Sunday, July 14, 2013

Effect of Transit of Sun in Cancer (16-07-2013)


Whatever is written here is strictly according to Vedic Astrology (Siderial Zodiac), please do not try to mix it with western astrology. Another thing one must keep in mind is that it is written for twelve different signs (in which a person's natal moon is located), that is here we have divided the whole of humanity in twelve different groups so the effect on individual may vary according to the strengths and weaknesses his own particular birth chart.

Aries- The fourth house transit of Sun affects the emotional life of a person. His attachment with wealth and property, sexual enjoyment, affectionate personal relationships, and to holidaying get lessened. The individual is restrained from deriving happiness from such activities and relationships. He gets into a feeling of helplessness. Changes in environment, domestic happiness, beginning of mental agitation, and occasional flashes of truths are some of the other resuls of this transit.

Taurus- In the third house from the natal moon, The Sun leads to improvement in health, removal of obstacles and favours from superiors. During this transit, the individual acquires a new position in life. There is advent of money, experience of happiness and freedom from the feeling of inferiority. The frequency of solar transits in one’s life makes them more supportive of long-term results rather than merely producing transient results of their of own. Under the solar transit of third house, if some decisions concerning service matters, litigations and disputes have been delayed and are overdue, they are likely to get decided in favour of the individual. The most significant result of transit is to make the individual very confident, self reliant and full of optism.

Geminy- The transit of Sun through second house from Moon makes the individual attracted towards his family members, family affairs and their prosperity. But the transit also produces loss of wealth, deceit at the hands of relations and friends and fruitless mental worries. During this period, the individual gets duped, losses wealth and becomes unhappy. In the process however his understanding of the life-process gets clearer and actions determined accordingly. A common man during this transit often becomes obstinate, tenacious and obdurate.

Cancer- The Sun’s transit through the first house from Moon provides to the individual enormous vitality. It arouses noble thoughts and aspirations in him. The solar radiance is averse to everything material. During the course of this transit Sun is not very helpful even for material relationship. It also arouses disenchantment with material prosperity, physical pleasures, sexual relationship and mental servitude. The person gets oriented towards spirituality gradually and begins to consider himself supreme in every way. It intensifies egotism in ordinary individual. During this period, the person suffers from fatigue and loss of wealth. He becomes psychologically irritable especially on account of financial shortage while his aspirations run very high. He often falls sick. He has also to undertake many wearisome journeys.

Leo- When the Sun transits through the twelfth house from Moon, all attraction towards material attainments come to a close. During this period, the consciousness of a person gets linked with the realm of super-physical reality. Dreams, clairvoyance, philosophical ramblings, meditational trances, and deep involvement in speculative philosophy are some of the results of this transit. If suitable preparations have already been made earlier and the planetary configurations support, the period can be fruitfully utilized for developing psychic faculties. But for a common man the transit of Sun through the twelfth house from Moon is extremely frustrating. A sense of disappointment dawns on him and he feels a sense of irreparable loss of everything - status, wealth, honour and the sense of direction in life seems gone.   

Virgo- A new status, increased income, freedom from illness and disease and a sense of onvolvement in one’s undertakings of importance are some of the results of solar transits through the eleventh house from Moon. During this period the individual secures recognition from the highest authority. The individual may not expect fears from anyone, works efficiently, interacts correctly and pays proper respect to others. The people in general speak well of him. Those preparing for higher life, may come in contact with their mentor and guide during this period. They are likely to receive downpour of beneficent impulses from higher sources which can land them to rapid progress towards self-unfoldment. This is a very significant solar transit because it leads to the accomplishments of one’s goal in life, completion of arduous responsibilities, attainment of new position and much honour. This is a period of all round self fulfillment.

Libra- During the tenth house transit, the Sun produces sufficient strength and understanding for the discharge of one’s terrestrial responsibilities. During this period, the inner man reminds and inspires the personality towards the ultimate destiny. If the individual is not in tune with his mission of life, there can then be a sense of mortification, urging the individual to orient the self towards the pursuits of ultimate objective. For those having life’s mission well synchronized this period usually heralds success, royal favour, divine direction and generosity for one’s friends and relations. There may be increased sense of pride  and greater efficiency at work. The individual can realistically expect agility in action, sharpness in intellect, leadership in profession and successful completion of difficult undertakings. The period is marked by honour, enthusiasm, pride and recognition of merit, accrual of wealth and other professional rewards.

Scorpio- The transit of Sun in ninth house from Moon produces a feeling of inferiority. The person at the same time feels self-righteous and presumes himself as the holiest of the holies. The reaction of other person is often hostile to him. Even when the person is right in his approach, others oppose him. During this period the individual feels tortured and humiliated. He becomes frustrated and disappointed. There may also be danger to his life. He feels alienated from his associates and isolated from his social circles. Physically, he feels let down and run down. However for those on the path of occult preparations, the period is significant for expansion of spiritual consciousness.

