscope is considered to be the same as
one of the twelve Signs. In other words, one Sign per one House. That is the Vedic system.
In western Astrology, there are a number of different House systems employed and most of
them are not the equal House system that Vedic astrologers use. Most of them do not exactly align
the Houses of the chart with the Signs but rather, the Houses start with anywhere within a Sign and
may end within that same Sign or somewhere in the middle of the next Sign. In this way the Signs in
the House are not aligned, but are two independent wheels discussed separated.
But in standard Vedic Astrology, whatever Sign is rising no matter what the rising degree is,
that entire Sign is considered as the first House, and that the next Sign in the Zodiac is the second
House and so on. In this way there is an exact correlation between Sign and House in Vedic
Astrology. All of the twelve Signs of the Zodiac are ruled by one of the seven Planets.

Ruling Planets of Signs
Western Sign Western Sign Sanskrit Sign Lord’s Name Lord’s
Name Glyph Name English / Sanskrit Glyph
Aries a Mesha Mars / Kuja F
Taurus b Vrishabha Venus / Shukra C
Gemini c Mithuna Mercury / Buddha B
Cancer d Karkata Moon / Chandra E
Leo e Simha Sun / Surya A
Virgo f Kannya Mercury / Buddha B
Libra g Thula Venus / Shukra C
Scorpio h Vrishchika Mars / Kuja F
Sagittarius i Dhanush Jupiter / Guru K
Capricorn j Makara Saturn / Shani L
Aquarius k Kumbha Saturn / Shani L
Pisces l Meena Jupiter / Guru K
As you can see the Sun and Moon each Lord over one Sign only. Namely Leo and Cancer.
Whereas the other Planets each have two Signs for, which they are the Lord. This is always the case.
The Signs never have different Lords. In a horoscope, as mentioned, one Sign is considered the rising
Sign and the other Signs follow in their nature order and take control over the other eleven Houses of
the horoscope. Whatever Planet Lords over each of the Signs becomes the Lord of the House that
that Sign controls.
For example, if Taurus is the rising Sign, then Venus is the Lord of the first House since Venus
is the Lord of Taurus. The second House would then be Gemini and therefore Mercury would then be
called "The Lord of the Second." Then Cancer would be in third House and therefore the Moon would
be called "The Lord of the Third." There are a number of words for Lord in Sanskrit and one of them
is Pati. This is the most commonly used word when referring to the Lords of the Houses in Sanskrit.
So in our example, Shukra would be the Thanupati. , which mean Lord of the Thanushtana. , which
means the House of the body or the first House. In this way the various Lords are referred to by the
main name that the House is called to in Sanskrit.
But the most important thing is to know the natural order of the twelve Signs very fluently
and to therefore know quickly, which Planets rule each of the twelve Houses for each twelve possible
rising Signs. Thus if a particular Sign is rising the student astrologer must be able to quickly
ascertain in their mind, which Planet will be the Lord of the ninth House, which Planet will be the
Planet of the fourth House, which Planet is the Lord of the eleventh House, etc. This process of
instantly knowing the Lords of the Houses in very important and fundamental Vedic Astrology. If a
very solid, graphical, picture is somehow learned, remembered and lodged in the mind of the twelve
Houses in their natural order. And the distances between each. Then this process becomes very
easy. This requires that the astrologer have the kind of mind, which can quickly determined
distances between two points within a circle. For example, the distance between Capricorn and
Taurus is five Signs. Because you start counting from the first one. In this case Capricorn, Aquarius,
Pisces, Aries, Taurus, that's five. What is the distance between Virgo and Aquarius?... Six Houses. In
this way one must be able to quickly know immediately the number of Houses one Sign is away from
another Sign. With experience and practice this becomes easy.
Now let us begin to examine the importance and use of the Lords in Vedic Astrology. The first
House rules the body amongst other things. All things about the body can be determined from the
first House and it's Lord aspects upon the first House and the Lord of the first House as well as
Planets that reside in the first House etc. In this chapter we are concerned with the Lords primarily
so let us focus on that. Each Lord must be somewhere in the horoscope for example, the Lord of the
first House or Sign must be in one of the twelve Signs. According to, which Sign he is in, that also
determines the House. Lets take and example of Cancer rising. The Moon is the Lord of Cancer. By
seeing, which Sign the Moon is in at the time of the horoscope, we then instantly know what House
the Moon is also in. Let us imagine that the Moon is in Gemini, on a particular horoscope, which has
Cancer rising. Since Gemini one Sign before Cancer, this would put the Lord of the first is the twelfth
House. Because Cancer is rising, Moon is the Lord, Gemini is therefore the twelfth House and
therefore we say, " The Lord of the First is in the twelfth".
Primarily, two things happen when a Lord goes to any House. Of these two things, by far the
most important to know and understand and be able to read is that the House shapes the Lord that
comes to stay in it. For example, the eighth House is a seriously bad House. Of all the Houses in the
horoscope, the eighth has the most power to cause bad effects. Therefore, when the Lord of the first
House goes to the eighth House in a horoscope, then serious physical harm comes to the body.

We never like to see the Lord of the first House in the eighth House. Because it means serious
difficulty will come to that person during their lifetime. So the principle is the House that a Lord goes
to greatly affect the affairs of life ruled by the Houses that that Lord concerned ruled. Again for
example, let us say that Taurus is rising. Therefore Venus is Lord of the first House as well as the
sixth House. If Venus is found in the ninth House, in such a horoscope, then the highly benefic affects
of the ninth House flow in a great way towards the first and sixth Houses because the ninth House is
holding their Lord, passing it's benefic affects onto the first Lord who therefore passes them on to his
own Houses.
Therefore, to have the Lord of the first in the ninth House, which is the most fortunate House
in the horoscope, is a very positive Lordship placement. If the Lord of the first is in the sixth House,
since the sixth House is one of the more detrimental Houses because it passes the effects of death,
diseases and enemies onto the Planets it controls, therefore these more negative aspects of life will
be placed onto the first Lord who will then pass them along to the Houses that the first House rules. ,
which will be the first House of course, another House if it happens to be one of the five Planets and
not the Sun or Moon, which rule only one House each. Now let us briefly examine the main areas of
life that each of the twelve Houses controls and how this might affect a particular Lord, namely the
Lord of the first.
If the Lord of the first is placed in the first House, then we could say that the body becomes the
focus of the body. In other words, the person focuses a lot on their own life, their own self and their
body during this lifetime.
If the Lord of the first is placed in the second House then the body, first Lord, shall be greatly
influenced by and focused upon the things the second House rules such as family and wealth. Thus
people who have Lord of the first in the second, are found often to be entangled with and coming
from a strong family background and they are concerned with accumulating wealth in some way.
If the Lord of the first is place in the third House, then the body is found to be connected with
ones younger bothers and sisters the acquisition of college degrees, spiritual initiations and other
things that the third House rules.
Since the fourth House rules mother, home, heart and happiness, if the Lord of the first is
placed there then we find that the person will be greatly concerned with these affairs during their
life. They will likely spend a lot of time at home, since the first Lord rules the body and the fourth
House rules home, we find their body at home rather than on the road or a lot at work etc. At this

point, let us take a small digression into greater complexity and note that since the fourth House
tenth from the seventh House, it therefore stands for the career of the spouse.
So if the Lord of the first is in the fourth, then we will find likely in the life that the person's
body will have some connection with the career of the spouse. This means that the person might
work for their spouse or work with their spouse and since the fourth also rules the home of the
person we may expect that they work for the spouse or with the spouse in their own home in
perhaps a home-based business.
In this way the placements of the Lords have their first level meanings and then second, third,
fourth and deeper and deeper meanings depending upon the astrologers ability to read the
complexity of the House relationships.
If the Lord of the first is placed in the fifth House, then the concerns of children, creativity,
romance and what one does to make others happy becomes the focus of their bodily activities to a
large degree especially during periods ruled by the Lord of the first House in the Vimshottari Dashas.
To understand when things will take place we need to look to the Dashas. That is of course
the concern of another chapter of this book, but it is worth mentioning and always remembering that
effects take place at certain times in the life according to Dashas and transits.
If the Lord of the first is placed in the sixth House, then the affects of deaths, diseases and
enemies overwhelm the person at points in their life. Obviously that is not a good placement for the
Lord of the first.
If the Lord of the first is placed in the seventh House, then the person is heavily focused on
their partner, their spouse, etc, during their life.
If the Lord of the first is placed in the eighth House, as already mentioned on foreseen and
difficulties and serious problems arise at life and overwhelm the Lord of the first. Or in other words
the person and their body.
If the Lord of the first is placed in the ninth House then there is an overall fortunate protective
cover on the person's body throughout their lifetime; because the ninth House stands for fortune and
all general good things that simply come from the environment.
If the Lord of the first is placed in the tenth House, then the person's body or the life in general
in other words, is heavily focused upon the attainment of career, status position, and success is the
domain of the tenth House.

Next the eleventh House controls desires, friend’s oldest siblings, and gains. If the Lord of the
first is placed in the eleventh House, then the person is heavily focused upon the achievement of
desires and certain gainful things in life.
If the Lord of the first is placed in the twelfth House, since this House rules charity, donations,
and losses. The person’s body will therefore be used up in these ways throughout their life. In other
words they may donate themselves to causes. They may live for some other purpose other than their
own life. Or in general there just may be a lot of loss in their life.
These are brief examples of how the placement of the first Lord in the twelve Houses affects
the body or the life in general. Since the first House stands for the body and the life in an overall
general way. An astrologer must take each of the twelve Lords and examine, which House they
reside in and predict the effects on each accordingly. For example, if the Lord of the second is in the
ninth then fortune will come to the wealth since the ninth is fortune and the second is wealth.
If the Lord of the third is in the second, then the younger siblings will have a connection with
wealth either by giving or taking. Since the second is twelfth to the third, it indicates loss the younger
siblings, and since that Lord would then reside in the second House of the horoscope, it is likely that
that person they will take the wealth of the person of whose horoscope it is. Or could it be that the
younger siblings loose their wealth and donate it to the second House of the concerned person? This
is the kind of difficult question that an astrologer concerns themself with in their on going years of
study. The answer of course lies in the nature of each Planet concerned since any of the Planets could
be the Lord of the third House depending of the rising Sign.
If the Lord of the fourth House is in the twelfth House, since the twelfth House is ninth from
the fourth House, and the fourth House rules the mother then we can understand that the mother
will be strong in her religion. Because the fourth Lord has gone to the ninth House from itself. That
is similar to having Lord of the first in the ninth for yourself. It indicates that the person in general
tend to have strong faith, belief, spirituality or religion. So if the fourth Lord is in the twelfth, that
means that the mother of the person has her own strong religion and it causes a great impact on the
life of the individual whose chart we are examining.
If the Lord of the ninth is in the eighth, generally this means that there is loss to the ninth
House, since the eighth is twelfth from the ninth House. Since the ninth House stands for father, it
often means that the father goes away. That there is loss of the father early in life. And indeed we
see this Lordship placement in many persons who were raised without a father present.

If the Lord of the sixth House is placed in the fifth House then there is a draining away of the
negative things in life such as death, diseases and enemies. This is good. We do not want the sixth
Lord to be strong or prominent. We want him to be weakened because he carries many negative
properties. The fifth House is twelfth to the sixth House and represents the loss of the sixth House.
This is one reason the fifth House is such a good House because it stands for the ending or
termination of deaths, diseases and enemies.
If the seventh Lord is placed in the ninth House, then since the seventh rules spouse and the
ninth one's religion, one may find themselves in their religion. Or their spouse will have an affect
upon their religion. Similarly, their religion will have an affect upon their spouse. When the seventh
Lord is placed in the tenth House, we find that the person works with their spouse because the tenth
is work or career and the seventh is spouse.
If the ninth Lord is placed in the fourth, then fortune, ninth, comes upon their home, heart, etc.
(Things ruled by the fourth House).
If the tenth Lord is placed in the eighth House, since the tenth rules career and the eighth
disasters, we find come during the career of the person. Or because of the career of the person. Most
people I know, who have the tenth Lord in the eighth Lord on the tenth House, have great difficulty
establishing a career or when they do, there is some sudden disaster that comes and greatly harms
their progress in their career.
Because the eleventh Lord has much to do with gains and achievement of ones desires, it's
placement in the various twelve Houses tells us a lot about how well this person will achieve the
desires in life. For example, if the eleventh Lord is in the ninth House, then fortune flows to the
achievement of their desires. If the eleventh Lord is in the eighth House, then great trouble comes in
the achievement of their desires.
In this way of the twelve Houses come upon the eleventh Lord depending on where he
resides. The twelfth Lord rules loss and as we said, the House in, which the Lord resides greatly
effects that Lord and that Lord's Houses. So if the twelfth is in the ninth House then religion,
spirituality, Dharma and God above, have a great affect upon the losses in this person's life. What
could this mean? It means that losses will come to this person because of their faith, spirituality, or
acts of God. There will tend to be losses based upon the person's religion or by situations, which are
good and righteous but nonetheless, cause loss.

One example, from my own life I can relate an example of the effects of Lord of the twelfth
placed in the ninth. In my horoscope the ninth and twelfth Lords is Jupiter and Jupiter is placed in
the ninth House in Sagittarius. So I have Lord of the twelfth in the ninth and Lord of the ninth in the
ninth. I began Jupiter major period around ten years of age. Around that time, I was one day taken to
our local catholic church where the priest told myself and all my many brothers and sisters, that the
church and my mother had reached an understanding whereby my father would be for some time be
placed in a veteran’s home for the disabled because he had a serious problem in life. So I was
informed of the loss of my father in a church, by a priest. This neatly ties together the effects of the
twelfth and the ninth House. Namely, loss religion and father. There was a loss, twelfth Lord, of my
father, ninth Lord, and since the Lord of the ninth and twelfth is in the ninth, I heard about it in the
ninth House. Or in other words, at church, by a priest.
This is one example of the practical effects of the Lords. So the most important thing that
happens to a Lord placed in a House, is that the House it is placed in greatly shapes how that Lord
will act. This is the first principle that must be fully understood and through studying real charts,
learned; so that you can predict with this technique. In studying real charts over many years a
persons lives who you know a lot about, you will gradually see realistically the effects of the Houses
upon the Lords.
The second thing that happens when a Lord goes to a specific House, that Lord brings his
baggage to bear upon that House. This is different from what we were previously discussing.
Previously we were discussing how the House effects the Lord placed within it. Now what we are
saying is that the Lord brings affects upon the House he placed within. This is the exact opposite
principle, but it is also true. Both things occur simultaneously. For example, in the example from my
own life that I gave earlier, we saw that the twelfth Lord brought his affect of loss upon the ninth
House. But we also saw that the ninth House affected how the twelfth Lord acted. In other words,
there was loss of my father that is the effect of the twelfth Lord but there was also the ninth Lord or
the church involved in the loss. , which was the ninth House bringing its affects upon the twelfth
Lord. So both things occur simultaneously. And both principles have to be understood and used in
prediction. Let us take another Lordship example in practical life.
I know a couple that have two children. When we examine the charts of the husband and wife
we find the husband has Lord of the fifth in the second House while the wife has Lord of the fifth in
the first House. What in general does this say each of their involvements with their two children?
Overall, which of them has more involvement with raising the children? The correct answer would
be the mother. Because she has Lord of the fifth in the first House. , which means that the fifth Lord
or children, has a great effect upon her first House or her body. Whereas the husband has the fifth
Lord in the second House, which means that, he may speak to the children more than anything else
since the second House rules ones mouth and speech. Also he will pay for the children a lot, since the
second House is also wealth. Especially, at the children's rise in career. The father will shell out
some money because the second is tenth from the fifth House and indeed in general in their life, that
the mother does most of the physical parenting, while the father mostly works on his career and talks
to the children as their father and has a very good effect on them in that way. But when it comes to
outings, bedtime readings, playing games and being with the kids it is usually their mother who does
these things and not their father. The father does however concern himself with making money and
supporting the family.

GOING HOUSE TO HOUSE
Just as the 12 Houses rule different parts of life, for example, the 2nd House is wealth, the 3rd
House is younger brothers and sisters, the 4th House is mother and real estate and so on, similarly,
these same Houses from each House, rule these same things for the House in question.
For example, the 4th House is real estate and, therefore, the 4th House from any House is the
real estate of that House. The 9th House is religion and also the spiritual master or priest or Guru,
therefore, the 12th House that is 4th from the 9th, rules the real estate of the spiritual master or
Guru.
Let's use a couple tables to make this point. Here's a single word or concept for each of the 12
Houses in a chart. These are not the only or even the best or main descriptions of the Houses, but
let's work with these in our example:
1-Overall life 7-Spouse
2-Money 8-Worries
3-Younger siblings 9-Religion
4-Vehicles 10-Career
5-Intelligence 11-Friends
6-Debts 12-Donations
Now, taking these concepts given above, let's apply them to the Houses COUNTED FROM the
4th House, and see how we can read much about "mother" from our own chart:
4- Mother’s Overall life 10- Mother’s Spouse
5- Mother’s Money 11- Mother’s Worries
6- Mother’s Younger siblings 12- Mother’s Religion
7- Mother’s Vehicles 1- Mother’s Career
8- Mother’s Intelligence 2- Mother’s Friends
9- Mother’s Debts 3- Mother's Donations
Simple and clear right? And you can and should do this from each and every House. These are
the "compound" or "secondary" things that Houses stand for. If you know how to read a chart in this
way, you can comment on almost anything a person asks about. You can usually describe their
immediate family members quite accurately. I have had experiences in talking to people about their
charts, using this system, where I was able to accurately guess the nature of their immediate relatives
rather accurately.
The 12th House rules loss, and therefore, the 12th House from any House is the loss of that
House. For example the 7th House rules marriage and any other types of partnerships. Therefore
the 6th House, which is 12th from the 7th rules over loss of the partner or loss of the spouse. One
way to know some of the good and bad things governed by a House is to judge the House that is 12
from it and that it is 12th from.
For example, take the 9th House, which rules fortune, religion or Dharma, the father, the
spiritual master and Guru, and God's grace. The 9th House is 12th from the 10th House. This means
that the House of Dharma or religion is the House of loss to our House of career, profession and
position. Does this make sense? Does religion or Dharma drain away the energy of our career?
According to the Vedic system of philosophy, yes it does. The truth is that the creation itself is set up
in such a way to say yes to this important question. The Vedic House system reflects the utter truth
surrounding us on all sides. The answer is automatically yes and so you can further deduce that until
you understand that "religion" drains "position" you have not understood either these words, or the
real nature of these Houses.
The 10th House rules not only career, but mainly it rules rise and status in material life. It
rules standing up tall and straight and getting some position, some fame, some power in this material
life. The 9th House is definitely detrimental to this because it is the aim of real Dharma or real
religion to end our pride in this our material lives, to bring us to a point where we see ourselves as
servants of God, humble, dependent, and so forth. This is definitely contrary to a rise in power and
position in this material life.
To even want to be powerful in this material life means to identify ourselves as our material
body. Vedic religion comes and tells us as it's first lesson that we are not this body and thus
immediately deals a pretty serious blow to our material Ego. To make progress in spiritual life, one
begins by understanding that they are not the body. This very first lesson is detrimental to the 10th
House, or the House of "Pratishta" (material position).

Later, as we progress in spiritual life, our material Ego is replaced with a spiritual Ego. The
9th House, the House of true fortune and grace from above, can easily replace and give more to us
than anything that we can hope to receive from the 10th House.
So, to continue with the "12th House" relationship examples:
The first House is 12th from the 2nd, meaning that our body drains away our money, and
indeed, paying for our bodies shelter, food and medical bills, are some serious wealth drainers- so the
1st House (our body) is a serious cause of loss (12th) to our wealth (2nd).
The 2nd House is 12th from the 3rd House. The 2nd House rules, amongst other things, our
family members and the 3rd House amongst other things rules courage. Therefore, it would not be
incorrect to say that our family drains away our courage. Indeed, it is often said that a great person is
not recognized in his or her own land. Perhaps this is because of another saying, "familiarity breeds
contempt." The people who know us best all our lives are the ones who are most likely to put us
down and tell us we won't achieve something. Often our own family members work to our great
detriment in life. So in this way, the 2nd House is 12th from the 3rd House showing that according to
nature and reality, family often drains us of courage. Due to their attachment for us also, they often
don't want to see us venture out to "take on" life. Rather, they want us to stay home (in the 2nd
House), and thus they drain away our courage.
Next, the 3rd House is 12th from the 4th House. The 4th House amongst other things rules
mother and the 3rd House amongst other things rules younger siblings. Is it true that younger
siblings drain away the energy of our mother? Yes, indeed, especially in relation to us. As soon as
there is born a younger brother or sister, the mother's attention turns to them and away from us.
Often times we find the child who was the youngest baby beating up on the new baby because the
new baby is responsible for taking away the mother's affection. So in this way, our third House is
inimical to our fourth House.
Next the 4th House is 12th to the 5th House. The 5th House amongst other things rules
romance and the 4th as already mentioned, mother. Is our mother often inimical to our romance?
Indeed. We are least comfortable displaying our romance in front of our mother, and often our
mothers are not exactly immediately friendly towards those whom we pick to be romantic with.
Next, the 5th House is 12th to the 6th House. Amongst other things, the 5th House rules
winning at the lottery and the 6th House rules debts, therefore, it is easy to understand that if we win

at the lottery, we can cure all our debt problems. So, the 5th House, which is a money House, puts an
end to the 6th House, the House of debts.
The 6th House is 12th to the 7th House. The 7th House rules the other people in our life, our
partners, and our spouses mainly. The 6th House ruling enemies, diseases and debts is naturally
12th to the 7th House. In modern life there is a saying, "Until debt do we part" as a replacement to
"Until death do we part," because, indeed, it is often debt that drives marriages crazy and ultimately
to the brink of divorce. So our debts (6th) are one of the worst things we can bring to our partner,
and therefore, our 6th House has a very negative effect on our 7th House affairs.
The 7th House is 12th to the 8th House. The 8th House rules the base of the spine, the genital
and the seat of mysticism or the kundalini chakra, the lower chakra. The 7th House ruling the spouse
drains away the energy of the 8th House, because the spouse offers us unlimited sex life, which
drains away the vital source of energy, which is seated within the 8th House. It is said that the 8th
House rules mysticism. This is referring to the mystic processes of Yoga such as Kundalini Yoga.
Most of the Yoga systems of India, especially the serious mystic processes, all assume the position of
Brahmacharya or celibacy because of the great need for the seminal energy regardless of the
practitioners gender, in order to begin and sustain the mental concentration required for these yogic
processes.
The 8th House also rules longevity and the 7th House, which amongst other things governs
our love life, drains away our vital energy decreasing our life span. This is the opinion of the
Ayurvedic and other Vedic scriptures that deal with the energies within the body. This does not
mean that Vedic wisdom is anti-sex life exactly, but there is a price for every action. If you want one
thing, you have to give up those things opposed to it. For 8th House style Kundalini Yogic processes,
retention of the sexual energy is essential.
The 8th House rules independent endeavor to achieve mystic power. It is 12th to the 9th
House. The 9th House rules the receiving of power through the process of grace, revelation, or in
other words, gifts from God. Therefore, the 9th House rules really very pure religion because of its
basis being dependence upon the supreme power, whereas the 8th House rules our own individual,
empirical endeavor to achieve mystic power through Yoga and other difficult processes. So, since the
8th House rules the approach to mystic power, which is opposed to simply receiving grace from God,
it is, therefore, 12th from the 9th.

Also, on another level, the 9th House represents father. The 8th House, therefore, represents
loss of father. Therefore, if we find the 9th Lord in the 8th House in a chart, it is often found that the
person lost their father.
As mentioned earlier, the 9th House is 12th to the 10th House and indeed, true religion
attempts to end our pride of existence in this material world. It is said that Pratishta, which means
the attainment of position, name and fame in this world, is one of the main enemies of the real
spiritual seeker. So, when our 10th House comes under the control of our 9th House, it becomes
purified. If the 10th House and its Lord are stronger than the 9th House and its Lord, then our
attempt to gain position and status in this life will be stronger than our spirituality.
The 10th House is 12th to the 11th House. The 10th House rules the attainment of position, status
and eminence and our career. The 11th House is called Labha Sthana, which means the House of
desire. It rules friends, because we all desire to be with our friends. It also rules hopes, wishes and
dreams that we have. It also rules gains, so it is the House of the material incoming current- the
House of desire.
How is it that the 10th House then is 12th to the 11th House? Don't we work in order to fulfill
desires? Indeed, the 11th is 2nd from the 10th, meaning it is the place where the money of the career
is stored. So we work in order to fulfill the 11th House. But how is it that the 10th drains away the
11th? It is because when we want to go to attain status and eminence, we must leave the comfortable
place of our lolly-gagging dreams and hanging-out. We must stand up and work and go away from
our friends. Simply have desires (11th) is not the way to actually attain your goals (10th). It takes
work (10th) and people who are simply wanting to hang out with their dreams and wishes never
seem to actually get to work. Therefore, for judging if someone will actually do what he or she wants,
see if the 10th Lord (doing) is stronger than the 11th Lord (wanting). In general, those Planets,
which are hanging out in the eleventh House represent departments of life (the Houses they Lord),
which will always be "in a state of want" (11th), or in other words, "unfulfilled", indicating a lot of
unfulfilled dreams or desires in life- not a truly happy or successful way to live.
The 11th House is 12th from the 12th House. As mentioned, the 11th House is the House of
desire and gains. The 12th House is the natural House of losses. So, naturally, getting our desires
fulfilled is the opposite of losing out. Fulfillment of gain is the opposite of fulfillment of loss. Picture
in your mind "Rudolph the red nosed reindeer". When they didn't let him into any more reindeer
games he was experiencing the 12th House energy- losses and disappointments. Later, when he
became appreciated and loved by one and all for being the "guiding light" on Santa's sleigh, he was
experiencing a large dose of "satisfaction", or 11th House energy. Often, what people "want" is not
actually "good for them", if judging from the perspective of their bodily health or spiritual growth.
The eleventh House can be a killer in that it can drag us down the path of slothful indulgence.
Lastly we come to the 12th House, which is the House of loss for the 1st House, which is our
overall life. So, the 12th House is the "overall" House of loss- not governing a particular type of loss,
but rather, his signature is often required in a chart to "seal the deal" regarding other losses.

SIGNIFICATIONS OF THE PLANETS, SIGNS AND HOUSES
2ND HOUSE
3RD HOUSE
1ST HOUSE
Activity undertaken
Accumulated wealth
Advantages
Blood-ties
All things, the seeds of Ability, including
Childhood
Appearance, general coping with hardship
Credit
Aspiration Agreements, signing of
Cultural roots
Attractiveness of Arms, chest, hands
Death
the face Books and writing
Disease of father
Beginnings Casual acquaintances
Education
Birth potential Change of residence
Food
Body Communications
Fortune
Brain Correspondence
Honor/career of
Capacity to enjoy Courage
your children
Color Energy
Legal troubles
Complexion Firmness
Memory
Constitution Heroism
Music
Dignity of mother Higher education
Nose
as regards you Studiousness
Open or public enemies
Dispositions, natural Intelligence
Patience of mind
General state of health Mental strength
Possession of value
Impact of the personality Nervous system
Possessions
Permission for other Patriotism
Power of observation
qualities Philosophical tendencies
Profit
Personality Publications, telephone
Sannyas
Pleasure/pain destined Television
Second marriage
Previous lives wisdom Research
Securities and shares
Seeds of other things Right ear, shoulders
Speech/voice/talking
Start in life Upper ribs
Teeth/tongue/throat
Tendencies, natural Short travels
Understanding
Vitality Siblings
with family
Thyroid glands

Authorship Chances and life
Bank position of mother in foreign place
Belly, liver, spleen Death of friends
Stomach Debts, miserliness
Betting Borrowing
Games of chance Wealth of first child
Children, especially Marital disharmony
4TH HOUSE first conception esp. 1st spouse
Source of ambitions Competitive activities Separation, esp.
Biological mother Contracts with 1st spouse
Buildings foreigners Enemies, competition
Chest diseases Courtship/romance Employees, servitude
Clothes Creativity, dance Fear, esp. Of
Career, source of Arts, drama enemies/debts
Emotional nature Gall bladder Anguish, insanity
Heart Intestines Investment of partners
Happiness High learning, wisdom Kidney, large intestines
Home Intellect Long journeys
Land Intuitive perception Losses to partners
Loss to children Occult knowledge or 1st spouse
Lungs Love affairs Nursing
Medicines Management ability Treatment of patient
Peace of mind Mantras, religion Opponents/oppositions
Permanent possessions Mother’s wealth Private enemies
Profession of partner Prior and after Purchase/sales
Public standing, marriage romances of vehicles
source of Social inclinations Purchases by partners
Vehicles Spiritual practices Superstition
Treasure, hidden Tantra Tenants
Stock exchange
Traditional laws
Wisdom
5TH HOUSE 7TH HOUSE

Abdomen Agreements
Abortions Bondage, legal
Achievements, 6TH HOUSE Business, and
degree of partners in
Adultery Actions, diabolical Child, second one
Ambassadors Annoyance, evil Cohabitation
Amusements Struggle Conjugal life
Reputation in Death, mode of Book publishing
other places Defeat Charity, generosity
Danger to longevity Diseases defying Churches
Colleges, teaching, higher
Death causing diagnosis
education
Expression of Difficulties of journey Communications w/ spirits
bodily urges Dignity/career/ Contact with gurus
Favor from government honor of friends Devotion to god, divine
Groin, prostrate glands Disappointments communion
Uterus Wealth of first spouse Discipleship, devotion to elders
Gross materiality External genitalia Dreams, visions
Efforts, encouragement to
Legal union Imprisonments
Guru, contact with & being
Mother's immovable Inheritance Hips, knees
property Insult Insight into natural forces
Opposite polarity Insurance Institutions, religious
to the self Knowledge of Intuition, forethought
Private dealings hidden nature Legal arbitration, law
of the absent Stock market Philosophy, beliefs, faith
Providential help
Private dealings fluctuations
Short travel of spouse/partners
of the enemies Medical officers Sickness to mother
Property, recovery Money of public Third child
of lost/stolen enemies Wisdom, purity of mind,
Residence, change of Pelvis meditation
Second child Pension
Sex life Secrecy
Spouse, especially 1st Sorrows
Trade Strength of public
Vertebrae enemies
War Suicide
Wills 10TH HOUSE
Wretched persons
Achievement in material world
Administrative jobs
Ambition
Athletics
8TH HOUSE Authority
Danger to younger siblings
Accidents Debts of children
Adversary Essential things
All things hidden
9TH HOUSE
Glory
Allergies, serious Ability to understand Government
Anxiety Air travels
Leadership
Concealed wealth Association with good people
Attainments Losses to dear friends
Corruption Popularity, status
Benedictions, fortunes, luck
Private enemies of friends a
Promotion, rank
Public enemies in litigation's ARIES
Quality of leadership
Ambition, aspiration, eager
Skeleton in general Autocrat with clean heart
Success or not Desire to dominate, multiply
Work, career, livelihood, 12TH HOUSE Sense of desperation
occupation Energy for manifestation
All kinds of misfortune Very goal-oriented
Vehicle of first spouse
Cessation, ends, finalities Forgiving, likes to pardon

Charity, donations Ideals not yet achieved
Confinement Not at all satisfied
Head, start, beginning
Death, entry into heaven
Feels constrained, impeded
Debts/disease of the spouse Newness where it influences
Debts, repaying Noble attempts
11TH HOUSE Deception, deceivers Movable, masculine
Disobedience Places with internal fire
Accumulation of wealth Dream experiences Potential feels constrained
Acquaintances, social gatherings Emancipation, liberation Propound new theories
Ambitions, aspirations, favorites Expenditures Restless
Arrival Saturn hates, sun loves
Eye, feet Spirit of the being
Blood circulation Fall from position Vitality
Brothers in religion Father's properties World-to-be not as-it-is
Children's spouses Foreign residence
Contingencies Hospitalization
Contracts with friends
b
Loss, all types of
Death of mother Mental anguish suffered alone TAURUS
Deities Mental institutions, relations to
Discharge from hospital Activity/adventure lacking
Misfortune
Elder siblings, advisors Auspicious things in life
Persecution, poverty Best, enjoyment
Emotional attachments Private enemies Breeding capacity
Enemy’s debts Separations Comfortable, content, ease
Extra-marital relationships Sexual pleasures Earthy, materiality
Financial gain from occupation Solitude, renunciation Full of desire
Freedom from misery Suicide, self-undoing Lands frequented by cattle
Gain from people in power Love, beauty, and lust
Waste of wealth
Hopes, dreams, wishes, desires Wounds from accidents Mental happiness
Not much movement
Income, profits
Passive yet with vitality
Left ear, legs, ankle Pastoral fields
Love affairs Physically powerful
Satisfaction of personal Pleasures of life
needs/pleasures Romeo-male nature
Sexuality, tremendous
Springtime, passion, sex
Urge to be creative Loves guidance & teachers Grain, grassy plains, meadows
Wealth, security Loves protection Industries
Wilderness Movable, feminine, watery Intellectualism
Work unceasingly Picturesque localities
Literature
Silently watches
Strong grasp, hard to leave Not enjoyable
c Sustenance Nurseries
Sympathetic appreciation Places of exchange
GEMINI Uncertain of own potential Psychic consciousness
Betting places Very religious Sciences
Birth of intellectualism Watery places, lakes, beaches Secret organizations
Brilliant, elusive
Sensitivity
Brothels, sexual hang outs e Stomach
Cinemas, countries, conflict
Strive for perfection
Conjunction, fluctuations LEO
Creates duality, polarization Suffering for a noble cause
Creative process Fierce in action Sustenance
Dance halls, theaters Aggression, ambitious, arrogant g
Experience, indulgence Aspiring, creativity
Instability
Intuitive, subjective
Attacks directly at front LIBRA
Junctions, linking Can't stand restrictions
Abdomen
Libraries, parks Cannot adapt
Balance between matter and
Makers of vice-related items Centered on the self
spirit
Manifestation, materialism Choosy in social relationships
Not contented Cannot remain stationary
Fiery, fixed, male
Places where vice is found Cannot remain stationary
Great by itself
Quicksilver Dawning of spirituality
Individualization
Sexual union, excitement Dissatisfied inside
Sparkling quality Leader, not follower
Freeways, byways
Subject seeing objects Protector of its followers
Links
Twins Mountains, palaces, jungles
Where pretty girls live Markets, shops, malls
Suddenness
Masculine, movable, airy,
Manufacturing
positive
d Material riches & absorption
CANCER f Mentally operative
Merchants
Adaptable, changeable VIRGO Not outwardly showy
Always moving Not spiritual yet
Appreciation, sympathetic Agriculture
Oppositional forces
Decisive actions Attainment of siddhis, very good
Deep meditation, sleep Quiet on the surface
Common, female, earthy
Desires to be active, expanding Ready for change
Consciousness in bondage
Difficulty with inaction Saturn loves, sun hates
Female maiden, not married
Elasticity Thirst for achievement
Emotion Female power
Thirst for more
Internally insecure Gambling, brothels
Weighing values carefully
h Religious, spiritual quest Comforts sacrificed
Purposeful, not peaceful Destroys traditional moorings
SCORPIO Regimentation, Sadhana Divine push-material reactions
Transmutation, upward bound Drinks, intoxicating
Avoids others, individualistic
Shooting ones arrow Effect is permanent
Caves, dark retreats
Transformations Airy, fixed, masculine
Chaos , conflict, danger
Spiritual wanderings Frustrating results, externally
Destructive possibilities
Encourages esoteric surrender
Devours the victim j
Not a happy experience
Feminine, fixed, watery
CAPRICORN Flowing water
Fight to the death
Externally inauspicious
Genitals, sex life Attacks tradition Inferior grains
Hidden aspects of life Badly in need of guidance Long lasting effects
Impetuosity, tenacity Change, dissatisfaction Machinery for aeronautics
Kundalini, mysterious Destiny, fate Orients one towards spirit
Not motherly, moon hates it Destruction of traditional values Sacrificing for others
Directness in achieving Difficulties, rebirth Vulgarity, prostitutes
Difficult to comprehend Doesn't like advice Sacrifice of personal comfort
Psychic power Doesn't like religion
Crevices, natural Excruciating pain l
Destruction Feminine, earthy, movable
Determination PISCES
Hardening, hardship
Occult, secrecy Has no feelings Altars, nirvana
Selfishness, vindictiveness Inwardly satisfying Ambitions satisfied
Sensitive to heat Likes aggression much Not analytical
Unexpected developments Likes being energized Mercury hates, Venus loves
Underground hiding places Likes hard work Auspiciousness, blessings
Low class, very controlled Cessation of all efforts
i Mental torture Common, watery, female
Moving forward Equilibrium
SAGITTARIUS Mundane existence Finality, arrived
Non-philosophical Hermitages, holy shrines
Armories, barracks
Offended by religion Intuitive openness
Battlefields, military places
Sinful, slow Karmas finished
Challenging, radical changes
Jupiterian spirituality
Common, fiery, masculine
Lust is gone, love is pure
Confrontation, not comfort k
Material connections absent
Creates turmoil
AQUARIUS Necessity has ended
Directed
Nothing further
Effective Annihilates personal Ego Preservation
Dharma of the cosmic deity Attachments destroyed Receptive, contemplating
Achieving god's grace Barriers must be broken Rivers, wells, tanks, fountains
High ideals, aspirations Causing considerable suffering
Glory, fullness remains Emotions Police, army, fire, rescue
Meditation, peace, merging Feminine qualities Red things
Glandular system Self confidence
0
Groceries, commodities, basics Self employed, non-subordinate
SUN Overall health Strength, muscles
Overall life (like first house)
Ambition B
Nocturnal
Authority Navigation MERCURY
Bile problems Nourishing
Boldness Passion Accuracy, analytical
Chest and head Romance Adjustment, not originality
Consciousness Peace Averse to love/devotion
Courage Thinking Communications, editing
Determination Vegetation Comprehension, research
Energy Want of practicality Computer knowledge
Eyesight, weak White Convertible nature, sexless
Faith Water Diplomacy, discrimination
Fame Womb Elegance, eloquence
Father Fun, liberal
Hot F General success
Inflexible Green things
MARS
King Idealism, averse to
Impact of ones personality Ability to organize Intelligence, knowledge, wit
Influence Accidents, bleeding, disaster Intuition, memory, logic
Nobility Actions of heroism Journalists, mathematics
Optimism Aggressive, ambitious Medicine, astrology
Personality Averse to control Medium of truth, sciences
Political power Bases, military Messengers, public speakers
Reliance on self Brothers Polarization, its central quality
Soul Caution, determined, enduring Publishers, scholars
Vitality Chemistry Short distance day to day travel
Chivalry, competition, combats Skin, virility
Confidence, courage, daring Speech, writing
4
Enemies Study, books, education
MOON Energy, impulsive, impatient Vishnu (god)
Engineers, precision
Beauty Goal oriented
Conception, childbirth Hates opposition K
Blood Inimical to idleness
Calmness Jupiter regulates him JUPITER
Mental condition Love for work Protection, benevolence
Clothes Manliness, princes Affluence, fame
Mother Passion, extravagance Astrology, councilors, advisors
Religiousness, belief in god Immortality, secret of P
Priests, teachers, judges Intoxicating drinks
Children, guardianships Kidneys RAHU
Love, lust, affairs, romance
Charity, generosity
Making others happier Accidents, afflictions
Contentment, laziness Marriage Astrologers, cosmic law
Fat, expansion, largeness Musicians Bad character, undesirable
Devotion, faith, hope Refined, polished Begins to provoke radical
Higher aspect of intelligence Sex in all aspects
change
Fairness, justice, honesty Sexual & love happiness
Wealth, prosperity, gems Beyond help
Financial dealings
Wife, women, pink or rainbow Cheating, corruption
Foreign affairs
Worldliness, not renunciation Cracks, crevices
God's grace in this world
Destiny, destroys the past
Honor, lawfulness
L Devils, dangerous people
Master of knowledge & wisdom
Devourer of the moon
Insurance, legal matters
SATURN Disenchantment with matter
Medicine, occult science,
Divine plan revealed
physicians Adversities, captivity, difficulties Fear
Liver (purification of blood) Austere, enjoyment denied
Foreigners
Morality, conservative Barriers, bondage, deterrence
Black, blue, grey Good, but through troubles
Optimism, peace, opulence
Dangers, destruction Hard times, immense pain
Performance of sacrifices
Dejection, depression, discipline Hysteria, insanity
Perpetuation of established Destroyer of illusion Imprisonment, inevitable law
codes Dreadful terms Insects, poisons
Philosophy, pilgrimage Endless, helplessness Law, karma, supreme
Religious vocations Frustration, introverted
Humiliation, martyrs Must be endured alone
Reputation, trust
Inactive, lack of desire Past lives debts
Scriptures, Vedas
Low class ways/people Powerful, no escape
C Mental trouble Violence, vomiting
Misery, misfortunes Weaned, widowhood
VENUS Monks, sannyasis
Old persons, death, bones Q
Amusements Persistent, patience
Arts, beauty, pleasures, dance Philosophers, KETU
Attachments to things Poverty, sorrows
Attraction to the opposite sex Power for austerity Acts, low And mean
Capacity to enjoy life Profession in general Artistic Taste
Care for ones body Seriousness
Charm, feminine graces Ascetics
Slow, gradual nature
Clothes, comforts, enjoyments Surrender Assimilates experience
Conveyances Thin, lean Astrology
Cultured, delightful, sociable Unattractive to worldly people
Fortune, fame Undesirable things Spiritual authority
Generative system Worker class Bankruptcy
Happiness, harmony, health
Illusion, infatuation, passions Bestows riches
Ending of bondage Cheating Trouble through enemies
Assassinations Clairvoyance Feelings of helplessness
Breaking through limitations Dissatisfactions Negative habits, smoking etc.
Careers too low for one Separations, breaks Philosophers
Cataclysm Final emancipation, liberation
Internal mental changes Enlightening results


DASHAS
Dashas are a timeline of planetary or Sign periods. Periods of time ruled by either Planets or
Signs. They run consecutively one after the other through life, thus all periods of time are ruled by
either some Planet or some Sign. There are no blanks. It’s a full timeline.
Next, there are major periods Lords, who rule for a long time, then within that period it’s
broken down into sub periods ruled by other Lords. Then within those there’s again sub periods, and
so on, down to 6 levels. Theoretically it can go down and down, but 5 is the furthest any program has
ever gone. The Vimshottari Dasha is the most predominant of the 32 Dasha systems described in the
main book of Jyotish, the BPHS.

So periods look like this or something like this:
MAJOR MINOR SUB DATE STARTS
Saturn Jupiter Venus 1-1-2001
Saturn Jupiter Sun 3-12-2001
Saturn Jupiter Moon 5-7-2001
Saturn Jupiter Mars 8-4-2001
Saturn Jupiter Rahu
Mercury Mercury Mercury Each will have a date
Mercury Mercury Ketu
Mercury Mercury Venus
Mercury Mercury Sun
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Here’s a paste in from one feature in my program, these are some real Dashas from my life:
Major Minor Date Starts
Rahu Sun 07/20/1966
Rahu Moon 06/09/1967
Rahu Mars 11/30/1968
Jup Jup 12/13/1969
Jup Sat 01/20/1972
Jup Merc 07/20/1974
Jup Ketu 10/13/1976
Jup Ven 09/14/1977
Jup Sun 05/01/1980
Jup Moon 02/13/1981
And so on...
So you can see that major period rule on and on, while sub periods go on, and within those
other sub periods go on.
Actually there are a number of major ways such Dashas are calculated. These are different
Dasha systems. Some have Planets, while a small few use the Signs as the rulers of the periods. So
instead of being in a Jupiter ruled period, you could say be in a Sagittarius ruled period (one of the
Signs).
We predict events with these. The Dashas tell us when the different Planets will unfold their
effects as promised in the natal chart. So in the above example from my chart where it’s Jup Sat
around 1972, well, both those Planets are in my ninth House of religion, and Jupiter rules the Sign
there, Sagittarius, and that always gives a reading “will be religious”, because you have the religious
Planet in the House of religion and he rules the Sign there in this chart, which makes him strong, so
any astrologer would see that and say “you will be religious”.
And now see that those two Planets, and specifically the really good one in this case, were
“controlling” that period, which means “showing their effects”, so you would predict, according to the
persons age at the time, in my case 12 years old, the appropriate acts of religion one would expect
from a serious 12 year old, or who is serious about religion.
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In my case, I actually at that time joined the seminary priesthood-bound program the Catholic
Church offers for serious young lads like myself. I was one of say 30 kids from all over the Bay Area of
SF. Only about 30 of us felt this way. We joined the Catholic “Pre Seminary” program, and they had
meetings for us at the seminary like once a Month or something. We would stay the weekend and get
all religioned out on Catholicism.
So it worked. There are other examples I could give. Like, the ninth House is also the father,
and Jupiter the priest, and Saturn is a negative influence, so like my father was put away due to a
brain disease, and a priest is the one who told us kids about the decision. And it took place at the
church. So that major event turning point took place then too, and that is signified by these two
Planets in a logical way.
So, the Dashas are the most important predictive tool in Jyotish. They are only in Hindu
Astrology. This technique is not a part of Western Astrology.
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HOW DASHAS ARE CALCULATED
The Planets always have this natural order, which correspond with the days of the week for
the first seven:
Sun, Moon, Mars, Merc, Jup, Ven, Sat then Rahu and Ketu for 9 Planets total.
The numbers 1 to 9 knows these also. So a simple table exists as here:
1 Sun
2 Moon
3 Mars
4 Merc
5 Jup
6 Ven
7 Sat
8 Rahu
9 Ketu
The Planets can be referred to either way.
The Moon moves through the Zodiac in Astrology in about 27 days. So that’s 360 degrees. That
has been been divided into 12 Signs as you know, of an even 30 degrees each. Well, there is in Hindu
Astrology a set of 27 Signs dividing it also, these are 13 degrees 20 minutes long each, and these are
called “the Nakshatras” or “the stars”. In the sky these look like stars, and they also happen to be
corresponding to the days of the Moon as it takes about 27 days to go around. So there are 27 fixed
stars as we also call them. They have individual names.
They also have individual Lords, which are the Planets or Signs. Yes, the Planets “rule” the
Nakshatras and in some systems the Signs rule them so to speak.
So, wherever the Moon is, the person starts this life in the major period Dasha of the Planet
that rules the star where the Moon is at birth. So like the Moon when I was born was in the star called
“Satabishak” and that one is in Aquarius, and it’s ruled by the Planet “Rahu”, so I started life in “Rahu
Maha Dasha”, which means the “major period” of “Rahu”, so it would be the Planet in the list on the
first level in the first part of my life.
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The periods go in a set order. So after Rahu comes Jupiter Maha Dasha so I entered that one
around 10 years old. That one lasts 16 years in the most commonly used Dasha system, and then
comes Saturn, so I entered that at 26 years old. So the order and lengths of the periods are set, so
once you determine the Dasha operating at birth the rest is a fixed list of periods but the dates are
effected by the starting period or birth date.
You start with this value, the Moon’s longitude, and look at a list of stars you have covering
different parts of the Zodiac and figure out, which the Moon is in. You’ll then do math to see the
percentage of that star passed over by the Moon - what percentage of that stars distance has the
Moon covered, 10 percent, 25 percent- what? Because, that’s the exact percentage of THAT MAJOR
PERIOD that has been completed at birth, and what remains of that star as a percentage for the Moon
to travel is also the percentage of that major period that remains for the person to live out as their
main Karma indicator starting at birth and going forward, until the next major period begins.
Remember, it’s the “Lord of the star” that IS the Dasha that star starts you in. So my star is
Rahu ruled, that’s always true of Satabishak in this Dasha system- anyone with Moon in Satabishak
will start life in Rahu Dasha- how far along through it based on the Moon’s percentage through the
star at birth. So it’s just simple math.
The sub periods and sub sub periods are simply the length they are allotted but calculated
with the period that Houses the subs. Like if Moon is 10 years long, the Maha Dasha of Moon, then the
Sub Periods are their percentages of 10 years. “Their percentages”, means “the percentage created by
taking each Planets Dasha length and dividing it by the total, which is 120 years, in the case of
Vimshottari Dasha”. You’ll see below I give the percentages for each Planet in each Dasha system. The
easiest example is Venus. It has a 20 year long Maha Dasha, and the total is 120, so that’s 1/6th of the
total, and as for a percentage, that’s .16666666667 % of 120. So that’s the Venus percentage number.
So the Venus sub period in the 10 year long Moon Major Period would be 10 years times that
percentage, and the answer is 1.666666, which if you multiply by either 365 or 360 days, depending
on, which you’re using, you’ll get the length of that particular sub period.
So making a Dasha list means doing those steps over and over until you’ve built your list. It’s a
matter of repeatedly multiplying varying lengths of time by those percentages, to find the lengths of
the sub periods.
In a Dasha system like Vimshottari, where the major periods are all a certain number of years,
evenly, with no left days, therefore, you’ll notice that they always change on the same day of the year,
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a certain number of years apart. The date will not be your birthday, but rather the day of the year
your starting Dasha ends on, and the next one begins.
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DETAILS OF DASHA CALCULATING
Below are the most some of the (more important) Dashas mentioned in BPHS, first the group,
which uses Planets as a basis for the Dasha system, then the group that uses Signs.
Nakshatra Dashas With Planets

SANSKRIT NAME TYPE NOTES
1. Vimshottari Nak/Planet Easy/Similar/Most used
2. Dwisaptati Sama Nak/Planet Easy/Similar
3. Shat-Trimsha Sama Nak/Planet Easy/Similar
4. Dwadashottari Nak/Planet Easy/Similar
5. Chaturashiti Sama Nak/Planet Easy/Similar
6. Shatabdika Nak/Planet Easy/Similar
7. Shadsottari Nak/Planet Easy/Similar
8. Pachottari Nak/Planet Easy/Similar
9. Ashtottari Nak/Planet Easy/Similar
10. Shashtihayani Nak/Planet Easy/Similar
11. Yogini Nak/Planet Easy/Similar
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DASHAS, Which USE SIGNS
SANSKRIT NAME TYPE NOTES
1. Chara Signs Harder/Unique
2. Kalachakra Signs Harder/Unique
3. Chakra Signs Easy
4. Sthira Signs Brahma Planet required
5. Yogardha Signs Easy, mix of Chara/Shtira
6. Kendradi Signs/Planets Two kinds, Signs and Planets
7. Mandooka Signs Related to others
8. Shoola Signs Easy, like Shtira somewhat
9. Trikona Signs Like Chara
10. Drig Signs Based on Sign aspects, easy
11. Lagnadi Rasa Signs Sthira periods
Other Forms Of Calculating

1. Karaka Planets Based on Atma Karaka, etc.
In order through Houses 10 with Panchaka mixed in, this is a

2. Sandhya Planets
Planets and Signs mixed Dasha, Signs are sub periods
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NAKSHATRA DASHAS
Parashara Hora Shastra is the source for all these Dasha systems.
Nakshatra Dasha means that it is based on the position of a key point, usually the Moon,
within a certain Nakshatra. This is the jump of point for Nakshatra Dashas. You are first and foremost
using a point in a Nakshatra when you begin to calculate the Dasha. Nakshatras are real stars, but in
the calculation really serve as even areas of space.
As there are 27 Nakshatras they cover 13 degrees 20 minutes each. In calculations this can be
turned into minutes, and/or seconds, and used that way for ease of calculation and accuracy. In
calculating Dashas, you are told the lengths of the major periods, but you end up dividing these time
lengths to find lengths of sub Dasha periods. These sub periods are also called by other names such
as Bhukti or Antar.
Major periods are called Maha Dashas, and the next level is called “the Bhukti”, and the next
level the “Antar”, and the next, fourth level, is called the “Shooksma” Dasha. Others in English might
say just “Dasha”, then sub period, sub sub, and “sub sub sub” to indicate the lower levels. A number of
different ways of referring to these periods are used in the West at this time.
The Vimshottari and Yogini Dasha Systems together are a strong pair. Vimshottari is always
accepted by scripture and everyone as the predominant Dasha system used the widest with best
result. It’s the leader by scriptural declaration as well as by level of usage and acceptance amongst
astrologers. In fact, it’s pretty much the only Dasha used ever by many astrologers. It literally hogs
the entire show you could say.
But the main book discusses no less than 32 Dasha systems. Mostly however just their
calculations are given without any discussion as to use or application. Some have some hints as when
to use them with certain horoscopes, which bear certain placements. Those are called “conditional
Dashas”. Most of the Nakshatra Dashas are such conditional Dashas. There are just a few, which don’t
have exclusive conditions. Of these, Vimshottari is the widest used. The next is Yogini.
Yogini is widely used; therefore it may be one of the two most important Nakshatra Dashas. In
my personal experience it corresponds with my own Karmas quite closely. I have not been easily
pleased by astrological techniques. I find many Dashas defined, which fail to amaze me. But Yogini
Dasha has often impressed me with accuracy with my own chart.
Of course, I have found Vimshottari Dasha to be highly effective. I have made some predictions
using it in my time, with accuracy. In my own life I see it has operated in a very reliable way.
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CALCULATION OF NAKSHATRA DASHAS
Nakshatra Dasha means that it is based on the position of a key point, usually the Moon,
within a certain Nakshatra. This is the jump of point for Nakshatra Dashas. You are first and foremost
using a point in a Nakshatra when you begin to calculate the Dasha. Nakshatras are real stars uneven
distances apart in fact, but in the calculation they serve as Lords of even areas of space of 13 degrees
20 minutes each, that’s 13 and one third degrees per each of 27 stars, which adds up to 360 evenly.
The previously given method of dividing the Zodiac down to minutes and seconds is used in
calculating Dashas.
Major periods are called Maha Dashas, and the next level is called “the Bhukti”, and the next
level the “the Antardasha”. The next, fourth level, is called “the Shooksma”.
The stars have Lords. The Dasha systems may assign different Planets as Lords of Nakshatras.
The Lord of the Nakshatra the Moon is in at birth is often the first Maha Dasha or Major Period you
start life in. I started life in Rahu Maha Dasha for example, as my Moon is in a Rahu ruled Nakshatra.
How far the Moon is through your birth Nakshatra is important. You must determine this
distance as a percentage. So that would be Moon’s longitude minus starting longitude of Nakshatra.
Example: Say a Nakshatra starts at the 120 degree point of the Zodiac and a Planet is at 124 degrees
of Zodiac. So it falls within the 13º 20’ space covered by that star, which starts at 120 and runs to
133º 20’. So the Planet at 124º is within that area.
But how far through as a percentage?
124 minus 120 is 4 degrees through, which is 4*60 to find minutes or 240 minutes.
Since a Nakshatra is 800 minutes, we can do 240/800*100 to get the percentage, which in this
case is 30 percent.
So 30 percent is also how far through that stars Lords Dasha they are.
Venus is allotted a major period of 20 years in Vimshottari Dasha. So if someone was born
with Moon 30 percent of the way through a Venus ruled Nakshatra, then they would have the other
remaining 70% of that Dasha to go, starting right at their birth, and 70% of 20 years is what will be
left of that Dasha for them. Automatically when that amount of time is up in their life, the next Dasha
would begin.
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DASHA CALCULATION RESOURCES
VIMSHOTTARI DASHA
Main points about this system
1. Vimshottari means 120
2. Order: Sun, Moon, Mars, Rahu, Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury, Ketu, and Venus.
3. Mahadasha lengths: 6,10,7,18,16,19,17,7,20 (=120) (use above Planet order).
4. Systems total major periods of the Planets add up to 120 years.
5. Uses Planets as Lords of the periods.
6. Lords: Start at Kritika Nakshatra (#2), and in 3 cycles of 9 Nakshatras, use above order.
7. Sub periods begin with same Lord as Major. First sub of Sun is Sun, first of Moon is Moon.
8. So Moon Moon Moon Moon is the first line of a four level Dasha run when Moon begins.
9. And Moon Moon Moon Mars is the next line, as the last level changes all 9 before the next
level switches to the next Planet, which is Mars in this example.
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Percentages of 120 Table

Planet MD length % of 120

Planet Yrs. Percentage of 120
Sun 6 .05
Moon 10 .08333333333
Mars 7 .05833333333
Rahu 18 .15
Jupiter 16 .13333333333
Saturn 19 .15833333333
Merc 17 .14166666667
Ketu 7 .05833333333
Venus 20 .16666666667
The above percentages can be used to subdivide periods to arrive at sub period lengths.
For example, if Venus Dasha is 20 as the table says, then the Sun’s sub period will be its
percentage of 20 years.
20 * .05 = 1 (Venus-Sun is 1 yr.)
20 * .08333333333 = 1.6666666666 (Venus-Moon is 1.666 yrs. long).
And so on. You multiply a period length times the percentages to arrive at lengths of sub
periods.
You then apply the same process to the sub periods created, finding sub periods within them.
You can conceivably carry on with this simple mathematical loop for quite a few levels, but soon, at 5
or 6 with Vimshottari, you will get down to very short periods of life. Given birth time and planetary
calculation accuracy, what to speak of that it seems like the Sage given system is a rounding possibly
for our ease, given all that, going more than four levels becomes questionable in real use, but still, for
possible applications in research, science or study, higher may be used by the aggressive or
optimistic.
The order of the periods given above are fixed in this system and many of the Dasha systems.
The sub periods follow the same orders. The sub periods usually start with the same Planet as the
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period above them. 4’s start with the same as the 3’s, the 3’s start with the same as the 2’s, and the 2’s
same as the 1’s, hence, when the 1st level changes, all levels follow suit.
So it is true to understand that the Vimshottari Dashas, all 120 years of them, are fixed in
length and order. It’s a fixed table of cycling sub periods within greater periods. The sub periods have
all nine Planets as the sub periods within each period. So a Maha Dasha has 9 subs, each of those subs
has 9 subs, each of those has 9 subs, that’s why it’s gets to be a lot of lines because you are
multiplying by 9 at each level.
The order of the cycling is fixed, and the length of the periods is fixed since the percentages
never change. One could build an impersonal list of time values in seconds for all the periods and
store that separately from any person’s chart and apply it to any chart at any time. The only thing
personalized about this Dasha and many of them, that share the attributes of fixed period lengths and
fixed ordering of periods, is that each chart will “drop into” the cycling loop of major periods at
unique points, somewhere along through one of them. So I dropped in somewhere in Rahu, and
someone else might start life somewhere in Saturn. This drop in point is determined by the Moon’s
position in a Star as previously discussed.
The drop in point is according to your Moon exactly, but after that, the lengths are fixed ahead
of time as is the ordering. You could consider the Maha Dashas as a static unfolding of Karma, which
gets personalized based on when we drop in, but also, the Dasha is only the timeline of unfoldment of
planetary effects, but those effects are based on the Planets within the chart. So what happens during
your Saturn Dasha will be different from that, which happens during mine, based on our Charts, but
the fact that your Saturn Dasha comes after Jupiter is also true for me. So we go in the same order, all
of us, but the specifics change.
Review of how to find the starting point in a Dasha:

Take Moon’s Nakshatra
10. Consult to find out where it begins in the Zodiac

11. Subtract it from Moon’s longitude in the Zodiac
12. The result turned into percentage of star traversed
13. Remove that percentage from that stars Lords Dasha length
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ASTOTTARI DASHA
Conditions for use: If Rahu is in angle or trine from Lagna Lord, but not in the Ascendant itself,
or, birth is during day during dark Moon half, or during night in bright Moon half. Sumeet Chugh
writes that only the second condition is the correct one. There is reason to believe this is so in a
careful reading of BPHS.
Order: Sun, Moon, Mars, Merc, Sat, Jup, Rahu, Venus.
Or Planet numbers: 1,2,3,4,7,5,8,6.
Nakshatra Lords are different than in Vimshottari Dasha.
The total years of this system is 108.
Planet # Planet Years % of 108 yrs. Nakshatras
1 Sun 6 .05555555556 6,7,8,9
2 Moon 15 .13888888889 10,11,12
3 Mars 8 .07407407407 13,14,15,16
4 Merc 17 .15740740741 17,18,19
7 Sat 10 .09259259259 20,21,22
5 Jup 19 .17592592593 23,24,25
8 Rahu 12 .11111111111 26,27, (Zod. Start) 1,2
6 Ven 21 .19444444444 3,4,5
Total 108
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SHODSHOTTARI DASHA
Conditions for use: Asc in Moons Hora and it’s in the dark half, or Sun’s Hora with bright half.
1 Sun 11 .09482758621 8,16,24,5
3 Mars 12 .10344827586 9,17,25,6
5 Jup 13 .11206896552 10,18,26,7
7 Sat 14 .12068965517 11,19,27
9 Ketu 15 .12931034483 12,20,1
2 Moon 16 .13793103448 13,21,2
4 Merc 17 .14655172414 14,22,3
6 Ven 18 .15517241379 15,23,4
Total 116
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DWADASHOTTARI DASHA
Conditions for use: Navamsha Ascendant is Taurus or Libra.
1 Sun 7 .0625 3,11,19,27
5 Jup 9 .08035714286 2,10,18,26
9 Ketu 11 .09821428571 1,9,17,25
4 Merc 13 .11607142857 8,16,24
8 Rahu 15 .13392857143 7,15,23
3 Mars 17 .15178571429 6,14,22
7 Sat 19 .16964285714 5,13,21
2 Moon 21 .1875 4,12,20
Total 112
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PANCHOTTARI DASHA
Conditions for use: Cancer rising in both Rashi and Dwadashamsha chart.
1 Sun 12 .11428571429 4,11,17,24,
4 Merc 13 .12380952381 5,12,18,25,
7 Sat 14 .13333333333 6,13,19,26,
3 Mars 15 .14285714286 7,14,20,27,
6 Venus 16 .15238095238 8,15,21,1,
2 Moon 17 .1619047619 9,16,22,2,
5 Jup 18 .17142857143 10,23,3
Total 105
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SHATABDIKA DASHA
Conditions for use: Same Ascendant in Rashi and Navamsha (Vargottam Lagna)
1 Sun 5 .05 7,14,21,27
2 Moon 5 .05 1,8,15,22
6 Ven 10 .1 2,9,16,23
4 Merc 10 .1 3,10,17,24
5 Jup 20 .2 4,11,18,25
3 Mars 20 .2 5,12,19,26
7 Sat 30 .3 6,13,20
Total 100
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CHATURASHITI-SAMA DASHA
Conditions for use: 10th Lord in the 10th
1 Sun 12 .14285714286 2,9,15,22
2 Moon 12 .14285714286 3,10,16,23
3 Mars 12 .14285714286 4,11,17,24
4 Merc 12 .14285714286 5,12,18,25
5 Jup 12 .14285714286 6,13,19,26
6 Ven 12 .14285714286 7,14,20,27
7 Sat 12 .14285714286 1,8,21
Total 84
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DWISAPTATI-SAMA DASHA
Conditions for use: 7th Lord in Lagna or Lagna Lord in 7th
1 Sun 9 .125 8,16,19,27
2 Moon 9 .125 1,9,17,20
3 Mars 9 .125 2,10,18,21
4 Merc 9 .125 3,11,22,
5 Jup 9 .125 4,12,23,
6 Ven 9 .125 5,13,24,
7 Sat 9 .125 6,14,25,
8 Rahu 9 .125 7,15,26,
Total 72
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SHASTI HAYANI DASHA (USES ABHIJIT)
Conditions for use: Sun in Lagna
Planet # Planet Years % of 60 yrs. Nakshatras (uses Abhijit)
5 Jup 10 .16666666667 1,2,3,
1 Sun 10 .16666666667 4,5,6,7
3 Mars 10 .16666666667 8,9,10,
2 Moon 6 .1 11,12,13,14
4 Merc 6 .1 15,16,17,
6 Ven 6 .1 18,19,20,21 (u.ashad)
7 Sat 6 .1 21 (Abhijit), 22,23,
8 Rahu 6 .1 24,25,26,27
Total 60
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YOGINI
Conditions for use: Every Chart
2 Moon 1 .02777777778 6,14,22
1 Sun 2 .05555555556 7,15,23
5 Jup 3 .08333333333 8,16,24
3 Mars 4 .11111111111 1,9,17,25
4 Merc 5 .13888888889 2,10,18,26
7 Sat 6 .16666666667 3,11,19,27
6 Ven 7 .19444444444 4,12,20
8 Rahu 8 .22222222222 5,13,21
Total 36
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SHAT-TRIMSHA SAMA DASHA
Conditions for use: Day Birth Lagna in Sun Hora, or Night birth Lagna in Moon Hora
2 Moon 1 .02777777778 3,11,19,22
1 Sun 2 .05555555556 4,12,20,23
5 Jup 3 .08333333333 5,13,21,24
3 Mars 4 .11111111111 6,14,25,
4 Merc 5 .13888888889 7,15,26,
7 Sat 6 .16666666667 8,16,27,
6 Ven 7 .19444444444 1,9,17,
8 Rahu 8 .22222222222 2,10,18,
Total 36
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KALA DASHA
Conditions for use: Any Chart
This is an unusual Dasha system. It is not a Nakshatra Dasha. It uses Planets not Signs. It’s
starting point is based on the distance through 4 different periods of the day in, which the person is
born, basically, those are, day, night, morning twilight, evening twilight. The length through these
periods also mathematically determines the lengths of the Dashas. The name is appropriate- “Time”
Dasha. It’s a lot about time of day and lengths of time.
You must figure sunrise and sunset for the day on, which the birth occurs. Then you must
break the day into 4 parts- one spans the four hour period, which surrounds sunrise, and one spans
the four hour period surrounding sunset. The other two are the day and night in-between these.
Figure these, then figure in, which one the birth occurred. Note the percentage traversed in that
period.
Translate that figure into Ghatis of time. A Ghati is 24 minutes. There are 5 Ghatis in two hours
for example. So you’ll end up with a number and/or percentage of “Ghatis into the birth period” (of
the four periods).
Then if it’s the day or night portions, multiply it by two, if the other twilight zones, multiply by 4, then
divide by 15. A figure will result.
The whole integer is taken as years, and break the rest down into portions of year. This is the
length of one Dasha unit in this system. So 1.9 would mean the unit is 1.9 years.
Then take the Planets, all 9, in natural order, and to each assign their lengths as 1,2,3,4...etc
units, so the Sun gets one unit, the Moon 2, and so on, and that’s the length of the Dashas for THIS
chart. If the unit was 1.9 years, then the Sun gets 1.9 years, the Moon gets double that, 2 units, Mars
get 3 of those units, and so on.
Start the Dasha on the Planet corresponding to the Vedic weekday on, which the person was
born. Vedic weekdays are sunrise to sunrise, not midnight, as in the West. That’s it. This Dasha is in
one sense quite simplistic to work out.
To calculate this Dasha, one needs to know the times of Sunrise and Sunset on the birth day,
and of course the birth time, and the Vedic weekday on, which the person was born.
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CHAKRA DASHA
Conditions for use: Any Chart
This is a simple Dasha to calculate. It uses Signs, not Planets. All Maha Dasha periods are 10
years long. The twelve Signs are involved in natural order so the total length is 120 years. The order
is always natural or direct around the Zodiac. Like Kala Dasha before, you figure in what portion of
the day the birth occurred, day, night, or twilight as per the 4-hour twilight definition in Kala Dasha.
If it was night, the Dasha starts with the rising Sign, the Lagna. If it was day, it starts with the Sign
where the Lord of the Ascendant is located. If it was twilight, it starts with the second House Sign.
Starting at the correct one, simply go in order around the Zodiac counting 10 years for each Sign.
To calculate this Dasha, one needs to know the times of Sunrise and Sunset on the birth day,
and of course the birth time, and the rising Sign, the Sign where the first Lord resides, and the
Sign in the second House, though only one of these three will be needed.
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KALACHAKRA DASHA
Conditions for use: Anyone
This is a respected system, little more complex but still easy to comprehend.
Key points:
1. Uses Signs
2. Nakshatra based, but by quarter, not whole Nakshatra
3. So distance through a quarter is measured to get percentages
4. Dasha sequence is of different types, as related in tables below
5. Dashas don’t just cycle in the starting sequence
6. Dashas cycle through the 4 sequences of their “group”
7. The Nakshatras are broken into 4 different groups
8. Within each group, there are 4 starting Dasha orders of Signs
9. After the completion of one order, it goes to the next one in the group
10. Sub periods are the current string or group order, starting with the Sign of parent Dasha as
with Vimshottari and others.
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LENGTH OF THE MAHA DASHAS OF THE SIGNS

Aries 7
Taurus 16
Gemini 9
Cancer 21
Leo 5
Virgo 9
Libra 16
Scorpio 7
Sagittarius 10
Capricorn 4
Aquarius 4
Pisces 10
Same things as a string in Sign order:

Length of Maha Dashas in Sign Order: (7,16,9,21,5,9,16,7,10,4,4,10)
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THE NAKSHATRAS ARE BROKEN INTO 4 GROUPS.
Below are the Nakshatras in a group, followed by the Dasha orders for those Nakshatras. The
Dasha order depends on, which quarter of the Nakshatra the Moon was in at birth. So the order
depends on what is called the Nakshatra Pada (quarter). There are therefore 4 orders given. Choose
the one corresponding to the quarter of the Nakshatra. The numbers in the order are the Sign
numbers 1 to 12 for Aries to Pisces. The lengths of the Dashas can be derived by accessing the lengths
string above. The total length of these is given below too by quarters.

