What do these words have in common? Soulful Lunatic Mercantile Venereal Martial Jovial Stern They are adjectives formed from the proper Latin-based names of the seven main astrological planets: Sol, Luna, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn! The Sun’s proper name is Sol. It represents the Soul, the singular center of all things, the core [...]
Question: I notice that you lived in an ashrama for several years. Should I also live in an ashrama to improve my understanding of Vedic astrology? Let me see what “words of wisdom” I can give you. An ashrama is not a location or a building – it is a lifestyle. There are four types [...]
I am seriously considering opening up two new classes – 105: Real “Vedic” Astrology – Fundamentals 205: Real “Vedic” Astrology – Practice The course on Fundamentals would have to cover Locations of the 27 constellations (nakshatra) amidst the stars and in reference to the 12 tropical signs Relevant mythology of the 27 deities of the [...]
LOOOOOTS of misunderstanding around the deity of the vedic star-group called Purva Bhadrapada (the first blessed step). The spelling isn’t even right, it is supposed to be Ajaikapat. The wrong spelling has led published books to talk about some deity with one foot (eka-pada). Others say Ajaikapat is a form of Rudra. This is true, [...]
Well, the truth is that the term “Vedic Astrology” was invented in the early 1980s, amidst the popularity of ’70s India-movements like ISKCON (“Hare Krishna”) and TM (“Transcendental Meditation”) and their love for using the word Vedic in an alluring, attractive manner – referring loosely to just about anything that could be written in Sanskrit [...]
The third and fifth houses flank the eastern and western borders of the underground sky. The eleventh and ninth flank the eastern and western borders of the sky overhead. The underground sky represents the root of our being – our inner emotional self / soul. It’s eastern flank – the third house – represents our [...]
In reference to my previous post, one might offer the following counter-point, “But the Babylonian 12 signs bear the same name as many of their sidereal constellations!” So? There are a lot of kids named Chris, so what. To be specific, the Babylonians named their star-groups in reference to the deity associated with that group [...]
Some present the argument that, “The oldest known zodiac comes from Babylonia and is sidereal!” This is half-truth spoken by those who only look far enough to support their initial assumptions. Our oldest, best record of Babylonian astrology and astronomy comes from the cuniform tablets called Mul.Apin. Anyone can review the translations of these tablets [...]
I calculate a planet’s dignity not by sign alone, but by six or more subdivisions of the sign (varga-vimshopaka). This is how the sages instruct us to evaluate dignity. The sign a planet occupies in the main birth chart is one of several signs it occupies when you take subdivisions into account. Therefore often a [...]
