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II SRI II

TH ASTROLOGICAL MIRROF

(BIGGER EDITION)

BY

Prof. B. SURYANARAIN RAO, B. A.,

M.R.A.S .. F.R.H.S., M.M.L.S., H.D.B.C. Etc,

FOUNDER

THE ASTROLOGICAL

MAGAZINE

&

AUTHOR OF 80 WORKS

FOURTH EDITION

(1983)

PUBLISHERS

:-

THE ASTROLOGICAL

OFFICE

(B. S. CHANDRAN)

PUBLISHERS

&

BOOK SELLERS

BANGALORE-560 017


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ONTENTS

Preface to he Second Edition

Publisher's Note

Spiritual

Sciences

Decades

Missionary

Preaching

Destructive criticisms

Cause of

Indian Religion

European

Scholars

Philosophy

~ u n

Thought

False

representation

Religious

Dodges

Unpalatable

truth

Wonderful

perversion

Doggedness

Western

Conceptions

Profound Thought

Cel s on

mythology

Indian Wisdom

Sanskrit

Sciences

Unbaissed

mind

Psychic

Powers

Pioneer

Sneers

Heaviest

odds

Individual predictions

Impregnable

position

Enemies

of

Indian Sciences

Yoga, Mantra, Astrology

Bold predict ions

Wavering

public

Santhies

Speculations

Remedial measures

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Re-Action

Muhurtha

Vedas

Ceremonials

Auspicious times

Calculations

Success

beyond hopes

Failures

Subha

Lagna

Mysterious Influences

Sinews

of

work

Maha

Rishis .

Uphill

Work

Etherial

currents

Zodiacal Signs

Influential men

Gloomy

Aspects

Divya

dristi or

Divine Vision

Mysteries

of time

Scoffs

Internal Worth

Week

Days

Comforts

and

miseris

Courting

of

ruin

Cycles of past

centuries

Rahukala

Loss of l ight

Rahu and Kethu

Rahu means

darkness

Hindu Sages

l i t t le

concentration

Chidra means a

whole

lagna

Thyajya

Bnuianqa

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Wasting

Energies

Vrischika

Vitilising energies

Grudhra means

vulture

Physical

and

Etherial

Generate

Decay

Demonstrable

Divine

Attain

Perfection

Rudiments

Powerful time

Process

Electrical

and

magnetic

Etherial and

Divine fcrmation

Namakarna

Anna

Prasana or first

feeding of

a

child

Akashara Sweekarna-Commencing

education

Upanayana or Sacred thread

Ceremony

Vivah or

marriage

Nisheka or

Nuptials

Prayana or travelling

Good

constellations

for travelling

Good

signs

Abhijin

muhurtha

Planetary positions for travelling

Pilgrimage

Tarabala

Strength

of moon

Janma,

Sampat, Vipat,

Kshema

Pratyak Sadhana,

Nidhana,

Mitra, Paramamitra

How

to

find

Tarabala

How to find Chandrabala

.

Panchaka or five sources

of

Energy.

Nakshatra, Lagna, Thithi, Vara

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Results

of

Chandrabala

Kshowra or

shaving

Vidyutsakti Prakarna

Akshi, eyes, Kukshi, stomach, Vakshasu, chest,

Hridaya, heart, Sira, head, Hasta, hands, Oopast

feminine

organ, Nabhi,+Naval,

Medhra,

male

organ,

Adhobaganalaya,

lower,

intestines

Buddhistana,

seat of intelligence.

Police

Veritable

Beggars

Subtle inner inf luences'

Times favourable

for

shaving

Vastuprakarana or

Building

houses

.....

Times favourable

to

build houses

Haunted

houses

Influences of

houses

Happiness

Negative Electicity

Unfathomable

antiquity

Phenomena

Cohesive, Adhesive and Repulsive ....

Astrological formulas

New Buildings

Zodica I Houses

Shadbalas

Gruha Pravesa or

entering

new

houses

Human

action produce

Electrical currents

Oottarayana

Naked eye

EviI tendencies

Bhootas

lnimicable

Bhoota Bali

Lunar

days

Shadvargas

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If )

Kendras

Evil planets

Oopa Chayas

Religious

details

Sacrificial Rites

Prasna

Colossal

ignorance

Kuparambha or digging wells

G.ood and evil days for i t

Free

Flow

of

water

Watery signs

Krishikarma

or agriculture

Proudest

monarch

Solar Rays convert water into

vapour

I t

is

condensed

by

cold

blasts

Muhurtha Marthanda

Misraprakarna

Ploughing

Abhijit

Good

crop..

Vydhruti,

Vvatipatna

and astami

Mercury

Horrible Doubts

Prudent and

sensible

men

Adrninsterinq

medicines

Difficulty in judging.

Surgical

operation

Marriage adaptability

12 Junctional forces

Graha

mitram

Vasya, Rajju

Vedha,

Varna

Religious tempararnent

Marrying

couple

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32 mouthfulls of rice

Gunas

Nadi

Want

of agreement

Total knowledge of Gunas

Careful analysis

History

False delicacy

Union of sexes

Units

No Village

No

family

No Town

No Municipality

No

City

No Community

No Nation

No Continent

No world

Individuals

Misery

Real unmistakable basis

Prosperity

Misfortune

Back bones

III set

Ruins and

destructions

Presidents of Republics

Great

doctors

Deformed husband

Rougish friend

Rotton official

Licentious Officer

Fradulent monarch

Intolerable

miseries

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Betraying

Wilful

Idiocty

Blind dogma

Unprejudiced and

liberal education

Dinam

Implication

Ganam

Deva

Rakshasa

Prohibited

Stree Rakshasa

Condemned

A Heaven

Debaucherous

Unsympathetic

Repulsive

Rascalities

Notorious

Deceived

Sexuality

Mahendrakuta

Stree Dirgha

Graha mitra

Yonikuta

Sexual organs

,Disproportionate

Falsedelicacv

Number of American Divorces

Plain truth hateful

Diplorable situations

Elephants

Serpents

Rats, Cats, Tigers, Deer

Mangooses,

Lions,

Serious marriage responsibility

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Chastity

34

Celestial

space

"

Longevity

36

Misery

and sorrow

n

- ..

"

Poverty

Progeny

Varnnakuta

"

Junction

Purity

of

colour

36

Brahmin

Rasis

Varnasrama Dharma

be

Brahma Karma

Dharmas

Brahma Tejas

{;

"

Kshatrias

'"

"

Vysas

"

Equitable

principles

Sudras

"

Agricu Iture

"

Higher Caste

Lower

class

"

Personal greed

Cupidity

"

Condemned

Vasya Kuta

Subjugation

Rupture

'(oga

1

37

Graha Mitram

"

Mental

Attitude

Darkness

& Light

"

Hostile

positions

38

Amalgamate

f

Harmonious whole

"

Rajju Kuta

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. Cord binding

Constitute

Pada

Rajju

Kati

Rajju

Udara Rajju

Kanta Rajju

Siro

Rajju

Wandering Life

Bhinna

Vedha Kuta

Disturbance

Uniformly

Magnetic Currents

Attractive

Cohesive

Dasas

Vidasas

Respective peroids

Legal

Social

Religious

Restraints

Unsympathetic

Nadi

Kuta

Pertinent

Pulse

Centre

of

Nervous

energy

Vata-wlndy

Pittha -bi

Iious

Sleshrna- Ph

legmatic

Actuated

Gratification

Excited

Consequences

Involved

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Indiscretions

External

Reproduction

Pecuniary

prospect

Disagreeable

Unions

Indissolvable

Consummation

Nasty

temper

aments

Maharishies

Elaborate

Brides

Bridegrooms

Spiritual

.