Nak = (1,3,7,9,13,15,19,21,25,27) Nak = (4,10,16,22)
1: (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9) (100) 1: (9,10,11,12,1,2,3,5,4) (86)
2: (10,11,12,8,7,6,4,5,3) (85) 2: (6,7,8,12,11,10,9,8,7) (83)
3: (2,1,12,11,10,9,1,2,3) (83) 3: (6,5,4,3,2,1,9,10,11) (85)
4: (4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12) (86) 4: (12,1,2,3,5,4,6,7,8) (100)

Nak = (2,8,14,20,26) Nak = (5,6,11,12,17,18,23,24)
1: (8,7,6,4,5,3,2,1,12) (100) 1: (12,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4) (86)
2: (11,10,9,1,2,3,4,5,6) (85) 2: (3,2,1,9,10,11,12,1,2) (83)
3: (7,8,9,10,11,12,8,7,6) (83) 3: (3,5,4,6,7,8,12,11,10) (85)
4: (4,5,3,2,1,12,11,10,9) (86) 4: (9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1) (100)
Kalachakra calculation how to notes:

1. Using Nakshatra number, locate it’s group
2. Calculate the percentage Moon is through it’s Nak Pada
3. Using Pada number, grab it’s starting sequence string
4. Grab lengths for Signs in string in order
5. Using that percentage, figure out how far through it is
6. The one it is in is starting Major period
7. Calculate end date for that period and rest of major periods to end
8. Calculate sub periods, dates, etc., all other data

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THE TEMPORARY MALEFIC/BENEFIC QUESTION
Generally when we speak of Benefics we are speaking of Natural, not temporal benefics.
For example, Saturn, though benefic for Taurus Lagna as 9th/10th Lord or Yoga Karaka, is
STILL SATURN. He will still do the "Saturn Thing". It's just that it won't carry the same amount of
danger- it will be of a refined type.
Jupiter, though Malefic for Taurus Lagna, is still a giver, an expander, and a Brahmin. It's just
that Taurus Lagna doesn't take it correctly. The Jupiter energy shows up in their life in the wrong
way- they don't do that dance correctly.
I know a young woman who is Sag Rising and has a "BENEFIC MARS" with her Moon in the 9th
House. It gives her a fiery mind and lots of beaming energy on the face and so forth. But it still has its
Mars feel.
So, it's a merge. Believe me on that.
When reading, see if what the verse or reading promises is "super good". If so, think that they
mean "Both Benefic Naturally AND Temporally". Because, to get the best life has to offer, one must
have the blessings of Jupiter, Venus, Mercury, Moon, etc., both Naturally and Temporally.
Of course, one cannot have them all- each Lagna can only have one or two as "really good"
both naturally and temporally. So again, it's a matter of getting used to what can give what for each
Lagna.
For example, the Sun is a Sattvik Malefic. This is the nature of a real ruler and King. A leader,
ruler, or King, or "Great Protector" should be SATTVIK, or very pure and good, but He should also be
MALEFIC in that He is not afraid to punish the evil, and protect the good. If he is a woozy, a pansy, a
weakling, like the benefics are, then how can he protect and fight?
So, for Aries rising the Sun rules the Fifth, and for Sag he rules the Ninth. These are the two
most blessed Houses. For these two rising Signs, the power of the Sun, and the best side of the Sun
shines through very strongly. In these two Lagnas cases, you must recognize the extraordinary power
this Lord can give.
I have Sun in the second and am Aries rising. This gives power to speak very authoritatively.
One with good judgment of Astrology would see that for Aries rising, if the chart is nicely disposed in
general, that it would be safe to consider the Sun a benefic.
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Lets say my chart wasn't so religious. Lets say it was rather sick and evil. Then you see my Sun
hemming in a Planet, say my Mars, and they're both in the sixth or something, then you would rightly
understand that the power might be misused, and it's effect on the Lagna Lord would be too intense.
It would be wrong to think of it as benefic under that and certain other conditions.
Jupiter can get too fat. If Jupiter is really strong by Lagna, say for Aries, Scorpio, Leo rising
with it exalted in Cancer, and say Venus happens to be helping in the chart, and the Moon is in the
11th or something, then you find Rich Fat People type syndrome. So, sometimes you get "benefics our
of control" and you find people who are utterly materialistic, optimistic, blind to the down side of life,
and other bad qualities. In their lives you may find all the dumb material blessings promised in some
of the readings, but no spiritual depth, which requires some salt in the chart.
So, back to the question- I find in the end that leaving the books "vague" may be good in that,
those rules and verses to, which you refer are "generally true" if left "generally vague" as they are
now. You should just hear "benefic and malefic" and not worry about what they mean.
Then, take up the process of learning what is malefic and benefic gradually and separately by
the study of real lives and real events, and then gradually merge the two.
In the end believe it or not here's what I say: No Planet is ever surely either malefic or benefic
based on natural or temporal rules. Instead, a Planet is malefic or benefic due to three things
simultaneously- it's natural type, it's temporal type, and finally- the signature comes from the overall
chart itself, which one is looking at.
For example, take from my chart, Aries Rising, Saturn in the 9th with Jupiter, and Moon in
11th.
1. Saturn is the Lord of the Moon Sign Aquarius.

2. Saturn is with the 9th Lord in the 9th House.
3. Saturn is Lord of the 10th and 11th.
4. Normally, Saturn is considered a malefic for my Lagna.
5. Saturn aspects the 3rd from itself.
6. The Moon is aspected by a "malefic" both naturally and temporally.
7. The Moon is also with Ketu in the 11th.
8. The Moon conjoins a malefic and is aspected by one.
9. There is no relieving aspect from any benefic.
10. This terrible pattern repeats in the Navamsha but in Capricorn.
Therefore, by standard rules both natural and temporal the Moon is utterly afflicted.
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When I was in Saturn-Moon Dasha and had just ended 7 years of Sade Sati, I was really under
Saturn heavily, and have been for years. So what do you predict? Death? Disease? Loss?
Well, I did almost die from a disease, and I did declare bankruptcy in 94, and I did get
divorced, and I did live in poverty for awhile in 95/96, and I did get clinical depression and took pills
for that for a few months during the very middle of Sade Sati....
But I also have had the most profound and deep spiritual experiences of my life at these same
times, and although it's been incredibly hard materially, it was wonderful inwardly, and I mean that,
I'm not just saying that.
And now, even though I was in Saturn Moon, and by "rules" it's bad, I was doing better than
ever in my life monetarily, and was in a wonderful loving relationship with a very beautiful woman,
and my relationship with my kids was very good, and with God, and with my Dharma.
So, what happened to the rules? I should have been FRIED TO A CRISP if you look at my chart
using the rules.
The reason they fail is because of Saturn's placement. Saturn is SMASHED or CRUSHED by HIS
ENEMY. He's in Jupiter's SIGN and so he's in an enemy Sign. He is under Jupiter's tutelage. It's like
he's in prison and the priest is there preaching to him. He can't do any bad works. He's under the
control of an all-good Planet-Lord. So, Saturn is doing Jupiter's bidding through Saturn mouth. So,
I'm getting good too- a lot of good, out of my Saturn Dasha and Sade Sati. (I also got a lot of bad as
mentioned above).
Then it goes on- since the Moon is in the 11th, which is a particularly gainful placement for the
Moon, the results of the 11th Lords aspect is helpful for focusing on gain and progress in life
materially. This is one of the reasons I got so much done in life.
So, often in the books the way things are worded don't go far enough. But then, if EVERY
VERSE said EVERYTHING, then each verse would be the whole book!
So, each verse is just a part of the story. Each verse gives you one more self of info - but they
never stand alone or in a vacuum - you will find each verse failing as you apply them to charts. But as
you take them all in, they will gradually form a web of truth when all woven together.
This in Sanskrit is called Gyan and Vigyan (usually spelled Jnan and Vijnan in books but
pronounce as with the G).
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Gyan is knowledge particles, and Vigyan is the web of realization that ties all the particles
together into "TRUTH".
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NAKSHATRAS
GENERAL
These tables cover Nakshatras, or the 27 fixed stars of Vedic Astrology. The stars with two
Signs (such as Kritika) are the ones whose domain crosses the border between the two Signs listed.
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The 27 fixed stars used heavily in Vedic Astrology appear to us as stars within the 12 Signs of
the Zodiac. Actually, some of them are stars, and some are clusters of stars. In any case, it is known
through the descending knowledge, which Gods and Goddesses rule the different Nakshatras. And,
through Puranic histories, we can know much about the past activities and therefore the natures of
these ruling personalities. Just as you really exist, so do they.
The demigods are actually higher forms of humans, having more subtle bodies than ourselves,
and living on higher, subtler planes of existence. Nonetheless, they have human forms more or less
and activities. Many of the Puranic histories take place on these higher Planets involving these
higher demigods. From these histories we can know the true nature of these personalities and thus
better understand how their respective Planets, Signs, and stars are directing our world and our
lives. This is the true nature of Vedic Astrology- to believe and read. It is somewhat foolish to be
simultaneously both an Atheist and a Vedic Astrologer.
Abhijit Nakshatra
Abhijit is the “28th Nakshatra”. It is said that it used to be counted, but that God decided
differently and removed Abhijit from the system, leaving us 27 Nakshatras. Some people want to
explore using Abhijit. Most do not know or care, and follow the system of 27 as it is given
everywhere.
However, two Dasha systems mentioned in BPHS. Do use Abhijit in the book. They are
Astottari and Shashtihayani. So it is used a little at least.
Abhijit takes up a part of 2 “normal” Nakshatras, numbers 21 and 22. Uttara Ashadha 21 is
shortened to 600 minutes, or loses it’s last 1/4 to Abhijit. Shravan, 22, loses its first 53 minutes and
20 seconds to Abhijit. So Abhijit gets a total of 253 minutes and 20 seconds.
Let us take a deep look into the background of the first star, which is "Ashwini". This will be
an example of how deeply it is possible to go into the background of each of the Nakshatras.
Ashwini, Example Star 1 of 2

Star #1, Ashwini, is ruled by Ketu within the Sign Aries. Ashwini’s mode is Tama (lower
qualities such as indolence etc.), her nature is Deva (Godly), she aims towards Dharma (Religiosity),
her symbol is the Horse Head, and she is controlled by the Ashwini Kumars.
Independence, working alone, and stubbornness or fixedness in purpose are the traits of this
star's influence. This is the place of exaltation for the Sun, the Planet of independence and authority.
Ashwini is a Vaisya (merchants) caste star, and the Shrimad Bhagavatam (also known as the
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Bhagavat Purana- a 5000 year old history summing up all pre-history since creation) says that the
nature of the Vaisya is that they are never satisfied with their material attainments, and thus always
want more. Being the first star, this one stands for jumping forward, into material creation, taking
charge, and doing something.
The controllers of this Nakshatra, the Ashwini Kumar twin demigods, appeared very early on
in the creation, and are mentioned in many places in the Shastras (scriptures). Krishna mentions
them to Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gita when He is showing Arjuna His Universal Form, or the Virat Rup.
Arjuna sees within the Virat Rup all the demigods, including the Ashwini Kumars. Also, in Shrimad
Bhagavatam 3-6-14 we learn that it is the Ashwini Kumars who are partly responsible for the sense
of smell in all living creatures within the creation.
Ashwa means, "horse", Ashwini is the "she-horse", and Kumars means "young boys". Their
title as the Ashwini Kumars means that they are the sons of a mare or female horse. The star is
named after their mother and therefore the symbol is the horse head. One of Vivasvan's (the Sun
God) wives whose name is Samjna once took the body of a mare in order to spend some time
performing austerities on Earth. During that time, Vivasvan (other names: Sun, Ravi, Surya, Aditya)
also came down as a horse to be with her and together they parented these twin sons, the Ashwini
Kumars.
The Ashwini Kumars are the physicians of the demigods. They are very learned in Ayurveda,
and all forms of medical practice. Once they used this talent to receive knowledge from the sage
Dadhici, who was learned in material and spiritual knowledge. Indra warned Dadhici not to teach the
Kumars Brahma-Vidya since their occupation placed them outside that realm. He promised to cut off
Dadhici's head should he not heed the warning. Dadhici relayed this to the Kumar's. With their great
medical abilities however they removed Dadhici's head and replaced it with a horse head. Dadhici
then spoke to them through the horse’s mouth. They were then able to replace the original human
head of Dadhici after Indra cut off the horse head. In this way they received Brahma-Vidya, or
spiritual knowledge.
In the eighth canto of Shrimad Bhagavatam we find the history of the Ashwini Kumars
restoring the youth of Cyavana Muni. Through this service to a powerful Muni, the twins were
granted the right to drink Soma Rasa, an immortalizing drink, with the other demigods. Formerly
they were excluded from this elite group due to disqualifications born of their occupational stature as
that of physicians only.
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The Mahabharata, which is the history of the battle of Kurukshetra and other important
events on Earth of roughly 5,000 years ago, is centered around the Pandavas, who were five brothers
who were great Kshatriya heroes, and personal friends of the Lord Sri Krishna during His manifest
pastimes on Earth during that time. Two of the brothers were twins, born of Madri, the second wife
of Maharaja Pandu. However, because Pandu was restricted from sex life by a curse, the five sons
were all fathered by demigods, and for the twins the fathers were the Ashwini Kumars. These five
brothers never knew of the sixth, oldest, brother because Kunti, the first wife of Pandu, bore this son
before she was wed, through connection with the Sun God, Vivasvan, whom she called to herself by
accidentally invocating the proper mantra. That son was the tragic personality known as Radheya in
the Mahabharata.
Radheya, son of the Sun God, is therefore a brother to the Ashwini Kumars, and Radheya was a
greatly powerful Kshatriya. Similarly, the Pandava sons of the Ashwini Kumars, named Nakula and
Sahadeva, who are grandchildren to the Sun God, were also powerful Kshatriya princes and highly
elevated spiritual associates of the Lord Sri Krishna. Therefore, we can understand why, in Vedic
Astrology, that the Sun, especially when powerful or exalted, grants nobility, leadership and other
Kshatriya qualities.
Ashwini is a Ketu ruled Nakshatra. Ketu, as all Vedic Astrologers know, is intimately
connected with liberation from material bondage, or Moksha. Ashwini is located within the Sign of
Aries, which is ruled by the military Planet Mars. Therefore, the Sun is exalted there because He is
the father and grandfather of the greatest Kshatriyas. He stands regal and splendid amongst his
army, who is headed by Mars. Like all the greatest Kshatriyas or Vedic warriors, His power is based
upon service to Vishnu. Hence, Moksha, or liberation from material bondage, which is obtained best
by serving the Lord, remains the aim of the Sun, the Karaka of soul. In the Sign of external action or
Aries, the commander in chief, the Sun, stands resplendent and dignified, ready to lead all other
leaders, on the righteous path of liberation.
From histories such as those related above we can gain an understanding of the personalities
who are the deities behind the forces that come to us through the stars and Planets. Just as the real,
eternal soul inside each living being is something much more powerful and greater than the bodily
casing we see representing it at this time, similarly the Planets and stars we see and track in space
are simply representations of greater beings, demigods, who are actual personalities who actually
exist right now in another dimension our eyes are not privileged to perceive.
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Knowing that Ashwini is actually Samjna, the wife of the Sun, we can understand another part
of the reason why the Sun feels exalted and powerful under this star. Also, knowing the nature of
Samjna and her sons, the Ashwini Kumars, we can understand some of the powers and influences
that come through this Nakshatra, such as medicinal and spiritual knowledge, and nobility and
leadership qualities.
Bharani, example star 2 of 2

Nakshatra #2, Bharani, is ruled by Venus in the Sign Aries. Bharai's mode is Raja (activity,
passion), her nature is Manushya (human), she aims towards Artha (working, acquiring needs), her
symbol is the Vagina, and she is controlled by Yama raja (the God of Death).
This star is under the planetary Lordship of Venus and is within the Sign of Aries, ruled by
Mars. Therefore, this is an passionate, Raja Guna star because wherever there is a mix of the energies
of Venus and Mars simultaneously, we get strong passion. Raja Guna means passion, or the energy
applied for material ends. The word Bharan means to maintain. This star is connected with the
energies we expend to maintain ourselves in the material world. In order to go on in life, we need to
maintain our lives with the necessary foods, air, shelter, and so on, and in so doing we are required to
have and use some energy.
The vagina symbol refers not only the vagina opening, but to the entire womb. The womb is
the first protective and necessities-supplying environment that we take shelter in when entering the
world within a new material body. The womb is the place where we receive the most fundamental
necessity (Artha) of material life, namely, our body. The way in, which the Bharani Nakshatra is
symbolized by the vagina is of the higher order of vision, as a source of provisions, arthas, for
maintenance of human life, and not as an object of sensual pleasure.
In general, people in material life are heavily under the sway of things ruled by Venus, namely
pleasure giving things. Most people are after pleasure, and certainly the vagina is one of, if the not
the most, popularly worshipped symbol of material pleasure. Therefore, the Vagina can be seen in a
very low or very high conception, as the object of pleasure for the man, or as the provider of the body
for a life of enlightenment. When a male human acting under normal sexual impulses is under the
sway of the Purush Bhava, or mood of being an enjoyer, he sees the vagina as an object of his
enjoyment. When however, the same person becomes enlightened with proper Vedic knowledge
through surrender to a teacher in a proper Sampradaya, and assumes the Prakriti Bhava, or mood of
surrender and submission, thereafter he sees the same vagina or womb as that serving instrument
through, which souls are fortunate to receive the human body, which they can use for getting free
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from matter once and for all, by surrendering to the Lord. Such a properly seeing person is not lusty,
and his vision of the vagina becomes purified. It is from the platform of such pure vision that the
Nakshatras should be understood. In fact, one with polluted vision cannot see the Nakshatras
correctly at all.
Since the soul is eternal and transcendental but the desire to enjoy in the material world is
not, the Vedic scriptures prescribe codes for how humans should perform their material lives so that
their Kama (satisfaction of physical desires) and Artha (means of acquiring one's necessities in life)
don't ruin their Dharma (their religion) and their chances for Moksha (liberation from material
entanglement). Following these codes is proper Bharan, or maintenance, and is allowable under the
laws of Karma. Proper use of the "womb" of human life on Earth for the purpose of sense
gratification, maintenance, religious practice and liberation is allowable and taught in the Vedas.
The demigod who is the judge of how well we performed such actions in our lives is Yamaraj.
He is known as the Lord of death and judgment of our actions. He is the one who assigns us to our
next lives, and sentences us to punishments for our past bad Karmas, known as Ugra-Armas or Vi-
Karmas, bad or forbidden actions. If we followed scriptural injunctions either strictly or in spirit
correctly, then we shall not fear Yamaraj at the time of our death. Otherwise, his servants, the
Yamaduttas will be visiting us in their ghastly forms as we leave our bodies, and they drag us kicking
and screaming to the court of Yamaraj where we shall have to answer and pay for our misdeeds.
Therefore, it is Yamaraj who is the demigod controller of the Bharani Nakshatra, because of its
intimate link to how we maintain ourselves in this world.
Bharani is an Artha class Nakshatra. Of the four aims of life, Kama, Artha, Dharma and
Moksha, Artha is the one, which means "necessities". Arthas are the things we need. We all have
some needs, and the fulfillment of such basic needs is allowable under divine or karmic law.
However, Anartha, which means "things, which are unnecessary" are not allowable under divine or
karmic law. Therefore, the true devotees on the Vedic path strive, through their practices, to arrive
at the state of Anartha Nivritti, or "freedom from unwanted actions, habits, etc". If we make a life out
of trying to enjoy unnecessary things such as overt sexuality, intoxications, meat eating, exploitation
of economics and money, and many other things, then we shall not be very happy in our next life
because Yamaraj will have to correct us by applying some restrictions through, which we shall learn
to be of a higher nature. Because Artha and Anartha is the primary axis across, which one either stays
righteous or deviates, it is therefore appropriate that Yamaraj rule over this Artha class star, which
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has much to say about how we maintain ourselves in this life. Hence the connection between raja-
passion, Manushya-of mankind level, Artha-needs, Bharan-maintenance, and Yamaraj-judgment.
Here is a typical verse from scripture (from Chaitanya Charitamrita, Antya 6/226) regarding
how persons in the final ashram of life, the renounced order known as Sannyas, should maintain
themselves:
vairagira krtya- sada nama sankirtana
saka patra phal mule udara-bharan
"It is the duty of a Sannyasi to always chant the holy names of the Lord and for his bodily
maintenance he should collect whatever vegetables, leaves, fruits and roots are easily available."
Notice the word Bharan at the end of the verse, meaning for the maintenance of the life. If a
Sannyasi does not follow the Vedic teachings regarding his proper maintenance practices, then he
may be liable for correction later.
The Vagina symbol of the Bharani star does not imply maintenance only for badly inspired
pleasures, but rather it just means maintenance of our lives here in an overall sense. Sometimes we
say things such as "living in the womb of material life". The womb or vagina should not be thought of
as bad in any way. Rather, it should be thought of as a cradle for helping the soul have a life wherein
it can achieve the necessary enlightenment for achieving the higher destinations. Therefore, we are
taught to honor and respect motherhood, for, which the vagina or womb is a fundamental
instrument. The way that modern society spreads within itself the lust of the vagina, or entire female
form, through movies, advertisements and language usage, is very destructive to a proper,
enlightened conception of the female form, and the vagina.
It is therefore imperative that the Vedic Astrologer, in order to properly understand Bharani
Nakshatra, and guide souls in their lives, led a personal life of spiritual regimen or Sadhana, with the
aim of achieving a proper conception of all creation. If a Vedic astrologer has no better of a
conception of sex, the female form, and the vagina, and the eternal purposes of these things in the
progressive journey of the soul to the state of spiritual perfection in service to the all-blissful Lord Sri
Vishnu or Sri Radha-Krishna, than an average lusty modern-day person, then such a so-called Vedic
astrologer will not be able to really enter into the true workings of the Planets, their vision being
clouded by illusion or Mohan, created by Cupid, or Madan.
In Vrindavan, India, the place of the appearance and main pastimes of Lord Sri Krishna
roughly 5,000 years ago, their resides an important temple known by the name of Sri Sri Radha-
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Madan Mohan. This name means, "that Krishna who is so beautiful that he can bewilder even Cupid,
or lust personified". Madan means lust, and Mohan means "to put in illusion". Therefore, it is none
other than the Lord Himself, Sri Krishna, who can put even illusion personified into illusion. By
worshipping Him, the worshipper can become freed from the illusion of lust. The Vaishnavas of
Vrindavan worship this deity as the first of three important deities for the upliftment of their souls
out of illusion and into the eternal service of the Lord and all his diverse energies, of, which a very
important one is the planetary controllers whom we study and use in Astrology daily. It is commonly
known and understood by proper students of Astrology in properly maintained Sampradayas or
schools of divine teachings that the student must advance on the path of liberation himself, otherwise
their no chance of properly understanding any of the Vedic sciences or Vedangas, including that of
Astrology.
Sometimes Vedic astrologers are found in the West and in India who still maintain their eating
of meat and while practicing Vedic Astrology. Such persons can certainly give some correct
interpretations and predictions, using the science as they learn it from the scriptures, which are
readily available to all. However, they cannot enter into the deeper understandings, and they cannot
really receive the blessings of Lord Ganesh or Brihaspati, just to name a few, because of their
avoidance submission to the actual path, which begins with "ahimsa" or non-violence towards all
living beings as far as is practically possible for each person. In other words, you have to be making a
conscious effort to spread as much good as possible, while avoiding causing pain to living beings as
far as you can.
Some atheists go so far as to call the personalities who preside over the Planets and Astrology
as mythological beings with no real existence of their own outside of "energies". Their study and
practice of Astrology shall forever remain on a very superficial level only. Such persons are no doubt
very good souls despite this error in judgment. It is their Karma to not be ready for giving up
violence in the form of meat eating or doubting divinity. I know many such persons and they are
very likeable, kind, giving, good people. But it would be better if one and all could accept that
nonviolence is a necessity for peaceful existence and that faith in divinity is the highest nectar and
possession one can ever hope for.
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THE LUNAR CALENDAR
TITHIS-LUNAR DAYS
Tithis are Lunar Days. They do not correspond at all to Solar Days. They have nothing to do
with the days we experience by the rising and setting suns in our various cities. Our current Western
calendar is based on solar days. We are used to thinking in this way.
The Moon however does not always rise at night, or day, or any time. Actually, the Lunar
cycles are much more complex than that. The Sun takes much of our attention because it is so
essential for life's operations. And it is so bright, you can't ignore it.
The Moon is the opposite, we can fully ignore it, and hardly know where it is ever, unless it
makes a bit of a showing as a full Moon or something, then we notice it's beauty. That's about it.
But the Moon does have cycles, which are very exact, and with modern astronomy we know
exactly where it's going to be at all times. In fact, this has been known for a long time- thousands of
years- more or less with rough accuracy.
So it is possible to correlate the steady movements of the Sun through the degrees of the
Zodiac over the year it takes for us to circle it, and simultaneously we can track the exact degrees of
the Moons apparent movement through the Zodiac over that same year, and we can track their
relationship.
In fact, since the Zodiac is a 360 degree circle, and we circle the Sun once a year, therefore we
say that "the Sun moves through the Zodiac in a year" or "takes a year".
Well, the Moon circles really fast around the Earth, and when we look at it, we see it is "in a
certain Sign" all the time too, just like the Sun, and so we can watch the Moon "move through the
Zodiac too" but it only takes about 27 days to go all the way around, and has been doing this, for
apparently thousands of years as we've been watching it.
So, the Moon "rips ahead" of the Sun over and over throughout the year. If you chart the too
together, the Moon goes all the way around every month, catching up to the Sun and passing it over
and over every 27 days.
If we want a lunar month, we can take that 27 days or so that it is, and divide it into 30
sections, and 360 divided by 30 is 12, so this mean that every time the Moon gets 12 degrees ahead of
the Sun as it rips ahead around the Zodiac, it has moved one lunar day out of it's 30 "day" lunar
month.
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So I just defined a system of days and a way of telling when they start and end.
When the Moon moves 12 more degrees ahead of the Sun, starting from the point of exact
conjunction when they meet every 27 days, then we say the next lunar day begins.
So, since it takes like less than 24 hours, well, if the two Planets are conjunct by Gods choice at
2 AM on Wednesday, well then when that occurs, your clock may say 2 AM, but on the other side of
the world, that FIRST TITHI of that month begins the previous or next day at a different CLOCK TIME
for them.
You see, the lunar calendar is tied to TWO PLANETS interactions, and these take place WHEN
THEY WANT and have nothing to do with what day it is where.
Our current calendar is particularly centered around our reality- our SOLAR DAY and night
and SOLAR YEAR and so on...a lunar calendar takes much more astronomy, math, calculation,
Astrology and overall intelligence to relate to...but it is much more representative of REPEATING
PLANETARY patterns than the rather blunt and dumb solar calendar.
The Solar Calendar is like "the calendar for the masses" and the "luni-solar or Vedic is more
for real Brahmins, who are simply more intelligent and trained".
But the world uses the solar of course, and that's fine.
So, Tithis actually start for the whole world at the exact same moment, but that is on a
different day and time on different parts of the country or Earth because we all have our clocks set
relative to our sunlight day.
Then there's "which day is it" so we have invented the international dateline, which runs
down the Pac. Ocean, and starts the new day in places like Australia- so that's why-
In relation to the Earth as a whole, the SUN and MOON CONJUNCTION event in the great sky,
which happens every 27 days and starts the new lunar month off, takes place for all of us at the exact
same moment (taking Geocentric calculations as usually do).
So then we relate that to local clocks for the benefit of the local clock staring person who
wants to know "when it happens for them" so they can follow the changes or whatever.
So since "Ekadashi" is actually when the Moon is in-between 120 and 132 degrees ahead of
the Sun, and again at 300 and 312 degrees, therefore these angles actually begin and end roundly 22
hours apart, they last that long, roughly one lunar day, and they start and stop in space at totally odd
times in relation to any particular day on Earth.
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So that is why they fall at different clock times in different cities, and this is why Panchangas
or Vedic calendars, which give the start and stop times of these events must be calculated and
printed for a locality, or be written down in Greenwich time or some such standard time frame to be
translated by the reader upon need.
Whether or not these calendars and their related Muhurtha knowledge and so on have any
value at all, and whether this endeavor has any real benefits to the calendar reader is a matter of faith
and experience at this time in history it seems as it is a "science" relegated to Hindus and their
followers in the West, who don't currently enjoy a vast base of proof for their beliefs other than
personal experiences, though voluminous and convincing, remain somehow human, spiritual and not
"materialistically scientifically convincing", and so hence, the application of these things and faith in
them has not developed in the West to a great extent since that culture adopts only what increases
personal material benefit or what is proven to them by "scientists" of their own rank and file, and not
Hindus, for example. It was only a few years that David Carradine had to be put in a TV series instead
of Bruce Lee because Lee "looked too oriental" and might offend the general American TV viewers.
That was only 20 some odd years ago. We've come some ways, but not far enough, to overcome our
prejudices as a whole society, towards "Hindu's" as being some kind of leper, beggar, poverty
aboriginal tribal natives of some conquerable category...
The reason Ekadashi sometimes falls on Dwadashi is as follows:
Remember this point: A Tithi is less than 24 hours by a few hours.
New point to learn: Sunrise occurs at your location each day. The Vedas say: Whatever TITHI
IS RUNNING at your local Sunrise- that is the Tithi you will say is running that day as you live your
solar day.
So if "Ekadashi" is running when the Sun rises, even if it ends 5 minutes later than the sunrise,
still, you will say "Ekadashi is today" all day there in that place.
Fine. This is how you know when it's Ekadashi. You will notice that every once in a while, the
cycle gets such that Ekadashi begins RIGHT AFTER SUNRISE and ENDS BEFORE THE NEXT. So that
month there WOULD BE NO EKADASHI for your city. That would be a "lost Tithi". That happens.
However, it is not allowed to happen for Ekadashi since Veda says Ekadashi is the Tithi set
aside for worship of Vishnu. So that cannot be lost, ever, in Vedic culture, as Vishnu is God.
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So, therefore, it is followed on Dwadashi, the next day. So when it is a "Dwadashi" type
Ekadashi, you can know that actually Ekadashi ran the previous day, from just after sunrise to just
before sunrise on Dwadashi for your town, and you would be correct.
There are other minor rules, for certain appearance days, which fall on or around Ekadashis.
These details I do not have handy. They involve Varahas appearance day if I remember correctly and
maybe certain other rules.
There are more rules to the Panchang- all very scientifically based and interesting. The lunar-
solar or Vedic calendar has two forms mainly, one that uses the Full Moons and the other the New
Moons as the starting of the Months, and there are inserted months, called Adhik Maas, which need to
calculated, so it is all rather complex. Made more so by the fact that it is based on accurate
astronomy, and hence to create one one must be fairly adept at astronomy, have source books or
software for planetary positions, and run all the calculations to calculate the various parts of the
Panchang, and so on.
ISKCON has a place I believe in Sweden, where they produce calendars for all their temples
worldwide localized to the various locals for the devotees to use.
My program does this, but does not list the holy days yet- but I plan to add them someday.
Maha Dwadashi means "Great Dwadashi" and as far as I know it is simply the name for the
Dwadashi where Ekadashi is honored- "regular Dwadashi" or the "12th lunar day" is called "Great
12th lunar day" when it gets to carry the Ekadashi celebrations because Ekadashi was "lost" that
month as previously described.
When I talk of the movements of the Planets I'm generally referring to exactly what NASA uses
and what astronomers use, what the world has come to know of the movements of the Planets, which
is that the Earth and other rotate around the Sun. Other views are based on other realities or are just
summaries and not science.
I am not religiously bothered by statements in the SB to otherwise, taking them for what their
worth. The essence of Scripture is to know God, and that it does for me personally sufficiently. Details
about science may or may not be correct there- whether it was "seen from another dimension" or
whatever, really, I can't get interested in that anymore.
Nor do I care to say that NASA is "right". All's I know is that the old Jyotish books and the
modern astronomy work well together. (Actually, I feel I know a lot more than this, but to dodge
many different mental arguments and problems I'm going to cop out like this).
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So, whenever I talk of the movements of the Planets, I'm referring to their longitudinal
movements around the Zodiac belt as seen from the Earth, or Geocentric vision, which is all Astrology
is interested in. These things, "longitude" "Zodiac" etc., may not be as clear in your mind as they will
need to be to settle down the Tithi stuff, and other astrological stuff.
In order to understand these things, basic Astronomy/Astrology is necessary. There are many
details. I could tell them, but they exist elsewhere already written. Things like: the Planets all more or
less travel on the same ecliptic- the path of the Earth around the Sun- the other Planets mostly orbit
also on the same plane, like a "Frisbee" they are all all riding on say...they form a flat layer of rotating
Planets in space more or less....and like....outside and beyond our Planets here in our little part of
space there is a huge Zodiac belt that is aligned with the Planets orbiting the Sun, which is divided
into twelve sections or Signs, and 27 Nakshatras or stars, "Vedic constellations" you could say, and so
as seen from the Earth, all the Planets are APPARENTLY situated in front of, with their backdrop as,
some part of the Zodiac at all times, meaning they are "in" one of the Signs and "in" one of the stars or
Nakshatras.
Also, since they go different speeds, many times one Planet will "cross over" or "pass up"
another when viewed against that Zodiac belt.
In actuality because they are on different "race tracks" they never collide- some of the Planets
are in close and some far out, from the Sun, but to us they appear to meet or join or become
"conjunct" in the Zodiac throughout their travels.
So, "when the Sun meets the Moon" each month is when their longitude against the Zodiac is
the same, even though one may be higher or lower than the other. A true meeting of these two or true
alignment is what happens when there is a lunar or solar eclipse. Then they are lined up with the
Earth in both respects, but every month they align by longitude alone, and that is their conjunction
astrologically, when the first Tithi of the civic Hindu month begins.... the Vaishnavas doing the full
Moon instead.
In any case what does it really mean when you say that the Sun "enters" this or that
constellation? Plus I thought that from the southern half of the Planet you would see a totally
different sky; Astrology working only for half a Planet (I know it's a stupid question, but it's just an
intellectual provocation)?
No, the Earth and Planets are so small and so far away, that looking from the different parts of
the Earth at say the Sun or any other Planet, the same spot in space will appear to be that Planets
backdrop. So for everywhere on Earth the Sun and all Planets appear to move against the starry
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backdrop the same- so if because of our orbiting around the Sun, it APPEARS to us that the Sun is
"backed up by" and thus "in" the Sign of Capricorn, well the moment it crosses that first part of
Capricorn will be the same celestial moment for everyone, no matter if they are in the light or dark,
North or South, halves of the Earth.
To understand "enters a constellation" you have to envision the Universe as science and
apparently the old Jyotish books, understand it.... as I've been describing. The belt of the Zodiac is on
the outside; the Planets rotate around the Sun. If you look from the Earth at any Planet, you will see
some Zodiac Sign behind it. That is the Sign it is in. Because of all the orbiting, this scene constantly
changes. So we are viewing the Planets movements AGAINST THE ZODIAC BELT AS THEY ORBIT
THE SUN...so it's geocentric viewing, of a dance around not the Earth, but the Sun, makes it
interesting...
You didn't get the Tithi 12 degree thing. It's like this. The Moon races around the Earth and
APPEARS to us to be moving THROUGH THE ZODIAC at a rapid pace. Haven't you noticed how the
Moon moves ahead through the sky each night? That's it's movement of roughly 13 degrees per day
becoming apparent to you.
Hence, each day roughly, actually shorter than a day, it gets itself at some point 12 degrees
ahead of the Sun, which moves only 1 degree per day. At the exact moment the Moon achieves this 12
degrees more, the next Tithi begins, always, every day, like "clockwork" ;-)
As far as why different calendar makers would assign slightly different Tithis to the West
coast, it is because of any of the following: They don't know what they're doing, they have faulty
software, they don't know how to use it, they follow different rules, and many other possibilities....
ISKCON does know how to do this, at least they have in some places at some points, and I think today
they probably do, but there's no guarantee.... things are kind of rocky.
Yes though, one or the other will be wrong or right. This is very easy to know from my
software. I will print you an accurate listing of the Tithis for EUGENE because actually it has to be
done for the city you are in, not "the West Coast" etc. This is yet another reason why they might be
different. It can be different for SF and LA, two places "on the West coast" if they have enough
difference in their longitudes to cause a different Tithi to rule the sunrise. Yes, it's exact to the place
where you are, that's the science of it, right or wrong.
So I've attached a section of the Eugene Panchang for the current period from my program,
sorry it doesn't aligned.
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I cut out the Yoga and Karan to make the first line for each day shorter.
1999 Panchang Times calculated for Eugene OR USA.
Day Thu Mar 11
Time 2:38 AM
Paksha Krishna
Tithi 9-Navami
Nakshatra 19-Mula
Moon Sign Dhanush
Sun Sign Kumbha
Currently in the Month of Falgun Krishna.
06:36:54 Sunrise
9-Navami Rules the day
3:24 PM 10-Dashami 49-Vanija 20-Purva Ashadha 11:26 PM 18-Variyan
What we have here above is the entry for Thursday March 11th. At Sunrise, which was at
6:36:54 AM that day in Eugene, the Tithi called Navami, which means ninth, if the month of Falgun
Krishna, which means Falgun, the dark half, the half where the Moon is returning to the Sun, the
waning course of the Moon, was passing, and it was the ninth of the 15 Tithis of that half of the
Month, the second civil half since the civil calendar begins at new Moon, so then the brightening half
or the waxing half of the Moon's course begins, which means it's moving away from the Sun towards
opposite it, which is "Full Moon", and then it shall begin it's return to the Sun, which is the waning
course, which is the 2nd set of fifteen Tithis each lunar month..
So in Eugene on Thursday Navami ruled the day. We see that at 3:24 PM in Eugene is when the
next Tithi will begin.
Notice in the entries below, the following lines: 20-Purva Ashadha, 21-Uttara Ashadha, 22-Shravana.
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These are 3 of the 27 Nakshatras or lunar mansions. The Moon stays in one per day roughly
and so here over these three days we see it going through them.
Fri Mar 12 4 01 AM Krishna 10-Dashami 20-Purva Ashadha Dhanush Kumbha 06:35:06

Sunrise 10-Dashami rules the day 4 27 PM 11-Ekadashi 51-Bava 21-Uttara Ashadha
10 59 PM 19-Parigha Makara Sat Mar 13 4 43 AM Krishna 11-Ekadashi 21-Uttara
Ashadha Makara Kumbha 06:33:19 Sunrise 11-Ekadashi rules the day 4 46 PM
12-Dvadashi 53-Kaulava 22-Shravana 9 57 PM 20-Shiva Sun Mar 14 4 38 AM
Krishna 12-Dvadashi 22-Shravana Makara Kumbha 06:31:31 Sunrise 12-Dvadashi rules
the day 4 18 PM 13-Trayodashi 55-Gara 23-Dhanishtha Meena 8 19 PM 21-
Siddha
The idea of all this is this: If one knows the Nakshatras well, and the nature of the Yogas,
Karanas, Tithis, and other parts of the Panchang, then one can supposedly use it to choose good and
bad times for the various elections we make in life. It is like learning the "Tarot of the Calendar". The
Panchang itself is fixed. We can tell you the Panchang for any year in the future already. It is based on
the preset and predefined movements of the Planets. It is known.
But it is like one of those children’s eye telescope things you look in and twist, and you see all
the colored patterns of glass reflecting in the toys mirrors etc....the calendar is like that...so many
possible combinations of the elements, and so it's like rolling dice...so to read the Panchang is a rare
art that nobody hardly gets into anymore...it's described in great detail in some books, at least a great
detail of hints are given...but very few are interested in this part these days actively...including
myself...I don't have time for the study of time, so to speak....
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THE MEANING OF THE PANCHANG
The following is a string from a Calendar printout from Jyotish Studio, a leading software
program. We shall use this string as the basis for our discussion regarding Panchang. Here it is: 9:56
A B-7-10--5++
The A means AM The B means it's the bright half or the Moon's course It's the 7th Tithi (of the
bright as stated) The Moon is in the 10th Nakshatra The next two symbols, which are two dashes or
two plus's, or a mix, i.e. -- or ++ or -+ or +-
These indicate the Tarabala, which means Nakshatra relationships counting first from your
Moon, then your Ascendant. They refer to the Transiting Moon's Nakshatra Minus the Natal Moon
then Natal Ascendant Nakshatras, and that number arrived at is judged by the settings you make
while entering this feature-, which default to Dr. Raman’s definitions. So, if it is said there that 9 is
good, then a plus will show when the transiting Moon is 9 Nakshatras away from your natal Moon.
If your natal Moon and natal Ascendant are in the same Nakshatra, then these scores will of
course be the same constantly and you will always get either plus or minus, which makes reading it
easier. Of course, life in general is clearer for these people.
Then the Moon Sign number appears, in in this example a 5 then the two dashes or plus's
again appear, same scheme as before but this is Chandra Bala, which refers to counting Signs, that's
the only difference.
So, the interpretation of these factors might be something like the following:
First, you just register that it's the bright half, or waxing Moon, so that is considered good for
"growing" the Moon's beneficence. That's considered "positive" in general. Then you note the 7th
Tithi. In classics different activities and moods are allotted as appropriate for the different Tithis.
Then you register the Moon is in the 10th Nakshatra. Then you look at some list you have
handy, or, which one that is and what its allotments are in the classics, as each Nakshatra has a
different area of things it's good and bad for. For example, "sharp" Nakshatras are better for Mars
activities, whereas soft Nakshatras are better for Moon or Venus activities, etc.
The Chandra Bala tells you in general how good is the Sign for your Moon and Ascendant. Like,
for me, Virgo is 6th from Ascendant and 8th from my Moon, so the Chandra Bala for Virgo for me is
wholly negative. So starting things when Moon is in Virgo or Virgo is rising is not "good" for me
materially speaking, and therefore people who have this placement, Moon or Lagna in Virgo, will rub
me somehow. This is a simple example, but it works. Try following it and you’ll see.
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The Tara Bala is subtler. It changes WITHIN Chandra Bala's, since Tara Bala, being based on
Nakshatras, which change a little more than twice per Sign. Therefore, it can change from good to
bad, or vice versa, while a particular Chandra Bala is running. The Tithi is also only 12 degrees of
Moon travel wide, and is therefore like unto Tara Bala in how fast it changes. Tara Bala and Tithi
change as the Moon moves either 13.20 or 12 degrees, which are both therefore changing every day
roughly. Whereas, Chandra Bala, meaning a whole Sign of movement of the Moon, changes every 2.5
days roughly.
So it's important to know, which are "wider" in time, and, which are less. You can make a little
scale. You should always judge from wider down lastly to smaller.
For example, in picking Muhurthas, which is one thing you do with this calendar, you should
first look at the transits of the slow Planets, make sure they are where you want them, or where you
find them acceptable, and then you go down through the Planets from slowest to fastest. Then you
lastly pick the Moon Sign, then the Tithi and Nakshatra, then the Lagna, since it's the fastest. In this
order, you can "arrange things" the "way you want them". That's picking a Muhurtha.
So this calendar gives you the last things, except the Ascendant, for judging times of the day to
do things. It's pretty esoteric in a sense. I don't think many people can or want to run their lives on
such fine schedules, but that was the idea. In India still, strictly Brahminical families or temples pay
close attention to the Panchang, and life is run according to it. I have experienced this somewhat
while living at temples.
So basically, once you know how to read the little string of indicators, you can pick times more
easily. That's the idea. You have to first have to know what you're looking for, and I haven't given all
those clues here. For that, one is best off to study the original books on the matter, such as Muhurtha
Chinthamani and Dr. Raman's Muhurtha book (very cheap- $7 I think from Deepak at JDR Ventures).
Those books cover things like what the different Nakshatras are "good for" etc.
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VAISHNAVA FESTIVAL DAYS BY MONTH AND TITHI
Below is a listing of the Tithi Numbers for each of the Holy Days of the Chaitanya Gaudiya
Vaishnava tradition, underneath the month. Note that the Vaishnavas follow a different system for
the months than the secular public in India follows. The Vaishnavas say the month starts at the Full
Moon, whereas the Government calendar uses the New Moon. The names are also names of Vishnu as
opposed to the usual secular names for the months.
Vishnu (March April l)
1 Jagannatha-anadotsava (birth ceremony for Lord Chaitanya

performed by his father, Jagannatha Misra. Beginning of
NEW YEAR in Chaitanya era (Christian era minus 1486).
8 Appearance of SRIVASA PANDITA.
11 Papa-vimocani EKADASHI (fasting).
12 Ekadashi break fast. Disappearance of Shrila Govinda Ghasa

Thakura. Srirnan Mahaprabhu-varahanagare-subhajivay-
smaranamahotsava
15 NEW MOON (Amavasya) 20 Appearance of Shrila

Rarnanujacarya
24 RAMA NAVAMI (observance and fasting till noon). Lord

Ramachandra,s appearance was at noon.
25 End of Sri Rama-Navami observance.
26 Kamada-EKADASHI (fasting). 27 Ekadashi break-fast.

Damana Karopanotsava.
28 MadanaTrayodasi 29 MadanaBhanji
30 FULL MOON (Purnima). Lord Balarama's Rasa-Yatra

(Krishna's vasanta-rasa, or spring Rasa dance of Lord
Baladeva). Appearance of Shrila Syamananda Goswami and
Shrila Vamsivadanananda Thakura.
Madhusudana (April-May)
3 Beginning of KESAVAVRATA. (Hang a water pot over Tulasi

Devi for one month. The pot should have a hole in the
bottom with a rope in it so that water leaks out in small
drops. Use a large plant to avoid over-watering.)
8 Disappearance of Shrila Abhirama Thakura
10 Disappearance of Shrila Vrindavana DasaThakura.
11 Varuthini EKADASHI (fasting).
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12 Ekadashi break fast.
15 NEW MOON (Amavasya). Appearance of SHRILA

GADADHARA PAND1TA.
18 Begin Candana-Yatra (21-day festival of covering the Deity

in sandalwood pulp in Sridhama Jagannatha Puri). Akasya
Trtiya (advent day of Satya Yuga).
21 Appearance of Sripad Sankaracarya (incarnation of Lord

Shiva).
22 Jahnu-sapnam
24 Appearance of Shrimati Jahnava-devi (wife of Lord

Nityananda) and Shrimati Sitadevi (wife of Lord Rama
Chandra). Disappearance of Shrila Madhu Pandita
26 Mohini EKADASHI (fasting).
27 Ekadashi break fast. Sri Rukmini Dvadasi (appearance of

Shrimati Rukmini Devi
29 SRINRSIMHACATURDASI (Appearance of Lord

Nrsimhadeva, fasting till sunset).
30 FULL MOON (Purnima). End of Nrsimha-caturdasi

observance. Krishna's Phuladola and Salila-vihara.
Appearance of Shrila Madhavendra Puri and Srinivas
Acarya Thakur. Disappearance of Shrila Paramesvari Dasa
Thakura. Last day of KESAVAVRATA.
Trivikrama (May-June)
3 Appearance of Nimananda Seva Tirtha Prabhu.
5 Disappearance of Shrila Ramananda Raya
6 Disappearance of Madhusudana Dasa Babaji (spiritual

master of Jagannatha Dasa Babaji).
11 Apara EKADASHI (fasting).
12 Ekadashi break fast. Appearance of Shrila Vrndavana Dasa

Thakura
15 NEW MOON (Amavasya)
25 SRI SRI GANGA PUJA. Appearance of Sri Sri Gangamata

Gosvamini. Disappearance of Shrila Baladeva Vidyabhusana
26 Pandava-rıirjata EKADASHI (fasting).
28 Celebration of the Ksira and Dahi Festival held at Panihati

(love feast given by Shrila Raghunatha Dasa Goswami to
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Lord Nityananda).
30 FULL MOON (Purnima). Snana-yatra (bathing festival) of

Lord Jagannatha Disappearance of Shrila Mukunda Datta
and Shrila Sridhara Pandita.
Vamana (June-July)
1 Disappearance of Shrila Syamananda Goswami.
5 Appearance of Shrila Vakresvara Pandita
10 Disappearance of Shrila SRIVASA PAND1TA.
11 Yogini EKADASHI (fasting).
15 NEW MOON (Amavasya). Disappearance of SHRILA

GADADHARA PAND1TA and SHRILA SAC-CIDANANDA
BHAKTINIVODA THAKUR.
16 SriGundica-marjana (cleaning of the Gundica Temple at

Puri.
17 RATHA-YATRA of Lord Jagannatha at Puri. Disappearance

of Shrila Svarupa Damodara Goswami and Shrila Sivananda
Sena.
21 Hera-pancami celebration. Sri Sri Laksmi-vijaya.
25 Return Ratha-Yatra of Lord Jagannatha from Gundica

Temple.
26 Sayana EKADASHI(fasting). Beginning of CATURMASYA

VRATA if starting from the Ekadashi.
27 Ekadashi break fast. Caturmasya Vrata can also begin here.
30 FULL MOON Purnima). Disappearance of SHRILA

SANATANA GOSWAMI. Sri Guru Purnima. Beginning of
CATURMASYA VRATA if starting from the Purnima 1st
month-fasting from spinach.
Sridhara (July-August)
5 Disappearance of Shrila Gopala Bhatta Goswami.
8 Disappearance of Shrila Lokanatha Goswami.
10 Founding of ISKCON (July 13, 1966, now celebrated by solar

date). Lunar date is Sridhara 10, 480.
11 Kamika EKADASHI (fasting).
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15 NEW MOON (Amavasya).
19 Disappearance of Shrila Vamsidasa Babaji Maharaja and

Shrila Raghunandana Ra&aSovinda.
23 Disappearance of Sri Usika Swami.
26 Pavitraropani EKADASHI (fasting). Begiruling of Jhulana-

Yatra of Sri Sri RadhaGovinda
27 Ekadashi break fast. Disappearance of SHRILA RUPA

GOSVAMI, Shrila Gauridasa Pandita Goswami and Sri
Govinda Dasa Pandita. Sri Krsnapavitraropanotsava
30 FULL MOON (Purnima). APPEARANCE OF LORD

BALARAMA (fasting). End of Jhulana-yatra of Sri Sri Radha-
Goviinda. 2nd month of Caturmasya begin~fasting from
yogurt.
Hrishikesha (August-September)
1 Break fast from Lord Balarama's appearance day.
8 SRI KRISHNA JAMMASTAMI VRATA, Sri Krishna Jayanti

(fasting until the Lord’s Appearance at midnight.)
9 SRI VYASA PUJA, Appearance of OM VISNUPADA 108 SRI

SREMAD A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI MAHARAJA
PRABHUPADA. By GBC Resolution 92-73 Shrila
Prabhupada's Vyasa Puja is to be celebrated the calendar
day after Janmastami at ISKCON centers. Nandosava (birth
ceremony for Lord Krishna by Nanda Maharaja).
11 Annada EKADASHI (fasting).
15 NEW MOON (Amavasya)
20 Appearance of Shrimati Sita Thakurani (wife of

Advaitacarya).
22 Appearance of Sri Lalita Devi (Sri Lalita-saptami, advent of

the chief of the gopis).
23 SRI RADHASTAMI, the appearance of Shrimati Radharani is

at noon.
26 Parsva EKADASHI (fasting). Vishnu-srkhala-Yoga.
27 Ekadashi break fast. SRI VAMANA DVADASL the

appearance of Lord Vamanadeva is at noon. Appearance of
SHRILA JIVA GOSWAMI.
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28 Appearance of SHRILA SACCID-ANANDA BHAKTIVINODA
THAKURA
29 Sri Ananta-caturdasi-vrata. Disappearance of SHRILA

HARIDASA THAKURA.
30 FULL MOON (Purnima). Sri Visvarupa Mahotsava (the

acceptance of Sannyasa by Lord Sri Chaitanya’s brother
Visvarupa). Begin 3rd month of Caturmasya-fasting from
milk.
Padmanabha (September-October)
6 Arrival of Shrila Prabhupada in America (September 17,

1965, now celebrated by solar date. Lunar date is
Padmanabha 6, 479.)
11 Indira EKADASHI (fasting).
25 Appearance of Sripada Mavacarya. VIJAYA DASAMI, victory

celebration of Lord Ramacandra over Ravana and conquest
of Lanka. Begin Ramacandra vijayotsava
26 Pasankusa EKADASHI (fasting). Beginning of Kartika-Vrata

and Niyama seva if starting from the Ekadashi.
27 Ekadashi break fast. Disappearance of Shrila

Raghunathadasa, Shrila Raghunatha Bhatta and Shrila
Krsnadasa Kaviraja Goswami. Kartika Vrata (Urja Vrata or
Damodara Vrata) and Niyama seva can also begin here.
29 Sri Lakshmi-puja.
30 FULL MOON(Purnima). AUTUMN RASA DANCE (saradiua

rasa yatra) of LORD KRISHNA. Disappearance of Shrila
Murari Guipta. Beginning of Kartika Vrata (Damodara Vrata
or Urja Vrata) and Niyana seva if starting from the Purnima
Last month of Caturmasya begin~fasting from urad dal and
masala dal.
Damodara (October-November)
5 Disappearance of Shrila Narottama Dasa Thakurv
8 SnanaZanadi-mahotsava (bathing festival) at Sri Radha

Kunda Bahulastami.
9 Appearance of Shrila Viracandra Prabhu.
11 Sri Rama EKADASHI (fasting). Disappearance of Shrila

Narahari Sarakara Thakura Completion of English
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rendering of Sri Caitanyacaritarnrta by His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1974).
12 Ekadashi break fast. Subha-vijay of Lord Chaitanya

Mahaprabhu in the town of Paruhati.
15 NEW MOON (Amavasya). Yama-dipa-dana (solar eclipse at

Kuruksetra). Diwali. Offering of lamps to Lord Vishnu. Sri
Syama-puja.
16 SRI GOVARDHANA PUJA, GO-KRIDA and GO-PUJA.

Armakuta Mahotsava. Sri Bali-daitya-raja-puja (worship of
Bali Maharaja). Appearance of Rasikanarlda Goswami.
17 Disappearance of Shrila Vasudeva Ghosa Thakura
19 Disappearance of HIS DIVINE GRACE A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA

SWAMI PRABHUPADA (November 14, 1977 or Damodara
19, 491.)
23 Gopastami and Gosthastami. Disappearance of Shrila

Srinivasacarya, Shrila Gadadhara Dasa Thakura, and Shrila
Dhananjaya Pandita.
26 SriUtthana EKADASHI (fasting). Disappearance of Shrila

Gourakisora Dasa Babaji Maharaj. Begin Sri Bhisma
Pancaka arambha. End of Caturmasyavrata and/ or Kar
tika- Vrata ( Urj a-v rata, etc,) if started from Ekadashi.
27 Ekadashi break fast. End of Caturmasya-Vrata and/or

Kartika-Vrata (Urja Vrata, etc.) if started from Dvadasi. End
of Sri Ramacandra vijayotsava.
29 Disappearance of Shrila Bhugarbha Goswami and Shrila

Kasisvana Pandita.
30 FULL MOON (Purnima). WINTER RASA DANCE (Hemantika

rasa yatra) of LORD KRISHNA. Sri Dhatri-vrata Appearance
of Shrila Nimbarka Acarya. Disappearance of Caturmasya-
Vrata and/or Kaxtika-vrata (Damodaravrata or Urja Vrata)
and Niyama seva if started from the Purnima.
Keshava (November-December)
1 Beginning of Katyayani-vrata of the gopis.
11 Utparma EKADASHI (fasting).
12 Ekadashi break fast. Disappearance of Shrila Kaliya-

Krsnadasa Thakura.
13 Disappearance of Shrila Saranga Thakura.
21 Odana sasti of Lord Jagannatha (offering of new garments

to Lord Jagannatha). Establishment of London Temple.
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23 Disappearance of Madhusudana Dasa Babaji.
26 Moksada EKADASHI (fasting).
30 FULL MOON (Purnima). End of Katyayani-vrata of the gopis.
Narayana (December-January)
4 Disappearance of Shrila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati

Goswami Maharaja
13 Disappearance of Shrila Uddharana Datta Thakura and

Shrila Mahesa Pandita
16 Appearance of Shrila Locana Dasa Thakura
18 Disappearance of Shrila Jiva Gosvami and Shrila Jagadisa

Pandita.
26 Putrada EKADASHI (fasting).
27 EKADASHI break fast. Appearance of Sri1a Jagadisa Pandita
30 FULL MOON (Purnima). Puspabhiseka-yatra (flower

bathing festival) of LORD KRISHNA
Madhava (January-February)
3 Krishna-Tritiya
5 Appearance of Gopala Bhatta Gosvami. Disappearance of

Ramacandra Kaviraja.
6 Disappearance of Shrila Jayadeva Gosvami.
8 Disappearance of Shrila Locana Dasa Thakura.
11 Sat-tila EKADASHI (fasting).
12 EKADASHI break fast.
19 Sri Ganesh Puja.
20 Vasanta-pancami of Lord Krishna Appearance of Shrimati

Visnupriya Devi (wife of Lord Chaitanya), Shrila Pundarika
Vidyanidhi, Shrila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami and Shrila
Raghunandana Thakura. Disappearance of Shrila
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Visvanatha Cakravanti Thakura. Sri Sarasvati Puja.
22 SRI ADVAITA SAPTAMI (Appearance day of Shrila

Advaitacarya - fasting).
23 Break fast for Sri Advaita-saptami. Gourastami.
24 Disappearance of Sripada Madhavacarya
25 Disappearance of Shrila Ramanujacarya.
26 Bhaimi EKADASHI (EKADASHI fasting and fasting for

Varahadvadasi is usually combined here on the dvadasi.)
27 SRI VARAHA DVADASI-Appearance of Lord Varaha.
28 SRINITYANANDATRAYODASI (Appearance of Lord

Nityananda fasting. Or, fasting is sometimes done on the
dvadasi and then a feast celebration here.)
30 FULL MOON (Purnima). Madhhurotsava of LORD KRISHNA.

