Is astrology a Pseudo Science

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In continuation of the last blog can any one help me to know what causes the tide in the ocean
How does the gravitational force of earth affects the other heavenly bodies and their motion..

Is astrology a pseudo science

Dear All

Taking an inspiration from my friend I have decided to writed an article on the subject mentioned in the title "Is Astrology a Pseudo Science". and for this i am not going to defend the subject at this stage rather i am going to put forward some questions to the rationalists and would be happy if they could answer those questions..

1) Why should the climatic patterns repeat time and again?
2) Why should the human body react adversely to certain type of foods and why not the same reaction be there on each and every individual
3) Whats the reason for the human moods to change with changes in climatic conditions
These are all some questions that comes to my mind immediately and would be happy if people post comments opinions on the subject. Critics are most welcome

Inter caste,inter religious marriages and astrological Predictions

Mingling with people with cross cultural background has become the order of the day.. With the current trend of Interaction with people varying in language,culture,religion Love marriage has become the order of the day.. As goes the saying Love is blind it becomes blind enough for the lovers to overlook caste,religion,race,language barriers..
In the above mentioned scenario question that comes to people are these marriages predictable from looking at the horoscope of horoscope of an individual..

Yes in no uncertain terms this can be predicted as our forefathers and great astrologers have defined certain rules and conditions for this to be predicted..
Some of the aspects that have to be taken care off are the strengths and weakness of 7th House its lord, affliction of the 7th house and its lord with the nodes Rahu and ketu.. Further the Strength and weakness of the planet Venus in an individuals horoscope will also determine the inter religious,intercaste and inter racial marriages.

To learn More Please continue reading my blog..

zodiac signs affect your health

Dear All
Surpirsed by the title of this post and if so donot be surprised as it is the result based on a research done by a group of scholars based at Houston.. and they have found out each of the zodiac has a specific health problems afflicting them. (Courtesy the The new Indian Express chennai Edition Last week).

regards
Ramg

Know your sign

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Its human psychology to know our Zodiac and in this there are two approaches to find your sign and they are the western Approach that tries to ascertain the sign of an individual depending upon the date of birth according to the christian calendar (January to march). In the indian system One's zodiac also called as moon sign To know your moon sign Kindly have a look at the following
Moon Sign Stars
Aries aswhini,bharani,1/4
Taurus krithikai3/4,rohini,Mrigrasrisham1/2
Gemini Mrigrasrisham1/2,Arudra,Punarpoosam3/4
Cancer Punarpoosam1/4,poosam,ayilyam
Leo Makam,Pooram,Uthiram1/4
Virgo Uthiram3/4,hastham,chittirai1/2
Libra chittirai1/2,Swathi,Visakam3/4
Scorpio Visakam1/4,Anusham,Jyesta
Saggatarius Moolam,Pooradam,Uthiradam1/4
Capricorn Uthiradam3/4,Sravanam,Avittam1/2
Aquarius avittam1/2,sadayam,poorattadhi3/4
Pisces Poorattadhi1/4,Uthirattadhi,Revathi
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Transits

In continuation of the last post my objective will be to give more in sight into planetary transits and have people understand the significance of these transits in right perspective..
What is a transit - In simple sense movement of the heavenly bodies from one zodiac to another.
These transits could be best compared to shifting from one house to another by an individual.
Most dreaded transit is of the saturn as the transit of saturn has a far reaching impact on the life of an individual. However it must be noted that planetary transits of each of the planets have their own impact and its based on these transits that the yearly monthly and daily predictions are made by the astrologers. Then why the transit of saturn is most dreaded is the question that comes to our mind immediately and answer lies in the fact that the experiences heaped by the saturn during the sade sathi (Seven and half years transit period - when the saturn trasits three zodiac signs including our natal zodiac in which zodiac).
The other important transit is that of the jupiter and why these two transits are attached so much importance to know reasos for this Please contiune reading my subsequent blogs..
regards
RamGanesh.B

a topic that would interest any astrologer

Lisa Nowak Case: The Astronaut's Narcissism in the Birthchart
Feb 9, 2007

Any time someone does something completely bizarre and out of character, it's always makes me want to look at their astrological chart. Often we have subconscious elements that we are able to keep in the "basement" of our psyche until one day something begins to stir the pot and those buried parts of ourselves make themselves known. This periods are often associated with planetary cycles called transits.