Sagittarius-The transit of Sun in the eighth house from Moon is not an unmitigated evil. During this period, hidden recesses of the mind get activated. The sub-conscious becomes much vitalized. Unknown forces begin to pressurize the person to act in a special manner. Other persons do not very well comprehend and appreciate such behavioural expressions. Brusqueness brings disharmony in the person’s relationships. But the individual also gets unexpected windfall of money and chances of meeting of enlightened soul. He also receives occasional flashes of Reality. These results are however, very rare and possible only when supported by natal planetary configurations. Generally speaking, only such results as accidents, quarrels with friends, royal displeasure, high blood pressure and separations from the near and dear ones mark the period.       

Capricorn-The Sun in the seventh house from Moon produces expansion of ego. It complicates the marital as well as social relationships of the individual. He becomes self-opinionated and unyielding. Psychological pain is inevitable during this period. It is often accompanied by setback in health either of the person himself or of his family members. Business transactions also do not move smoothly. Other effects of the transit are fruitless travels, fatigue and mental ennui. Troubles connected with anal region and generative organs are not ruled out during this transit.


Aquarius-The Sun is powerful in the sixth house from Moon. This transit activates the spirit of adventure, specially in the realm of new ideas, exploration in the secrets of nature, courageous ventures in arduous undertakings and dauntless courage for assuming Herculean responsibilities which others can mostly be bound and reluctant to carry out. Solar radiance in the sixth house from Moon dispels sorrow and pessimism. Victory over enemies, successful termination of litigation, and removal of restrictive conditions are the usual features of the transit. The precise nature of the transit results will depend upon the specific task at hand. In all such cases the solar transit provides the necessary motive force for the accomplishments of one’s goal. The impact of the transit is more in the availability of motive force and energy rather than in the task at hand. The sixth house solar transit releases enormous energy for the individual.


Pisces-The Sun in the fifth house from Moon does not cause the birth of a child during this period. The individual takes delight in abstract thinking under this impact, and he tries to expound such a philosophy. Often for a common man the experience of servitude during this period produces excruciating pain and personal sorrow. The dangers of stomach pain, blood impurities and heart disorder can also be not ruled out.

Monday, July 8, 2013

Effect of Saturn Becoming Directional (08-07-2013)


Whatever is written here is strictly according to Vedic Astrology (Siderial Zodiac), please do not try to mix it with western astrology. Another thing one must keep in mind is that it is written for twelve different signs (in which a person's natal moon is located), that is here we have divided the whole of humanity in twelve different groups so the effect on individual may vary according to the strengths and weaknesses his own particular birth chart.

Aries- It is one of the most disturbing effect which saturn can give.It may completely destroy the peace of        mind.The native may travel from one place to another without any respite and suffer from hunger and thirst.His wife will find living with him difficult.His bussiness partner will consider him inflexible and non-cooperative.He himself becomes morbid, confused and afflicted with inferiority feeling.He is likely to join company of depraved persons and suffer from suicidal tendency.This is a period of rigorous testing for those who are treading the path of spiritual development.

Taurus- A powerful situation enabling the individual to show his prowess,conquer difficulties,resist disease carrying viruses, counteract degenerating tendencies and overcome devitalisation of lif-force.During this period the individual earns good income,augments his fixed assets and prospers socially.Discord in marital life get removed,co-operation from colleagues and relations becomepossible and self imposed austerities become easy to bear.The individual may occupy a new residence, move to a better environment and attain a greater seat of power.

Geminy- It stifles the urge to secure a position in the material realm,enjoy pleasures of life and thereby makes the individual frustrated,anti-social,morbid and introvert.The wealth of individual declines in this period, his children feel upset,his career gets destabilized and his mind becomes unbalanced.His family members desert him.The psychological loneliness of the person becomes very oppressive.Saturn in this position however makes the individual prepared for spiritual awakening.

Cancer- During this period, the depressive whirlwind churns the emotional life of the person and his peace of mind and stability of relationships are disturbed.He is made psychologically unbalanced,his behaviour becomes uncoordinated and his official career turns out to be very frustrating.His married life turn sour. Those individual whose mind is weak and have intense attachment with material objects, find themselves either on the psychiatrist's chair or in a lunatic asylum during this period.

Leo- A period of auspicious results.During this period, the individual acquires material gifts with increased possibilities of social affluence.His life style changes for the better.Impediments are removed from his creative  activities and long delayed rewards are secured.Recovery of debts,fresh sources of income,new alignments in life and greater yearning for material entanglements are the general results of this period.

Virgo- Disturbs the family harmony,causes loss of property and fixed assets. energy for creative activities get depleted.Confusion occurs in the individual's thinking process.He experiences speech impediments and makes gloomy pronouncements.This period is not conducive for a stable family life.The person is always on  move.He however may expect some legacy but it will not make him happy and capable to enjoy it.For spiritual aspirants,this period is very helpful.Such persons may develop perseverance,inner contemplation and    
heightened sensitivity.