Divorce

Bestial

lust

Searched

External form

Summom Bonum

Amalgamation

Economy

Prudential

Inte rpreted

Unity

Muhurtha:

Intensity

Duration

Correlation

Karrnaie

Averted

Solar

Stellar

Modified'

Transaction

Ouadrants ,

Trines

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Blemishes

44-

Preponderance

Eminent

Amavasya

45

Sankramana

Contingencies

"

Exigencies

Multifarious

Consecutively

.,

Deviation

46

Malicious

.,

Dismissal

r r

Disobedience

-n

Struggle

.,

Government

Diet

Invariably 47

Foresight ,

Rediculous

Environments

Germs

Breeding

Fi

ltered

.,

Instantaneously

48

Guna

Bahulyam

Dosha

walpam

.,

Combust 49

Terrestrial

Phenomena

50

Inimicably

"

Progeny

51

Venerial

Complaints

"

Umasankarayoga

51

Rama

Vishnuyoga

Ordained

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Subversive

Shadowy plan.et .

Jatakam

Counteract

Arrogate

Convulsions

Poorvajanma

Panorama

Religious

Stamina

Godly Ideas

Moksha

Re-incarnation

Purlfication

Promiscuous

Panacea

Expanded Vision

Tappas

Psychic

Probe

Germination

Random

Prakruti

Nama Nakhsatra

Chu, Chay, Cho, La-Aswini

Le, La. Lay, Lo-Bharani

Aa, Ee, U, A-Kritt ika

0, Va, Ve Vu-Rohini

Vay, Vo Ka, Ke-Mrigasira

Ku, Kham, Jna, Chha-Aridra

Kay, Ko, Ha, H i o o r n a ~ v a s u

Hu, Hay, Ho Da-Pushyami '

De, Du, Day

Do-Auslasha

Ma, Me, Mu,

May-Makha

Mo, Ta.

n.

Tu-Phooba

Tay, To, Pa, Pi-Uttara

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53

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58

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Pu,

Shaw,

Na,

Dha-Hasta

Pay, Po, Ra,

Ri-Chitta

au. Ray, Ro, Tha-Swati

Thi,

Thu, Thay,

Tho-Visakha

Na,

Ni,

Nu,

Nay-Anooradha

No,

Ya, Ye, Yu-Jaista

Yay, Yo Ba,

Bi-Moola

Bu, Thha, Bha, Dha-f'oorvashada

Bay, Bo,

Ja,

Ji-Ottarashada

Ju,

Jay,

Jo,

Gha-Sravana

Ga, Gi, Gu,

Gay-Dhanista

Go, Sa, Si, Su-Satabisha

Say, So, Tha, Thi-Poorvabhadra

Thu, Syam, Cha, Thha-Utttarabhadra

Thay,

Tho,

Cha,

Chi-Raivati

.Krishna

Hrishna

Sridhara

Kshetrapala

Gnana

Bhima

Bhairava

Destruction

Couple

Ancestry

Mulaka

Nadu

Andhra

Brahmin

Community

Stock

Venerable Vasista

Guru of Sri Rama

Gotra

Walaja Nagar

Generations

Patronage

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N'awabs

Arcot

Polyagars

Yagnaas -

sacrifice

Religious Fervour

Exemplary

Talamudupulu

Virtuous

Sarana

Varjhulu

Konda Varjhutu

Naga Varjhrulu

Mallavadhanlu

Malia Bhatlu

Lingappa Garu

Venkatappa Garu

Venkataramanayya Garu

Narasamma Hosur

Parayya and Lakshminaranappa

Naranamma, Bangaru Sastry Hegganapalli

Corps of

Infantry

Hyder and Tippu

Amildar,

Kikkeri

Channarayapatna

Head Peishkar, Devanahalli

Gopala Row

Dhatu Bharani

Rukminiamma

Palamanda Subba Row

Naib Dewan

Chicacole

Ganjam District

Parlakimidi Zamindari

Mantra

Sastras

Rama Namas

Ramakoti Vudyapana

Jagannatha

Row

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(8) Makha,

(9)

Oo

ttara,

(10) Oottarashada, (11) Ootta

rabhadra are preferred.

Jupiter, Venus or Mercury in the Lagna or Kendras,

except

the

7th

will produce

beneficial results from

the

marriage.

The last 5 days of

the month, Rikthathith ies,

New

monday, Ashtami, Shasti, Vyatipatha and Vydruti

should be left out. The 7th house from the marriage

Lagna should be without any

planets.

Venus must

not

be in the 6th and Mars should be

scrupulously

avoided

in

the 8th

house.

IX -N

ishaka

or

Nuptia

Is

The constellation - (1) Sravana, (2) Rohini,

(3)

Hasta,

(4) Anoradha,

(5)

Swati, (6)

Raivati,

(7) Moola,

(8)

Oottara

(9)

Oottaraashada

(10)

Oottarabhadhra,

(11) Satabhisha are good. The 4th, 8th, 6th, 14th,

15th

and

30th

of a lunar month are bad as also the week days,

Sunday, Tuesday and Saturday. The following Rasis

are good-Taurus,

Gemini,

Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,

Aquarius, Pisces and

Sagittarius.

There

should

be no

planets

in the 8th

house.

X-Prayana

or Travell ing

On the

4th

day

of

the

dark half

of a Lunar

month,

travelling towards the

east is

forbidden,

on

the 2nd

and

the

10th

of a bright half towards the

month,

on the 3rd

and 11th towards the south-east, on the

5th

and

t3th

towards the

south,

on the

6th

and

14th

towards

the west

en

the 7th

and 15th

towards

the north-west on the

8th

. f

the

bright half and Amavasya

towards the north

-east.

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Travelling towards the

East on Tuesday,

towards

the South on Monday and Saturday towards the West

on

Wednesday

and

Thursday,

towards

the

North

on

Friday are recommended in

the

astrological works,

Persons should

not

go towards

the: -

East on

Saturday

and

Monday.

West on Sunday and Friday

North

on

Tuesday

and

Wednesday

South on

Thursday

Good

constellations for travell ing are:-(1) Mrigasira

(2)

Aswini,

(3)

Pushyami

(4)

Punarvasu.

(5)

Hasta

(6) Anoradha, (7)

Sravana,

(8) Moola, (9) Dhanista

(10)

Raivathi

Travelling in

Sagittarius gives victory over enemies

in Taurus the person gets happiness, in Virgo he gets

fever, in

cancer

political success, in Leo prosperity, in

Scorpio boils and wounds, in Gemini and Aries he suffers

death

or

accident,

In

Libra

success, in

Capricorn

us

impri

sonment and disgrace, in Pisces fear from heavy rains

or

storms

and in

Aquarius

good

beating

from

robbers

or bad people.

When beneficia l planets

occupy

quadrants

or

trines

and evi I

planets occupy the 6th,

3rd and 11 th houses,

travelling

is

recommendod. Here

it

means

that

at

the

time

a person starts, some

sign of the

Zodiac

must rise

as a

matter of course

and

this

Is

called the Yatra

Lagna

or the Lagna (rising

sun) for

travelling. The conjunction

of

a planets

must

be

taken with

reference to

this Lagna.

Everyday at

about 12

o' clock in the noon, the sun

necessarily

gets into the most powerful

state'

and

that

particular

sign

where he is most

powerful

is called

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jillagna,

and

this

as stated by eminent Astrological

writers,

wil l

minimise

the evil

influences a great deal

and

will facilitate

success in all

undertakinqs.

Those

who

go on a piligrimage in the

following

Rasis will meet

death;

Aries, Leo, Virgo, Scorpio and

Aquarius.

