Face is the Index of Mind

We often see people quoting the popular phrase contained in my blog title and i have always felt bemused many times thinking whether thats really possible.However much all my opinions and bias against astrology and similar subjects that i had possessed underwent some change during my days of graduation as it was the age when we explore many things and i happened to meet a person accidentally while I was on my way to college.It was the meeting that changed my outlook towards areas like astrology,face reading and so on and has brought me to this level of writing a blog post on Face reading.
As I had suggested in my earlier blog with Samudrika Lakshanam the past present and future possible events in an individuals life can be suggested. Face reading is an extenstion of the Subject of this forgotten art. Face reading has also got a closer link with astrology in the sense the essence that Many physical appearance in our human face is closely associated with characterization attributed to many of the planets in the solar system.This could be exemplified by the popular belief that the bald people are intelligent and this holds some logic in art of face reading as the mercurial People are associated with baldness in their fore head.Taking the help of face reading we can easily decipher easily the needs,personality traits,ability and so on. Its appropriate to mention here that Dr Edward Vincent Jones, Judge with US Superior court and who has dealt with lots of people spanning his judicial service has compiled a list of facial features for genius people,criminals though his intentions were otherwise to disprove such correllations,has finally accepted these things to be true and infallible one. Its also interesting to know that since the time of Confucis chinese doctors have even used the art of face reading for the purpose of diagnosis. Identification/Classification differs in chinese and other contemporary methods of face reading and yet the prediction techniques are similar in nature.

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Samudrika Lakshanam

In one of the Tamil Film in recent times there is a scene where the hero would be discussing about the qualities and character of women with his bunch of friends on the basis of some classification like patini sitini and so on. As the curiosity within me grew I started collecting information from various sources including internet and in a chance i got to possess some book on the forgetten art of Yesteryears - Samudrika Lakshanam. I was surprised further when i found a book written by the popular lyricist of the bygone Years Late Shri.Kannadasn on samudrika Lakshanam. As I started reading the book I was amazed at the intellect,wisdom and intelligence of our great fore fathers and could even recollect some stories depicted in some movies and thought of sharing some knowledge that i had gained in due course and I am publising this article.
So what does the samudrika Lakshanam tries to explain - Character of Men and women in simple sense. It is widely beleived that if a person well versed in the art of Samudrika Lakshanam can easily decipher the character of an individual who is totally unknown.If observed very carefully in our daily life we come to certain conclusion just at the look of some individuals - and that is the influence of the art of samudrika Lakshanam in our daily lives. The predictions in this forgotten art varies for men and women for the simple reason that the physical attributes of men and women are not the same

Continued in my subsequent blogs.

Nadi Astrology - Beliefs and Myths

If there is any branch of astrology that is more abused and denigrated than any branch of astrology then think it should only be Nadi Astrology. May the reason stems from the fact that there is a cloud of mystery surrounding Nadi astrology . The Matters have been made worse by the fact that quacks with greed for quick money have played with the gullible public(remember India has one of the worst records of adherence to Intellectual Property rights and Nadi astrology is no exception) and yet its a gift that has been given to us by our sages with a great insight in to the future. A vital belief among the Nadi Astrologers are that only if a person is pre destined to know from Nadi astrology that his palm leaves would be found else his palm leaves may never be found.However much the predictions contained in Nadi astrology is subject to the karma of an individual
Nadi astrologers believe that these Palm leaves have been written by sapta rishis or the great 7 of all the rishis - Sage Vashista,Sage Agasthya,Sage Bhrighu,Sage Viswamitra,Sage Valmiki,Sage Bohar and Sage Vyasar(Veda Vyasar - the famed author of Mahabharata) . It is believed that these sages gifted these Palm leaves to seven leaves and only family members and their generation of those seven families are in the profession across the country. These old palm leaves contain couplets/poetic expression of the individual who comes in search of his roots as the word "Nadi" means "in search of".These Nadi astrology are generally referred to as Nadi Grantham in South India and Bhrighu Samitham in the North.
Late Shri B.V.Raman in one of his articles published years ago in an article written in a much famed English Daily while referring to Nadi astrology states that 1588320 astrological combinations repeat themselves once in every 360 years.
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Nadi Astrology