Libra- Saturn during this period restricts the individual in every way.The individual feels physically devitalized,suffers from serious illness and he may have to perform funeral rites to get a first hand experience of death.During this period, the individual is separated from   his near and dear ones and from his familiar and desired objects.Depression, fatigue,penury and loss of enthusiasm characterize this period. The individual bereft of friends,feeling disappointment in life,suffering from ill health and tension in professional career is a miserable person immersed in gloom and self-centeredness.This period may make an individual experience humiliation, bad news,social and financial tension and denial of one's legitimate opportunities for growth and unfoldment.

Scorpio- This is a period physical suffering and material loss.During this period, the individual may be robbed of his money.His wife and children may suffer from serious disease. There may be much mental anguish.At this stage God's protective shield is temporarily withdrawn to enable the individual's unconscious and suppressed proclivities to have a free play.Unless the individual is spiritually advanced,there can be moral lapses during this period.It brings remorse to the person.The possibility of sorrow arises also from the loss of wealth and destruction of property, deterioration of health,occurrences of theft and such other frustrating experiences.In case the spiritual nature of the person has already developed, the period may be an occasion of individual's spiritual progress.The inner most content of one's psyche begins to establish control over the outer man,which radially transforms the nature of the person during this period.

Sagittarius- It produces respite from difficulties of life.The individual experiences happiness of all kinds,acquires wealth,achieves professional preference and receives extraordinary honours. Greater opportunities to shoulder social and professional responsibilities arise during this period.It is also favourable for courtship.The transit Aims at leading the individual to the individual to the universal stream of consciousness and to wider benefic influences which sustain the universe.It may be the most benefic period bestowed by the saturn which may give a new turn to life.During this period there is concretisation of one's philosophy and one's everyday life.There is greater emphasis on practicability of goal rather than on imagination and fantasy.Efforts primarily get goal oriented and the individual very much succeeds in achieving the same.

Capricorn- During this period the individual experiences loss of honour. He is afflicted by acute physical illness. But he also begins to get premonitions from the other world.He begins to feel that a future awaits him beyond the veil of shadow.During this period, there may be disturbed life, fall from high status,estrangement with one's wife and a change in one' existing environment and residence as well as in place of work.

Aquarius- A period of great uncertainty.The individual losses all his moral support from the elders.He suffers  from loss of money,encounters obstacles in his business activities and faces death of one of his elder relations. These events on the physical plane deeply affect his psychological make-up.Occasionally however,he receives physical and financial help at a time he least expects them.But as soon as he begins to depend upon them, they melt away.During this period the person becomes deeply contemplative. His inner nature gradually changes. On the physical plane of existence he experiences loss of various kinds which make him feel that his worldly moorings are receding from him.This feeling of exasperation kindle spiritual understanding in him and universalisation of hi personal psyche.

Pisces-During this period the individual experiences gloom,loss of money and separation from near and dear ones.He feels as if life is going to dissolve and melt into nothingness. He faces public disapproval,family disturbances, loss in speculation and affliction of children.With intense sorrow he feels as if passing through evil of shadow.But the restriction imposed on him in various ways are aimed at teaching the person the lesson of patience and perseverance.


Sunday, February 10, 2013

Indian Philosophy


In India, philosophy is called Darshana, i.e. seeing. It is Darshana because through it we can see. Here it is considered not as an end in itself rather as a means with the end as knowledge (Jnana) leading to salvation (Moksha). The origin of Indian Philosophy lies in the direct perception of truth by Vedic Rishis and not in any case by deductively or inductively reaching the truth by logic. And it is this direct perception of truth which had precipitated in the form of Vedas which form the foundation of all Indian Philosophy. The history of Indian Philosophy can be divided in the following three periods:
  1. Vedic Period: In this period four vedas namely (i) Rig, (ii) Sam, (iii) Yajur, (iv) Atharva came into being. Each of these four vedas consists the following four portions:
    • Samhita: Here the thoughts are expressed in the form of poetical allegory. The ideas are expressed so tersely that it is very difficult to imbibe their true meaning without the help of a proper preceptor.
    • Brahmanas: This represent the practical aspect of the former. Here we find the instructions about various sacrificial acts which must be performed.
    • Aranyaka: In Aranyaka, methods of training of mind are described.
    • Upanishads: These are written mostly in prosaic manner. Here the deep metaphysical questions about ourself, the universe and their interrelations are discussed. Many a time we find these discussions in the form of dialogues between a disciple and his preceptor.
  2. Early Post Vedic Period: This is the period of antagonistic thoughts towards Vedic Philosophy. The origin of this opposition can be traced to seemingly over emphasis of ritualism in Vedic Culture.
  3. Age of Systems: For the sake of simplicity, this period can be divided into following two portions:
    • Aphoristic Period: This period saw the evolution of various branches of philosophy in the proper sense and the composition of aphorisms belonging to different branches. Here it must be very clear that most of aphorisms were based on the teachings of Upanishads.
    • Commentary Period: The above mentioned aphorisms were so abstruse that they were liable to different interpretations. So after the aphoristic period there was an urgent need to explain them. Hence next followed the commentary period. Various commentaries of the same aphoristic texts were proposed to support a particular thought and at the same time to oppose the others.