XI-Tara

Bala or

Strength

o f

the

Star

In

the preceding

paragraphs

certain

constellations

are given as good

for

travelling, marriage, nuptials,

education

etc. The Punchaka or the Five-source

energy

should

be carefully consulted, and if that

proves

unfavourable then good

works ought not to be

commenced at all. There are also two other sources

of

evil which should

be

carefully avoided.

(1) They are

Tara BaJa or

the

strength of constellation and (2)

Cha-

ndra BaJa

or the strength of the Moon. Short

directions

will be

given

here to

find

out these.

'First try

and

remember fhe

constellation (Nakhatra) which

rules a

man at his

birth,

and

then count from it

to the constella

tion which rules on

the

day at

the

time

of

starting

or marriage or education and divide the figure by nine if

i t

is divisible or if

not

take

it

as

it

is. Then

apply the

fol lowing:- (1)

.Janrna, (2) Sampat,

(3)

Vipat, (4)

Kshema, (5) Pratvak, (6) Sadhana, (7) Nidhana, (8)

Mitra

and

(9)

Parama Mitra. The names are

indicative

of their own

results.

Janma means

birth

and may be

used in some cases

but generally it shows danger

to

body.

Sampat means wealth or prosperity and i t is

good. Vipat means loss or accident and it is bad.

Kshema means

good

or

prosperity

and

i t

is

good.

- Pratyak means loss of business or

obstacles.

Sadhana

indicates steady works and i t is good. Nidhana shows

death

and danger

and must

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mind.

People

should

not run away

with the

idea

that

having secured these good conjunctions, they

will

at

once

achieve

all

favourable

results and

avoid

all

influen

ces. The successes and failures

of

men or not so easy to

be explained or guided. They are

brought about

by very

cornpticatod energies working in

many directions,

and

Astrology,

like hygiene, throws

a

flood

of good l ight

upon

minimising the evil

and augmenting

the

good. This

requires

some

explanations

which should

convince

our

numerous readers. Say a man is born in Baharani and

Chandra is in Rohini. Chandra in this star gets

exal

tation

and is said to attain the highest power

to

do

good

If so how

could

he

do evil for

a person born in Bharani.

Rohini

becomes Vipat Tara and work is

prohibited

in

this.

The

position of

a

planet

has a

good

deal

to

do

with its influence

and usefulness. Say you want to read

in the night

and get a

powerful l ight' when the l ight

is

good you can read well and serve your interests. But

suppose the

l ight

is placed behind your back or by your

side,

could

you

do your

work? No,

why,

because though

the

l ight

is

powerful, the

position

you have taken

or

it

has

taken

with reference to you is

unfavourable,

and

the object to

be

gained

will be frustrated. By

unfavou

ble positions, the value

is

lost

and dangers may arise

by evil

positions.

XII-Panchaka

or

Five-Source-Energy

There are several methods by which

this

source

of

~ and bad time is prescribed. I shall here state briefly

the

most familiar and the easiest method for

reference and guidance. Take

the

number of lunar days

from

the

first of each lunar month

the

number of week

days from

Sunday, the

number of

constellations

from

Aswini and

the

number ef

signs

ar Lagnas from

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MIRROR 13

yidyutsakti

Prakarana

or the

treatise

on the

exhibition

of

electric; currents in

the human

body. He observes in

the sutras

thus- Akshi

(eyes), Vakshasi (chest) Kuk

shuocha

(stomach)

or belly,

Siro

(head) Madvavthatha

Hridi

(heart) Hastashu (hands) Upatsu

(feminine

organ)

Nabhoucha

(navel)

Medra (male organ)

Adho

Bhaga

Nalayaha [lower

intestines

or canals]

Buddhisthanay

[seat of intelligencej Brahma Danday

[the

seat of the

kala or ray

of

Bhrama] Pranakosav

[the

seat

of life]

Prakasatay

[shines

or

illuminates]

Hence cutting off

hair from the

head, means so much loss

of vitality to the

body

and such times

should

be selected as

would mini

mise or

neutralise

the

flow

of

electr ic currents from

those sources. The injunctions are for men, who wish to

have, or

who

possesses

abundance of electricity.

The

police warn

the people as

guardians

of the

property to

be

careful and shut all sources of

danger

from which thieves

might

enter

their houses

and

take away their property.

But

in

the

case

of

veritable beggers or

mendicants, who

have

no

property

to

lose,

the

advise

of

fhe

police looks

quite absurd

and they many

even call the

police

fools

for

giving such'

warning.

But their

advice is

sound and

necessary in

the

case

of rich

men. Similarly sciences

also will have

to

be interpreted in

their proper

spheres. ..

Shaving operations

and

cutting

or paring

the nails

etc.

should

always

be

conducted

when the

subtle influences

exercised by

the lunar

days,

constellations, planetatary

conjunctions etc.

are such as

would not

act prejudically

against

the

conversation of

the

godly or

spiritual energy

in man or

in

other

words

when

the

Satwa Guna (vital

energy)

is not

l ikely to suffer from

these

operations,

or

when the

chances

of its outflow

are

minimised.

Hence

good days must

be

fixed for

such acts.

Shaving may

be

had in

the following constellations-(1)

Pushyami,

(2)

Punarvasu,

(3)

Ravati,

(4)

Hasta,

(5)

Sravana,

(6)

.



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h a n i s ~ a (7)

Mrigasira,

(8) Aswini,

(9)

Chitta, (10)

Jaista,

(11) Satabhisha and (12) Swathi. Those

who

take

a shave on

the 4th

of

the

lunar

day court ruin

to

mother, on

the

14th lunar day

ruin

comes

to

sister. on

the

6th

day misery to brothers on Parva days (Amava

sva

and

Poornama)

misery

comes to

father,

on the

first

and 9th days loss occurs to

wealth

and

grain

and on

this

8th evil befalls on the

man's

wife. The best week days

are

Monday;

Wednesday

and Thursday.

Nature's

processes are

sometimes

slow and

sometimes sudden

and

unexpected. Moderation

in

food, locomotion,

sexual

matters, rest and

mental

activity

is strongly recommen

ded. Suppose a man can work for six hours a day

and

will work against

this

rule for

eight

hours.

Do the

irregularities

of

the

system

manifest themselves

at once

or

later on and in a slow and

impecetible

manner. Both

are possible. In some the bad results are slow and in

others, they are

sudden

and immediate, So also these

ethereal evils so strongly condemned by the Maha

Rishis in

the v ~ y day actions

of the

human life. .Sup

pose a man takes a shave on

the

fourth

Lunar day, does

his

mother

die at once? The

evils

accumulated may

manifest themselves under various forms

and on various

occasions. Therefore

conservations

of the right. kind

of

the energy conducive to human

health

and wealth is

recommended by those who possessed Divine Sight.

XiV--Vastu

Prakarnam-Building New Houses

This is a

very important

question which

should

not

be neglected by persons who build new houses or who

enter

into them as

their

tenants. It often happens that

persons

who

enter

certain

new

houses or

who

build

new

houses

get

into all

sorts of misfortunes and

miseries and

that they open their eyes wide

only

when i t is too late



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Success and

failure

are

determined

by the

collection

of

the house materials at the right or

wrong

time, and i t

is

this

invaluable knowledge

that

the Maha Rishis

were

able

to

give to postirity

in the shape of

Astrological

formulas.

New buildings should not

be commenced

when

Jupiter

and Venus are in

vcornbust.

or

when

they

are

young or old;

nor

in the Chaturmasyas-Ashadha,

Sravana, Bhadrapada and Aswija

nor

in the Sunyamasa

(Pushya).

