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Knowledge for life
Vedic astrology or Jyotish -
the best of lights - is the ancient art and science of
observing the flow of time and thus understanding the past,
present and future. The Vedic seers saw from the highest
level of consciousness the implications - tendencies in life
- that are indicated by the positions of theplanets. With
this knowledge, we can understand how our life is unfolding
and the strengths and challenges in every area. For example,
in the areas of family and relationships, health, career,
finances, interests, and personal and spiritual development.
Compatibility and Relationships
An individual’s
relationships can be seen from the birth chart. It shows the
energies involved and their cycles and the challenges which
are likely to arise. Knowledge of the dynamics of a
relationship and its cycles in time can often help enrich
and smooth the experience. For instance, when a tendency to
separate arises being aware of the planetary energy involved
and the duration of its influence can save from hasty
decisions.
Sometimes we can take
personally something we feel in another. The charts let us
see what is really going on, what is our own projection, and
what is arising in the other person as a result of some
unresolved experience in the past.
Since time immemorial, Vedic
astrologers have been consulted in India before marriage was
solemnised or business partnerships begun. Thus Vedic
astrology offers sophisticated methods for determining
compatibility.
Health
Culpeper, the great English
herbalist, wrote that a doctor must know astrology. From the
planetary cycles, the transits, and the birth chart the
significant health problems can be seen, when they will
arise, how long they will last, which part of the body will
be mainly affected, if they will be curable, what the cure
should be and what the 'real' cause is. Often serious health
problems arise from ancient memories which need much more
than medicine to disentangle. Vedic astrology offers very
deep solutions to very deep problems and points to the
ultimate solution to every problem - Self-realisation.
Finance
Life revolves around certain
key issues. Obviously resources as well as gain and loss are
of primary concern to all but a few. Naturally, Jyotish can
give much insight here as well as making useful predictions.
Resources go far beyond money and loss and gain are not
merely experienced in the bank account. A planet associated
with the 12th house can give an ongoing sense of loss with
which we struggle until rescued by clarity of understanding.
Knowledge is power and we need to know when to advance and
when to bear gracefully with a sense of retreat or how to
use it for our advantage, because advantage lies in every
experience that comes to us.
Purpose in life
Jyotish shows us what any
life is primarily dedicated to. While everyone has an
ultimate spiritual destiny, we take birth with certain
desires to fulfil or we could say a certain intention. If
this is not well understood, we may be wondering why life is
unfolding contrary to certain expectations we have acquired
or why we keep meeting with certain experiences.
With the cycles of time our
life's issues change. For every intention there is an
allotted time. When the time for something has passed, there
is only loss in continuing out of habit. It is better to
know at least the outline of our life's map.
Spiritual direction
The Vedic wisdom is the
knowledge of consciousness. As such its primary concern is
self development. The planetary energies can be both
obstructive and supportive. When we neglect our spiritual
process they obstruct, when we nourish it they support. Thus
our own unique spiritual path is also the key to outer
happiness and fortune and the nature of that path can be
seen from the birth chart.
One of the specialities of
Vedic astrology is that it has many different sub-charts
based on the exact position of the planets, each one giving
insight into an area of life. One of these is concerned with
our spiritual experience and its modes of development.
Auspicious Times
Every moment in time has its
unique quality, and the destiny of any project or process
started at that time can be seen from the planetary
configuration at that moment. Conversely, by selecting an
auspicious moment we can facilitate the success of an
undertaking - marriage, starting a business, occupying a new
house, etc. This is why heads of state and leaders in every
field often have their own Vedic astrologer. This is rapidly
becoming true even in today’s business world.
Planetary Cycles
A speciality of Vedic
astrology is the remarkable methods of determining the
cycles of time and the influence of the planets on them.
This allows us to know when the fruit of a certain
combination in the birth chart is likely to express itself.
In particular, the method called Vimshottari (literally 120
years) is uncannily accurate.
Vedic and Western Astrology
There are many differences
but the most obvious is that the planets are read primarily
with reference to the background stars (the sidereal zodiac)
rather than the seasons (the tropical zodiac). There is now
a difference of about 23 degrees which means that, for
instance, your sun may prove to be in a different sign. The
difference can be quite enlightening. Vedic astrology is
strong in every area. It can give an amazingly accurate
personality profile but it shows at the same time all other
areas of life from the spiritual to the most mundane.
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