Appearance of Shrila Narottama Dasa Thakura.
Govinda (February-March)
5 Appearance of SHRILA BHAKrlSIDDHANTA SARASVATI

GOSWAMI MAHARAJA
11 Vijaya EKADASHI (fasting).
14 SHIVA-RATRI Vrata (optional fasting for Lord Shiva’s

appearance day).
15 NEW MOON (Amavasya). End of Sri Shiva-ratri and fast
16 Gaura-pratipat. Disappearance of Jagannatha Dasa Babaji

and Rasikananda Goswami.
19 Appearance of Shrila Purusotaxnma Thahira.
26 Amalaki EKADASHI (amardaki-vrata, fasting).
28 Disappearance of Shrila Madhavendra Puri.
30 FULL MOON (SRI GAURA PURNIMA). Appearance of Lord

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Dola-yatra (swinging festival) of
RadhaMadhava begins.
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PREDICTION
Now I will tell you something, which should challenge your conception of reality, or
strengthen it if you happen to be one of us who are already convinced about psychic powers and the
presence of persons possessing them on this Planet.
I met a man known as "Yogi Karve" (kar-vay) at the conference. He is a very small and old
Indian man who was brought from India by the organizers of the conference for the purpose of
sharing his enlightenment with the attendees.
Let me relate to you a typical encounter with him that has happened to numerous persons in
India and now America. This account is totally true- there is not part of, which is exaggerated or
fabricated. He could do this same thing in front of anyone- it is neither secret nor reserved for only
the believers or anything like that. He could do it on camera or with reporters- it's totally natural to
him.
A woman or man visits Mr. Karve, a real Yogi or Hindu Saint, in his room, wherever he
happens to be traveling or living at the time. In this case, it was one of the cabins at the Ashram
where we were all staying during the recent Vedic Astrology conference. The visitor sits before Mr.
Karve who greets them in a friendly way. He looks at the person, and then simply straight out tells
them their birthday. This is the first shock. You meet someone who doesn't speak English at all, and
before you say anything to him or his translator, he tells the translator your birthday in Hindi and he
tells it to you in English. Then he tells you your birth time, which may be a few minutes different
than what your birth certificate says or what your mother says- and you would be wise to believe
him because his information is coming from beyond human error.
Then he can tell you so many things about your life, past, present and future. All this is done
without you saying anything, and without calculations, computers, or books, or anything.
His life is an amazing story- and to see him now is amazing. He hardly eats- he goes in and out of a
sleep like meditative state quite often- even while you're sitting right in front of him. He is a real
yogi- a person who lives for linking with divinity at all times. Nobody in America can do this, yet such
things can be found in India in a small number of cases.
In my travels with my previous teacher back in the late seventies and eighties we visited a
small number of different types of amazing psychics and seers. The techniques for acquiring these
"mystic Siddhis" or "perfection's" are still known in India, and some rather austere and spiritually
strong persons are still capable of carrying out these paths and attaining to these abilities. In Mr.
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Karve's case the ability came early in life, without any effort on his part. It is understood therefore
that he earned this ability in a previous life and was granted it early on in this life.
In one instance, much earlier in his life, he told President Nehru, the first prime minister of India after
independence from the British:
"Don't worry, your daughter will become Prime Minister, and she will have a son, who will
also be Prime Minister, and he will have a wife, who will also become Prime Minister".
Nehru doubted astrologers, as there are many bad ones in India (just like here). But in this
case, what he once laughed off later came true. Oddly enough, India Gandhi, though a woman,
became the Prime Minister of India, and her son did also (Rajiv Gandhi) and now his wife, an Italian,
may actually become Prime Minister.
Mr. Karve teaches that to get clairvoyant powers one must submit themselves to the Universal
Lord, who is the source of all Gods, the Creation, all humans and all life. This Universal God is the
common root of everything that be. It is the one God worshipped in many different names. At the
conference Mr. Karve taught the students the mantra he worships with, which is as follows:
Om Shri Vishwa Darshan Devata Yay Namaha
Translated this means "Unto the one great universal being who is present within everything I
offer my praises or worship".
Mr. Karve showed the students in attendance how he prays this mantra many times in row
each day, and how he does so by facing the four directions successfully while reciting the mantra,
hands folded in prayer before him, and how he also raises his hands above to the sky while reciting,
and then to the Earth in the same way. In this way he offers his prayers in all the directions each day.
This is actually typical of strict Hindu practice or Sadhana- to have a mantra or prayer, which
reminds us of divinity and aligns us with divinity's will. There are various mantras and various
schools- with significant differences between them- but the one thing they share is the aim of
progress towards complete truth, emancipation of the eternal soul within to it's highest possible
destination either here or in a spiritual plane, and ultimately the chief aim is the attainment to
happiness, to "be all we can be".
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DEVELOPING THE ABILITY TO PREDICT
I told you about Mr. Karve, a real psychic from India. I described how he could tell your birth
data and chart just by looking at you. This he does without any computer or paper or books and it
happens immediately without any delay. His abilities appeared early in life, basically coming out of
nowhere- they didn't come from study at all. He just knows how to do this as a natural feature of his
mental faculties in this entire lifetime.
This lesson is about developing predictive ability as an astrologer. If we are "normal" people,
not possessing the kind of natural ability Mr. Karve has, then we have to learn from books, studying
charts, hearing from more advanced practitioners, and thus gradually build up our memories and
awareness of the effects of Planets in their various positions.
Astrology is based on reading the effects of the Planets, other sensitive points such as the
Ascendant, Midheaven, the Moon's nodes, all against the backdrop of the Signs of the Zodiac, the fixed
stars of the Zodiac, and the inter-relationships of all of these.
First one must learn about all of these items as individual entities. For example, one must
learn about the Ascendant angle- what it stands for, what it governs, why it is important. Of course
each Planet is a study unto itself. One learns the things a Planet governs in the chart and one learns
the places in the Zodiac where each Planet likes to be, or performs best, and then one learns where
the Planet hates to be, or performs worst, and so on. In this way each individual component of the
astrological science is studied by the student one by one and gradually he or she becomes familiar
with all of these entities.
Here is a list of the basic individual components that are very important to Vedic Astrology:
1. The 2 luminaries, or the Sun and Moon
2. The 5 Planets, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn
3. The 2 nodes of the Moon, Rahu and Ketu
4. The Ascendant, or the exact point in space that was rising at birth
5. The 12 Signs of the Zodiac
6. The 12 Houses of a chart
7. The 27 Nakshatras or fixed stars and constellations of the Zodiac
After becoming familiar with the above, one gets into their applications in the following
principles, which arise out of the above:
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1. Effects from the Houses on the various Planets and points
2. Effects from the Signs on the various Planets and points
3. Effects from the Nakshatras on the various Planets and points
4. Effects of combinations and aspects of the Planets on each other
5. Effects of the Dashas, which are based on the star the Moon falls under
6. Effects of placement of the Planets in divisional (Varga) charts
In the end, it is through increasing one's understanding of the basics in the first list, and then
increasing one's experience of the interactions of the items in the second list, that one gradually
becomes a better predictor of events.
Often you will find that people are only mildly satisfied with predictions received from even
very famous astrologers. This is so simply because the ability to actually and accurately predict the
future is extremely difficult and therefore very rare. As I said in lesson 13, Mr. Karve told Prime
Minister Nehru, the first prime minister installed at the time of independence from the United
Kingdom, that his daughter (the then very young Indira Gandhi), would become Prime Minister
eventually, as also would her son and her son's wife. The part about the son's wife has yet to be seen,
but the daughter and son have both already served in this job.
To see so accurately and so confidently is indeed very rare, even for those who are expert in
the science of Astrology and at analyzing charts. What happens most often is that the Astrology says
something like "you may get married at such and such time", and then in actuality the person has a
relationship but perhaps it doesn't become a marriage. In other words, the state of affairs is most
often that the astrologer comes very close to predicting the future, but is not able to confidently and
accurately know the actual events.
But, simply by learning standard Vedic Astrology, one can predict the general flow of life- of
this there is no doubt. Many of us regularly give people predictions, which more or less come true-
we are almost always able to pinpoint the AREA OF LIFE that is going to be effected and THE
DIRECTION of the effect- such as whether it will be a comfortable effect, or an uncomfortable effect.
For example, a lady I know has Saturn and Ketu in the 7th House. The 7th House rules
amongst other things one's marital relationship. Her husband has Venus; the Lord of the 7th House
in his first House and Venus is also dispositor (the Lord of the Sign where a Planet sits) of the Lord of
the 6th. The Lord of the 6th is opposed in general to the longevity of one's marriage, because it is the
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12th House (loss) from the 7th (marriage). So, in the man’s chart Venus has a lot to do with bringing
about a break in this man's marriage. Similarly, in her chart, Ketu, which often brings separations
and losses, is in her seventh with Saturn, a difficulty-causing Planet.
The Dasha system of assigning specifically dated control periods to the Planets (an important
Vedic technique covered somewhat in earlier lessons) is always constructed for Vedic charts, and is
the primary tool used by astrologers for giving dated predictions. So, in her life at one point she
entered Saturn-Ketu period, and he entered Saturn-Venus. The result was their marriage was
interrupted by a separation- and any Vedic astrologer worth his salt could have seen this coming. I
did not outline above all the things one can read from these two people charts based on these few
Planets, but I can say that if one did not have the Dasha system to tell them when these Planets would
take effect, they would not have been able to predict these events. The transits and progressions as
used in Western Astrology alone would not have allowed such a prediction.
Therefore, Vedic astrologers who have studied seriously for a number of years all the Vedic
techniques by using books and learning from successful practicing Vedic astrologers from either the
West or India can learn to predict with what I would call "general accuracy". To get to a respectable
point of development of this ability through this study process usually takes about 5 years of very
regular and strong devotion to the subject. During this period, one should be careful when venturing
predictions as you can really harm a person's path by telling them things about their life, which they
chose to fear. Be very careful. People have no defense against the words of an astrologer regarding
the future. They can't say, "I know that won't happen". Therefore, whatever you say will eat away at
their consciousness until the specified predictive time period has fully passed. In other words, you
can really mess up one's consciousness for a long time with bad Astrology, so don't do that, ever.
Here's a typical Vedic predictive technique to consider: Examine some one's chart, see where
the malefic Planets Mars, Saturn and the nodes aspect, then see where the "temporary malefics"
aspect or stay. (Temporary malefics are Planets, which acquire specific destructive duties due to
Lording the 2nd, 6th, 8th and 12th Houses for example- there are other rules, but this is one rule).
Then, examine when the Dashas, or "control periods" for these Planets take place in combination as
the first, second and third level Lords of the period. Then, on top this, within the time period
specified by the Dasha, find out when transits will be bad, such as malefics crossing the Moon or
Ascendant (there are many other things that could be considered bad, but this is one).
At such a time when these two things occur simultaneously (malefic Dashas and malefic
transits) something bad will definitely happen. Similarly, take the reverse- good Dashas and good
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transits, and something good will happen. The goodness will come in the area of life, which is
pointed to by the Planets involved due to the Houses they stay in, own, aspect or the things they
themselves directly control.
This is the basic way of Vedic predictive Astrology- see the Planets- see what they control due
to ownership, conjunction and aspect, see the periods they rule- combine with transits, and bingo-
you can begin to pinpoint the areas of life that will be effected at various times and whether the
effects will be wanted, unwanted, or mixed.
The result of being involved in this pursuit is that you learn that Karma is inevitable, and that
the only way out is toleration, transcendence and perhaps, propitiation or worship to gain relief. In
other words, when it comes to negative or unwanted Karma, you can either put up with the
punishment or beg forgiveness.
Sometimes people get confused and ask, "I can do something about the bad periods". For
example, they think that by knowing that disease is coming, that if they know enough in advance and
begin to exercise and eat right, they will avoid the disease and thus cheat the Planets out of their
powers. This implies that our meager attempts at Astrology combined with will power and vitamins,
and is more powerful than the Planets, the heavens, and the laws of Karma. This is an utterly
ridiculous state of mind if used this simply.
However, the actual truth and proper use of our minds doesn't look much different than the
above in practice, but internally proper understanding is a very different mood.
The Planets cannot be cheated out of their effects by our tiny brains and all that we can muster in our
defense. We are ants compared to the Universe, so give up any mood of being an independent actor.
Rather, if you are to be cured of a disease, understand that is also in your chart. In other words, a
really great astrologer could say, "you are going to get a disease but you will be cured by medicine".
A bad astrologer will simply say, "a bad time for your health is coming".
In the proper understanding, we learn that we are to attempt to do all that we can with our
strength to create good in our lives. In other words, you should try to survive, to overcome a disease,
to overcome a problem. The problems are to teach you lessons, and giving up simply puts off the
lesson. If a person gives up, then others can understand that the lesson divinity plans next for them
is to teach them the negative effects of giving up. In this way, others looking at us can make certain
judgments that we can never make upon ourselves. We can never give up internally- our mood
should always be, or rather, will always be, to survive and go on somehow. In a funny way, even
suicide is an attempt to survive- the person simply thinks that leaving their body will be better than
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staying in the current situation. In other words, the living being cannot but constantly search for the
better situation. It is our permanent nature to seek higher pleasures than we are currently
experiencing.
The way we seek pleasure creates our lives and our wanted and unwanted Karmas. The
whole of the creation has but one chief purpose and that is to teach us what really works in the
pursuit of pleasure. Gradually, through many soft and hard lessons we learn the unavoidable truths
that govern us on all sides. Astrology is simply a way to see what's coming- but it offers absolutely no
way, by itself, to avoid those lessons.
The Vedic scriptures do in other places, seem to offer ways to avoid Karma, and this is always
through various types of worship. There are pujas (specific worship processes) one can perform to
the various sub-gods, or demi-gods, to obtain relief from their negative effects, and so also one can
worship such deities to gain extra favor from them for fulfillment of positive desires such as success
in some endeavor. So, there is worship of deities for both relief and boons or grants.
Then there is the higher path, which is not based on attempting to find happiness here, and
that is to appeal to the Supreme God of Everything for admission into that plane beyond this entire
creation. In other words, you can attain to that point where your mood is:
"I get it now, I've seen this plane, and I'm finished here- I don't really have any more interest
in playing out parts in a body built of muscles and bones. I don't delight any longer in embracing
such fleshy bodies, and I don't desire to impress souls living in such bodies with my music and dance
or creativity. Basically, I want out of here. I'm tired of this world where everyone seems averse to
really seeing each other as brothers and sisters, and where greed is the actual ruler of everything.
Although some here talk of devotion to you, dear Supreme, pretty much even such talkers don't stay
fixed to their devotions to you. From this point on I focus on you and you alone, and yet I don't
expect your mercy, your release for me from here, nor any boon from you, because I'm sure I deserve
many more lives of Karma for everything I've done in the past. You alone control everything, and you
alone know what I really need for my full purification, so I place myself willingly in your hands.
Though I've always been in your hands, I now place and surrender my consciousness to this truth at
your feet forever."
This is the highest possible consciousness, and this is how real saints think. Such persons
have absolutely no concern over what their Karma might be. Moment to moment they are aware of
the fact that life could end any time, and that there are no guarantees. Since they don't desire any
specific fulfillment for their minds in this plane, they really don't care how much time they have left,
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or when any particular event may or may not happen. Their lives take on a quality of stability and
oneness, though they engage in positive actions aimed at serving all living beings. This is the most
natural and wholesome position for the soul, and the only one where permanent happiness can be
achieved.
Therefore, on the highest level of human attainment, Astrology is no longer significant. That
being the case, it is understood to be placed on Earth in our hands not for any purpose other than to
help fill in the gaps in our knowledge towards becoming enlightened. Astrology teaches us about the
controls upon us, and that in great detail. This is very important in pushing us down the divine path.
In this way, as part of our schooling towards becoming saintly Astrology finds it's purpose on Earth.
This is the real value of astrologers and their interactions with the clients, that both are becoming
more convinced of the need for spiritual progress in their lives.
Now back to our accomplished psychic Mr. Karve. Try as we might with our tiny brains and short
lives, we will probably never match his abilities in this life. That goes for the great brains amongst us
as well as the rank and file. This teaches us that divinity can, or Karma can, simply GRANT excellent
abilities and qualities to a person at birth. Yet more proof of the greatness and insurmountable
nature of divine control. Even us astrologers must bow to the great divine will because even in our
midst we see such things as to remind us that we cannot but act within the frame granted us. Even
though we portend to know about Karma, and perhaps prescribe remedies and solutions, we cannot
force divinity to allow us to see Karma as well as this little old 80 pound Indian man who barely eats
and is barely conscious in this world.
And what does he say? He teaches astrologers to worship the Universal Lord in order to gain
not only abilities, but also inner perfection for the benefit of their own soul. There is no way around
it, divinity has us cornered on all sides, and the only way to perfection and happiness is surrender,
cooperation and devotion to Divinity.
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CLUSTERS OF PLANETS - ABOUT CONJUNCTIONS
Clusters of Planets are like gathering of executives in one room. Like "ah, here we have the
King, his son, the Worker, the General, the Guru, and one demon's head, all gathered in a room
talking, and it happens to be the Generals office" (Aries).
When a lot of people gather, actually they start to think weird things like "look at what he's
wearing", and "I've never noticed all those wrinkles", and "when am I going to get to say something".
This is the same with the Planets. They interact and talk. They associate. They are not all
friends and not all enemies, it's very complex. If you get to know them as the people that they are, it
will become obvious what they are saying. What they are saying is then who the person is.
For example, I have Jupiter and Saturn in the 9th in Sagittarius. I am in Saturn Dasha, and was
therefore previously in Jupiter Dasha. Jupiter ran from 10 to 26, and Saturn has been running since
then, as I'm now 38.
So during Jupiter Dasha, I acted like Jupiter in the 9th in Sagittarius. I was entered the Hare
Krishna movement, which is intensely strict and religious, and I was a heavy to some degree therein,
an "officer" if you will. I ran temples and travelled with one of the world leaders of the movement as
his secretary. So I was in the offices of one of the worlds leading strict Hindu movements. That about
sums up Jupiter in Sagittarius in the 9th. But during that time Saturn kept "talking" to Jupiter.
What was he saying?
Well, how does Shani feel about Guru and Sagittarius?
Picture a dirty old poor worker man standing in the well-appointed room of a very rich and
powerful man. He's jealous perhaps? Not really. Shani is not a jealous person. He's very very real. So,
he sees the stupidity of spending your money on decorations. He sees the pride in Guru. He sees how
fat Guru is. He sees how the "aims" of Sagittarius would be much easier achieved without the fat and
pride of its Lord. So in this way, he walks around the room faultfinding a lot of little things.
He doesn't speak though. Shani is very humble. He kind of implies by how he just looks around
and doesn't say much.
So the result of this was, in my mind, I saw all kinds of little problems with the HK movement and
that Guru I was serving during those years. It was like, at every turn, there was some problem.
Exoterically speaking, I joined a cult, which was going through serious last death movements,
as the founder was already gone. The new Gurus were not ready, and especially the one I was under
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was one of them who was least ready. He got into all kinds of stuff, which didn't help the stability of
the movement at all.
So exoterically one would say "Saturn corrupts the ninth House" and one would predict that
Father and Guru and so forth- there will be problems- they would be sinful and low, or something
like that.
In fact, neither my father nor any of my Gurus were sinful and low. They were however weak
in various ways. Weak because my first Guru could not keep up his Sannyas, and low and behold,
when he entered Saturn Maha Dasha he left and got married. My father, had serious mental problems
probably born of his heavy involvement in world war II, and had to be hospitalized. He was an officer
in the Navy though, and a very very sweet man up until his death last year. It's not surprising he died
in my Shani Dasha is it?
So during Saturn Dasha for me, the spotlight is on Saturn. OK, we'll do it your way, but I'm
going to help you. That's what Jupiter says. Although not his favorite charge, he tries to help Shani.
So in this Dasha, my mind is more focused on going up, rather than seeing how I'm going to
fall. In Guru it was like, I'm up here at the top, and Gee, Wow, there's serious things wrong.
Now I'm in Shani Dasha and instead I know, there's always everything about to go wrong, or
already wrong, so lets see what I can do to make it better. Jupiter is speaking in Shani's ear, and it's
much more inspiring to listen to. Rather than hearing a kind of bitter grumble, I hear a golden
optimist. Consequently, I'm much more powerful.
A hard working and real person being inspired with optimism is much more productive than a
puffed up Guru Serving Brahmachari who inside is hearing all sorts of problems. So that's actually a
side track on listening to Dashas.
Back to clusters, for one way to understand, make paint mixtures in your minds eye for the
Signs and all the Planets in them. For example, Rahu in Libra. Libra is black according to classics, but I
think it's more like gray black, as Krishna is also called black, but he's really a purplish blue gray
color. So anyway, take dark gray, and mix in Blue or Black for Saturn, and you have a pretty dark and
solid steal blue color, like a really staunch and hard dark color. This color represents solidity very
much so. Un budging, exalted Saturn.
Take red for Aries, and mix in Saturn, and you have Purple. Put Rahu in Taurus and you're
mixing yellow green (Taurus) with a brown, and you get a brownish green, like fall or autumn.
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Some of the mixtures are nice colors, but if you have a lot of aspects or Planets in one House,
you end up always with mud color- like a kid in kindergarten who mixes all the colors together. It's
muddy. When doing your mental mixing, remember to keep it all rather pastel- so you can see- not
heavy dark colors, this is instead a subtle science, a subtle level of power is what the Grahas have, and
so it's all subtle so keep it all pastel, so you can see the colors. Then think of the colors in life. I give
you a case:
Leaves turn brown and fall off the trees right? So brown is not spring and life, brown is fall
and death. Moss is green, if it's brown it's dead. After being burned all summer by the Sun (when it is
happening to be in Leo then Virgo), by the time the Sun is in Libra the leaves are falling. No wonder
he's chilling out in Libra, he already burned out everybody he knows!
So when I look across the autumn treescape, I see how all the trees are burnt colors on their
South facing sides especially (since I live the North, the Sun is in our Southern Sky).
What color do businessmen where? The color of Libra, gray, black, blue, Saturn Libra. See? This is
easy. Libra is the scale of commerce. They have taken to all wearing the same uniform, another Libra
thing.
Generals and cops like to have Red stripes here and there. Mars and Sun red colors are so
intense that they are only needed in small amounts, a stripe here and there, like on the hat. That's
why Mars is small as a Planet; its wavelength is intense but small. It's easy to mess up the red color
too. If you add almost anything to it you get death, I mean brown, right away. Like if you mix in Green,
then you get mud. So Mercury is not such a good idea. Exoterically, a hot intelligence or a fiery one
can be bad, if other things are bad, it's bad. If other things are balancing and stabilizing, then it can be
powerfully great.
Moon in Aries- kind of produces pink. So pink is weird, it's a childish girly color. Well, that's
right, if all things are balanced in the chart well enough, then it can make people who like little
animals and children and so on. Good mothers, and such, nursery rooms, play Houses, things dealing
with little fiery vermin (that's my word for children).
However, pink can go weird, like, little children’s voices in the mind chanting away, "go ahead
and kill it" "go ahead and kill it", making the person insane. In other words, like all things it depends
on the chart. I hope the foreigners on the list can understand my California style macabre humor.
So the point is, mix colors and try to see what you get and that will help you to understand the
person.
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Next, understand the dynamics of Ego amongst the Planets, and what the House and Sign tells
you about who is winning. Like lets say Jupiter Sun and Mars conjoin. Right away you know that they
are all natural friends, so it's a "yuck it up session with the big boys". So firstly immediately the
person will have that in their personality- they will be a "Mans man", a real strong head, reflecting
that power congress going on in the chart.
Then, you can know that the Sun and Mars are going to have to listen to Guru, normally.
However, if it's one of their Signs, not Gurus, or one of their Houses, like the angles, then it's more
their way, and less religious. If it's a weaker or religious House like 9 and 12, then probably Guru is
doing the talking, unless Mars is angry, like if they're all in Capricorn or if Saturn is in one of Mars's
Signs elsewhere in the chart, or that Jerk Rahu is, then Mars will get all hot and the other two are
going to have to listen to him spout off a lot. See, you can get away with a lot in front of friends, even
if one of them is your Guru. But in front of enemies or people you hate, you shut up or just kill, or act
weird, but you don't display so much of your good side or honest side.
So let's say Saturn and Mars conjoin in Capricorn in the 10th. Wow! So Saturn is in charge
because it's his House, but Mars is exalted and in Dik Bala, so he feels pretty good too. Basically, it's
all out war. The person’s career will reflect both total staying power with control and endurance
(Saturn) with the ability to suddenly switch and take on new things with zeal and energy. Such a
person would be an amazing worker at times. However, these two ways are opposite and not the
same and not one. They cannot coexist in reality, and one will win this true planetary war. The
person’s nerves will begin to become wrecked by the stress of the two. If in the same chart you see in
fact indications of this- Moon and Mercury conjoining or aspected by (which squaring is enough
given the 75 percent aspects of these two), then you can know the person will be life long breaking
under this conjunction.
Lets say Moon and Venus conjoin in Venus's House. Oh ladies, well HELLO. This is going to be
fun, we can decorate, and cook, and clean, and sing singy songs with the kids, and clap our hands, and
dance around, and act totally stupid and get away with it. I mean, how frivolous, pink on white, on
shades of saffron and a little blue too.... oh boy what nursery rhyming fun. That's one side, of course,
aspects and so forth can make it go many ways, but by themselves this is a very bright conjunction,
and thus considered highly benefic.
You know how when military people dress up, they were really sharp solid colors, like in the
US here the marines wear this royal blue with little stripes of gold and red and such. They are
displaying how awesome and together they are.
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These kinds of colors appear rarely in a chart, but they do, and they produce awesome people.
They are called actually the "Mahapurush Yogas", which just means "Great Persons". There are rules
for them that you all probably know, but really take it like this:
When a Planet gets to display it’s color very clearly with no mud or other polluting influences,
then you get that color prominently placed in the chart and it will show in the life.
So Jupiter creates Gold, Saturn Blue, Mars Red, Sun than translucent Ruby color, Mercury
Green, Moon milky, Venus Rainbow, and so on. I believe they all have their colors and dignities,
including the nodes, though they are very hard to work with and understand because they are not
welcome anywhere, as neither are the outer Planets, who I believe are also Rakshasas, and therefore
simply not honored in the Vedas as their effects are simply always malefic upon the other Gods who
are trying to be good, at least as often as their Karma allows them to be.
So if you have solid gold on the 10th House, and Gold is a color that your rising Sign likes, then you
have a real Hamsa Yoga. You become that person who has a gold streak in their personality and
Karma.
Back to conjunctions, lets say Mercury, Sun and Venus conjoin. That’s typical. So if it’s in a
Mercury ruled Sign, then Mercury is doing a lot of the talking, and Venus is adding pleasure
statements, how to get a lot out of the situation, and the Sun is trying to direct, but whatever he says
Venus tries to say how something nice could be gotten out of that, and Mercury wants to analyze this,
and in this way, it’s not a very productive conversation. It gets really weird now if Rahu joins, because
he is going to be criticizing all three of them constantly, and Venus is going to agree with half them
time, and the Sun is going to feel very threatened, and Mercury is going to be cluelessly going back
and forth agreeing with all of them each one at time...being uncommitted, so it’s getting pretty bad.
Now add Saturn, and the Sun might as well then go to sleep. The persons self worth feelings are going
to go down, reactionarism is going to come up, they therefore will have a hard time rising in life
except through less than beautiful and graceful means, and so on.
Clusters always produce mud or confusion- or so much activity that nothing happens
concrete. Like clusters in the 2nd can produce no speaking, as the person simply “thinks everything”
and therefore says nothing ultimately. Clusters around the Moon can produce a complex mind, with a
lot to consider, as all those Planets are Lords of Houses and thus carry packed agendas of
consideration.
Two people can talk, and sometimes get something done, but one is better. Three, it’s
becoming a committee, with four, forget it, beyond that, phew...Capricorn 1962- wow.
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That’s why the classics all say, “many Planets in one House is Sannyas Yoga”. It generally
messes things up and creates so much hassle over everything in life that the person just gives up the
hassle of life for a simpler ashram setting.
I hope this has helped and not hurt. You see, my Jupiter/Saturn conjunction is questionable, or
is that just Saturn saying that about it because he says that about everything in this world?
Yes, a cluster of Planets in the first House would mean that there is a lot of discussion going on
about the person. If the cluster is more malefic in tone and personality, then that would be hard on
the health. If it's overall a benefic cluster, then it's less bad. If it's a hot cluster, Pitta diseases will
manifest, if it's a benefic cluster, the person will be overweight or have too much junk in their life.
A cluster in the third House makes it nearly impossible for the person to get comfortable as
that is one of the issues of the third House, hence they would be good in uncomfortable positions in
life like the military or other combative situations.
A cluster in the 11th gives a lot of issues with gains, dream chasing, wanting, etc.
A cluster in the 6th makes a person paranoid, as "enemies are everywhere". I heard of one guy
who had that Capricorn in 62 cluster in his sixth. He carried a gun on bike rides, just in case. He was
also a "good" lawyer.
Clusters in the 8th give mysticism and sexual issues.
Clusters can also represent reactionism towards one other strong Planet. Say somebody has a
really good placement. The other Planets, being threatened, are all talking together somewhere, but
depending on Signs involved, Planets involved, you may find that there group is somewhat
powerless, given the prominent other placement.
Parivartans are sly tricks. A type of cluster, they are a pre-planned type of planetary
espionage, where, two Planets agree to work together though not together- "you keep an eye on my
office and I'll do the same for you". It's best if they are friends, similar, and good in each other’s
Houses, like Sun in Aries and Mars in Leo, or how about Moon in Sagittarius and Jupiter in Cancer,
though the 6th/8th of Moon and Jupiter is never to be aspired for, and don't do it in Prashnas etc
unless you know what you're doing with it with the Lagna.
Clusters in the 12th cause poverty issues and just wasting time issues, the 2nd- money and
first family, constraints and issues imposed by that, which is held close such as family and money, 4th
House clusters are often found in the charts of murderers, meaning that their are inner heart issues,
inner emotional issues, too many voices there, and thus confusion.
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5th House clusters, not as bad as some. Such a strong House. Education, creativity, an
overactive intelligence, hard time focusing on one thing in the mind...hard on career as it is the 8th
therefrom, like having Planets in the 8th in the Rashi chart- so it's hard on the "body" of the career.
Clusters in the 7th, issues with other people. Anything in the 7th is almost like having it in the
first. It becomes very prominent.
Clusters in the 9th- father issues, authority issues. I know a young girl, who has, check this out,
Mars, Moon, Rahu., Jupiter, in Leo, in the 9th. The Moon is between Mars and Rahu by 2 degrees on
each side. That's tight. She says, "Fuck" every other word. She communicates by swearing and yelling.
That's normal to her.
Naturally her relationship with her father is incredibly messed up, as is her relationship with
religious authority figures, God in general, and all the indications of the 9th House. She is basically
fodder for danger at this point, unprotected, as protection is the best thing the 9th can offer.
That about covers the cluster thing.
Conclusion: Unless they are very compatible, and only 2 or 3, chances are their will be
confusion and the House they conjoin in will such the life from the Houses they own, and thus create
"issues" as we say these days, around the House they conjoin in, as if to say, "we've all come here to
pay attention to this House because there's issues here". They then create the issues, or by
recognizing them, they make them real. In the end, that's what happens. That's the Lords plan.
I have one last example. I know a man with Jupiter, Mercury and Venus conjoined in his 11th. I
forget, which Sign, though I think it's one of Venus's or Mercury's, but not Jupiter’s that I remember.
He is witty. Oh man is he bright. He's a poet, a writer, knows computers, Shastra, you name it.
He can entertain like nothing else. He is so shiny and bright and funny it's unreal. But, he's always
trying to make it big, and never can. He has received not so much recognition for his many books of
poetry and prose and speaking. He's active, very active, always out there campaigning so to speak,
but the results are meager, partially in my mind simply because the focus is lacking, and he's so
Mercurial, that you can't be around him too long, and a turn off rarely "makes it". So see, issues issues
issues, when there's too many voices, they all say something different, and there ends up just being
confusion and time wasted.
FOCUS is wanted for results to be obtained.
CONFUSION is good for shopping and trying things on. In Gods eyes nothing is ever wrong.
Everything is always His way. So, there is a reason for every thing in every life. I am not judging,
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except inasmuch in Astrology we are always talking from the materialistic viewpoint of material
results in life.
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INTERPRETATION CHECKLIST

11. Natural Benefics verse Natural Malefics

12. Signification’s of Planets, Houses, and Signs
13. Temporary Benefics and Malefics by Lagna and Moon Sign
14. Kendras/Angle Houses 1/4/7/10
15. Trikonas/Trines 1/5/9
16. Neutrals 2/11
17. Dushtanas 3/6/8/12
18. Upachayas 3/6/10/11
Planetary States
19. Residence in own, friend, neutral, enemy, debilitation, exaltation, Mulatrikona Houses
20. Residence in natural malefic verse benefic Signs (Rashis)
21. Retrogression or combustion
Overall rule: We have to note the House, how is the Planet for that House, how is the Planet
aspected, conjoined, by others, and how is the dispositor of that House doing, and is the Planet in a
Sign good for it, do the natures mix nicely, does it work well with other parts of the chart.
All Bhavas will give rise to exclusively good results if
22. Occupied or aspected by benefics or their own Lords,

23. Or by Planets owning benefic Houses,
24. Provided such Houses are without the aspect of association of malefics.
25. This will be so even if malefics own the Houses concerned.
26. This good effect of the Houses will be certain if
27. The Planets involved are strong, that is,
28. Not in their debilitation constellation, not combust,
29. And not in an enemy’s constellation.
A Bhava suffers destruction when
The Bhava itself

Its Lord and its Significator (Karaka Planet)
Are devoid of strength and are hemmed in between malefics,
Or are associated with or aspected by malefics
Or unfriendly Planets and not by others
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Or if the fourth, the eighth and the twelfth Houses
Or the fifth and ninth Houses from them
Are occupied by malefics
These results will be very evident and apparent when
Several of the conditions mentioned occur at the same time.

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MORE ON INTERPRETING CHARTS
My thing is to read overall characteristics of the person’s divine struggle or challenge in life.
This is where my realizations always go.
The whole chart matters together in all matters, but we start from different starting points
based on different matters.
Examples: We look to the ninth as our starting point in matters dealing with one's relationship to
divine revelation. Then we can read the whole chart from the ninth House as the Lagna, and see all
relationships from there- on top of the situation for the ninth Lord and House, in the Rashi chart
proper, as well as in the Moon Lagna Chart.
The play of the Lords in all these charts, adding in their Navamsha placements, Nakshatra
Placements, Shad Bala, Play in the Major periods of the life or not, gives us the overview of the
situation in the chart.
To do this, we must see patterns quickly. For example, we begin with the Rashi chart. We
should immediately see and feel the Lordships placements as per the Rashi chart. We should then
turn to the Chandra Lagna chart immediately and see it all over again there. Note mentally any
repeating patters or "confluence areas"- places where Planets are saying the same things, causing a
"confluence" or "gathering of influence" on one spot with one message.
So now we see the Rashi, and we see the Relationship to that of the Chandra Lagna, which is to
say we have grasped the life of the outer physical being from the Lagna, and from the Chandra Lagna
we have gathered about the inner person's vision of their world and self.
We then note if there is agreement, conflict or the specific difference or relationship, between
the outer Karma and the inner hopes and wishes.
We now know the person overall. We know their life challenges; we know their inner
motivations. We see the Dashas, and how some of each of these two charts will likely be revealed due
to the presence of the appropriate Dasha Lords in the years of life, whereas we note the less likely to
manifest due to the absence of the appropriate Dasha Lords in the reasonable life span.
We note the Transits, at least the major ones that are coming or have recently been. We do
this because the slow transits, of the Nodes, Saturn and Jupiter, are significant. The Jyotish knows
where these Planets are at all times; so, it is very easy for them to quickly realize where they've been
in the last few years.
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So, they can quickly and easily see if the person has recently been through Saturn's transit
over the natal Moon or Ascendant, or Sun, or oppositions to these. These major transits are effectual,
and one must be aware, that no matter what else is going on, if the person is in Sada Sati, then
certainly things are different than if they are not.
Planets act according most to the subtle science of Lordship, combined with their natural
personalities. Seers must learn to realize these combinations. In doing so, one is primarily combining:
1. The Planets Lordships in the Rashi Chart
2. With who the Planet is naturally
3. With the dispositor and House it's in
4. With its Navamsha dispositor situation
5. With Nakshatra information
6. Other influences like aspects/conjunctions/transits
This is a lot of information.
Learning who the Planets are naturally is important. Then learning of what Lords do, then
realize that this Lordship forces the Planets to take on qualities, which are added onto their natural
natures, like cloaks of duty and also attitude change.
For example, Jupiter is naturally expansive, but as 8th Lord in the second he takes on some
bad qualities as the 8th Lord, such as accident causing, and demonstrates "expansive" "speaking"
leading to "accidents". That's just combining one Jupiter word with one-second House word with one
8th Lord word. It is this combining of influences that one must learn, by reading lists of Karakas, like
those presented in GJ, my program.
The influences upon the dispositor of a Planet, and its Navamsha dispositor's situation in the
main Rashi chart, these greatly shape the direction the Planet will demonstrate it's activities. If
"pure" influences are exerted upon these factors, then the Planet will demonstrate its result in a way,
which is pure, and leads to greater benefit in life. And then the opposite is true.
For example, look to the Navamsha Lord of the Moon, and then see that Planet back in the
Rashi chart. See what kinds of Planets are it's conjunctions or dispositor. Like if Ketu, then the person
associates easily in renounced settings of spiritual awareness, and if Venus, then the worldly
intelligent and successful class of persons as well as the artistic and those enjoying life, become one's
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associates easily, and if Jupiter, then the person tends towards the learned and aristocratic...and so
on.
It is because a Planet does what it is told, but because it has a personality of it's own, it does
the stuff "his way". So, the Moon does things "her way", but she "does what she's told to do" by the
Sign, the situation with her dispositors, and so on.
All Planets do what they are told, but they do things "their way". So this is why the situation
with the LORDS of the Planets main "sitting spot" becomes SO important.
The Lords of the "spot of sitting" is the Rashi Lord of that Sign, and the Navamsha Lord of that
Sign. These dispositors are sitting somewhere in the Rashi chart. Look there. And without extending
judgment further, without going to a secondary level, read their situation straight out, and know that
that situation is being pushed down upon the Planet we started with, and heavily directing it. Then
see those directives being manifest through said Planet, according to the nature of that Planet.
In other words, the lessons come from the greater majority, which represents the interacting
parts of the material energy manifested from divinity, as seen as the interaction of multiple Planets in
the chart, then being directed down through one Planet in the chart, to actually create a "born in
blending" event in one specific area of life.
Like, I have Jupiter and Saturn in the 9th in Sagittarius. Jupiter Mahadasha ran from around 10
to 26 years of age- and I've been in Saturn since then and still am.
But the Jupiter, even though so strong it seems, is the Mahadasha where I experienced the
Saturn influence on that ninth House and Jupiter. Then, in Saturn major I am experiencing the
beneficence of that Jupiter upon that Saturn. So the events of the Dashas are more reflective of the
INFLUENCES on the Maha Dasha Lord.
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PARALLAX CORRECTION
WHAT IT IS
Normally the planetary positions have been calculated as if looking at them from the center of
the Earth. The "longitudes" of the Planets that we use in Astrology as "their position in the Zodiac" is
taken as if we are looking at the Planet and the star backdrop behind them from the center of the
Earth. Parallax correction means to instead change the programming code such that we are looking
at the Planets from the place of birth on the surface of the Earth. This only affects the Moon enough to
matter (I'm told) and so I added it for the Moon only. Hence we call it "Lunar Parallax Correction". So,
when this is on, the Moon in the chart will shift a little, because our angle of vision in "looking at it"
changes slightly. Remember or realize this to understand: he Zodiac, which we are "placing" the
Planets in, is way further away from us than the Planets are. So, the Planets are only appearing "to be
in a certain spot" in the Zodiac- if we change our viewpoint, our line of vision through the center of
the Moon say, and then on out to the Zodiac belt, since it's a straight line of vision, it will pivot on the
Moon as a pivot point, if we move our viewing point, and the end result point where that line "hits" in
the Zodiac will also sweep along. This same principle is what causes the apparition of retrograde
motion of the Planets.
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IS IT BETTER?
Astrologers have not used it much in recent decades because they didn't usually have access
to it. Few programs had it, that's the main reason. Ephemeris books were printed without it too. So,
it's basically not been available to most, and was not talked about either. However, it does make more
sense, just as not killing animals makes easy sense to children. If I tell you to look from where you
were born, few would argue that the center of the Earth makes more sense. Consider further, that the
Ascendant, an all important point, is based on your location, not the center of the Earth, and that is
why we need the longitude and latitude - so far, it was "only for the Ascendant" and figuring out what
Greenwich time you were born at. Otherwise, we wouldn't need to know where you were born.
Consider further, everyone born at the same moment all over the Earth has the exact same Dashas if
we go with an Earth centered Moon view. I think that can't be right. So, Parallax correction
individualizes your Dashas to your moment AND place of birth, which to me makes more sense. None
of this is proven in research; again, I hope to get to that point someday.
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WHO'S THINKING IT'S BETTER AND IS USING IT?
Very few, simply because they haven't had it. The most common response will be "my Dashas
are all off". This is simply in reference to what they're used to, and not necessarily any reality on any
level. Since big guns like K.N. Rao have lived their whole lives using Earth centric calculations and
have made their name arguing the greatness of their own predictions using Earth centered, to
suddenly admit that another system, which changes the Dashas often by months, sometimes years, is
correct, is out of the question on the grounds of saving face. So, it's not something that is suddenly
going to be accepted widely. There is too much embarrassment potential here because of the fact that
it shifts the Dashas so much.
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SMALL POINTS
1. Because the Earth centered view of the Moon and the Parallax corrected view are the same
if the Moon is straight overhead (the Midheaven) or directly opposite that point (conjunct the 4th
House cusp) in a chart, therefore in such cases there will be no difference between the two views.
When the Moon is around the 1st and 7th House cusps the difference becomes greatest.
2. Picture drawing a line through the chart across the 4/10 axis. Now see the half, which
contains the 1st House, as opposed to the other half of the pie containing the 7th House. If the Moon
is in the Lagnas "half", with Parallax correction you will move forward in the Dashas as compared to
what you're used to. So, persons in malefic Dashas will instantly want to embrace parallax correction
if their Moon is in the say 11th, 12th, 1st, 2nd or 3rd Houses. We have embraced it so far, on other
grounds as well that things line up better. If the Moon is in the 7th Houses half, i.e., 5,6,7,8,9 Houses,
then you will move backwards in time in the Dashas.
3. The amount it affects the Moon position is usually minutes but can be more than a degree.
I've heard it can be up to 2 degrees, which of course is around 1/7th of the length of a Nakshatra or
therefore of a Mahadasha, and of say Venus Mahadasha at 20 years, that can swing it by over 2 years,
but I've not seen this.
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MY POSITION
I think it is correct based simply on grounds of logic- that if we can personalize our
calculations to the place and moment of birth, we are more correct. Period. That's why I accept it. It
does happen to make my Dashas make more sense too. I do too little Astrology with others charts to
say whether I've seen a pattern with others.
The lesson of the oak tree

There was once a yogi, who was depressed. He needed some instruction from above he felt. He
knew that nature speaks for Divinity, if we would only listen.
He stood near an Oak tree one day, greatly feeling the need for input from above.
Then he understood these teachings, which came from the Oak Tree.
Do as I do, and always reach up, towards the source of life. As you do, you will grow, it's a
natural process. The source of life will give you rays, with, which you can grow.
As planned by the greater environment in, which we live, there will come times when your
ability to feel the rays from the Source will drop off, as my leaves fall off each year. During those
times, I just stay where I was- I don't lose ground in my reaching. I just wait for that hard time to
pass. So also, when the hard times come, and you feel cold and unable to feel the Divine rays, just stay
as you were, and wait. Don't give up the reaching point you came to.
As this happens to me each year, a ring is added to my waist. This makes me stronger, so the
next time the rays come, I am able to reach a little higher, and I grow a little more. Without the ring
born of the difficult period, I would not be able to grow.
So also for you dear yogi, when the hard times come to you, just stay, and a ring will be added
unto you. You will be stronger by it, and later, when the right time comes again, you will grow and
reach higher, and feel even better rays.
The rings will make you more callous in one sense, more sturdy, less affected by the smaller
changes in the environment. These rings are your wisdom, your steadiness, and your determination
to stand strong and reach high.
Many rings, and a high reach, are the Signs of maturity. Do not struggle against this process, it
will make you a large oak tree, and oak is ruled by Jupiter, which is the force of teacher, of
enlightenment and realizations about our true selves, and true position.
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After hearing these words, the Yogi went home, no longer upset, for now he knew that he was
simply feeling the adding of one ring, which was for his betterment for future days of even more
exciting expansion and growth, just as from Winter, Blooms Spring.
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A FEW VERSES FROM THE BHAGAVAD GITA
The embodied spirit master of the body does not create activities, nor does he induce people
to act, nor does he create the fruits of action. All this is enacted by the modes of material nature.
5.14
All beings are forced to act helplessly, according to the impulses born of the modes of
material nature. Therefore, no one can refrain from doing something, not even for a moment. 3.5
One who can see that all activities are done by the body, which is created of material nature,
and that he himself does nothing, actually sees. 13-30
The bewildered spirit soul, under the influence of the three modes of material nature, thinks
himself to be the doer of activities that are in actuality carried out by nature. 3.27
Even a person of knowledge acts according to their own nature, for everyone follows their
natures. What can repression accomplish? 3.33
A person in the divine consciousness, although engaged in seeing, hearing, touching, smelling,
eating, moving about, sleeping, breathing, speaking, evacuating, receiving and opening or closing his
eyes, always knows within himself that he actually does nothing at all. Because while performing all
these activities, he always knows that only the material senses are engaged with their objects
and that he is aloof from them. 5.8-5.9
As the embodied soul continually passes in this body from childhood to youth to old age,
similarly the soul passes into another body at death, and the self realized soul is not bewildered by
this change. 2.13
The person who is not disturbed by happiness and distress, and is steady in both, is eligible
for liberation. 2.15
Work done as a sacrifice for Vishnu has to be performed, otherwise work binds one to this
material world. Therefore, perform natural duties for His satisfaction, and in that way you will
always remain unattached and free from bondage. 3.9
Regulated activities arise from the Vedas, and the Vedas arise from God. Therefore, the all
pervading Transcendence is eternally situated in acts of sacrifice. 3.15
The work of a person who is unattached to the modes of material nature and who is fully
situated in transcendental knowledge merges entirely into transcendence. 4.23
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The humble sage sees with equal vision a learned and gentle Brahmana, a cow, an elephant, a
dog and an animal killer. 5.18
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ACINTYA BHEDABHEDA TATTVA
What it means
Acintya means “Inconceivable”
Bhedabheda means “One Yet Different”
Tattva means “A Statement of Truth”
“Inconceivable Simultaneous Oneness yet Separation for all things is the truth”
What it refers to
Spiritual philosophies in India each have a phrase that sums up the nature of the particular
philosophy, and this is the phrase used by the followers of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the great
Vaishnava (Vishnu-worshiping) leader of 15th Century Bengal, and all of India for that matter.
As the last 2,000 years have progressed in India, different major leaders emerged each of
whom added to a growing understanding of the meaning of the various Vedas, Puranas and
Upanishads. These Acharyas or teachers formed schools of thought.
Sri Chaitanya was the most recent of the great Acharyas, and His line of thought was superior
to it’s predecessors, winning converts from leading positions of all previous schools of thought
throughout India. Even though only in His teens and twenties, Sri Chaitanya became the
undisputable leader of Vaishnavism in India quickly and easily through debate on the meanings of
the Scriptures. His Sampradaya, or school of disciplic succession remains strong and growing today
worldwide as one of the most powerful and focused branches of Vedic dissemination, and can be
credited with all the training I’ve received, as well as the willpower to do what I do.
So Acintya Bhedabheda Tattva is the expression of Sri Chaitanya, and it summarizes our
situation as souls in this world, and forever in the hereafter.
It means that we are forever individuals, different from the other individuals around us, and
yet we are all one in God, in other ways or from another angle of vision. It also means that
everywhere, and in everything, we will ultimately find individuality side by side with shared reality.
For Jyotish, this is found in the fact that our oneness with God is seen in that all things about
us are already set, hence one with our environment or God ultimately, and on the other hand we feel
and perceive individuality or separateness from all things. These are manifestations of the Acintya
Bhedabhada principal popping up wherever we look.
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Implications in life
Knowing about this principle and trying to understand it in your life leads to greater
detachment, which can foster more peace internally. In order to progress in achieving Love for God,
we have to reconcile between these two realities constantly because on the one hand we are
understanding many things to be caused by God’s plan, yet on the other hand we are understanding
other things to be caused by our choices. Both are true always, and the harmonization of them in us
and the choices of thought and action that we end up actually doing are dependent upon the
interplay of these factors inside us at all times.
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PERFECT MIX WITH JYOTISH
In order to properly study, apply, use and understand Jyotish, one must be familiar with the
paradox of Bhedabheda. In fact, the connection runs the other way too, and we can correctly say that
through the study of Jyotish one will ultimately understand the Oneness yet Difference reality.
These two do not conflict, but are instead complimentary. Also, the person in the correct
understanding of these two does not cease action, or suffer any material loss of motivation. It is not a
fact that right understanding leads to lethargy. Right understanding leads to an enlightened mood in
life while performing all the duties of life. The external does not need to change much for this
understanding to flourish inside.
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FREE WILL REMAINS
And free will remains even within the person with this understanding. No matter what we
believe, the feeling of being an individual, and the feeling of making willful choices in life will forever
remain. But if one simultaneously cultivates the conception of being in the loving hands of the
Supreme at all times, on a predefined path of elevation, then the statement of Krishna in the Gita that
“even at the time of death the real Yogi is not afraid or bewildered” becomes believable, or possible.
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MAYA AND MAHAMAYA
Believing in this life as real is called Maya, or Illusion. This trickery is called such because
there is another simultaneous reality, which we are also a part of, which is much larger, greater, and
encompasses this reality, which is a subset of the greater. But, the Lord has put us in this Maya or
state of illusion, for certain reasons.
When a soul advances on the Lord’s taught path as given mainly in the Bhagavad Gita and
Shrimad Bhagavat Purana, then their understanding of the omnipresence of God in all things
becomes acute. At that time, the veil of Maya is lifted to a great degree.
There is a greater Maya, called Mahamaya, which is a similar veil but, which serves the
purpose of making it possible for those who truly know God correctly, to kind of “forget what they
know about Him” so that they can have loving relationships with Him in Vaikuntha.
The point is, there is always Maya, wherever you go, either low grade Maya, like here, or high
grade Maya, as in Vaikuntha.
So, Jyotish kind of “blows away” the Maya here. We see things in people’s charts, which they
don’t want and don’t expect, and then those things come true. It’s a fact. The illusion is blown by real
Jyotish.
And yet we have to go on making our choices and living our lives until they end. And so it
shall be forever it seems, that we will always be progressing and learning, and learning to love, and to
accept, to not be the center, and yet to serve the center.
Our lives of one hundred years, as seen from the viewpoint of thousands of years, as seen from
the viewpoint in space where the Earth is an insignificant spec, seem like small flashes of bacteria on
an insignificant piece of dirt floating in space. How small we are. Yet we are very important to
ourselves. This is Bhedabheda manifesting again. Life, that’s us, is one with God. But this life, as
specs on a piece of dust, that seems awfully small and separate. Can you balance it and remain
positive in devotional service to the center?
This is Acintya Bhedabheda Tattva- the ever presence of the Lord in our lives of seeming
choice and individuality.
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HISTORY
We begin our study of Vedic Astrology by first pronouncing to, which version of history we
subscribe. I have in my hand a book of Indian Astrology by a modern author in, which what has
become the traditional version of history of India is recounted for the reader. This accepted version
of Indian history includes things such as what are known as the Indo-Aryan tribes from Afghanistan
and so forth. This kind of history where the Puranas are completely ignored was established by
scholars many decades ago, the last century in fact, and it has become standard in textbooks and
universities and it is taught and taught and taught ad nauseum.
This version of history taught in Western universities does not at all concur with the Puranas,
which are the version of history that India offers, and believe for themselves. This other version of
history where the Puranas are thrown out the window is completely cast upon India by outsiders
basically to patronize the Christian view of world history and the Darwinian view of world history.
However, any serious follower of Hinduism or any Vedanga (a Vedanga is a limb of the Vedas such as
Astrology and Ayurveda) should believe the Puranic version of Indian history rather than the modern
speculative view of Indian history.
So we shall now quickly recount the real history of India, very briefly. In the Bhagavad-Gita
Krishna says that in each of Lord Brahma's days he re-creates the entire material creation including
all the universes and all the inhabitants. Many millions of years of our time pass during the one day of
Lord Brahma. Krishna states that everything that Lord Brahma knows he gives to his sons and
disciples.
Else where in the Puranas it is taught, as it is in the Bhagavad-Gita, that knowledge such as
Astrology is taught by Lord Brahma to his sons and other sages that he creates and manifests, and
they in turn teach it to all the other humans and it is passed down through the ages. The Vedic
version is that all of this wonderful knowledge is God given and it appears at the beginning of
creation, it is passed orally down through the ages until Kali-Yuga at, which time books are invented
and used.
The Brihat Parashara Shastra, the great scripture of Astrology by sage Parashara, was written
when books were newly invented in this age that we are living, roughly 5,000 years ago. That is very
recent history according to the Puranic view, which goes back millions of years. The Puranas are the
only source of truly ancient primeval history and information. There are no other scriptures outside
of the Vedas and Puranas for truly ancient histories and primeval information such as Vedic
Astrology.
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Sage Parashara states that he received this knowledge through the disciplic succession coming
from Lord Brahma the creator. A true follower of the Vedas believes such statements literally and
does not attempt to bring any kind of modern understanding of history upon this wonderful ancient
wisdom. The scholars who invented this made up version of Indian history. and world history for
that matter. are all atheists in the eyes of the Vedic understanding of religion, even if such scholars
and scientists call themselves Christians or theists. According to the Vedic view they are atheists
because they do not have humility towards the words of Lord Krishna, the Vedas and Puranas.
Astrology has been augmented by the realizations and discoveries of sages and various
humans throughout the ages. Nevertheless, the original science is coming from the creator who
created the Planets and their orbits and karmic patterns- namely Lord Brahma working under Lord
Vishnu.
So the history of Astrology is that it comes from the brain of Lord Brahma. He creates the
Universe with wonderful artistry, full of mathematical patterns and beautiful, colorful symmetry.
These patterns and symmetries are partially taught to his sons and disciples and passed down
through the ages orally until Kali-Yuga when they are written down, roughly 5,000 years ago. Today
we receive Astrology through the same books, which have been translated over and over down
through the ages. We also receive Astrology through the teachings of living humans who practice it,
who learned it from other living humans. In this way, through Guru, Shruti and Smriti, or through
teachers, hearing from others and from scriptures we learn of Astrology and thus the original
teachings of Lord Brahma are still available today, however, diluted and vitiated they may be due to
the natural course of time.
I n the Bhagavad-Gita Lord Krishna says that he comes to this earthly plane from time to time to
re-establish religious principles. To get rid of the atheistic types and to enliven the devotee types of
humans. Since Vedic Astrology is a sub-division of the Vedas, it is also dear to Lord Krishna since He
also states in the Bhagavad Gita that He is the knower of the Vedas, He is the compiler of the Vedas
and that by all the Vedas He, alone, is to be known.
So from time to time, Vedic Astrology, like all other parts of the Vedas, get a boost by the
presence of an incarnation of the Lord on Earth. This happened 5,000 years ago with the advent of
Lord Sri Krishna on Earth. At that time, Parashara Muni, his son Vyasadeva (the compiler of the
Vedas) and many other great personalities were all manifest on Earth. At that time, books were
invented, the Vedas were recorded in writing and for the very first time in this creationary cycle,
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Vedic Astrology was written down so that it could be passed down through the ages to this very
present day.
What you are about to receive is a gift from Lord Brahma, from Lord Vishnu through their
devotees like Parashara Muni, Vyasadeva and in a much smaller and less significant way, this humble
author, who is also a part of the Lord. You are a child of God. You are receiving this valuable tool so
that you can become more enlightened, more illuminated within.
The purpose of Vedic Astrology is simply to know. The word Veda means knowledge. Lord
Krishna states that the purpose of all Vedic knowledge is to come to know Him. So this science of
Jyotish or Vedic Astrology has the chief purpose of increasing your enlightenment and awareness of
God's presence in this Universe and in the lives of every one as the Supreme Controller.
One of the chief names of Lord Krishna is Param Ishwar, which means Supreme Controller. A
real student of Jyotish will, in a very short time, come to see that all living beings are controlled, and
that free will is will only, but that the external facts or events are coming from somewhere other than
just our will. As Lord Krishna states in the Gita, the lives of all living beings are formed from
combinations of what they desire as well as what they deserve in order to right them in their
progressive path of life.
Vedic Astrology shows us the actual fact of what each person is born with in terms of gifts,
talents and attributes. Further more it allows us to understand how events will unfold in the life of
the living being. In other words, Jyotish reveals the karmic path that lay ahead both in it's
splendorous hill top successes and it's miserable, fearful, dark valleys.
The knower of Jyotish or Vedic Astrology carries a massive burden of responsibility. A true
Vedic astrologer should be a Brahman because they receive so much knowledge, they have so much
vision. A Vedic astrologer can know so much about their own and other person’s lives, therefore, the
responsibility is upon them to be excellent persons so that they can show the correct way to others.
Most persons allow themselves much leeway in their understanding of various items. For
example, many persons delight in drinking even though it brings out the worst in them. Knowing
that alcohol has a Tamasic or "mode of ignorance" nature, the real Brahman avoids it because
alcohol, especially in excess will pollute and color his vision, his aura and his ability to emit positive
words and vibrations to other living beings. Similarly, having rotting flesh within ones belly is not
something we would expect from an enlightened Vedic astrologer.
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The real enlightened Vedic astrologer seeks to walk in total harmony with nature, which he
knows is simply a manifestation of Supreme Divinity. Being one with Divine Nature, being able to
read the cosmos and thus give comfort and wisdom and direction to other persons is the real nature
of the true Vedic astrologer. This is ultimately not a material science. This is the science of how God
teaches the souls in this creation lessons. This science is not the possession of humans; it is on loan
to humans. Abusing this science causes more serious karmic reaction. Using it correctly elevates one
to a superior spiritual position.
GOD IN VAIKUNTHA IN LILA EVER EXPANDING

