Interesting Article...

After a rap from my dear friend, here I am, back again.

During a discussion in one of the groups on the net, a link was posted, which I reproduce here.

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Autobiography_of_a_Yogi/Chapter_16

I am amazed at the succinct nature of the way things are explained, especially -  "A child is born on that day and at that hour when the celestial rays are in mathematical harmony with his individual karma." 

If you refer to my earlier posts - I had given an example of how a prediction can be like a polynomial expression. Again - the combination of planets in a chart - is purely astronomical equations. So, when the values substituted for the variables balance the equation, life is given to the horoscope. That is birth for you ! Awesome right ?

So, if everything is pre-determined, why should anyone bother about astrology ? Question that is posed by laymen and amateurs alike. 

You can compare this with the end of year marks card given in school/college. Only when you know your standing in the current year's performance - will you know what to do next. You still need the university/college/school to tell you how you have fared. That is just for education. Can anybody judge life like that ? Nobody can. And that is why this beautiful tool. People who make use of it, tread the path of higher planes.

In the story given, did the suffering go away ? No, but it got reduced and the knowledge of the timeframe of when it will happen better prepares a man. That is destiny and astrology for you.

I felt vindicated with my understanding of astrology after reading this piece. Would like to read it from the beginning....

Enjoy reading that while I get ready to serve you more.

Where was I ?

I apologize for the break in between. I was trying to settle down in life ! How unsettling can that be ? Anyways, since I knew this was bound to happen, I feel I should have talked about this earlier. I will bring this up again later....

So, we will continue now. Whats the next post?

Keep guessing...

Source of Knowledge

It is sometimes interesting to go back in time and think whatever knowledge I have, where has it come from ? Well, I started off with www.brihaspati.net and they have a wonderful collection of all the classical works. I started reading the Brihat Parashara Hora Saara (BPHS) and got engrossed, but after a while, it became too much to remember. Then I chanced upon the yahoo groups of the System's Approach (SA)to Vedic Astrology( SATVA101). I got the link to the main site, www.yournetastrologer.com and began understanding this approach. It was fairly straight forward, simple and accurate. Now, I do not recall any methodology that I was using earlier to being introduced to this system.

I have had success in predicting numerous events like marriage, promotion, foreign jobs etc. Thanks to Prof. Choudhry for giving us this wonderful gift. All credit to him.

Benefics and Malefics...contd.

We have seen who are the benefics and who are the malefics. Now, let us analyze for each rising sign ( Ascendant) - which planets are malefic. The others will be benefic, of course.
1. Aries - Mercury, Rahu, Ketu
2. Taurus - Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Rahu, Ketu
3. Gemini - Rahu, Ketu
4. Cancer - Jupiter, Saturn, Rahu, Ketu
5. Leo - Moon, Rahu, Ketu
6. Virgo - Saturn, Mars, Sun, Rahu, Ketu
7. Libra - Mercury, Rahu, Ketu
8. Scorpio - Mars, Venus, Rahu, Ketu
9. Sagittarius - Moon, Rahu, Ketu
10. Capricorn - Sun, Jupiter, Rahu, Ketu
11. Aquarius - Moon, Mercury, Rahu, Ketu
12. Pisces - Sun, Venus, Saturn, Rahu, Ketu

It is difficult to remember these planets, just remember that malefics are owners of 6,8,12th houses and only when they have MT signs in them. The most malefic planet (MMP) - each house has one - is the owner of the 8th. If not him, then the 6th, 12th or Ketu will take the place of MMP.