1 Graha in Detail – Structure: My Own Intimate & Personal Ruminations on the Grahas
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1 Graha in detail – structure: my own intimate & personal ruminations on the grahas Sun – the significant planet 1. Sun is known as Surya the supreme creative light, Ravi the firebird or the one who dries wet substances or rasa juice, Savitri the father of all progeny, Aditya or the beginning etc and countless names like Karthigai (the lights or sparks of life as the cutter), Daksha (the First), Bhaga (delight), Aryaman (bosom friend), Savitar (inspirer), Twashtar (architect of life), Indra (powerful), Mitra (friend), Varuna (omniscient), Pushan (nourishing), Devakaram (destroyer of ignorance), Amsuman (constant rays), Vivasvan (vivifier), Vishnu (omnipresent) and so forth. Common words like sunny, solitude, sole, solitary, source, helio, soul originate from the Sun. When you say a person is the Sun in your life, you are stating that he is the significant and main guiding principle and figure in your life and the one who brings joy, purpose and vitality in your life. The Sun is the fostering guide in your life. 2. Formation & origin of the solar system – said to emanate from big bang of the Sun coalescing & coagulating into six planets and Moon derived from collision of earth with asteroid ie the origin and source. As the source, origin and centre, the Sun often is the lynchpin and foundation. 3. Sun is the Fire element and thus signifies vitality, energy, dynamism, confidence, courage, optimism and moving forward attitude. The Fire element is not merely terrestrial but like light, it is universal 4. Sun’s symbol is the bindu within a circle, the bindu manifesting potential power and vital energy from the centre emanating to the peripheral circumference defined by Sun’s son, Saturn 5. first , Primordial Cause or Aditya, numero uno, number one, independent, singular, solo, aloneness, loneliness – the best, excellent, outstanding, leading, model example, initiating, driver, stimulus, initiator, the starter 6. bright & brilliant, biggest of the grahas – shining, luminous, prominent, demonstrative, open, public, famous, renown, grand, magnificent, the pride of the solar system not called Moon system or other planet system 7. Sun’s presence is always magnetic and charismatic – he exudes brilliance and lasting shining first impressions that are indelibly marked in our minds. His presence is commanding and exudes an aura of regality and stature. He walks with a stately gait, statuesque erect posture with a comely and dignified noble and majestic facial presence. The Sun is radiant, effulgent, majestic and He is worthy of praise and admiration and is always the talk of town. 8. centre of solar system – centre of attention, main, significant, important 9. Core – hub, essence, crux, foundation, kernel, soul, heart, engine, leading part, essence, salient point. The words important and significant best describes the Sun. In Malay, children are called “cahaya mata” or light of eyes as important gifts of life 10. symbol is bindu and circle, the manifest source of potency and the circle of spirituality – a centre of potent force and a boundary delineated by Sun’s bastard child, Saturn. The circle represents Sun’s completeness and holistic spirituality 2 11. Sun represents the supreme, the absoluteness of authority as evinced in dictators and despots, royal gods, absolute kings treated and accepted by their sovereign people as gods, the absoluteness of God as the supreme monotheistic One. Sun is basically known as the Absolute and many ancient cultures appeased, prayed and mollified the Sun as a deity or God. 12. luminary – light of solar system with Moon, eyes, windows to the atman soul, lights of life, eyes as light entering the heart and soul 13. the leaders in circle – father in family, village head in community, Mayor in town, Prime Minister in a country, King of a nation, regal demeanour & measured gait, heart, stomach – what you eat is what you are, spinal cord, bones as skeleton is base structure holding body 14. the Sun is the ego , the “I” or identity which defines you; of course when the ego is not balanced, you get inferior complex and a person who is a braggadocio, boastful, trumpeter, big mouth, talk big, show off, actsy lah lah, lan si lan yong, conceited, condescending, patronizing, disdaining, discriminating, snob, cocky, having airs, bombastic bravado, ostentatious, ornate, showy, pompous, grand, showboating, strutting, elitist, status conscious, self conscious, self centred, self serving, full of own self, self promoting. The Sun is the individual will, the personal identity, the seat of mind and spirit as brain and heart, the animus, the executive functions of the self and ego, the capacity for intiative and purposeful assertion, the drive for individual autonomy and independence, directed focused consciousness and self awareness, the deep within inner creative expressions of the self as the natural 5 th house lordship of Leo, the monocentric, the Hero, the single singular and sole luminosity that overcomes darkness and sins, the part that contains the whole as the essence and potential. 