There are innumerable spiritual Planets beyond this material creation and they are called
Vaikuntha (which means “No Anxiety” and is used to refer to the perfect, eternal Spiritual Realm and
the Planets there, the people that live eternally on those Planets, and the Vishnu level or Krishna level
personally present forms of the Supreme Lord who live there also as the centers of service and love
for everyone).
Because the Supreme is Himself unlimited, so also is the spiritual world in all respects
unlimited and infinite. It is also ever increasing. Because of this, new souls are created and trained
through the process of living many lives in a material creation like the one we are in. We are needed
to populate new sections of the Spiritual World so that the Lord and we can enjoy there altogether.
As like a dream, when a life is over, and when all our lives are over, they remain only a vague memory
at best, with no ability to harm our real selves. At that time, We are There.
Souls and material world
The material nature is a place where souls are raised to perfection through emotional
experiences, which teach us the science of inter-relating with other living entities who all our equals
in one sense, yet posted in bodies of varying levels of needs and intelligence. Ultimately, what we
learn here is how to interact as positive members of a collective for a central cause. This prepares us
for eternal pastimes in the spiritual worlds, or Vaikuntha Planets.
In short, the material world comes about out of a need to train new souls. The reason for the
separation and negative experiences here is that our ultimate submission to the Supreme must feel to
us like our own decision. Therefore, we have the God-given and God-designed perception of free will
here. We feel like we have free will. But freedom to will does not make us controllers. It is quite
obvious that we are not the real controllers of our lives here. But, we feel as if we make our choices
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and we then get the results. This process leads to personal conviction and the experience of
emotional growth.
Free Will and Full Predeterminism exist side by side here in this world. This you will realize if
you study Jyotish. It is a divine paradox, but yet is only difficult to reconcile within ourselves so long
as we remain attached to a separate and independent mood from the Supreme Lord. Once we
understand the truth about that relationship, which we’ve always had, then we can feel and work
with our ability to freely will, side by side with the awareness that our Sweet Lord is pulling the
strings, orchestrating our gradual rise, at just such a pace that feels perfectly like ourselves, to
ourselves.
Descent of Veda and Jyotish
So again at the beginning of the creative cycle of this creation, when empowering Lord
Brahma with knowledge with, which to create, our Dear Lord Vishnu gave the science of Jyotish to
Lord Brahma.
Later, Lord Brahma passed the science along to His Sons and other Disciples, from whom is
was in turn transmitted to other disciples, eventually reaching Parasara Muni, and other sages of
more recent times, who wrote it down, along with the other Vedas.
This is recounted in the opening verses of the Parasara Hora Shastra, and there is no sound
reason to doubt the direct understanding as it is presented in the verses.
The Vedic civilization spread it’s wings far and wide many thousands of years ago, and all of
it’s sciences travelled far and wide. It is no wonder that Jyotish, or the Science of Astrology, was
found present in other parts of the world in recent millenniums. These ideas have been around the
world since the most ancient of times. They spring up again and again as eras of various civilizations
come and go. It is our great fortune that the Sages were most safe in India, and that their writings
were preserved in such a nice state over such a long expanse of time, through the ups and downs of
the temporary kingdoms and invaders.
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PASSAGE THROUGH TIME
As books pass through time, they may be changed, added to, or made smaller. Also, Sanskrit
verse is compact, expectant of expansion by the trained Guru, to the sincere disciple. Both of these
factors combine to make a reality that today we are dealing with a less than perfect opportunity to
learn and assimilate the information.
That being the case, still, it is also a fact that the Lord Sri Krishna has promised, in the
Bhagavad Gita, that He shall never abandon His sincere devotee, who should therefore never feel
abandoned or alone, and that He will reveal in the devotee’s heart the truth when necessary.
Therefore, if we are rightly situated in devotional service to Sri Krishna, we can be humbly expectant
of help from Divine quarters to help us in areas that may otherwise be lacking due to the vitiations of
the present age.
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COMMENTS ON OTHER PRESENT DAY OPINIONS
As for other opinions about the History of Jyotish, I have few warm feelings for them. I have a
special distaste for the idea that Jyotish was discovered or invented by farmers of the river valleys of
Asia, as put forth in a recent book by another author. The popular version of Indian history, and that
of the world, which is basically Darwinist, is very distasteful to me. Persons who speak about or
profit by Jyotish in any way who are not devoted to the Vedic Puranic version of History and the
belief that a Benevolent Loving God is guiding the creation for a purpose are not amongst my choice
of recommended authors.
There is ample proof of cover-ups and unacceptable assumptions made throughout the
studies that form the base of the Darwin model of biological and world history. Furthermore, for
those who doubt the existence of God, what is left as the purpose of life? How do the faithless live life
without confusion and pain? I personally cannot understand that, though I wish them well in all
respects.
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BEGINNING
In the beginning of the Parashara Hora Shastra, we find that first the sage offers his obeisance
to Lord Ganesh because Ganesh, the son of Lord Shiva and Sri Parvati Devi, is the holder and
protector of the secret Vedic sciences. Lord Ganesh really exists, and therefore the all-knowing sage
Parashara offers him his humble and sincere praises and respects, known as Pranams or Dandavats,
which means folding hands or lying like a stick before the superior person in respect.
The Parashara Hora Shastra is a conversation between Parashara and Maitreya Muni.
Maitreya Muni is also found in many other Puranas. He was another great sage at the time of Lord
Krishna 5,000 years ago. You can find the activities and teachings of Maitreya and Parashara being
discussed further in such great Puranic and Vedic works as the Mahabharata and Bhagavat Purana.
In the very beginning of the work, Parashara says that the teaching of this science is to be
given only to students who are good and peaceful, who honor the gurus or preceptors and the real
elders who are completely truthful and fully faithful in the science of God. He says that only if this is
done will goodness follow. This science is not for unwilling students, atheists or cheaters.
Parashara Muni first starts by describing the creation, the various Gods such as Vishnu,
Brahma, Shiva, and Mother Bhumi who rules over the Earth. In this way we can understand the true
approach to all Vedic knowledge. First recognition is given to the Supreme Lord, the source of
everything, which is known as Sarva Karana Karanum, which means the cause of all causes, or the
source of even the sources. These early verses of the Hora Shastra are not to be overlooked as simply
"Hindu mythology". Rather they are to be taken as fact indeed. No human can say and prove that
God does not exist- that Vishnu and Krishna do not exist, and the humble Vedic Astrologer should be
of the type that welcomes the faith of their existence, stands up for such theology, and sees it's
brightness above all other conceptions.
Since we are in the humble position of being controlled by the nature in, which we were born,
we should remember that we have no right to discount the ancient Vedic and Puranic histories. After
describing the incarnations of the Lord and a general brief description of the creation, Sage
Parashara finishes the first part of his book by saying that one who knows and believes all these
things can become versed in the knowledge of the past, present, and future. No one else, without
believing in this way, will truly be able to understand this science. He further says that one who
correctly understands this can be a Brahman (a first class person), and those who do not correctly
understand this will most likely be reborn (not liberated) and the misusers of this science will be
reborn without eye sight (blind from birth).
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THE JYOTISH OR VEDIC OR HINDU PARADIGM
The basic paradigm of Jyotish is that we are children of God and we are being lovingly and
carefully carried through a very large set of lessons, which takes a number of life times to accomplish.
The lessons begin in lower forms of life and end in higher stages of human development. At a certain
point when we have learned the lessons of this material creation, we are lifted to spiritual worlds
beyond the material creation. While in human life in this material creation, we are sometimes
promoted to heavenly Planets. Sometimes demoted to lower Planets than Earth, while at other times
we reside on Earth, which is in the middle of the range of possibilities.
While we are here, we are controlled by our loving older brothers and sisters, also known as
the demigods. The demigods, although mortal, live much longer than we do. They have material
bodies, but we cannot see them as they live on higher material Planets. There bodies are more
closely related to a thought than our earthen bodies. Therefore, it is appropriate to say that the
bodies and lives of the demigods are subtler than our own.
Just as we control and take care of our pets, similarly, the demigods control and take care of
us. The ant living in our garden may not know that we control the garden because we are so large
and completely not present in their little world. Never the less, their ignorance of us does not make
us less real, or less potent and capable. Indeed, with a single stroke of our spray bottle, we can wipe
out an entire colony of ants that never knew it was us who did this to them. Similarly, the demigods
can with a single stroke or thought annihilate an entire continent on our teeny dust ball in space
known as Earth.
The Planets, which revolve within our solar system are physical external representations of
small parts of the personalities of certain demigods. For example, Saturn is an external
representation of part of the personality known as Sanaischaraya. Similarly, Venus is an external
representation of part of the potency of Shukracharya.
Another way to understand the Planets relationships with ourselves is to see that the guards
in a prison did not put the prisoners in a prison, but once the prisoners are in the prison, it is the duty
of the guards to keep them in the prison and administer various punishments and disciplinary
actions, but also to protect the prisoners from each other to feed them and provide for them. This is
exactly like our position. We live in Durga Dham, which means we live in the prison. The demigods
simultaneously provide for us and punish us, but it is not them who are doing it to us. They are only
carrying out the will and order and need of the greater whole, which they are also a part of. They are
simply above us, but they also have their superiors.
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Amongst the demigods, they have their own hierarchy, or rank and order, and ultimately they are all
within the material creation except for Lord Brahma who is right on the edge. Sadashiva is beyond
the material creation, but barely. Lord Vishnu's Planets alone are securely above and beyond all
material consideration and the highest of those is Krishna Loka or Goloka Vrindavan, the personal
Planet of the most personal and sweet form of the Lord, Sri Krishna.
So Vedic Astrology is the science of the effects of the Planets on all things on our world. Lord
Brahma has taught that although what we see is his material creation and in a way an illusory cover
to keep us in ignorance, still by studying the movements of the heavenly bodies, we can know the
particular way in, which the demigods have cast their will and effects upon a person. The positions of
the various Planets at the time of a person or thing dictate and control and reflects the way in, which
the demigods will control and manipulate the life of that person or thing.
All things whether they be humans or just thoughts are born and die within the great cycles within
this Universe. We are all creations of the great cycles and systems functioning within this Universe.
We are not separate. Vedic Astrology is the science of reading the imprint of the Universe upon the
human or thing at the time of their birth and from that chart or imprint knowing and foretelling the
nature and life events destined to be enjoyed or suffered by that person or thing.
When we study the birth chart of a human, we are studying their life. When we study the birth chart
of a question, we are studying the outcome and answer. When we study the birth chart of a material
item such as a vehicle, the christening of a House or boat for example, we are studying the lives of
those things. Vedic Astrology can apply to questions, things, people, pets, etc. All things within this
Universe are subject to the controls of the Gods, and therefore, Astrology applies to all things.
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SPIRITUALIZING THE GREAT FREE WILL DEBATE
Before we begin, let us recognize the transcendental truths that surround us and go on for
infinity, beyond the covering of this Universe, which we may never discover while in these bodies.
Let us be centered on truth and devoted to truth. Let us be humble and sincere.
I offer my praise to the Supreme Divine Couple who is sometimes manifesting as Sri Sri Sita
Rama. I offer my praises to their servant who is my personal guardian, Sri Hanuman.
To begin, let us remember that since we small souls actually do not know for sure what is
really going on "out there" beyond the Universe, and since we really don't know for sure anything
other than what we can see, let us remember that all opinions about the unknown remain only
opinions and faith. And that is good- for it seems that that is exactly the way divinity wants it,
otherwise divinity would do something more than what he and she already do. Since they're in
control, we can assume that what is happening is very well and good indeed. In fact, it's ecstatic.
But back to the point: The conclusions that each of us has about divine matters and
arguments are derived sometimes from our own speculative thinking, and sometimes from what
we've heard from others, perhaps even from scriptures or spiritual leaders. Nevertheless, humility
dictates that none of us be so boisterous as to think or project that our conclusion from our own
processes of reception is THE ONE AND ONLY ONE that is right for everyone.
So, it is normal and good to humbly admit one's bias before speaking. If for no other reason
than to help the listener more quickly realize where you're going with your arguments.
I would like to reveal my background briefly before speaking: I was introduced to formal and
strict Vaishnava Hinduism at the age of 19. Vaishnavism is that branch of Hinduism, which chooses
to worship Vishnu, the Supreme God, rather than worshipping separately any of his parts or
expansions such as Shiva or Durga Devi. Vaishnavas are personalists, which means they believe that
there actually are spiritual Planets or "heaven" where there are actual spiritual people in spiritual
bodies, and that this can be attained after many births when one is finally ready. This is in
opposition to those who believe that the highest attainment is merging into one great, formless soul
known as "Brahman" or just "pure spirit". So, I'm a Vaishnava by faith. I have had my own visions,
and done my own studies, and have my own realizations, which embellish what I write. But in
overall conclusion I am one with the Vaishnava followers of the Sri Chaitanya branch of Bengali
Vaishnavism. I lived for a long time with the monks at the Sri Chaitanya Gaudiya Math temple, which
is near the border with Bangladesh but is in West Bengal on the outskirts of the city of Navadwip, the
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birthplace of the Great Avatar Sri Chaitanya. These monks are most adept at analyzing the nature of
the soul, and the science of Karma, Reincarnation, Free Will, Destiny, etc.
We are considering now the subject of Free Will verse Destiny. The Question is: , which one is
correct? Do we have free will- are we creating our future? Or, is a predetermined path of destiny
guiding our every step and thought as if we have no freedom at all? Or is it some sort of mix?
First I will give my conclusion, then the supporting understanding. The conclusion, which I
ascribe to after much careful thought on the matter, is that, which I feel was a central expression of
the philosophy of Sri Chaitanya. Namely, that he described reality as "Acintya bed Abeda Tattva",
which means "that everything is inconceivably simultaneously one with yet different from divinity".
Therefore, I believe and more than belief, I can see it happening, that we are fully controlled-
our thoughts, everything, is in one sense, fully controlled. I will explain how and why I believe that.
But also, at the same time, due to the great wonderful magic of the source of our creation, we feel free
will at every step- as if we are doing it. This is the wonder of creation!!!
Krishna says to Arjuna in the Gita: "Although the soul in the body thinks himself the doer of
activities- actually he does nothing at all- but instead everything is carried out by my external
energetic force known as the material nature".
So, I conclude, as per the Gita's version, that the soul is merely a witness in the body. And that
the lives we go through are a gradually improving building process of graded lessons, one after the
other, much like school. The soul is raised up through a pre-determined or fully controlled lesson
plan, but simultaneously always feels right at home and identifies with the lesson fully due to having
really no other choice.
When you're in a body, you usually feel pretty much like it's you, and most conscious sentient
beings don't take too kindly to someone ending their bodily existence early for them. So, we feel like
we have free will, but it's really not that- we identify with our conditioning in the form of our body
and all it's likes and dislikes, which are also automatically coming to us based on our birth- our race,
family, nation, particular sub-culture experiences, schooling, exposure, and so on. It's all a part of the
Universe and because we're plunked down into the middle of a body as a conscious witness, and our
brain is hooked up to what feels like the control panel, we feel pretty much like pilots.
In fact our so called "choices" are taking place within such a totally predetermined spectrum.
We can't choose to date Martians, we can order food not on the menu, we can't decide to not breath,
we can't change our parental set in for another. A baby born with half a heart or no brain doesn't
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have much choice, does it? My daughter burned badly when one years old doesn't have much choice
about that event or the scars. The dead on the ground in Bosnia don't have much choice about
remaining dead.
Since I program and use Vedic Astrology daily, and since I've seen many charts and discussed
peoples lives with them so much using the Vedic chart as a guide and reference, I have literally seen
repeatedly that people are all following their Karma as specified by their Vedic chart. It is very rare
that a chart will not match or appear to match what the person describes of their life. It is a most
amazing and excellent science and enlightening tool.
So I see regularly that what people are doing was indicated and could have been known at the
time of their birth. This includes people with serious mental disease and serious physical problems.
So, if we say that in this life you are getting reactions to your past good and bad deeds and acting
accordingly, then isn't it also true that that was the case in the last life. If we are constantly products
of reactions to OUR OWN past deeds, then how can we create new good and bad deeds, if we are
going to be limited by our past?
Some babies are born totally mentally retarded and live their whole life in an institution.
What is the point? Is God punishing the soul for being bad in a past life? What is God doing to the
souls in animal bodies? What's the point of those incarnations?
The atheists and scientists have a view, which cannot answer these basic questions in any
way, which gives the mind and intelligence the loving, protective peace that is necessary for
happiness. The Vedic theistic conception can and does however. So, which is right?
The Vedic conception is that the soul, encased in bodies in this plane is a student of divine
teachings by need and nature. The Karma is a lesson plan to refine our conceptions of ourselves, our
needs, and the answers to our needs. Gradually divinity raises us in that we become purified. As
Krishna says in the Gita "vasudevam sarvam iti, sa mahatma sudurlabha", that the soul is indeed rare
in this world who, after many births, finally throws up his or her arms and surrenders to divinity in
devotion. Until that point, we find that the soul remains stubborn, trying this theory and that pursuit
according to their own mental speculations. Thus the scientists and atheists are described by
Krishna, and we see they are doing just what he said they will do. Then we find the devotees, the
surrendered souls, who attain real peace due to acceptance of divinity. Thus we see the purpose of
this world, as taught in the Vedas, panning out in real life.
We see that we are fully controlled; yet we see that we are forced to identify with our lives as
if we are responsible for our choices. So again the conclusion is that free will is a planned, cognitive
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part of our controlled lives. Part of the absolute control is that we are forced to face our lesson plan
as if it's our own- we have to own it- even though it is also obviously fully planned and cast upon us
by divine will or destiny. Thus the conclusion "Acintya bed abed", the "one yet different" philosophy,
is the one that is most correct.
The astrologer has the unique position of being able to read the Karma of self and others.
Thus the astrologer has the unique position of hopefully being at peace with the divine paradigm of
simultaneous destiny and ownership or free will. It is natural that an astrologer will have some
mental way of dealing with the mental impact upon themselves of this knowledge. So what is your
way of dealing with it?
Some astrologers see Karma, or astrological reality, as mere "pushings" or "impetus" that can
be avoided willingly if enough effort is made. Such astrologers are not totally theistic in their
conceptions. They see themselves and others as free agents who can choose to avoid that, which is
indicated. However, a deeper view is that the process of doing just that, must also be indicated in the
chart. And then, it becomes more correctly read that:
"You will be pushed in a certain direction, but due to your other better planetary placements
and fortunes, you will be able to go a different route than the lure. And this is part of your lesson
plan for this life- that you will begin to make progress away from certain things, towards higher
things."
Another example: Suppose a certain chart indicates sickness, and the astrologer gives a
prescription of mantra, stone wearing, or some other measure to appease the Planet and thus the
indicated Karma. Suppose it works for the individual. Has the person out-smarted the Planets? The
Vedic answer is a strong NO. It will be elsewhere indicated in the chart that the person meets the
astrologer and gets upliftment. The act of carrying out the worship of the mantra or wearing of
prescribed gems is the requisite external action, which seems to effect the positive change, but the
deeper reality is that the individual is merely being shown the power of divine controls and the
power of divine remedies. You see, the purpose and result here is a raising of the soul's conceptions
of life. And that is always the Vedicly understood purpose of life. So, such happenings are not out-
doing the Vedic planetary conceptions and divine theistic conceptions, but rather actually the
fulfillment of them!
If one can understand thus the absolutely good and positive nature of the reality we are parts
of, then one is seeing the Vedic way. If one has the opposite conception where we are free agents
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fighting for our own existence and fulfillment, then they are seeing only the lessons, and not the
purpose behind the lessons.
In the end, all is ordained, and all is good. Even ignorance is good because it is leading,
through the process of frustration, to a higher consciousness. But, if you are ready, and you accept,
and you act directly towards divine connection, then it is understood that you are further along. And
that is always a happy conclusion.
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PURPOSE AND FREE WILL
So then what is the purpose of everything? The purpose, after all the thinking and knowing for
all of life, for the Earth, for the Universe, is to teach souls what they are, to teach them how to be
eternal living beings, angels, God-like, heavenly, eternal, living. So the greatest, simplest greeting, is
"to life", or "forward in life", or "onward to life". Life, living, eternally, happily.
How is that possible? It's possible when every living being sees every other living being as
equal to them. Then we will treat each other as ourselves and thus we will all live, none will die. We
will all provide for each other. Everything will be in harmony. That is the aim of life, to teach us to
come to the place of harmony with each other. All souls as one, yet separate individuals functioning
as one, together, caring for each other, loving each other as we love ourselves. Simple. And all the
lessons we go thru, all the pain we go thru, is to teach us this. To bring us to this point. We may have
to be brought to our knees if we are full of Ego, which is separative and harmful to others. If we are
full of anger, frustration and pain, that shall have to be fixed. That is what life, temporary life, is for.
Temporary life in these bodies is full of painful lessons, difficult things, and what those do is teach us
what is true and what is right. A lot of life is simply designed to humiliate and humble us, to bring us
to the point where we are cooperative, not combative.
There is the issue of free will versus the higher planned guided divined pre-determined way.
There is a debate, which we can have as to, which one is true. Do we have free will or is there destiny
and fate? Are things pre-determined?, which is it? We cannot fully answer that. Let Me assure you.
And I say Me because not only am I a lifelong student of this, but I happen to be a leading
programmer of Astrology software and teacher of Astrology, worldwide, and have been doing so for
many years. And I have been heavily involved in this and I have a lot of experience with people's
charts, and watching the heavens and watching people's lives, many people's lives, many charts and I
have clearly seen that Astrology definitely works. There is fate and there is destiny. From a birth
chart so much of the life can be known and mapped and it does come true. So that is showing that
there is destiny, fate and pre-determinism.
On the other hand, we feel like we are full of free will. We feel that we have so much choice. So,
which is it? It's both. The system of fate and destiny that we live in, the life we are made to live in by
the higher, guiding, creationary source is such that the soul inside you is looking out at the world
through intelligence and mind., which in Sanskrit, the Hindu way, is called the Buddhi (intelligence)
from, which comes Buddha, and Mann (which is mind). Intelligence is more about Vigyan (which is
realized knowledge) and the mind is more about Gyan (which is just little points of fact). So the mind
is running around looking at facts and things and just kind of on a rampage of seeing and delineating
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what things feel good in the now and what things don't. Like, sugar feels good on the tongue. The
mind knows that and it says, "sugar, sugar, sugar". But that's not intelligent. That may not be good for
you. So the mind may not be good for you. The mind needs to be controlled.
So in the greater system of destiny and fate there are these things, which we are being forced
to work through. Our intelligence and our mind, and they are like mirrors through, which we see the
world. We don't see the world directly, not for real. We see it through our allotted ability, granted to
us through our granted level of intelligence and our granted clarity of mind. Some people are born
smarter than others. They're born with greater gifts in those areas. And thus we all have to suffer, or
enjoy, our allotted level of intelligence and mental capacity. And we are seeing through those. And
through those, the soul is seeing the fated, destined life for the first time at every moment. So every
moment the soul is seeing what is unfolding, what has been planned to unfold just as when you watch
a play, it is very well known to the author of the play, the script writer, the actors, actresses – they
know – but you don't. That's what makes it exciting. You sit in the audience. You watch it unfold and
it's very exciting. You're watching it for the first time. That's how life is. And as you go through life,
just as at the play, sometimes you may cry, sometimes you may laugh, as it unfolds you enjoy and you
suffer. But the higher knowing when you are at the play is to know that there is a message behind the
play. There was a reason it was written; it has something to teach you. So it is with life. It is unfolding
under a plan; it is not random and just chaotic.
If that were so, then sometimes we would see people float off the Earth. Why not? We would see
people just suddenly change into things we had no idea even existed. Why not? If it were chaos, and
no controlling factors, we would see whatever! But we don't see whatever. We see everything
functioning within very strict physics laws, universal laws, and not only that, if we are watchful,
which many people are, we see that people are very much similar – going through very similar
lessons. The fields like psychology, psychiatry, etc, they're based on studying patterns of human
awareness and the unfoldment of awareness, lessons, etc. This is common knowledge, actually. You
know these things deep in your heart – that as you sow, so shall you reap. You know that. You know
that you're a soul. You know that you ultimately will be non-violent.
Anyway, clearly, before us, I always saw, is this problem, this dilemma, this challenge, this
lesson, this test, obstacle course, which is: How do you judge and interpret things, when deciding
course of thought and action or even desire, with what rule, with what idea of reality, with what
paradigm, individually and as a society, by what principles are we being ruled, from within and
without?
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I am mainly interested in the resultant within, as the without is a result of the cumulative
within and the accumulation of the past conclusions of our societies, i.e., we have baggage, as we have
shared societal culture and results of that culture.
So I see flows of ideas, like say, the Anglo Saxons have traditional passed down cultural values
and ways, as do the Arabs, the Hindus, etc. All people pass things down, and all individuals are built
by what they see around them, constantly evolving it is, so are they, so are we, the world, the humans,
forward in time, possibly "up" or "forward" in realization as well, though that is really a relative
judgment, which we have no right to be sure of, so actually, it is MOST SANE to PRESUME that it is
perfect, thus both up and forward for it completely seems to be, in control of us utterly, that is,
reality, what IS, is in control of us, we are in what IS not that we control what is.
If we control it then I want appointments YESTERDAY with the following people:
The guy who controls the date of my death
...Any future nuclear war
...Whether fanatical Muslims have changes of hearts anytime soon
...Whether I will get prostate
You get the idea.
"Meteor Strike You Dinosaur!"
That's my favorite saying!
You see, we do not have control. No, we PATHETICALLY do not have control. It's pathetic. If
you're going to cry and judge reality that way. It's awful terrible horrible but we are in something
that has control over our lives as humans, over our bodies, and we are all doomed, physically
speaking. DOOMED! And you know it. I know it. You know it.
Aha, are we? Well, it looks like yes, our bodies are. And you know what; I almost feel ridiculous
trying to be a part of changing that. I really do. You know, if dying was good enough for everyone
before me, so be it, and it’s good enough for me too. I'm not different from all those good people; let’s
see, actually, from ALL PEOPLE, good and people. Add animals, and Planets, stars, galaxies, universes,
yeah, it seems EVERYTHING burst, burns, dies, etc.
I spent my life trying to understand why it ends and what that means.. Some people really do,
just that. But I have given up caring. For me it's the most interesting part of our life. I have done
most of the "fun stuff" the world has to offer, from Disneyland and travelling in India. So that leaves
researching the meaning of life! Seriously though, for me it was from a deep within feeling that I got it
from day one, and it was my duty to always represent it, learn more about it, teach it, stand up for it,
explain it, research it, etc. It's always been an absolute and total addiction. Unbeknownst to almost
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everyone around me almost my whole life, I was background checking everything against what I
knew was my future, which was to speak like this. I just ignored tons of things in life because they
didn't matter given this fact. I had to. I had to constantly maintain a connection with divinity. That's
not easy. You have to hold the thought. It's not auto pilot. Very often it takes careful thinking. And it's
so easy to blow it, to cross the lines you can see yourself clearly. The dichotomy between body and
senses, and soul and intelligence, is intense. And so, in the end, all you know, from galaxy on down to
country, to culture, race, species, Planet, it's all blown away. Your continent is about as resistant to a
supernova a tissue is to a bullet. Or less. In other words, there is nothing you know, that will remain,
eventually. Said another way, eventually, everything you know, will not be, at all. AT all. Not AT ALL.
No America, No Jesus, No Galaxy, No Earth, No Nothing We Know.
There may have been previous creations, and great species and civilizations that are not the
particles you are made of... that is completely possible in astronomy and physics. And reality. Those
are reality. So that is reality. Your body may contain pieces of Cleopatra, or Hitler, for example. I
mean, it's possible that Hitler's last breath has been breathed by everyone by now, or at least some
atoms of it. It's good to share. So now, here we are witnessing all this, and it's going to be so blown
away, eventually. And before then, you get to die off the body you're in, witness it decay slowly, get
old, diseased, and die. That's what lies ahead for you. If you're real young, there are some
intermittent years labels "your twenties or thirties" during, which you will ignore what is coming so
effectively you will have fun.

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CONTROL
As we go forward from this time, as always, we will more and more, come to the point where
our religions and our knowledge, collectively, individually, will bring us together, not apart. At times,
in history, we have had philosophies and religions, which have taught us to separate from one
another, to hate one another, to fight one another, etc. And sometimes rightly so, sadly, in order for
one group to progress had to get away from another group that didn't want to progress. And figuring
that all out that's judgment, which we can do individually, collectively – but ultimately, I'm speaking
ultimately where we are headed, is an oneness, though retaining individuality. You see we are
individuals but we are all linked. So we are one, yet separated. So the aim of life is to learn how,
though separated, to act as one – or to know where each applies; where to be individuals and give in
an individual way, and where to see the oneness and share as one; to learn exactly how to behave.
And the way this is done is each individual has to be taught to be an angel. Each individual has to be
taught how to be very divine, how to be excellent. And that is what Karma and lifetimes are doing to
us. Individually, we each have a unique karmic path, forever – never does it repeat exactly. We are
truly individuals. And we are, as an individual, being raised by the Universe through lifetimes to be
godlike, to be an angel. I just use that word because it's something we understand, at least in the
West. At least the Judeo-Christian-Islamic type religions understand this word, Angel. In India it
would be, perhaps you'd say to become a Devta – or something like that, to become like a Gandharva
– something, a higher being, a being of light, of immense knowledge, a sage, a rishi, but eternal. You
could say in India perhaps, Nichtiamukta, to become Nichtiamukta instead of Nichtiabata. To become
eternally liberated instead of eternally bound. So, Karma, lifetimes, and reincarnation – these things
are all working together simply to raise the souls to higher consciousness. That is what life is for.
That is what's going on. You might think that what is going on is that you're earning money to buy
things you want, to have the life you want; to acquire real estate and vehicles and power, and savings,
a good retirement, a good vacation – whatever it is that you focus on – that may be occupying your
mind. And your consciousness may be all wrapped up in those things of your current life, the
material side of your current life – but the truth is that there will be much frustration and ultimately
there will be aging, diseases and death, and all these things are there simply to teach. This place is
nothing but a huge school. And just like the dinosaurs, everything here gets wiped out. All things
must pass, to death and beyond. This is the material world. We are on Earth, a ball of dirt, essentially.
A ball of dust, a lot of matter – just matter, energy. We are living beings stuck in energy bodies on an
energy Planet. That energy we call matter – and all of that is being guided by very precise laws, and
we are forced to go along with those laws, and they are raising us – we are complying. We have a lot
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of objection inside us – we are objecting constantly, individually, to our lives. That is frustration,
anger, depression, hopelessness, fear – those are all forms of objecting and fearing what we don't
know, what we can't control. It hurts. Spiritual life is the answer for that. And that's what we are
being brought to, is spiritual vision – it's the only answer. To raise our minds, to control our minds
force them to see the truth, to live in the truth, to think the truth, to feel the truth, to share the truth,
which is that we are higher than this, we are higher and greater than our fears of material
unmanifestation – death. We are higher than that. We are higher than just being lusty creatures full of
anxiety and anger and desperation. We are higher than that.
As living beings, we are privileged to have great knowing, great consciousness, great ability to
control our minds and our senses and our bodies, and to be in the light of our spiritual knowledge.
And the more we do that, the more we can share that with each other. The future for everyone,
ultimately, is spiritual life. There is no other future to hope for, or to go forward towards. Material
manifestation has its limitations. And even if it is extremely great, it is made so by the consciousness
of living beings. We do try to manifest our spirituality in matter, and we are successful to a great
degree. Like the Internet is our desire to share with each other, to know each other, to talk to each
other. Communicate –, which is life reaching out to life. Life is born from life and life likes life, wants
to share with itself. That is spirit. The Internet is a vehicle for spiritual growth, ultimately – as is
everything else.
Spiritual life is the aim of life, and it is where we're going. It is where we are being forced to go. But as
long as we reject it, that is how long we suffer. So this is the game. The beginning, the end, the all.
Spiritual life.

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OVERVIEW OF THE VEDIC ASTROLOGICAL PROCESS
First of all I offer my praises to Sri Sri Lakshmi Narayana Vishnu, the Supreme Couple, and to
all their associates and servants in both worlds. I offer my respects to the dear reader and beg their
kinds thought upon this humble author.
The main book from, which Jyotish (Vedic Astrology - "the science of light") comes is the
"Brihat Parasara Hora Shastra". Translated that means "the great scripture of Astrology by Parasara
Muni". Parasara was a great sage who lived roughly around 5,000 years ago. His great son, Veda
Vyasadeva, wrote down most of the Vedic scriptures for the first time, bringing them from oral to
written tradition. In any case, Parasara wrote down the astrological science, which prior to 5000
years ago was an orally passed science given by Brahma to the first created beings of this universal
cycle.
You can purchase English translations of the Parasara Hora Shastra from JDR Ventures
http://www.jdrventures.com
Tell them Das Goravani referred you please if you call or write.
The Parasara Hora Shastra is a large book- 2 volumes each roughly 2 inches thick. However, it
is undoubtedly the most exhaustive compendium of the science of Jyotish. From this book come the
main directives on how to practice Jyotish. In this volume Parasara states what I have repeated,
namely that this science comes from Vishnu to Brahma, and then down from there- it was therefore
not created or discovered or found while meditating. It was handed down through disciplic
succession. In this scripture, we are advised to be pure and godly in order to receive this science
properly, and to not pass it on to those who are not such. Of course, these days we are freely
distributing this more as a tool to help direct the Western culture towards the Vedic direction. We
trust our guardians seen and unseen will be pleased with our efforts due to the motive behind them.
The Parasara Hora Scripture teaches us how to construct the main chart and the divisional or
harmonic charts. There are a total of 16 charts for a person, the main one being called the "Rashi
Chart", which means the basic chart of the Planets and Signs they are in with the rising Sign noted. Of
great importance also is the primary harmonic chart, which is called the "Navamsha Chart", which
simply means the "chart made by dividing each Sign into 9 parts". There is a certain way to construct
the divisional charts and this method is revealed in the book. All Jyotish software programs,
including the one I've created, construct these charts for you.
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Of also great importance is the Bhava Chakra, also known as Chalit Chakra, and these names
mean "chart of Houses". In Vedic Astrology, we generally use the whole Signs as the Houses.
Whatever Sign was rising, that whole Sign becomes the first House, no matter where in the Sign the
rising angle actually falls. The next Sign becomes the 2nd House, and so on up to 12 Houses. It's
amazing how well this works despite it's simplistic sounding nature.
In Jyotish we use the real Zodiac, known to Western astrologers often as the "sidereal Zodiac".
In other words, the actual stars in the Zodiac are used, not the tropical Zodiac, which is now roughly
23 degrees off from the actual stars, that make the Signs.
So the main chart we use is the actual Signs, where the rising Sign becomes the first House, the
next Sign becomes the second House, and therefore whatever Signs the Planets were actually in at
the time of the nativity determines therefore what House they are in.
For example, at the time of my birth Aries was rising at about 7 degrees. Therefore, all of
Aries becomes my first House in the main chart, known as my "Rashi Chart". Therefore Taurus is my
second House, Gemini my third, and so on. Since the Sun and Mercury were in Taurus, they are
automatically in my second House. So, this is very simple and straightforward.
The harmonic charts, the other 15 charts that is, are constructed following various divinely
revealed patters of dividing the Signs into small parts, finding where the Planets sit in these divisions,
and thereby reassigning them to other Signs. Thus, these additional charts take shape through
specified patters. Thus, a Planet might be in Sagittarius in the 9th House in your main chart, but in
Gemini in the first House in the Navamsha, or 9-fold divisional chart. The Vedic astrologer takes that
additional placement into consideration before pronouncing judgment on the Planet in the main
chart. So, there is some blending of placements, which goes on in the mind of the astrologer before
he speaks.
After constructing the charts according to Parashara's instructions, the Vedic astrologer, or his
computer program, constructs the "Dashas". These are a fundamental part of Vedic Astrology, which
is immediately attractive to Western astrologers because it is the first and primary ingredient of the
predictive power of Vedic Astrology.
By the way, when pronouncing Sanskrit words, never say the "a" as we do in the word "sat".
There is no such sound in Indian languages. Always say the "a" as in "saw". Therefore, the Dashas,
which refers to a list of ruling planetary periods governing distinct periods of our lives, is
pronounced "daw-shaws", though don't make it too extreme in pronunciation. Just don't make the
"a" sound Midwestern or twangy.
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There are a number of Dasha systems taught in the Parasara Scripture as well as in other
major works. However, by far and away the leading system both in accuracy and widespread use is
the Vimshottari Dasha system, which simply means "the one that adds up to 120 years".
This Dasha system is what most astrologers use. The way a Dasha system works is that it tells you
how to construct a list of dated life periods and know, which Planets in a particular horoscope will
govern each period. Thus, you know if you are currently being ruled primarily by your Jupiter, or
Saturn, etc. And beyond that, the Dashas have levels. Thus, you always know that you are in "Sun-
Jupiter-Mercury", or you might be in the period of "South Node-Mars-Venus". All combinations are
possible, but the science of calculating these periods is divinely given, to be exactly followed, and
produces wonderful results.
After constructing the charts and Dashas, most astrologers have what they need. There are
many other things and parts of Vedic Astrology, but these 2, charts and Dashas, are the predominant
parts. A good astrologer always knows the current transits of the Planets and thus can take such into
consideration at any time while reading charts. Additionally, there are complex strength calculations
and other various charts and diagrams, which help the Vedic astrologer to understand the subtleties
of a chart. But here we will stick to focusing on the main charts and Dashas.
With the Rashi, Navamsha, Bhava Charts and the Dashas listing of dates and periods in front of
them, the Vedic astrologer is ready to study and read the chart. In Vedic Astrology, the first directive
is to never forget the nature of a persons rising Sign, or in other words, their first House, all
influences upon that House and it's Lord, and similarly never forget the Moon- it's House, it's Sign,
and all influences upon it. These two sensitive points- the Ascendant (known as the Lagna-
pronounced like "lug-nut" without the 't' on the end), and the Moon must be though of as filters for
everything in the chart. These two points are the essential shapers of the personality, the final filters
of everything else in the chart. So, before reading the results of another one of the Planets, the
astrologer should try to consider how the particular rising and Moon Sign combo in the chart would
choose to express the effects that the other Planet is indicating.
Of course, the Sun is also an important sensitive point, but actually it comes third. The Moon
rules the mind, and the mind is the guide in life. So, we tend to reflect our Moon Signs more than our
Sun Signs. The Ascendant shapes the body and the Karma, and the Sun represents the inner self on a
very sublet level, and also the life force or tendencies of the body. But when dealing with a person,
you deal more with their mind than these other things.
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So, the Vedic astrologer studies the chart and arrives at a mental overview of the person.
Then, in order to predict current, future, or past events in the life, he or she looks at the Dasha listing.
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Here's a small part of the Dasha listing for a small period from my chart:
Maj Min Sub From To Age
Sat Ketu Jup 11/26/92 01/18/93 32
Sat Ketu Sat 01/19/93 03/23/93 32
Sat Ketu Merc 03/24/93 05/19/93 32
Sat Ven Ven 05/20/93 11/28/93 33
Sat Ven Sun 11/29/93 01/25/94 33
Sat Ven Moon 01/26/94 05/01/94 33
Sat Ven Mars 05/02/94 07/07/94 33
Sat Ven Rahu 07/08/94 12/28/94 34
Sat Ven Jup 12/29/94 05/31/95 34
Sat Ven Sat 06/01/95 12/01/95 35
Sat Ven Merc 12/02/95 05/13/96 35
Sat Ven Ketu 05/14/96 07/19/96 36
Sat Sun Sun 07/20/96 08/05/96 36
Sat Sun Moon 08/06/96 09/03/96 36
Sat Sun Mars 09/04/96 09/23/96 36
Looking at the list, here's what you're being shown:
Maj: This stands for "major period". It is the primary ruling Planet at the time. The major
periods are long. For the 9 Planets used in Jyotish the combined major periods add up to 120 years. I
was in Saturn major, which lasts for 19 years. The major period is known as the "Maha Dasha Pati"
or "Lord of the major period".
Min: This is the first sub period, known as the minor period, and in Sanskrit as the "Bhukti
pat" or sub period Lord. In every major period, all nine Planets have a minor period. The Planets
always follow each other in the same pattern. So as you can see, I am in Saturn-Venus-Saturn.
Sub: This is the "Antar Dasha", which means the sub-sub period, or "third level" period.
There are many ways to refer to these levels. You can actually take it further, and add fourth and fifth
levels.
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From: The date this particular 3rd-level period began.
To: The date this three level period will end.
Age: My age at the time it begins.
For now I'm going to skip the math of constructing Dashas. If you think I should give it, send
me a note. If I get a couple or so such notes, I'll post it next. Otherwise, it's given already in so many
books and all programs do it for you as well, including mine, from, which I snipped the above text.
Anyway, I was in "Saturn-Venus-Saturn". These are the Planets ruling the few months of my
life in, which I was then living. Then comes Saturn-Venus-Mercury, and so on. The Bhukti, or second
level Lord, switches from Venus to Sun on July 20, 1996. Up until then Venus is the 2nd level Lord,
known as the "Bhukti". An Indian astrologer would refer to my current period as "Shani Maha
Dasha, Shukra Bhukti, and Shani Antar Dasha". That simply means the same thing as saying "you're
in the period of Saturn-Venus-Saturn".
So what does this do to me- what does it indicate? Well, to answer that, you look to these
Planets in my chart. Whatever they indicate is what is going to happen. It's that simple really. But,
it's a real good idea to take into consideration what Dashas, at least the major Dashas; the person has
gone through so far in life. This is important because the current effects are going to happen ON TOP
OF who the person already has become. Also, look at current transits of the slow Planets- they are
important.
In my chart, I have Saturn in the 9th in Sagittarius with its Lord Jupiter there also, and Venus
is alone in the Ascendant Sign Aries. Saturn and Venus are in an EXACT trine from each other (within
seconds).
So, what would you predict for Venus in Aries in the first, and Saturn in Sagittarius in the
ninth, knowing that I began life and lived through about 10 years of Rahu (North Node) major Dasha,
then the entire Jupiter Major Period, and now am about halfway through Saturn Major? You have to
take into consideration what I've been through before speaking about my present.
Forgetting Rahu and my childhood for now, look at Jupiter, knowing that I went through that
major period from 9 years old to 25 years old and that I'm now 35. So, all of my teens and early 20's
were spent in Jupiter major, and Jupiter is in it's own Sign Sagittarius in the 9th House.
You must look at the Houses that a Planet Lords over, the Sign it is in, the aspects upon it, it's
placement in at least the Navamsha harmonic chart, the star or Nakshatra it is under, the Lord and
sub Lord of that Nakshatra (not yet explained I realize), and some other things, before actually
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pronouncing predictions. But of course, we have to start simply to learn anything. So, to finish this
lesson, let us SIMPLY examine my situation. I am going to stick to just a couple things per Planet and
Sign and House to keep it really simple.
I've gone through Jupiter major- Jupiter is in the 9th House of religion and it's the religious
leader Planet. Jupiter is very strong being in a Sign it owns, and in a House it really likes (according
to Vedic Astrology, Jupiter has a natural affinity for the 9th House). So, during Jupiter major we
would expect this person (me that is) to be very religious in a formal way (because Jupiter is rather a
conservative or formal personality). Well, is this true? Yes. I joined the Catholic seminary while in
High School and halfway through college became a Hindu convert and monk. I ran temples, travelled
all over the world working on behalf of my religious beliefs and gave up virtually everything else in
my life in favor of this one part of my life. It was total, very austere, and very intense.
OK, then comes 1985 and Saturn Major begins. It is also in the 9th House, and it is said in the
Jyotish classics that Saturn in the 9th House as Lord of the 10th and 11th Houses in my case (Aries
Ascendant) somewhat spoils one's religion and turns it instead to mysticism.
Well, is this true? Yes. In 1985 I finally left living in temples once and for all, moved back to
America, got a job, began raising children and got quite re-absorbed back into normal family
American life. I never have to this day given up my faith, but it has sure changed and become much
less formal and external. I am not connected to any group, have no living spiritual master, as I did
through Jupiter major, and in terms of mysticism, well, Astrology would fall into that category, and
that has come during Saturn major.
So, this is a brief overview of how my life has tended to follow my Dasha periods. When you
go into the 2nd and 3rd level periods you can nail down events to specific months rather easily.
This is an exciting part of Vedic Astrology. I hope you're now excited to study this aspect
further. We shall continue with it in the next lessons.
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DIVINELY UNDERSTANDING THE ROOTS OF ASTROLOGY
Let us offer our mental and heartfelt respects to Sri Brahmaji, who is known as Aja, or the
"unborn" because he emanated from a lotus flower, which grew from the naval of Sri Vishnu. Brahma
is the creator of all that we see, as he is the topmost demigod, acting directly under the orders of the
Supreme Lord, Sri Vishnu. Brahma is the funnel through whom all Vedic knowledge, or original,
primeval knowledge comes to us. Let us ever offer our praises to Brahma, who is one of our highest
guardians.
The material creation is a school in, which Vishnu sees fit to "raise up" new souls to the
standard of spiritual interaction with each other. We are "Jiva" souls (jee-va). We are not yet learned
in spiritual truths and make mistakes, have greed, selfishness, fears, are not attracted to serving
divinity, and other pollution's and imperfections. Hence, an ever changing, erasable classroom
situation is setup by Vishnu, known as this material world, wherein we can learn our lessons in a
very special format. Namely, reincarnating in temporary bodies, which feel very much like our real
selves, and through these carry out all kinds of imaginary lives through, which, by interacting with
each other in various ways, we realize the truth gradually and when qualified, are raised out of here
by Vishnu and His associates, or Laksmidevi and her associates and placed in Their eternal pastimes
in our pure spiritual bodies never to come to this plane of death and imperfection again.
This is the Vaishnava Vedic version of ultimate reality as it relayed to us in the Bhagavat
Purana, Vishnu Purana, Garuda Purana, and other "Sattvic" or "pure" Puranas. , which by the way you
will find glorified in some of the classic Vedic Astrology Books. It is Parasara Muni's great son,
Vyasadeva, who wrote the Bhagavat Purana for example, and when it was spoken by Sukadeva
Goswami to Parikit Maharaj roughly 5000 years ago, Parasara Muni was also present and consented
fully to the entire content. Therefore, we can assume and know in our heart of hearts that the main
father of Vedic Jyotish, the conduit to us, Parasara himself, accepts this Bhagavat Puranic view of
reality. Vedic Jyotish supports it.
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So, Vishnu wills the material creation into existence. There are many demigods, and some of
them are assigned to run the affairs of the humans. The main demigods assigned to this task are as
follows:
Brihaspati Jupiter
Surya Sun
Chandra Moon
Shukra Venus
Kartikeya Mars
Shani Saturn
Buddha Mercury
Bhumi Earth
Rahu North Node
Ketu South Node
These are actual personalities who have powers greater than you can imagine. They live as
people on a higher plane, which we cannot see, but the heavenly bodies we can see are their material
reflections on our level of existence. But to actually understand how Vedic Astrology really works, it
is best to understand their personal reality as it is revealed to us in the Puranic literatures. We
should go with the entire Vedic program in other words, and not try to pick just the fruits that attract
us. That is not the Vedic way and will result in only a partial cure of our problem. Sincerely
accepting the whole remedy results in gradual, complete purification and total happiness and
ultimately, spiritual liberation.
In arranging the material world for our sustenance, maintenance, our play, our games, and our
upliftment, the all-knowing Brahma and his demigod assistants made a very complex system of
Karma. Vedic Astrology is a partial map of this system. There are more layers of complexity, which
they chose to not reveal to us. As Parasara Muni says in his pivotal Jyotish work: "Maitreya, (his
student in the book), I am giving only up to what people in Kali Yuga will be able to understand, and
not more than that".
In arranging the material karmic control system, the stars were assigned powers. These
powers are primeval reality. There are like icons of truth- different parts of the truth- some ghastly,
some benefic, etc. The Planets, or demigods mentioned above, have to pay homage to these stars as
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they transit around. Thus, it is really the stars, which control the Planets temporarily as they pass
under them. Yet, the Planets also have their natures, which may be altered but not fully, by the stars.
Our demigods (the Planets) own Houses, which are "theirs". They feel at home there. Some of
our demigods like each other and get along, while others don't. Would you want an "enemy" in your
room when you weren't there or couldn't see it? No way.
That's how they feel when an "enemy" Planet is in their House and they are neither in the
House nor aspecting "seeing" it.
In this way, you can divinely read a chart. By knowing these personalities via the Puranas, you
can understand rather quickly, naturally and in a very deeply significant way, what was going on with
the Gods at the moment of some one's birth, which determines what nature they are going to reflect
in this life.
For example, Capricorn is Saturn's Sign, and of the two, it's the one where Saturn is at his
lowest point, in the sense that he is vain, worldly, proud, and not interested in spiritual input.
Therefore, it is the Sign of debilitation for Jupiter. Jupiter is Brihaspati, the Guru of the Demigods- all
of them. His role is to give advice both practical and spiritual. He does not like Capricorn because it
is like a locker room to him. He hates it.
To understand Venus one should get to know Shukracharya. He is the Guru of the demons or
Rakshasas. Yet, he is a real Brahmin, and he really does know the truth. But, he has a soft spot in his
heart for the low class persons, the Rakshasas, those who are opposed at this point in their lives to
surrendering to divinity. Shukra wants to help them, to protect them, to give to them.
There are many stories in the Puranas about Shukracharya's activities. He has many times
done the opposite of what you would think a Brahmin would do. He has vainly tried to oppose the
Lord to help the demons. He thinks, "why should only the pure souls always get the Lords protection
and not these poor Rakshasa fools?"
So, he has a soft heart for the low persons. And what does he do? He gives them luxury, and
directives on how to get happiness now, in this plane. The forward looking more truly religious souls
simply know that this is not our permanent home and hence try to make sure that they are fixing up a
proper situation in the eventual reality of the next life. But, the Rakshasa mentality is "happiness
now". So, Shukra gives advice. Inside his real hope is that, after buying these peoples happiness,
maybe they will calm down and come around to the real Vedic ideal and worship Vishnu without any
grudge.
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Believe me, that is His real intention. So, how does this effect Astrology? Here's how:
Wherever you see Venus in the chart- don't see Venus, see Shukracharya, and knowing at least the
little bit I've told you, see that. See that here is coming their pleasures and their worldly drives, but
ultimately it will be frustrating- that's the inbred divine plan of Venus. You can take now, you can try
to enjoy it, but ultimately the fact is that this world is only a school and the lessons are intended to
eventually lead you OUT OF HERE- so you're never going to find the perfect Venusian situation here-
that's part of the plan!
So Venus's placement is where the person is going to try to enjoy, and ultimately get
frustrated. It's the point of attachment to matter through, which subtle but true spiritual lessons will
come. This is the way of Shukracharya.
Now if it is debilitated, as it is in Virgo, then this means that Shukracharya is very frustrated
there. He is not able to do his pleasing giving to the person. The person is too mental around the
Venusian things. Virgo is ruled by Buddha, and Venus doesn't like it when people think too much.
That's not his program. His program is "enjoy, be happy, be peaceful, and find God in this beauty".
He doesn't like "Gyan" (knowledge). Therefore, he and Buddha, the thinking Planet, have total
disagreement over, which Signs are "cool". Venus loves Pisces, and Buddha hates it, and Buddha
loves Virgo and Venus hates it.
So, to begin the study of Vedic Astrology it is best if one first reads the entire Bhagavat Purana
and Bhagavad Gita. The Purana will train you in Vedic Cosmic reality (the Gods and Goddesses, their
lives and ways of interacting) and the Gita will teach you the Supreme Lord's conclusions about why
He allows this material creation, what is it's purpose, what is the purpose of human life, and so on.
Then you are best suited to learn to read the karmic maps presented by Vedic Astrology. These
books are available in good English translations. I am more than willing to help anyone interested in
any way.
Then, after that, you can trust that Vedic Astrology primarily consists of the Nakshatras, which
are 27 in number, and the Signs, which are 12, and the Planets, which are 9, and the Varga or
divisional charts, which are 16 including the Rashi or main chart, and using these primordial
elements there are techniques such as Ashtaka Varga and Dasha systems etc., which provide the
predictive tools.
Buying a computer program that does everything or learning the rules anyone can do. But
having actual deep insight into the nature of the Signs, Stars, and Planets can only be done by one
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submissive and sincere. We are talking about reading divine game plans. If we rule out the divine,
then how smart are we?
Brihaspati is the noble and learned Guru of all the Gods.
Surya is the Sun God and is the father of the warrior class on Earth.
Chandra is the Moon God, in charge of many things indeed.
Shukra is the God of the Venus Planet, and is a noble but too softhearted Brahmin.
Kartikeya or Kuja is a fierce God, Mars.
Sanaischaraya is Saturn, brother of the God of death, Son of the Sun.
Buddha, son of the Moon, is youthful, in charge of intelligence.
Bhumi, the Earth Mother Goddess, she is well aware of all that we do on her.
Rahu was a demon but has been rectified largely by getting his head cut off by Vishnu.
Ketu is Rahu's severed body. Rahu is just the head of the original person.
The greatest demigods are not these personalities. Brahma and Indra are leaders amongst the
Gods. Brahma is the Supreme. Some think of Shiva amongst these but that is not correct. Shiva is
eternal, and all of these others are not. Even Brahma is "mortal" in the sense that he has a body,
which is part of this manifest realm, and it is also absorbed back into Vishnu at the end of Vishnu's
breath.
Only Shiva and the Vishnu Tattva Personalities (such as Rama, Nrsingha, Sankarsan, Krishna
etc.) are beyond the temporary creation. All the demigods and ourselves are within the material
creation. The material creation is only 1/4 of the Supreme Lord's potency, though such numbers are
only for our benefit of understanding. He is not bound to them.
So, the demigods who rule all these matters are also living out temporary lives, which are
billions of our years long. To them we are like bacteria that come and go faster than you can care and
who are smaller than anything you'd care to look at. They see to our environment as a very easy part
of their day. It is on automatic pilot you could say. The creation is embedded with super-excellent,
loving, automatic lesson giving time. Time is our friend in that is WILL liberate us ultimately; we just
have to put with it the hard lessons in the meanwhile. That is why the process of detaching ourselves
from our attachment to our bodies- liberating our minds from the false Ego of being these bodies- is
always the essential Vedic practice or Sadhana in all the levels and forms of Vedic "religion".
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I am not harping on religion to avoid talking Astrology. If you just want the science, you can
easily buy such books. I am trying to remain faithful to Parasara who says that only those who
believe in God and Guru should be taught the science. I am trying to do it right according to them.
Thank you for appreciating this important point.
May you be able to make progress in devotion to the center, Vishnu, from, which all other
things will naturally flow.
In the end, it is the Supreme Lord, or Supreme Divinity controlling both the granting and
removal of all our abilities who decides what we will and will not be able to accomplish in this life.
Therefore, in the end, we have to take seriously our prayer life, our life of "Sadhana" or spiritual
practice. If we are not consciously asking the Planets and their Lord to grant us entrance into the
realm of real knowledge and truth, we probably won't get it. This is actually a great subject, not to be
actually covered in a quick paragraph here.
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HOW TO LEARN JYOTISH
Originally Jyotish was originally taught from a teacher to a disciple according to the ancient
Indian ways, or Vedic ways, of what we call Guru-Shishya Sampradaya, or Teacher-Disciple
Succession. This means that a disciple would approach a Guru, wanting to learn the science of, which
the Guru is a known master, and ask for acceptance as a disciple. The Guru would then examine the
disciple, according to their qualifications, sincerity, their Astrology, appearance, mannerisms, family
background, and other factors, and the disciple would similarly examine the Guru. If the match and
qualifications were correct on both sides, a relationship of Teacher-Student would begin on an
appropriate date.
Part of being a Guru is being a Brahmin, and part of being a disciple is humility and
submission. The Brihat Parasara Hora Shastra (the cornerstone scripture of Jyotish) agrees with
statements made in the great Spiritual Vedic Scriptures that only those students, who believe in God,
are humble to the Guru, and who are clean in heart and mind and action are qualified to learn the
Science of Jyotish.
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MATH, MECHANICS, BOOKS AND SOFTWARE
Around 5,000 years ago, knowing that Kali Yuga (the current great Vedic age, considered to be
rather unfortunate overall) was about to commence, Shrila Vyasadeva and other classical forefathers
of all things Vedic surrendered to the need for written books, and so they put down the descended,
revealed Spiritual Truths and Vedic Sciences of Life into books in the superior Sanskrit language.
Parasara Muni, is "the father of Vedic Astrology" only because he wrote down the revealed science of
Jyotish, or spoke it out to disciples who wrote it down. The Sage Himself says in the beginning of His
work that He is simply repeating knowledge previously handed down from God to Brahma, the father
or creator of everything in this realm. That is the Vedic way- to "re-present" or "again give" that,
which was given to you, without change or modification. Such reference to "transparent
representation" is made in all Vedic Scriptures and is always expected from all teachers of things
Vedic.
Jyotish is formed from casting charts and other lists and diagrams according to revealed
mathematical formulas. These things work because they are built into nature by Lord Brahma, under
the training and direction of Vishnu. Lord Brahma and all the other Demigods who emanate from
Brahma are mortal, being born in and of this mutable, recycled, material nature. The lifespans of the
Demigods is far greater than ours by incomprehensible ratio. Consider simply that they live while
the creation lives, in order to run it's various aspects.
The Math of Jyotish is given in the classic books in Sanskrit verse, which has for awhile been
translated into English. From these books and books created from these books, modern computer
programmers have created programs to do the lengthy, complicated and tedious work for the
modern Jyotishi, or Vedic Astrologer.
There remains the other side of Jyotish, or the side of Vigyan, or realization. Realizing the
truths about the natures of the Planets, Signs and Houses of a chart for example, is not guaranteed to
be available to just anybody. One must have the requisite goodness of heart, and visionary
intelligence, in order to perceive the Truth behind Jyotish, which is omnipresent everywhere and
always, yet so subtle as to be missed by most persons, dulled by the illusion of material life.
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BOOKS, AUTHORS AND WHERE THEY LEAD TO
Generally these days, as is the plan of the Lord, Jyotish, like most other subjects, is preserved
and transmitted through the medium of books.
Books are words from a person- so the author of a book is all important. You can tell much
about a person from works they author, and indeed, nobody can represent something they
themselves do not have proper understanding of, or as we prefer to say in our tradition entrance
into. Entrance into Vedic Sciences is not guaranteed, rather, it is granted by the controlling Gods of
it's different divisions.
"IT'S ALL ABOUT WHO YOU LISTEN TO".

It is one thing to parrot off the science of Jyotish, but it is quite another to be a devotee of the
origins of the Science. Vedic things are supposed to be taken only in a mood of submission and
surrender to the predecessors and Their teachings regarding Brahman, Paramatma and Bhagavan, or
the three levels of God. (Brahman means the impersonal, omnipresent form of the Lord in all things;
Paramatma means the omnipresence of the Lord as a witness in all animate living beings; and
Bhagavan refers to the personal, which is the highest, form of the Lord, where He is in His original,
spiritual body as Lord Sri Vishnu and ultimately, Lord Sri Krishna)
But because Jyotish has a simple, mathematical side, along with a standard base of knowledge
about the interactions of the Planets and Signs and so on, anyone, even those who are not properly
situated by disciplic succession or surrender to God, can write books about it, or learn it and use it to
some degree. Unfortunately, for those persons who are not surrendered to God via a proper Vedic
path, the real promised outcome of the study of Jyotish shall not fructify. Jyotish for them becomes
another tool in their lives of material attachment, fruit hunting, and anxiety.
All real devotees of the Vedic Spiritual System in this present age, whether proper Gurus or
proper disciples, are vegetarian unless under the immediate threat of loss of life due to starvation.
Mercifulness and compassion must be developed, and one must find a way to separate themselves
from the cruelest and ugliest kinds of forbidden works, which abound in our current times, the
ugliest of, which is animal slaughter.
It is not that the cow is Holy, which is a myth. The Vedas teach that the cow is one of the
highest animal life forms, and therefore killing a cow is considered to be nearly equal to murdering a
human, which is the greatest possible act of aggression. These kinds of acts, if not properly
warranted in the course of real, actual, humble service of the Supreme, result in reactions in this and
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following lives, which are highly grief-causing and unfortunate. Knowing this, the Jyotishi and all
other true Veda-following persons avoid the heinous act of consuming slaughtered animal bodies like
the plaque. Be vegetarian!
PRACTICE AND APPLICATION, DEPTH OF STUDY

To learn Jyotish, you have to memorize some things, familiarize yourself with other things,
and then apply what you've learned, and keep practicing for a long time. Plan on being unable to say
much for say, oh, years, OK? It takes years to get good at Jyotish. Most persons who do readings for a
living have been doing it for many years. There are some amazing cases of fast learners, and
remember, it's hours per day that add up, not just years. Myself for example, I've been absorbed in
Jyotish for less years than many in the field, but how many people are involved only in Jyotish all day
every day as a living lifestyle and focus?
Practice makes perfect. By studying more and more charts against the real lives and natures
of the persons who own the charts, you will come to understand Jyotish in truth. It is not possible to
become a Jyotishi "right away" or "quickly". That's just not possible.
Depth of Study is another issue. Some people study Jyotish very casually, like a
conversational, relaxed hobby. Others are studious- keeping journals and notes, cross-referencing
and ever comparing. It is of course the latter that tend to know more, but sometimes the analyzing
and studious approach can indicate a nature in the Jyotishi that is rigid and only statistical. So, depth
of study, or approach to the study, should best be done in a balance between the masculine and
feminine, or the left and right brain.
We are after all studying the workings of the Gods, and nothing less. Jyotish is the science of
all science, or the science of nature itself. Jyotish is the science of the lesson plan built into material
nature. We will have to feel it, along with studying it scientifically.
Science verse Understanding, Intuition, Vision
Jyotish is a mechanical science, and through using it properly we achieve some success in
understanding people and other items "that take birth", such as ideas or enterprises.
But nature is full of Jyotish, and so just by looking at things we can also "read their charts".
There is therefore, other divisions of Vedic books, which deal with reading faces, palms, fingerprints,
and omens. The truth is rippling throughout every atom of nature, and the wavelengths of the
Planets are found in all elemental platforms such as in light, sound, color, speed, size, and so on. All
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things are controlled by God, and so as the Planets go, so go everything else, because the Planets are
the large representational nodes of the humors, which are the basic building blocks of all things.
The highly advanced Spiritually Minded Jyotishi, or just "sensitive person", can see many
things, through many methods. Jyotish is therefore akin to the sister mystic sciences, some of, which
were mentioned above. Furthermore, the other major and minor Vedic sciences share the same
elements throughout. For example, it is the balance of influences in one's chart that also signifies
their Dosha or medical makeup in the Vedic Medical Science Ayurveda. Similarly, it is the placement
of Planets that also tell us what one is more aligned with as career choices, and it is from our charts
that we can know whom best we shall marry, or be otherwise allied with.
Therefore, proceeding in the study of Jyotish, will gradually make one increasingly sensitive to
the presence of the same basic forces throughout life and nature, and as this progresses in an
individual Yogi-Jyotishi, we say that they are achieving Yoga-Jyotish or oneness with the seeing of the
modes of nature.
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THE VAISHNAVA WAY
Perhaps the greatest, most unanswerable question of all time in this manifestation is "where
does it all come from?". Now probably on our own as scientific people we will never be able to
answer this question, because it is inconceivable to think that we will ever come to the edge of the
creation, some edge after, which nothing exists. And if we came to any edge of this space, outside
that edge there would probably be either another different world, Universe or space like our own. Or
as the ancient books teach, perhaps what is outside the circumference of this creation is that other
creation, which Lords over and masters this one- that great divine creation from, which this one
comes.
So the ancients teach that the divine source personality, the creator of this whole
manifestation, has purposefully made it difficult for us, the residents here, to find out empirically
with our own senses and research from where everything comes. That was done because the
purpose of this creation is for us to deal with the stuff that is placed here before us. Everything we
need is right here. We don't need to empirically figure out where from this creation comes. We don't
need to solve that puzzle with our senses. What we need in that regard has already been given. The
ancient revelations already give a paradigm for understanding where we come from and ultimately
we will only find happiness when we learn to accept what the ancients teach, which is true
spirituality.
Divinity wants us to perfect our love for divinity and our service attitude right here, right now. That
is the aim of life. Everything we need for this has been provided. It is our folly that we toil in other
directions with other motivations. True happiness only comes in the way for, which everything was
created and planned. Bucking the divine system only leads to serious frustration.
This is what the ancients teach about creation: This material creation is energy of the Divine,
namely the "external energy of the Divine". How that energy gets shaped, changed and mutated
depends on the needs of the souls who live here to learn lessons. The energy itself is just like
mutable clay. It can used in any way by the artist. The artist is the need of the soul who lives here in
this school. This material clay is recycled in a set of four great ages over and over like the seasons.
When one set of four ages comes to an end, another starts over and everything is recycled.
Souls are impregnated or imbedded into this nature and they automatically begin a set course of
activity in numerous lifetimes going through animal bodies to learn basic lessons about those tastes,
those flavors of life. The soul eventually reaches the human form where the lessons become much
higher, more detailed and the soul becomes more perfected.
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The intrinsic lesson of a lifetime is not the material knowledge the person learns because that
is wiped away at death. Much in the same way that a student’s paperwork and homework is thrown
away or burnt at the end of a school year. What the student retains is the essential knowledge that
they carry into the next year. Similarly, the essential knowledge that we carry from one lifetime into
the next life is the emotional development, which is embedded deep within our subtle body. It is
known as Budhi or intelligence, and is represented by Mercury in ancient Astrology. The position of
Mercury and the Sun, two Planets that travel together represent our soul and our intelligence.
So, even though the course of one's life is a pre-set chain of events and lessons, still part of the
divine plan is that we the witness feel that we have free will and choices. We feel like we are
choosing many choices in life and then we feel like we are responsible in some way for the reactions
that come from our choices. This connection between ourselves and our actions and reactions
requires that we feel as if we have some part to play in all of it.
We have to feel free will, but while we feel free will and therefore we can say free will exists,
at the same time it is arguably true that there is no free will and that everything is preordained.
Some children are born without brains. They die shortly after birth. Certainly they cannot be said to
be responsible for their thoughts. On the other hand, we have persons who are born geniuses who
have great tremendous powers to think, comprehend and understand the Universe around them, but
still it is obvious that they were born with such abilities. Then there is everyone in between these
two extremes on different levels of mediocre amounts of brain and mental power. All of us, from the
brainless birth defect child, to the genius, can't but admit that our brain power, the size of our body,
the color of our skin and virtually everything else was determined prior to our birth and that we are
simply the feeling witnesses inside our bodies who receive either the pain or the benedictions
granted to this body this time around. The so called choices we make are purely going to be based on
the perceptions, abilities and understandings, which are inherent in our body and it's field of activity
from the time of our births.
Therefore, our so-called "free will" can also be seen to be a pre-determined set of dispositions.
While that may be philosophically true, it is more important to understand that divinity wants us to
feel free will. There is a purpose to why we feel free will. It is so that we will identify with our
mistakes and learn thereby. If we were constantly in perception that everything was done for us and
to us, we would not be having deep emotional experiences of learning.
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So, this creation is a school capable of producing so many variations on a theme. In other
words, every human is an individual. Every life is a unique set of lessons. A unique lesson plan to
help a particular soul make certain progressive steps in their life.
Now, different religions say different things about what the purpose of all of this is. The Vedic
Vaishnava understanding is that God is the Supreme Enjoyer. Krishna and all of the different Vishnus
who are expansions of Krishna all love to play and enjoy on their respective Planets in the spiritual
sky. They need countless souls to enjoy with. They want you to be amongst those souls with whom
they play as friends, lovers, parents, children, comrades, etc. That is a possibility for you. That is the
highest goal the soul can achieve.
Krishna and Vishnu do not like to enjoy in any kind of half-baked way. Rather they are full of
so much power and beauty. Divine knowledge, divine pleasure. The highest, greatest persons in this
world appear to be immature, inexperienced and untrained when compared with the residents of
those spiritual Planets. So the purpose of this school here is to bring us to a point where we are
somewhat eligible and capable of reciprocating in that divine place. When we graduate from this
school of lifetimes of lessons, they lift us up to that plane of living. This place preps up for that place.
The soul here generally has an attitude of exploitation meaning that they are self-centered to a
large degree. This is evident in some people more than others of course, but still there is an element
of selfishness in all of us. We all want some amount of recognition. To that degree, we are selfish and
greedy. It is rare or even never occurring to find a person who truly sees everyone as their equal,
there brother or sister.
It is because of this selfishness that this world must contain some pain. Just as a teacher
punishes the student who is belligerent and objects to discipline, similarly, this material nature has
laws built into it, which punish us for our selfishness. In our own worldly society, if someone is a
criminal, not respecting the rights of others, they are arrested and jailed. Divinity works in this same
way. To the degree that you as an individual respect all other living beings--shelter them, take care of
them, cooperate with them and think of them as your equal and act accordingly--to that degree you
will be set free to act and have pleasure with everyone and every thing. But conversely to the degree
that you harm others and exploit others, hog the goods that are meant to be shared by all, to that
degree you will be encased and trapped and put into bondage.
Everyone here feels frustration because no one gets everything they want. In fact, mostly
what we get from life are things we don't want. We get bug bites when we go on vacation, and credit
card bills when we purchase the things that we want. When we buy something we get the bill and
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the bill is painful. We enter into love affairs only to find that we argue so much. So mostly what we
get in this world is not what we want, but what we don't want.
This frustrated experience seems to never end within our life time and as our life time passes,
gradually our bodies become old and invalid, less able to enjoy and eventually death takes everything
away. For the attached and unenlightened person, old age and death are very humiliating and
frustrating experiences.
Not only is life frustrating when you are healthy and young, but gradually it is completely
taken away. This frustrating reality is actually divinity working on you. The real answer to this
puzzle, the real way to find happiness is through accepting that this is a blissful process. The aim of
enlightenment, or the reason to find an answer to this frustrating situation here, should be
permanent pleasure. You should not elevate and change your consciousness in order to become
better exploiters.
Pleasure is what we seek. That cannot be changed and that is not wrong. Every living entity
simply wants pleasure. The question is what is real pleasure how to get it and where can we get it. It
is obvious that through the everyday material struggle in this plane, that most people engage in, that
the results we want are not being obtained. This is because this is only a temporary situation for us.
We are here to learn our real relationship with divinity. And that is that we are eternal and
meant for selfless service towards the center and that all our relationships with each other must also
be based on awareness of the center of all creation. We ourselves as individuals are not the center.
We have no right to take for ourselves in any way, which ignores the center. We must learn all about
this way of life and become saints within it. We must surrender to spiritual life and practice and
make it our chief aim, and actually progress in its application and become saintly.
The divine couple and all their associates have us here only for a short time. We are children
in their boarding school. It does not matter so much if we are not completely happy at this boarding
school all the time. It is not expected that the young will understand and accept everything
immediately. Since they are learning, some rejection, at first, is expected.
The boarding school has a purpose and the purpose is to teach us and when we graduate we
can return or go to our real home and begin our real occupations. This is the fact and it will never go
away and no amount of rejecting this idea is going to make it go away from your mind. Now that you
have heard it, you have actually begun true Vedic spiritual life. And even if you run from this
conception, you will eventually come back to it. It is inevitable. You are a captive of a loving couple,
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eternally. And not understanding them, or running from understanding them, is the cause of all your
perceptions of troubles and woes.
The solution to your seeing troubles, and also the way of getting bliss and happiness
permanently, is to stop running away from this conception. Accept it and begin to work with it. It is
your friend. You are in it and it is in you. It is not ugly, it is not an imposition upon you. Do not think
of it as something foreign and unfriendly. Think of it as very friendly. Within this conception you will
find so many beautiful things. Life is perfect, but your perception of it is imperfect. Spiritual
knowledge, and applying it in your life, is the way to correct your perception. The world, already
perfect, doesn't need to be changed- your awareness needs to be changed.
Beautiful sciences, which lead to beautiful understanding, flow forth from the ancient books.
For example, Vedic Astrology, which is known as a Vedanga or a limb of the Vedas, is a very mystical,
magical and wonderful science. In that science are so many beautiful calculations, various charts and
readings from, which you can understand a person by reading the patterns in the heavens, the
positions of the Planets in an astrological chart calculated for the time of their birth. It is a very
amazing science and it really works and it comes from the Vedas. Vedic Astrology is not contrary to
the conception of the soul and divinity being presented in this book. In fact, Vedic Astrology, as a part
of the Vedas supports this conception of life and supports this path to perfection. So such a wonderful
thing as Vedic Astrology is found on this path.
Ayurvedic Medicine is also found along this path. Also on this path we find beautiful art forms
such as Divine Dance, which we can see, reflections of in Indian Dance Systems such as Orisan and
Bharatnatyam. These are wonderful cultural dance systems, which give strong reflections of divine
truths. They support this divine path of life.
Similarly there is so much education, from scientific to artistic. And there is even sex life,
plenty of sex life on this path. There is nothing lacking on the path of perfection. Shouldn't the path of
perfection include everything? Indeed it should, and it does. How crazy of us to think that becoming
enlightened, falling in love with everything, would be limiting. Divinity is everything and everything
is in divinity, so falling in love with everything, correcting our relationship with everything, means to
actually have everything, but correctly so. How crazy it is for us to think that this would mean giving
up anything. Rather it means to accept everything, but in it's true nature, which will of course give
better, more fulfilling results for us.
In the recent few thousand years a number of variations on true religion have appeared on
this Planet. Although they are very good in a number of ways, there is very often a perception that
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flows forth from their main practitioners and preachers to the common people that religion is
somehow a process that takes things away from you, which limits your life, makes it less happy,
makes it more austere and makes it somehow less enjoyable. There is a perception that holy people
retreat from life, cloister themselves in monasteries and ashrams and don't have as much fun as
common people.
In America we hear that "blondes have more fun". By "blondes" is meant young, beautiful
girls with blond hair. The fun that they supposedly have more of is going out on more dates, driving
around in better cars, having better boyfriends, and basically being free to enjoy the youthful
pleasures.
So two conceptions are contained in this clichés - what is fun and who has fun. It is not true
that really religious people don't have fun and it is not true that blonde girls who are young and
beautiful have more fun. Both of these things are not true.
The real truth is that the happiest person on Earth is the most enlightened, who has the most
divine knowledge and who does not live an emotional life contrary to their divine knowledge. That
person has the most fun. On the contrary, those people who are devoted to materialism who think
that fun can only be had in a beautiful, youthful body, they suffer the most. No one can keep a
beautiful youthful body; it is striped away from everyone, automatically in a course of time. So, such
a conception of "the good life" is situated in temporary, passing time. Such a conception of life leads
to much woe.
The law of passing time is applied equally. No one can slow time down more than the person
next to him or her. And no one can therefore stay young, free from disease forever enjoying a
youthful body in this world. And, even when youthful and beautiful they cannot be really happy
because envy and frustration surround them on all sides. Whatever boyfriend a beautiful blond
picks, automatically creates envy amongst the other young boys and that envy has to be felt. There
are so many frustrations that come day to day when attempting to enjoy in this world.
Whereas, since the enlightened person enjoys not based on their body, but based on their
understanding of eternal play with divinity, and because such happiness is not dependent on a
certain bodily state, the natural changes that take place in material nature have absolutely no effect
on the happiness level of the truly enlightened person. Therefore, for these reasons, the enlightened
person is much happier than the unenlightened person attached to enjoying their temporary bodily
condition.
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So, as pleasure seeking creatures, it makes sense for us to take to the more seriously
pleasurable path of spiritual life, and give up the immature path of pleasure, which is the standard
lifestyle we see around us, which is advertised via popular media.
Gradually, life after life, as the souls go through a number of human lifetimes, as they learn the
lessons of each life, they gradually become deeper people, or what we might call "old souls". An old
soul who has been through many lives is less attracted to shallow materialistic conceptions of
happiness. They are less attracted to basing their happiness on temporary relationships, having
already done that, and less attracted to greed and the things money can buy. The more highly
developed soul is more attracted to prayer and meditation, scriptures, ancient understandings,
getting to the heart or the essence of their life, getting to the essence of spiritual truth.
This does not make them better than the soul in an animal body or a tree, it does not make
them better than any one in any other level of human existence. The truly advanced spiritualist or
old soul who has been through much and is becoming perfect by the divine plan is truly humble
because the fact is that his or her spiritual development is not of their own doing. Though they
weathered the lessons and can say that they felt the feelings of all the lessons, made all the choices,
graduated from all the classes and moved on through all the births, because it is divine will, and
everything is provided by divine arrangement, they can not really claim to have done it on their own.
Therefore, pride is not a part of the mentality of a truly advanced spiritualist.
When an actually highly developed spiritualist glances upon anyone else, no matter how
spiritually advanced or unadvanced, or even any animal or plant, they know that the being they are
seeing is equal to themselves. They see themselves in these other bodies because the situation is the
same. It is not that we are all one and the same soul. No, we are individual souls, but our situation as
subordinates of divinity is the same. Therefore, no pride of one soul over the other should ever be
felt by a truly intelligent, spiritually advanced soul. Rather the more spiritually advanced person
feels, because of their advanced post, that they should give shelter to other souls and serve all other
souls.
Since what goes on in the spiritual world is service to everyone else, the spiritually advanced
soul begins that process here and now, knowing that this world is not different from the spiritual in
actuality. When one achieves such divine vision, one sees this world as the spiritual world since
there is nothing here but different divine energies. How can it be correctly seen as different from the
spiritual worlds where also it is simply divine energies?
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Here are children of Spirit. There are children of Spirit. Here is divine energy in the form of
mutable matter. There is divine energy in the form of mutable, spiritual matter. Here everything can
be used for pleasure and service to all living beings. There everything can be used for service and
pleasure and service to all the spiritual beings. So there is really no difference between this world
and that world. The only difference is that here ignorance is allowed, it is a part of the lesson plan,
whereas, there is no ignorance in the spiritual plane. So the truly advanced spiritual person while
living here is actually living there.
How is our practice here is shaped by this knowledge? We are taught in the very beginning of
time, the Vedic knowledge was revealed to the very first beings in this creation from whom all the
other humans were born. Brahma, the very first being in the material Universe manifests from his
meditation all other things. He is given this power, ability and knowledge directly by Vishnu or God.
From Brahma comes a first set of humans known as the Prajapatis. From this name Prajapati,
the word progenitor has come in English. The Prajapatis are the progenitors at the beginning of time
in this creation, which, as I said, happens over and over in a cycle of long seasons. The creation lasts
for millions and millions of years and then it is wound up, recycled and again manifest. The creation
exists while Brahma is awake during his day, and goes into suspension and is not manifest during his
night. During his day Brahma creates the school of the material worlds, and Vishnu then puts in the
souls who are to go through this session of the school. The souls then begin the lesson plans, which
lead them to fullness in their beings, and upon completion they attain to the new, ever expanding
edges of the spiritual world to enjoy eternal pleasures in various ways with Vishnu or Krishna.
At the beginning of each cycle the Vedas descend along with the Prajapatis. The Vedic
knowledge is passed down orally through the ages for as long as the greatest humans can remember
without books. When the time comes and the gradual degradation during the cycle that books are
required, the Vedas are put into writing by divine through a divinely empowered scholarly sage or
saint. 5,000 years ago this took place in India on this Planet. A great sage known as Vyasadeva wrote
down the Vedas into book form.
The Vedas are vast, and merciful. They want to encourage everyone and so they give many
paths. A loving mother encourages and trains not only her best child, but also her mentally simple
child, but in different ways. So also, the divine couple, being the father and mother of everyone wants
to encourage everyone.
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Each person has to choose the appropriate Vedic path for where they are at--what they are
and who they are. The real teacher can help in this process, helping the sincere person to find their
nature and appropriate practices.
But for those who have the spiritual merit, they should be directed to understand what the
greatest ancient book, the Bhagavat Purana, says. In that book we find Vyasadeva, the author, saying
that the Bhagavat Purana is his master work, his final word. It is the cream of the cream of the Vedas.
In the Bhagavatam (a shorter title for the Bhagavat Purana) he reveals that he, himself, was not fully
happy until he wrote the Bhagavatam. This is because not until writing the Bhagavatam had he
revealed the highest truths.
The first nine sections of the Bhagavatam, known as Cantos, gradually teach the reader about
all the different levels of religious understanding. In the 10th Canto the earthly pastimes of the
Divine Couple and all their spiritual associates are revealed.
Radha and Krishna (the Supreme female and male, also known as God together) came to this Planet
5,000 years ago as was known to the sages since all the comings of the Supreme are pre-scheduled
and pre-known to the great ones. So Radha and Krishna came and they performed pastimes here,
similar to those eternal pastimes that they are always carrying on with in the spiritual world.
Their earthly pastimes serve as a calling for us - a "homing beacon" to help us know about our
highest prospect- home sweet home. Vyasadeva revealed and recorded for us the earthly pastimes of
Sri Radha and Krishna in the 10th Canto of the Bhagavatam. Then in the final two sections, the 11th
and 12th Cantos, the essential teachings, the highest understanding for humans is given. Therein we
find the most refined teachings regarding spiritual life.
Anyone who is serious about understanding the possible gifts from divinity in terms of
spiritual knowledge to us on this Planet for all time must as a duty to themselves, read and
understand the Bhagavatam. Yes, it is a large work. It takes time to study it. It takes decades to
study it. But, after all, what it tries to give us is the perfection of our eternal life. That is, it is nothing
less than the perfection of our souls, returning or elevating our souls to their highest possible
position.
Such an ultimate thing is the subject matter of the Bhagavatam. Should that not be taken
seriously by us? Shouldn't we be willing to devote at least a good amount of our time in this life to
that particular pursuit? If we are serious about happiness, shouldn't we be interested in
understanding why we are here, why this world functions the way it does? Why divinity is doing
these things to us? What is the nature of the absolute truth and divine reality? Can we go there?
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How can we go there? What must we do to qualify to go there? These are the sincere questions and
the sincere quest of the real spiritualist and the exclusive subject matter of the Bhagavatam.
There are very few books on Earth that fall into the category that the Bhagavatam. It is a
superb, paramount, top most scripture. It is the essential scripture of the oldest religious tradition
on this Planet, namely the Vedic tradition. It is the cream of the Vedic scriptures. Shouldn't everyone
be interested in reading it?
The Bhagavatam claims that it is descended knowledge, not empirically built knowledge. It
was not built up by research of humans, nor was it brought by the mediation of sages, rather, it was
directly handed down from Divinity to the first beings in this creation. In other words, the guidebook
or manual for the creation is contained in the Bhagavat Purana and also in other Vedic scriptures, but
he Bhagavat Purana is the top-most Vedic scripture.
The summarized history of this entire Universe and creation is also contained in the Bhagavat
Purana. Therefore, what we find in this great book is the essential spiritual truths of life as well as
the history of the creation up to 5,000 years ago. By giving us these things, spiritual truth and
history, the Bhagavatam gives us a grip on where we are and why we are here. It gives us a grip on
our spiritual history as souls.
Sometimes people say that they have an understanding of the history of their own people on
this Earth. But what about beyond the Earth? We as souls can, if we study the Bhagavatam, take
pride in being in touch with our people and the history of our people in eternal time. Generally, we
find very few people have interest in understanding the history of all the souls who are here, and in
why this creation is here.
In essence, any path that teaches us to surrender to divinity is one with the Vedic path. But in
order to give us full life, we need so many things, not just philosophy and faith. The Vedic tradition
offers many other things besides just philosophy and faith. Other traditions are less rich in culture,
but they can help souls surrender to divinity.
It is divine will that so many paths manifest at different times to lead souls forward according
to their local interests and natures. There is no need for competition or any feelings of negativity
between the followers of different paths. Followers of different paths have their reasons for their
choice, and they express these reasons, and it sounds like competition, but in the end there is no need
for negativity.
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The truly realized person on the Vedic path knows that everything here, not only the other
religions, but even the atheists, the violent persons, the hateful persons, that they are all being raised
up gradually in the divine school of this world. Material nature will teach them their lessons. No one
here gets away with anything--no matter what. Everyone is reduced to ashes in time and everything
both good and bad is reduced to nothingness in time. It is only the lessons that remain, elevating the
souls gradually upwards. Whatever we do, whether we are caught by the Police or not, will be
answered by an appropriate reaction in divinity's own sweet time- perhaps in a miserable next
lifetime even.
Therefore the enlightened person who knows that everything here is temporary and will
vanish doesn't care as much about what goes on here. Though this body should be used to toil for
righteousness and good, and therefore we see great souls are attached to these causes, still in their
heart of hearts, they are not attached. They know that Krishna's plan will be carried out, that there is
nothing they can do to alter the events of history unfolding, and that only Krishna knows why He
does what He does. We are but servants. We must play out our parts even though the script and the
conclusion is not known to us.
English is built around a certain conception of reality. Therefore the word God is often
thought of as a masculine word. And when referring to God in a gender terminology, we say He. This
is the limitation of English. It is not actually correct according to the Vedic conception. Sri Krishna is
the Supreme masculine personality. He has a male body, or rather all male human bodies are shaped
in His likeness. His counter whole, not counter part, is Shrimati Radharani. She is the supreme,
original feminine being. All human females are shaped in her likeness. God is not he or she, but
"them". The Divine Couple. Radha and Krishna are the Divine Couple.
Radha and Krishna are never actually separated, though they do have pastimes where they
miss each other and live in separation. They do this so that they can enjoy coming back together.
This union and separation is going on eternally and it is reflected in this world in the quest of all
beings to unite with their loved ones of the opposite sex. This is built into human nature because it is
the topmost pleasure and enjoyment of God as the Divine Couple. The polarity of the Divine Couple is
reflected in all things, black/white, ying/yang, up/down, left/right, hot/cold, enjoyer and enjoyed,
and most of all, male and female.
Radha and Krishna appear eternally as beautiful youths in the prime of their teen years. They have
pastimes on different spiritual Planets in their different bodily ages. All their bodily ages and related
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pastime activities are manifest all the time but in different spiritual Planets or places in a spiritual
dimension.
In one place Krishna is a baby child and he enjoys the pastimes of loving exchanges with his
so-called parents who are actually great devotees of the Lord, enjoying him as their child. His
parents and their friends are serving him , worshipping him and loving him in the mood of parents.
This is known as the "Parental Relationship" with the Supreme Person or God. The same is going on
for Radha, and all other personalities that make up the center of divinity.
In another place, the Supreme Lord is enjoying with boyhood friends. This relationship is
going on with great devotees who take birth as His friends. This is known as the "Relationship of
Friendship" with the Supreme Personalities.
There are five main relationships. Beginning with awe and reference, which is Sanka Rasa,
which is simply to perceive the Lord, the way a rock does or the way a cow does or the way a tree
does in the spiritual world. Above that is Dasya Rasa, which means to serve God. This is the
destination of many souls who want to always know that God is God and serve him. Dasya Rasa
means to serve God knowing that He is your Lord.
Servitude is prevalent on the "Planets of no anxiety" where Vishnu is worshipped. With Vishnu and
his female counterpart "Lakshmi Devi", there is always remembrance that they are Supreme. The
spiritual Planets where Lakshmi and Vishnu live as the Supreme Lords served by countless servants,
who love and adore them, are extremely blissful spiritual Planets where there is no want. There is no
fear of any enemy or death or anything ever going wrong. Everyone there engages forever in singing,
dancing, cooking, eating, merry making, loving and serving Lakshmi and Vishnu.
But revealed scripture teaches that higher than all the Vishnu Planets are the Krishna Planets
where Krishna lives and enjoys. There, there is no perception that Krishna is God. Primarily there
are his five main Rasas of passive adoration, servitude not in the same way as Vishnu Loka, but in the
sense of simple family servants who don't think of Krishna as God. Then there is also the parental
rasa and the loving rasa known as Madhurya of actually being the girlfriend of God and also the
female side of God, Radharani, also has a husband eternally, and the other servants, all the female
servants of Krishna have husbands and the men have wives so in this way, the servants of Krishna
also serve each other, worship each other and enjoy spiritual mellows with each other while serving
the Lord in their various Rasas.
But nobody goes around thinking that Krishna is God on the Krishna Loka Planets. They
simply think of him according to the rasa they have with him. The parents think of Krishna as their
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beautiful child and they are so absorbed simply in raising that wonderful child and this mutates
eternally with the pleasure never ending, but their is mystical mutation and time does not function
the way it functions here. It is all very wonderful and hard to understand because after all we have
human brains.
To some degree we have to use our mystical spiritual imagination, but not in any sort of
frivolous way, but in a very sincere and serious way because when approaching or dealing with
spiritual matters we must be careful to not be whimsical or worldly. We should not place the
constraints or limitations or even the moods of this world that we understand upon that world,
which is above us, created us and, which we cannot currently fully comprehend.
Do not bring down the spiritual world to this plane. Always keep it above you and
worshipable and always remember that it is your divine destination. Do not try to own it now, or you
will feel very miserable. Do not try to become the master of God or His realm. The Radha-Krishna
conception of divinity is blissful. One can pray with a whole heart to Radha and Krishna for of all of
ones needs.
There are other conceptions of divinity that are not as nice, but they are true and real, and
they may be the goal of someone's sincere heart. For example, if one makes the aim of their religious
life merging, as they say, once again into God, into Brahman or Nirvana, then how can one really pray
to a person? Since such an impersonalist does not believe God has a personal form then why would
one bother to pray to a personal God? Rather, the impersonalist tend to have more faith in their own
knowledge, because after all, they think it is through carefully controlling their consciousness and
practicing detachment that they will achieve their aims. Why should they feel emotion for spiritual
personalities? Rather they have faith in their own processes of mediation and focus and when
troubled they try to increase these. This is a very different feeling from feeling dependent upon
spiritual personalities for help. So the different paths do feel different and the different paths do
have different techniques. It is not that all spiritual paths are one. There are many different paths
and they are different.
A Vaishnava, that is a person who worships God according to the personal conception, is
either a worshiper of Vishnu or Krishna. Vaishnavas pass their time engaged in the duties that are
befitting for their body, their social position, and their family life. Although engaged in the duties that
are right for them, they also add to their life a certain amount of Sadhana or Bhajan, which simply
means practice or worship.
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Vaishnavas sometimes chant prayers while counting on beads. This is known as "Japa". Often
they chant the Hare Krishna Maha Mantra, the great Mantra for addressing Krishna and Radharani
and begging for engagement in their service eternally. Practices, which increase our awareness and
devotion to the divine couple and all their associates and divine energies, are the best use of the
human life.
But no matter how much practice a devotee engages in, they can never know for certain
whether they will be liberated to a spiritual place at the end of their life or not. It cannot be known.
It can never be known by any human when they will be liberated from this plane, whether they will
be reborn here or somewhere else or what. We simply do not know our future.
To some degree, Vedic Astrology can tell us the future in this life. We can somewhat tell
through Astrology what will happen to us within the confines of this life. But even that cannot be
known exactly due to the lack of real super-excellent astrologers. But even if that could be known,
still we do not know what our next life will be for certain. This state of not knowing is deliberate. Sri
Krishna wants it that way. We are not to know everything about our future. Why? Why is it so?
Why does it please divinity that we are kept in a state of ignorance? Is it good for us?
We trust that it is good for us, because we have confidence in the divine will. We trust that
everything is good for us, but how are we to understand that this ignorance is good for us? It is in
this way: We are not to meditate upon that, which is going to happen. We are not to mediate upon
the fruits of our endeavors. We are not to care about whether a certain plan is successful or fails.
This is because our duty is to worry about our inner motivation only. We are in charge of our mood.
We are to worry about that, which we are in charge of--not more. Divinity is in charge of the result.
We the small part are in charge of the small part, the mood inside ourselves. When we look
after that, we don't care about that, which is the duty of another. Vaishnava spiritual life helps us to
realize that our real concern is our internal spiritual life. We can be happy or sad no matter what is
happening. We know very rich people who have everything, yet are miserable. And then we know of
people who have very little and who are happy. So happiness and sadness are not directly related to
whether we have or do not have a certain amount of material affluence or possessions.
When we consider that death is inevitable, and that between now and that final moment, it is
also inevitable that we will grow old, we will grow diseased and even besides if we don't we will
suffer at various times whether it be indigestion, bug bites, a broken bone or disappointment in love
affair, we have to become somewhat detached from good results. Everyone has to suffer. That is
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certain. No matter how rich or famous or poor. Everyone suffers at some point and then everyone
dies and looses all that they have accumulated in this bodily life.
Vaishnavism is happiness. The happiness derived from Vaishnavism starts from the point
where you accept this inevitability and you cheer up anyway. That is where Vaishnava happiness
begins. Divinity has made it such that we must simply have faith that divinity is good. That all things
ultimately are good. That the Supreme, the Divine Plane, which exists for itself and, which is
controlled by no other more supreme level, must be benevolent by nature.
We see that all living being strive for pleasure and they strive to avoid pain. This, by itself, is
proof that in divinity, in the Supreme all living beings do enjoy, the reason why we are not currently
always enjoying is that there is something wrong in our consciousness and that is why we are in a
school-like level of existence to learn something to correct the problem.
When we wake from a bad dream, it is fully over. So, also, when this material existence ends it
will be like a flash, a dream. We will not feel the pain any longer; it will be as if it wasn't real. Just as
all the previous years of your life, at this point, are just memories. Even the very painful spots are
just memories. When we are born into a new body, we do not remember the previous life. This is
divinities kind blessing that we do not need to remember all the pain of our previous experiences.
We are given a new body and we pick up where we left off. It is not important that we remember all
the details. What is important is that eventually, when we reach the end of the lesson and we
graduate to eternal permanent life, that we bring with us the accumulated merit of divine
consciousness accrued through many life times of getting it right.
It is actually not important to become perfect in external actions. It is not expected or