The

following

constellations

are

good

for

commencing

new buildings-(1)

Oottara,

(2)

Oottarashada,

(3)

Oottarabhadra,

(4) Chitta,

(5)

Rohini,

(6)

Swati,

(7)

Jaista,

(8)

Mrigasira

(9) Moola (10) Aswini

(11)

Hasta

(12)

Pushyami and (13) Anoradha.

The following should be avoided for

commencing

house building. The

first

half

of

a Parigha, the whole

of Vyathipatha

and

Vvdrut i, the

first six

ghatis

of Gahda

and

Atigandayogas,

the

first

five ghatis

of Shulanama

yoga and

the first nine ghatis of

Vyaghata.

The Signs (Lagnas or rising zodiacal houses) for

starting

to

build

new

houses

must

not be

occupied

by

benefics or these

good planets

should be in

quadrant

or

trines

possessed of Shadbalas

(six

sources

of

strength

enumerated in

the astrological works)

and

the 10th

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powerful Mercury, while the evil. planets should be

found

occupying

the

3rd

6th

and 11 th houses. If

Saturn

Mars, Rahu, or Kethu occupies the 8th

from

the Lagna,

the proprietor wil l certainly be killed

before

the

comp

letion of the

rouse

or

very

soon after

it.

If Jupiter or

Venus joins powerful Moon in the Lagna and

Mercury

occupies the 4th or

7th.

ths house will

not

be burnt and

wil l

be

strorg

for a long

time

and

will

give

prosperity

both

to the

owner

and also

to

any

others

who

may

occupy

it.

XV-Gr iha Pravesa-Entering New House

Entering into new houses, will be a matter of

great

importance. as the results prodrced

bvthe

local magne-

. tic and electrical

currents

at

the

time

of the entree

of

the family

into

it,

may lewe

upon its members very

far

reaching

influences

for 9 od or bad. There is no

mytho

logy or superstition here, All human actions are

productive of electical currents, and

all of

them are

produced in turn, and affected by

electrical

currents.

They are based upon solid

scientific

and

adamantine

basis

of truth and one

who

neglects to take

the l ight

of past

experiences in

this

direction will be

throwing

away a

very

valuable

weapon

by

whose help

he

could

have

made a very good

defence against

all powerful

evil

influences.

When

the

sun is in

Oottarayana,

in

the

bright

half

of

the lunar month. on auspicious weekdays, IIIIhen

Jupiter and Venus are

powerful (without being

combust,

old

or young) after

performing

Vastu and

Bhoota Bali,

entering into a

new

house

will

be

productive of good

results. Vasto refers to

the

form of construction of the

house, and

the

energies or forces

called

into

existencs by

the arrangements made and tha

materials

used in the

construction.

The

subtle

chemicals

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the

conjunction

of various

materials, though

not seen by

the naked eye, are still there and any evi I

tendencies

they

may have,

to

produce danger, disease, or

death

to

the

occupants,

rnustbe very sensibly

and

dexterously,

neutralised

or

counteracted.

Therefore

the astrological

works lay

down

certain principles

and they are

ex

plained

in

the

Mant.ra Shastra.

where

the processes by

which those

evil influences

are adverted are

detailed

at

great length.

The

term

Bhootas

is

generally applied

to represent

the

influences of the earth,

fire,

water, sky,

and air and

the various compounds

called

into

existence

by

their union. When

special classes

of materials

and

life beings-including

men

and cattle--where

absent

from

a particular

plot

or piece

of ground the

influnces

.

of

the Bhootas

(forces or energies, were

naturally

working in their own inscrutable ways.

But the

advent

of new forms of enerqies for forces,

wil l certainly

have

their

own

inf luences and if the first

set of Maha-Bhoota influences

are

found

to

be

inimicable

to

the

second set of forces,

which

are

brought upon

.them for

safety

and

prosperity,

it becomes the duty of

inteligent beings like

men,

to study

the

first

set

of

physical and spiritual energies

with

their

perma

nent

abode

in them, so that second set may not

suffer

from

the frowns

of

the first

set, and

thus,

have the

very

same

object

s

defeated

for

gaining which

men

spend

so much

money,

time and mental labour. Bhoota Bali

therefore

wil l be the special sacrifices

which

are

enjoined

upon

men

to offer

to

the Bhootas

(forces) in

the new

house

before they enter into the

same and seek

safety

under its roof.

The

lunar

months of Magha; Phalguna. Vaisakha

and

Jaista

are

good for entering new

houses.

Kartika



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and Margasira are

indifferent

and the rest are bad.

Monday,

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday

are

good.

All

lunar

days except the

4th, 9th

14th

and

Amavasya are recommended, and the' entrance may be

effected

either during the

day or

during

the

night.

New

houses should not be entered in

the

Shadvargas (six

divisions) of

the

Sun Mars, and the constellations

which

are occupied by

evil

planets and

which

have the

aspect of

the

Sun and

Moon.

The

constellations

Rohini

Oottara.

Oottarashadha and Oottarabhadra are

good

for

entering newly

built

houses. The constellation Raivati

Jaista and

Anoradha,

are very

good

for

entering

one's

own old

house

which

has been repaired or

previously

unoccupied by him. No

new

or

old

houses should be

entered in

Aswini,

Hasta,

Sravana,

and

Pushyami.

When the Sun is in Kumbha, Mithuna and Kataka,

new

houses should not be entered into. If new houses are

entered in the

constellations,

Hasta, 'Swati. Pushya,

Punarvasu, Aswini, and Sravana,

they

wil l pass

away

from the hands

(proprietorship) of the owners, within

three years

after

entree. If

they

are

entered

in

the

other constel lations, they meet with danger or death.

When good planets are in Kendras, when evil planets

are not in Kendras and the 8th house, when the signs

of Guru and Sukra are

rising,

i.e.. in Dhanas,

Meena,

Vrishabha and Thula, or in

fixed

signs, and when the

Moon is in a favourable place, entree

into

a new house,

will produce. wealth.

health,

children and long life

Even

if

he

builds

a house in a

forest

and enters it under

the above

auspicious combination of

planets

and times,

he wil l be

surrounded

by happiness and prosperity.

When

the

man enters a new house in the same star or

Lagna he was born in, Or in the Upachaya constellations

or Lagnas from

them.

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enioyment.

If a man does not

enter

into a

new

house

either in his

own

constellation or Lagna, or those which

stand

from

them

as

3rd,

6th,

10th

and 11th

(upachayas)

then

he

wi

II have

sorrow,

sickness,

poverty,

loss

of

friends

and

relations, danger

or death to

children

and

wife and every

conceivable

form

of

misery. No houses

should be entered, which have not doors properly

fixed,

whose roofing

is

not completed

or is

defective

and

where

charities

and

sacrificial

rites are

not

properly

performed

and the saintly and

godfearing

people are not feasted.

Thease religious

details

are a real death blow

to

all

those who

believe that

the

Hindus owe

their knowledge

of

Astrology

to the

Greeks and Chaldeans. Sri Rama

the great Indian

National

Hero

shows

great

skill

in

Astrology

in his

arrangement for

the

invasion of

Lanka

and the

omens

he observed on

his way. Valmiki gives

the

horoscope

of

Rama and others, and

shows

clear know

ledge

of

Astrology. Mahabharata

relates vast

stores

of

Astrological knowledge

and as

the latter war took

place

precisely

5047

years ago,

I

would

like

to know

where

the Chaldeans and Greecians

were

at that time and what

was

their intel lectual erudition.

A greater

nonsensical

theory could

hardly be

ventured.

The

details

on Astrology

Muhurtha, Prasna, and Remedies surpass

only concep

tions, and

when

no reference is to be

found

in

the

Wes

tern Sciences, we have to

simply

pity their

clossal

ignorance in these matters.

