BASICS OF INDIAN TRADITIONAL ASTROLOGYKERALEEYA SAMPRADAYA

Reference Texts:Varaha Hora By Konoth sankara warrier

Dasadhyayi By Talakkulathu Govinda Bhattatiri

The Nava Grahas

• Surya- sun• Chandra- moon• Kuja/chovva-mars• Budha-Mercury• Guru/Vyazham- Jupiter• Sukra- Venus• Sani-Saturn• Rahu• Ketu

• Gulikan (not taken as Graha)

THE IMPORTANCE OF GRAHASGraha sankalpa

• In traditional astrology, keraleeya or any indian tradition you find squires and some planets transcribed based on birth time.

• As the birth time is fixed and you can’t improvise, the birth chart is also fixed, which is the frame work of past life. Birth chart is past life and Prasna the analysis is analysis of the present crisis

• All planets and houses in horoscope are to be understood as parameters in life. The sun in astrology is different from the physically seen sun in sky. similarly all grahas are symbolic representation of traits and parameters in life, like “A” FOR “APPLE” all the attributes of sun mentioned in this presentation is symbolised as surya. Similerly all graha sankalpa are symbolisations.

Properties of Graha

• Sun

Surya

• Chandra

Moon

• Kuja

mars

• Father, aggression, rudeness, vision, decision making, Goodwill, certain form of blessings from the family tradition, etc, it is papa graha

• Mother, imagination, kids, love, sympathy, acceptance and forgiveness, related to monthly periods for a girl, etc, during the sukla paksha, good and krishna paksha not auspecious

• Blood, Blood related properties, sperm for male, sibilings,etc, it is paapa graha

• Budha

• Guru

• Education or Vidya, Uncle, Vak karaka or the controler of speech, all expressions in the form of convincing, etc Good when related to good planets and papa in paapa yoga or associations with paapa

• Guru is the most subha graha (auspecious of all planets) out of which except when it is lord of 6th 8th and 12th it blesses. In 6th Guru increases negetive qualities, 8th Ill health,12th expenditure, spending large sums in temples, more expenditure to preserve life than income, etc

Sani• He is Black in color, wears dirty dresses, likes to wander

alone in mountains and jungles, like to eat left over food, He is Vata karaka(causer of rhumatic problems)

causer of mental strength,emotional endurance, maturity, when becomes lord of 10th and 11th causer of profit from land, trading of herbs, medicines, and black metal related objects, during first half taking the aspect of work and next half on profit, will force to perform pitru karma that is during the sani dasa surya apahara pithru karma yoga is common, assume similer for moon as dosham, total span of 19 years, travels slowly called Manda and indicated by Ma in grahanila. When placed in 12th, legal complication and punishment from the Government during the last phases of life in indicated. In prasna Sani is Badha karaka means praeta dosha

Rahu and Ketu

• Rahu has all similar like sani except it is good in Karkitaka except becomes 6th 8th or 12th place. It is powerful in Agneya rasis and relatively weak in jala rasis

• Ketu has similer like Kuja, relatively less harmful in Vrushchika, Dhanu, makara and kumbha

• When placed in 12th it is dangarous

Gulika

• Gulika is a dhooma or comet star. It distroys the properties of house where gulika Bhavanadhipa is placed, indicated in horoscope as Maa

• Only Guru Drishti is parihara and when placed in the second place, lot of negetive impacts are forced up on the individual throuth Vak Stana Dosham. Means the words spoken by the person with gulika in 2nd place are likely to be misinterpreted and used as a tool to persecute the person. When analysed in prasna, Gulika is the first cause of miseries - durita karaka

These are only very fundamental related to Grahas

• Depends on which house related to lagna and chandra, Grahas are placed, the power, properties, effects and influences changes accordingly.

• Also on the Vimshottari Dasa, The Dasa Nathan and Apahara nathan are to be analysed and predictions are to be viewed accordingly

DarshnamSri.A.V.Sankaran PaDana kendram• Acharyan: Sri.V.V.Giri

Department of Sanskrit, Government College Chittur Palakkad, Keralam

Satyasree, Thelakkat lane Chittur Palakkad

Keralam-678 101

Prepared By: Sanjay Menon

MA. Psychology

saisanjaymenon@yahoo.co.in