necessary that magic and all types of wonderful perfections will flow from you and surround you at
any point in your earthly journey. What is expected is that you achieve an unfailing unending and
unbroken devotion to the Lord internally. Your attitude and emotions should be pure and perfect,
but it is not necessary to expect that there will be no suffering, no mistakes, no errors, no
misunderstandings in your external life as you interact with the world and other people. In the lives
of saints there is also sickness, and they also makes mistakes and miscalculations. But what they
don't do is ever desire to exploit or harm other living beings and their consciousness never strays
from being fixed upon the service of divinity, and the divine couple.
We must take positive steps to reach this goal. There are various things that all serious
seekers of spiritual perfection must do. One of them is you must learn. This is done by reading books
such as the Bhagavad-Gita, which is spoken by Sri Krishna and forms the basis of spiritual
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philosophy. Also the Bhagavatam is a large work giving the philosophy and history of spiritual life on
Earth and within the Universe and beyond. Then there is the Chaitanya Charitamrita, which details
the life of Sri Krishna Chaitanya, the most recent incarnation of Krishna who lived 500 years ago. You
must read and learn about spiritual life so that your consciousness can become fixed and firm with
no holes left open.
Then also it is very important to become peaceful in your dealings with all living beings. It is
important that a sincere spiritualist not eat meat because meat is born of violence. It is very easy to
learn how to cook many vegetarian dishes. Meat is not necessary and it should be abandoned.
Then it is important to have some spiritual practice. You are the master of your body, you can
make it bow down, you can make it go to holy places, you can make it sit and listen to holy persons.
So these things should be done. You should get a picture representing Sri Krishna or Sri Vishnu or
Laxmi Devi and you should bow down to this picture once a day, at least, and also chant some
prayers, and there are various mantras that can be learned and employed.
The main mantra recommended for this age is the Hare Krishna mantra because it begs The
Lord for his eternal service. That mantra should be proceeded by the Pancatattva Mantra (Jaya Sri
Krishna Chaitanya Prabhu Nityananda Sri Advaita Gadadhar Sri Vyasadev Gaur Bhakta Vrnda.) Hare
Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare.
First say Pancatattva Maha Manta three times and then recite the Hare Krishna mantra 108 times
while sitting respectfully before the picture.
Whenever you meet anyone bow your head slightly in respect to the soul within. Try to be
non-violent. Avoid things such as intoxication, fowl language or being dirty with your body. Always
try to be clean, wear clean clothes, wear natural fibers, speak softly, and speak intelligently. Do
everything so as to uplift yourself and others and act in such a way and in consciousness that the
invisible guardians headed by Shrimati Radharani and Sri Krishna and all their devotees will be
pleased with your gradual progress.
These high personalities are all your best, highest friends, and they are seeing everything, and
they know everything, and you will at the time of your death have to meet them and answer for your
position in life. At that time a new position will be assigned to you as this one once was. You will
either be reborn in a body somewhere or elevated to some higher plane. All of this is done lovingly
according to your real position. But part of their love is to rectify your errors and your faults and
help you to move forward in becoming more and more purified. So knowing this eternal truth, try to
get it now. Try to learn the lesson now.
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Actually, you can not hurry the lesson simply by wishing that it would hurry, but if you are far
along, you will notice in yourself that a decision time has come to decide between spiritual life and
mundane life so choose spiritual life always in what ever position you find yourself. Whatever choice
you have, try to be the best person you can be by choosing the highest path you can handle. Don't go
faster than you are capable of, don't be a shooting star because you will simply come back. Take real
steps. Take whatever real steps are available to you to be the very best spiritualist you can be. You
will inspire others and others will love you in return.
So daily one should read the Bhagavad-Gita or the Bhagavatam, chant their mantras or
prayers, and pray for help from the unseen guardians such as Brahma and Saraswati, Shiva and
Parvati, Lakshmi and Narayan, and Radha and Krishna. All these divine couples are willing to help
you. Treat yourself and all living beings with respect, and do practical positive things with your life
and expect the Lord's mercy. This is the way of the Vaishnava. The Vaishnava are very peaceful
because they always know that they are in the hands of the Supreme Lord and that everything, every
atom is perfectly moving under divine will- that divine grace is within everything. When you
surrender yourself to this you will see it, and when you see it you will be blissful always.
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THE TAPE PEOPLE
If we were to enter a large empty warehouse and find in the middle of the large expansive
empty floor a single man sitting in a chair, hands and feet tied to the chair with tape across his eyes
and mouth, with captors standing around him holding guns to his head, and if we were to open the
tape upon the mouth and asked the man to speak, we would be very surprised if he said:
"I am fully in control of my environment. I know what is going on and I desired everything
that is going on around me. I know what I am doing. I know why I'm here. I'm in control."
It would be more normal to find him saying:
"I have no control over the future of my life at this point. My life is in the hands of my captors.
I do not know what will be done with me. I am not in control."
And such is our situation. We are the tape people. Our eyes are taped shut in the veil of
material nature. Time is holding a gun to our head. It is certain we shall be blown away. It is only a
question of when. We cannot see our captor, for the veil of the material nature, the trees, the sky, the
air, the Universe--it holds us in.
We are inside bodies and we were not on the panel that designed them. We do not remember
choosing our parents, our land of birth, the sex of our body, the color of the skin. In deed for some of
us, these things pose a great set back.
Indeed, we are the tape people. We are the enclosed. We are the captives. It is not amongst
our choices to rebel and say, "Wait, I want to choose another God. I do not like what divinity has
done to me. I do not like nature. I do not like truth. Oh you who have created me. I give you up and I
wish to accept another. That does not seem to be amongst the choices available to us. We are
captives- like it or not.
The elders whom we choose as the speakers at our village fires at night should first start with
this understanding. "Oh, people of the village, my friends, relatives, children, nephews and nieces. I
tell you some grave news that we are captives here on this ball in space known as Earth."
Round about our 10th year we wake up and realize we are in a body made of flesh, which is
mortal. When we witness the first death of a dear one that we shall ever witness, especially if it be
brutal and not due to old age, we can't help but wonder who has done this. Who holds us here?
Why?
"My dear children of the village, we are captives, our eyes taped shut by the veil of the
material nature. Who has done this to us and why? But my children of the village, there are many
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ways you can react to this reality and as you wander in the world, you will find many persons
reacting in many different ways. Some will speak their philosophies to you and they will sound very
educated. In deed they may recognize each of themselves and give letters unto their names such as
B.A., M.A., Ph.D. They will shake each other's hands, slap each other on the back and congratulate
each other, but know this, if they do not know that they are amongst the tape people, they know
nothing.
"If their philosophy does not recognize that they are the captive, the subject, then they know
nothing. Until the basic fundamental truth is allowed to become the foundation of all their
knowledge in their heart they still know nothing. If someone says, "Have you seen God?" Then they
still do not accept that they are the captive. My children, us tape people, can never test or tempt our
captors with such boastful language. Our captors are in control. It is not wise of us to speak to them
in any ill manner. Have you seen God? Can you see God? That is like a tape person saying, "I cannot
see the gun to my head".
"No the tape is in place over your eyes, true, but you should know that you are the subject, you
are the captive- can you not tell that much? Just the fact that you have tape on your eyes and that you
are tied in the chair of this body, which has a limited life span in a place chosen for you, is that not
enough to convince you? You want to fly, but cannot sprout wings. You want to live, but you are
killed. You want to keep your loved ones, yet they die.
Can you not tell that you are a captive? Can you not assume that there is a captor? Everything
that you have, even the mind with, which you think and the ears with, which you hear, the mouth
with, which you speak, your emotions, your nervous system, your life span, everything, it has been
given to you. As a conscious being, you, yourself, do not know how to create even a small fraction of
just one of these attributes of your own body!
Your entire existence is coming from somewhere outside your conscious self. You do not
know if you are eternal. You do not know how to create these wonderful things that make you who
you are. So it is only right to say that every single aspect of your life and all that surrounds you is a
grant, a gracious grant from divinity who ever He or She or It may be. That being the case, and since
also you cannot switch divinity's, you cannot jump to another reality, therefore, is it not wise to
assume that divinity is benefic towards you? Since you have no choice and you are nothing but a
captive for whom everything has been provided as a gracious grant, should you not assume that that
oneness, that great being that has made you is benevolent towards you? All that you love, He has
given. And yes, all that you don't understand and therefore possibly loathe, He has also given.
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The most logical conclusion to this amazing paradox is that He, She or It wills that you deal
with those things, which puzzle you, which you loathe. Find a way through the paradox to perfect
harmony. In that place where you can find perfect harmony between what you feel you love and
what you feel you hate you will find the beginning of complete harmony with your creator who has
created everything including you and everything you love and hate. How can you have peace until
you accept your inevitable oneness with all the other brothers and sister items in this creation?
You are but one of his creations, every other atom is also your brother and sister in that it
flows forth from that center. Your provincial interests while identifying yourself with your
temporary body should be given up as a guide to what you love and hate.
Rather, you should learn to love everything. When you find that consciousness, which allows
you to love everything, then it is only logical to know that you have entered the conscious area from,
which everything has come or at least in, which everything can co-exist.
And since everything is co-existing despite your hating some of it, we can know that finding
that space of love where all things can exist in your consciousness without you rejecting or editing
any part of it, that is indeed reality. For that reality already exists around you despite your hatred.
You are not allowing yourself into that reality because of your likes and dislikes. The reality
does not care for your likes and dislikes. It does not change itself to fit you; rather in time it forces
you to succumb. You can never free yourself from the reality that surrounds you. You are a child as
much as the tree and the bumblebee. But you reject it with your likes and dislikes.
One by-product of the true spiritual path is to attain that consciousness, which sees things as
they are and the truth is that you are one small part only, equal to all other parts. You are not the
center any more than any other part. When you desire to exert yourself upon other parts in a mood
of exploitive arrogance, not only do you set yourself apart from the reality in, which you exist, thus
creating your own frustration and unhappiness, but you also offend the things around you. Your
brother and sister, the tree, the Earth, the fence, the bee, the House, the fellow human, time, the
Planets, the Universe, the creator.
This is why you are captive--because you have this mood. Because you have the mood of
singular importance, because you feel that you are the center, this is why you are a captive here, for
in this plane the captives are forced to change bodies periodically. Thus a place is set up where the
folly of individuals is erased in time. No Hitler, no Mussolini, no Genghis Khan can live or reign
forever here where empires are reduced to ashes in a very short amount of time.
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From space, looking at the Earth no human body can be seen. Only vast masses of land and
ocean covered by movable clouds. The humans that live on that land are like bacteria that grow on
the surface of the Earth. In large patches of irritation such massive cities come and go in time, the
Earth being there resting place while they exist, taking themselves so very seriously.
The mentality of a captive is self-centeredness. The Vedic teaching, the descended teaching,
which the captive must come to eventually accept is that the all loving blissful Supreme Lord want
these little souls to come to the Spiritual World for eternal play. But, it must be willfully done on
their own- each of those souls must emotionally know deep inside the truth of so many important
lessons.
This is accomplished by allowing souls to go through many lives. When the lessons are finally
learned these little souls know that they are subordinate to a great, benevolent, loving divinity, the
center of, which is Sri Krishna and Sri Radha, the Supreme male and Female who together are the
divine couple, inseparable, eternally. They are the Supreme Enjoyers of all. Their land known as
Goloka Vrindavan is the center or the whirl of the Lotus Flower of the Spiritual world.
In the Spiritual World there is no death because there is no need for karmic lessons, the souls
there all have one quality in common, they desire to serve more than they take. They are not self-
centered. They are centered on the true center, Sri Krishna and Sri Radha.
Knowing this you gain an eye in this world to judge religious conceptions and all other
conceptions. If a conception leaves intact to any degree, the self-centered Ego of the small captive,
then you can know that that conception, to that degree, remains false and imperfect. The superior
conception is that one, which totally and wholly reverses the problem, which causes the soul to
remain captive here. A religious conception should teach the captive soul the true nature of their
origin here- why they are here and offer the map for moving beyond.
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OUR SITUATION ACCORDING TO HINDU SCRIPTURE
Although human life on Earth, in the West, is often tolerable materially, especially for the
young person, still, we find that though we are given everything we need, still we are not happy or
fulfilled. Material happiness, such as eating nicely, enjoying fine things, enjoying the company of
friends and sex partners, and so on, simply does not make us feel whole. There is a perceivable
emptiness despite fully clothing the body will all it could possibly want.
There are many persons who think that they will overcome this problem by desiring and
struggling to get even more material things. For example, even though they live in a decent home,
they will think that they will be happy if they get an even bigger, grander, more nicely decorated
home. Or they focus on their conveyances, or their clothes, or their sex, or their relationships.
Forever struggling to improve their material situation, even at the expense of putting others in
distress, they waste their life engaged in a futile pursuit.
The Bhagavad Gita is a book, which is the recording of a conversation between Krishna and
Arjuna. This conversation took place roughly five thousand years ago. Krishna’s life is detailed in
another work, the Shrimad Bhagavatam. Krishna is God, the Supreme Person who lives forever in His
spiritual realm, which is diverse, full of happy devoted friends, servants, lovers, relatives and
awestruck onlookers. Krishna is beautiful and blissful. Krishna causes all who know Him and see
Him to also become beautiful and blissful. To remember Him, even though living in a human body
here on Earth, means to become beautiful and blissful.
So, the Bhagavad Gita is a book, which to read means that you are directly hearing from God,
the Supreme Blissful Person Himself. Fortunately for us, He descends from time to time, or sends
someone dear to Him, to teach us about Himself, and His world, which is our best eternal home. This
place we know as Earth may also be our home, but it has many problems for us. As such, we should
be interested in making a better solution for our permanent residence if we can believe that such is
possible.
In the Bhagavad Gita Krishna describes for our benefit all about the Soul, the Soul’s
relationship with Him (God), the soul’s relationship with the material energy, which surrounds us,
the process for transiting from residence in the material realm to the spiritual realm, what is helpful
here verse harmful, and so on. By reading the Bhagavad Gita and trying to follow it’s instructions in
your everyday life, you gradually realize all the things Krishna is teaching us. Thus, you gradually
become fully aware of the truth. Krishna describes this happy state of mind in the Gita. He says that
“one having attained such an awareness, which is very blissful, one never returns to the mundane
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way of thinking”. Furthermore, he says, “When your awareness has gone above and beyond the
dense forest of delusion you will see that all things are in me and are mine”.
Of course, Krishna says many more things in the Bhagavad Gita, much of, which are higher
truths than the two verses I just quoted. You should make it an immediate priority in your life to
acquire the Gita and begin reading it every day, early in the morning (or any time) when you can be
peaceful and meditate on its deep messages.
The Gita (and Bhagavatam, and all their followers) teach us what is known as “Sambandha
Gyan”, which means “knowledge of our relationships”. This refers not to your love affairs or friends,
though they are included in the greater scheme of course. Rather, this “Gyan” (knowledge) refers to
knowing your relationship with nature, both material and spiritual. Ultimately, this knowledge leads
us to the highest state of awareness possible. Know right from the start that we are talking about the
very highest possible thing here. We are not talking about a petty pursuit to amaze yourself or your
friends. We are talking about the most primeval and fundamental truths. We are talking about that
truth, which controls everything, seen and unseen. We are talking about reuniting you, the living
small soul, with God, the living great soul.
Ask yourself: Are you truly interested in knowing the truth? Or, do you like your current lack
of full knowledge? You must admit to yourself that you truly do not know the full truth about your
existence. You are going on with only partial awareness of your real situation. You do not remember
being a sperm cell, but you once were just a little sperm cell, trying to penetrate an egg. You may be
in that condition again. You do not remember sucking the breast of your mother. You do not know
what will happen to you when you die. You do not know why the world is here and what God, if he or
she exists looks like. Yet, you go on, day after day, living your life as best you can.
Do you want to know the truth? Are you ready to serve and live the truth?
Of course, being afraid of the truth, many persons will say something like “we cannot know
the truth”. In this way, they conveniently leave the room just when when the conversation starts to
get interesting. They are afraid. Others, trying to mask their fear as knowledge and thus gain
adoration from other fools say that they have “discovered” the scientific evidence to “prove” that
there is no truth above their silly big bang theories. They believe in their eyes alone, though they
don’t know the mastermind who created their eyes.
Therefore, there is always a good supply of persons who cannot accept even the first step of
spiritual life, which is to read the Bhagavad Gita. They figure that anything that talks about things
they can’t completely see and put under their microscopes must be “myth”. Others, who are more
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inclined to accept their own mind and emotions as evidence say things such as: “go with the flow”,
“be one with the questions”, “we’re already perfect- just accept life”, and other mentally concocted
adjustments.
Actually however, since both the scientific atheist and the atheistic “new age thinker” (for
want of a clear way to describe those who avoid true religion using what sounds like religious, or
Buddhist type arguments) derive their arguments from mental adjustments they make for
themselves in their minds, neither are happy. Yet, they like their struggles with nature, and their
mental concocting. It keeps them in the center of their lives. Avoidance of God in all varieties of
human pursuit is simply one thing: different types of selfishness. To recognize God takes becoming
unselfish, stepping aside, and giving the limelight to the “big guy above”.
Deep down inside we are keenly aware that we are dependent, and not the controllers of
hardly anything that happens to us. We know this, though we walk, talk and act as if the opposite
were true. So, deep down inside their fear. Fear of loss, fear of death, fear of unhappiness, etc. This
is true for everyone, including atheists of all varieties. This unhappiness and fear will never be gotten
rid of for the non-believer. Only the believer can overcome this fear, which causes unhappiness.
They do this be fully surrendering to the knowledge that they are dependent on Krishna, or God. By
fully surrendering to God, they become engaged in a relationship of chastity to the will and
instructions of God. Thus their lives are overtaken by this relationship, and they become saintly,
spiritual persons. They alone can attain true happiness. This is confirmed by Krishna in the
Bhagavad Gita (and other scriptures of many faiths).
On the other hand, the atheist, no matter, which type of non-believer, New Ager, Scientist,
Disinterested Materialist, and so on, cannot ever overcome this inner fear and unhappiness because
their soul inwardly knows at all times that they are “disconnected” from their own source. Like
children separated from their guardians in a large carnival of vicious elements, the atheistic soul runs
hear and there, crying and screaming in fear, trying desperately to find a safe and happy home. They
waste their precious human lives trying to carry this out based on their material bodies. Identifying
with their bodies, they try desperately to secure homes, food, clothing, conveyances, entertainment,
etc.
Actually, full happiness is available for them within themselves, as it is within all of us. Caught
up in the illusion of our physical material bodies, we ignore the words of He who is our origin and
constant supporter. Although we definitely do not know the truth of where we come from, where we
go, or how everything is going on so perfectly, we don’t stop to think that perhaps the truth is known
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by somebody. Out of pride in something, which isn’t making us fully, happy anyway (our current
bodies and world and our illusions based on these) we assume that nobody knows more than us.
Certainly we believe that no scripture from some “ancient third world country” could possibly be the
answer for “we who are intelligent and modern and fully educated”.
In this way, our pride increases our illusion and causes us to be sunk deeper into the
quicksand of our incorrect mental and emotional position.
We think that nature is not perfect. We think that we can improve upon nature by creating
tools and a more comfortable life. We have taken this pursuit so far that we have created an
industrialized society. We believe in our chemicals, not the laws of nature. This implies an
underlying belief that it was not perfect in the first place. Therefore, we alter the teachings of God so
that they look like a backing for our dumb ideas. (Referring to those who think that God wants us to
create a “heaven on Earth” by chemicals, plastics, and all the other dumb things we do here these
days).
Actually, the truth is that, in the beginning, which was very long ago, God endowed humankind
with the ability to live in total harmony with nature. This included the ability to heal with sounds.
Herbs were the grossest type of medicine employed. Better than herbs was penances. In other
words, everyone understood that all bad results, whether that be weather, diseases or whatever,
were caused by something they did, and they deserved the negative result. In this way, they
understood that nature was perfect in it’s management of an “eye for an eye”. Thus, they followed
lives of virtue, because they knew that they were fully responsible, and would suffer for, all their
thoughts, words, actions, etc.
Although nature is still exactly like that, modern persons do not believe like this any longer.
Instead, they believe that there is no controller whatsoever. They believe everything is simply
chemicals and physics. Therefore, they, being the only conscious beings around that they can see
with their inherited material eyes, feel that they can exploit nature freely without suffering any
reaction. If there is a reaction that they see, they think that the only thing they need do now is
improve their chemicals and make a new solution to their new problems. They call the hellish
reactions to their greedy pursuits “new challenges” and “opportunities”.
Picture a room full of nuclear physicists sitting around discussing the “possibilities”,
“opportunities” and “challenges” that they now face. They are excited to work on creating more and
more hellish entanglement for themselves and the rest of us. They never stop to believe that they are
going in the wrong direction. They are proud, selfish, unable to see simple truths, and uninterested
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in truth. Krishna says that “such demons are bent on destroying the world, and that they think it has
no basis other than the satisfaction of their own lust”.
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BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI ON ASTROLOGY
From a morning walk on 12-29-73
On how he does believe in Astrology:
Prabhupada: Astronomy, yes. Astrology is part of astronomy. Yes.
Sujit: It's part of the science. It has been accepted as part of the science.
Prabhupada: No, it is...
Svarupa Damodara: Astrological science is mostly speculative theory.
Prabhupada: Astronomy also.
Sujit: They are proving a lot of things. They are calculating when a certain star can be in certain
positions.
Svarupa Damodara: No, that can be done.
Prabhupada: So our Astrology is calculated by the position of the stars. By astronomy you calculate
the position of the star, and they know, "If the star is in such and such position, the result will be like
this." That is Astrology.
Svarupa Damodara: This looks like collecting some facts from some experience.
Prabhupada: No, no. It is calculated by the astral movement. It is a great science. People do not know
it now....We believe in Astrology. But because it is a difficult science, people do not understand it
properly. That is another thing. In my practical life I see. In my horoscope, everything is written, what
I am doing. Everything is written. So...
From Shrimad Bhagavatam 1-12-29
Regarding the position of astrologers in Vedic Culture:
Amongst the Karma-Kanda experts, the Jataka experts Vipras were good astrologers who
could tell all the future history of a born child simply by the astral calculations of the time (Lagna).
Such expert Jataka-Vipras were present during the birth of Maharaja Parikit, and his grandfather,
Maharaja Yudhisthira, awarded the Vipras sufficiently with gold, land, villages, grains and other
valuable necessaries of life, which also include cows. There is a need of such Vipras in the social
structure, and it is the duty of the state to maintain them comfortably, as designed in the Vedic
procedure. Such expert Vipras, being sufficiently paid by the state, could give free service to the
people in general, and thus this department of Vedic knowledge could be available for all.
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From a morning walk on 12-8-73
On Astrology's efficacy:
Svarupa Damodara: Shrila Prabhupada, are these astrologers, ah, are, can we believe in them, what
they say? Called pseudo-science.
Prabhupada: No. Astrology is a science. (break) ...that I shall go to the foreign countries and
throughout the whole world I will establish so many temples, so many things... this...
Svarupa Damodara: So they have some intelligence to tell that...
Prabhupada: No, no. That is calculation, calculation. This astrologer, this astrologer was a very big
astrologer and when I was in service, Dr. Bose's laboratory, so Dr. Bose was treating one patient. He
was vomiting blood. So he was treating as tuberculosis. Then he could not cure him after giving all
medicine. Then he asked the astrologer, this astrologer who made my horoscope, "What is the
matter? Panditji, can you tell?" So he calculated. He said, "You are making wrong treatment. He has
got some sore in the throat. It is not heart." And he treated, he was cured.
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WHO CAN BE A JYOTISH?

Jyotish is a broad pursuit. It's not even as confined as "intellect" - it's even broader than that
thing is. In general, careers are a very broad subject since to be fulfilled they require the cooperation
of all parts of ourselves.
In my own chart, Venus in the first as it is is said to cause "living with priests", which I have
done a lot of, in two different major religions. Then my Moon apparently is in a good Pada of
Satabishak for this, and Aquarius is a good Moon Sign for Jyotish, being as it lends itself towards
"fixed revealed old high knowledge" being a "fixed air Sign ruled by Saturn". Then I have a very
strong ninth House and Karma Dharmadipati Yoga therein. Then I have a lot of the TriKalaGya Yoga,
which gives good vision. So everything adds up. If you look at my life for real, separate from
Astrology, if you knew me well, you would know that I have no choice but to do something to spread
Veda. It is all I am- it is my life, and my rule, my Lord, my food, my all. It is my autocratic overlord
dictator, and I love Him for His control over me. So then, it all goes together, "oh, one such as this, so
absorbed as he is in all these subjects, has no choice but to do this somehow or another, well or not, it
hardly matters, because they're going to do it just the same".
So if we look at the whole chart, then we can begin to arrive at things.
Examine what is Jyotish: Seeing the truth, that others fear, that others cannot see, that others aren't
sure they believe- to see, and surrender, and walk in such knowledge, is not easy on the mind or
nerves. One must be a high being to be a Jyotishi. Varahamihira, the great Jyotishi himself and author,
says that the Jyotishi should be handsome, as physical goodness and foibles are reflections of the
inner being as well. I am not saying this strongly, but mentioning it in passing as another thing to
consider, broadening our ideas on this subject. It's an interesting point.
There is a high requirement of intellect, and a high requirement of character. To accurately

read many persons or things, you must be above them. If you are on many levels a banal and
mundane average person, then how can you actually be involved in mysticism? I say it this way not to
challenge those on the list, but to add that view when reviewing yourself or others on the subject.
There should be some Yoga, some Sadhana, some past associations with goodness, some spirituality,
in the person.
Ideally, the Jyotishi should be a Brahmin actually. That doesn't mean "Indian" and does not
refer to the caste of birth, because that alone is not enough to guarantee that you indeed are
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representing that caste in your adult life choices. I have met many Indians who say "they are
Brahmins by birth" but are engaged in unbrahminical lives and careers. So that is not what I mean.
I mean, a Brahmin is clean, truthful, full of knowledge, always learning, always trying to apply
their knowledge to help others, never offends real Saints, Sadhus, Brahmins, Priests, etc., is
equipoised towards all, is the well wisher of all, is especially interested in helping others in a few key
areas, which Brahmins have forever been involved with, namely Educating others, Medicine, Spiritual
Matters, and Astrology. Brahmins are resource persons- if you have problems and go to them, you
should feel some relief of your problems or queries upon leaving. Brahmins are very discriminating
and particular, because they know the way things should be done for ultimate happiness and success
of the souls involved. They are Gurus, Teachers, Light Posts, Healers, Lovers, and Compassionate.
So we should see something of these things in the chart. Also, never mind just the chart, look
at the person. See what they do, see their lives. Is it going in this direction at all?
But you wanted to know about being a really good Jyotishi- that is of course hard to say. There
may be some who are really good who don't have the best Yogas outlined for Jyotish. There are
always the exceptions and odd cases, which show the attribute, but are not mentioned per se directly
in the books. The tri Kala Gya Yoga, which I mostly have, for example, is formed of a very prominent
Jupiter. Of course, Jupiter is good for higher wisdom and all Brahminical pursuits. Mercury properly
placed is of course good too. There should be some religion in the chart, or some connection to
mysticism and the hidden meanings of life. For these, the 8th, the nodes, sometimes Scorpio, and so
on, can help. A conglomeration or conflagration of factors needs to ultimately be present.
If you cannot see anything in the chart, which is STRONGLY pointing towards religion,
Brahminical traits, or mysticism, then I think one would have to wonder if the person has the goods
internally. For example, there are Signs, which are duller, and those, which are sharper- like
Capricorn is not noted for being brainy, say, and Leo is not noted for being sensitive. See, so the Signs
play a big part. The Lagna, Lagna Lord, the Moon, the 9th Lord, Jupiter, Mercury, the 10th Lord, all
must be congenial that the person take up such a thing as Jyotish.
Someone quoted the aphorism pointed out previously by Sanjay or was it Mr. Rao, anyway,
somebody said that Saturn associating in some way with the 11th House is helpful. I have that. It's my
11th Lord. But that is always true for Aries Lagna. But I have it in the 9th with the 9th Lord Jupiter
who is very strong and the final dispositor for the whole chart. So my "desires" are highly "tamed" by
the House of religion, which is strong. Indeed, I have been heavily "corralled" by my religion since I
can remember.
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That of course is helpful. If a person is a "loose goose" with their life, then that is not so
conducive for Sadhana, which is so helpful for becoming eligible to receive the keys to the higher
planes of consciousness. When we are overly Venusian, or too much involved in Sense Gratifications
of a gross type, then it may be harder to think the clear thoughts required, because we are then too
much gummed up by the numbing satisfactions offered by food, sex, drugs, sleep, etc. Yogis practice
some austerities partly in order to stay sharp. Believe me, if you have never done a Vedic lifestyle, it
does make you very sharp- referring to rising early, cold bath, Aarti, Japa, Shastra Katha, Sadhu
Sanga, Archana, etc...
So the American lifestyle per se, is not so conducive to being a Yogi or Brahmin. The plastic,
the cheap foods that are lifeless, the numbing drone of the materialistic television, etc., all of this, is
anti-austerity, anti-Brahmin, and kills the spark in the soul. Of course, you can have all these things
and remain sharp, so long as you don't over-partake in any one of them.
We have to be honest with ourselves when considering "Should I become a full time Jyotishi"
or even part time. We have to consider if we are able to help others, give guidance, be an example,
and be a "Vedic Counselor" so to speak. If we are not ready, then better to admit it and keep trying.
The best way to become a Brahmin is to surrender to a real one, and do what they say to do.
This is what it means to become a disciple, or Sadhaka, or "Shishya" as a disciple is called in Sanskrit.
However, that brings us to the next question:
>Like I said earlier, the problem seems to be that of the Guru--a Jyotish Guru.....but days of
idealism are long gone, and commerce is the name of the game today.....People don't part with their
trade secrets so easily. There are countless numbers of shops where I live, some even offer Crash
Courses! But nowhere a Guru is to be found who (in the words of authors of Light on Life) would fire
the spark of Jyotirvidya inside his/her student's consciousness.
DG: I think that overall, Mr. Rao is a Jyotish Guru, and he lives in Delhi, and there are others,
such as V.K. Choudhry and others. Mr. Rao talks too much for me, and too much about himself and his
life. Personally I require a quieter environment as I am autistic in my sensitiveness to sound and
speaking. My Gurudeva (not a Jyotish Guru, my Spiritual Guru) was very soft spoken and had few, but
meaningful, words. I like that approach.
Jyotish, the science, can be learned from books and so on. The Guru can help. The main
teachings of the Guru are about YOU, not the science. The real Guru allows you to spend some time
around Him, doing menial services like cleaning or work. Then there is some teaching and discussing.
During all of this, the real Guru can see your nature, what is important in YOUR mind and desires, and
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after awhile, can give you an often painful experience of being cut down to size. The first duty of the
Guru is to kill your Ego as much as possible. This is not Jyotish. It is spiritual life. Any flaw in your
thinking and way of acting, it is HIS duty to point out aggressively, with no uncertain terms. It is not
all lovy dovy under a real Guru.
Then, if you stick, you can really then get into things well because you become more usable by
the divine, because you are less full of yourself, and thus more empty to receive the teachings. An
empty purified cup you are, placed before the Lord by your Guru. It is "feminine" to be a real disciple.
One must be subservient, humble, and so on.
That is the main qualification for receiving Vedic knowledge of all varieties. When you can live
at the ashram of your Guru, and only for the benefit of the Guru, and have nothing of your own, and
no future plans, nothing. In that state, you are liberated largely, and much can be revealed to you. Of
course, if you are dumb, then nothing will sink in. The real Guru does not accept dumb disciples. The
real Guru scrutinizes the prospects and weeds out the unqualified. Same with Gurus. The prospects
should examine and find a real Guru, not a pretender money maker.
The real Gurus do exist, but are you willing to give up home to go there?
The best time for finding a Guru and going to His or Her ashram and living for some years is the late
teens and early twenties, before marriage, before attachment to family and duties takes over our
lives. This I had the fortune of somehow falling into by the Lords grace. This stage of life Vedicly is
called "Brahmacharya" and refers to the student years of life. Traditionally, the young are sent to the
Gurus ashram for such trainings at a certain point. This is nicely shown in the Ramayan videos for
example.
It is much like the modern military. If you take late teenagers- they are in the prime of health,
not yet attached or duty bound, full of energy, idealistic, easily shaped and contoured by strong
authorities into something- either soldiers or Brahmins- it's quite similar. I underwent intense
austerities in order to find and stay with my Gurus for some years. It takes great desire. The result is
unmistakable. There are not a lot of white people who can say the things I say, and it is only because
I've actually paid my dues years ago, that I can do it. I gave my life wholly from age 19 to 25- I had no
money, no home, no nothing. I did what I was told, which included travelling to foreign countries and
doing difficult things. Once I was told to live in Hong Kong, collect funds, and hold temple functions
and thus preach. I did it. I was 19. I was alone. I hated it, but I did it. This kind of thing really makes
you into a tool for the Lord. I learned everything, and it was hard- austere, grueling at times, blissful
most of the time though.
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Make no mistake, intense and real Hare Krishna devotes do the real thing- it is not like some
of the other groups- ours is "free" to join, but you don't go home- you give up your home, just like the
scriptures recommend for the Brahmachari stage of life. We did it exactly like it says- shaved heads,
dhotis, the works. AND IT WORKS.
Obviously, not many can do this, especially once they are adults and have families and other
engagements.
The next best thing is to honor the real path, and try to be in the resultant consciousness
without having to go through it. What does that mean? Well, if you hang out with me, you'll see
something like this: You cannot go into any old shop or restaurant- for example, you don't eat meat at
all, and you avoid places like McDonalds and any shops, which are Tamasic in nature or content. You
don't do anything excessively. You must be clean, regulated, always believe in God, never question
the Vedic conclusions, be engaged in meaningful works, avoiding sinful occupations such as animal
slaughter, the selling of liquor, and so on. I do not let my relatives who visit bring meat into the
House. I teach my children the scriptures to some degree. I struggle to stay as Sattvic as possible. If
you perform no struggle, no sacrifice, nothing special, then you are only an armchair devotee. There
must be sacrifice in some way. If we serve only our senses fully, then we are not Vedic. We may be
running on past good Karma alone- using it up slowly through the enjoying process.
Things like smoking and intoxications are not per se completely ruled out, though they are
very very carefully dealt with, just as sex is. These are potent Venusian things, which can enhance a
life in subtle ways at times, or destroy it completely. Generally therefore they are restricted to nil
during Brahmachari years and not recommended for anyone ever.
However, the amount of Venus we all need varies from person to person, and tolerance and
compassion should be exercised for those who need more, and who show the Signs of their
indulgences on their faces, waistlines, etc. "There goeth I but by the Grace of God" is a good motto.
Never forget you are not the source of your power. It can be stripped away overnight if you are too
proud. Everything we have is a borrowed plume. Faultfinding others is to criticize the workings of
the Lord, who is guiding everyone individually and correctly FOR THEM. We should not imitate
anyone else, but rather find our own true path towards back to the Lords holy feet and holy services.
It is individual.
>So I guess it makes sense to go to a good Jyotishi and find out for once and for all whether we
should pursue this noble path or exert our energies into more conducive pursuits.
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DG: I think that if there is this doubt, that is itself indicative of less than 100% devotion to the
subject. I think for those of us for whom it is meant, it takes over our lives. At least these are the sure
ones- the ones who are hopelessly given over to the thing- whether it is dance, music, Jyotish,
whatever. The one's who are full time 100% come hell or high water- well there's no question- they
will do it either way.
So if you have doubt, then perhaps the above will help sort it out. I hope so. I hope I help. I
share openly about myself in order to shed light in various areas- not to brag or show off. I hope I
don't appear too egotistical. I know I do at times. Sorry. I am. This is one of the challenges those with
strong Jupiter have to fight- the tendency towards "largeness of self image", especially when it
aspects the Lagna etc.
I have seen Mr. Rao tell someone who was heavily involved in Jyotish to give it up for art
instead. The person did it and agreed with him. So I guess this happens. Yes, the more advanced the
Jyotishi is, the more he or she could tell if you are astrologer material. But remember, it will be their
opinion alone. Search yourself as well, and ask others. Mostly ask yourself. You must live your life
after all.
Jyotish is not, in my opinion, an "easy" career. It involves you with lots of problems and real
life traumas and dramas. It is anything but easy. Psychologists, doctors, counselors, are the most akin
careers, and these are high paid, high stress careers. Jyotish is not different, except that, if you are
properly prepared with your own balance, vision, Sadhana, and liberation from common gross
materialism, then you can weather the challenge of helping others in this way. If it's for the money,
there are better ways to get way more money, I think. Money cannot possibly be the main reason
anyone gets into Jyotish. I have met very-few-to-none really wealthy Jyotishis. Those who charge a
good amount are not appreciated for that by many. In other words, a lot of negative talk goes around
about the high prices of some well known astrologers. I think money should be downplayed. I think
the qualities of Brahminism should be the main thing we look for in a Jyotishi. Fees should be a
secondary consideration in both parties- the client and Brahmin.
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COMPATIBILITY NOTES
I would like to say that Jyotish is very good, but the Kuta Compatibility system found in Jyotish
is based only on the Moon, and not even it's House, but rather just it's Sign and star, compared
against the other person's Moon Sign and Moon Star.
That is nice, but not enough.
That explains the possibility of being "wrong" for couples.
Some couple may have good Moon compatibility, but bad Ascendants and Suns, for example.
True Jyotish compatibility must be done with the larger picture. But if you're in ancient India
and dealing with people who know only where the Moon was when they were born, and do not know
the date or time of their birth, nor even the city necessarily, then it's a fine thing to do, since it uses all
the possible known info.
But nowadays, since we know entire charts accurately, we are behooved to do a larger
analysis.
My spouse and I had very high Moon compatibility, but my Lagna is 12th to hers, since I'm
Aries rising and she's Taurus rising. This "Dwirdwadashamsha" Lagna (that means 2/12
relationship) is NOT good for compatibility overall. Furthermore, her Saturn is on my Moon, and
other things....
So, there are problems between our charts that are serious problems. If we just looked at the
Moon compatibility, since it's in the 80's range, things would look rosy. In fact, we have had serious
problems that took years of work and growth (read: There was a lot of fighting).
Many astrologers currently use both systems simultaneously. I do not. I have never learned
Western Jyotish. I think the Zodiac is incorrect, personally. But, then, I've never tasted it really, I'll
give you that.
Dealing with the Change of Zodiac
In my Western Chart, there is Taurus rising with Sun, Venus and Mercury. People look at that
and tell me, "Oh wow, you're Mega Taurus". They see my looks and find it confirmed because
something like "I look good or opulent?"
However, I do not act like Taurus Lagna as much as Aries, and in my Vedic chart there are
other explanations for the ways and whys of me. I often find that whatever one is "attached to" in
their Western chart, that syndrome or construct is found in some other way in their Vedic chart.
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Besides, the Planets in Houses for the most part do not change- still have Jup/Sat conjunct in
the ninth in both for example, Mars in the 12th in both, so this sameness of Planets in Houses, which
is one of the most important points in both systems, is "correct" generally in both, and so this
accounts for why there is some accuracy in Western Jyotish.
However, for really accurate predictive and more accurate personality reading, I have found
Vedic to excel. I have never heard Western Astrologers being as accurate in either personality or
predictive purposes as Jyotishis can be or generally are. I think it's clear, which one is superior.
What makes an astrologer in a chart?
We can understand things going from the outside towards the inside.
Outwardly we know a real astrologer must be able to actually understand and perceive the
sweeping effects of nearly invisible complex systems of universal controls, which they perceive both
scientifically as planetary orbits, and spiritually as the unfoldment of divine will.
On top of having a thus demonstrated powerfully complex and energized mind, this person
must also have strong courage because Jyotish will take you to the land of death, rebirth, spiritual
meaningfulness, embarrassing and revealing realizations about the often pathetic state of many
souls, and other nerve jolting experiential realms, mostly mentally based.
"Wide perception and nerves of steal". Guts actually.
So often we will find that persons who are top notch in this field and it's allied fields may have
one intense Planet combined with enough Mars to mobilize them into action. One thing is for sure,
you cannot do anything in life without energy to do it. Jyotish takes nerve-mind energy in large gulps
and swallows.
The one intense Planet thing means that the Panch Mahapurush Yogas principle is always
point one. Anyone with one really well placed Planet could be involved with Jyotish in the sense that
it could give the energy required in one of Jyotish's areas of life such as intuition, awareness,
psychology, event prediction, the counselor, and so on. Each of these requires the presence of one
strong Planet to cause or activate them fully into a significant state of existence in reality. In other
words, you cannot find a seer who has no good placements. They would not be a seer if that were
true. You will find the "seeing" placement, and it shall be strong.
About Mercury: Mercury is the swiftness of the message. This is the primeval nature of this
Planet. It is not a settled character. It is young, active, and most of all very able to carry information
regardless of content, from one place to another, negotiate the connections to be made at all ports,
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construct all bridges, gather all documents and publish all reports. Non-committed in terms of
content, but very committed in terms of handling and transmission.
So an astrologers Mercury should be not under the influence of Saturn in the sense that Saturn
will slow down the speed of the transmitted messages in the intellect, thus making study harder,
communications slower, and all matters of thought more difficult. This is one idea. So sometimes it is
expressed that having Mercury in the 6th from Saturn in the chart is good in the sense that this is
where Saturn has the least aspectual strength, thus is at it's lowest point of control over Mercury,
thus lowest ability to impede the swiftness of all Mercurial matters.
Furthermore, Mercury should have high Ashtaka Varga Bindus, such as 4 or more. And of course
higher Shad Balas and other strength systems are desirable.
The thing about Mercury in the fourth from Lagna or Moon derives from the concept that the
King is the 10th House and his ministers the 4th House, and thus Mercury in the 4th somewhat leans
towards saying that the native is intelligent enough to have their intelligence used here in this way, in
advising to the King.
Astrologers used to always work for the kings and had these kinds of placements. Actually,
this nowadays represents serving the people in general, but usually the "paying powerful". What it
really indicates to me is simply that one will tend to use their intelligence being an important under
worker especially in areas of information and communications or dialogs of some sort, but under to
something rather established and strong, usually.
It also indicates that "knowledge is dear" as "Mercury in 4th" naturally speaks this
signification. That is of course good since Astrology is a science so fundamental that it is practically
dispersed by corollary study to every nook and cranny of the possible mental world. Whoa. It's big.
So, that's some of the Mercury stuff. But that's not the whole picture by any means really.
Someone could get into Astrology because they have a big teaching Jupiter.
Someone could get into Astrology because their Ketu forces psychic perception onto them.
Someone could get into Astrology because their Saturn is so strong that for them Astrology
becomes an amusing lovely black toy of absolute proof of the blackness of the material lie. Whoa.
Rahu can easily take one into Astrology since His is the world of the enchanting, the magical,
the Maya, the trick, the cheat, the surprise, the gamble, the smoke and mirrors, the mysterious,
strange and uncontrollable, all of, which things are felt at times by the clients, the astrologers, the
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onlookers of Jyotish. Is this mystical menagerie of numbers, charts, wheels and lists of points from a
foreign place a super seeing science? Rahu, Rahu. Rahu makes one extremely sensitive, as if walking
in a war zone lifelong, like walking in a foreign open marketplace where nobody speaks your
language, but everything is beautiful, but anything terrible could happen at any moment. Sensitized,
Rahu can take one beyond Astrology to ultra sensitivity, or insanity, when it is placed in a very
intense way in a chart.
Certain Nakshatras and Gods are associated more strongly with Jyotish and where their
significations appear strongly in a chart and supported elsewise then we can see their effect.
For example, the Shatabhishak Nakshatra is said to be one, which is promoting of the
Astrology line, along with its other research oriented significations.
My practical experience with many astrologers’ charts is that many have Mercury in the 4th
that is common, either from Lagna or Moon.
I find that sensitive, caring and spiritual people, and folks committed to foreign cultures such
as those who implement Vedic ways in the West actively and take all the hardship associated with
that willingly, these kinds of good hearted people are often nodally influenced. Either Moon or Lagna
or these Lords or a group of Planets, something in their chart, which is significant and telling, is
nodally conjoined.
The nodes give exoticness and foreignness, deep and mysterious, awesome and attractive. The
nodes are the belly dancers of the Planets so to speak. Nobody can not look, it's too exotic and sexual
to not look. This effect the nodes give. If a person is currently involved with Jyotish in the West, they
may be of this type as you do have to be somewhat of a Merlin or Gypsie outcaste type to pull it off
since really, most people will think you're into something totally dumb and useless. It's alienating.
You have to have a deeper reason for your belief, and you do, and that is some nodal thing in your
chart. Some connection to the foreign.
Naturally early Aries with the placement of the Ashwini Nakshatra is a good place to have
something significant since these brothers are very much supportive of investigations into the Vedic
allied sciences.
The "voodoo" placements are supportive of Jyotish, such as Debilitated Moons, or 8th House
placements, Scorpionic placements, and so on.
There must be somehow light, enough light for the brain to function, the person cannot be a
doofus. Remember, air Signs help to bring brilliance to the mind (Moon and Mercury placements in
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Air Signs) because they raise it up high in the air where it can see, receive messages, floating above
the material impediments, speak down on everything else, get a clear signal, travel quickly or swiftly.
Ahh.....
Ketu and Rahu are like big antennas too however, and can provide an "up line" to God even
from a deep cave. Get that? There's your telephone line out if you're buried deep. They are always
anti the Gods, ready to do something really intense to the established order of the Signs and Planets.
They're armed and dangerous, as are the less effective but highly malefic outer Planets three.
So enough light. Let the light shine. We need some serious Golden or Greenish or whatever
color the Mercury and Moon are shining within, light shining on the workbench of the natives inner
mind space for them to read the Journals of Jyotish is required. My light is a little blue with Moon in
Kumbha.
But there must be some acceptance of external control. Solar and radiant people, with no dark
side, no afflictions, and not nodal, they are not going to be under anything. They are carefree and
materialistically simple minded people, whether powerful or not, rich or poor, those without faith in
any higher controls and no interest in same could never love Astrology.
So there has to be some respect in the chart seen for religion, for higher orders, the 9th House,
the Jupiter, the first/nine connections, or similar stuff. Sometimes however this is replaced with what
apparently is a replacement for this purpose, and that is namely 8th House affected matters, since
this Lord has the capability to "freak and compel" people into interest in the occult. Their
relationship is more one generated by ghastliness, hence they can go very deep, and be very nice
about it, but at the same time sometimes seem almost resigned to it all, which can scare others who
are not so interested in the deep dark depths.
Jupiter in the second causes one to speak with authority and tends towards, if he's otherwise
allowed by the chart, speaking about religious matters, matters of higher wisdom, guidance, truth.
He's noble. Then there are various Lordship placements that are favorable and unfavorable for this
pursuit.
In this way, everything combines and in all subsystems of the science there are placements
better for a thing and those worse for a given matter in life like Jyotish. It's a matter of seeing how
many stack up.
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EFFECTS OF EXTREMES IN LATITUDE
Re: far northern and southern latitudes: The issue is that the Bhava chart becomes highly
skewed, if unequal Bhavas are taken. This is because the plane of the birth, which cuts through the
middle of the Earth, is at such a tilt from the plane the Zodiac and thus the equal Houses are on. So if
one takes unequal Houses, then one gets a Bhava chart, which includes many Signs in certain Bhavas,
especially the 4th and 10th, and Bhavas, which are within one Sign, especially around the 1st and 7th.
So I have thought about this dilemma and have come up with the following. This is my opinion
based on my own introspections.
I think that the North half of the galactic, or the half of the Universe above the Zodiac belt,
represents the energies of the Signs in a drawing way, thus more "gravity" from the stars is pulling
there, keeping things afloat, and drawing the continents towards the North of the globe, and that in
the Southern half it is pushing in. This is a subtle difference.
Then, because the 4th and 10th get more and more variegated star energy pouring into them
the further North you go, therefore the stresses get placed on survival and home. Because, the further
North and South you go the more survival and home become difficult, and important.
At the equator, the tropical mood takes over, which is more balanced. One can more easily find
food generally, as the tropics are more full of life, hence "more balanced", because the Signs are
affecting the region more evenly in distribution within the Houses that affect the region. So there is
balance.
As you go North and South, it gets colder, and more difficult terrain sets in gradually, making
hunting more necessary, and making building strong shelters more necessary. This represents an
increase in the 4th/10th energies in life- rise and security. Survival is rise, rise is survival. The 10th is
prominence, position, rise, success, and survival in life in general.
In the tropics, there is more of a mood of cooperation and getting along, coexistence, since the
natural elements are too strong to stop. In the tropics we more find animals and humans coexisting
side by side, because the animal population, bug populations, are so strong and prominent. This
supports the full cycle of the environment, and hence we have Rainforests there, like nowhere else.
This is where life can live easily. You practically need no shelter, and food is everywhere, in all
varieties, all types.
So the Rashi chart shows the relationship of the Planets to us by Sign, and hence is called the
Rashi Chakra.
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No matter where we are born on Earth at any moment, this will be the same, except for the
Lagna, and Lunar Parallax corrections, which I personally subscribe to wholeheartedly.
But our relationship to the Earth, which is important, is skewed against our relationship with
the Zodiac and thus the unequal Houses, when we are born further North and South.
This I think accounts for all the following phenom:
1. That the peoples of the Northern European countries were the chief inventors of so many
devices to make life "easier". And thus they were able to conquer the entire world easily with their
inventions of travel, weaponry, etc.
2. That the equatorial region is known for being more balanced, more laid back, more into life,
enjoying life, being human, being family, and so on.
3. That the North continues to be the place where invention takes place, hence Los Angeles is
less known for technical stuff, which is further North in Silicon Valley, and Seattle. That Los Angeles is
more associated with the pleasures of the flesh, which are after all, more natural.
4. Hence, when people are in their private spaces, they turn on things made in Los Angeles,
which are generally all about sex, which is a more equatorial thing, as the 7th and 8th become
reduced in prominence or amount of Sign energy pouring into them in other words, the further North
and South you go.
5. People who live on the ice of the North and South poles must stay indoors and struggle for
survival full time, which represents the intense amount of Sign energy pouring into those two Houses
constantly.
6. That people on the equator don't have to focus on one part of life, because life is more easy
there.
7. Once when I was 20, I stayed for a few weeks in a village on the Southern Coast of Sri Lanka.
It was very primitive as we say, or rather, it was very advanced because it was completely natural
there. We stayed in standard village issue mud huts, which were made out of sticks and mud, and had
palm roofs. We were visited by large snakes and lizards inside our "homes" on a regular basis. These
"dinosaurs" walked around freely like members of the village, which of course in fact, they were.
There was no need of glass, or windows, heaters, air conditioners, or convenience stores. We ate
what they grew there on their little farms, and what grew naturally. Like what grows naturally is a
lot, tons of fruits, tons of berries, coconuts, sugarcane, beans, etc. The food was simple and austere,
but completely organic, natural, macrobiotic, wholesome, and the Houses, the food, the people, the
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animals, are also all organic, natural, entities, who come and go from the Earth beneath their feat in
repeating cycles as they have for however long. This kind of balance is appreciable on many levels.
It's not POSSIBLE anywhere but along the equatorial tropical belt. It's CERTAINLY NOT possible in
places like England, Scotland, Russia, Germany, etc. The weather is too extreme. That simple fact
rules it out and creates meat eating cultures more out of necessity than choice. And where there is
such struggle against nature, and violence a necessity, the heart hardens, and malefic devices are
invented, and deviant natures begin to flourish. This is why Kali Yuga is basically run from the
Northern Countries instead of the equatorial countries. Previously, "goodness" kept the North from
developing. Now, with "goodness" not so present, the North developed in a very obnoxious way, and
now we face so many problems worldwide all based on killing (reminder, environmental pollution is
simply a form of negligent homicide of other species of plants and animals, and nothing more or less).
So in conclusion, it is my opinion that the Unequal Bhava Charts should be applied verbatim in
the North and South as well, thus giving leeway by way of my opinion to simply trusting Shripati, the
disciple of Parashara, with his "Shripati Bhava", or as so is ascribed to his name.
I think the extremities one then sees in terms of amount of Sign energy pouring into the 4th
and 10th axis can be taken as the stress laid upon them at birth for these affairs. This means in past
times, they were born to Eskimos say, and had hard lives of struggle, or to the old tribes of the far
Northern European areas, who were known for being intense folks.
These days, it means you're born generally to a white family in Northern Europe, the most
populated far Northern region on Earth I think. So one begins life in struggle for home and survival.
Russia for example, is very "third world" for a "white country". And it's the greatest Northern Land
Mass "White Country" there is.
Even the rich people of the far Northern countries are born into great stress. Bernadette for
example, was born in Zurich, and although Switzerland is thought of as "Rich", most people there are
in fact not very rich at all. There is great class division. Most people live in apartments, in very
crowded cities. Now there are tons of refuges there from Yugoslavia, from Bosnia, from Turkey, all
over. It's a very stressed out feeling- very few people own cars or Houses. So there is great stress put
on them from early on to struggle hard to survive. Education becomes very important- qualifications
and the moves you make in your education and career path become very important. Basically, life is
turned over to this. This is why Northern Cultures are so rigid feeling. They are stressed and uptight
about survival basically.
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Now India is nearer to the equator and of course some of what I said above about the North
applies there greatly, i.e., the struggle for survival. But, notice that although they are often "poor"
there, they still have time to sit with friends in shops and chat. Indians still go home and have a meal
generally. The "culture" is more rounded, despite the stresses. This is a fact. I've been there a lot, so I
know. They cannot get away from the wholeness of life as easily as we do here in the North. I think
this supports my theory.
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THE SUN AND EGO
Things that go with a strong Sun are Pride, Arrogance, Command, Self Faith, and Difficulty
with Humility.
These are spiritually considered the wrong direction for the soul.
Thus an increase of Sun equals an increase in Ahankara or false Ego, which means that Sun
rules Ego.
In my humble observations I have found the Sun to be the ruler of the Ego, when Ego is
understood from a Bhagavat viewpoint. I would translate Ego as Ahankara, or "false Ego" as Shrila
Prabhupada called it.
A distinction was made between real Ego, that Ego, which is experienced by a fully pure and
perfect saintly liberated soul, and that, which is experienced by the average persons of this plane,
Bhur Loka.
The mental image I subscribe to of the Ego places it's rulership squarely with the Solar
influence.
The Sun is the Atma Karaka Planet it is said. The Atma at this time, here in Bhur Loka under
the control of Jyotish and Grahas etc., is a malefic soul, searching for self gratification hopelessly. The
soul is in school currently here. There is a basic flaw that is being purged. That flaw is like the Sun. It
is burning itself to light it's way. Our separateness requires ignorance, which is ultimately a cause of
pain.
If it were not for the Sun here, this would be an incredibly cold and dark place. We are on a rock
floating in a cold space. Dismal. So just as the Sun lights up this space, so the soul lights up the body.
That is why Sun is Atma Karaka.
So therefore Ego must also be ruled by the Sun because if it is the soul then it is absolutely
root responsible for the main and most important aspects of the soul here the chief of, which is to
explain why it is here, which is the root of Ego.
We are here to try to be separate from God, and thus learn gradually the beautifying effect
upon our own lives of going back to Him fully. All bad things happen when we forget Him, like we eat
each other and stuff like that (Jurassic Park), and all good things happen when we go back to Him.
Sometimes people ask why bad things can happen if there's a good God. It is this: In order to
be fully separated from God as a soul He can play with, and interact with as a free agent, in order to
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create that fully, the small souls, ourselves, are put through a gauntlet, this material world, which has
built into it a perfect illusion of free will. We go at it, we mess up, we suffer, we cry, and essentially
buy our independence from God by actually finding for ourselves, with our own pain, a path back to
His Holy Feet, which makes sense to us, that we chose, that we are able to support, know and love as
right for us from the bottoms of our hearts. We must pay for our individuality in this way.
Otherwise, we would be in an all perfect place, created to be parts of it, with no independence.
It would not be fun for Him, because we would all just be his mind. In order to make us actually
separated interactive playmates, He had to set us actually free. Since that's not possible, he created a
veil between Himself and His Holy Worlds, and us here, and made this place autonomous and self-
sustaining.
He created this place to look just like his own worlds, and filled it with a host of beings and a
control system, and actually imperceptible gradual elevation through thousands and millions of
levels of potential life experiences for the soul to move through.
But he removed the guidance, the central nervous system, which is present in His world, which is that
every living being is fully aware of Him and guided by Holiness.
So this world became although populated nicely, very full of ignorance too.
So the Sun is the misled or ignorantly infused soul here. To the degree that the person lacks
awareness of their dependency on God, to that degree they will manifest heightened Ego of the Solar
Aggressive type in this world. Therefore, it may be better for spiritual life to have a smaller Sun in
one's chart in this life.
Those persons who are stuffed full of Sun and Mars in key places in this life in their charts
manifest as aggressive, grandiose, leaders, significant, impactful, central. They tend to shape things
around them and become defacto leaders, basically born of their own heat and activity. They have a
mission and purpose, a passion, a desire, and they use fire or "burn the surroundings" mentality.
They use things around them as fuel for their passion or desire, like engaging others in "meaningful
services" for the cause. They borrow your resources or take them, or buy them, they engage you, they
arrange things, and make things happen.
All of the great weapons were made by Mars and Sun boys as their toys. If it were not for these
explorative, investigating, producing and otherwise aggressive persons, there would be no weapons.
The Ego stomps in, as the Sun, shining with his own light, filling the body with the light of life.
The soul is thinking it is this body, and it's got an agenda. That soul, or Sun, is the Ego.
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Things that go with a strong Sun are Pride, Arrogance, Command, Self Faith, and Difficulty
with humility.
These are spiritually considered the wrong direction for the soul.
Thus an increase of Sun equals an increase in Ahankara or false Ego, which means that Sun
rules Ego.
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HOW BAD PLANETS MAKE GOOD PEOPLE
"Good" according to Jyotish Classics usually means "materially good". Like "the angles are
good"- why? Because they are fortifying of _the body_ and _material life_ in general.
But I have come to realize that in spiritually things are backwards from the material view. It's
much easier to get lost in spirit when our material "call and attention distraction factor" is turned
way down. To achieve "meditation" requires "desensitizing to the ever changing incoming flow of
material allurements", which certainly include the struggle for survival, or "competition spirit".
Whenever I am more awake in the material side of life, I find the other side unfortunately gets
ignored and my emotional self as a spiritual being becomes less apparent. I feel more like a fighter
and active A1 type...not a nice feeling to me.
I find the feelings of Ketu, Saturn, Venus, even Rahu, and reflective, aware, or questioning
Signs like Aquarius and Scorpio more comfortable.
It is through the touch of malefics that the human bound soul becomes aware of the reactions
to their actions. In human life, as we go through them, we engage in bad actions, then we experience
the reactions to our actions. We may not know this is going on, as it spans multiple lives. We take
birth in places to receive the reactions to our actions.
Did you ever notice that "welfare workers" are often "caring sensitive people". We all know
that "it goes with the turf", for them to be like that. But actually, astrologically, the way it works is
that these people are feeling the malefics in them lifelong, and thus they naturally find their way to a
place and space that includes suffering, and working in terrible conditions, and all the things that are
real to them, and where they feel most comfortable, or, if their Karma is such, then they end up in
these places even though they don't want to be, i.e., the victims and various types of persons trapped
in hellish lives.
So the malefics create contact with desperate conditions in some way or the other.
Mother Theresa had an awesome chart- full of power and beauty. Very regal. But she was
always in touch with suffering quite closely. So, some are suffering, and some are helping the
suffering from above, but both of these people contact the suffering.
I am a bit of a lush myself- a party animal of sorts, a bit too Venusian actually. Would I
normally choose to suffer? No.
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When my daughter got burned, I was eating dinner, dressed in a clean fresh silk dhoti; in a nice warm
apartment in London- I was feeling very good- very "Venus". Suddenly my life got altered, forever,
when she got burned.
I had to nurse her for years, and still do in a way. We constantly have to deal with her burns.
It's an ongoing thing. For example, scar tissue is knarly on the pours in the skin, causing severe
blackheads that stay under the top layer. Sunburn is a big issue. Looks (she's a girl) are a big issue.
They cover her breasts and misshape them a bit. She's a girl. This is an issue.
I have had to counsel and guide her lovingly in her "difference" throughout the years. I had to
become "one with" a "disabled person" in order to be their parent. I did not choose this. It chose me. I
have lived it, and learned from it, but it is still not something I would choose and I don't look forward
to each episode, no, I do not. I would rather it all go away. But it won't.
I have learned a great deal from this. My daughter has too. She is obviously to everyone, a
much deeper person than your average 16 year old. She is way more mature, as she has spent so
much time convalescing with kids at Shriners hospital on numerous visits over the years- kids with
really screwed up lives and bodies- my daughter is beautiful compared to these guys.
But my point is, "we're deep". Oh yeah, we're "the sensitive crowd". We know all about being
broken and abandoned. We have lived it so to speak. You really become the part if you're forced to
play it out. So what we've lived, _we've imbibed_. "Compassion are us" for certain types now, because
we're one of them.
So that's the effect the bad Planets have in the long run. They give us the adjusted view. They
deliver the "bad news" only when we're looking from the "good news" side of "material life".
Some of us have good news lives. I know a number of folks in their 40's or such who have lived their
whole lives on inheritance (money from parents). They will never work. They have never worked.
They own awesome properties, cars, travel, ....etc...
So for them, malefic Dashas are something perhaps to fear. For many it's not so much of a
change. For some, it's the best time. It depends on karmic perspective and overall chart. In a bad
chart, the shutdown of a Saturn period may be a good thing- causing some much needed peace from
all the bad happenings or some such...many people have reported "greater inner peace" after losing
something...a limb, a loved one, a job, their money, etc., because sometimes loss causes such deep
death in us, that we emerge reborn after recovering. We give up attachments, and we feel the weight
loss on our shoulders greatly. That is one of the benefits of Ketu's effects for example.
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WHAT IN JYOTISH DEALS WITH “RESPECT”
Respect from others is a function of benefics in general. Jupiter is heavily involved with
ontology, or ladders of placement and respect systems. Notice, simply disrespecting the judge or due
process in a court of law is grounds for "contempt of court". So see, Jupiter takes it's respect quite
seriously.
Jupiter well placed, along with the bright Planets and the angles have to do with respect.
Strong, bright and clear angles and benefics brings the issues of respect to prominence, and the
person gets respect.
Saturn is low, and certain Signs are less respectable. Saturn gets no guarantee of proper
understanding or respect. For example, if a Saint is eaten by a tiger, it is a great loss to the world,
more so than if the tiger eats another animal. When this happens, it is simply Saturn at work, because
for all his hard work to become a righteous and useful human being, the Saint is surely unhappy to
simply end up as tiger stool.
So when the Jews were lined up to be gassed by the Nazis, amongst them were highly
educated ones, and mixed in also were the uneducated ones. At this point of destruction, it is hard to
tell who is who, as the distinguishing marks of different levels of quality clothing, and other things
that distinguish us, are stripped away. This is the work of Saturn. To humiliate and equalize- to strip
distinguishing traits.
Notice the Generation X folks tried to hard to strip their own beauty and distinguishing traits
in a sea of black leather, mettle, shaved heads, etc., to all simply look like grunge and dirt. So many of
them have Saturn in Capricorn, Aquarius, or Debilitated, aka, the mid to late sixties kids...
Highly advanced beings are careful to respect nearly everything, more than it deserves. One of
our Gurus once said of the Holy Lands (Such as Sri Navadwip Dham) that "a smart person offers
respects to EVERY rock here, (in the Holy Place), because you never know, which one is a hiding
Salagram" (a worshipped rock, being thought of as non-different from Vishnu's own form).
In fact, you do never know what you're dealing with, not in any person nor thing on Earth- so
respect is good. Vaishnavism is basically just a system of understanding Ontologically what is what-
who is who- how is the ladder of reality constructed. Judging from Vedic texts and teaching, it would
seem that respect, properly understood and placed, is nearly the entire system of perfection itself.
Humility and respect are definitely key traits in the spiritual understanding of Ancient India,
and Vaishnavism, and therefore my heart and path...
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People with strongly placed Jupiter's such as myself, may seek respect or need it, or command it, etc.,
as respect and strong Jupiter travel together- it will be an issue in some way or another.
My father got a serious emotional and brain condition in his 40's, which ruined his life. He
received no real respect after that in life, except from one woman, who married him later (not my
mother). It is humiliating to be considered "an invalid with a brain disorder". Everybody just treated
him like he was a retard. Didn't take him seriously. For an ex naval officer war hero, this is
humiliating. I have Saturn and Jupiter in Sagittarius in the 9th (Father House). Both a strong Jupiter
and a malefic Saturn are there. He was a good man, a hero, a father of 11 children, including me, a
person of at least a little purport in the world. Yet he was greatly humiliated and ignored for the
second half of his life. This is the meaning of Saturn and Jupiter conjunct in the 9th, as far as father
goes for me. See the play of respect and humiliation.
Saturn is Aries, this means that the low are in danger. The Kosovo thing comes up, the WWII
thing was similar. The low, those in power, the Jupiter savior, etc. See that Saturn rules where there is
disrespect for life. When I see these lines of people in the camps in Macedonia, it is just so much
debilitated Saturn. They are poor already, but now they have nothing. They are brownish looking
nobodies, dirty, tired, disrespected, human trash- without country even. (I'm speaking archetypically,
not from my heart or mind personally). Death just trashes you without care or respect, therefore the
Karaka is Shani Deva, the equalizer, the non-caring.
The only difference between Queen Elizabeth and a Kosovar Albanian is the surrounding pomp. All
anatomical parts laid out on the road side by side and they'll appear quite similar. The right to be in
the Windsor castle without contest is the only difference. It's all a matter of respect. Ownership of
goods is simply uncontested hoarding- social acceptance of mutual selfishness- that's why we're
here- to get our respect straight....collective Karma for the collective consciousness.
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RELIGION, PHILOSOPHY, AND SPIRITUALITY
RELIGION
Since you can understand me, you are a conscious human being. That means you are a
sentient, or "feeling", being inside a human body made of flesh that will die, and you are so like all the
other humans, that any doctor in any country could operate on you because your body is like all
others. You are one of the humans. You have a particular mix of genes of past-defined races, and you
were born into some cultural mix somewhere and these two define your subdivision within the
human species, your country, race and creed, where you stand at this time in this temporary life. You
share the Earth with all other humans and all living things on Earth. You live in and are dependent
upon the organic systems of the Earth and its Galaxy, Universe and Space. You are in the physical
laws that govern energy in this realm.
Most people tend to follow without questioning, they take on the religion and culture they are
born in, and even "defend it with their life", without really ever examining others, enemy positions,
alternative views, ways, etc. Thus there is continuity to culturally produced views, both good and
bad.
There is a calling upon us all to see others as normal, as similar to ourselves. When you do
that, then the ability to communicate with anyone becomes easy. When you love, you get the
intelligence automatically how to talk with. When you respect, even a foreigner to you will feel it, and
won't fear you, will cooperate more easily.
The folly is that people pretend to know things they do not know, and based on belief, as
opposed to fact, they go about harming and offending others. For example, to think, "I am a Jew", and
"I am a Muslim", and "I am a Christian", are all folly, because they identify directly with things, which
cannot be known for sure, hence they are only beliefs. We hardly know anything for certain about
Jesus for example, historically and logically speaking. Islam is primarily founded on the word of one
man that he was seeing Angel Gabriel (convenient similarity to past local religious competition).
Christianity is really founded on the fanatical and fantastic views of people who never met Jesus.
Judaism is an archaic tribal identification.
Christianity, as we know it, was mostly created and spread by Paul, who never met Jesus. The
other disciples mostly stayed in Jerusalem, and thought that it was only for Jews. White people had a
set of religions much like Hinduism. We shared a common Proto-Indo-European root. Christianity
was forced onto most as a political tool long ago, and it stuck. There are much better things available
now, like meditation, vegetarianism, Hinduism and Buddhism infused philosophies, which are more
logical and spiritual, more modern, better for everyone. As a descendent of Celts, I have right to our
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original religious views, and I'm not a Jew, don't need Jesus or the Old Torah of the Jews. It's not my
book, not my concern, and I recommend to others that they not hold onto ancient tribal affiliations
not follow old outdated improvable huge fanatical cult faiths like Christianity and Islam.
Imagine if all people's stuck as strongly as the Jews to wanting THEIR homeland back, and wanting to
remain tight knit, taking care of their own, having their own religious temples the world over, etc.
Wow. There would be so many ancient tribal temples, every city would be chuck full, and every bit of
land would be fought over by multiple competing tribes from different times in history, as we see in
the "Holy Land". Why is that land "the Holy Land" to white people all over Europe and America,
Australia, etc.? Because of the fanatical and fantastic views and speculations of people who never
met Jesus, and their ideas took hold in Europe on the roads and heels of the then declining Roman
Empire, and then was carried forward as the social structuring tool of European development
throughout all the centuries that followed, and America is born from European roots, so it came here
too.
The ancestors of the white people fought Rome so hard to keep Rome out of Europe, but after
that were lost, Rome had its way with Europe, and thereafter Christianity dealt the final blow to
Europe's cultures that existed before Rome and Christianity.
So white people, stripped of their own cultures, took up the cause supposedly of this one rebel Rabbi
type of character from Roman Jerusalem 2000 years back...took up the stories and myths of this one
person, as the all and all of their culture, fully allowing their own to die off for the most part.
Today in India we still find remnants of their ancient culture. It includes priests, rituals, beliefs,
medicine herbal system of knowledge, Astrology, divination, atonement rituals and prescriptions,
and so on. These are also the elements found in the ancient culture of Europe, as documented by the
invader, Julius Caesar, and others, themselves, in their own Latin and Greek histories.
Links to the Sanskrit ancient language of India are found throughout the ancient languages of
Europe and thus scholars have devised a language understanding of the ancient Indo-European
realm and dubbed it P.I.E. or Proto Indo European. So it is well known to scholars that ancient people
of Europe, like the Celts, were related to India in some way, and other eastern sources. The beliefs in
transmigration of the soul and the use of divination and Planet reading were shared, as evidenced in
the mythology of both India and Ireland.
Thus ancient white people basically believed as Hindus do, very, very similar. Until Rome’s
greed, plunder, pillage, enslavement, and then the enslavement by a foreign religious cult, which
doesn't make much spiritual sense anymore.
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We now know, from world integration, more about Buddhism and Hinduism. We've received much
more input than was available to people ever before. Many of us have been to far Eastern countries,
studied there, seen it directly, and experienced the difference. We know the difference between a
truly spiritual person and a typical Christian minister. You can't tell us, we know. If you don't, then
you have something to discover that will be helpful.
The type of thing that comes in the form of Christianity is just admonishment or controlling
structure with a really blunt spiritual backing to give it power. Like "be good, or else". "Be a good
person, and a Christian, or else you're going to suffer, and the backing is well the great Jewish tribe,
which produced this great prophet God character, and so you have to read the old Jewish book, and a
little add on at the end about the life of the major magician, and the ramblings of the meanings of said
life by a fanatical murderer convert who never met Jesus in the first place, who the real disciples
feared and shunned. (Speaking of Paul, by his own account)
Sorry, that's not my understanding of the great spiritual reality in, which we live. I see a
wonderful creation, by an intelligent source, and I see spirituality, believe in reincarnation, because it
makes sense, spiritual sense, and I believe there is a reason, for this school, but that we don't know
the details about the intelligent source, we only have ancient tribal beliefs in various ancient works,
and they are not worth us hating each other over, killing over, being territorial, separatist, and
hateful over.
It seems like just folly to let a book come between yourself and a human you can see right in
front of yourself. Especially if it makes no real spiritual sense, and is just an expanded fanatical
fantastic story about all kinds of promises from other worlds, all based in fully intoxicated fantastic
unproven beliefs. I won't let such folly come between myself and a real living fellow human, or
animal.
It would be nice if in all countries people had both true freedom and the intelligence and
education to honor and use it properly. Until then, we can only keep trying towards that time.
No religion can prove its God.
No religion can prove their God exists, and therefore all their beliefs that their God told them
x, y and z are all likely to be malarkey. I've searched the world over and I'm convinced, that God is a
belief and cannot be proven. Then, I found that there are many ancient cultures, and they all had a
system of belief, and there are similarities, and differences. But one standing out faded the more I
met the ocean of them. Having gone into religion deeply, I have come out, and am spiritual, but not
religious, but I have great respect for the good done in the name of all faiths, but still believe we have
further evolution, which is towards spirituality as opposed to religions of old. Over time we've seen
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that these are just ancient belief systems, nothing more, and there were so many in the past, it's silly
to focus on one or two. Instead, it's better to focus on things like purifying your thoughts, controlling
your mind, focusing it on good, on manifesting goodness and peace, prosperity and health, learning to
be a fully functioning spirit with all others, and not a religious fanatic who sees in a divisive and
separatist way. It makes much more sense that the creator is interested in all its creation, all it's
children, not just some, that none are more special, but rather, that all souls are in school, people are
in various grades of lessons, some more advanced here, some more advanced over here in these
areas, so diversity exists, and we're all moving forward in the lessons, moving towards the goal, and
we're not sure what exactly that goal is, it's hidden from us in mystery, which we can just accept.
So these days we don't need to believe in or follow the religious tenets, which were really
compromised, full of considerations, and eventually full of manipulations, that come from ancient
problems, ancient necessities and situations that no longer exist, or don't have to exist. It's my
proposal that any thinking person should really rethink their religion and spiritual life if they are
currently living under a religion that was formed thousands of years ago – or even hundreds of years
ago.
Rethink your values. Start at the base of yourself and rebuild yourself. It doesn't take that
long; it's not that hard. Question what you believe. Is your religious belief bringing you together with
all souls or pulling it apart? Does your religion teach of the oneness of life or does it teach war? Does
it teach judgment and hatred?
Right now in America, a lot of people sort of make it seem like Christianity is for the rich. A lot
of rich, powerful people say they are Christian. When I read the New Testament, when I study the
words of Jesus, which I've done a lot… I've read the New Testament over and over many times, and
parts of the Old Testament (or I've read through it here and there, however you want to look at it).
But the words of Jesus, Christianity's source, when I read those, I do not see the Republican Party of
America. I do not see billionaires who own corporations. I don't see Jesus advocating that mood, that
way of life, any of that! I don't see how these folks, highly materially wealthy people, who don't seem
to have a lot of feeling for their workers or for the masses on Earth, or for other cultures – brotherly
love, sharing, and equality – all the things that Jesus talked about – I don't see in them. But they act
like they own Christianity. So question they should, you should, everyone should – question their
values and their views, their knowledge. Rethink things. It's a new day. It's a new age.
We don't have to follow our old thinking patterns that were based on very ancient times and
very ancient ignorance, ancient manipulations, ancient considerations. We don't have to. Look at
your values. Look deep inside yourself. What are you running off of? Is it true? Is it helpful, to you, to
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the world, to others? Is it about eternal life, of all living beings? Does it truly contain love thy
neighbor as thyself? Honor thy father and mother? Does it truly contain the equality hinted at in
these core spiritual values?
So question yourself. Rebuild yourself in true spirit. And thus you'll find greater happiness.
You won't be so full of fear, anxiety, etc. You'll have more to share with your brothers and sisters.
There will be more happiness on Earth. We will move faster, further towards the goal of peace,
oneness and happiness if everyone does this.
Our religions and our governments should bring us together, not apart.
You should seek that. Not only rethink yourself; rethink your cultures; rethink your
governments. Seek oneness of mankind. Seek brotherhood, sharing, equality, mutual caring and
respect. And these cultures, they have a lot of beauty in them, but they also have elements of
separation, pride and Ego. They all do, including the ones I love. The ancient culture, say, of the Celts
of Europe, which I have great affection for. I am half Irish in this life and I love it – mean I love
studying them. But there's a lot of pride, a lot of love of war – things that were necessary perhaps
then. But times have changed, so although we can keep our cultures alive and enjoy them and
celebrate them, we have to also know the limitations, and the new blessings of our increasing
oneness, and our increasing awareness – not just cling to old religions and old cultures that keep us
separate and apart and harming each other, hating each other, fearing each other. But keep alive the
good and move on into new good – that is what we should be doing. That is what would be helpful.
For what we want now and in the future is to be happy. That's what we want. You cannot be
happy if you are constantly in the stress of worrying about being attacked. And if you attack, you
must worry about being attacked. If you push a people away, or if you push anything into shadow, it
will come screaming back out of shadow at you. This is the whole essence of the scary movie – that
what is pushed away to shadow comes screaming back out of shadow. A people marginalized are a
people on a mission for retribution. Whether it's the Irish who feel marginalized by the British, or the
Palestinians who feel marginalized by the Israelis, the American Indians who felt marginalized when
their land was invaded – it doesn't matter who, or where, what century it is – if you push a people,
they will push back. That is not the way. Ultimately we have to learn how to respect, love and include
everyone and everything, all of life. It will become, in the future, about balance, and this is to achieve
happiness. That is the aim.

