Friday, March 6, 2009

Learn astrology basics 2

Friendship and Enmities of Planets

Allotment of Zodiac Houses for Planets

The problem is to allot twelve houses, without partitioning a single one to seven
planets, Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn. If these twelve houses
which are to be allotted to seven planets each planet will get 1.71% house.
The solution given in Hindu astrology is: the Sun owns only one house or rashi, Leo
or Simha and the Moon owns only one rashi, Cancer or Karka. Solution Now there
are ten houses and five planets awaiting allotment.
The easy solution that emerges out now is allot two houses to each of the five
planets.

The Scheme of Allotment thus arrived at is:

Mars is allotted Mesha (Aries) & Vrishchika (Scorpio), two each.
Venus is allotted Vrishabha (Taurus) & Tula (Libra), two each.
Mercury is allotted Mithuna (Gemini) & Kanya (Virgo), two each.
Jupiter is allotted Dhanu (Sagittarius) & Meena (Pisces), two each.
Saturn is allotted Makara (Capricorn) & Kumbha (Aquarius), two each.
There is a very easy way to remember it. Divide these twelve rashis into two
divisions six belonging to the Moon and six belonging to the Sun.
The rashi number of the Moon is four (Karka) proceed in backward direction from
here 4, 3, 2, 1, 12 and 11. The rashi number of the Sun is five (Simha) and proceed
in forward direction from here 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10.

The Lunar Half 4 3 2 1 12 11
The Solar Half 5 6 7 8 9 10

Now Re-arrange It Thus:

Lunar Half : Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn
Solar Half : Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn

To sum up Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn move in a backward direction
from Karka. Repeat it from Simha in forward direction.

Happy and Unhappy Conditions of Planets

Hindu astrology which deals with the happy and unhappy conditions of human beings
who are happy or unhappy or indifferent or very comfortable in some surroundings,
comfortable in some, less comfortable in some, uncomfortable in some and
miserable in some, so too planets have different conditions and different moods. The
condition of planets in a horoscope reflects it.
Note: Do not take it literally because there are many brilliant exceptions to these
rules. If that is not remembered, only a gloomy and fatalistic view of a horoscope will
have to be taken, as many astrologers do.
Just as the company of different human beings and different surroundings create
different moods in you so do planets in a horoscope. Planets are happy in some
conditions and unhappy in some other conditions. There are varying emotional
states.
Caution
Before you learn the following lesson, overcome the mechanistic attitude of the age
we live. Astrology of Hindus is not a set of formulae to be applied in a push-button
way. What is being given here is for a quick understanding of the fundamentals only.
Do not take them as final pronouncements. If you commit that mistake, you will
become dogmatic.
Hindu astrology is world's most developed astrology because India is the land where
astrology originated and, was developed over a period of thousands of years. Here
many astrological experiments have been done and many techniques tested and retested.
Avoid dogma but follow the steps given below. The more flexible but, not
romantically stupid, you are in learning astrology, the better are the chances of your
developing proper astrological ability.
Remember it step by step

Exaltation & Debilitation

A planet is in an extremely happy condition when he is exalted and is in an
extremely miserable condition when he is debilitated (It is not always true, But this
fundamental principle is useful for prediction). When and upto what degrees in a sign
is a planet exalted is the first lesson you learn.



Note : Except Mercury who is exalted in Kanya no other planet gets any exalted
status in its own house.
Note: All exalted planets get debilitated in the seventh house from their points of
exaltations. For instance the Sun is exalted in Mesha. Now count in this way – Mesha
first, Vrisha second, Mithuna third, Karka ending with Tula which is the seventh
house from Aries.
Moolatrikona
The second best condition for planets is called as the Moolatrikona. Remember it.
Sun in Simha upto 20 degrees
Moon in Vrishabha upto 27 degree
Mars in Mesha upto 12 degrees
Mercury in Kanya upto 20 degrees
Jupiter in Dhanu upto 10 degrees
Venus in Tula upto 15 degrees
Saturn in Kumbha upto 20 degrees
Note: Except the Moon all other planets get the Moolatrikona condition in one of
their own houses.