15. The Sun as the soul is the source and core of our spirituality and the essence of our conscience and understanding of what is right and wrong outside the subjective issues of morality, mores, ethics, religious principles. 16. Awareness and pride in status consciousness and station in life. Class, aristocracy, bourgeoisie, snob, hierarchy, making distinctions in classification of people; wanting to be part of his class and above and never wanting to be with people deemed beneath him 17. balanced ego – perspective, respectful and respectable, honourable, dignified, noble, regal, stately, having class & finesse, egalitarian in treatment, class and grandeur, having stateliness of demeanour, standard and stature. Sun is like the flame of pride or ego. In balanced form, the fiery flame is measured and assisting, in uncontrolled form, he is overpowering and dangerous. Sun’s presence can be charismatic, luminous, majestic, stately, statuesque, classy, venerable, respectful and exuding a first impression which is indelible and an air of grandeur and confident assurance. Despite the balanced ego and harmless pride, in general Sun characters love to seek attention and be the centre of attention, exult in the limelight glare, crave publicity, to praise and to enjoy praise, recognition, exultation and adulation, confident, sunny, positive minded and optimistic of performing well in the public and dislike being unrecognized, unknown, not given due credit and placed in the background. Sun loves high profile and cannot understand the low profile attitudes of some other successes. Success must be announced, paraded, disseminated, make known to all and widely known is Sun’s motto and 3 slogan. Sun just loves prominence, eminence, renown, name and fame game. For the least of efforts and stealing credit from others’ efforts, Sun is clever at cranking the publicity machine and taking all the credit for others’ effort! Sun is a famous work credit stealer. 18. in astrology, the Sun is the character while the Moon is the personality or in Latin “mask” we wear in public – together they form the pivot of the chart and represent two sides of the self ie the akam and puram of the self. We expect your character to be the constant inner self which is probably seen in the privacy of the home to close family members and to close friends while personality is the projection of the character to the outer world via the instrument of the mind and thus is never constant – you will never be the same person in front of the King, the Prime Minister, your boss, your wife and your mistress. But to test your character, the best is to bestow you great wealth, power, authority and position and see how you behave – the true character always comes out in such situations and in situations of crisis and dilemma. 19. Sun well-placed or significant or well connected to the bhavas shows a high status job, respected person, holding jobs of authority and eminence, dealings with the Govt or dignified and prominent people, respected and revered by people 20. Sun attracts all with his centrality, brilliance, size, blazing brilliance, scorching presence – he is name and fame, respect and honour, renown and eminence, dignity and grandeur, class and stature, stateliness and nobility. 21. good Sun qualities are honourable, dignified, respectful, noble, regal, classy, balanced ego and pride, sincere, honest, truthful, open, transparent, magnanimous, big hearted, generous, warmth, considerate, guiding, mentoring, good leadership skills, strong sense of destiny and direction – the Thai King; Malays who were originally Hindus have maintained the highest number of rajas (Sultans) with all their Hindu panoply and Indians have got rid of all the Maharajas – our country is so rich and yet have to finance the lifestyles of the Sultans who tell us to have austerity drive when there is zero austerity in them 22. Sun destroys sins and darkness – “tamorim sarva papaghnam pranato smee devakaram”. Sun is a spiritual and revitalizing planet. The lesson of Sun is that the main purpose of life should be spiritual and not material. 23. weak Sun causes lack of confidence, inferior complex, boastfulness, overweening pride, arrogance, disrespect and loss of direction, person without honour and dignity, person who can involve in underground activities and shameful acts ie shameless people a strong Sun is dignified, noble, stately, optimistic, confident with balanced ego and pride 24. dignity and nobility: will never do shameless acts like Saiful anal declarations, Umi Hafilda Ali’s accusations on Anwar (the modern day Delilah) and Mawi’s ex girlfriend Diana Naim or Ina’s book expose of Mawi. 25. the life giving principle – lively, animated, positive, sunny, optimistic, bubbly; the photosynthesis process, chromatotherapy, reptiles need sunshine. Sun is the central principle of vital creative energy, the will to exist, the impulse and capacity to be, to manifest, to be active, to be important and significant, to radiate and shine, to rise above, to achieve, illuminate and integrate.