The Astronaut: Narcissism in the Birthchart

Lisa Nowak was selected to be an astronaut back in 1996 and ten years later went into space on a journey to the international space station where she was the mission flight engineer. Married since 1988, she has three children but separated from her husband in January of 2007. This week she was arrested for attempted murder and kidnapping of a suspected rival for a man whom she described as being "more than a working relationship but less than a romantic relationship."

Lisa Nowak has a complicated astrological chart. Her Sun is in the fixed sign of Taurus that craves stability and harmony, and it is in a challenging relationship (square) to Saturn, the planet of isolation, restriction and limitation. With Saturn in square to the Sun, which represents the essential Self, there is often a lack of self-esteem and a feeling of abandonment and loneliness. This system is exacerbated by another challenging aspect between Neptune and the Sun. Neptune tends to dissolve material reality and induce us to seek experiences that go beyond the material world, but in a challenging aspect (particularly with the Sun) there is a dissolving of our sense of Self and a tendency towards escapism and self-deception.

In this case, Saturn and Neptune are both square to the Sun, applying pressure to Lisa to develop a firm sense of her own identity while creating blocks in her ability to do so. Saturn and Neptune work against each other in the best of circumstances: Saturn urges us to develop strength and practicality by frustrating our desires and placing roadblocks in our way that force us to work harder to achieve our goals, while Neptune encourages us to go beyond the dry logic of materialism and connect to the world of spirit by opening our eyes to worlds beyond in a way that often makes it difficult for us to find our footing.

The planet Mars in Lisa's chart falls in Leo and squares the Sun and Neptune and opposite Saturn, forming a Grand Cross in fixed signs. The addition of Mars heightens the intensity of her rage (Mars) and shows a desperation to have her needs met (Mars opposite Saturn and square Neptune). The Grand Cross is a very difficult planetary combination but one that when integrated shows a powerful personality with strength and spirit. Often, however, that power comes at a great price and with a lot of hard work on oneself. Without that work, the personality can begin to splinter as these four opposing forces fail to bridge the gap between them.

Lisa's chart also shows a Grand Trine in Fire planets: Venus in Aries, Mars in Leo and the Moon in Sagittarius. The trine is a harmonious aspect, which many people define as "good" because the energy of the planets flow together, and the Grand Trine multiplies the ease of the trine creating a complacency and self-satisfaction. While difficult aspects like the T-square create discomfort in the individual, they provide strong motivation for change and evolution and build strength of character that helps us to get through difficult times. Fire is the element that while inspirational and creative also tends to be self-motivated and egoistic, and the Grand Trine in fire shows someone who is bold and has tremendous faith in herself and a lack of fear. Bil Tierney writes of the fire Grand Trine:

"The individual's strong and unshakeable belief in himself does allow him to succeed in his endeavors more often than not. ... He may, however, unconsciously be very demanding of attention, loyalty and even service from others while remaining emotionally unaffected by or even oblivious to their personal needs."

If an individual with this combination of a challenged sense of Self (the Sun/Saturn/Neptune T-square) with the egoistic focus of the fire Grand Trine does not work diligently to develop a healthy ego, a personality disorder is apt to follow. James Masterson, a noted expert in personality disorders, writes:

The lack of this inner development is the key to borderline problems, which occur when a young child fails to separate her own self-image from that of her mother. This happens roughly between the ages of two and three, often because of a parent’s own emotional problems. A mother’s encouragement of a child’s self-assertion is vital. When the mother suffers from low self-esteem, she has difficulty encouraging her child’s emerging self. The child experiences this absence as a loss of self, creating feelings of abandonment that lead to depression. To deal with the depression, the child gives up efforts to support her emerging self. Instead, she relies on her mother’s approval to maintain the esteem of a "false self."

The lack of self-esteem is shown in the birthchart by Saturn square to the Sun, the "false self" is shown by Neptune square to the Sun. Pathological narcissism arises when the false self is derived entirely from "audience feedback." Dr. Sam Vaknin writes:

Narcissists are obsessed by delusions of fantastic grandeur and superiority. As a result they are very competitive. They are strongly compelled - where others are merely motivated. They are driven, relentless, tireless, and ruthless. They often make it to the top. But even when they do not - they strive and fight and learn and climb and create and think and devise and design and conspire.