XVI-Kuparambha or

Digging

Wells

The

constellations Raivati,

Oottarabhadra,

Hasta.

Anoradha

Makha,

Sravana,

Rohini

and Pushyami are

good for digging wells. Meena,. Kataka and

Makara

Lagnas

produce

plenty

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Kumbha and Vrishaba

give half

water or

insufficient

supply, Vrischika, Thula and

Mithuna

give small quan

tity,

while

the rest

give

very

l ittle

water

or

nothing.

When the

Kendras are

occupied

by

evil planets,

even

with difficulty, water

cannot

be secured in the

wells.

But when. Venus and Moon

are in

the

Kendras,

water

can be

obtained

even on

the top

of a mountain. When

wells are

begun

to be dug in the sign occupied by the

Sun,

there

will

be

sinking water

and

rock

found

in

the

well. On the other hand if Moon or Venus is in a

Kendra,

occupying a full watery sign,

there

will be

abundant supply

of

water in the well.

If the Lagnas are

watery

signs, and they are occu

pied

by

Guru,

Budha and

Chandra, and

the

10th

house

from i t is

occupied

by Sukra, wells and tanks

commenced

to be dug at such times will

contain

full

water and

they will

be good ones. Sukra,

and

Chandra are

watery

globes

and

the full watery signs

are Kataka

Cancer Makara, Capricon and Meena-plsces.

XVII-Kr ishikarma or Agriculture

In the

world there

can be

nothing

more important

'or

valuable

than

successful agriculture.

Even the

greatest

manufacturing

country

are

entirely dependant

on

agri

cultural produce for their

existence.

The proudest

monarch

and the

humblest subject want food

and the

story of

Midas

proves to the world

the

moral related

there by the author. All may turn into gold and even

precious gems, but we must have food and this

cannot

be

had

without

agricultural

operations.

The

Sun's

rays

falling on watery surfaces convert water into vapour,

vapour is condensed by means of cold

blasts

of

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and

falls down

as rain, rain

sustains vegitation

and

ani

mals

and they

nourish man ..

The functions of

the solar

rays, is very

complicated

and

very mysterious. Without it nothing

can

grow and

nothing can assist even

for

a second. Will it not be

therefore

'Our sacred and

responsible

duty

to find

out

from the Agricultural Astrology which days, times, stars

and

conjunctions

of planets

are

the

best

for

agriculture

arid when we

may

hope for a bumber crop.

Times

have

always

their

indisputable influences

and

when

these are

not carefully

noted

sqricultural, prospects wil l turn

out

to

be a

complete fai lure

and the

world will come

to a

standstill for

want

of food.

In

Muhurtha Marthanda,

the

author

Narayana, gives

great details

about

the

manner in which the

proprietor

of

a land

should

begin

hia ploughing,

This

work was composed in 1493 Sali

vahana Saka or in

1750 A.D.

It is one

of the most

learned

works

on

Muhurtha

and

the author who was

a

highly

learned Brahmin, has made his own commen

taries,

thereby showing

clearly

what

he means

exactly

in 'each sentence. Refer

to

Misraprakarna or Mis

cellaneous Chapter,

verses, 5

to

7. I shall summarise his

views for

the

benefit of our readers.

For

commencing

ploughing operation

the

constella

t ions, Raivati,

Hasta,

Makha, Rohini,

Uttara, Oothara

shada,

Ootharabhadra, Mrigasira, Swati,

Shravana,

Dhanista,

Satabhisha, Punarvasu, Visakha,

Jaista,

Aswini,

Pushyami,

Chitta

and

Abhijit

are recommended.

Saturday, Wednesday and

Tuesday

are not

good.

The

Zodiacal signs

of

Meena, Vrishabha, Mithuna and Kanya

are

favourable.

The

lunar

days of Amave.sya,

14th

and

8th days of the dark

half

of the lunar

month

and Navami

or

the 9the

day

should

be

avoided. After

a

bath

in the


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24 THE ASTROLOGICAL MIRROR

morning, worshipping

the

Earth, Fire,

the

Sun and

the

planets waerinqs white clothes, selecting

good strong

bullocks,

and a

ploug whose point must

be

gilt with

gold, he should proceed

the

field and standing

opposite

the

North,

drawing a

line,

and then, turn to the South,

draw

the second

line

and then again

draw

the third,

fourth and fifth

lines

and where no said omen occur,

-when the bulls ploughing do

not fight with

each other,

or

fall

down, the

crop

will be

good

and

fruitul.

XVII I -A.

Sell

ing and Buying

o f

catt le

No agriculture can ever be successful without a

proper rearing

of

suitable

cattle

of various

descriptions.

Hints

are

given

in

this

chapter

for buying

and

selling

cattle of all sorts. Horses, cows,

bulls,

buffaloes,

donkeys, sheep, goats,

pigs

etc., are the most important

tor the cultivators and they gain or lose by trading in

them. The Stars, Visaka, Hasta, Mrigasira. Punarvasu,

Danishta,

Aridra,

Aswini, Raivati, Kritika, Shatabhisha

.Jaista. Pcobba, Poorvashadha and Poorvabhadra are

good. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday' are

bad. Sirnha Lagna is unfavourable. The Lunar day,

Amavasya, Chethurthi. Navami and Chaturdasi are

evil.

The siqr.s of

benefics

are

good. Vyatipatha,

Vaidruti

and

Ashtarni

are

favourable.

B.

Favourable

t imes fo r Administering Medicines

and Performing Surgical Operations

Whatever our lamentat ions may be, we are surrou

nded everywhere by diseaes some of which are horrible

in nature and

produce

great

and

everenciating

pains.

Man courts

diseases and ill-health by crossing

the

principles of Natur-e, by excessive

indulgences.

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wise men may loudly cry,

but

human beings are persis

tent in

Courting all

sorts

of diseases. These diseases

are

also

the results

of

breeking

natural

principles

and

doing things where they ought not

to do them.

Time,

place and

circumstances

have great influences and a

prudent

man pays

attention

to all these and

adjusts

his

actions so well that he

hardly

suffers any pains at all.

But

prudent

and

sensible men are fe and far between,

and

the

overwhelming majority

are

constantly

falling

victims to

the

free play of,

their

passions. For preparing

and

administering me

dicines Sunday.

Monday, Wednes

day, Thursday and

Friday

are good. Saturday

and

Tuesday are unfavourable. The Stars Anuradha, Mriga

sira,

Baivati, Rohini. Chitta,

Oottara,

Oottarashadha

and

Ootarabhadhra,

Sravana,

Dhanishta,

Satabhisha,

Punars

wasu, Swati,

Aswini, Hasta

and

Abhijit are

benificial.

Amrityoga is good.

Benefics

should be

in

Kendras sixth,

eighth and the twelth

and

the

Lagna.

For

surgical operation and

bleeding,

the following

are recommended in

addition to

what has

already

been

stated.

Lagnas on Saturday,

Sunday

and Tuesday

when

the planets

Sani, Surya and Kuja are

in-

Kendras are

favourable for

surgical purposes. Some authors recom

mend

us planets specially

evil

ones in

the

sixth and

eighth

but

others

say quite the contrary. It is extremely

difficult o say which is

correct

and which is wrong.

I

humbly

venture

to

suggest that sixth denoting disease

and

eighth indicating danger

and

death would

certainly

be better

without

evil

planets.