You may be surprised when a stranger who knows nothing about us tells about our family members,our occupation, and possible occupation of our siblings contained in old Palm leaves.More surprise awaits us when he tells about simply based on the thumb impression - Kindly note that there is no software involved in this. Is this real and can this happen was the question my rationality was suggesting and with the curiosity of a small child I Went to a nadi astrologer's place to have a feeling of the same.
There at the center a person in the reception asked me to register my right hand thumb impression on a Piece of paper and above all He just asked us to write only our initials on the piece of paper in which we had registered our thumb impression. After a while there was a person calling the initials and there was an Individual with a section of palm leaves. He starts reading those palms to ascertain the palm that belongs to us and very soon we found out our palm leaves To my utter Surprise palm leaves contained parents details, date of birth,birth star, and the planetary positions at the time of birth, My educational qualification/line of education, and the details about our siblings and their martial status and so on.
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Psychology and astrology

Psychology is a science that tries to explain Human behavior in a particular situation even though human behavior is complex in nature. Still the subject is put to extensive use in various professions particularly where the profession involves consultation and interaction with the clients - be it a medical service,legal profession and so on and astrologers are no exception to this rule.
Astrologers have to consider a lot of psychological issues while giving their opinion for the simple reason that every Individual cannot be expected to be matured enough when possible bad events in one's life are said. It is common among many astrologers during interaction with their clients sounding positive words and hope even if the planetary combinations suggest otherwise. The concept of Parikaram or repentance for bad planetary combinations are also a way to infuse hope in an individual. When observed carefully people in good position may attach sentiments like beginning their work and so on In Contradiction people who take recourse to astrology are normally those who have been affected by some issues with no solution in sight.
In the light of the above scenario when a person comes to an astrologer,the astrologer is duty bound to infuse hope even while advising caution on certain issues rather sounding words of doom and destruction in an individuals life. It is even possible that a person suffers psychologically more because of the astrologers advise than because of his real life problems and affecting him.

Karma phalan

In the last post an attempt had been made to introduce the link between karma and its impact on an individuals life as seen through the eyes of astrology. Karmasthan is a vital aspect that needs to be given a lot more attention by an astrologer for the simple reason that the strength of the karmasthanam, its lord, influences received by the house and its lord determines the divine power
availaible to an individual.
Where an individual is blessed with the divine power he is bound to succeed and come out in flying colours even during testing times and for this we need to understand the concept of karma In simple sense its the fruit of our past actions that we receive including the actions that we do in our past lives howsoever much the belief in karma varies from religion to religion. The word karma bears a different connotation in the epic Mahabharatha where Bhagwan Sri Krishna explains the concept of duty through various slokas with the master piece being the sloka that begins with the words karmanye vadhikarasche....
The Karmasthan as suggested earlier determines one's profession, challenges that an individual may encounter in his professional life,stability of the profession, to a large extent the closeness and affinity with the family when seen together with 12th house and its lord;Possible timing of the last rites that an individual is required to do for his parents and so on are some of the possible predictions that may be made after analysing the 10th house in an individuals horoscope. Further even the punishments that an individual may receive from government agencies including arrests, imprisonments could be judged in an horoscope after analysing other planetary combinations in a individuals horoscope could be made

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karma and astrology

Karma has a great value in the Hindu belief system and all the sufferings and well being are attributed to karma of one's self.This is also a very important aspect that needs to be factored when astrological predictions are actually made. In a tamil movie released few years back the hero would repeat a dialogue " andavan kettavanakku niraiya kuduppa aana kai vittuduva" Nallavanakku niraya kashtatha kuduppa aana kai vidamatta" meaning the the so called bad individuals get all the good things in life but not the divine power and support while a good individual gets into all sorts of problems yet would come out in flying powers because of the divine power and blessings"
In the background of the above mentioned lets see the importance of the concept of karma in astrological predictions.. The house of 10th is treated as karma and is also considered as the one determining an individuals profession, career, griefs and sorrows in one's life. Strength of this house can help to judge whether an individual will actually derive the full benefits of favourable planetary combinations contained in an individuals horoscope... For example so manay people would have born around the same time Bill Gates was born and yet why others could not gain the same mileage and popularity as Bill Gates is a question that would normally be put across to an astrologer.
Another comparison is that a prison official and a convict both are in the prison albeit for different reasons Its the karma that makes them to be in that
A person born with all raja yogas may not be in a position to enjoy the benefits of that yoga if the karmasthan(the house of 10th) its lord are in a weak position and are afflicted by malefic plantets.