A Maryland psychiatrist interviewed by the Baltimore Sun describes Lisa Nowak's behavior as suggestive of Narcissistic Personality Disorder. "When a narcissist's achievement or conquest is thwarted, he or she can fall into a rage, Vaeth said. 'When the right buttons are pushed, they explode.'"

Lisa was going through a number of planetary cycles that would have been pushing these buttons. Since last summer Saturn was making a number of passes over the difficult T-square involving her Sun, Saturn in her chart and Neptune. Transits of Saturn create pressure on us for change, and often are extremely stressfully personally and financially. In her case, this event would have activated her own sense of despair (Sun/Saturn) and delusion (Sun/Neptune). To make matters even more difficult for her, transiting Neptune (which is opposite Saturn in the sky) also began a pass over these sensitive points last fall which added more confusion and a dissolving of her tenuous hold on reality.

The tipping point came this week when the veneer that held Lisa Nowak's fragile personality together came apart. Hopefully this will be the event that motivates Lisa to seek the help she needs to be able to integrate her personality and realize the tremendous potential that lies hidden in her birthchart.

Astrology

Dear all
In my last post on astrology i had tried to explain some of the basic information that an astrologer must know for making predictions and that's not the end rather it was only a beginning. As we progress its imperative that an astrologer know the average time taken by the heavenly bodies to rotate and revolve around themselves and the sun.. It would be a good point to note that degrees are used as common unit of measurement for revolution around the sun..
Saturn is the planet that takes the longest time to cover 360 degrees.
Planet Time taken(Common unit of measurement 360degrees)
Sun 12 months/One year
Moon 27 days (approximately one month)
Venus 45 days (approx.one and half month)
Mercury 30 days (approx.one and half month)
Jupiter 12 years
Saturn 30 years
Rahu and Ketu 18 months (one and half years
Mars 65-90 days..
More continued in the subsequent blogs

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Donkey story that has its relevance to the current worklife

Once upon a time a Washerman was bringing up two donkeys.

Let us say* Donkey-A and Donkey-B.*

Donkey-A felt it was very energetic and could do better than the
other. It always tried to pull the washerman's attraction over it by
taking more load and walking fast in front of him.

Innocent Donkey-B is normal, so it will walk normal, irrespective of
the washerman's presence. After a period of time, Washerman started
pressurising Donkey-B to be like Donkey-A. But Donkey-B unable to
walk fast, got continuous punishment from washerman. It was crying
and told personally to Donkey-A "Dear friend, only we two are here,
why to compete with each other....we can carry equal load at normal
speed ".

That made Donkey-A all the more energetic and next day it told to
washerman that it can carry more load and even it can run fast also.

Obviously happier washerman looked at Donkey-B.., his BP raised and
he started kicking Donkey-B. Next day with smile, Donkey-A carried
more load and started running fast. But it was breathtaking for
Donkey-B and it couldn't act that way....But the washerman was
frustrated, so he harassed Donkey-B terribly, and finally it fell
down hopelessly.


Then Donkey-A felt itself as a supremo and happily started carrying
more load with great speed. But now the Load of the Donkey-B is also
being carried by Donkey-A., and still it has to run fast. For some
period it did, finally due to fatigue it got tired and started
feeling the pain. But washerman expected more from Donkey-A. It also
tried best, but couldn't cope up with his owners demand. The
Washerman got angry with Donkey-A also and started harassing to take
more load... Donkey-A was crying for long time and then tried its
best... But it couldn't meet the owner's satisfaction. Finally the
day came when due to frustration the washerman killed Donkey-A and
went for searching some other Donkeys.

Its an endless story..........
*
But the moral of the Story in Corporate life *is......,

"Think all colleagues are same and that everyone is capable.... Always
Share the Load equally..... Don't ever act smart in front of your
Boss and never try for getting over-credit...

Don't feel happy when ur colleague is under pressure.. "

It doesn't matter if u r A or B, for the Boss u shall be always DONKEY

And most importantly, Never Work Hard, Work Cleverly..... *"Success is a
journey not a destination"

Imprints of Hinduism across the globe..

Dear all
It would be a gratifying experience to have a look at the entire video to know more about the greatness of the indian culture..
regards
Ramganesh.B