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Articles on Astrology
DURING THE YEAR 2025
2025 is year of great turbulence in many areas for the country - setting of chandra dasha and dawn of kuja dasha called as dasha sandhi.
GURU IN VRISHABHA
"We invoke you, Brahmanaspati, chief leader of the (heavenly) bands, a sage of sages, abounding beyond measure in (every kind of) food, best lord of prayer, hearing our invocations......".
SHANI IN KUMBHA
"We invoke you, Brahmanaspati, chief leader of the (heavenly) bands, a sage of sages, abounding beyond measure in (every kind of) food, best lord of prayer, hearing our invocations......".
RAHU - KETU IN TRANSIT
Suddenness of any event, whether good or bad is represented by rahu while ketu causes mild problems. So, there are elusive and faint differences in the results.
WHO AM I ??
Generally speaking, the person born in Kumbha rasi is philosophic in nature. Does it mean that there are no jail birds born in this sign? Does it mean all Taurus people are employed in Hotels, Night clubs and Banks?
WHY DO THEY BELIEVE ASTROLOGY?
What the client wants - not only in India but world wide - is to know whether the future is good or not? What are his choices? How to plan to over come the problems?
YOU CAN BE SURE OF TWO THINGS - DEATH AND TAXES!
Death may strike any time. Have not we heard of young just married couple killed in accidents? 2nd and 7th significators are capable of giving marriage but being negative houses to life governing houses, they can also cause death.
WORLD AFFAIRS
On 13.10.1999, the acting head of Pakistan, Nawaz Sheriff was ousted by Gen. Parwez Mushrraf. Lunation occurred in the 8th house. Whenever lunation is in the 8th, some horrible incidents like assassinations occur.
DOES ASTROLOGER KNOW HIS OWN FATE?
Doctor takes precautions for his sickness; likewise, astrologer will also conduct remedial measures in time. Yet, astrologer is no God! He is only a stenographer!
IS ASTROLOGY A SCIENCE?
Doctor takes precautions for his sickness; likewise, astrologer will also conduct remedial measures in time. Yet, astrologer is no God! He is only a stenographer!
THE SKEPTICS
Skeptics firmly believe that they are enlightened mass and term others' beliefs as blind. One rationalist of Bangalore says, "Even if you shout at the top of your voice, that you have personal experience. where the predictions came true by 100%, we can not take it.
INDIAN ASTROLOGY aka VEDIC ASTROLOGY
Hindu system uses different charts as on birth day, a chart is made for the time when Sun enter the same position as in the natal chart and position of other planets are found out. Even a dasha system is used.
TWINS & ASTROLOGY
The best method to examine would be to take 'astral twins' i.e. babies born to different people (where DNA are dissimilar, naturally) at the same time, and place.
WHY BIRTH TIME?
One of my learned readers has suggested that the vedas and Upanishads hold the key to rectification of birth time. In all the four vedas, I have not come across any rough or indirect reference to rectification of birth time.
SCIENTIFIC TEMPER
We should stop looking at our heritage, values and culture through the eyes of westerners. Let there be any scientific reason for achamana, shraddha or not, it is my way of life, my samskara, handed down for many generations.
SOCIAL RELEVANCE
The example of an auto driver who returned $2000 to the tourist- is deliberately brushed aside. He refused the gift saying it was his duty. You see, auto driver lacked worldly wisdom! One need not know all that are in the scriptures.
MATCHING OF HOROSCOPES
Manu smruthi catalogues various types of marriages including rakshasa vivaha (abducting the girl for marriage). Maharshi Manu has mentioned about single women and separated women but he does not mention divorces.
TRANSIT OF PLANETS (GOCHARA)
Ready made Lees, Levis, Flying Machines or Sinking Ships will not fit as good as tailor made trousers. These general predictions are not substitute for individual analysis of the chart based on dasha / bhuktis, position and influence of all the planets.
ASTROLOGY, NUMEROLOGY, PALMISTRY & TAROT
As these subjects are not interdependent, it is not possible to peruse all at the same time for each one will take at least 10 years to master.
PROPHECIES IN SCRIPTURES & PRACTICE OF DIVINATION
We met a slave-girl who was possessed by an oracular spirit and brought large profits to her owners by telling fortunes. She followed Paul and rest of us shouting ........
ADD SOME MORE PLANETS
Uranus takes 84 years, Neptune 168 years and Pluto 248 years and Sedna 10,500 years to go round the sun. This means these planets at most may (or may not) transit through two houses in one's lifetime.
INACCURACIES IN PANCHANGA
We conveniently adopt double standard. I will not take a donation of Rs.5 on amavasya but if I am offered Rs. 50000 will I refuse? Will the student skip the annual examination being held on amavasya?
WAS NO ONE ELSE BORN ON THAT DAY?
Gajakesari yoga indicates possession of vehicles. A person born in the USA has private plane. The person under the same combination in the African countries would own a bicycle.
DOOMS DAY FORECASTS
The rationalists are convinced that with the cremation of the mortal remains, the story ends, there is no reincarnation at all. When a quark can retain / remember the information, can not a cluster of many molecules in my body remember and pass on to next janma?
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