XIX-Marr iage

d pt bility

There are

twelve

Kutas

(forces

for

conjunction

and

agreement between the couple) named in the original


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THE ASTROLOGICAL

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Sanskrit

works,

but

eight out

of

these twelve

only,

seem

to

furnish a list. wherein, will be found the estimate of

good which may

result

for the marrying couple. They

wil l be named here briefly

for

reference

with their

original significations, as far as

possible,

in

theliqht

of

scientific principles. The

Twelve junctional

forces

which are to be consulted in the marriage are: (1)

Dinam,

(2) Ganam, (3)

Mahendram'

(4) Stri Dirgham, (5)

Voni, (6) Rasi, (7) Rasyadhipathi or Graha Mitram,

(8) Vasya, (9) Rajju, (10) vedha.t tt ) Varna and

(12) Nadi. The words ussd here in

Sanskrit,

seem to

have been selected by

the

Maharishis. who wrote on

Astrology, to express the various kinds of agreement.

which must

be

consulted

in marriages, to make

them,

result

in

giving

health,

agreement,

long

life,

good

pro

geny, and

religious

temperament

with

celibacy

and

chastity,

necessary for

all

human

beeings.

There are

36 Gunas or auspicious

units, whih should

be estimated

in the horoscopes

of

the marrying couple, and

if

after

examining

the

various sources of energies which furnish

these

units

of

good

the

total

is

found

to be less

than

18,

the marriage

should

never the consummated, as

it

would

result in danger, disagreement or death, to

the

marrying

couple

and

bring

on

destruction

to

the family

also. If

the

units exeed 18 and

fall

below 27,

the

horoscopes are

passable, and marriage may be celebrated,

with

ordinary

good

resul ts

for the bride

and her

groom. But

i f

the

number of

these

units

exceeds 27,

then i t

is

highly reco

mended and the marrying couple

will

have all enjoyments

and

prosperity

in

their future

marriage career. The

value of these units

(Gunas)

are to be thus ascertained.

1. Varna Furnishes

2. Vasya

3. Dina

1 unit

of

agreement

2

3


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4.

Yoni .....

4

5. Rasyadhipathi

or Graha

Mitra 5

6. Gana 6

7. ~ 7

8. Nadi 8

Thus

we have a

total of

36

units

27

When

a careful analyses of these agreement units

are made,

it

will be seen that all these appear

to

have

reference

to the conjunction of magnetic

and

electrical

forces, arising from the

constellations,

the Moon, the

zodiacal

signs and

the planets,

Marriage,

among all

nations, who have any

pretentions

to civilizations,

be

comes a

delicate affair,

which

socially

offers great

obstacles

physicaland

intellectual-for

a correct exami

nation of the whole history

of

the

marrying

couple.

There should be no false

delicacy

in a matter of the

greatest importance, like the union

of the sexes,

for

their

whole lives. They

form

units of

their home, of

their community, of their country, of their

nation and

of

the world as a whole. There can be no

village,

no

family,

no

town,

no

municipality,

no

city,

no commu

nity, no nation, no continent, and no world, without

individuals. The happiness or

misery

of these

indivi

duals

is

the

real

unmistakeable

basis of

the

national

prosperity

or

misfortune,

and

when

these backbones

of

society are broken, neglected, i II set or badly matched,

say

what you wil l

to the

contrary,

the whole

national

fabric, must inevitable

go

to

ruins

and

destruction.

We

do not

want philosophers.

Presidents of Republics, and

great doctors

to tell

us these simple truths. They are

within

our

easiest

observations,

and we are feeling their

pleasures and

pains

every

movement

of

our lives.

A

bad

wife, sickly child,

a

deformed

husband, a

rougish


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friend, a rotten official a

l i e n ~ i o u s

officer, a greedy

president, Of a fraudulent,

'monarch,

are

all

sources of

intolerable miseries which cannot be endured and which

certainly

dry

up the

noble

springs of

love,

happiness,

safety, prosperity and progress. Marriage therefore

is the most important factor in the life of every person,

and

i t

become therefore, the

greatest, the most

sacred

and the most important duty of man to try and minimise

the

chances of evil

arising from the

marriages, and

improve

the

marital conditions, by doinq which the

indi

vidual, the

community,

the society and the nation, may

secure peace,

happiness

progress and

morality.

To

laugh at

such

sources

of

real and

useful knowledge,

would be

but betraying

more the

symptoms

of willful

idiotcy

and blind dogma, than indicating any real traces

of unprejudiced

and

liberal education.

XX. Dinam.-Coming to the Kutas

(junctions

of forces)

we have fist Dinam Take the constellation of the girl,

and from

it count

up

to

the

constellation of

the boy and

divide the total by nine if the sum is

divisable.

If the

remainder is

two four six

eight

or

is

good.

.Take an illustration, The girl's constellation at the

time of

birth is Krittika and that

of

the

boy

is

Ano-

.radha. If we count

from

the girl's up to

the

boy's both

inclusive

we

get 15. This divided

by 9

gives

a remainder

of

6and

this is

good. But

suppose

the boy's

is

Mrigasira;

while

the girl's is

Krittika;

counting from the

constella

tion of

the girl; we

get

3 and

this

is

not

recommended.

The

other

figures not named by implication are

good.

XXI.

nature is

(divine).

bolical) ,

Ganam.-Astrologically the

whole human

classified

under 3 main

divisions.

(1) Deva

(2) Manusha (human) and

(3)

Rakshasa (dia

It is pointed

out

in other Sanskrit scient if ic


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works that Deva

represents

through piety

and

goodness

of

character, Manusha

a mixture

of good and

evil

and

Rakshasa predominance or evil. These

different natures

amonq

mankind

are

partly indicated

by the

constella

tions under which

they

are born and

partly

by

planetary

conjunctions.

Where

the birth

star or

time

is not

known,

the constellation

for

name, as

given

already in

this book must be taken in all these calculatins.

Punarvasu, Pushyami,

Raivathi, Anoradha, Mrigasira

Gana.

Swati,

Hasta. Sravana,

and Aswini

denote

Deva

Rohini,

Pubba Poorvashada, Poorvabhadra,

Bharani,

_

Aridra,

Uttara Ootarashada

and

Oottarabhadra,

indicate

M anusha Gana.

Kritlika,

Aslasha, Makha,

Chitta,

Visha

kha,

Jaista,

Moola,

Dhanista,

and Satabhisha, declare

Rakshasa Gana.

A

davata,

Manusha or .Rakshasa man

may conveni

enty marry a girl

of his

own divis ion.

But

i f

the

Devata marries Manusha

it wi

II be

ordinary.

But

if

a Devata marries a Rakshas, it is

worst.

If a

Manusha

marries a Rakshasa,

death

results as a

matter of

course. Under no circumstances can a

Manu

sha or Devatha man should marry a Rakshasa

girl

Take

an

illustration.

The

girl

born

in Krittaka

belongs

to

Rakahasa Gana,

while

the

boy

born in

Anoradhais

governed

by Devagana. The

marriage between

the

two

is

prohibited.

Take a girl

born

in Mrigasira. She

belongs to

Devagana. She

can

marry

one

born in

Bharini (Manusha)

or even in

Krittika

(Rakshasa). The

science

seems

to indicate that

Stri Rakshasa,

under

no

ci rcumstances should be

matched to

a man born

under


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Deva or Manusha Ganas. Stri Rakshasa has been

greatly

condemned, while Purusha Rakshasa may be

passable. Rakshasa

denotes

a bad

nature

and

it

is

not

pleasant to have a quarrelsome and fighting wife for a

modest and

quiet

man. But if both of them are Rak-

shasas, the marriage must prove ordinary. A loving

chaste. obedient and modest wife will be a peculiar

fortune in

this world

and the

domestic

circle

with

such

a lady

will

be a Heaven on

this

Earth. There are many

unfortunate

families where the wives

are debaucherous

unsympathetic

and repulsive. The men are driven to

madness and lead a most miserable

life.

