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The Jyotish Digest Contents Volume II Issue 1 Quarter Jan - Mar, 2006 2 Dasavatära Pt. Sanjay Rath Released Jan 1, 2006 26 East Meets East Swee Chan Editor 36 Budha Gocara Voja Trajkovic Pt. Sanjay Rath 40 Aàçäyurdaya daçä G.K.Goel Editorial office 49 Käla Puruña transits B.Lakshmi Ramesh SJC Asia, 15B Gangaram Hospital Road, New Delhi 110060 62 Guru Gochar Mladen Lubura E-mail: [email protected] 65 Transit of Jupiter V.Parthasarathy Consulting editors Brendan Feeley, Narayan Iyer, 73 Timing Cancer Willa Keizer P.V.R.Narasimha Rao, Pearl Finn, 78 Käla-Puruña & after-life Robert A. Koch Phyllis Chubb, Robert Koch, Sanjay Prabhakaran, Sarajit Poddar, Visti 88 Ramakåñëa Hora P. S. Ram Narayan Larsen, Zoran Radosavljevic 104 Kantaka Shani Zeljko Krgovic Cover Photo 110 Financial Disaster Vineeta C. 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Sanjay Rath 1 Kärakäàça and natural zodiac exaltation in Aries and in mülatrikoëa in Leo. It sees itself as a replica of the Kälapuruña and hence its body parts get defined from Aries/Lagna the first house which isalso the sva or self whereas it sees the paramätma in the fifth house which is the mülatrikoëa of the Sun which also symbolizes sarvätma and paramätma – like symbolizing the macrocosmic soul and the universal soul or supersoul which the individual soul sees as God. That is why the lagna is treated as the head akin to Aries and the fifth house is seen for bhakti (worship/prayer) and mantra. 1.1 Houses from kärakäàça 1. The ninth and twelfth houses of the natural zodiac are ruled by Jupiter indicating äkäça tattva and Viñëu as the devatä. These houses from kärakäàça indicate the dharma devatä and iñöa devatä as they are the vijïanaàça and jévanamuktäàça respectively. 2. The lagna and eighth houses of the natural zodiac are ruled by Mars indicating agni tattva and Äditya as the devatä. Recitation of the Brahma Gäyatri pleases agni devatä and grants good health, intelligence and Figure 1: Kärakäàça view longevity. Sun ruling the fifth house of the natural One of the important principles of our tradition is to treat zodiac also shows agni tattva but Sürya devatä and the kärakäàça as Aries and examine the planets in the Savitur Gäyatri mantra for all knowledge. houses from it. Reason being that the ätmakäraka is akin 3. The second and seventh houses of the natural zodiac to the jévätma (or jaòätma in the case of inanimate beings) are ruled by Venus indicating jala tattva and Çakti devé. which is similar to the Paramätma in its basic nature but These houses from kärakäàça indicate the fulfillment lacks the purity and energy of the latter. In a sense, the of desires and apara vidyä. The fourth house of the creature is like the creator, in almost every respect. The natural zodiac is ruled by the Moon and also indicates ätma is a spark of light symbolized by agni tattva and the jala tattva but shows the mana instead and para vidyä. Sun as the naisargika ätmakäraka. It behaves as if in 4. The third and sixth houses of the natural zodiac are ruled by Mercury Table 1: Païca devatä indicating påthvi Tattva Devatä Upacara (offering) Graha Bhäva tattva and Gaëeça st th th Agni Sürya, Äditya, Dipa (Light) Sun, Mars 1 , 8 (Mars) & 5 (Sun) as the devatä. th nd th Jala Devé Naivedya (food, water) Moon, Venus 4 (Moon), 2 & 7 (Venus) These houses Påthvi Gaëeça Gandha (sandalpaste) Mercury 3rd & 6th houses from kärakäàça Väyu Çiva Dhüpa (incense) Saturn 10th & 11th houses indicate Äkäça Viñëu Puçpa (Flower) Jupiter 9th & 12th houses dhimantaù yoga 2! JYOTISH DIGEST ! JAN-MAR, 2006! Dasavatara-Pt. Sanjay Rath.pmd 2 1/7/2006, 10:10 AM ` sanjay rath show success in the material world and intelligence to something worth thanking God for as we don’t want learn and grow. it repeated! Instead, we approach Äditya for giving us our daily needs and for longevity and Sürya 5. The tenth and eleventh houses of the natural zodiac specifically for spiritual knowledge and the ability to are ruled by Saturn indicating väyu tattva and Çiva as see and know the truth. The Sun God Sürya is the devatä. These houses from kärakäàça indicate the acknowledged as the father of all souls and also as the root cause of rebirth or the sins that can only be forgiven creator. by Nélakaëöha Çiva when He drinks the poison of our sins and forgives our undoing. Mahäåñi Jaimini teaches 3. Planets in the second and seventh houses from that these houses have a direct impact on the kärakäàça kärakäàça should be approached with Devé bhäva i.e. by the principle of the ‘vara’ or weekdays. He gives the omnivorous enjoyer. The prayer should be with blind example of Mercury in the tenth house from Kärakäàça faith to an all giving Devé form (ideally Çré) or any giving results as if Saturn is placed in Kärakäàça. other deity but the approach should be to an all giving Count from the 10th house to kärakäàça - we get 4 benefactor deity so that the native fulfills all this desires signs. Now count as many days, in the order of and becomes a çrémantaù as these houses relate to weekdays from the planet in the 10th house. If Mercury çrémantaù yoga. Planets in the fourth house from is in the 10th house (Mercury is the ruler of Wednesday), kärakäàça show learning coming from the Devé and then counting 4-days we arrive at Saturday which is consciousness of anything and everything. It brings ruled by Saturn. Similarly for planets in the 11th house awareness and unless we have awareness about we can count 3-days. We do not have any dictum or something, how can we ever learn about it, or know it reason to extend this to other houses of the natural or even pray to it? Thus the Devé gives the gati or zodiac as they are not ruled by Saturn and do not show direction which comes from awareness. You did not the sins causing rebirth. know who Jesus was when you were born but know now, and this knowing has come due to awareness 1.2 Bhäva – attitude in prayer that comes from various sources of knowledge called vidyä. Everything that brings awareness about The point being made here is not about the deity but how something is in truth, a form of Mother Nature or you approach the deity – the ‘bhäva’ or attitude in prayer. präkåti, and we approach deities in the fourth house For example if a person approaches Durgä Devé in with this Çakti bhäva - as an omnivorous hungry repentance for sins then the bhäva is that of Çiva bhakti or learner desirous of having all para and apara vidyä. if a person says that he sees Çiva everywhere then the 4. Planets in the 3rd and 6th houses from kärakäàça should bhakti bhäva is that of Viñëu as the very name Viñëu be approached with Gaëeça bhäva i.e. omniscience. means sarva-vyapakeça or present everywhere. The prayer should be with blind faith to an all knowing 1. Planets in the ninth and twelfth houses from kärakäàça Gaëeça form (ideal) or any other deity but the approach show the dharma and iñöa devatä and should be ap- should be to an all knowing teacher God so that the proached with Viñëu bhäva i.e. omnipresence. The native learns and becomes a dhimantaù as these houses prayer should be with faith to Viñëu avatära (ideal as relate to dhimantaù yoga. We need to realize that all this comes naturally) or any other deity, but the material knowledge must be due to form or påthvi tattva approach should be to an all pervading protector God and here we talk of material knowledge related to so that the native is ever conscious of the presence of ‘growth’ that helps us to live in this world - really more the God in all creatures and all things.