My article, “Vedic Astrology?” established that the excellent astrological system of modern India is a hybrid of Indian, Greek and Persian astrological culture. I got one interesting reply: Only one critique I can make is that by dating written literature you are not considering how knowledge was passed down from teacher to the student in [...]
You can laugh if it pleases you but I think that ancient culture is more subtle, sublime, and wonderful than our modern mess. Ancient and classical Indian culture places a lot of importance on doing things at the right moments. The moment in which you start an important activity has a big impact on how [...]
To see how ancient Vedic astrology utilized tropical measurements, arranged their year around them, and divided the tropical course of the Sun in various ways, including 12 segments, let’s look at the oldest surviving astrological text: the Vedanga Jyotish of Rg Veda. Rg Vedanga Jyotisha 5 says that a year begins when the Sun is [...]
AstroDienst has published my article on “Vedic Astrology.” I think it is an important topic for anyone interested in India, or astrology. I would be grateful for your attention to it. The link to the article is: http://www.astro.com/astrology/in_vedic3_e.htm
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, “Srila Prabhupada,” was born September 1, 1896 at about 4pm, in Calcutta. Using my tropical/sidereal rashi/nakshatra system, this puts Jupiter in Leo. My textbook defines the baseline effect of Jupiter in Leo like this: Kingly: Jupiter in Leo enhances our kingly qualities: we become more commanding, powerful, strong and self-sustaining. Loyal: The [...]
Rohiṇī Meaning: A blushing woman, a “rosy lady.” Symbol: Symbols of fertility: a bull pulling a cart full of produce; a huge banyan tree. Deity: Brahmā, the forefather and creator. An attractively blushing woman signals procreation. A bull is a symbol of male fertility, and a cart overflowing with produce is a symbol of female [...]
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 [...]
There are only twelve signs in the entirety of space. And that means that each sign is pretty darn big. It’s a lot like how America is quite a big country. Being that I live in Japan, especially when I first moved here a lot of people would ask me, “What is America like?” It [...]
This is a continuation from previous posts. The True Sidereal Zodiac One thing is very certain, there is a sidereal zodiac in Indian astrology, and I bet in all astrological systems from the ancient great cultures. Yet this sidereal zodiac is not twelve but twenty-eightfold! The Sun and Moon, kings of the heavens, travel through [...]
Authoritative Statements? So far (see previous parts) I feel confident that about 2,000 years ago we mistakenly projected one zodiac system upon another. And logic has me fairly well convinced that the original system was tropical, and sidereal was the mistaken projection. The logic is that the qualities of the twelve divisions are all rationally [...]