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SPIRITUALITY
By "Spirituality", what I mean, is simply this: To believe that life is divine, that there is an
intelligent source and a reason for life, for creation, that the Universe, that this life, is a schooling
process, and that eventually all souls move on, that there are further destinations and other realms,
but the details of all these things cannot be certain, they remain in mystery, yet we feel them, know
them, they make sense, they are logical extensions of life as it can be seen, and they are not in conflict
with science in its continuing discovery of physical law.
Religions believe arbitrary things, name those beliefs as dogma, the believers tow the line, it
has nothing to do with nature, it's about some certain person in history, some drama around that
person, a bunch of creeds and dogmas flow from it, and everyone agrees, to abide and be punished
over...etc...That’s religion.
I do know that religions have been the structure upon, which societies have formed. I lived in a Hindu
centered life and community for many years, so I have experienced having a life centered around my
religion rather fully. I know the feeling. I know how pivotal this feels to people in that, and I respect
them fully. I mean no ill will. I cannot however, change my realizations, nor do I want to. We shall
have to coexist. I love the spirit of religion, the wanting of high and good order, divine opulence,
eternality, etc. That same goodness, the spirit of goodness, the wanting of goodness, can be had in a
more natural, spiritual, good, full, whole, healthy, universal view of life, which is more science -at-
ease or compatible if you will, and doesn't link you to ancient battle lines, or boring books that don't
socially apply at all anymore, etc.
It is spiritually beautiful to love other people, you don't have to do it in the name of one
ancient prophet...for us, to love and serve each other makes excellent spiritual, emotional and
material sense! You are a wonderful spiritual creature for REAL. It is not so because one ancient
person or group in one ancient place had some drama and saved you, no, you are a spiritual entity
because you are alive, because you ARE a spark of life, you ARE a part of the soul of humankind, you
are a real sample of the thing we are talking about when we talk about a human soul. You are one,
period. It has nothing to do with any ancient history, any one person, any one tribe, their books and
beliefs, none of that, you are what you are because that's what you are, and because you exist, that's
what gives them the idea to talk to you about your right, about what you are, about your soul, not the
other way around...their lives don’t give you your divinity, you are divine, because you exist, that's
the proof, the proof that you are divine, is that you are in front of my eyes, your own eyes, you exist,
therefore, you are a soul, and you are a spirit, and whoever/whatever is God, you are linked to that
entity in the way that you are, because you are born within its divine creation here, and therefore you
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are one of its creations of living consciousness, what we call soul or spirit. It's all going on, and has
nothing to do with any existing religion like I mean specifically Christianity, Islam, Judaism, those
kinds of religions. Some religions are more just philosophies, but in any case, all humans are divine
by right.
Unfortunately, I do see that there are groups who refuse to deal nicely, or those who cannot seem to
understand what seems like obvious reasoning, or who are stuck on a course of violence, and that
therefore not all are reachable, and that there is a place for defense. It has always been, and will
remain, a part of life, but it should always be seen a certain way. It is not to be played with at all; it is
not a light thing, not a toy, not a game, not a joke, not entertainment.
I do not have a specific God, nor a specific religion, nor do I know who God is, or what God is
like, but still, I can go on, and I do, monitoring myself in many ways, to be good, to be productive, for
example, to be going in a good direction for myself and others, I check myself, examine myself, for
character, because of reality, not because of a religion, but reality, the reality of what I see we are,
where I see that I am. Souls in temporary bodies, is a tough place, so I see a need for us all to be nice
to each other. We are obviously a family. It's pretty simple, really.
We want to live and be happy, but the dictates of this place are that it's hard, so it seems, and we die,
so it seems. So we are directly challenged. We want happiness, and it's hard. We want to live, and it
appears we are forced to grow old, suffer diseases sometimes, and always die. There are seemingly
mental "stay positive" ideas, and there's bitching about it and becoming cynical. What's the right or
smart way to be, based on the reality of where we are?
The right and smart way to be in my opinion is this at this time: Never mind focusing too
much on death or negative possibilities, for these things come, but if you think of them constantly,
they ruin the living period. So don't do that. The living period is much nicer if you are in positive
moods.
Dancing comes out of people when they hear dance music, for dance is actually already in everyone,
ready to respond to the call of the beat of life they feel, so too, this applies to spirit.
At times in history, great material strides were made. For example, there was a time when
Europe was, you know, a couple thousand years ago, at the time of Jesus, the height of Rome, and
white people in Europe were in a certain condition and they believed in reincarnation. They were
called the Celts. They had priests called Druids. Rome was down South in Italy, and Rome came up
and conquered eventually. During that time Rome was working off the Greek enlightenment and
making a lot of material progress and inventing a lot of fantastic new material things that had never
been seen before, as were other people in other places. There was a lot of material advancement. And
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then Jesus came, and that happened, then Christianity spread and the Roman Empire and eventually
Constantine the Emperor converted, and then Paul, he had gone North and things spread up into
Europe and white man was converted and eventually America was formed and here we are.
At times in history, when there is overriding material advancement, people like that, they want that,
because it seems to be ending their suffering – the new material stuff, which is nice, they think. And
at those times, the spiritual progress, or the spiritual life of mankind is sidetracked by, you could say,
science or material advancement – they're related. People's inventive scientific capabilities lead to
new material advances, like computers, like the Internet, like cell phones. Back in Roman times it was
things like water aqueducts, improved irrigation systems, improved methods of building, improved
methods of managing cities, etc. So the point I want to get to is this: religions, mans religions are
often formed out of consideration of current material situations and the eternal spiritual calling. To
be exact, Christianity as we've known it for 2000 years, is somewhat compromised. They've allowed,
in the early days of it, they allowed various considerations to shape the doctrines of the Church.
"Considerations" is coming from Latin and Greek meaning to you know, try to, it actually means to
forecast what will the stars give. It's a fancy way of saying to try to premeditate what do I want,
therefore what should I do now to get what I want. Consider comes from con-sidereal, which means
to ponder the stars, actually, interestingly.
To consider what will be the outcome, they then shaped the religion. That's manipulative,
actually. And it backfires. So in so called Christian countries, people are not that Christian. If you read
the basic tenets of Jesus' teachings and of the Bible, you don't find these things being followed very
much even by the people who are supposedly Christians. Because really, actually, it's not natural to
them. It doesn't actually make sense, either. Not really. The reason that Christianity has become so
widespread, or Islam, same thing actually, same reasons – very similar religion, actually, similar
concepts and so forth. The reasons these spread go back to great historical facts and realities. Like for
example, if Rome came with a religion to some kind of backwards city or village in Europe, and the
soldiers were carrying that power, which they did. The soldiers were in power, the Roman
government was in power – if it brought in a religion and said, basically, convert or you won't be fed,
then everybody converted. It's by force.
Similarly, I lived in Bengal, India at times in this life when I was in the Hare Krishna
movement and I saw that our big, huge temple in Mayapur, Bengal, which is in a very poor, rural part
of Bengal, near Bangladesh down in the delta of the Ganges river – the villagers in that area would
often join our temple and become monks, just to get better food. That's why they joined. They would
take on the religion, which was their religion in one sense, which is from that area, it's very familiar
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to them – chanting Hare Krishna, and worshiping Krishna is completely familiar to them. But the fact
that they would leave their village life, leave their families, put on a monk's robe, adopt celibacy,
feigned or real, was in order to have a better material life. That's why they did it for real.
In the same way, in ancient Europe, that's why many people converted to Christianity. Similar with
Islam, long ago many people converted just to spare their lives because it was being spread at the tip
of a sword, very often. This is definitely true in India where the history shows that the Mogul
invasion was really quite bloody, quite forced upon the people quite often.
So it is everywhere, not special with Islam. But religions in the old times were often spread as
part of a great political agenda. People had to convert really in order to eat or remain a part of
society. Or, for example, very often children were used. Religions would grab a hold of the schools. So
if you want your children educated, you basically turned them over to the religious people who
would then convert your children and eventually therefore society.
My friends in Ireland say this is still true in Ireland, where the Catholic Church controls the
schools – so people are raised with that conception, and thus society ends up with that conception
because children become adults. That doesn't make these religions true, or correct – that just makes
them tools. The past is different than the present. We always are making constant progress, or
change at least. At this time, like right now you're watching this video – we have great capacity at this
time to share truth – more than before. No one is threatening me with a sword right now. I can make
money and go buy food without adhering to any religion. Although I'm in America, I don't have to be
Christian. We're quite free here. So I am what I am, which is by choice, I've been all over the world –
I'm truly speaking from my heart, from what I've learned from all over the world. I've been to 26
countries. I've read the religious books of many cultures. I've had time and ability to research, study
and think – much more than people in the past. I mean, 2000 years ago, how many people traveled all
around the world? None. Almost none! Really, none. But I've been literally around the globe four
times. Lived in 26 countries. I've sat and studied and learned from Brahmins in the jungles of India
and I'm half German and half white – and now I live on the coast of a country far, far, far away from
there. That wasn't even known about to my races or the Indians 2000 years ago. So times are greatly
different. Greatly enhanced, actually.

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GOD?
What do you believe in? Gods, Christ, Islam, etc? Or nothing? What makes sense we are a
group of souls in school on a path on our way, evolving, the lessons are everything, temporary
possessions only fodder of the lessons, keeping, greed, hoarding, only creates hard lessons for
yourself for the future, while good acts even heroic ones, are completely sane and normal, greed
insane, goodness sane, law of Karma called sin by Jesus, Islam etc., good people don't do hidden greed
things, bad things, the deepest horror will come to those who hurt and cut off all others because of
greed in their short life.
The fact that many Jews live in the United States and that many of our wealthy people are
Jewish, doesn't make it my duty to protect or back Israel. I do not have to love, identify with, or back
Israel as a nation. If they aggress upon neighbors, steal land, displace people around them, bully with
wealth or weaponry, and then they have to deal with the bed they create. All that thinking of being
superior, "God's chosen people", any time we identify as a separatist tribal group, we create strife.
Change course. Likewise, basing your life upon the words on one man who said Angel Gabriel talked
to him in a cave and told him to start an aggressive religion (Prophet Mohammed, founder of Islam),
is folly, stupid. No wonder bad things get attracted to you. You keep thinking about war, pain,
martyrdom, etc., it's not a healthy philosophy.
In this disjointed "don’t know your neighbor" type of society as we have in US, you have to totally
take care of everything for yourself and by yourself as family is more and more shot and relatives are
possibly distant, freeway and car has created separation more than ever, there is no "felt" village by
most of us, having no village, we must set up retirement accounts, secure old age lodging, be able to
pay for it, fear and worry about safety of savings, insurance policies, government programs, instead
of just knowing that family and village will always take care of us.

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ALL THINGS CONSIDERED
Language
If you study Etymology of European languages – that means study the roots of the words – you
will learn about what is known as the Endo-European language stock. You will find that Sanskrit,
Hindi, Bengali – the languages of India – are very much related to Gaelic, which was the language of
Europe and is now still the language of the western fringe edges in Europe – the Gael-tic parts of
Ireland and Scotland where Gaelic is still spoken. You'll find so many words there that are similar
exactly, directly related to Sanskrit and the languages of India! That's a fact. I'm not speaking some
spiritual babble here. I'm talking linguistic, etymological dictionaries you can look up on the web.
Look up online etymology. Study it. Study key words and you'll see directly that the words in English,
Gaelic, German, French, Latin, Italian, and Spanish are tied to Sanskrit, Bengali, Hindi and all to each
other. Because they all come from what linguists or etymologists call PIE, Proto-Indo-European. A
language that is theoretical but is real. There is an obvious original source – oneness, linkage
between the speaking of all the people on the entire Euro-Middle Asian-Asian-South East Asian
continent.
Don't think, my dear white friends, that Arabic is very far away. It's not! Neither is India. They
may have different looking alphabets, but the words are the same, ultimately. And I've been to these
places – the people are the same. They may look different, they may have different cultures, but
what's in their hearts and minds, and what their needs are, their struggles – are identical, just
variegated because over time we were separated by mountains, rivers, streams, continents and our
cultures developed in different patterns and ways and we became different, differentiated peoples
with different cultures and languages – but you can still trace the roots. It's amazing that in Ireland
and in ancient buildings that are many thousands of years old you see things that relate directly to
concepts and symbols and words that you find in the ancient buildings of India. I know these things
directly; I study them all the time. I know the symbols, the words, everything. It's amazing.
Like even "boo" for cow in Ireland and India is one example. Our word "bovine" comes from
this. In India they have this word boo, boo-me. Even calling the Earth boo, same with the Gaels in
ancient Ireland – the Earth is a cow, mother Earth, the cow.
So we are all very related. We are all very similar. We have to underline that; find the
common ground. Don't let cultures scare you. People are the same. We're not enemies; we're friends.
We're brothers and sisters; we're all one. We come from a common source. We're going to the same
place. We live the same lives. Our DNA is so similar. We have the same problems. We're sharing the
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same air. If one of us makes a huge mistake with a nuclear power plant we all suffer. We're much
related. That's the truth. That's what should be emphasized and underlined. The brotherhood of man.
Soul
To achieve our shared desire we should make it so that we all win, for if we do otherwise,
havoc will set in, wars, etc. The news proves this. It is an excellent time to actually follow the way we
really are. We all want it such those we:
Do not kill.
Treat everyone as if self.
Sow what you want to reap.
Many of us are serious about understanding as best we can what we are. Over time many
conclusions about what we are and how to live life best have been found by scholars, yogis, gurus,
teachers, researchers, scientists, obsessive compulsive people, inventors, you, me. Some essential
spiritual keys are well known to every living thing. Deep inside we all know that we are all a family,
the family of souls.
There are laws about dealing with souls. It is time to take to them. For your sake, for your
happiness, and for all others, it’s an idea, which is perfect, while really, no other idea is, and that’s the
way it is. I can say that because the spiritual pursuit is much more fundamental to being alive than
what nation we live in, which gender, what race, what career, what outlook on life, what style... it is
about you the living thing. The spiritual truth is that we, all living beings, are very much linked, we
are a family of souls, and it will be much nicer when we all arrive at that level of understanding.
When you realize that all matter and spirit is linked, you will begin to enjoy power you never thought
you had, and, you will want to be a positive contributing soul in the collective as opposed to being a
part of the anchor that holds us back in ignorance. We do not know for certain the answer to the
mysteries. No religion, no Guru, teacher or pope, knows for certain. We have inference, and physics,
our feelings and thoughts. Much has become learned and confirmed over time. We are still
discovering more.
You are an eternal soul in a body made of matter. Matter is also spiritual, everything is, but
matter takes form around soul. Soul is conscious, you are conscious, you are also eternal. You are
currently learning by experiencing, evolving over time.
This place is in motion, it’s a huge mass that is in motion, and it was as if thrown, because it’s flying
and spreading. The “stuff” in this space, the galaxies and gaseous blasts and suns and such, are all
flying apart and moving through the space, and spinning, burning, etc. It’s quite a festival of various
material activities we call universes, galaxies, stars, gas, etc.
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On one of the small specks of dirt flying through this space is us, the human species,
accompanied by a huge array of other species from microbes to animals and plants. And its obvious
life evolves and constantly seeks to improve its situation as best it is allowed to given the body and
mind the life is occupying. For some reason, things exist here, which the conscious beings here do not
want like: disease, war, death, old age, pain, sorrow, loss, suffering, loneliness, etc. We don’t want
these things. We would rather they be gone. We try to eliminate them. That's actually the way life is.
We're running from the dark side here.
On the other hand we want ease, pleasure, less work. So, we invent things to make life easier, and
less work. We strive to constantly upgrade our existence. The fact that the souls seek pleasure and
avoid suffering gives you a clue as to their true nature. The spiritual world is all about no suffering,
all joy. And that is theoretically possible now, though it’s somewhat difficult because the collective
consciousness on Earth up till now has been too much animal and not enough spirit.
When you have the company of others who are conscious, then it’s easier. So the more people
become conscious, the faster the rest become, and the easier it get’s for everyone, both exponentially
increase. Imagine a world without the need for war machine at all. Imagine that? Imagine a world
without laziness, lethargy, depression, bummed out, overhung, fat, boring, etc... There are so many
things born of the lack of spiritual understanding in our current world. There is so much pain being
caused by all this ignorance.
Attachment
By higher thought, you can overcome the animal pulling or instincts. The soul has to lift off
from being utterly attached to the things of this world. Since you die, you should know that nobody
ever gets to keep their life, period, nobody. So you don’t either. So, why be so attached? It is healthy
to keep this in mind for doing so corrects and balances delusional thinking about ourselves and our
lives here.
The divine will is that this place be capable of providing a strong illusory existence so that baby souls
will be deluded by the show, believe they are these bodies, and thus learn many lessons in their many
fumbling through lust, greed, and the social consequences. Gradually, they all learn. When they get
far enough along, they get to hear this philosophy and meet up with Astrology, or a saintly person or
group. Once that happens, and spiritual truths are studied, the person really begins to become
conscious, and starts acting like a soul rather than a human animal.
These understandings, Astrology, the saintly, are portals through the illusion. They let us see
the truth. The truth was also recorded in the Vedanta scriptures from India, but too few in the West
care to understand them. Life can go to a point of bliss. We can be both in bodies and be happy and
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carefree. We don’t have to war, we don’t have to have death. We are above these things. We souls
are capable of being in soul bodies alone, with no matter, in a soul world with no end, no suffering,
and so on.
How is that possible? When we all are of one mind, we become conscious. To be conscious
means to see what is. When your eyes are open, you see the spiritual truth. When your eyes are
open, when you are conscious, you are friends with everything that is, you accept the now, the now is
fine, you have no complaints whatsoever. You accept death, you accept disease, you accept
everything, and you’re afraid of nothing. Because, you have such a big vision of life, this stage doesn’t
rock your boat; your mind is bigger than just this stage. You need to see life as big as it is. You have a
mind for this purpose. The part of the human mind not being used is for this purpose. It is for
remembering and being in listening mode to the whole. You are currently only thinking of your own
life. Now you need to start thinking of all lives.
As you go through your day, you must see the Universe, and the Earth, and all people on the
Earth, at least a few times a day in your mind briefly, and see them toiling for less than 100 years, and
tons of them being born and dying all the time, and you are one of those ants. See this, everyday, in
your mind, for it is simply true. It will adjust you.
Then see how futile it is to bash on your fellow souls in this short life to get a more comfy
chair for the ride for yourself at their expense, when they are sitting all around you, and you and
them are all in the exact same kind of difficult short scary ride called life on Earth. It’s actually quite
stupid to fight amongst ourselves when we have so many common goals, aims, needs and such, and
we have feelings, and we don’t remain here. The whole picture points towards we actually live
somewhere else, in a more permanent way, or we move on, but no matter, which or what, being
abusive and selfish in the current short miserable place we share here together is really seriously
stupid, abusive, ugly, and worthy of reprimand by all around you. Instead, we should all be
cooperating, helping, helping out, serving, making sure, and taking care, of each other always.
People cannot see X-Rays, infrared, gravity, air, the end of space, nor do they know exactly how they
are moving their hand when they move it... our senses and minds are limited. We should not think
we know everything. Believing only in our local environment and our own sense alone, we become
attached to satisfying them repeatedly and always. Eating, sex, watching TV, computer stuff, etc. All
these things are sensory activities. Over time cultures have developed, and we are attached to those
things as well. We are attached mainly to pleasure and happiness. We avoid the pains. Yet this
common fungus known as attachment has serious health issues for our souls.
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It is the attached mankind who invented so much. It is the attached mankind who keeps old
dead people alive in hospitals at huge expense to the people who do not do those things, and those
who benefit, who are paid of those big sums, are the hospitals, doctors, other personnel, laboratories,
scientists, big firms, etc. The people, who make the machine, benefit from the machine, of charging
you to keep your dead parent alive for a few more weeks while they wheeze and cough and lay in
pain being artificially kept alive.
It is the attached man who makes greedy plans, which always invariably include the
exploitation of his fellow man, thus that one animal spreads the vibration and way of greed here, and
that selfishness harms, which creates harm in return, class struggles for example.
It is the attached man who cares so much for his leisure time that he has not time to learn fully
about his fellow man’s culture to the point of admiration, and true appreciation. Instead he watches
false things on television.
No longer be the attached person. For it is stupid. It is time for humanity to move on. We are
ready. The leaders are present amongst us now. They are here, now. The time is now. You do live in
that special time, because that special time, that big event, happens to be happening right now,
around you. You are spirit. If you wish, if you are ready, you can enter into permanent spiritual
happiness because it is always available all around you all the time and everywhere. To see it, to feel
it, to get its nourishment, you must simply remember: We are talking about nourishing the eternal
you, you the soul, the real you. Its prospects are so perfect, that it is joyous always. Even if you are
freezing to death, bleeding on a battlefield, still! Yes, the thing to do is totally change one part of your
head. Totally switch your view angle, see the whole, the big, the long term. This is real but oh so
temporary, and it passes, we move on. When you move in sync with life in this way, you enjoy more.
The intelligence born of divine consciousness is superior, and broad. Be a soul who is happy because
he’s eternal, be that now, in your body. Be overwhelmed with joy and wonder like a child in joy and
play. Not falsely, but actually think in this way, allow yourself to transcend. Adults have become so
dark and joyless in the normal world. That is wrong, a change of mind can fix it, take spiritual joy
now. Do not fear death. Stupid. Death is nothing. Ahh, life is everything, for life is conscious, joyful,
comes back, anew!
Death is the servant of the school children, their school years ended by. He cleans up after
them, handles the transfer up to the next lesson. Such a boring subject, like talking about how
elevators work. Feared by us only when we do not think enough about it. Leave it in the dark shadow,
it remains a fearful myth. Expose him with the flashlight of truth, and you see he’s a machine. We
were afraid of a machine that serves us ! How stupid. Fearing death is like fearing “The Ticking
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Square Monster Plant”, and later finding out it’s a wood shack with an electric water pump inside,
covered with a couple years of ivy. Death is not important, it just is a thing we have to go through, like
going to the dentist, or being born, or having an operation, or giving birth. But, what is all important
is that you enjoy yourself in the life while you live. If you are honest, that’s what you are always after.
Some kind of pleasure. Even if it is the pleasure of saving the world, or feeding starving children, you
seek to satisfy an urge always, and in fact, when allowed to, all beings always choose pleasure. To
have pleasure, for a very long time, you have to learn to move in the world in, which you are going to
enjoy. Whoa, there’s other beings here, so, going to have to learn how to co-exist with others, lots of
‘em, doing exactly what you’re doing. And, most of them are attached, so they will defend, and they
help each other defend. So, if you try hurting one, or eliminating one, you will find that the rest will
attack you. There is an unspoken creed quite commonly: If you kill, you will be hunted, jailed, and
maybe killed. So a smart person naturally thinks whoa, I think I’ll pass on killing, because I want to
live, and not in prison.
So here we have the very practical reason why we should not kill. Now extend it to
everything...would you want someone to be greedy and imprison your cities citizens within a factory
each day of their lives nearly, so one family can be rich and the rest poor? Then don't you do it to
anybody either, and don't buy stocks in them, etc. Instead, empower that city, with an employee
owned factory! Then it becomes THEIR workshop. That’s much nicer to go to than some rich man’s
sweatshop. Do you want people to rain bombs on your city? No? Then don’t do it to them. Come to
think of it, refuse to make bombs. Refuse to work for any kind of weapons company.
Now, if a war happens around you, and you get caught up in it, and you just remain
transcendental, that is called doing the best you can do given the situation around you. You might be
forced to make bullets. Oh well. I’m talking about the mood of your insides, and your aspirations,
when I say refuse. And if we all take to it, we can make that a MATERIAL reality. If we do not ALL take
to it, the presence of JUST ONE army on Earth, if it goes on the move at all, will end up creating a
chain reaction of armies being created all over the Earth. We could not be dumber. But that is what
we have right now. Our own most dumb.
So let’s clean it up. By spiritual surrender. Surrender to the truth, and really begin to enjoy. All your
taxes going to positive things! No, besides all this lofty save the world stuff, there is tremendous
personal gain when you give yourself the gift of letting go of being stupid. It’s stupid to eat things,
which are poisonous or do not nourish the body yet burn up fuel by having to be transported through
the digestion, while giving off fat and poisons. Yet this is going on daily everywhere were people are
not enlightened about food. It’s stupid to not realize the truth about your material body and its death.
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It’s stupid to use your short life to build things here, be fat and unhealthy and in pain, but wealthy in
dollars, and dying while still working...
Do you do these things?
Do you eat junk food, or wrong foods, and are you fat or unhealthy even though still young?
Are you wasting your life chasing dollars always?
It is at least as important to be sure your are heading in the right direction, as it is to make
sure you are moving fast enough to get there in time.
I suggest a map check. A serious sit down and figure it out life map check where you take into
account all time before you and after you, at least conceptually, and think about if you are just a
protein bar destined for total blackout at death, or if you are more than that. I suggest you really
think about this for awhile. What DO you believe about life? I mean for real. Forget pleasing me or
anyone. What DO YOU think is the truth, and if you have questions, how about figuring them out?
You see, if we don’t base our lives on something, then it gets dangerous, because some people,
running under freewheeling understanding or lack of any understanding is more like it, do harmful
hurtful things to others if allowed to do so. So we then have to protect ourselves. As soon as you
invent the weapons for that purpose, those others eventually change in response and the fight never
ends. Warriors know this.
The way to make joy is to change our hearts. If we guide from within, we will not need
guidance from without. If everyone self directs properly, there will be no need for police or guns. For
this to take place there must be moral education in culture from birth. Some will appear amongst us
unwilling to be good players. We will need jails, or to get rid of them. Jails? Apprehension of
criminals? Guns will get invented. Once you put one problem case into the perfection it won’t
remain.
Hence the need for a place for all problem cases to reside while they work out their
selfishness and learn to be good again, a soul prison, that’s this place. So sayeth some Hindu sects. I
prefer being raised, but either way, the fact is, here, there is always going to be another battlefield,
because here, there is not perfection amongst the hearts of ALL souls. Many want peace, but some do
not. They cause all others to arm, which causes all kinds of things to start up, and in the end, there is
bloodshed, horrors, great pains, agony, distress. Leaving this world and gaining liberation to an
eternal world of pleasure is a nice prospect, if it were true.
Let me put it this way: Would you like to go on a permanent vacation to a really nice place,
and be with really great people, and enjoy like crazy with them, in harmony, doing whatever you
want, forever...and ever…or how about the power to decide on types of places you want to stay at and
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for how long within that, yes, there are multiple worlds there with varying personalities as Planets,
and everyone is flying everywhere freely and enjoying travelling, sightseeing, sex, food, everything,
as greatly empowered angelic beings! Wow. That’s a great vacation package! Is it possible? Is that
even rational? Would a “rational” person have read this far? Personally, my ducklings, I think people
who have no interest or faith in anything divine, are stupid, no matter if they are professors at a big
U. So what? If they cannot see the magic in life, and if they are ok with it ending point blank at death
and having no origin worthy of their awe and respect or even caring to speculate about it, but acting
as if they don’t have time for such trivial matters as this, then my dears, I call those people stupid. But
I love them, for they are my brothers and sisters, only buying the ignorance and learning the lessons
and still kind of sleepy and groggy. They’ll wake up, and then we’ll see their bright selves. It’s not
ours to force or choose that time. That is with the divine.
Consciousness
Conscious means: I am aware of myself, all others, the Earth, the Universe, and I honor and
respect natural laws in order to enjoy more, for in cooperation with nature you get more from her
than by opposing her on her own turf.
Sow what you wish to reap, and the Earth grows it for you. Isn’t that nice of the Earth? Sow
into your fellow human what you wish to reap back. Give and they will give. Compliment, and so
shall they. Treat others, as you would like. Simple and spiritual.
When one becomes fixed and realized in this consciousness, they no longer fear death, for
they have carefully evaluated it out of the category of things to fear. It is like a caterpillar changing to
a butterfly. It is good, a transformation, that is good, you get to move on and up. Notice how
sometimes greedy people are caught and put in jail? That’s how it is here. We are “not right” and we
are stuck in matter. When we are “right” either we will change this place, or we will literally change
into some other form. Either we go somewhere great, or we make this place great. Or something! But
we know that we can go higher and higher, and life gets better and better when you do. If one attacks,
the other will defend. That is the law of the jungle. When religions use force, nothing good comes of
it. The truth is that the tool of Spirit is not a weapon but rather of recognizing other living things as
equal to self. That alone, is the way in, which spirit spreads.
Spirit doesn’t fight. Only enemies fight. Spirit is one. There are no enemies. Pacifism is one
result of spiritual absorption. Only those who leave the animal can be peaceful even under threat.
Only they can stop the cycle of violence after violence. Be one.
At times in history, truly spiritual people showed how powerful pacifism and self sacrifice can
be at causing awareness and change. It is not expected in this world. It is not animal, so it is not
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“normal”, but it is “moral”. The story of humanity ends well, or starts over well, when we all become
pacifists, together, simultaneously. Total decommission of all weapons. Total acceptance of
brotherhood of all souls. Imagine that! Imaginably Cells. They are the cells in a caterpillar that start
to turn into a butterfly. The caterpillar’s immune system fights them, but they take over. The
caterpillar dies, and the butterfly comes out of it. Feeling the transformation coming on, the
caterpillar wraps himself up in a nice little tight place, so he can transform, and then he does it. Then
he comes out totally beautiful and able to fly.
In The New Understanding you work on knowledge, not fear, and where knowledge is
missing, you admit it. Fear is generally useless. It’s an animal instinct that is based on the presence
of a negative inimical entity, thing, thought, etc. The truth however is that there is nothing to fear.
Nothing at all. Period.
We are souls, we are bound for wonderfulness; everything is meant to take us there;
Everything is favorable for our journey towards better, towards more light, towards spirit, the divine.
This is the mindset of sainthood and it is meant for all. Be a saint. Everyone. Think, be conscious.
So, you find yourself, like I do (so now I'm speaking to both of us), we find ourselves in these material
bodies, in this material world, living. Years passing, our lives are passing. We have so many little
things to deal with, so many little things to do, to procure a living and to go on living and to keep our
health, to somehow keep things together and hopefully acquire all our dreams, etc. Or perhaps if
you're from another place, not America, you know it might be that the aim of your life is to pray a lot
and be very spiritual. Whatever your situation may be, we do all face some similar things like the
struggle for existence, and impending death, and the current situation on Earth, which surrounds all
of us, the environmental situation, situations between countries, the ongoing reality of war on Earth.
Things like famine, drought, genocide, all kinds of issues. And we face all these together. And our own
personal lives are full of little torments like the onset of diseases or increasing old age and the
approaching of death. Things that could give us anxiety. So it is in facing all these things that we are
called to spiritual consciousness.
The mind, which is how our life as souls shows up in the material world, our mind is where
we live most of the time with our consciousness. We are in our thoughts, in our heads. Our heart is
pumping, our lungs are breathing, everything is working, and we are experiencing life in our minds
looking out through our eyeballs. Or, with our eyes closed we are thinking inside our heads. What am
I? Who am I? What's going on? What do I have to do? All these things. When we think correctly and
use our best intelligence, our best intuition, and inference capability, it is then that we can guide our
minds best. And that is what we should do. We should endeavor to learn what the overriding
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spiritual truth of life is, and with that knowledge guide our mind, control our mind, and thus think in
a happy way. And what is that way? It is as souls. There is no better explanation for life than the one,
which says you are an eternal soul reincarnating thru many lifetimes, that there is a plan from the
higher source that is guiding things.
The consciousness is different from matter in that it feels like an individual sentient being. It does
this through the body. It animates the body with its oneness of self. The body functions as an
individual because of the oneness of self that created the body around itself. The exact natural
situation was set, and the exact sperm and egg combine and out comes the exact person who should
be of those two parents, and this life is exactly their next lesson set, and it begins and ends and
accomplishes some lesson goals.
The group consciousness is rising, with time, through history, more and more is being known
to all over time, and children are born into more advanced ages perpetually therefore. It's a river
moving forward, the human developing shared soul as the individuals too further themselves life
after life.
Everything is fully interconnected, but only sensitive and very aware people can see that. Most can
only see the diversity of form. It takes a certain type of Karma, formed into a certain type of brain
function, to think widely and see the really big pictures. The really big picture is that all is related, all
manifestation intertwined in exact laws like the law of balance, action-reaction, gravity, etc.
There is constant change. Change is the constant. Because of the constant of change, nothing
but change is constant, and all things not change are therefore not constant, because of change.
That is very disheartening to the attached mind.
If you are attached, i.e., have a strong desire about anything, then you are hoping it will
happen, that is the nature of desire. However, we do not get all desires fulfilled right when we want
them. So, there is frustration. How much? Plenty actually. Enough to where a certain number of
people kill themselves because life is so frustrating, even painful or horrible, terrible. So we are
pushed to have needs, because we are caged in meat bodies, which have needs, so we are pushed to
action, if we want to live, and actions create interactions, which have led to strife greatly over all of
history, and much suffering, slaughter, pain and horror. So, living has led to pain and horror. Is this
right? Are we created to automatically end up fighting and suffering? Is it necessary for life for this
endless cycle of suffering to go on and on? Animals automatically act upon the rule of the jungle, or
survival of the fittest, and they eat meat, and when we act like them, we make weapons and wars, and
devour our enemies, or their lands and fortunes, we control them and tax them, etc. Thus suffering
and enmity exist endlessly and still today the world over.
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We are acting like animals, plain and simple. Well then what does it mean to act NOT like
animals? What if anything makes a human different, and is there potential there for something better
than animal life? Yes, I believe so. I think it is a logical conclusion as follows:
Humans have the unique ability to think, contemplate, make choices, build complex creations,
manage things, create laws, share knowledge, agree, share, in other words, act on laws, which are
above the law of the jungle, to decide to change things, and then go about doing that.
Humans have, for example, the ability to decide to be vegetarian, and then the ability to make that
true, to follow through. I myself have done this for 30 years now.
Humans collectively, could, as a species, decide to stop eating meat, and they could change
their entire civilizations to be free from animal slaughter altogether. That is possible, and we could
do it. It is possible. It would take deciding, and I realize that is huge, you could say "impossible", but
that is speaking pragmatically, I'm speaking in theory.
Is theory any good? Yes, because of the fact that trends do begin with a few who are strong
and have vision. Then over time, their ways spread, and as others grow used to the idea, they take it
up, and over time, new drastically different cultural norms can take over the old.
So in theory, humans should become fully peaceful, give up all ties to old designations that
carry the continuation of wars and struggles, bond together as one for the sake of all on the Planet,
cool it on procreation as we're at a high already, arrange for the survival of all, the education of all,
etc., we could do so much, if we wanted to, if we stopped warring and started piecing it all together.
If you don't think about the muscle and bones inside, and you just look at the apparent outside
of a pretty young man or woman, the whole person may look very attractive, as the young often do.
Sexy young woman are the icons of advertising for this reason.
Everyone feels attracted to sex, especially when young, this is very natural. But where is that
nature coming from? Why are we eagerly agreeing to Sign up for continuing the meat body prison?
It is exactly as if a supernatural force of nature compels us towards attraction, and then action based
on that, creating young babies automatically, then we take it seriously to provide for and raise them
so they can do the exact same thing...the system is self perpetuating mainly through this attraction
men have for woman, and woman respond in kind for biological, pleasure, and often economic
reasons, etc. So the cycle continues biologically and culturally, since time began, and seemingly
without ending ever unless forced to by calamity of galactic proportions.
Every living creature tries to reproduce itself pretty much, is driven to do so mostly, and also
though every living being that can run from death does try to when confronted with it (picture a
rabbit running from a fox for example).
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Nobody wants to be food, yet beasts eat each other. Humans do not want to be shark food, but
occasionally they are. Sometimes humans are bear food, or tiger food. Sometimes humans drown,
and are eaten by crabs. Many are eaten by worms in graves. But we are all eaten one way or the
other, eventually, and it's coming in a few years, or a few decades of years, but it's soon.
So if you ask me, priority one is making sure we are all ok, in spirit and in body, because
horror is enough already, without adding more through lots of stupid activities that only increase our
suffering.
Firstly, let us consider if we are all safe, provided for, at peace, able to live peacefully while we
wait for old age, disease, and death. It's bad enough, we shouldn't make it worse. If we make things
peaceful, then we can have things like nice gatherings, celebrations, and we can make villages, cities,
what have you, so long as we never forget to stay peaceful, cooperative, loving, safe, provided for, not
creating violence or pain. We need to stay aware of all of us, all of us aware for all of us, or we will
have animal life. The higher human spirit is capable of change, only if it thinks. If it reacts, like an
animal reacts, then it will have the world and life of animals, which includes a lot of gore and war.
If however, the humans exercise and develop their ability to think and make good choices, then they
will develop peace on Earth, as they do have that ability, if they develop it. A person who wishes to
feel the wonderful bliss of spiritual life like I have felt, has to be humble, reserved, thoughtful, aware,
considering often, spending time considering choices, chooses peaceful activities, avoids things
related to violence, is vegetarian, is watchful of and can see the patterns of natures workings, and
sees therefore that all is interrelated, and that is therefore a socialistic school of souls, as there is a
group, and then there are individuals who make up that group, both.
I want to convince you of some positions of mine, and yet, couldn't care less if you agree. I
want to make this life I'm dying off here as nice as possible, yet, I know it is doomed, so my attempts
are half hearted.
With that said, if you want, I can share with you what a brilliant mind of one sort sees. I think
it rises to the level of fascinating for most, though I fear most of most won't be able to understand due
to inability to follow a protracted soliloquy such as that, which I am about to lay before your eyes and
mind. Yes, I am one amazing guy but the lousy part of my life is that I have to sell myself, and that is
really bad because it makes it really hard to ward off a variety of standard insults such as "narcissi
himself". Well why would I want to do that anyway? Am I not satisfied with a normal life? Nope,
never have been. When I was wee little I heard the priest loud and clear. I think I was like 5 years
old when it started, and it just got more and more. What? The thing. The calling. I heard the priests,
and I heard my Mom and I heard Jesus and many others on TV and in many places including from
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Nuns in early and later classrooms, and from Priests again later, and Brothers and people in India
and it never stops. I heard about God, Dharma, Religion, The Absolute Truth, and The Highest Truth...
these were our normal everyday words, for my whole life, or so it feels. I am still chewing the exact
same cud as I was back then, yeah, it's pretty much been a steady stream, of being attached to trying
to find and serve the Supreme, that High Truth, if it can be known and found, that source, that origin,
that God, that Lord, or whatever it is, Goddess?, Force?,... I was, am, a seeker.
Truth
So, here I am seeing my body as a well made temporary dust formation, and I'm too young to
be taken seriously, so what do you do? You test the theories, you explore them more deeply,
experience them in fullness, gain knowledge for your future mission. So I took to that lifestyle. If
something grew too focused on one thing and took away from the overall progress and process of
preparing for my future mission I would drop it. Like at one point I had to part with Catholic and at
another with Hare Krishna.
Anything that prevented me from truth. Dogma can definitely keep you from truth because an
inherent part of each religion is to constantly defend its claim to your soul, for service, for donations,
participation, lip service, etc. Religions have their properties to worry about, the preacher is also a
land holder, a renter really, like a land Lord, and he has property to fill.
The real substance of truth however is just wisdom, or something that is in the air, or in your
head, perhaps stored in books, but it's not a physical thing like a piece of land, a holy land, a temple, a
book by itself, no, religion, or reality, or truth, wisdom is something experienced and stored in the
human mind, will, intelligence, determination, instinct, etc. It's in all the parts of our psyche, or not,
but it not something concrete outside of us, at all, except when it is found in the forces we perceive
coming off another living being. It's a simple point, but unless you are present you cannot perceive.
You are first and foremost just a witness, a "seeing" thing, a living being that "perceives" thus "has
consciousness" and due to the nature of bodies and the mind "you have feelings".
That in total is called sentience, or the existence of a being that feels, that is a sentient being, a
being with senses and sensations from those senses. That is different than a non-sentient life such as
a plant, whose sentience is far less than that of a human or animal with a face, heart and active mind.
Note too that many plants perform their form of "life" even when cut to pieces and simply put in
water. So there is a difference for sure.
When you are determined to find and serve the truth, God, nothing is out of bounds, no place
too far. India was on Earth that made it valid enough, period. I had no fear. They had ideas,
knowledge, books, culture, ancient sciences, and when they explained it to me, I was amazed by the
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clarity, synchronicity of its parts, the sciences, how they merged with nature and science, how
different it was from Catholic, so much larger and much more complete, oh my was I addicted right
away.
At a point in life I still thought for sure that there "might be THE ONE religion" still out there
to discover. I was not alone. Why? Because the world was not yet breached. Not enough people
had been to India. It still had the power of mystery. We BELIEVED the Gurus were special. People
are still playing around with the "Indian Guru" thing, although now Mike Myers has tried to make fun
of it even, it's gone that far that clichés have formed. As that is what happens when something is
consistent in styles or forms and raises tensions. "Raghead". "Wetback". "Indian Love Guru".
Generalizations and worse. Many Indian Gurus hate love. They preach against sex strongly, and the
"love" that woman offer men they call Maya or Illusion. So much for love Gurus. Most are this way I
describe, only a few are the way of love and sex. Some of the strict ones, a good number, were caught
having sex, however.
So our virginity about India was lost as well. I am now realized about India. I hear young
people say "I can't wait to go to India", and the word "India" is like rainbow flowing from their mouth,
full of such anticipations, as will make them the gullible victims of Gurus and Fakes. Some go to dance
in ecstatic love of Krishna, and others go to try to be Krishna and make love while dancing on the
drug Ecstasy. Westerners and India. Harrumph.
But what is that, what is a Westerner going to India for when they say "to seek upliftment" or
"spirituality" or "to see my Guru", etc. What are they really saying or doing? I'll tell ya, they are
seeking happiness, family, caring, loving, union, joy, which they know takes culture, so they are going
where there is a culture of that. We have one here in the West I suppose you could say, but it doesn't
work for many, so they go elsewhere when and if they can. But when a person or cat or whatever
seeks to cuddle up to their lover or owner or a pillow or a pill, they are all seeking the same thing,
comfort, warmth, love, happiness, joy, ok'ness, survival, life, sentience, good sentience.
We all want "good sentience", or at least we want "common sentience". That's not common
sense, that's the average level of comfort and pleasure. The sense register signals and our brain
judges them as good or bad, or on a scale, along certain lines. The ears are a good example, easy to
understand: Is the sound too loud, too soft, very nice, very ugly, high, or low, over here, or over
there…
So our mind perceives all incoming data from the sense and judges it and makes suggestions
to the intelligence who then decides things and then we act. The mind might suggest some garbage,
and if the intelligence is not on the overseeing lookout, then the person might do the garbage, like
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stick a gun to their head because their girlfriend left, and that's just a bad idea, but if the intelligence
is weak at the time, bamm, the mind kills itself and the whole body. What a dumb mind.
Back to the point, everything is constantly seeking pleasure, basically. Not vice, but at least
survival you see? The sense are like "What am I sensing". The mind is like "oh, candy bars and
nobody watching", and the intelligence is like "Those aren't food, look away". Fine. If everything is
aligned, you will not eat one.
If you have been suffering, then faith in the intelligence is weak, and the mind can take over
more, and then you're finished. Hence, very important to re-center and take charge with your
intelligence always, before acting, after becoming beat and depleted. If you allow the mind and senses
to win in this "down moments" then you pay so much, it takes time to clear, the fat, the hangover, the
blur, the fog, of whatever vice you do at the minds demands because you are not happy at one
moment.
A good amount of human waste of talent and time could be avoided if people would re-center
after each small daily trauma that sets them off their best and centered self empowering and
preserving path. Now the main point is that people want and need certain things in order to survive,
and in order to feel that they will survive. We not only need what we need, but we also need mental
things like assurances, love, smiles, etc., to know that our futures are also good, promised, and safe.
At least from other humans.
We cannot control natural disaster, but we can control how we treat each other. It is there
that our collective happiness is derived, and from that our quality of life. If your quality of life is
destroyed by constant shelling from an enemy, it ruins each day. It's important to not have enemies
shelling you, and it's important to not have nuclear bombs falling. So it's important that everyone
trust each other enough. More than that, it would be helpful if we actually understood that our
collective dealings and welfare are required to be positive if our lives are to be positive. For every
enemy out there, part of your brain is occupied with that unhappiness. Actually every person who is
aware of North Korea in the United States, has a small part of their brain going on North Korea, at
least now and then, which is wasted cycles, in that they are negative as opposed to positive, being
used to ward off, rather than add unto.
Imagine if humans had no anxiety from such things, and had positive signals coming in on the
news like "All of the Mid East has now completed their "water for all" program for all people living in
the entire Mideast. There are now far less tensions between Israelis and Palestinians." Imagine if the
news started to improve, and became positive. Because, imagine, that people started to think
collectively rather than provincially.
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Let us consider- for the people on Earth, can we as people take care of ourselves and provide
for ourselves? I feel that given the age we are in, yes we can. But the will must be there. The will is
not there, if you only have love for your own people. The will is there when you see deeper than that,
realize your connectedness, realize that when one part hurts you also hurt, and realize the power in
all being fine. Oh you know that would be good. You know it. You don't believe it so you laugh at me,
silly boy. Big dreamer. Yeah, I am. But I'm not proposing this, I'm simply hoping you'll follow along
long enough to get what I'm talking about because it's a long thought cycle. Please continue on the
ride, thank you. You'll like by and by, I think.
Down to brass tacks, the way to change the world, is by having more divine progeny, or people
who are more complete and perfect as individuals, better humans, less simple stupid one's. The way
to do this is through science, but, which? I propose Astrology, because it is actually the science of
alignment of energies. Astrology is really about reading nodes of energy combinations, which create
entities within the affected realm. The Planets are not the effective agent here, but rather, simply
representative nodes, cosignificating with all else the waves, which are passing through this zone or
that swirl here endlessly and impulse all things constantly with energy.
We do know that our living energy comes to us in a wave from the Sun. We also know that
energy waves can push "matter" because matter is also energy and in circular constructs like
complex fractal relations and these quadrants of energy in space (an object, such as your body) can
be pushed or moved or changed by waves passing through its area, such as blast waves, sound waves,
radio waves, x-rays and radiation. Waves are effective, and the affected is all things in its path.
We are nothing but constructs of complex energy vortexes known as atoms, molecules, etc. on
up the chain, and we are in nothing but that over and over, going out in size from us, and down in size
within and around us. In both directions- bigger and smaller, the energy keeps swirling in larger and
smaller vortexes known as objects... really energy centers. For some reason, energy is there. Why is a
Planet there? Overall, it's going to come down to "matter somehow gathered and is now at that point
and is now orbiting the Sun or Earth as the case may be etc". Bottom line, matter is there, it got there,
and it stays there. That is a Sign of an energy center there. The energy center attracted the matter in
the first place, gave it enough hutzpah to survive and become a real center, a "Planet" ta da!
A Planet is really a ball of matter of some type travelling in space around an energy center
known as "The Sun". The Sun is a nuclear burning ball, like a slow Nuke explosion basically, very
very large, and the Planets are masses of matter, turned into "balls" by the forces of gravity, which
emanate from a center equally causing matter to stick all around, gather tighter, heat up, cool down,
etc. A Planet is formed from stuff. The fact that it is where it is tells us an energy point exists there,
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now if not before too. Now it certainly does. The Planets have radio pulsations too. They are
pulsating and making sounds in wave form, emitting waves. Planets emit lots of various waves, and
reflect or redirect waves as well, such as light waves, are redirected back and in all directions, so we
can see the Planets because of this particular aspect of energy, that it absorbs some and redirects
other waves into and off of itself.
All things are in the dance of absorbing and repelling waves. Sunburn is absorbing too much
of one wave type. You can absorb some heat and light, but not too much. Your matter, your cells and
molecules, start to change with all that energy passing through them. The ones on the surface of your
most exposed point, your nose, getting the most light from all directions, the top most exposed cells
begin to change from the heat and light and are no longer yours. They are taken away from you, we
say "burnt off".
As a gun is a force, you must attach brain, similarly the Sun is a force and if you do not use
your brain, it can kill you. The Sun can and will kill you without regard, if you let it, because it is a
force in motion, with no brain or discretion, so you must use yours to avoid collision with too much
Sunlight. Similarly, once release by a brain, a bullet is heading in a direction unstoppable mostly, it is
then a "force", but it is not 'with you', it is uncaring of you. So there is caring capability in brains, but
not in forces. Forces need brains. Forces are energy. A battery is full of energy potential, but only if
applied by a brain in the proper way. You must have a brain who knows how to use the battery, and
then it is very useful, as a force, to help that brain achieve some goal. If you place your embryo in
front of a speeding bullet, poor embryo. It's dead. If you let somebody beat it up every day while it's
forming, and always in the same place, then it might have a bruise there when born, no?
Similarly if you let a Planet beat it up with its rays while it's forming, you will see a Saturn or Mars
mark on the baby when it's born. Think I'm crazy? I'm not. Study Vedic Astrology, and you'll see, if
you have a baby while certain Planets are traversing certain Signs in the heavens, and based on your
location on Earth, the effects of those waves will be visible in the child when born. That's right. I
read them all the time. This works.
You have calculate the Planets, Signs and angles of things, which is all possible and done these
days thanks to Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratories who provided me and many others with the
planetary code they've gathered for computers over the decades, and thanks to the works of others
who did things like categorize all locations of all cities on Earth and all their clock time changes so we
could really pinpoint when and where people were born. We astrologers have been using GPS, so to
speak, for decades, to pinpoint birth locations. We know the tilt and location of Planets, Signs, and so
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on, for any birth, because of the contributions of all these thinkers, including Galileo, Copernicus,
Newton, and many astronomers and astrologers throughout history.
So the right way to do things is in cooperation with the Planets. By allowing for their
placements in our considerations, we are working with the universal energies.
Do NOT try to Suntan at night. I swear it's a waste of time!
If you want your lover to see a bright Star, show them Venus. If you show them Saturn, so far away,
dark, surrounded by a ring of space garbage, you're going to bum her out! So pick your planetary
rays accordingly. And yes, Venus encourages love and Saturn encourages a bummer. Actually, to
jump ahead for curious minds, the bottom line on controlling the future is twofold, assuming what we
want is overall "good" for people, which I'm going to go ahead and assume, so, two things are needed:
1. Everyone have babies in alignment with the Planets (this is a large science but it can be
studied, learned, disseminated widely, etc, no problem)
2. Everyone must be fully educated. Education is essential if we want good, because, dumb
people do bad. Plain and simple. Must eradicate dumbness. These two steps will do this, without
killing, without genocide.
That's the key. Previous to me, great leaders tried to clean things up in the now by the knife.
I'm proposing let's clean things up in our future with the brain. Yes, let's use our brains now, to
create a better FUTURE for ourselves. And I mean ourselves, because by all Signs, it seems we return,
in new bodies. So it makes sense to clean up our bedroom so it's clean when we come back. Since we
come back to Earth, let's make it a nice place to return to. Or, make it a nice place for future
generations, out of respect maybe? Where these things are not allowed, you can rest assured that
religions (people with fears) are standing in the way. Or, people who think these are false notions,
Astrology a false science, are standing in the way. I guarantee you this though, if you give me that
person, for awhile, long enough to get them to STOP IT with their abject intolerance for this idea, get
them to listen long enough to overcome their determined inner will to hate this notion, get them to
pay attention long enough to see it, to listen to it, to give studying it's scientific reliability just one
good hour of their mental time, then they too would see, "oh my God, this not only works it's accurate
a lot of the time...oh my God...paradigm shift". "I feel the Earth, move, under my feet."
Seriously speaking, prior to myself, there were a few Jyotish programs available, in the West
and in India. I did create the first one in a database, and started using that myself for research, since
astrological research requires database type crunching, I ended up doing something that probably
had never been done before on Earth, that is, computerized crunching of Jyotish astrological
principles against real charts on modern computers. Well when I got into Jyotish and this study, I did
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quickly see it worked. I did see that the Dashas work, and transits work, and that key events in
people's lives did happen during the appropriate Dashas and transits, and thus, I could see, the Vedic
concept of Astrology worked well in real life, which showed me that predeterminism was going on,
since the Planets have steady orbits.
So I got a glimpse that many do not want to really understand, that we are one with the matter
around us, that as it spins our evolution unfolds in harmony with it, that there really are these twelve
sectors of differentiation in the Zodiac belt, and the Planets moving through them does mark changes
on Earth and in our lives, that in other words, all things from the Planets down to dust on Earth are
all spinning in harmony. That is really what I'm saying.
Never mind thinking, "the Planets do X to me". No, the Planets don't DO it to you, they are
caught in the same waves, and yes they are players in that they emit and reflect waves, but they are
not alone in this, the Zodiac is emitting rays, stars emit rays, there is light and all kinds of waves
bouncing around in a very complex scheme. But the closest large objects to us are the Earth and the
other Planets. These major objects do indeed catch, reflect, and emit waves. They probably bend and
other alter the waves passing near them that come at us from the stars thus the concept in Astrology
of combining the readings from Signs with the Planets travelling through them seems to be a direct
reflection of the scientific fact of waves from stars passing near Planets in their path as they travel
towards Earth.
Reality
Then there are the basic human emotional needs, and these are violated the world over. We
are getting better at recognizing these and serving them. These are things like having a stable
childhood, feeling a part of, feeling provided for, cared for, stable families, villages, governments, etc.
People need to feel safe, otherwise, in a threatened feeling state, they react, are stressed, will
crumble.
The most basic functions of government therefore should be the protecting of, securing of,
good nutrition, education, and a safe and strong structure to all things for everyone, so that a feeling
of security can prevail enough for humans to not be always stressed.
Work produces goods, and services are directly a "good", and such goods are valuable, and
thus all human trade exists based on goods and services. Money is merely a tool of society, but is
itself not wealth. Ultimately pleasure, happiness and joy are what feel good. Without these, wealth
has no direct value. Wealth cannot be eaten, and you cannot live in it. Money alone is neither shelter,
nor food, nor a friend, a lover, a meal, it is nothing.
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Only people provide these things to other people, and only the labor, services, and produced
goods, all by other humans, are of what is real value to anyone, rich and poor alike. The money of the
rich does allow them to enjoy finer levels of quality in all they touch, but that is all...they cannot eat
more, cannot have more sex, cannot live in more than one place at a time, nor can they avoid death,
nor disease ultimately, and if they are not of good internal character, nothing can help them...they
will have lousy lives despite their wealth. So having good character comes before money...as a means
to the end of having a good life.
To have good outside, we must first control and focus inside. When we are inwardly self
controlled, clear about our priorities, which put life at the top, clear about the realities of life, death,
the great school Universe we live in, the oneness or inter-related-ness of all, the power of the divine
path, the inner path, the power of the good heart, when we stay in that light, yes stay in it all the time,
stay focused on our own good, thus we can stay focused on positive because we have made positive
livable and real within ourselves. This alignment causes the power that causes creation,
manifestation.
What is good for you, is not for me, when we talk specifics, so you have to figure out your mix
of what is "good". That is wholly personal. The IDEA is that YOU must LOVE YOURSELF and treat
yourself well, talk nice to yourself, be your own friend, be kind to yourself in your own skin. You have
to be having a nice internal time, a nice internal conversation. If you are freaking out inside, that's
your different parts yelling at each other, fighting, which isn't good. You need peace in the inner
family. Just keep the idea around, it will gradually be realized.
The aim of everything is happiness. The aim of everything is pleasure and joy. To get there, we
have to include everyone. To get to the end where we are going, we will learn to be non-violent.
In our pasts, we were violent. Our past cultures, our past history is full of violence. But our future is
full of peace and love, sharing, equality, more pleasure, more happiness. Less fear, more fulfillments.
So we can't just cling to the past, we must move forward towards happiness, joy, pleasure, and
fulfillment – these are spiritual gifts, born of spiritual values. That is our future as a people, as souls,
as spiritual angels. Be a part of that in this lifetime in any way you can. Start inside yourself and move
out from there. That is the calling; that is the spiritual calling that we all feel.
Be the change that you want to see in the world. Be it inside yourself. I must, you must, rethink
– not cling to the past. Hear the calling. Make changes. It doesn't have to all happen overnight. It can't.
But it can over time; over lifetimes. If we are coming back, which I believe we are, reincarnating –
what world do you want to come back to?
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If you have to come back to all the garbage you create, then you'll think twice about creating
garbage. If you have to come back as your own great-grandchild, what do you want to teach your
children? Because they'll be teaching you. That's the way it is. That's the truth. Create the world you
want to come back to. Create the future of all lives, of all souls. Because you will be in it. That's why
the old religions fail us. They teach us that we can exit, which is causing all this suicide bombing. They
teach us that we can exit and leave everyone behind in the quagmire just be some noble, virtuous act
of killing others. That's not true. That can't be true. The truth is instead that we come back. So with
that in mind, create a better world full of peace, sharing, happiness and love for your children, your
grandchildren, for yourself. For all of life.
The ancient white people believed in reincarnation. Until Rome forced Christianity on them,
Celts believed in reincarnation. They covered Europe 2000 years ago. Roman invasion, and then after
Rome left, the Germans spread out of Germany covered all of Europe, took over all of England and
spread to America an those tribes also believed in reincarnation but they too were changed by Rome
and by Christianity. Then Islam got going and it changed much of the Middle East, Africa, the world,
with similar concepts of one life to live, heaven or hell, this kind of thing.
Before all that, reincarnation was the norm. And such a vague definition of God that basically
anything and everything was God, which is truer, actually. To divinize, to divinate everything is a
good thing. Make everything divine. Treat everything the way you would treat God. That's a good
thing. That's the ancient way. That's the way of the future. This middle sidetrack was a great lesson, it
was great for material expansion, but it's not the forever way. The forever way is the true spiritual
way of caring, of oneness, of brotherliness, the brotherhood of mankind, all related, man, woman,
everyone, caring about each other, loving each other, caring about animals, caring about all life,
caring about the Earth – that is the way to greater happiness for all, greater pleasure for everyone,
greater joy, greater love, everything improved through spiritual vision, spiritual life.
So onward we go, in these ways, happier, better, spiritualized. You can do it for yourself
internally as much as you like – that is one place where you have full control. You cannot control the
world, or even your own city, or even your own House. Nature is doing that. There's a lot of other
factors. But you can control a lot how you see life inside yourself. You have your time inside your
mind in this life. You can make that a temple.
We should all do that, and then the world will change. Awake, aware, and pacing. That's what
I've been doing for years. Why? Because life has big questions. Today is no different. I've been
pacing, looking at photos of dead bodies and war gore, thinking about the soul.
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OK, so we're in meat bodies, definitely. "So what" you say? "Get over and get on with enjoying
life", you say? Do you really? I can't say that. I can't feel that way.
On the other hand, clearly, it makes me want to change the way I look at life completely. I
cannot accept that all that I am, all my personality, achievement, attainment of awareness and
education, is for nothing, is just memory in brain matter that will be burned, splattered or eaten by
worms, and that's it? No way. I do clearly see that we are, as the human race, an ocean of rib cages,
bones, muscles and soft jelly brains in eggshells called skulls, and that we are in a chain of genetic
reproductions of our parents, one generation after another in a chain we call our lives. We dress it up
and drive shiny cars, forgetting that we are, after all, biological life forms, made of only temporarily
living matter in this form, that we shall grow old, suffer, and die, and that we lose absolutely
everything slowly then fully with time.
We are conscious beings in meat bodies. We are animal meat bodies, with a very aware spirit
peering out from inside. We can contemplate deeply, as I am right now, and we can feel, imagine,
dream and hope, in ways, which are very different from, grander than, our own real current reality.
We are dreamers. We want to fly, we want to live forever, we want to be angels, in other words.
Maybe we are angels, currently on assignment for some reason in meat bodies in a hell of death and
seeming rebirth, endlessly, an ocean of suffering with mere smatterings of illusory pleasures or
hopes of pleasures that never quite cut the mustard. Maybe this is hell and we did something wrong.
Maybe this is a school and we are new souls being slowly raised to own enlightenment by finding it
ourselves, in an ocean of possibilities and reminders of our own past bad choices.
I prefer the second one. It makes the most sense to me. If everyone is a new soul, being raised,
and in the end, in eternity, this temporary even if thousands of lives long life here, is still very
temporary, like a vanished remembered dream, once we are there, so it won't matter, but it raised us
fully to the point of being saints, because lesson by lesson, life after life, each of us gradually achieves
enlightenment, carrying from one life to the next only the innermost seeds of the past emotional
lessons, a place to start from, we retain that, nothing else, and mature, and we do so in a world of
matter-energy, provided for the purpose of the school, breathed back into the manifesting agent,
when the need is finished.
In any case, an educated person knows how fleshy the body is, and as the person grows older,
becomes increasingly aware of how health and beauty are only granted to the young, and everyone
else is slowly losing both. It sucks. It's depressing. Aging and death are depressing and very difficult,
and lay ahead for every one of us, all of us, everyone single one. No beautiful young girl is going to
stay that way, not one. Every single one will grow older, many will have kids, many will get fatter, all
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will age and eventually be not young pretty girls, and eventually will be old ladies, and then die.
Same for men.
So putting one's hopes for happiness in the material is one way to play the game. That is to
say, that you hope to get happiness from the interaction of your meat with other meat.
Unfortunately, these meat bodies perpetually change, under the ravages of time, so this is at best a
temporary game to chose. It's for a few years, then it's hopeless...with sagging everything, bad
breath, ugly faces, entrenched ugly bad habits, partners become ugly. It's inevitable.
More correct vision would be to see that in fact we are all stuck in meat bodies and we're
stuck here, on this Planet, under physical laws, like that make us build shelter, procure food, evacuate
stool, have sex, raise babies in all this, make hospitals to try to save our meat bodies, etc.
Since this life is a flash, and eternity is forever, do not act for this life, and in doing so harm
others, for that will bring that pain back to you, which can only happen here, so you have to return to
receive your punishment. Don't do it. Instead, free yourself from this realm by being of spirit, and
automatically you will transfer to a befitting place, or this place changes, or something, but in no way
should any human be caught up in this life alone, it's glaring charms, and thus forget their soul.

