Sun, Moon and Asc

Sun = Soul
Asc = body
Moon = mind

Once the birth happens...the soul is bound to the body. The body continues its journey of life as directed by the MIND (Moon)... thus we see Moon is the real driver in the journey of life in any birth. What does our mind needs to drive the body (and the soul that is bound to the body) towards the correct destination ? - ofcouse it needs knowledge. Knowledge comes from Jupiter (the guru of the devas)  or Venus (the guru of the demons)....

But ultimately who is the driver of the life's journey once the birth happens? - ofcourse mind (Moon).

That is why Vedic Astrology gives utmost importance to Moon's Nakshatra and Moon's Sign....

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Moon is Chandra

Vedic Names of Grahas ( 2nd post )

Moon = Chandra => cha (mind)+indra(king)

Moon is CHANDRA which rules the mind.

What are the traits of a real un-afflicted mind which has realised GOD ?

A man, possessing such a mind, will LOVE all without any discrimination.

An enlightened mind has no enemy. An enlightened mind is driven by pure LOVE ( not lust).

So calling moon by HIS name CHANDRA is equivalent to inviting the pure divine energy to rule our mind and fill us with the feeling of UNIVERSAL LOVE.

Sun is SURYA

Sun = SURYA => Su(good)+Arya(man)

Now who is Su+Arya ?
Obviously, a man who always upholds his DHARMA.

So when you call Sun by HIS vedic name Surya, you are praising HIM for HIS divine ability to always follow HIS dharma ( duties). So calling SUN by the name Surya is basically equivalent to activating that divine ability of Surya within you.

How many of us can always (in any cicumstance) follow our DHARMA? 

Think.... Contempalate

Vedic Names of Planets

Vedic Names of Planets (grahas)

Knowing the planets ( grahas) by their Vedic names.

Vedic names of grahas have been selected by the Ancient Sages ( rishis),  these names convey deep POSITIVE meanings about them.. so if you call a graha by its Vedic (sanskrit) name, you are actually welcoming that graha's POSITIVITY in your life...

Grahas in Vedic Astrology

Astrological planets are called GRAHAS in Vedic Astrology.

The Sanskrit word GRAHA captures the idea that these nine grahas are living energies which put out waves of energy.

These waves of energy affect our awareness. The active power of these celestial energies is to seize (grab) our consciousness when we come under their influence or to take hold of what we focus on... This is how GRAHAS affect us (in the astrological sense).

Any celestial body that has above qualities will be a GRAHA - be it a planet (mars, jupiter...etc), Star (Sun), Satellite (moon) or shadow (rahu and Ketu).

Those who understand this concept of graha can understand why Vedic Astrology prescribes MANTRA chanting to turn a graha's energy positive in our life or to strengthen the positive energies of a graha in our life.

Word "Planet" is an unfortunate translation to use for GRAHAS in astrological context.

Greeks invented the word planet to mean "that which wanders in the sky".

Sun or Moon have a very organised motion, they do not seem to  wander as seen from earth. Greeks never intented to call SUN a planet. They never intended to call either Moon a planet.

Europeans, when they borrowed knowledge from Greece and  Arab in the renaissance period, they started to use the word planet for all the celestial enties that have astrological influence on us.

Understanding Vedic Horoscope

Watch the following videos to understand the basic presentation style of Vedic Horoscopes (North Indian style)

Part -1 

In this video you, will understand that why you should learn to understand the presentation styles of Horoscope used by the practitioners of Vedic Astrology. You will also learn that how to draw a NORTH INDIAN STYLE of vedic horoscope. I have explained the fixed locations of various houses in the horoscope.

Part -2

What is a HOUSE in a horoscope? What things each House represents?

Part -3 

How a blank North Indian Horoscope is coverted from a "blank sheet of destiny" into a "specific map of destiny" of a particular person

Part -4

In this part I have shown that how the sign of the first house in a birth horoscope relates to the sign rising in the Eastern horizon at the time of birth as seen from the place of birth. I have also explained that how this information of the rising sign at the time of birth, that directly becomes the sign of the first house, also tells that the signs of the other 11 houses. Then I have also explained that how to see the entire picture of a person's life pattern in various areas of life on the basis of what signs fall in which house..

Part - 5

This is final part of "horoscope presentation style" series of my videos. In this, I have finally placed the planets in the houses as per their placements in the sky. I have also explained that how we can see interlinking between houses of a horoscope based on the planetary placements.

Part - 6

Which part of the sky correspond to the 1st H, 7th H, 10th H and 4th H of the birth horoscope ? Which houses in the horoscope correspond to the invisible half of the zodiac in the sky... and which houses correspond to the visible half of the zodiac?

Predictive Ability of Vedic Astrology

Vedic Astrology can actually predict ! It can actually help us foresee events that are likely to take place in our life. And that proves that fact that our life, to great extent, is driven by our destiny, inside which we are also given some amount of free will to optimize our life ( if we have that will power ! ) within the ambit of the destiny.The basis of Vedic or Hindu Astrology is the Karma Theory of Hindu philosophy.

In Hindu astrology,  based on the birth date, time and place of a person we prepare the Birth Horoscope of the person. This horoscope shows the positions acquired by various planets in the zodiac at the time of the birth of the person. It also shows the sign that was rising in the eastern horizon of the location of his birth at the the time when he was born.There are twelve houses in the Hindu-Astrological-Horoscope corresponding to the 12 zodiacal signs. First house is always occupied by the sign rising at the time/place of his birth ( the rising sign is often called Ascendant or Lagna ). We should try to understand that planets moving in the sky are hands of a cosmic clock that is running in the nature. And the nature causes a person to born under a particular planetary configuration ( meaning, at a particular time as measured by the cosmic clock ! )  and at a particular place to make him suffer or enjoy the fruits of his prarabdha along with other people whose prarabdhas are interlinked with his. Thus we see, in the planetary configuration present at the time of birth of a person ( along with the rising ascendant at the place of his birth when he was born) the indications about the prarabdha ( destiny, life pattern.. etc ) of that person are present. And the job of an astrologer is to read those indications from the birth horoscope of the person. The rules of reading indications about a person's life in Hindu Astrology have been developed by ancient hindu sages like Parashara, Jamini, Satyacharya, Varahmihira... etc

For astrological consultation you can contact me with your birth details 
(Teacher and Astrologer J.P.Sinha  Mobile = +91 9871 222 426 )

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