to Know please continue reading the blog

Medicinal astrology - II

In continuation of the last post on medicinal astrology we will try to understand the possible diseases that an individual may be affected according to their strenghts weakness, inflluence, and afflictions from other planets
Moon - Mental disorders
Sun - Eye sight,Impotency. digestion related disorders.
Venus Problems relating to Sexuality,private parts
Mercury - Nervous disorders
Mars - Blood diseases
Jupiter - Bone related disorders
Saturn - Numbness

The above mentioned are only some indicatdive health problems and they are to be seen from the afflictions that each of these planets,their placements in terms of the sign they occupy, the relationship with the lagna lord,6,8 and may indicate whether these indicated disorders are life threatening and so on.

Medicinal Astrology

As the people sufferings increase its human nature to look for atlernate ways to mitigate their sufferings and to this phenomenon nothing is exception."Prevention is better than cure" in medical parlence its better to take precautionary measures than to take curative medicines . Biologically what suits one person need not necessarily suit the other and sensitivity test is one among them.
However our real concern is can Astrology predict diseases,suitable food, and possible cure for the same. "Yes Zodiacs affects our health" notes a research conducted in Houston . In a related development astrologers in varanasi may end up in assissting cancer specialists in curing cancer and a question that arises immediately in our minds are "is it possible" - Yes its possible. for example libra people are generally advised to avoid spicy foods else the chances of suffering from stomach disorders like ulcer are higher to them compared to other zodiacs; Its only a general advise and we have to factor additional factors in an individuals horoscope to have better accuracy..

Aspects for casting horoscope

Time zone varies from Place to place and the people working in BPO would be aware of this fact as people work in different time zones depending upon the nationality of the client for whom they work.. Howsoever much one of the earliest people to have utilised the concept of time zone in their calculations could possibly be the astrologers.

Important information required to cast an horoscope are
Date of birth
Time of birth
Place of birth..
Place of birth is significant aspect as this information takes care of the aspect of time zone

Relevance of astrology in ash abishek marriage

Marriage is a social institution where a male and a female come together to make a living. Sex is institutionalized in marriage for the benefit of the entire human race and every individual has an idea about their life partner and no one is exception to this phenomenon but the moot question is whether its possible to predict the character of the life partner in terms of age,social attributes,physical attributes no. of siblings that he may have and more

The seventh house in a kundali/Horoscope chart describes the opposite sex/Life partner and the following things when considered together can throw some light on the attributes of our life partner

7th House
Its lord
Venus for a male
Jupiter for a female
Influence received by the 7th house,its lotd venus and jupiter from Mars,Rahu Ketu and Sun..

When in a Males horoscope the above mentioned has a very strong influence or association with planets Rahu,Sun and Saturn then it can be said that the native is quite likely to marry a girl elder to him..

Horoscopes at maternity ward

Heard or seen the above mentioned in your personal life. If not Port city of vishakapatnam in India is the place where this is happening and the credit goes to two enterprising youths who have hit upon this innovative idea taking the help of astrologer. The concept is simple - A computer with printer connected to it they are knocking the doors of maternity wards in all the nursing homes in all the nursing homes
of the city.
Amazed and surprised - following statistics can lit up your eye brows

They make Rs.1500 per day just by casting horoscopes of the new born baby
They charge just Rs.175 equivalent to 4 Dollars approximately..

Interested to know the names Its KHRV Sriram and V.S.Babu of west godavari District in Andhra Pradesh India.

sounds and Mantras

Mantras are more than energy based sounds. Our fore fathers have analysed and understood that sounds have a far greater and quicker impact than prayers do have to attain the feet of the lord.. There is a beleif that to attain the feet of lord two things are the easier one
1. Veda Mantras
2. Devotional music..

The best example is the utterance of the word "chi mch" when pronounced makes an individual understand that all is not well and further even though those words do not have any meaning

Further if we observed when a almirah is dragged over the floor it creates a sound and that sound irritates any one easily.. from this we can easily understand the impact of the noise

Further when a note when played with variations in the tone and pitch vibrates through the entire nervous system of our human body and different notes incites the various moods that lie in us.. This is the logic of our veda Mantras and that was the primary reason why our fore fathers had none of the slokas in written form..

