David Frawley Astrology of the Seers ASTROLOGY EAST AND WEST...................................................................................................5 THE TWO ZODIACS ....................................................................................................................5 THE CONTROVERSY BETWEEN THE TWO ZODIACS ......................................................6 THE ORIENTATION OF THE SIDEREAL ZODIAC ................................................................7 SOLAR AND COSMIC ASTROLOGY .......................................................................................8 AYANAMSHA ................................................................................................................................9 RATE OF MOVEMENT OF AYANAMSHA ...............................................................................9 HOW TO CALCULATE THE VEDIC CHART .........................................................................10 SAMPLE CHART.........................................................................................................................10 THE PLANETS ................................................................................................................................11 THE GREAT COSMIC SIGNIFICATORS ...............................................................................11 THE SEQUENCE OF THE PLANETS.....................................................................................11 NUMEROLOGY OF THE PLANETS........................................................................................11 ORDER OF PLANETARY SIGNIFICANCE ............................................................................11 THE PLANETS AND THE QUALITIES OF NATURE ...........................................................12 ELEMENTS OF THE PLANETS...............................................................................................13 PLANETARY ATTRIBUTES AND ACTIONS .........................................................................14 KEY INDICATORS OF PLANET ..............................................................................................15 PLANETS AS BENEFIC OR MALEFIC...................................................................................15 PLANETARY NATURES............................................................................................................16 BENEFIC AND MALEFIC IN WESTERN ASTROLOGY ......................................................16 DISPOSITORSHIP......................................................................................................................17 DESCRIPTION OF THE PLANETS .........................................................................................17 THE SUN ..................................................................................................................................17 THE MOON ..............................................................................................................................19 MARS ........................................................................................................................................21 MERCURY ...............................................................................................................................22 JUPITER...................................................................................................................................24 VENUS......................................................................................................................................25 SATURN ...................................................................................................................................26 THE LUNAR NODES..............................................................................................................28 THE LUNAR NODES IN WESTERN ASTROLOGY .........................................................28 THE LUNAR NODES IN VEDIC ASTROLOGY .................................................................29 THE NEGATIVE SUN AND NEGATIVE MOON ................................................................29 POSITIVE SIDES OF RAHU AND KETU............................................................................30 URANUS, NEPTUNE AND PLUTO .....................................................................................30 THE SIGNS ......................................................................................................................................31 HOW THE PLANETS TRANSMIT THE INFLUENCES OF THE STARS ..........................31 SIGN RULERSHIP......................................................................................................................31 THE MOON AS THE FEMININE SIDE OF THE SUN ..........................................................31 ODD AND EVEN NUMBERED SIGNS....................................................................................32 SIGNS BY QUALITY ..................................................................................................................32 CARDINAL TYPES .................................................................................................................32 FIXED TYPES..........................................................................................................................33 MUTABLE TYPES ..................................................................................................................33 QUALITIES OF THE PLANETS................................................................................................33 SIGNS AND THE ELEMENTS..................................................................................................34 EARTH SIGNS.........................................................................................................................34 WATER SIGNS........................................................................................................................34 FIRE SIGNS.............................................................................................................................34 1 AIR SIGNS ...............................................................................................................................35 EXAMINING THE ELEMENTS IN THE CHART ....................................................................35 USES OF SIGNS IN VEDIC ASTROLOGY ............................................................................36 DESCRIPTION OF THE SIGNS...............................................................................................36 ARIES........................................................................................................................................36 TAURUS ...................................................................................................................................36 GEMINI .....................................................................................................................................37 CANCER...................................................................................................................................37 LEO............................................................................................................................................37 VIRGO.......................................................................................................................................38 LIBRA ........................................................................................................................................38 SCORPIO .................................................................................................................................38 SAGITTARIUS.........................................................................................................................39 CAPRICORN............................................................................................................................39 AQUARIUS...............................................................................................................................40 PISCES.....................................................................................................................................40 EXALTATION AND DEBILITY ..................................................................................................40 MULATRIKONA...........................................................................................................................41 DETRIMENT ................................................................................................................................41 PLANETARY RELATIONSHIPS...............................................................................................41 PERMANENT PLANETARY RELATIONSHIPS ....................................................................42 TEMPORARY PLANETARY RELATIONSHIPS ....................................................................42 COMPOSITE PLANETARY RELATIONSHIPS......................................................................42 EXAMPLE OF PLANETARY RELATIONSHIPS ....................................................................43 PLANETARY SIGNIFICATORS................................................................................................43 THE 27 LUNAR CONSTELLATIONS/ NAKSHATRAS.........................................................44 THE HOUSES..................................................................................................................................45