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APPENDICES
TABLES
SIGNS-RASHIS
This table shows the Signs with their rulers, Sanskrit names and symbols etc.
Sanskrit Meaning of Planetary

Sign Symbol Type SEX Mobility
Name Sanskrit Name Lord
Aries Mesha Ram a Fire M Movable Mars
Taurus Vrishabha Bull b Earth F Fixed Venus
Gemini Mithuna Couple (embracing) c Air M Common Mercury
Cancer Karkata Crab or Circle d Water F Movable Moon
Leo Simha Lion e Fire M Fixed Sun
Virgo Kannya Virgin or Daughter f Earth F Common Mercury
Libra Thula Balance or Weight g Air M Movable Venus
Scorpio Vrishchika Scorpion h Water F Fixed Mars
Sagittarius Dhanush Bow (the weapon) i Fire M Common Jupiter
Capricorn Makara Alligator & Shark j Earth F Movable Saturn
Aquarius Kumbha Pot or Jug k Air M Fixed Saturn
Pisces Meena Fishes l Water F Common Jupiter
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THE PLANETS

Planet Glyph Owns Sex Aspects Sanskrit Main Significations
Soul, Self, Power, Esteem, Ambition,

Sun A Leo Male 7 Surya
Control, Shrinks, Purifies
Emotions, Mind, Health, Purity,

Moon E Cancer Female 7 Chandra
Mental Balance, Mother
Energy, Drive, Agility, Aggression,

Mars F Aries Scorpio Male 4 7 8 Mangal
Accidents
Intellect, Speech, Relating,

Mercury B Gemini Virgo Neutral 7 Buddha
Communications, Diplomacy
Sagittarius Fortune, Law, God, Wealth, Status,

Jupiter K Male 5 7 9 Guru
Pisces Expansiveness
Desires, Pleasures, artistry, beauty,

Venus C Taurus Libra Female 7 Shukra
additions, Sex
Capricorn Obstacles, seriousness,

Saturn L Neutral 3 7 10 Shani
Aquarius truthfulness, Sorrows
Karma, eccentricities, disturbances,

Rahu P Aries Female none Rahu
foreign things
Death, spirituality, detachments,

Ketu Q Libra Neutral none Ketu
outcastes
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EFFECTS OF PLANETS
Sun
Well placed: Nobility, Dignity, Power, Leadership, and Confidence
Ill placed: No self-esteem, no energy, and no confidence, bucking authority
Moon
Well placed: Good Sensitivity, Good Habits, Stability, and health
Ill placed: Over reacting, depressed, overly sensitive, stressed
Mars
Well placed: Positive energy, strength, courage, passion, and active
Ill placed: Anger, irritable, over reactive, impatience, and aggression
Mercury
Well placed: Rational, Witty, Skill, Dexterity, worldly brains
Ill placed: Aloof, lack of concentration, difficulty with communications, slow
Jupiter
Well placed: Humanitarian, Caring, Spiritual, Optimism, Faith, and Good Judgment
Ill placed: Greedy, Uncaring, Selfishness, Too pragmatic, negative outlook
Venus
Well placed: Attractiveness, refinement, grace, elegance, smooth
Ill placed: Vanity, lewdness, sensual corruption, lack of taste and refinement
Saturn
Well placed: Discipline, responsibility, realism, durability, and humility
Ill placed: Depression, anxiety, fear, loneliness, and disappointment
Rahu
Well placed: Originality, inspiration, insight, uniqueness, and exotic
Ill placed: Mental disease, addiction, illusion, and volatile nature, trouble
Ketu
Well placed: Spiritualism, intuition, universality, subtleness, and sensitivity
Ill placed: Eccentricity, explosiveness, fanaticism, and emotional problems

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SIGNS (RASHIS)

Sign Sanskrit Meaning Glyph Type Sex Mobility Lord
Aries Mesha Ram a Fire M Movable Mars
Taurus Vrishabha Bull b Earth F Fixed Venus
Gemini Mithuna Embracing c Air M Common Mercury
Cancer Karkata Crab d Water F Movable Moon
Leo Simha Lion e Fire M Fixed Sun
Virgo Kannya Teenage Girl f Earth F Common Mercury
Libra Thula Scales g Air M Movable Venus
Scorpio Vrishchika Scorpion h Water F Fixed Mars
Sagittarius Dhanush Bow i Fire M Common Jupiter
Capricorn Makara Crocodile j Earth F Movable Saturn
Aquarius Kumbha Jug k Air M Fixed Saturn
Pisces Meena Fish l Water F Common Jupiter
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Signs Continued

Sign Height Strong Rise By Mobility Direction-Element-Caste-4 types
During repeat
Aries Short Night Hind Movable East-Fire-Kshatriya
Taurus Short Night Hind Fixed South-Earth-Vaishya
Gemini Medium Night Head Mixed West-Air-Shudra
Cancer Medium Night Hind Movable North-Water-Brahmin
Leo Tall Day Head Fixed East-Fire-Kshatriya
Virgo Tall Day Head Mixed South-Earth-Vaishya
Libra Tall Day Head Movable West-Air-Shudra
Scorpio Tall Day Head Fixed North-Water-Brahmin
Sagittarius Medium Night Hind Mixed East-Fire-Kshatriya
Capricorn Medium Night Hind Movable South-Earth-Vaishya
Aquarius Short Day Head Fixed West-Air-Shudra
Pisces Short Day Both Mixed North-Water-Brahmin
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THE HOUSES
Sanskrit Meaning Karakas Main Rulerships Type Body Part
Body, Overall Results, Trine Head, body

1 Tanu Body Sun Health, Childhood,
Angle in general
Self, Head
Family, Wealth,
2 Dhana Wealth Jupiter Maraka Face, mouth
Speech, Food,
Courage, Discomforts,
Breasts,
3 Sahaja Siblings Mars Loss of Property, Loss Upachaya
ears, arms
of Parents, Diplomas
Happiness, Home,
Moon Heart, Mother, Large
4 Sukha Happiness Angle Heart, chest
Merc Property Possessions,
Heritage
Intelligence,
Creativity, Children, Trine
5 Suta Children Jupiter Belly, womb
Entertainment, Deity, Trikona
Fortune
Saturn Debts, Diseases, Dushtana Lower

6 Ripu Enemy Enemies, Service, loss
Mars (Difficult) abdomen
of relationships
Spouse, Partners, Angle

7 Jaya Spouse Venus Contracts, Significant Lap area
others in all matters Maraka
Death, Disasters, Sex, Dushtana Genitals,

8 Mrityu Death Saturn Loss of Fortunes,
(Difficult) anus
Mysteries, Mysticism
Religion, God, Guru,

Sun Fortune, Father, Law, Trine
9 Dharma Religion Thighs, hips
Jupiter Faith, Protection, Trikona
humility
Jup/Sun Career, Prestige, Rise,

10 Karma Work Success, Government, Angle Knees, back
Merc/Sat Material Success
Gains, Desires,
11 Labha Gain Jupiter Friends, Older Upachaya Legs
Siblings, Selfishness
Donations, Liberation,
Losses, Old Age, Dushtana
12 Vyaya Loss Saturn Feet
Private Pleasures, (Difficult)
Temples
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Special Signs for the Planets

Planet Exaltation Mulatrikona Own Sign(s) Debilitation
Sun 10º Aries 1-10º Leo Leo 10º Libra
Moon 3º Taurus 4-30º Taurus Cancer 3º Scorpio
Mars 28º Capricorn 0-18º Aries Aries, Scorpio 28º Cancer
Mercury 15º Virgo 16-20º Virgo Gemini, Virgo 15º Pisces
Jupiter 5ºCancer 0-13º Sagittarius Sagittarius, Pisces 5º Capricorn
Venus 27º Pisces 0-10º Libra Taurus, Libra 27º Virgo
Saturn 20º Libra 0-20º Aquarius Capricorn, Aquarius 20º Aries
Rahu Taurus Cancer Aries Scorpio
Ketu Scorpio Capricorn Libra Taurus

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NAKSHATRAS
The tables in this chapter cover Nakshatras, or the 27 fixed stars of Vedic Astrology. The stars with
two Signs (such as Kritika) are the ones whose domain crosses the border between the two Signs
listed. The Abbreviation column shows the abbreviation used in the Varga tables within this book.
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Name Lord Guna Gana Type Symbol Demigod
1 Ashwini Q Tama Deva Dharma Horse Head Ashwini Kumars
2 Bharani C Raja Manushya Artha Vagina Yamaraj
3 Kritika A Raja Rakshasa Kama Razor Agnidev
4 Rohini E Raja Manushya Moksha Chariot Brahma
5 Mrigashira F Tama Deva Moksha Deer Head Candrama
6 Ardra P Tama Manushya Kama Head Rudra
7 Punarvasu K Sattva Deva Artha Bow Sri Aditi
8 Pushya L Tama Deva Dharma Flower Brihaspati
9 Ashlesha B Sattva Rakshasa Dharma Serpent Nagas
10 Magha Q Tama Rakshasa Artha Palanquin Pitris
11 Purva Phalguni C Raja Manushya Kama Front Legs of Cot Bhaga
12 Uttara Phalguni A Raja Manushya Moksha Back legs of Cot Aryaman
13 Hasta E Raja Deva Moksha Palm Suryadeva
14 Chitra F Tama Rakshasa Kama Pearl Visvakarma
15 Swati P Tama Deva Artha Sapphire Vayu
16 Vishakha K Sattva Rakshasa Dharma Potters Wheel Indra
17 Anuradha L Tama Deva Dharma Umbrella Mitra
18 Jyeshtha B Sattva Rakshasa Artha Umbrella Indra
19 Mula Q Tama Rakshasa Kama Crouching Lion Nritta
20 Purva Ashadha C Raja Manushya Moksha Front of square Apas
21 Uttara Ashadha A Raja Manushya Moksha Back of square Visvadev
22 Shravan E Raja Deva Artha Arrow Sri Vishnu
23 Dhanistha F Tama Rakshasa Dharma Drum Vasus
24 Satabishak P Tama Rakshasa Dharma Flower Varuna
Purva
25 K Sattva Manushya Artha Front Legs of Cot Ajaikapad
Bhadrapada
Uttara
26 L Tama Manushya Kama Back legs of Cot Ahirbudhnya
Bhadrapada
27 Revati B Sattva Deva Moksha Fish Pushan
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Nakshatras Continued
# Name From in To in Sex Body Part
1 Ashwini 0° a 13°19 a M Top of foot
2 Bharani 13°20 a 26°39 a F Sole of foot
3 Kritika 26°40 a 9°59 b F Head
4 Rohini 10° b 23°19 b F Forehead
5 Mrigashira 23°20 b 6°39 c ~ Eyebrows
6 Ardra 6°40 c 19°59 c F Eyes
7 Punarvasu 20°00 c 3°19 d M Nose
8 Pushya 3°20 d 16°39 d M Face
9 Ashlesha 16°40 d 29°59 d F Ears
10 Magha 0° e 13°19 e F Lips/Chin
11 Purva Phalguni 13°20 e 26°39 e F Right hand
12 Uttara Phalguni 26°40 e 9°59 f F Left hand
13 Hasta 10° f 23°19 f M Fingers
14 Chitra 23°20 f 6°39 g F Neck
15 Swati 6°40 g 19°59 g F Chest
16 Vishakha 20°00 g 3°19 h F Breasts
17 Anuradha 3°20 h 16°39 h M Stomach
18 Jyeshtha 16°40 h 29°59 h F Right torso
19 Mula 0° i 13°19 i ~ Left torso
20 Purva Ashadha 13°20 i 26°39 i F Back
21 Uttara Ashadha 26°40 i 9°59 j F Waist
22 Shravan 10° j 23°19 j M Genitals
23 Dhanistha 23°20 j 6°39 k F Anus
24 Satabishak 6°40 k 19°59 k ~ Right Thigh
25 Purva Bhadra 20°00 k 3°19 l M Left Thigh
26 Uttara Bhadra 3°20 l 16°39 l M Lower legs
27 Revati 16°40 l 29°59 l F Ankles
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Nakshatras Continued
Name Caste Western Name Syl. for the 1/4’s
1 Ashwini Vaishya b Arietis Chu Chay Cho La
2 Bharani Lower 41 Arietis Li Lu Lay Lo
3 Kritika Brahmin h Tauri Alcyone-2 Aa Ee U A
4 Rohini Shudra Aldebaran O Va Vee Vo
5 Mrigashira Servant l Orionis Vay Vo Kaa Ke
6 Ardra Butcher a Betelgeuse Koo Ghaa Jna Cha
7 Punarvasu Vaishya b Geminorium Poll Kay Ko Haa Hee
8 Pushya Kshatriya d Cancri Hoo Hay Ho Daa
9 Ashlesha Lowest e Hydare Dee Doo Day Do
10 Magha Shudra r Leonis Maa Mee Moo May
11 Purva Phal Brahmin d Leonis Mo Taa Tee Too
12 Uttara Phal Kshatriya Denebola Tay To Paa Pee
13 Hasta Vaishya d Corvi Pu Shaa Naa Thaa
14 Chitra Servant Virginis Spica Pay Po Raa Ree
15 Swati Butcher a Bootis Ru Ray Raa Tha
16 Vishakha Lowest a Librae Thee Thoo Thay Tho
17 Anuradha Shudra d Scorpii Naa Nee Noo Nay
18 Jyeshtha Servant Antares No Yaa Yee Yoo
19 Mula Butcher l Scorpii Yay Yo Baa Bee
20 Purva Ash Brahmin d Sagittarii Bu Dhaa Bha Dha
21 Uttara Ash Kshatriya s Sagittarii Bay Bo Jaa Jee
22 Shravan Lowest a Aquila Ju Jay Jo Gha
23 Dhanistha Servant b Delphini Gaa Gee Goo Gay
24 Satabishak Butcher l Aquarii Go Saa See Soo
25 Purva Bhadrapada Brahmin b Pegasi Say So Daa Dee
26 Uttara Bhadrapada Kshatriya g Pegasi Du Tha Gya Da
27 Revati Shudra z Piscium De Do Chaa Chee
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The ~ symbol used in the Sex column indicates neuter, or no sex/gender classification applies
to this sexless star. In the Caste column, the terms used are from the Vedic Varna-Ashram System of
classifying persons by their qualities and work propensities. Below are some brief descriptions to
help the person unfamiliar with Varna-Ashram Dharma and the caste classifications:
Brahmin: The highest class- priestly, saintly, learned, reliable, clean, respected
Kshatriya: The warrior caste, government officers, officials, kings, leaders
Vaishya: Mercantile, businessperson, landlord, money-oriented person
Shudra: The skilled worker who serves Brahmins, Vaishyas and Kshatriyas
Servant: Simple worker, no skills, no family tree, does any work
Lower: Low standards, no matter what work, don't follow any religious principles
Butcher: Vicious, killer, meat eater, non-scriptural persons
Lowest: Those who are opposed to the Vedic systems, the demonic
Varna means ones caste, or work classification in society, and Ashram means one's stage of
life, ranging from student life, to married life, to later marriage/partial renunciation, to full
renunciation. The Caste classifications refer only to the Varna part of the system. In the Bhagavad
Gita, Sri Krishna describes how He, the Supreme Lord, is the source of the natural and omnipresent
caste system. It is natural to find those who are educated and caring in positions of leadership, those
who are martial in positions of enforcement, those who are money oriented running businesses, and
those who are none of the above serving the above. These are the Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya and
Shudra. In direct translation, the priest, the warrior, the businessman and the worker. However, it is
understood that these four top classes are following religious principles like honesty and cleanliness.
Below the worker class, or Shudras, there are the outcastes. They are out because they choose to live
outside the directives of the Vedic religious systems meant for regulating the health of human
society. Because they are unrestricted in their carnal passions and pleasures, they are threats to
themselves and others. Hence, contact with them is avoided by the 4 higher castes.
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Further Information regarding the Nakshatras:
# Name Sex Body Part Caste
1 Ashwini M Top of foot Vaishya
2 Bharani F Sole of foot Lower
3 Kritika F Head Brahmin
4 Rohini F Forehead Shudra
5 Mrigashira ~ Eyebrows Servant
6 Ardra F Eyes Butcher
7 Punarvasu M Nose Vaishya
8 Pushya M Face Kshatriya
9 Ashlesha F Ears Lowest
10 Magha F Lips/Chin Shudra
11 Purva Phalguni F Right hand Brahmin
12 Uttara Phalguni F Left hand Kshatriya
13 Hasta M Fingers Vaishya
14 Chitra F Neck Servant
15 Swati F Chest Butcher
16 Vishakha F Breasts Lowest
17 Anuradha M Stomach Shudra
18 Jyeshtha F Right torso Servant
19 Mula ~ Left torso Butcher
20 Purva Ashadha F Back Brahmin
21 Uttara Ashadha F Waist Kshatriya
22 Shravan M Genitals Lowest
23 Dhanistha F Anus Servant
24 Satabishak ~ Right Thigh Butcher
25 Purva Bhadrapada M Left Thigh Brahmin
26 Uttara Bhadrapada M Lower legs Kshatriya
27 Revati F Ankles Shudra
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Name Translation Activity Varna/Caste
Ashwini Horse-owner Passive Vaishya
Bharani Bearer Balanced Outcast
Krittika Cutter Active Brahman
Rohini Growing or Red Balanced Shudra
Mrigashira Deer's Head Passive Servant class
Ardra Moist Balanced Butcher class
Punarvasu Prosperity Passive Vaishya
Pushya Flower Passive Kshatriya
Ashlesha Embrace Active Outcast
Magha Mighty Active Shudra
Purva Phalguni Former Red One Balanced Brahman
Uttara Phalguni Latter Red One Balanced Kshatriya
Hasta Hand Passive Vaishya
Chitra Bright Active Servant class
Swati Independent Passive Butcher class
Vishakha Branched/Forked Active Outcast
Anuradha Following Radha Passive Shudra
Jyeshtha Eldest Active Servant class
Mula Root Active Butcher class
Purva Ashadha Former Victor Balanced Brahman
Uttara Ashadha Latter Victor Balanced Kshatriya
Shravana Ear Passive Outcast
Dhanishtha Abundance Active Servant class
Shatabhishak 100 Physicians Active Butcher class
Purva Bhadrapada Front Good Feet Balanced Brahman
Uttara Bhadrapada Back Good Feet Balanced Kshatriya
Revati Rich Passive Shudra
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Name Creation Direction Gender
Ashwini Creation Sideways Male
Bharani Maintenance Downward Female
Krittika Dissolution Downward Female
Rohini Creation Upward Female
Mrigashira Maintenance Sideways Neuter
Ardra Dissolution Upward Female
Punarvasu Creation Sideways Male
Pushya Maintenance Upward Male
Ashlesha Dissolution Downward Female
Magha Creation Downward Female
Purva Phalguni Maintenance Upward Female
Uttara Phalguni Dissolution Downward Female
Hasta Creation Sideways Male
Chitra Maintenance Sideways Female
Swati Dissolution Sideways Female
Vishakha Creation Downward Female
Anuradha Maintenance Sideways Male
Jyeshtha Dissolution Sideways Female
Mula Creation Downward Neuter
Purva Ashadha Maintenance Downward Female
Uttara Ashadha Dissolution Upward Female
Shravana Creation Upward Male
Dhanishtha Maintenance Upward Female
Shatabhishak Dissolution Upward Neuter
Purva Bhadrapada Creation Downward Male
Uttara Bhadrapada Maintenance Upward Male
Revati Dissolution Sideways Female
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Name Nadi Nature Guna/Quality
Ashwini Vata Light Tama
Bharani Pitta Fierce/Severe Raja
Krittika Kapha Sharp and Soft Raja
Rohini Kapha Fixed/Permanent Raja
Mrigashira Pitta Soft/Mild/Tender Tama
Ardra Vata Sharp/Dreadful Tama
Punarvasu Vata Movable Sattva
Pushya Pitta Light Tama
Ashlesha Kapha Sharp/Dreadful Sattva
Magha Kapha Fierce/Severe Tama
Purva Phalguni Pitta Fierce/Severe Raja
Uttara Phalguni Vata Fixed/Permanent Raja
Hasta Vata Light Raja
Chitra Pitta Soft/Mild/Tender Tama
Swati Kapha Movable Tama
Vishakha Kapha Sharp and Soft Sattva
Anuradha Pitta Soft/Mild/Tender Tama
Jyeshtha Vata Sharp/Dreadful Sattva
Mula Vata Sharp/Dreadful Tama
Purva Ashadha Pitta Fierce/Severe Raja
Uttara Ashadha Kapha Fixed/Permanent Raja
Shravana Kapha Movable Raja
Dhanishtha Pitta Movable Tama
Shatabhishak Vata Movable Tama
Purva Bhadrapada Vata Fierce/Severe Sattva
Uttara Bhadrapada Pitta Fixed/Permanent Tama
Revati Kapha Soft/Mild/Tender Sattva
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Name Gana/Species Tattvas Sexual Type
Ashwini Deva/Divine Earth Horse
Bharani Manushya/Human Earth Elephant
Krittika Rakshasa/Demonic Earth Sheep
Rohini Manushya/Human Earth Serpent
Mrigashira Deva/Divine Earth Serpent
Ardra Manushya/Human Water Dog
Punarvasu Deva/Divine Water Cat
Pushya Deva/Divine Water Sheep
Ashlesha Rakshasa/Demonic Water Cat
Magha Rakshasa/Demonic Water Rat
Purva Phalguni Manushya/Human Water Rat
Uttara Phalguni Manushya/Human Fire Cow
Hasta Deva/Divine Fire Buffalo
Chitra Rakshasa/Demonic Fire Tiger
Swati Deva/Divine Fire Buffalo
Vishakha Rakshasa/Demonic Fire Tiger
Anuradha Deva/Divine Fire Deer
Jyeshtha Rakshasa/Demonic Air Deer
Mula Rakshasa/Demonic Air Dog
Purva Ashadha Manushya/Human Air Monkey
Uttara Ashadha Manushya/Human Air Cow
Shravana Deva/Divine Air Monkey
Dhanishtha Rakshasa/Demonic Ether Lion
Shatabhishak Rakshasa/Demonic Ether Horse
Purva Bhadrapada Manushya/Human Ether Lion
Uttara Bhadrapada Manushya/Human Ether Cow
Revati Deva/Divine Ether Elephant
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APPLICATIONS OF THE VARGA CHARTS

Parts Name Application
1 Rashi Main Chart, Everything, Overall
2 Hora Prosperity, Wealth
3 Drekkana Siblings, their lives and well being
4 Chaturtamsha Luck and Residence
7 Saptamsha Children, Grand Children
9 Navamsha Spouse, general overall with Rashi
10 Dashamsha Profession, Success of all matters
12 Dwadashamsha Parents, their lives and well being
16 Shodashamsha Ones relationship to Vehicles
20 Vimshamsha Spiritual Undertakings
24 Siddhamsha Education, Learning, Brains
27 Bhamsha Strengths and Weaknesses
30 Trimshamsha Miseries, Troubles, Disasters
40 Khavedamsha Auspicious / Inauspicious Events
45 Akshavedamsha All things- everything- overall
60 Shastiamsha All things- everything- overall
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CHART STYLES
The two main chart display styles are North Indian and South Indian shown here with North
on the left. With Northern, the Houses are always in the same places as shown. With Southern, the
Signs are always in the same places as shown. Note the Slash is the Sign of Cancer d. This is how the
Ascendant or rising Sign is usually indicated on Southern Charts. That is then House 1, and you count
from there Clockwise for the rest of the Houses. On the Northern chart (left) you can see that you
count the Houses counter clockwise. On northern, the Signs move. On Southern, the Houses move.
Northern is preferable overall because it emphasizes Houses over Signs.
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FATEFUL DEGREES OF THE PLANETS IN SIGNS-(MRTYUBHAGAS)
Several of the classical works including Jataka Parijata, Sarvartha Chinthamani and others
have listed degree points in the Signs which are specifically evil for the Planets involved and indicate
death to the native when a Muhurtha, birth, or other point are under consideration.
a b c d e f g h i j k l
0 20 9 12 6 8 24 16 17 22 2 3 23
2 1 8 25 22 22 21 1 4 12 18 20 20 10
2 2 26 12 13 25 24 11 26 14 13 25 5 12
F 19 28 25 23 29 28 14 21 2 15 11 6
B 15 14 13 12 8 18 20 10 21 22 7 5
K 19 29 12 27 6 4 13 10 17 11 15 28
C 28 15 11 17 10 13 4 6 27 12 29 19
L 10 4 7 9 12 16 3 18 28 14 13 15
P 14 13 12 11 24 23 22 21 10 20 18 8
Q 8 18 20 10 21 22 23 24 11 12 13 14
Mandi 23 24 11 12 13 14 8 18 20 10 21 22
2 1 As per Jataka Parijata, Saravali and Sarvartha Chinthamani
2 2 As per Brihat Pajapatya and Phaladipika
Auspicious Degrees for the Moon-(Pushkarabhagas)
The following auspicious points for the Moon are mention in the Jataka Parijata.
a b c d e f g h i j k l
2 21 14 18 8 19 9 24 11 23 14 19 9
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CONDITIONS FOR THE PLANETS (AVASTHAS)
How the Planets behave in their various conditions:
When a Planet Occupies: His Condition will be:
Exaltation or Mulatrikona Blazing
Own Sign Confident
Friends Sign Happy
Benefic Vargas Calm
Where he can shine brightly Capable
Overcome by another Planet Tortured
Enemy Vargas Dejected
Malefic Vargas Base
Set or disappeared Failing
Debilitated Afraid
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AVASTHAS
When a Planet Occupies: His Feeling (state) will Sanskrit name for this
be: state:
The 5th House in conjunction with any of

Ashamed Lajjita
the Sun, Mars, Saturn, Rahu or Ketu
It's Exaltation or Mulatrikona positions Conceited Garvitha
An inimical House or conjunct Saturn, or

inimical Planet or receiving inimical Hungry Kshudhitha
aspect
In a watery Sign, aspected or conjoined by

an inimical Planet, and not relieved by Greedy Thrushitha
benefic aspect or conjunction
In a friends House, conjoined by a friend

Delighted Muditha
or Jupiter, aspected by another friend
Eclipsed by the Sun and aspected by

Agitated Kshobhitha
enemies or malefics.
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ELEMENTAL LORDS
Although all the Planets and Signs have elemental control and affect functionality, the 5 main
elements in themselves are overlorded as follows. Ether can be understood as space devoid of all
other substances.
Element: Sense Controller:
Ether Sound Jupiter
Earth Smell Mercury
Fire Vision Mars
Air Touch Saturn
Water Taste Venus
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HOUSE NAMES, SIGNIFICATORS
(BHAVAS AND BHAVA KARAKAS)
The Bhavas or Houses have Karakas or Significators which hold sway over the affairs of that
House, no matter whether they Lord the House or not, and no matter where they are in the chart. For
example, Jupiter is the 5th House Karaka. As such, he has sway over the affairs of the 5th House, such
as children, no matter where he is in the chart and no matter which Houses he Lords. Some of the
Houses have more than one Karaka.
Meaning
Sanskrit Name of
Houses Karaka(s)
for House Sanskrit
Name
1 Tanu Body Sun
2 Dhana Wealth Jupiter
3 Sahaja Brother Mars
4 Sukha Happiness Moon/Mercury
5 Suta Son Jupiter
6 Ripu Enemy Saturn/Mars
7 Jaya Spouse Venus
8 Mrityu Death Saturn
9 Dharma Religion Sun/Jupiter
10 Karma Work Jupiter/Sun/Mercury/Saturn
11 Labha Gain Jupiter
12 Vyaya Loss Saturn
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BODY PARTS RULED BY HOUSES
This table shows the parts of the body ruled by the different Houses.
Houses Body Part
1 Head, body in general
Face, eyes, tongue, mouth, throat,

2
teeth
3 Breasts, ears
4 Heart, chest
5 Belly, womb
6 Lower abdomen
7 Lap
8 Genitals
9 Thighs, hips
10 Knees, back
11 Legs
12 Feet
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TYPES OF HOUSES
Houses have a number of classifying names. A House may fall into more than one type. Each
House with a list of the House types it belongs to is listed below. Note that Quadrant and Kendra are
two names for the same thing as are Trikona and Trine. A translation of the name types follows these
two tables.
Houses Types
1 Quadrant, Kendra, Trikona, Trine
2 Succedent, Apachaya, Maraka
3 Upachaya, Cadent, Longevity
4 Quadrant, Kendra, Apachaya
5 Succedent, Apachaya, Trine, Trikona
6 Trikona, Patita, Cadent, Dushtana
7 Quadrant, Kendra, Apachaya, Maraka
8 Trikona, Succedent, Apachaya, Longevity, Dushtana
9 Cadent, Trine, Trikona
10 Upachaya, Quadrant, Kendra, Apachaya
11 Upachaya, Succedent, Apachaya
12 Trikona, Patita, Cadent, Dushtana
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Here is the same list, but listed the other way.
Types 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Quadrant / Kendra
Succedent
Cadent
Trikona / Trine
Dushtana
Apachaya
Upachaya
Maraka
Longevity
Trikona
Patita
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Translation for House type names:

Quadrant /
Angular Houses
Kendra
Following an angle Succedent
Following a Succedent Cadent
A triangular House Trikona / Trine
House of difficulty Dushtanas
House of death Maraka
House of longevity Longevity
Fallen Patita
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PLACES OF STRENGTH FOR PLANETS
The following table lists the places where each of the Planets gains strength or prefers to be
located so as to give strong results. Keep in mind that if a Planet is at the very beginning of a House,
then it has very little strength and even the below conditions will not make it strong.
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Exaltation Own Signs Other Signs Drekkana Hora Weekday Navamsha Passage
0 His own His own His own

Aries Leo Sunday Northen2
Drekkana Hora Navamsha
2 Her own Her own Her own

Taurus Cancer Monday Southern2
Drekkana Hora Navamsha
F Pisces His own His own

Capricorn Aries Scorpio Tuesday Southern2
Sagittarius Drekkana Navamsha
B His own
Virgo Gemini Virgo Sagittarius Own Vargas Wednesday Northen2
Navamsha
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K Sagittarius His own
Cancer Scorpio Own Vargas Thursday Northen2
Pisces Navamsha
C Her own Moon’s Her own

Pisces Taurus Libra Friday
Vargas Hora Navamsha
All Signs
L Capricorn His own
Libra when Saturday Southern2
Aquarius Drekkana
retrograde
Aries
Taurus
P Cancer

Virgo
Scorpio
Sagittarius
Other unique Other unique Other unique Other unique
Part of Day In Signs
places of Strength places of Strength places of Strength places of Strength
0 Middle of day When entering a Start of a friendly

(10th House) Sign Navamsha
2 At night When aspected by When not in the

At the end of Signs When waxing
(4th House) benefics Riksha Sandhis1
F In the first portions Prosperity when Prosperity when

Night Time When Retrograde
of Signs in 10th House debilitated
Promotes good
B In the middle of When separate
Day and Night qualities in the
Signs from the Sun
Lagna
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Is strong in his Sign
K Middle of day (10) In the middle of
of debilitation,
as also 1st/4th Signs
Capricorn
C In the middle of In the 6th, 12th, Conjunct the When ahead of

Afternoon When retrograde
Signs 3rd and 4th Houses Moon the Sun
L At the last portions During his own Strong in During the Moon’s
In the 7th House
of Signs Dasha planetary war dark half
P In the 10th House

1. The Riksha Sandhis are the 3 places in the Zodiac where both a star and a Sign change takes place
at the same point in the Zodiac. This takes place at the end of the water Signs Cancer, Scorpio and
Pisces. Therefore, the last quarters (Padas) of Ashlesha, Jyeshta and Revati are considered very bad
places for the Moon to be for all purposes.
2. The passages, whether Northern or Southern, refer to when the Planets pass in their ecliptics
either above (Northern) or below (Southern) the equator.
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Wakefulness of Planets
Planets have states of wakefulness, dreaming and sleeping. These states are another way of
understanding the effects of a Planet's placement. The following table shows where Planets are
awake, dreaming, and sleeping.
Awake Exaltation Own Signs Own Vargas
Dreaming Friendly Signs Friendly Vargas
Sleeping Debilitation Enemy Signs Enemy Vargas
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BODY PARTS RULERSHIP
The parts of the body are ruled in part by the Drekkanas, or one third divisions of the Houses.
The following table shows which Drekkanas rule which body parts. Important Note: If the Lagna
falls within the first Decanate (Drekkana) of the Sign, then the order shown below is followed in
terms of the 1st, then 2nd, then 3rd Drekkanas. Otherwise, if the rising angle falls in the 2nd
Drekkana of the Sign involved, then the 2nd rules what is listed under "1st" below, and the 3rd rules
what's listed under the "2nd" and the 1st rules what's listed under "3rd" below. Thus, the Drekkana
in which the Ascendant falls is the true "1st", and the other two follow suit, in a rotating fashion.
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DREKKANA BODY PARTS RULERSHIP TABLE
1st 2nd
3rd Drekkana
Drekkana Drekkana
1st House Head Neck Pelvis
Right
2nd " " Right Eye The genital
Shoulder
Right
3rd " " Right Ear Right Arm
Testicle/Ovary
Right
4th " " Right Side Right Thigh
Nostril
5th " " Right Cheek Right Heart Right Knee
6th " " Right Jaw Right Chest Right Calf
7th " " Mouth Navel Legs
8th " " Left Jaw Left Chest Left Calf
9th " " Left Cheek Left Heart Left Knee
10th " " Left Nostril Left Side Left Thigh
Left
11th " " Left Ear Left Arm
Testicle/Ovary
12th " " Left Eye Left Shoulder Anus
The use of the above chart is as follows for example: If a malefic Planet occupies a certain Drekkana,
then there will be an ulcer or wound on the location indicated as above. A benefic aspect on the same
Drekkana will reduce it to only a spot and not an ulcer. The nature of the Planets can indicate the origin of the
troubles. This is only one example of the uses of the above.
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EXALTATIONS AND MULATRIKONAS
This table shows the exaltation, Mulatrikona, own, and debilitated positions for the Planets.
The places assigned as exaltation, own, etc., for Rahu and Ketu are not agreed upon or listed in all the
standard classics as the same.
Planet Exaltation Mulatrikona Own Sign(s) Debilitation
Sun 10º Aries 1-10º Leo Leo 10º Libra
Moon 3º Taurus 4-30º Taurus Cancer 3º Scorpio
Mars 28º Capricorn 0-18º Aries Aries, Scorpio 28º Cancer
Mercury 15º Virgo 16-20º Virgo Gemini, Virgo 15º Pisces
Jupiter 5ºCancer 0-13º Sagittarius Sagittarius, Pisces 5º Capricorn
Venus 27º Pisces 0-10º Libra Taurus, Libra 27º Virgo
Capricorn,
Saturn 20º Libra 0-20º Aquarius 20º Aries
Aquarius
Rahu Taurus Cancer Aries Scorpio
Ketu Scorpio Capricorn Libra Taurus
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COMBUSTION
This table shows the distances from the Sun where combustion begins to take place for each
of the Planets. Combustion greatly weakens the Planets ability to act. Some Planets have a different
figure for when they are retrograde, or moving backwards. All figures mean "when within this
distance from the Sun". For example, when the Moon is within 12" from the Sun, it begins combust,
or weakened by the effulgence of the Sun.
Planet When Direct When

Retrograde
Moon 12º
Mars 17º
Mercury 14º 12º
Jupiter 11º
Venus 10º 15º
Saturn 15º
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SUN'S MOVEMENTS THROUGH SIGNS
The Sun moves through the Zodiac in 365.25 days and since the Western calendar is based on
this rotation, the days upon which the Sun enters the 12 Signs are regular as shown below. (It is
interesting to note that, in America, tax collection day is on April 15, when the Sun, Karaka for
Government, has just entered it's zone of exaltation. )
The Sun
is in: From To
Aries 4/14 5/13
Taurus 5/14 6/13
Gemini 6/14 7/15
Cancer 7/16 8/15
Leo 8/16 9/15
Virgo 9/16 10/16
Libra 10/17 11/15
Scorpio 11/16 12/14
Sagittarius 12/15 1/13
Capricorn 1/14 2/12
Aquarius 2/13 3/13
Pisces 3/14 4/13
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LENGTH OF MAJOR PERIODS (MAHA DASHAS)
This table shows the length of the major periods of the 9 Planets as under the Vimshottari
Dasha system. The total of the 9 major periods is 120 years. Vimshottari means "120", hence the
name Vimshottari Dasha.
Planet Length of Major Period in Rounded Percentage

years
Sun 6 5 %
Moon 10 8 %
Mars 7 6 %
Rahu 18 15 %
Jupiter 16 13 %
Saturn 19 16 %
Mercury 17 14 %
Ketu 7 6 %
Venus 20 17 %
Total 120 years 100
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FRIENDSHIPS OF PLANETS
This table shows the natural friendships and enmities between the Planets. These are the
permanent situations between the Planets and are useful in many situations of judgment in Vedic
Astrology. However, friendships are adjusted for each rising Sign as well. As for Rahu and Ketu,
some texts count Jupiter, Venus and Saturn as their friends.
Natural Planetary Friends and Enemies

Friends Enemies Neutrals
Sun Moon, Mars, Jup. Saturn, Venus Mercury
Moon Sun, Mercury - All others
Mars Sun, Moon, Jup. Mercury Venus, Saturn
Merc. Sun, Venus Moon Mars, Jup., Sat.
Jupiter Moon, Mars, Sun Mercury Saturn
Venus Merc., Saturn Sun, Moon Mars, Jupiter
Saturn Merc., Venus Sun, Moon, Mars Jupiter
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CALCULATING TEMPORARY RELATIONSHIPS

Permanent Temporary Combination

(Naisargika) (Tatkalika)
Friend (Mitra) + Friend = Best Friend (Adhi Mitra)
Friend + Enemy = Neutral
Enemy (Shatru) + Enemy = Great Enemy (Adhi Shatru)
Neutral (Sama) + Friend = Friend
Neutral + Enemy = Enemy
The first column is the natural relation covered in the Natural Friendship chart above. To
calculate the middle Temporary relation column for any one Planet: Temporary Friends: Planets in
Houses 2, 3, 4 and 10, 11, 12 from any it. Temporary Enemies, Planets in conjunction with, or in 5, 6,
7, 8, 9 Houses from it.
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PLANETARY CHARACTERISTICS #1
The following table is the first of a series of tables showing the characteristics of the Planets.
The column Aspect of person is of course not a complete understanding of the things that the said
Planet stands for in the person.
Planet Type Aspect Direction Element Color

of person
Sun Malefic Soul East Fire Ruby Red
Moon Depends 1 Mind Northwest Water White
Mars Malefic Drive South Fire Red
Mercury Depends 2 Intelligence North Earth Green
Gold
Jupiter Benefic Divinity Northeast Ether
Yellow
Venus Benefic Love Southeast Water Rainbow
Saturn Malefic Restrictions West Air Darkness
1. The Moon becomes benefic when waxing and malefic when waning, malefic when new and benefic
when full.
2. Mercury becomes benefic when associated with benefics and malefic when associated with
malefics, both either by conjunction or aspect, thus it is considered mutable.
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PLANETARY ASPECTS
The following table shows the aspects of the Planets. Note that not all texts agree on the
aspects cast by Rahu and Ketu. Also, most astrologers do not use any of the aspects less than 100%
in their practice. However, because the Shastras give the other aspects, we have listed them here.
The numbers listed stand for the Houses from the Planet aspected. For example, in the case of Mars,
it casts its 100% aspect upon the 7th, 4th and 8th Houses from itself. In all cases in Astrology, you
begin counting from the House where the Planet resides as 1. The House next to it as 2 and so on up
to 12.
Planet 100 % 75% 50 % 25%
Sun 7 4 8 9 5 3 10
Moon 7 4 8 9 5 3 10
Mars 7 4 8 9 5 3 10
Mercury 7 4 8 9 5 3 10
Jupiter 7 5 9 4 8 3 10
Venus 7 4 8 9 5 3 10
Saturn 7 3 10 4 8 9 5
Rahu / Ketu 7 5 9 2 10 3 4 6 8
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AGE OF THE PLANETS
The following table shows the age of Planets in Signs. The degrees column is how far a Planet
is through a Sign.
Degrees Odd Signs Even Signs
0 - 6º Child Dead
7 - 12º Teenage Old
13 - 18º Young Young
19 - 24º Old Teenage
25 - 30º Dead Child
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INDIAN LUNAR MONTHS
This table shows the names of the months used in India. The first column is the common
name used by most of India. The second is the names applied by the Vaishnavas, and as used by the
Gaudiya Vaishnavas of Bengal. Also, the Vaishnavas (along with other sections of India) begin the
lunar months not on the new Moon, but rather on the full Moon. Thus, months may begin a fortnight
later in some sections of the country.
Names of Months

Common Vaishnava Corresponds to
Name Name
Chaitra Vishnu March-April
Vaisagh Madhusudana April-May
Jyeshta Trivikrama May-June
Ashadha Vamana June-July
Shravana Sridhara July-August
Bhadra Hrsikesa August-September
Ashwin Padmanabha September-October
Kartika Damodar October-November
Margshir Kesava November-December
Pausa Narayana December-January
Magha Madhava January-February
Phalguna Govinda February-March
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TITHI NAMES
(LUNAR DAYS)
This table shows the names of the lunar days of the months. These lunar days are known as
Tithis. The lunar month is divided in two parts- the waxing or growing half, and the waning or
shrinking half. The bright half is known as Shukla and the dark half as Krishna. Since there are only
15 Tithis, they repeat in each half of the month. Thus, to identify a day you need to say 3 things- the
Tithi, the month, and the half of month. For example, the 11th day of the dark half of the month of
Kartika would be known as Ekadashi Kartika Krishna. The Tithis have been associated with certain
acts, which are listed below. This is in no way conclusive or restrictive. The subject of Muhurta or
day-selecting Astrology is much more complicated than this listing. The main purpose of this listing
is to give the names of the Tithis.
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Lunar Tithis
# Tithi Name Classically Stated Best Uses
1 Pratipada Brahminical ceremonies and rituals
2 Dwitiya Laying of foundations for Houses
3 Tritiya Tonsure, hair cut etc.
4 Chaturthi Destruction of competitors, obstructions
5 Panchami Taking medication, emetics, tonics for the first time
6 Shasti Getting new friends, coronation, etc.
7 Saptami Construction and purchase of vehicles, taking journeys
8 Ashtami Taking up of arms, fortifications
9 Navami Ruining or removing obstructions, competitors
10 Dashmi Meritorious and pious deeds, worship of holy persons
11 Ekadashi Fasting and worship of Vishnu
12 Dwadashi Fire sacrifices
13 Triyodashi Making friends, enjoyment of sensual pleasures
14 Chaturdashi Inauspicious day
15 Purnima (full) Propitiation of the ancestors
15 Amavasya (new) Propitiation of the ancestors
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TITHI-NAKSHATRA AFFINITY
This table shows the Tithis and the particular Nakshatra that the Tithi has an affinity with.
When the Moon is under the named Nakshatra on the named Tithi, then that Tithi is considered very
good for success in undertakings begun on that Tithi.
Tithi Tithi Name Has affinity with

# the Nakshatra
1 Pratipada Rohini
2 Dwitiya
3 Tritiya Shravana
4 Chaturthi Bharani
5 Panchami Mrigashira
6 Shasti Krittika
7 Saptami Jyeshta
8 Ashtami Shatabhishak
9 Navami
10 Dashmi
11 Ekadashi Ardra
12 Dwadashi Hasta
13 Triyodasi Purva Phalguni
14 Chaturdashi Ashlesha
15 Purnima (full) Uttara Ashadha
15 Amavasya Magha
(new)
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THE 60 SHASTIAMSHAS, NAMES, NATURES AND MEANINGS
Odd Sign # Ben Name Meaning Even Sign
0°-0° 30 1 M Ghora Awful and violent 29° 30-30°
0°30 -1 2 M Rakshasa Demonic, anti-truth, anti-religion 29°-29°30'
1°-1°30 3 B Deva Divine, spiritual, godly 28°30'-29°
1°30 -2 4 B Kuvera The treasurer of the demigods 28°-28°30'
2°-2°30 5 B Yaksha A heavenly singer 27°30'-28°
2°30 -3 6 B Kinnara Horse with human head, or deformed 27°-27° 30'

person
3°-3°30 7 M Bhrashta Fallen and vicious 26°30-27
3°30 -4 8 M Kulaghna A destroyer of the family 26°-26°30
4°-4° 30 9 M Garala Poison or venom 25°30'-26°
4°30 -5 10 M Vahni The fire of digestion and appetite 25°-25°30'
5°-5°30 11 M Maya Deception, illusion 24°30 -25°
5~30 -6 12 M Purishaka Dirt 24°-24°30'
6°-6°30 13 B Apampathi The ocean or Varuna, controller of all 23°30 -24°

water
6°30 -7 14 B Marut Controller of the wind 23°23°30'
7°-7°30 15 M Kaala Time personified as destroyer of 22°30'-23°

everything
7°30 -8 16 M Sarpa A snake 22°-22''30'
8°-8°30 17 B Amrita Nectar or nectarian 21°-30'-22°
8°30'-9 18 B Indu Camphor 21 °-21 °30'
9-9.30 19 B Mridu Moderate and soft 20°30'-21
9°30'-10° 20 B Komala Tender and agreeable 20°-20°30'
10°-10"30' 21 B Heramba A boastful hero 19°30'-20°
10°30'-11° 22 B Brahma The demigod who creates within the 19°-19°30

Universe
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11°-1 1°30' 23 B Vishnu The supreme being, God himself 18°30'-19°
11 °30'- 24 B Mahesvara Another name for Lord Shiva 18°-18°30'

12°
12°-12°30' 25 B Deva Divine, spiritual, godly 17°30'-18°
12°30'-13° 26 B Ardra Moist 17°-17°30'
13°-13°30' 27 B Kalinasa Destruction of strife 16°30'-17°
13°30'-14° 28 B Kshiteesa Ruler of the Earth (Mother Bhumi) 16°-16°30'
14~-14°30' 29 B Kamalakara Many lotus flowers assembled together 15°30'-16°
14°30'-15° 30 M Gulika The son of Saturn, an inauspicious 15°-15°30'

Upagraha
15°-15°30' 31 M Mrithyu Son of Mars, death personified 14°30'-15°
15°30'-16° 32 M Kaala Time personified as destroyer of 14°-14°30'

everything
16°-16°30' 33 M Davagani A forest conflagration 13°30'-14°
16°30'-17° 34 M Ghora Awful and violent 13°-13°30'
17°-17°30' 35 M Yama The Lord of death and judgment 12°30'-13°
1 7°30'-18 36 M Kantaka A thorn or a troublesome person 12°-12°30'

°
18°-18°30' 37 B Sudha Purity 11°30'-12°
18°30'-19° 38 B Amrita Nectar or nectarian 11°-11°30'
19°-19°30' 39 B Poornachandra The full Moon 10°30'-11°
19°30'-20° 40 M Vishadagdha Consumed by grief or venom 10°-10°30'
20°-20°30' 41 M Kulanasa A destroyer of the family 9 30-10°
20°30'-21° 42 M Vamsakshaya End of the family lineage- no descendants 9°-9°30
21°-21°30' 43 M Utpata An evil omen 8 30-go
21°30'-22° 44 M Kaala Time personified as destroyer of 8-8 30

everything
22°-22°30 45 B Saumya Auspicious and heavenly 7°30 -8°
22°30'-23° 46 B Komala Tender and agreeable 7°-7°30
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23°-23°30' 47 B Seetala Cold 6C30' 7°
23°30'-24° 48 M Karaladamshtra Terrible teeth causing fear 6 -6°30
24° -24°30 49 B Chandramukhi A face that shines like the Moon 5 30-6
24°30'-25° 50 B Praveena Intelligent and learned 5 -5 30
25°-25°30' 51 M Kala Pavaka The fire of destruction at the end of the 4°30 -5
Yugas
25'30'-26° 52 M Dandayudha Staff of renunciation carried by sannyasis 4"-4°30
26°-26°30' 53 B Nirmala Sinless, without blemish 3 °30 -4°
26°30'-27° 54 B Saumya Auspicious and heavenly 3°-3°30
27°-27°30' 55 M Kroora Mischievous and very unkind 2°30 -3°
27°30'-28° 56 B Atiseetala Very cold 2 -2 30
28°-28°30 57 B Amrita Nectar or nectarian 1°30 -2
28°30'-29° 58 B Payodhi The ocean 1°-1 ° 30
29°-29°30' 59 M Bhramana Wandering 0 30-1
29°30'-30° 60 B Chandra Rekha The thin sliver of the Moon 0 -0°30
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DWADASHAMSHA MEANINGS
The following table gives meanings for the 12-fold divisions of the Signs. The idea is that each
House or Sign can be further divided by 12, and like the Houses themselves, the 12-fold divisions of
the Houses have their own sub-meanings as shown here. The table gives the House, then the degrees
of that House framing each 12th division, and then the Karakatwa or significance of each division.
The From and To numbers are in degrees and minutes. For example, 2.31 mean 2º 31’, or 2 degrees
and 31 minutes.
House From Through Significance
1 0.00 2.30 Bodily color
1 2.31 5.00 Body
1 5.01 7.50 Head
1 7.51 10.00 Stomach
1 10.01 12.50 Thoughts
1 12.51 15.00 Miseries and Sufferings
1 15.01 17.50 Fame or Renown
1 17.51 20.00 Religious Devotion (Bhakti)
1 20.01 22.50 Happy Celebrations
1 22.51 25.00 Joys of Life
1 25.01 27.50 Age
1 27.51 30.00 Future Births
2 0.00 2.30 Family (Kuthumba)
2 2.31 5.00 Riches
2 5.01 7.50 Eyes
2 7.51 10.00 Tongue
2 10.01 12.50 Treasures
2 12.51 15.00 Truthfulness
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2 15.01 17.50 Scriptural Knowledge
2 17.51 20.00 Concentration
2 20.01 22.50 Motives
2 22.51 25.00 Precious Metal
2 25.01 27.50 Gems & Jewels
2 27.51 30.00 Yogic Siddhis (Mystic Perfections)
3 0.00 2.30 Merriment
3 2.31 5.00 Servants
3 5.01 7.50 Music and Voice
3 7.51 10.00 Courage
3 10.01 12.50 Younger Brother/Sisters
3 12.51 15.00 Ailments of the ear
3 15.01 17.50 Ear ornaments
3 17.51 20.00 Family possessions
3 20.01 22.50 Sincerity and Faithfulness
3 22.51 25.00 Success
3 25.01 27.50 Longevity
3 27.51 30.00 Debts
4 0.00 2.30 Mother
4 2.31 5.00 Education
4 5.01 7.50 Vehicles
4 7.51 10.00 Good actions
4 10.01 12.50 Business
4 12.51 15.00 Home
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4 15.01 17.50 Success
4 17.51 20.00 Comforts
4 20.01 22.50 Buried Treasures
4 22.51 25.00 Leisure activities
4 25.01 27.50 Cattle
4 27.51 30.00 Pilgrimages
5 0.00 2.30 Maternal Grand Father
5 2.31 5.00 Maternal Uncles
5 5.01 7.50 Past Birth
5 7.51 10.00 Holy Scriptures
5 10.01 12.50 Children
5 12.51 15.00 Pregnancy
5 15.01 17.50 Mantras
5 17.51 20.00 Discrimination
5 20.01 22.50 Intellect
5 22.51 25.00 Brothers
5 25.01 27.50 Future Birth
5 27.51 30.00 Yogic Practices
6 0.00 2.30 Physical Weakness
6 2.31 5.00 Mental Troubles
6 5.01 7.50 Wounds and Injuries
6 7.51 10.00 Enemies
6 10.01 12.50 Drowning
6 12.51 15.00 Quarrel with Cousins
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6 15.01 17.50 Incurable Diseases
6 17.51 20.00 Debts
6 20.01 22.50 Thefts
6 22.51 25.00 Sexual Diseases
6 25.01 27.50 Poison
6 27.51 30.00 Imprisonment
7 0.00 2.30 Family Atmosphere
7 2.31 5.00 Cohabitation
7 5.01 7.50 Marriage Partner
7 7.51 10.00 Marriage
7 10.01 12.50 Law Suits
7 12.51 15.00 Step Children
7 15.01 17.50 Regal Honors
7 17.51 20.00 Prestige
7 20.01 22.50 Trade
7 22.51 25.00 Second Wife
7 25.01 27.50 Death or Death Like Condition
7 27.51 30.00 Relations with Children
8 0.00 2.30 War, Destruction, Demise
8 2.31 5.00 Mob Fury
8 5.01 7.50 Fall from Heights
8 7.51 10.00 Chronic Ailments
8 10.01 12.50 Useless Ventures
8 12.51 15.00 Disgrace
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8 15.01 17.50 Monetary Losses
8 17.51 20.00 Homicide
8 20.01 22.50 Cheating
8 22.51 25.00 Danger from Poisons
8 25.01 27.50 Imprisonment
8 27.51 30.00 Defeat
9 0.00 2.30 Father
9 2.31 5.00 Ancestral Property
9 5.01 7.50 Charity
9 7.51 10.00 Good Fortune
9 10.01 12.50 Repair of Holy Places
9 12.51 15.00 Educational Institutions
9 15.01 17.50 Renewing
9 17.51 20.00 Initiation
9 20.01 22.50 Yogic Practices
9 22.51 25.00 Practical Religious Works
9 25.01 27.50 Spiritual Knowledge
9 27.51 30.00 Renunciation (Sannyas)
10 0.00 2.30 Righteous Deeds
10 2.31 5.00 Occupations & Business
10 5.01 7.50 Acquisition of Property
10 7.51 10.00 Compassion
10 10.01 12.50 Actions
10 12.51 15.00 Palatial Dwellings
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10 15.01 17.50 Bhakti or Devotion
10 17.51 20.00 Prowess
10 20.01 22.50 Fame
10 22.51 25.00 Fertility
10 25.01 27.50 Costly Clothes
10 27.51 30.00 Foreign Place
11 0.00 2.30 Elder Brothers and Sisters
11 2.31 5.00 General Prosperity
11 5.01 7.50 Relations with opposite sex
11 7.51 10.00 University Education
11 10.01 12.50 Prosperity through property
11 12.51 15.00 Vehicles
11 15.01 17.50 Peace
11 17.51 20.00 Precious Clothes and Decorations
11 20.01 22.50 Drama, Dance and Music
11 22.51 25.00 Religious Meetings
11 25.01 27.50 Influence with government
11 27.51 30.00 Voyage
12 0.00 2.30 Aimless Journeys
12 2.31 5.00 Foreign Residence
12 5.01 7.50 Expenses
12 7.51 10.00 Expensive Enjoyments
12 10.01 12.50 Pleasure of the bed
12 12.51 15.00 Punishment
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12 15.01 17.50 Marital Happiness
12 17.51 20.00 Sorcery and Mystic Works
12 20.01 22.50 Trade Involving Voyages
12 22.51 25.00 State after Death
12 25.01 27.50 Selfless deeds
12 27.51 30.00 Religious Austerities
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GLOSSARY OF SANSKRIT AND ASTROLOGICAL TERMS

Adhama ......................... The lowest or bad, used in combination with other words, such as naradhama,
which means 'the lowest of persons', or Nara.