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Bio Rhythms and astrology

Dear all

I would like to bring to the notice of the so called rationalists that a great amount of research is going on biorhythms to predict the human behaviour. Bio rhythm is just a step towards astrology. The science behind bio rhythm is that reaction of human beings in terms of physical,biological and behavioral patterns in tune with changes in environments in which he lives and in this sense it shares the objective of astrology which has its objective to predict and fore see the future of individuals with regard to changes and movements of heavenly bodies.. including our mother earth..

is astrology a pseudo science

No its not a pseudo science.. astrology tries to explain the impact a human beings have due to the movement of heavenly bodies . Hope people are aware of the fact that the mental dis orders are likely to be aggravated during full moon and new moon. Moreover a person affected with mental disorder is called as lunatics and its not a mere coincidence that people with mental disorders suffer more during Full Moon and new moon for the following reasons..
1. Element of water is the highest in the human body.. and just compare the tides and waves are higher in the water bodies only on full moon and new moon due to the gravitational force of the moon .Drawing analogy between the ocean and the Water in the human beings This simple fact could be easily understood..
If the moon can have so much impact on the thinking/mental health of a human being there should be no element of surprise that the other heavenly bodies affect the human behaviour and astrology is just an attempt to explain the same..

In astrology each of the planets signifies some part of human body . Its no secret that some of the glands like pitutary glands control the biology of the human system and in the samskrit parlence Sun is treated as Pitrukarakan .

a comment for introspection

Dear all
I hereby putforth for the benefit of all those visitors of my blog a comment made by a PHD Scholar for real introspection of the same.. and the comment that he posted is here
" here are some of the answers from my side
- Climatic patterns like monsoons repeat time and again due to a complex atmospheric and ocean current pattern, which has evolved over a period of time. Ocean currents are in turn governed by the earth's internal core temperature and the North and South Pole temperatures
- To most extent, lactoseintolerant people are always intolerant to lactose all the time.. so I dont know why you have put that question. Most of the reactions are due to gene deficiency in human body. For example, we need to have a particular gene in our body to break the complex protein "lactose". We, as humans have evolved to have that. Just came an article in BBC health that states that we did not have lactose breaking gene like 15000 years back..
3) The reasons why human moods changes to climatic conditions is because of the cues our sensory receptors in nose, toungue, feet, fingers, genitals and nipples pick up and send it to the brain, which inturn controls the secretion of mood managing chemicals like endomorphin and serotonin..as the sensory receptors differ in their signals, the brain receives those changes and instructs the body to react to those cues..

Is astrology a Pseudo Science

Dear all
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

Dear all
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

Astrology

In the last article published on astrology i had compared the heavenly bodies to the vehicles on the road negotiating the traffic.. In this article I am going to dwell on the basics of astrology and its only a beginning and there is a lot more to this.. some of the vital information that an astrologer must know
9 Planets
27 constellations/stars
12 signs..
The 9 planets for astrology are the sun as the head of the soloar system,The moon, Mars, Venus,Saturn,Jupiter,Mercury,Rahu and ketu(There are people who say that rahu and ketu are only nodes which cannot be given the status of planets..)
12 sun signs are Aries,Taurus,Gemini,Cancer,Leo,Virgo,Libra,Scorpio,Saggitarius,Capricorn,Aquarius, and pisces..
The 27 Constellations are as follows
Aswini
Bharani
Krithigai
Rohini
Mrigasrisham
Thiruvadhirai/Arudra
Punarvasu
Pooshyam
Ayilyam
Makam
Pooram
uthiram
Hastham
Chitra
Swathi
Visakha
Anusham
Jyeshta
Moolam
Pooradam
Uthiradam
Thiruvonam/Sravanam
Avittam
Sadayam
Poorattadhi
Utthirattadhi
Revathi..