A

good

com

panion in thick and thin is a special fortune and possess

ed by a small percentage of men. The rascalities of

men are

equally

notorius,

and good and

innocent wives

suffer unheard of miseries from the cruel hands of

their

unsympathetic

husbands. External appearances in

marriages

will

be

completely

deceived.

Nature

and

temoarament must

be

good

and sexuality must be

agreeable.

XXII.

Mahendra Kuta - I f the constellation of the

boy

is the

4th, 7th

10th,

13th, 16th,

19th, 22nd or

26th

.trom

that

of the

bride,

it is goOd'l

itjlf.,

0cIv\.0

__

--- --_ . . . .-- .

XXIll. Str i Dirgha- I f

the

star of

the

boy

falls

within

the

first nine

constellations

counting

from that

of the

girl,

it

is

condemned

by astrologers. If

it falls

within the next 9

stars

Of from the 10th to that of the

18th

from the star

of the girl it

is

ordinary. But if the

star of the

boy

falls

within

the last nine (from

19th

to

27th)' stars

from that of the girl, it

is considered as

good

Where the Rasi and Graha Mitra Kutas are

agreeable

this may

not

be taken

into

consideration at all.


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XXIV. Yoni

Ku ta -

Yoni in Sanskrit means

the

f ~ m a b

s ~ r ~ ~ ~

~ n e r l l

psychological results follow from physio

logical condit ions. It would be absurd to think that

sexually,

any

man may be matched agreeably

to

any

woman.

No

greater

mistake

than this could

be

corn

mitted by parents

or

guardians who

are

mostly responsi

ble for the

marriages

of their

daug.hters and sons and

the

evil results which follow by an i ll selected

match.

Neither do

the

sexual organs in male

or

female bear

any

definite proportion to the

bulk, strength

or height of the

persons concerned.

A

tallman or

woman

wil l have a

small

organ while a

short

individual may possess a big

sexual

orqan,

quite disproportionate to his body or

bulk.

This

is beautifully

illustrated

by nature in

its creation.

and one has

only

to

watch the

disproportions

in

the

sexual organs

among

the

various kinds of animals,

com

pared

with

their

height

and bulk. To solve this difficulty

to

present false

etiquette

of

social life

offers

really

very

great obstacles in marriage

selections with theconse

quence,

that

many of

the marriages proves

most miserable

and the want

of

sexual

adaptablitv

leads to bad and

licentious lives. Take an examplev. A

marriage

is

arranged

between

a girl and a

boy, without

reference

to

the

dimensions

of

their

sexes. When the

nuptials

are

about to be consummated the

disproportion of

sexual

union and

with

this at the bottom, as a

strong

and

irremidiable

basis, they are not

united

in body and

much

less

could

they ever hope

to

be united in her mind.

The

marriage

proves consequently a thorough

failure.

They

hate each

other

and the

result

is that one or the other

.or

both

seek

the

company

of others,

with whom they

find

better

sexual gratification. The

appalling number

of

divorces' among

the European

nations

are

directly


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traceable

to

these

defects.

To speak the plain

truth

may

be

hateful,

or unpalatable to the

parties

concerned, but

this is a matter in

which

both the parents as well as the

parties to be engaged, are

entirely

silent and

which

leads them to very pitiable or deplorable situations.

This arises from a grand mistake of false delicacy

obtained in the social circles. With a view to obviate

these important defects, the

ancient

Rishis seem to have

examined

this vital

question

astrologically,

-and

expres

sed

their

ideas under astrological technicalities. Where

the Yonicut is (sexual adaptability) inimicable the

marriages ought

to

be

avoided. Aswini

and Satabhisha

represent horses. Bharani and Raivathi show elephants.

Krittika and Pushya

indicate

goats.

Rohini Mrigasira

denote

serpents.

Moola

and

Aridra

show

dogs.

Makha

and Poobba. indicate rats. Aslasha and Punarvasu de

notes cats. Swati and Hasta show he-buffaloes. Visakha

and

Chitta represent royal tigers.

Jaista

and Anoradha

indicate

deer.

Oottara and

Oottarabhadra represent

cows.

Abhijit and Oottarashadha

show

Mangooses. Poorva

bhadra and

Dhanista

indicate

lions.

Poorvashada and

Sravana denotes monkeys. Where

the constellation

of a

boy indicates the male and the star

of

the girl shows a

female animal

or sex,

and when

these

animals

are

not

declared enemies to each other, the

marriage

is highly

recommended, and will produce happiness and success.

Where

the stars

of

the

boy

and

the

girl,

both

denote

feminine sex there union will be ordinary. Where both

'constellations denote

masculine gender,.

the union will

be productive of unhappiness and pecuniary loss. Take

some examples. A man is born in Rohini and

this star

governs

serpents. The girl is born in Oottarashada,

and

this

represent mangooses. There is

bitter

enmity

'between these

two

and

the marriage

would prove

hateful.


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Suppose the boy's star is

Visakha

and the girl 's is

Oottara. The

marriage

will

prove

unfortunate as the

match

wil l

be

one between

a tiger and a

cow. If the

boy's

star

is

Aslasha

and

the girl 's

is

Makha,

the

marriage

is prohibited as it will be between cat and a rat, both

being bitter enemies

to

each other. Suppose the marriage

IS between

a boy and a

girl

born in

Oottarabhadra.

The

marriage wil l be ordinary as both represent feminine

gender. Suppose the

marriage is

between

a boy in

Swati,

and a girl born in Hasta, the marriage will be

between

masculine genders

and it

wil l

prove

unfortunate and wil l

cause loss of money.

So far as the marriages are concerned, there is a

serious

responsibility, on

the

public, on

the

government,

on

the

parents

and

guardians

of

the

couple

to

be

married

and on

the astrological experts

on

whose advice the

marriages are chiefly based. No selfish

motives

should

actuate any

of

the above

named,

and specially the

parents

and

the astrolqer to undertake

a

task

on

which

the welfare of the couple, their progeny ahd that of

community

and

country

depends.

If

the astrologer

is

not

competent, he must direct the consultors

to some

capable

and honest

men

and

no false delicacy should be

brought

into play. A nation can never be stronger than

its weakest individuals,

as a

chain

can

never

be stronger

than its weakest l ink.

This

is not a l ight matter and

ought not to

be

treated

with

any

indifference.

The

whole

peace

and

prosperity of

mankind depend upon

how they

arrange their

marriages

and the

sexual

congress among its individual

members. Eternal

deve

lopments of

bodies,

medical tests and certificates, and

. the

apparent health

of the parties

to

be married are

not

the

real

factors

to

depend upon

for

a

successful marriage.

The visible

influences are

frequently

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terious alterations take

place. How,

why

and

when

can

only be

determined

by the astrological experts, who

have real knowledge, consciene.

capacity

and honesty.

If

they

advice

slip

shod,

they

inflict

a harm on the

married

couples

which

no loss or medicines can cure

unheard of miseries result on such evil advices and

the

consequences are

deplorable.

A sickly

girl

recovers

health after her marriage. A wealthy boy becomes an

. invalid for life

after his marriage, and a

poor fellow

becomes rich

afler

marriage. When

therefore

the

adapt

abilities are

not sound, sorrows f low

in and make

the lives of

the

mal ried couple miserable and repulsive.

Calmly observe the marriage relations, on the

different

continents, among

the

different nations and also among

the Hindus, compare them without prejudice or passion

and

draw your own influences. The chastity and

obedi

ence insisted on and practiced to a large extent among

the

rural Indian

families,

are

matters which

are

generally

absent among other

countries.

