www.astrologicalmagazine.com Inside We Shall Overcome: Editor's Note 2 Special Message from 5 His Holiness Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Cover Mars in Capricorn. Coronavirus Pandemic and Story Forecast and Remedies 7 Cure. The Role of Nakshatras 10 Coronavirus: The Miraculous Health Benefits Effects of Solar and Lunar Eclipse12 of 17 Vishnu Sasasranama Why Coronavirus The Role of Saturn, Mars, Began in China? 22 Rahu and the 24 Eighth House in Epidemics Coronavirus Words of Wisdom 28 27 Naadi Astrology Based Analysis The Astrological eMagazine Panchanga 32 for May 2020 This Month (May 2020) The Astrological for You 35 eMagazine Ephemeris 40 for May 2020 1 May 2020 THE ASTROLOGICAL eMAGAZINE www.astrologicalmagazine.com Editor’s Note Niranjan Babu & Suprajarama Raman Dear Readers, व नो अया अमतत धो३ऽिभशतरव पिध व don’t blindly believe in what is ं े ु े ृ । ं न ऊती तव िचया िधया िशा शिच गातिवत ु ् ॥ being told but use your common The impact of the COVID-19 crisis sense and intelligence to infer, and has just begun to reveal itself. The This verse is a part of the hymns for c) Shiksha – self discipline. pandemic is raging a threat beyond Lord Indra. Indra governs all our all boundaries, medically and Indriyas – or faculties that help us During the times of Coronavirus, e c o n o m i c a l l y. D e v e l o p i n g sense, observe and recognize the let’s use this verse as Gospel and countries like India have fewer and various events and happenings fight together this pandemic. harder choices to make to combat around us. These include the eyes, the widespread. For those living the nose, the ears, the tongue, the In these turbulent times, we want to with hand to mouth resources, it will touch etc. spread positivity and offer remedial mean starvation. measures in all forms. Author The verse essentially tells us that if Nirupama brings to you the power As the governments, institutions, there exists a time in our life when of reciting Vishnu Sahasranama and experts from all fields are Amata – disease where we are and the various benefits it brings leaving no stone unturned to arrive unprepared, Kshudha – death or to us. The article is sourced from the at all possible cure and remedies, sickness that is caused due to English translation of the book on even the astrologers worldwide are circumstances that are beyond Vishnu Sahasranama by the doing deep study and analysis of the human capabilities and Abhishasta internationally well-known Dr. entire catastrophe. – spreading of falsehood or rumors, Arulamallige Parthasarathy. It is a then the best response to handle this wonderful process and mechanism I am reminded of a Verse from Rig carefully would be to use a) that each one of us should practice Veda – Mandala 8. The verse is Chitraya – self quarantine b) Dhiya every day for ourselves and for our given below – – use your own wisdom while family. consuming information i.e. THE ASTROLOGICAL eMAGAZINE May 2020 2 www.astrologicalmagazine.com On a similar note, I feel fortunate to have Gurudev Sri Sri study and analysis of planetary positions at various Ravi Shankar to share his views about the difficult times. junctures with a detailed chart analysis. He emphasizes that our resilience during these challenging times will be tested not only by how we In another article, Mr. Harold Singh investigates the role combat the spread of the Virus but also how we make of the planets - Mars, Saturn and Rahu and the 8th the best out of the circumstance. Very aptly he brings house from Rahu during the onset of major attention to the ancient philosophy of yoga where a great epidemics involving more than 100,000 fatalities deal of emphasis was given to cleanliness. over the last 120 years. It is an intriguing study and strangely we see the involvement of Mars, Saturn and In this issue, we like to present some in-depth Rahu and the 8th house from Rahu. It seems more than a Astrological perspectives and analysis of COVID-19. We coincidence. have Ashutosh Chawla, who throws light on Moola Nakshatra and its impact on the Grahas. Since the The cover story of this edition, is on the transit of Mars beginning of November 2019, with Deva Guru in Capricorn. Mars, the planet of energy, action and Brihaspati entering Dhanus rasi, which was already power began its transit in Capricorn on March 20, 2020, hosting Ketu and Shani for a very long time, got activated and it’s going to stay there till May 2, 2020. During this with the double transit of Guru and Shanidev. This period transit, Mars begins with Uttarashada Nakshatra, indicated the beginning of some calamity. Within a entering on March 15, and will remain there for the rest couple of days from Surya Grahana, a few cases of of March. It then moves to Sravana Nakshatra on April 3 coronavirus were registered in China and on 31st Dec and then to Dhanishta Nakshatra on April 23. When 2019, Transition of these Grahas and Grahana in Moola Mars is in Capricorn, it behaves in a certain way. Read nakshatra indicates that there has been some adharma and on to get an in-depth understanding of Mars and what himsa happening, that’s why Nriti (calamity) is happens when it is in Capricorn, along with its impact awakened. On top of this, Ketu moved to Moola with respect to each rasi (moon sign). Nakshatra by mid of January. The results of which we are facing now. We want to conclude on a positive note and wish all the readers safety and health. In another such analysis by Prof. N. S Murthy, he throws light on the effects due to solar and lunar eclipses and Happy reading to you all. the wrath faced because of the Vikari Nama Please do share your comments or feedback at Samvathsara, which began in April 2019 to March [email protected] 2020. On the positive note, the author also informs us about the aftereffects of Sarvari Naama Samvatsara which begins from March 2020 to April 2021 that should bring in some Raman Suprajarama cheer, wealth, economic growth and even good health. Senior Editor, The article also ends with a detailed analysis of The Astrological eMagazine horoscopes. We also share with you a rare analysis done by R S Maniam, where he attempts to analyze the COVID-19 outbreak using the horoscope of the Republic of China as the birth chart of the nation, with 1/10/1949 as the primary chart. The chart of the Republic of China has Capricorn rising and Lagna and Moon fall in the same sign. Most significant in the chart is the current transit of Saturn over the rising sign of China and the Natal Moon that certainly depicts the disaster that is happening now. The author goes on to also explain the association of the word Corona with Sun. In another article by H. Ramadas Rao, he explores the astrological perspective of the pandemic from the lens of Naadi Astrology principles. He provides an in-depth 3 May 2020 THE ASTROLOGICAL eMAGAZINE www.astrologicalmagazine.com www.astrologicalmagazine.com Those who know Astrology can only indicate in a way what will take place in future. Chief Editor and Publisher Who else, except the Creator Brahma, Bangalore Niranjan Babu can say with certainty what will definitely happen ? [email protected] Senior Editor 2020 MAY ISSUE Raman Suprajarama C o n t e n t s Pg. No. The Astrological eMagazine appears the previous month of publication. All rights Editor's Note 2 reserved. 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