The planets revolve around the sun in an eppiliptical shape and than in an exact circle .. and the common denomination for measurement of time is degrees.. For all the planets to come a full circle they have to travel 360 degrees.. Its this 360 degrees that is denominated and shared by the 27 constellations 12 sunsigns.
One sign = 30 degrees
One sign comprises of Two and a quarter Constellation
30 Degrees = Two and a quarter constellation
For one constellation = 13'20

Astrology

In the last article published on astrology i had compared the heavenly bodies to the vehicles on the road negotiating the traffic.. In this article I am going to dwell on the basics of astrology and its only a beginning and there is a lot more to this.. some of the vital information that an astrologer must know
9 Planets
27 constellations/stars
12 signs..
The 9 planets for astrology are the sun as the head of the soloar system,The moon, Mars, Venus,Saturn,Jupiter,Mercury,Rahu and ketu(There are people who say that rahu and ketu are only nodes which cannot be given the status of planets..)
12 sun signs are Aries,Taurus,Gemini,Cancer,Leo,Virgo,Libra,Scorpio,Saggitarius,Capricorn,Aquarius, and pisces..
The 27 Constellations are as follows
Aswini
Bharani
Krithigai
Rohini
Mrigasrisham
Thiruvadhirai/Arudra
Punarvasu
Pooshyam
Ayilyam
Makam
Pooram
uthiram
Hastham
Chitra
Swathi
Visakha
Anusham
Jyeshta
Moolam
Pooradam
Uthiradam
Thiruvonam/Sravanam
Avittam
Sadayam
Poorattadhi
Utthirattadhi
Revathi..

The planets revolve around the sun in an eppiliptical shape and than in an exact circle .. and the common denomination for measurement of time is degrees.. For all the planets to come a full circle they have to travel 360 degrees.. Its this 360 degrees that is denominated and shared by the 27 constellations 12 sunsigns.
One sign = 30 degrees
One sign comprises of Two and a quarter Constellation
30 Degrees = Two and a quarter constellation
For one constellation = 13'20

Learn Astrology for free

Dear all
It has been a long time passion for me to try and share little knowledge that i possess on astrology.. I have been a practising amateur astrologer for the last 11 years and still my thirst for astrology has not gone down.. I have always heard people saying that it is difficult to understand the concepts of astrology where as it is not the case.. If that is the case our ancient rishis would not have given us so many inputs and insights on astrology..
Now moving on to our topic on astrology.. we must first understand the topic/subject in right perspective and understand the reasons for and against the subject..
Astrology is an extension of the science of astronomy in the sense that astrology defines to assess and predict the human behaviour.. To put things in perspective the science of astrology try to analyse,assess and predict the human behaviour of human beings with regard to movement of heavenly bodies like the planets of the solar system ..
This can be compared to the reaction of people travelling in a bus when the brakes are applied..
This can be the best possible since there are a lot of vehicle traffic in a road and many of these vehicles drive in a way possible that the passengers and drivers donot get hurt and for this purpose negotiate the traffic accordingly. Planets and other Heavenly bodies can be compared to the drivers of various kind of vehicles travelling at the same time at many different places.
For more please read my subsequent blogs

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Opinion Polls compared With astrology..

It has always been a keen area of interest for evey human being to know what awaits him in the future for the simple reason that future is highly uncertain.. Predicting a future has different perceptions to a lot of people . Predictions are made through a no. of ways depending on the subject matter.. Opinion polls are a method used to predict a winner and loser in an election to an assembly or a parliament . Opinion poll is a good statistical tool on the basis of which the data is analysed to ascertain whether a party will win or lose the elections if they held at a particular point of time.. In countries like India Opinion polls in the recent times have been a failiure in most of the cases.. and the best example for the failed prediction was the 2004 General elections and yet the people's craze for Opinion Polls have not gone down for the simple reason politicians make their plans to and work out strategies to reduce adverse public reaction and try to turn the tide for the sake of power.. Normally Political Parties react positively when it supports them and counter them when a Opinion polls are against them and parallelly they also rework their strategies to suit their political ends. These reactions at the best help Politicians either to consolidate their bases or at reduce the negative fall out..
Now Coming to Astrology as a tool of prediction reaction of politicians holds good for the believers and disbelievers. It would be appropriate to understand and analyse the reactions for and against astrology.. As a Matter of fact both the opinion polls and Astrology are only indicative in nature in the sense that they only indicate the trend of a particular election and the possible direction in which a persons life is likely to go at a particular point of time. They are not absolute science