This has much to do with

training, religion and their valuable and experienced

instructions.

xxv

Rasikuta: -

The

whole.

celestial, space is

divided into

12

parts

each

of

which technically called a

Rasi, Bha,

Bhavana

etc, The possessions of these houses

with

reference to each other seem to lend strength or

weakness and these sources of

agreement

or

debility

are

indicated under this

heading.

The houses here

indicated

are not those in which the r ising signs (Lagnas or

birth

times) are marked in

the

horoscopes of the marrying

. couple,

but those

in which the

Moon

is

placed

at

the

time

of

their

birth. Hence technically the house

occu

pied

by the Moon is usually called

the

Janma Rasi. The

position

of

the Moon

at the

time

of

birth

is

determined

by.the constellation

which controls

the person and these


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pecularities

have been elaborately

explained

in

the

Astrological-Self

Instructor

and Primer

published

by me.

If

the

Rasi

of

the

boy

happens

to

become the

2nd from

that

of the

girl happens to be the 12th

from

that of

the

boy, death will

be the

result of

that marriage.

But if,

on

the other hand,

the Rasi

of the boy

falls in

the 12th

from the

girl or the Rasi

of the

girl is in the 2nd

from

that of

the boy astrology predicts

longevity

for

the

couple.

If the Rasi

of

the

boy

is

the

3rd

from

that

of

the

girl

there wi

II be

misery

and

sorrow. But if the

Rasi

of the

girl is the 3rd from that of the boy

there

wil l

be happiness. If the boy's Rasi

falls

in the

fourth from

that of the girl's then

there

wil l

be great poverty;

but

if the

Rasi

of the

girl happens

to fall

in

the

4th from

the

boy

there

will

be

great

wealth.

If

the

boy's

Rasi

falls in the 5th

from

that of the

girl's there

wil l be un

happiness.

But

if

the

Girl's

Rasi

falls

in

the 5th from

that of

the boy's

there

will

be

enjoyment

and

prosperity.

But where the

Rasis of

the

boy and the

girl

are in

the

seventh house's

mutually,

then there will be

health,

agreement

and happiness. If

the

boy's

Rasi

falls

in

the

6th from the

girl's there

will

be

the

loss to

children, but

if the

girl's

is the

6th from the

boy's

then,

the

progeny

will

prosper.

But

even

where misery

and

danger

are

indicated

by rules above quoted, i f the two Rasis are

owned

by

one planet

or if

the lords of

the

two

houses

happens

o

be

great

friends, they

produce

prosperity

and

the evil indicated

by

want

of Rasikuta need

not

be

considered.

XXVI Varnakuta-e-varna,

in

sanskrit

means

color and

the

junction here of

two

Rasis,

or signs

is

considered

in

the

light

of

its purity

and

the results

it

is

l ikely

to

produce. Meena, Vrischika

and Kataka

present


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purity of color and are

called

Brahmin Rasis. Varna

shrama Dharmas is familiar to us, Brahma Karma and

the Dharrnas or

principles

of

conduct organised

on

Brahmins

by

the

Vedas

will

give

them Brahma

Thejas or

bright.

Kshatreyas

have to

lay down the-ir

lives

in

the

defence of

justice.

Vaisyas should trade on

equitable

principals

and Sudras should have agriculture.

Simha, Dhanas, and Thula are denoted as controlling

the

Kshatreyas.

Mesha;

Mithuna

and

Kumbha

represent

Vaisyas,

land

Vrishabha,

Kanya and Makara

indicates

Sudras.

A girl born in

higher caste

ought never

to

be married to

.a boy born in a lower class and if out

of love

and perso-

nal greed or

cupidity

such a marriage is

celebrated

the

husband dies very early. Take an

example.

If a boy

\ is born in

Jaista

his Rasi necessarily wil l be Scorpio

or

.

Vrischika. This

represents Brahmin caste. Say a girl

is

born

in

Makha.

this constitutes Simha Rasi and i t

represents Kshatrias. The marriage is allowable. But

suppose

the

girl

is

born

in Raivathi

(Maena

Rasi) and

she marries a boy born in Rohini (Vrishabha) it is

condemned because the boy belongs to the Sudra Class

and

the

girl

belongs

to

the Brahmin.

XXVII Vysyaku t -This

word

is Sanskrit

signifies

possession or

subjugation

of

one by

the other

and

it

is

consulted

for the marrying couple, with a view to see,

whether there

will

be

agreeability

or

rupture

and

opposition

between the persons about to be married. For

Mesha-Simha and Vrischika

are subordinate. For

Vrishabha-Kataka

and

Thula;

for

Mithuna -Kanya

for

Kataka-Vrischika

and Dhanas;

for

Simha-Thula;

for Kanya-Mcena and Mithuna; for Thula-Makara

Q..O t t -:. lAo ve.. v.. C ~

)


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and

Kanya for

Vrischika-Kataka

for Dhanas -

Meena;

for Makara-i-Mesha and Kumbha;

for

Kumbha-c-Mesha:

and for

Meena-Makara are considered as subordinate

and agreeable This yoga must be examined both for the

marrying couple as

well

as for

the

master

and the

servant. The Rasis (houses) are determined by

the

possession

of the

Moon at

the

time of

the birth

of

the

boy and

the

girl, and if

they

fall within those which

are

declared

to

be

subordinate-then

there

wil l

be

agreement and happiness

between

the

m a ~ r y i n g

couple.

Ifii 'Otthey will q u a ~ r e i and

b ~ ~ S ~ g b l ~

~ ~ h u s b a l c ; J and.

w i ~ --_.-

XXVIII

Graha

Mai t ram-The

moon in

a horos

cope shows

the

mind of the

person,

and he is determind

by

the constellation

which

rules

a person at

the time of

his birth. The lord

of the

house

where the Moon'

is

located at

the

time

of

the

birth

of a boy must be a

declared

friend

of

the planet, who

owns

the house

occupied by

the Moon

in

the

girl 's horscope. If

those

two lords

are

indifferent, the

couple

wi

II be similarly

situated in

their mental

attitude towards each other

and if

they

happen

to be enemies

the

husband and

wife

also be

enemies.

This, Kuta, seems

to thoroughly

examine

the mental conditions which are

to

be,brought in contact

with each other by

the

sacred

bonds

of

marriage, and

in

the

union of

the

physical

and

the intellectual parts

of

man and woman. A few

illustrations

are given to

explain these facts. On p. 7

&

8 of the Astrological

Self-Jnstructcr,

11th

Edition by

me, planetary

friendship

etc. is fully given, to which I

would

refer the readers

for

full information

on

this subject.

Take an example.

A boy has the star Aslasha at his birth and a girl has

Pubba.

The Moon therefore

in

the boy's

horoscope

falls

in

Cancer (Kataka) and

its owner

is Moon

himself,

while

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the Moon in the girl 's

horoscope

is

placed

in Leo (Simha)

and

its

lord is the Sun. The Sun and

Moon

are friends

and there

is Graha Mitra.

Take another

example.

A boy is born in

Dhanista

in the

2nd-padam.

His

moon

therefore

falls

in

Makara

(Capricorn).

The

girl 's star is Makha. Her Moon wil l

be placed in Sirnha (Leo).

The

Lord of Makara is Sani

while the lord of Simha is Ravi. Both these planets

(darkness

and

l ight)

are

bitter

enemies and the

couple

marrying wil l

take

up hostile

positions

in their home.

and become miserable. Take a third example. The boy' is

born in Aridra,

and

the Maori

falls

in Mithuna, whose

lord

is

Mercury

(Buda). The girl is born in Swati, with

Moon in

Thula

(Libra).

Its lord

is Venus (Sukra) and

the

two

planets

Buda

and

Sukra are

intimate

friends.

After marriage

there wil l

be

great

love

between

the

couple

as

the two minds

take a favourable

view

of each

other

and amal

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