Own House



The third best condition for a planet is to be in its own house (other than
Moolatrikona house which, except in the case of the Moon is of course its own
house). Remember it thus:
Note : Sun, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn recognize the same house in
which they are in a moolatrikona condition, as their own houses. But their other
houses are also their own houses. The only exception is the Moon.
These are three of the happiest conditions for planets in different houses

Lagna

You were born on some day of some month of some year at a particular time and in
a particular place with your lagna being one of twelve: Mesha,Vrisha, Mithuna,
Karka, Tula, Vrishchik, Dhanu, Makar, Kumbha or Meena. To arrive at a Lagna some
calculations are to be done. Since, we are, however, avoiding mathematics, only a
rough method of checking the horoscope in a Hindu chart is explained.
In Hindu astrology the Sun changes from one rashi into another in the middle of
English months. If you remember this, you will know where your Sun should be at
the time of your birth.
Keep calculating at this rate, the lagna changing after every two hours. Four cardinal
points are useful to do this exercise easily.
At sunrise the Sun will be in the Lagna.
During the mid-day in the fourth house from the Sun.
At sun-set in the seventh house from the Sun.
At mid-night in the tenth house form the Sun.
Warning
1. Do not apply this blindly. It is a very rough method made use of by astrologers to
answer questions (horary or prashna astrology) when they are required to answer
question while in a train or an aeroplane where they cannot calculate with the tools
which they keep with them.
2. Sunrise and sunset change from place to place and country to country. Still this
method will be found to be working satisfactorily. On this basis I predicted the victory
of Columbia against Switzerland in June 1994 at San Fransisco. The calculation was
done mentally while sitting in the football stadium, watching the World Cup Football
(in USA they call it soccer) matches. I repeated it at Santa Fe when I was watching
the finals between Brazil and Italy on the television. My prediction was that Brazil
would win and one of the Italian players would be injured. This prediction too came
out correct, exactly.
3. But how can we apply this to arctic regions where there are six-months of day and
six-months of night. I have no answer but I am confident I can solve this problem, if
given some astrological data. I am not aware if any Indian astrologer has an answer
to it.
4. After making such mental calculations see your computer cast horoscope for an
analysis.
5. Keep doing the exercise. It will help you concentrate on a horoscope, which in
turn, will sharpen your predictive powers.
See the examples given here. It is a rough method of mentally calculating the lagna
when the duration of day and night are more or less equal or do not have much
difference.
The position, month by month for 2008 (almost all years) will be as follows –
1. January 14th, Makar or Capricon at 10 am.
2. Februay 12th, Kumbha or Aquarius at 11:02 pm.
3. March 14th, Meena or Pisces at 7:59 pm.
4. April 13/14 midnight at 4:31 am. (In India the day begins at sunrise)
5. May 14/15 at 1:23 am.
6. June 15th at 7:59 am.
7. July 16th at 6:51 am.
8. August 16/17 at 3:14 am.
9. September 16/17 at 3:9 am.
10. October 17th at 3:4 am.
11. November 16th at 2:49 pm.
12. December 15/16 at 4:26 am.
For a birth in the U.S.A. or any other country this will undergo some change by some
hours only.

Calculate your Lagna or the Ascendant of the Rising Sign

Your should still be able to calculate mentally on the basis of your Sun-sign (as given
in Hindu astrology) the birth ascendant of yours, at least approximately. It is done
thus.
1. See where the Sun is at the time of your birth. Suppose you were born on April
20, you then know that your Sun-sign (in Hindu Astrology) is Mesha or Aries.
Roughly each ascendant lasts for two hours. Therefore start form your Sun-sign and
proceed thus –
2. Sun at birth is in Mesha or Aries, so for two hours in the morning the ascendant or
Lagna will be Mesha. After two hours, the Lagna will be Taurus or Vrishabha.
3. Another easy way of remembering it is, If you were born at sunrise your Sun will
be in your Lagna. After two hours it will move to next sign.