Adhimas ........................ These are lunar leap months, which occur every once in a while in order to
adjust the lunar calendar. These leap months have names such as Purushottam
Adhimas. They are found interjected into the regular lunar months on Indian
calendars known as "Panchangas".

Adhimitra ..................... 'Original friend'. Refers to the natural friendly relationships of Planets (not
based on their temporary positions in a chart). For example, Jupiter and Mars
are naturally friends and are therefore called Adhimitras.

Adi ................................... 'The beginning' or 'original'. It is used in conjunction with many other words,
such as 'Adi Purush', which means the 'original Lord'.
Adi Purush ................... 'Original Lord'.

Adipati .......................... 'Original Lord'. In Astrology it refers to the owner of a Sign. Sample usage:
Karma-Dharma-Adi-Pati-Yoga.

Afflicted ......................... A Planet that is aspected by or is associated with malefics.

Affliction ....................... Adverse aspects between Planets or between a Planet and a cusp (House)
Planets getting debilitated or conjoined with evils are also said to be afflicted.

Agni ................................. 'Fire'. Agnideva, the God of fire is one of the most primeval demigods in creation
and is referred to throughout the Vedic scriptures. He is the Lord over certain
Nakshatras and Shastiamshas.

Airy .................................. Gemini, Libra and Aquarius.

Akaash ........................... This refers to space or ether; a mystical element difficult to describe in material
terms. Often it is said that revelation comes to us through the Akaash.

Akshavedamsha ......... Literally meaning forty-five parts, it refers to the forty-five-part Varga or
divisional chart. This chart is used for fine-tuning general indications and
studying the morals and ethics of the subject. Best results will be obtained from
having exact time of event.

Amatyakaraka ............ This is the second of the seven Karakas that the Planets create depending on
their advancement through the Signs in a chart. The Amatyakaraka refers to the
second-most important Karaka, which means 'the minister' or 'the mind'.
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Amavasya ..................... Refers to the new Moon- when the Moon is conjunct with the Sun and is not
visible to our eyes. The end of Krishna Paksha or the dark half of the Moon's
cycle. The beginning of Shukla Paksha or the bright half.

Amsa ............................... 'Part' or 'division' or 'limb'. Similar to the word 'Anga', which has the same
definition.

Anartha .......................... This refers to unnecessary or unwanted things. Artha means necessities, and
Anartha means things, which are unnecessary such as negative habits, or
misconceptions, which cover clear perception and, which therefore, are
unwanted or unnecessary. Used in spiritual Vedic scriptures to refer to the
unnecessary materialistic possessions of deluded society. One of the stages of
progress in spiritual life is referred to as "Anartha Nivritti", or freedom from all
unwanted habits and acquisitions, which stand between the soul and perfection.

Angavidya ..................... The science or 'knowledge of the parts' of the body; i.e., reading the parts of the
body to know about a person. In the Vedas, the Rajalakshanas or most
auspicious markings of the human form are defined. The Supreme Lord Shri
Krishna has all of the Rajalakshanas in perfection. Humans have them to some
degree. Complete absence of these beautiful formations of each part of the body
renders a person completely ugly.

Angles ............................ Houses 1, 4, 7 and 10 are said to be the angular Houses. Hindus call them as
Kendra-Sthanas.

Animal Signs ............... Refers to the animal Signs, which are: Aries, Taurus, Leo, the second half of
Sagittarius and all of Capricorn.

Antardasha .................. This refers the sub-period of a Dasha. It is also known as 'Bhukti'. The Maha-
Dasha is the main period.

Anuradha ...................... One of the 27 Nakshatras, ruled by Saturn.

Apachaya ...................... Refers to the following Houses in a chart: first, second, fourth, seventh and
eighth.

Aparadha ...................... 'Offending another'. Usually used in combination with other words. For
example, vaishnava-aparadha means to commit an offense or sin against a
devotee of Vishnu, whereas Guru-Aparadha means to offend one's own Guru.
Aparadhas or offenses are the greatest stumbling blocks on the path of
perfection.

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Aphelion ........................ Every Planet has its own orbit. That area in the orbit, which is farthest from the
Sun is called Aphelion.

Apoklima ...................... These are the cadent Houses: third, sixth, ninth and twelfth. These are the four
Houses, which are twelfth to the angle Houses, not so good for material
happiness.

Apoklimas .................... The 3rd, 6th, 9th and 12th.

Application .................. The approach of one Planet to another Planet to the exact degree to form an
aspect or the approach of a Planet to the cusp of a House.

Arc ................................... The distance measured along a circle.

Ardra .............................. This is one of the 27 principal stars or Nakshatras and this one is ruled by Rahu.

Argala ............................. This is an obstruction or an augmenting aspect upon a Planet. It is discussed
especially in regard to transits and in other more obscure sections of Vedic
Astrology.

Arishta ........................... This means evil or danger. For example, Balarishta-Yoga is a combination of the
words Bala and Arishta, which means 'danger to children'. Arishtabhanga-Yoga
means that the Arishtas or evils in the chart are Bhanga or broken. It is
interested to note that the word Bhanga seems to have become bungle, which
means to mess up or break.

Arishtabhanga ............ This is a general Yoga, which gives protection to the chart because it 'breaks the
evils'. Arishtabhanga means to break the evils within a chart. This Yoga is
formed by having very good Planets or very good Lords in the angles or trines of
the chart.

Artha ............................... 'necessities'; one's necessities in life. Refers to the process of doing business or
acquiring finances to meet one's necessities. See also Anartha.

Artha Trikona ............. Literally means the triangular Houses of economic or material necessity issues.
It refers to the tenth, second and sixth Houses, because these are the Houses,
which form the triangular or Trikona formation from the tenth House.

Arudha ........................... As in 'Arudhapada-Lagna'. This refers to that Sign, which is the same distance
from the Lord as the Lord is from it's own House. For example, if the Lord of the
first is in the fifth, then the ninth House is the Arudha of the first Lord, because
it is fifth from where the Lord of the first is posited in the fifth.

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Ascendant ..................... The part that rises in the East at the time of the birth of a child or
commencement of an event. It is also called, ‘Lagna'.

Ascensions ................... Though each Sign is 30°, some Signs take a longer duration to rise in the East
and some Signs a shorter period.
Ashlesha ........................ This is one of the 27 Nakshatras and is ruled by Mercury.

Ashta ............................... the number eight.

Ashtakavarga .............. literally means the divisions of eight dots; refers to the process of judging the
strengths of the Planets and the Houses in relation to transits. Described in a
number of classics, it is a system, which can be used to judge the strengths of the
Planets as well as make predictions; especially regarding counting various
things in life such as numbers of children and how benefic or malefic transits
will be over one's chart.

Ashtami ......................... This is the eighth lunar day or eighth Tithi.
Ashubha ........................ Refers to 'not good' or inauspicious. The opposite of Shubh, meaning auspicious.

Ashwini ......................... This is the first of the 27 Nakshatras and is ruled by Ketu. Within this Nakshatra
is the exaltation degree of the Sun. Ashwini literally means a female horse or a
mare. It is the name of the wife of the Sun God when she took the form of a mare
to perform austerities on the Earth. At that time, she gave birth to twin boys
known as the Ashwini Kumaras: the demigods in charge of this Nakshatra.

Aspects .......................... All Planets aspect the 7th House powerfully. Shani, Guru and Kuja have special
aspects or Vishesha Drishti, viz., Saturn the 3rd and 10th, Jupiter the 5th and 9th
and Mars the 4th and 8th.

Asura .............................. This is the opposite of Sura, or godly person. An Asura is an ungodly or
demoniac person. Rahu, prior to being beheaded by Vishnu, was an Asura or
demon.

Atma Karaka ............... This is the principle or first Significator amongst the seven Planets. It is the
Planet with the highest degrees of all in the chart. It literally means the
Significator of the self. The Atma Karaka Planet, or the one having the most
degrees in any Sign, somewhat represents the person whose chart it is in.

Avaroha ......................... This means the descent or the setting of the Planet. It also refers to the Planet
approaching its debilitation point.

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Avasthas ........................ Literally means states or situations and refers to the condition surrounding a
planetary placement. The Avastha of a Planet refers to, which Sign and House it
is in, whether that Planet is exalted or debilitated, etc.

Ayanabala ..................... This is one of the six strengths, which comprise the shadbala, or six strengths of
the Planets. This strength comes from the Planets' relationship with its
Northern or Southern course above and below the equator.

Ayanamsha .................. the distance of Zodiac arc or measure of 360º, which differentiates the actual
Zodiac from the tropical or relative seasonal Zodiac. Currently the Ayanamsha
or difference between the actual start of the Zodiac and the springtime tropical
start of the Zodiac is roughly around 23º. The exact Ayanamsha is not known,
therefore there are a number of Ayanamsha put forth to the world by various
astronomers and well-known astrologers.
Ayurveda ...................... This is the Vedic science of medicine, which literally translates as "The
knowledge for increasing the span of life".

Ayush ............................. Longevity; length of life span, as in the word ayurdaya: the astrological practice
of determining the life span. This is also the root word of Ayurveda.

Badhakasthana .......... This literally means the 'House of obstruction'. These are bad Houses. For Aries,
Cancer, Libra and Capricorn rising Signs, the eleventh House is the
Badhakasthana. For the rising Signs of Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius, it is
the ninth House. For Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces, it is the seventh
House.

Badhakgraha ............... This is the Lord of the Badhakasthana or obstruction House. These Lords cause
bad results in their sub-periods according to some classics. But this principle is
generally not used by modern Vedic astrologers.

Bal .................................... Infantile or young.

Bala ................................. Strength or power.

Balarishta ..................... Evils affecting children. Refers to a group of Yogas that deal with the death of
infants.

Benefic ........................... Refers to a Planet, which is beneficial, given the particular rising Sign of the
chart. In general, the most benefic Planets are the Lords of the Trikona Houses:
the first, fifth and ninth. The Lords of the Kendra Houses, the fourth, seventh
and tenth are also benefic, but may become malefics under certain rules.
Benefics ......................... The waxing Moon, well associated Mercury, Jupiter and Venus. These are the
"natural benefics" whereas, depending on the rising Sign in a chart there are
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"temporary benefics" given to any of the Planets due to their Lording over good
Houses.

Bhadra ........................... One of the lunar solar months of the Indian calendar.

Bhadra Yoga ................ One of the Pancha Mahapurush Yogas, which means five great person Yogas.
Bhadra Yoga is the Mahapurush Yoga caused by Mercury when Mercury is in it's
own Sign or Sign of exaltation in either an angle or Trikonal House.

Bhaga Chumban ......... Bhaga is the female genital and chumban refers to oral contact.

Bhagya ........................... Refers to fate or destiny.

Bhamsha ....................... Literally meaning twenty-seven parts, it refers to the twenty-seven-part Varga
or divisional chart. Used for the fine-tuning of general judgments.

Bharani .......................... The second of the 27 Nakshatras, ruled by Venus. Bharan means maintenance.

Bhava Bala ................... Literally means the strengths of the Houses in the chart. Described in a number
of the classics, it is a complex mathematical process for arriving at the relative
strengths of the Houses in a chart. The overall use is that the stronger a House,
the more it will be able to give its best results. The weaker each House is will be
an indicator of weakened or malefic results.
Bhava .............................. Literally means 'House', as in the Houses of the horoscope.

Bhava .............................. Refers to the Houses of a horoscope. Literal meaning: House.

Bhavachakra ............... This refers to the chart of Houses as opposed to the Rashi chakra, which is the
chart of Signs. Bhava chakra means exactly the same thing as Chalitchakra.

Bhavamadhya ............. This is the middle of a House. Madhya means middle, Bhava means House.

Bhavasandhi ................ This refers to the very end or very beginning of a House or the junction of two
Houses. Planets lose their strength when in the Bhavasandhi or junction of
Houses.

Bhavat Bhavam .......... This is a principle in Vedic Astrology, which means that the House that is as far
away from a House as the House is from the Ascendant also signifies those same
things in a harmonic sort of way. For example, the third House is the eighth
from the eighth House and is therefore similar to the eighth House and should
be looked at when judging the affairs of the eighth House. This principle applies
to all Houses and is referred to regularly in astrological works as the Bhavat
Bhavam principle.
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Bhinnashtakavarga .. This is the Ashtakavarga of each Planet spelled out individually and separately
in a grid-like chart and is used in a number of predictive techniques described in
various classic Jyotish books.

Bhoga ............................. Refers to pleasure or enjoyment; also foodstuffs and other items, which have
not yet been offered to one's deity or offered to the Lord. Esoterically refers to
that, which is yet to be enjoyed by the Lord. Bhoga, or unoffered items are not to
be taken by the humans. Only Prasad, or those items, which have been offered
to the Lord already are to be enjoyed by humans. Prasad means mercy or
remnants, and is the opposite of Bhoga or unoffered sacrificial items.

Bhratru .......................... brother.

Bhratru Karaka .......... The Significator of the brother. One of the planetary Significators defined in the
Parashara Hora Shastra.

Bhu (Bhurloka) .......... This is the name of the Earth. Refers literally to the name of Bhumi, who is the
mother goddess of the Earth. Her Planet is part of what is called Bhurloka. It
should be noted that the Earth is not the only part of Bhurloka or the earthly
plane. What we see of as the Earth ball in space is only a part of the Earth plane
or Bhurloka, which in it's real form as a vast expanse is hidden from our vision,
controlled by the demigods. In other words we see only what we are meant to
see. For the rest of the truth we have to see through the revealed scriptures.

Bhukti ............................. This is the second level in the Dasha system. It is the sub-period after the main
period of the current Dasha.

Bindus ............................ Literally: dot. Refers to the number of positive points in a particular Sign in the
Ashtaka Varga system of strength judgment as described in a number of the
classics. A Planet has from one to eight Bindus in its Ashtaka Varga chart. The
more Bindus, the better.

Birth Time .................... The exact moment when the whole body of the child gets separated from the
mother.

Blind ............................... Aries, Taurus, Leo are day-blind; Gemini, Cancer and Virgo are night-blind.

Body Parts Rulers ..... Aries-Head; Taurus-Face; Gemini-Neck; Cancer-Chest; Leo-Stomach; Virgo-
Waist; Libra-Sexual Organ; Scorpio-Belly; Sagittarius-Thighs; Capricorn-Knees;
Aquarius-Buttocks; Pisces-Feet.

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Brahma .......................... The name of the highest demigod in this creation. He is born on a lotus flower,
which sprouts from the navel of Lord Vishnu. He has four heads. During his day,
the creation exists, and during his night it is absorbed within him. His day lasts
for 1,000 Chatur Yugas, or 1,000 cycles of four periods: Satya Yuga, Treta Yuga,
Dwapara Yuga and Kali Yuga. As a demigod, he rules over some of the
Nakshatras as well as some of the Shastiamshas used in Vedic Astrology. He is
beholden only to Vishnu, Sada Shiva and Krishna. All other demigods in this
creation are under Brahma, including such great personalities and demigods as
Indra, Agni, Surya, Chandra, etc. The incarnations of the Lord that appear on
Earth by his own sweet will are above Brahma. This includes Shri Krishna, Shri
Ramachandra, Shri Narasimha, and Shri Chaitanya to name a few.
Brahman ....................... A person who belongs to the first class or caste of human beings. A person who
studies the Vedas diligently and imbibes all the good qualities recommended
therein. A person who knows the science of spirit, religion, liberation, Astrology,
literature, medicine, etc.- a first class human being. This is not something that
can be inherited by birth. It must be earned individually and it is subject to
reversal at any time by fall down from the Brahminical qualities. The word also
refers to spirit in general- the all-pervading aspect of Supreme Divinity that
pervades every atom in all time and all space. A Brahmana is a knower of
Brahman or spirit, which is also absolute truth.

Brihaspati ..................... This is the Sanskrit name for Thursday, but really it is the name for the demigod
who rules Jupiter. Brihaspati is a great personality referred to in many of the
Puranic scriptures of ancient India. He is the Guru of all the demigods. In other
words, he is the great sage who the demigods under Brahma listen to for daily
advice. As the ruler of the Planet Jupiter, he is the personality behind all the
aspects and functions of the Jupiter Planet. So his other name is Guru. In
understanding the actions and ways of Brihaspati, who is a real person living on
higher Planets within this Universe, which are relayed to us through the
Puranas such as the Bhagavat Purana or Shrimad Bhagavatam. We can come to
understand the true functionality and ways of behavior of the Jupiter Planet.

Brihat ............................. Literally means great.
Buddha .......................... This is the name of the Planet Mercury in Sanskrit. Buddha is a demigod who is
a Yuvaraj to the rulership of the Sun. Yuvaraj means the crowned prince or
successor to the throne. It is the nature of Buddha, which gives Mercury its
functionality and nature.

Budhi .............................. Intelligence; that, which flows from Buddha or the Planet Mercury, the
controller and Significator of our finer thinking capacity or intelligence, which is
known as Budhi. This word is used throughout Sanskrit philosophical literature,
such as in the verse in the Bhagavad Gita spoken by Lord Krishna, which begins:
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"vyavasayatmika Buddhi ekeha kuru nandana", which refers to the one-pointed
intelligence of those who are devoted to Krishna.

Cadent ............................ Houses 3, 6, 9 and 12 are called Cadent Houses.
Cardinal ......................... Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn are Cardinal Signs.

Chakra ............................ This word has a number of meanings. Amongst them, a spinning circle, a
diagram formed more or less in the shape of a circle, a center of energy
radiating from a central point within the body and also a cycle or procession of
events that recurs in a circular fashion. This is also the word used to describe a
chart such as in the two-word combination of Rashi chakra, which means the
chart, or circular formation of the Signs of the Zodiac. The best single word for
defining chakra is circle.

Chalitchakra ................ This refers to the chart of Houses as opposed to the Rashi chakra, which is the
chart of Signs. Chalitchakra means exactly the same thing as Bhavachakra.

Chamara ........................ A white or light gray fluffy whisk fan made out of a yak tail, used in ceremonial
worship of the Supreme Lord or His representative.

Chandala ....................... This is the name of one of the lowest rungs of human society. It means persons
who have no discretion and would even engage in what the Vedas consider to
be a most abominable activity- that of eating small animals such as dogs and
cats.

Chandra Mangal Yoga This refers to a combination between the Moon and Mars. Chandra is the
Moon and Mangal means Mars. Chandra Mangal Yoga fires up the mind. The
Moon rules the mind.

Chandra ......................... This is the Moon and also the name of the demigod who rules the Moon,
Chandradeva. He is one of the primeval demigods in this creationary cycle. This
is what the Moon is called in India, as well as by Indian or Hindu astrologers.

Chandrashtama .......... This is when the Moon transits in the eighth Sign from a person's rising Sign and
is not considered good at all. This word is primarily formed by combining the
two words Chandra and Ashta, which mean Moon and Eighth respectively.

Chandrodaya ............... Moonrise. It is also the name of the very large temple constructed in the city of
Mayapur by Bhaktivedanta Swami to commemorate the birthplace of the most
recent incarnation of Krishna on Earth known as Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu,
who is likened to the rising Moon due to his lighting and giving cooling rays to
the Earth. Therefore, Bhaktivedanta Swami named his massive temple in
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Mayapur on the Ganges river in India the Chandrodaya Mandira, or Temple of
the rising Moon.

Chara Dasha ................ Refers to the Dasha system propounded by Sage Jaimini. This Dasha system is
the subject of a book by Mr. K.N. Rao. This system is based on the Signs rather
than the Planets.

Chara .............................. This means movable and is often used in combination with Rashi to indicate the
movable Signs: Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn.

Chatur ............................ Four.

Chaturdashi ................. This is the fourteenth Tithi or lunar day.

Chaturmas .................... Literally means the four months of winter. During this period many yogis and
devotees practice more strict austerities to help them in their spiritual
advancement.

Chaturtamsha ............. Literally means four parts and refers to the four-part divisional or Varga chart.
The Chaturtamsha chart fills in more information than the fourth House about
one's home, happiness and matters relating to the fourth House.

Chaturthi ....................... This is a combination of the two words Chatur and Tithi and therefore refers to
the fourth lunar day of both the dark and bright halves of the lunar month.

Chatuspada .................. This refers to a four-footed animal such as a cow or a horse. There are Signs,
which are called Chatuspada Signs, because they are animal Signs such as Aries
and Capricorn, the second half of Sagittarius, Leo and Taurus.

Chaya Graha ................ Chaya means shadow and Graha means Planet; referring to Rahu and Ketu, the
nodes of the Moon. These do not have physical mass but are shadowy points in
space.

Cheshta .......................... Motion; Chesta Bala refers to motional strength.

Combustion Of Planets Planets situated within distances mentioned from the Sun become
combust, The Moon within 12°, Mars-17°, Mercury-14°, Jupiter-11°, Venus-
10°, Saturn-15°

Common ........................ Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces.

Conjunction ................. When two Planets are together in one House.

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Constellation ............... Means a star covering 1 3 degrees. 20 min. the Zodiac is divided into 27 equal
parts also called Nakshatras or Lunar Mansions.

Cusp ................................ The exact point where a House ends or begins or the middle of the House,
depending on, which philosophy of Houses you are following.

Daivajna ........................ Astrologer. One who has divine vision or vision of reality beyond our immediate
senses.

Danda ............................. Stick or rod. Refers to the staff carried by those in the renounced order, the
sannyasis.

Dara ................................ Wife.

Darakaraka .................. The Significator for wife. One of the seven Jaimini Karakas.

Daridra Yoga ............... Refers to a planetary combination, which causes poverty or difficulty in life.

Dasha .............................. Literally means periods. Refers to the mathematical process of defining the
planetary control periods within a lifetime. Although there are a number of
Dasha systems, the Vimshottari Dasha system is by far the most used and
trusted amongst all Vedic astrologers. The Vimshottari Dasha system is a
mathematical calculation starting from the exact degree of the Moon in a
particular Nakshatra.

Dashamsha .................. The name of the Varga chart created by ten divisions. Dasha means ten and
Amsa means divisions.

Dashmi ........................... The tenth Tithi or lunar day.

Dashamsha .................. Literally meaning ten parts, it refers to the ten-part Varga or divisional chart.
The ten-part chart gives more detail than the tenth House about one's career,
profession, status and rise in life.

Deaf ................................. Libra and Scorpio cannot hear in the morning. Sagittarius and Capricorn
become deaf in the evening. Cancer and Virgo are deaf at midday.
Debilitation .................. This is called Nicha in Sanskrit and refers to the weakest point in the Zodiac for
a particular Planet. See also Nicha.

Decanate ....................... The one-third division of a Sign.

Degree ............................ The Zodiac (360 degrees.) is divided into 12 equal parts of 30 degrees. each. A
degree contains 60 minutes and every minute contains 60 seconds of longitude.
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Deity ............................... A name for a divine statue. For example, the Vaishnavas worship the deity or
form of Krishna. A reverent way of referring to a statue of a God.

Demon ........................... One who is opposed to spirituality and is on the contrary attached to an
irreligious and harmful way of life.

Descendant .................. This is the opposite of the Ascendant. The descendant is the western horizon or
the spot in the Zodiac, which is setting at any given moment in the seventh
House.

Deva ................................ The literal translation is God or godly. The devas or demigods, although mortal
live a very long time. They rule various aspects of the material creation. For
example, Agnideva means 'fire-God'. It is also a name for the fifth House, which
has some bearing on the gods that we worship.

Devarshi ........................ A compound of the words deva and rishi, meaning 'godly sage'. For example,
this is an affectionate and respectful title given to the great sage Narada for his
special qualifications.

Devotee ......................... One who is devoted to Guru and God.

Dhana ............................. The literal translation is wealth. It is also the name for the second House
because the second House rules wealth. There are also a number of Yogas called
Dhana Yogas or combinations that indicate wealth.

Dhanishta ..................... This is one of the 27 Nakshatras and is ruled by Mars.
Dhanush ........................ Literally means bow as in bow and arrow. It is the name of the ninth Sign of the
Zodiac also known as Sagittarius, whose symbol is an arrow being shot from a
bow.

Dharma .......................... Refers to religion or activities regulated by religion; one's faith; one's spiritual
path in life. Also in the lowest sense it refers to the duties one is compelled to
perform in Vedic culture based on their stage in life and family in, which they
were born. In other words there is both a mundane and spiritual conception or
definition of this word.

Dharma Sthana .......... Also called the Dharma Bhava, it refers to the ninth House, which rules
religiosity.

Dhatu .............................. Metal or mineral. For example, sometimes deities are made of Astadhatu or
eight primary metals all mixed together.

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Dhuma ........................... This is one of the subtle Planets defined in the Parashara Hora Shastra. It is a
subtle point rather than a physical mass; an Upagraha or invisible Planet, which
is related to Mars.

Dig-Dik ........................... Direction; Dik-Bala means directional strength gained from the directional
placement of a Planet in a chart. For example, Saturn always gets directional
strength in the seventh House, Mercury and Jupiter in the first House, Moon and
Venus in the fourth House and Sun and Mars in the tenth House. These are the
areas of the chart or the direction, which these various Planets get Dik-Bala or
directional strength.

Direct Motion .............. Planets moving forward through the Signs- sometimes Planets are "retrograde"
or moving backwards.

Dispositor ..................... This is the Lord of the Sign in, which a Planet rests. For example, if Saturn is in
Aries, then Mars is the dispositor of Saturn, since Mars is the Lord of the Sign in,
which Saturn is placed. The dispositor and its location and disposition within
the chart have a great say over the Planets in their Signs.

Drekkana ...................... Refers to the three-part Varga or divisional chart.

Drikbala ......................... Strength gained because of aspects upon a point or Planet. Drik refers to aspect
and Bala is strength.

Drishti ............................ Aspect.

Dur .................................. Difficult. Used in conjunction with other words such as 'Duryoga' meaning
difficulty in the life.

Dwadashamsha .......... Literally meaning twelve parts, it refers to the twelve-part Varga or divisional
chart. Used to judge last life, our underlying conditioning brought forward to
this life.

Dwadashi ...................... The twelfth Tithi or lunar day.

Dwitiya .......................... This is the second Tithi or lunar day.

Earthy Sign .................. Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn.

Earthy ............................ Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn.

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Ecliptic ........................... Sun's apparent part in the orbit of the Earth, but really it is the pathway of the
Earth around the Sun. Measurement on the Ecliptic is made by longitude i.e., by
Signs and degrees.

Ekadashi ....................... The eleventh Tithi or lunar day. Vaishnavas fast from grains and beans on this
day as a sacrifice for Vishnu. The Vedic scriptures extol the glories of
performing this Vrata for spiritual benefit. This fast also gives the health benefit
of rest from digesting heavier foods twice per month.

Ekadhipatya ................ This refers to a Planet, which owns two Signs.

Election ......................... Finding a good moment for any action. See also Muhurtha and Horary.
Ephemeris .................... A book wherein you can find the positions of the Planets.

Equator .......................... The apparent line that is drawn through the center of the Earth, which divides it
as the northern and southern hemispheres.

Fiery ................................ Aries, Leo and Sagittarius.

Fixed ............................... Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius.

Fortify ............................ To make a House or Planet stronger by directing positive influences upon it or
it's angles and trines or it's Lord etc.

Gaja Keshari Yoga ..... Gaja means 'elephant', Keshari means 'lion'. This Yoga refers to Jupiter and
Moon being in Kendras from each other in Kendra Houses in the chart.

Gauranga ...................... This literally means Gaura-'golden' and Anga-'limbs', or one who has a golden
colored body. This is one of the names the followers of Shri Chaitanya
Mahaprabhu use to describe Him. He lived on Earth approximately 500 years
ago in India and is considered to be the most recent incarnation of Krishna by
many Vaishnavas. His coming was also foretold in the Bhagavat Purana, which
preceded Him by 4,500 years, as was the coming of Lord Buddha.

Gauravani ..................... The instructions of Lord Shri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Gaura referring to
Lord Chaitanya's golden body; Vani referring to His instructions.

Gauri ............................... This means a light colored or golden girl. It is a name for Shrimati Radharani
and other forms of the divine goddess.

Geocentric .................... All astrological aspects are geocentric as they relate to the Earth.

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Ghati ............................... A measure of time equaling 24 minutes.

Gochara ......................... transits of the Planets. It refers to where the Planets are wandering at this time.
Gokula ............................ This is a name for Taurus. It literally means the place of the cows. Go means
'cows' and Kula means 'place'. It refers to pasturing grounds. It is also the name
of the village where Krishna grew up during His earthly pastimes approximately
5,000 years back. In the tenth canto of the Shrimad Bhagavatam or Bhagavat
Purana, the area of Vrindavan village now in the Northern Uttara Pradesh part
of India, is referred to as Gokula because Lord Krishna and all His village people
were all cowherds.

Graha .............................. Planet.

Griha ............................... House.

Grihastha ...................... A householder or married person; a property owner or controller of worldly
possessions not materialistic who maintains respect for divinity. One of the four
stages of life in the Varnashrama Dharma system. The four ashrams are:
Brahmacharya or celibate student; Grihastha or married householder;
Vanaprashtha or semi-retired and Sannyas or fully renounced and retired.
Gulika ............................. This is a subtle Planet, calculated in relationship to Saturn. It is considered to be
the son of Saturn. It is referred to in the Parashara Hora Shastra as one of the
Upagraha or invisible Planets.

Guna ................................ This means qualities or attributes. There are three main Gunas: Sattva, raja and
tama. Purity, passion and ignorance respectively.

Guru ................................ The name for Jupiter as well as the general title for a 'teacher'. Guru literally
means 'heavy' and refers to 'heavy with knowledge'. Jupiter is also the largest
Planet. The blessings of the real Guru are totally necessary for material and
spiritual advancement. This stands for Jupiter as well as teacher or Guru in life.
Guru Ninda, or Guru Aparadha, offenses to the Guru for a follower of the pure
Vedic path are completely detrimental for all aspects of life. In the Vedic
tradition when approaching one's Guru and requesting spiritual instructions,
one should approach very humbly and bow down. In the Bhagavad-Gita Lord
Krishna recommends approaching a real Guru, asking sincere meaningful
questions ready to render menial services in return and thus receive from the
Tattva-Darshini or seer of the truth the real meaning and essence of life.

Guruvar ......................... Thursday. The day ruled by Jupiter, the Planet called Guru.

Gyan ................................ This is the correct pronunciation of the word, which is most often spelled thus:
jnana. Gyan refers to knowledge.
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Hamsa ............................ Literally means 'swan'. It is also used in Astrology to describe the Yoga caused
by a very prominent or strong Jupiter in the chart, such as in exaltation or own
Sign in a Kendra or Trikona House. One having such a placement will be like a
swan. In Vedic wisdom the swan is considered to be an emblem of grace.

Hara ................................ Refers to the feminine side of God, or Shrimati Radharani. When used as an
address it becomes Hare; the first word of the Hare Krishna Maha or great
mantra, which is declared by many of the Vedas- Puranas and Upanishads to be
the super most mantra for deliverance of the soul from material bondage to the
highest spiritual destinations. The Maha mantra: Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare.

Hari ................................. Literally means 'thief', but is actually used as a name for Krishna or God in much
of India, as God takes away ignorance and misconception and gives eternal,
blissful life full of knowledge.

Hasta ............................... One of the twenty-seven Nakshatras and this one ruled by the Moon.

Hora ................................ Similar to the English word hour. It refers to half of a Sign. Half of a Sign rises in
roughly half of an hour.

Hora ................................ This is the middle of the Sanskrit word 'Ahoratri', which refers to day and night.
Hora is in-between day and night. Hora also refers to the two-part Varga or
divisional chart.

Horary ............................ This is a branch of Astrology, which answers to any important question with the
help of a chart erected at the time of query.

House ............................. One-twelfth portion of the heavens as viewed from the Earth is called a House.

Houses ........................... Horoscopes have 12 Houses, which govern everything in life. Here's the basic
things each covers: 1st-Build, body, appearance; 2nd-Family, source of death,
property, vision; 3rd-Intelligence, brothers, sisters; 4th-Vehicles, general
happiness, education, mother; 5th-Fame, children; 6th-Debts, diseases, misery,
enemies; 7th-Wife or husband, death, tact.; 8th-Longevity, gifts, disasters,
serious misfortunes; 9th-God, Guru, father, travels, piety; 10th-Occupation,
Karma, philosophical knowledge; 11th-Gains; 12th-Loss, Moksha.

Inauspicious ................ Not good, not beneficial.

Indra ............................... One of the original demigods in this creation. Rules as the king of the heavenly
Planets, also known as "Deva-Lokas", which means "Planets of the gods". An
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important demigod mentioned often in the Puranas and other Vedas. Also in
charge of rain directly - the God of rain (and other things of course).

Interpolation ............... To calculate a point in between two known points. A method of calculating
planetary positions by using formulas to find a position in between midnight
positions, which are known from an Ephemeris.

Ishtadeva ...................... One's chosen Deity or God of worship.

Issue ............................... Indian translators of Astrology books refer to children as "issues" and
childlessness as "issueless".

Jaimini ............................ The name of a great sage of India who had somewhat of his own school of Vedic
Astrology, which is still studied and taught today as "Jaimini Astrology".

Janma ............................. Birth. One of the four great miseries of material life: Janma, Mrityu, Jara and
Viyadhi; or, birth, death, old age and disease.

Janma Rashi ................. The Sign in, which the Moon is placed in ones birth chart.

Jyotish ............................ the science of light, the science of seeing, the science of Astrology as defined in
the Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra and other authorized scriptures coming from
the Vedic sages.

Kala Purush ................. Time Personified.

Kala Chakra ................. The wheel of time.

Kala Purush ................. The personality of time or, God as time.
Kala ................................. The time factor.

Kannya ........................... Literally meaning daughter, it refers to the sixth Sign of the Zodiac also known
as Virgo. Kannya has the connotation of a young virgin girl.
Karakas .......................... Significators; something, which stands for something else. Example: the Moon is
the Karaka for the mind. This means that the Moon is the main controller of the
mind as per Vedic Astrology.

Karanas Unfavorable Vishti, Chatushpada, Naga, Kimsthugna and Sukuna.

Karkata .......................... Means the crab or circle, and refers to the fourth Sign of the Zodiac, also known
as Cancer.

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Karma-Dharma-Adipati-Yoga This refers to a raj-Yoga formed by the Lords of the ninth and
tenth Houses in a chart. Karma refers to the tenth House- the House of Karma
our work. Dharma refers to the ninth House- the House of Dharma or religion.
Adipati means the Lords of these two Houses are in combination. The whole
phrase refers to the fact that the Lords of the ninth and tenth Houses are
combined together in one of those two Houses. This Yoga may cause one to be
very successful in their career and, if this Yoga takes place in the ninth House, to
become a religious leader in their career.

Kendras ......................... The 1st, 4th, 7th and 10th.

Khavedamsha ............. Literally meaning forty parts, it refers to the forty-part Varga or divisional chart.
Relating to the fourth House in the Rashi chart, this chart is used also for fine-
tuning of special auspicious and inauspicious effects, good and bad habits and
particulars of the emotional and psychological natures.

Krishna .......................... The name of the Supreme Lord and subject of numerous stories in all the great
Puranas and Vedas. Also refers to darkness or blackness in color, such as the
dark half of the Moon's monthly cycle when it is returning from the position of
being full to the position of being new or conjunct with the Sun. This is also
called the waning phase of the Moon when it is getting smaller or darker or
Krishna.

Kuja Dosha ................... Affliction caused by Mars. If present in a chart, it refers especially to difficulty
within marriage or in partnerships. The afflictions caused by Kuja Dosha have
less or no significance after one passes the age of roughly 30 years.

Kumbha ......................... Literally means water-pot or jug, referring to the eleventh Sign of the Zodiac
known in the West as Aquarius. It is interesting to note that the largest
gathering of humans on Earth is the Kumbha-Mela festival in Northern India,
which occurs every twelve years when Jupiter transits the Sign of Kumbha in
the sky. This festival takes place at the confluence of three holy rivers known as
Tri-Veni in Northern India, where nectar once fell from the sky.

Lame ............................... During twilight Aquarius and Pisces become lame.

Lunation ........................ The period taken by Moon to complete A circle, i.e., 27 days 7 hours 43 minutes.
Maharishis ................... Great sages of India. "Maha" means great and "rishi" means one who speaks
divine sound vibration.

Makara ........................... Literally means shark or alligator, referring to the tenth Sign of the Zodiac
known in the West as Capricorn. It is interesting to note that in the Bhagavad-
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Gita Krishna says that He is the best thing in all categories in existence. Among
the swimming creatures he declares that He is the shark, Makara.

Malefic ........................... Refers to Planets, which for a particular rising Sign are not at all beneficial but
whose effects are rather harmful. In general, the Lords of the sixth, eighth and
twelfth Houses are malefics, but sometimes the Lords of the Kendra Houses,
namely first, fourth, seventh and tenth also have a malefic nature. The science of
benefic and malefic Planets is a great one and very important in Vedic Astrology.

Malefics ......................... The waning Moon, Mercury with evil Planets the Sun, Saturn and Mars. These
are the natural malefics but due to Lording over bad Houses in a chart any
Planet can become a "temporary" malefic.

Mesha ............................. Literally meaning ram, it refers to the first Sign of the Zodiac known as Aries.
The Lord of Mesha is Mars.

Mina ................................ Literally means fish and refers to the twelfth Sign of the Zodiac known as Pisces,
whose symbol is two fish chasing each other in pursuit of each others' tail.

Mithuna ......................... Refers to the third Sign of the Zodiac, also known as Gemini. Mithuna means
embracing or conjugal affairs.

Movable ......................... Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn.

Muhurta ........................ refers to selecting a moment for an event, for example, choosing the auspicious
time for marriage or entering a new House. Also known as Horary or Electional
Astrology.

Muhurtha ...................... This is one of the important branches of predictive Astrology having mainly to
do with the election of favorable time for different human activities.

Mulatrikona ................. This refers to the second-best position a Planet can be in, second only to the
Planet's place of exaltation. In their Mulatrikona positions, the Planets are very
strong. The Mulatrikona positions of the Planets are as follows: Sun: 1º to 10º
Leo; Moon: 4º to 30º Taurus; Mars: 0º to 18º Aries; Mercury: 16º to 20º Virgo;
Jupiter: 0º to 13º Sagittarius; Venus: 0º to 10º Libra; Saturn: 0º to 20º Aquarius;
and amongst some astrologers it is considered that Rahu has Mulatrikona in
Cancer, while Ketu has it in Capricorn.

Mundane ....................... A branch of Astrology dealing with the study and prediction of worldly events
either on a country-city-state level or in an individuals life - specifically not
dealing with inter-personal matters, but rather, with factual external
"mundane" affairs.
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Nadi ................................. Refers to points or stars. Used to refer to the stars as in Nadi-Shastra. It is also
used in the science of Ayurveda to refer to points in the body.

Nakshatra ..................... Literally refers to a star in the Zodiac. There are 27 main Nakshatras encircling
the entire Zodiac each ruling a span of the Zodiac equal to 13º20' of arc. The
Moon travels through roughly one Nakshatra per day. The Nakshatras are said
to be the wives of the Moon. Each has a ruler Planet, a ruler demigod or Devata,
a specific nature, and various predictions associated with it. The Nakshatras are
extremely important in all aspects of Vedic Astrology.

Nakshatras, Types Of Vaira or Kshipram—Bharani, Makha, Pubba, Purvashadha and Purva
Bhadra. Theekshna or Ugram—Aridra, Jyeshta, Ashlesha and Mula. Laghu—
Ashwini, Pushya and Hasta. Mridu— Mrigashira, Chita, Anuradha and Revati.
Sthira—Rohini, Uttara, Uttarashadha and Uttara Bhadra. Chara—Punarvasu,
Swati. Shravana, Dhanishta and Shatabhishak.

Naradhama .................. Literal meaning: the lowest of persons.

Nativity .......................... The chart made for the moment of birth.

Navamsha ..................... Literally means nine divisions. Refers to the chart produced by dividing every
Sign in the main chart by nine. Follows a specific mathematical formula. The
Navamsha chart is the second most important chart when examining a person's
horoscope using Jyotish. Deals mostly with Karma regarding the spouse,
partnerships, and general judgment of planetary strengths.

Nicha ............................... Refers to the fallen position of a Planet. This is the worst position in the entire
Zodiac for a given Planet. At this point, also known as debilitation, the Planet
loses all its strength. For the Sun this is at 10º Libra; Moon: 3º Scorpio; Mars:
28º Cancer; Mercury: 15º Pisces; Jupiter: 5º Capricorn; Venus: 27º Virgo;
Saturn: 20º Aries and some believe that for Rahu it the entire Sign of Scorpio
and for Ketu it is Taurus. Note that these points of debilitation or Nicha are
exactly opposite in the Zodiac from the same Planets' exaltation points, which
are known as Ucha.

Nodes ............................. Rahu and Ketu are the two nodes of Moon Generally the point of the Zodiac,
where a Planet crosses from the South to North latitude is the ascending node
and she point of the Zodiac where a Planet crosses from the North latitude to
South latitude is called the descending node. Each Planet has got its own
ascending and descending nodes except the Sun.

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Northern Chart Style In North India the horoscope is displayed in a number of different patterns, the
main one of, which is a square with lines drawn forming the appearance of a
diamond in the middle. In this style the Houses stay put while the Signs move.
See also Southern Chart Style.

Padma ............................ Literally means: lotus flower. The lotus flower is associated with purity and
divinity. The word Padma is used throughout the Vedic scriptures, especially in
conjunction with other words, such as Padmalochana, which means: lotus-eyed,
describing the beautiful flower-petal like shape of the Lord's eyes.

Panaparas ..................... The 2nd, 5th, 8th and 11th.

Panchang ...................... 'Five limbs'. Refers to the five parts of the Indian or astrological almanac or
calendar. The five parts of the Panchang are: the Tithi, Nakshatra, Sign, the Yoga
and the Karan that are ruling at a particular time.

Parashara ..................... The name of a very great sage who lived roughly 5,000 years ago. He narrated
the cornerstone classic on Vedic Astrology. He was the father of Shri Vyasadeva,
the compiler of the Vedas. Parashara, Vyasa and his son Shukadeva were all
contemporaries of Lord Krishna and the Pandavas. These personalities are the
central characters in the great epic detailing the history of India known as the
Mahabharata.

Planets ........................... Ravi or the Sun, Chandra or the Moon, Kuja or Mars, Buddha or Mercury, Guru
or Jupiter, Shukra or Venus, Shani or Saturn, Rahu or Dragon's Head and Ketu or
Dragon's Tail .

Rahukalam ................... This is the period ruled by Rahu in each day. Many educated Indians avoid
travel and exposure to outsiders during these periods. When the sunrise is 6
a.m., Rahukalam Will rule at the following times: Sunday 4-30 p.m. to 6-00
p.m.; Monday 7-30 a.m. to 9-00 a.m.; Tuesday 3-00 p.m. to 4-30 p.m.;
Wednesday 12-00 noon to 1-30 p.m.; Thursday 1-JO p.m. to 3-00 p.m.;
Friday 10-30 a.m. to 12-00 noon; Saturday 9-00 a.m. to 10-30 a.m.

Raj Yoga ........................ Literally means 'royal combinations' and refers to same in chart, which brings
about materially pleasant and beneficial aspects in the life.

Rashi ............................... Literally means the Sign, as in Signs of the Zodiac- Aries through Pisces. Refers
also to the Sign in, which a person's Moon is situated in a chart. Refers also to
the main chart used in Vedic Astrology known as the Rashi chart or the Rashi
Kundali, because the Rashi chart is the main chart of the person's Signs as
opposed to their Houses. In Vedic Astrology the main chart's Houses are simply
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the Signs. There is a separate chart known as the Bhava chakras, which are
specifically Houses.

Rectification ................ A method of correcting the time of birth. Usually done by gradually adjusting
the birth time to see if the Dashas and Varga charts can be lined up with the
individuals past history. A yogi by name of Mr. Karve can know your birth date
and time just be looking at you. His powers have been witnessed by me and
proven too many over and over. He is living proof of the existence of
ACCURATE divine revelation to Sages attained through meditation and
devotion. Such powers are called "Siddhis", which means "perfections".

Retrograde ................... Sometimes Planets appear to have backward motion. mainly in consequence of
the relative position and motion of the Earth. It is called retrograde. The Sun
and Moon never retrograde. Retrograde Planets tend to act more strongly in
the chart, for either bad or good, depending on other matters.

Rising Sign ................... The Sign, which rises at the time of birth (the Sign, which is actually on the
eastern Horizon) and place for, which a chart is being prepared. It is also termed
as the "Ascendant" or "Lagna".
Saptamsha .................... Literally meaning seven parts, it refers to the seven-part Varga or divisional
chart. The Saptamsha chart fills in more details about one's fifth House affairs,
such as children.

Shad Bala ...................... literally means six strengths. This is described in a number of the classics as one
of the main ways of judging the strengths of the Planets using Jyotish.

Shastiamsha ................ Literally meaning sixty parts, it refers to the sixty-part Varga or divisional chart.
This chart is used in the very fine-tuning of predictions and judgment. Its subtle
impact is felt in the cases of twins, born just minutes apart. It is essential for the
accuracy of this chart to have used the exact time of the event being studied.

Shastiamsha ................ Literally means: sixty parts. Refers to the sixty parts divisional or Varga chart.
Refers to special 1/60th divisions of Signs, each of, which has it's own name.
This is a very subtle but useful part of Vedic Astrology.

Shastra ........................... Scripture, great or holy books.

Shloka ............................ a verse or a passage from a scripture, a single paragraph with a succinct
meaning.

Shodasa Karmas ........ Sixteen kinds of pre-natal and post-natal ceremonies, which the Hindu is,
enjoined to undergo.

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Shodashamsha ........... Literally meaning sixteen parts, it refers to the sixteen-part Varga or divisional
chart. This chart gives additional insight into the affairs of the fourth House:
happiness, home, vehicles and property etc.

Shuka .............................. Literally means parrot. Refers to Shukadeva Goswami, one of the great sages of
the Puranic times- the son of sage Vyasa, compiler of the Vedas.

Shukla ............................ Refers to the waxing bright half of the Moon's monthly cycle when it is moving
toward the position of being opposite the Sun or 'full' to our vision. There are 15
Tithis or days of the Moon during this bright half phase. Each Tithi is a lunar day
and is shorter than a solar day.

Siddhamsha ................. Literally meaning twenty-four parts, it refers to the twenty-four-part Varga or
divisional chart. This chart can give deeper insight into the spiritual capabilities
or readiness of the individual, education and ability to meditate on higher
things.

Siddhanta ..................... The conclusion used in conjunction with other words, such as Bhakti Siddhanta,
which means the conclusion regarding bhakti. Can be used singularly such as in
the question: "What is your Siddhanta?" When asking a person what their
conclusion about a particular philosophy, siddha means 'perfection' and anta
means 'the end'. The perfect end or conclusion is what Siddhanta means.

Significator ................... The Planet, which rules a thing- for example, the Moon rules the Mind of the
individual, and so is called the "Significator of the mind". "Karaka" is the
Sanskrit word for "Significator". There is an extensive list of Karakas present in
the Goravani Jyotish software.

Simha .............................. Literally means lion. Refers to the fifth Sign of the Zodiac or Leo.

Southern Chart Style In South India the chart is displayed in a square comprised of 12 small squares.
This style is used in most published books and by most practicing Indian
astrologers. In this style the Signs stay fixed, while the Houses move. See also
Northern Chart Style.

Square ............................ Indicates a relationship between two Planets in a chart as one of three
positions- 4 or 7 or 10 Houses from each other. These are the "squares".

Star .................................. English word for "Nakshatras". See Nakshatras.

Stationary ..................... When a Planet is in its station apparently, standing without any movement
between retrograde and direct motions. It is only an appearance due to the
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relative motion to the Earth and the position of Planets- it generally increases
the Planets strength of effect upon the chart.

Stri Jatakam ................. Literally means the birth of women and refers to the study of horoscopy
specifically regarding females. Stri means to expand and is a Sanskrit word used
for femininity.

Sudarshan .................... Literally means holy or auspicious view. Sudarshan refers to the blazing fiery
spinning weapon of Lord Vishnu and Krishna. The Sudarshan Chakra is a
weapon used only by Vishnu-Tattva Deities. Because this Sudarshan weapon is
dear to all devotees of the Lord, it has been used to describe other things. In
Astrology Sudarshan Chakra has been used to describe the overlaying of three
charts for the same person- their Rashi chart, their Moon as rising Sign or
Chandra Lagna chart and Surya rising chart or their Sun rising chart. When
these three charts are laid upon each other it forms what is known in the
Parashara Hora Shastra as the Sudarshan Chakra, and it is a way of judging total
House strength for a particular person's chart.

Thula .............................. Literally means scale. It refers to the seventh Sign of the Zodiac also known as
Libra. Thula also means one's position or stance, which is similar to one's
weight on a scale. The word Thula is used throughout Indian language to mean
one's position. For example, in the West if someone is known as a
"heavyweight", or " a major player", such references are in regard to one's
Thula, position or stance in relation to others. This process of judgment can be
likened to the balance of a scale.

Tithi ................................ This is a lunar day. A Tithi is shorter than a solar day. There are 30 Tithis in a
lunar month; fifteen during the bright half known as Shukla Paksha and fifteen
during the dark half known as Krishna Paksha.

Tithis, Different kinds of Nanda—the 1st, 6th and 11th lunar days are known as Nanda. Bhadra. —
The 2nd, 7th and 1 2th lunar days. Jaya. —The 3rd, 8th and 1 3th lunar days.
Riktha. —The 4th, 9th and 14th lunar days. Purna. —The 5th, 10th and 15th
lunar days.

TRANSIT ....................... The Planets are always moving- as they move over key points, such as other
Planets, in a natal chart, they are said to be "transiting" that position- so refers
to the ever movement of the Planets in space. Transits of Planets have major
effects on all of world events and us.

Tridoshas ...................... According to Ayurveda, health is maintained by certain equilibrium of three
fundamental humors or Doshas, viz., Vata (wind), Pitta (bile) and Sleshma
(phlegm).
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Trikonas ........................ The 1st, 5th and 9th.

Trimshamsha .............. Literally meaning thirty parts, it refers to the thirty-part Varga or divisional
chart. This chart deals with misfortunes, injuries, enmity, diseases and
discovering hidden dangers in life.

Trine ............................... 120-degree distance, or one third of the Zodiac, hence the word trine like
"triangle". Their are 3 trinal Houses in a chart- the first, fifth and ninth Houses.
Any Planet either 5 or 9 Houses from another Planet is said to be in a "trine"
from the first Planet- regardless of the Houses of the chart in questions. For
example, any Planet in the 6th House is in trine to any Planet in the 2nd or 10th
Houses. The most auspicious and divine Yantra, or pattern, is the pattern,
which is commonly known as the "Star of David" as it represents Radha and
Krishna, the divine couple, the male and female counter-wholes of Supreme
Divinity. The upwards pointing triangle represents Sri Radha and thus in
Astrology are called the "Lakshmi Sthanas" or Houses of the Goddess of fortune.
The other triangle represents Sri Krishna. Meditating upon this star, properly
drawn with other elements not mentioned here, increases one's mystic and
devotional qualities and is therefore the central subject of the study of mystic
devotion or Krishna Bhakti. Much of this science is revealed only after initiation
under a real spiritual master who transforms the disciple both inwardly and
externally. The "Yantra" chart format in the Goravani Jyotish Software is
fashioned after the Krishna Yantra to a large degree.

Ucha ................................ Literally means topmost. It refers to the exaltation point of a Planet or the best
point for that Planet in the entire Zodiac. The exaltation points for the Planets
are as follows: Sun: 10º Aries; Moon: 3º Taurus; Mars: 28º Capricorn; Mercury:
15º Virgo; Jupiter: 5º Cancer; Venus: 27º Pisces; Saturn: 20º Libra. By some it is
believed that for Rahu it is the entire Sign of Taurus and for Ketu it is Scorpio.

Upachaya ...................... The 3rd, 6th, 10th and 11th Signs from Lagna.

Vainasika ...................... This denotes the 22nd constellation from that of one's birth. It indicates
destruction and should be avoided for all good work.

Vaishnavas ................... Worshippers of Lord Vishnu or Lord Krishna, since it is believed that the one
comes from the other. Vaishnavas worship Lord Krishna or Lord Vishnu
because He is supreme. All other gods come from Him. Scriptures such as the
Bhagavad Gita and the Bhagavat, Vishnu, Garuda Puranas to name a few,
recommend Vaishnavism as the supreme Sanatan Dharma of the Jiva soul.

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Varga .............................. Literally means: division. Refers to the charts other than the main chart used in
Vedic Astrology. There are 16 Varga charts in all in the Parashara style of Vedic
Astrology. The Rashi chart is the first or main chart where each Sign is judged in
whole; and therefore can be referred to as the one part Varga chart. The other
Varga charts divide the Signs into parts and using various patterns, create new
charts from this process of dividing the Signs. Thus the Varga charts are also
correctly known as divisional charts. They have also been called harmonic
charts, as they sometimes represent finer harmonics of things that are
represented in the main chart. The Varga charts of the Parashara school include
the following divisional charts, each with it's own Sanskrit name: Hora- the two
part, Drekkana- three, Chaturtamsha- four, Saptamsha- seven, Dashamsha- ten,
Dwadashamsha- twelve, Shodashamsha- sixteen, Vimshamsha- twenty,
Siddhamsha- twenty four, Bhamsha- twenty seven, Trimshamsha- thirty,
Khavedamsha- forty, Akshavedamsha- forty-five and Shastiamsha- sixty.

Vedic ............................... of the Veda, Veda means knowledge. Vedic refers to things that come from the
original knowledge of the Vedic scriptures of ancient India, revealed by God
through sages.

Vimshopak ................... Literally means 20 points. Refers to a process of judging the strengths of Planets
within a chart by mathematically adding up their various positions throughout
the Varga charts of a particular person's chart. This is yet another way of
judging the strengths of the Planets. This process is rarely used by practicing
modern astrologers though it is included in most computer programs and
described in a number of the classics.

Vimshottari .................. Literally means 120. Refers to the Dasha system, which covers a 120-year span.
This is the main Dasha system used in Vedic Astrology.

Vimshsamsha .............. Literally meaning twenty parts, it refers to the twenty-part Varga or divisional
chart. Used for gaining insight into the religious development of the subject.

Vrishchika .................... Refers to the scorpion and the eighth Sign of the Zodiac known as Scorpio.

Vrishabha ..................... Refers to the second Sign of the Zodiac, or Taurus the bull who is the symbol of
the Sign.

Watery ........................... Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces.

Yantra ............................. mechanistic patterns, designs and symbols, which represent someone or
something. Yantra refers to mechanistic science. Yantra has become known as
the symbology for various divine realities through mystical patterns, which are
drawn on the ground, on paper, etched in copper or drawn on computer
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screens, etc. For example, the Star of David is a component in many yantras, as
is the swastika. Both of these are ancient Vedic symbols.

Yoga ................................ Literally means 'link' or 'combination'. This word has broad implications and is
used in many ways throughout the Vedas and within Astrology. Primarily, the
word Yoga refers to the processes employed for reconnecting the soul with its
divine origins. For example, bhakti-Yoga means to unite with God through
devotion or bhakti. In Astrology, Yoga refers to various planetary combinations
such as: Saraswati-Yoga- a Yoga of planetary positions, which indicate that one
has the blessings of Goddess Saraswati, the goddess of learning. Yoga in this
sense is also one of the five Angas or divisions of the Panchanga (the five
divisions included within the Indian calendar).

Yogas, Bad .................... Of the 27 Yogas, which are part of the Panchang (calendar) the following are
inauspicious: —Vyaghata, Parigha. Vajra, Vyatipata, Vydhriti, Ganda, Atiganda,
Soola, Vishkambha.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Das Goravani, born Richard Edward Wurst, in 1960 in Oakland California. Although white, he took
interest in Indian Religion at a young age and devoted much of his life to its Astrological Science. He
wished it to be known, that this book, he would proudly say, was the product of smart programming
of computers. He taught them to scan the text, read it, and find out where it listed Karaka’s of
Planet’s, Signs, and Houses, which he would extract, and keep in a database, until all classics were
done, and this could be compiled. He thought it smart and savvy, but most importantly, he got
something golden out of the classics for everyone to use, and KARAKAS, are what make the base of
your ability to read a chart, so they are very important.

Das’ Birth Data: 18 May 1960
4:42 am
Oakland, CA (Kaiser Hospital)
USA

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Jyotish means The Science of Light

• Their bodily propensities

• General flow of life

• Events too if you’re good enough

• Compatibility with other persons

• Onset and outcome of diseases

• and everything else!

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ZODIAC ARC DISTANCE AND CLOCK TIME

• Degrees: 360 Degrees is the whole Zodiac circle

• Signs: 12 Signs of 30 degrees each

• Stars: 27 stars ruling 13 degrees 20 minutes of space each

• Minutes: Each degree contains 60 minutes

• Seconds: Each minute contains 60 seconds

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Soul, Self, Power, Esteem, Ambition, Control,

Emotions, Mind, Health, Purity, Mental Balance,

Intellect, Speech, Relating, Communications,

Ketu Q Libra Neutral None Ketu Death, spirituality, detachments, outcastes

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Aries Mesha Ram a

Taurus Vrishabha Bull b

Gemini Mithuna Embracing c

Cancer Karkata Crab d

Leo Simha Lion e

Virgo Kannya Teenage Girl f

Libra Thula Scales g

Scorpio Vrishchika Scorpion h

Sagittarius Dhanush Bow i

Capricorn Makara Crocodile j

Aquarius Kumbha Jug k

Pisces Meena Fish l

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