Astrology Meaning(vedic Astrology)

The word ‘Astrology is derived from two Greek words: Astra, which means a star, and Logos, which means a logic or reason. Astrology signifies the doctrine and law as depicted by the stars or planets. It is the study of the movement of the planets and the stars and how they influence us in our daily lives.

 Is Astrology a Science?
 The answer is yes. It is basically a science of time. Every moment in time has a certain meaning, quality or significance attached to it. By being born at a particular moment in time as per astronomical chart, we imbibe this quality. Personal horoscope is our guide map for our journey through time on earth. It is believed that studying astrological chart or preparing birth chart is nothing short of studying science as it involves great deal of astronomy and its interpretation is based on certain recognised rules. A birth chart contains different combinations of planets to describe various situations in life, which include mental and physical abilities, profession, partnerships, marriage, children, and difficulties and so on.
 The Importance of Vedic Astrology in our Live:
 In this modern age of technology and science with heterodox thoughts and concepts, do you think astrology is significant? Astrology is an ancient concept, as old as time, you can say. It is an importance aspect of our lives – our past, present and future. To a great extent, astrology is used to forecast and predict future events and can also be used as a medium to get rid of any kind of mishap related to planetary positions. The concept that planetary bodies in the solar system can actually provide a vision of the future has fascinated people from a very long time. Our interests with astrology range from a regular glance at a newspaper’s zodiac signs section to making significant decisions in life related to marriage, finance and career and even predictions on health. It is known that many successful people have consulted astrologers to help make decisions in their lives.
 Modern Astrology Hypothesis
• A birth chart reveals our potential and what we can aim for.
• The symbols in a birth chart have to be decoded.
• All the viewpoints in the whole chart are connected with the planetary movements of the present time.
Significance of Planetary Movements in our Lives
One aspect of astrology is that it affects our lives. The different movements of the moon or the planetary movements or alignments affect our minds and emotions and we do not even realise this. The planetary positions at the time of our birth in the astrological chart can be compared with the planetary position of any time. This study will show how a particular planet or two influence our lives to a great extent at a given time. The result may be positive or negative, but these comparisons highlight the change in our lives or our moods and reactions to events. This is nothing but astrology.
The planetary movements not only have their impact on us, but we are also affected by the planetary movements of the people whom we deal regularly with, be it our parents, spouse, kids, relatives, friends, colleagues, bosses, acquaintances, etc. And these people are also affected by astrology as much as we are.
It has also been seen in many cases, people start believing in astrology at the times of disasters. Why? The word “disaster” is made up of two root words – “dis”, which means separation, and “aster”, which means star, thereby giving the meaning “separation from the stars”. This also gives a logical explanation of the influence of the movement of the stars in our lives. In short, the significance of astrology lies in the direct influence that the moon, stars and the eight planets have on our lives.
Why is Astrology Important?
The astrological birth chart of every one of us is independent of individual opinions. There are many instances in our lives when we arrive at the comparison mode of thinking though we know comparison is not good. Sometimes, we ask ourselves, “Why am I doing this? What is happening in my life? Why do I have to see this?” And so on. It is here that astrology brings a new opinion in our lives. Astrology does not mean we have to be solely dependent on fate. It lays emphasis on our karma and actions as astrology firmly believes in, “Today’s karma is tomorrow’s fate”.
Astrology lights the path known as life and it is entirely our choice as to whether we want to travel on this path or not. Astrology helps us to know how we can make the best possible use of these tools in our lives for our benefit when we see the bad phase in our lives. Astrology is the connecting chord among our past, present and future. It knows no caste, religion, gender or nationality. It simply concerns the important fundamentals of our everyday lives.

wise quotes by achayra chanakya

Collect Wealth As If You Are Immortal

This idea by Acharya Chanakya appears not so ethical. To understand this quote in its true context we will need to evaluate it from a non traditional view. Please have a look:

Is Money Evil?

Definitely not! nor it’s good. It is merely a tool that can do all kinds of damages as well as aid in accomplishing great things. Many spiritual Gurus says that “Money is evil and is the primary cause of troubles in life“. What they really mean is that “A man must have control on his Greed”.
 If you are not a sanyasi, then it is very important for you to earn money and to increase your wealth. A man with wealth is considered wise and is given respect by others. People try to befriend him and to please him. This is what happens whether you like it or not.

Being Spiritual but Impractical is not Right:

 Spirituality is awesome and equally awesome is the practical wisdom. One who is busy preparing for the next world should not ignore the realities of this world. Men with an impractical approach are either already extinct or will be extinct very soon. It’s said that inaction of good men within a society is sufficient for rise of evil within that society.

 

Not doing bad things is not equivalent to doing good things.

It is beyond reason why people focus too much on negative aspect of money. People are good and people are bad. At all times Goddess Lakshmi remains unbiased. Whoever please her receives the blessing.
In sanatan dharma there are many stories where boons were delivered to Asuras who misused them later. The story of Bhasmasur is quite famous. The overall conclusion can be summarized in following points:

• People are good and people are bad. Wealth is just a means to accomplish good deeds or greedy objectives.
• Money is significant and more you have better it is.
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Guhyeshwari Temple(51 shaktipeeth/divine place)

Guhyeshwari Temple (Nepali:गुह्येश्वरी मन्दिर), also spelled Guheswari or Guhjeshwari, is one of the revered holy temples in Kathmandu, Nepal. This temple is dedicated to Adi Shakti. This refers to the popular legend where Shiva distressed was carrying the corpse of Devi Sati and Vishu annihilated it with his Sudarshan Chakra. Shiva later declared the 51 such places where Devi Sati's body parts fell to be worshipped as the Shakti Peethas and meditated at all these places as various forms of Bhairavas. The place where Devi Sati's knees fell is Guheswari in Kathmandu. In Nepal the form of Shakti is Mahashira and the form of Bhairava is Kapali. King Pratap Malla built this temple in the 17th century.

The temple name originates from guhya (cave) and ishwari (goddess). Non-Hindus are not allowed to enter this temple.
Guheswari Temple is located near Pashupatinath Temple. It represents female force. The famous Temple of Guheswori lies about a km east of. Guheswori temple is located at the left bank of the Bagamati river.
Guheswori temple belongs to female energy force and it goddess temple."

Indrakshi (Nagapooshani / Bhuvaneswari)(51 shaktipeeth/divine place)

Shakti
Indrakshi (Nagapooshani / Bhuvaneswari)
Bhairava
Rakshaseshwar (Nayanair)
In Hinduism, Bhuvaneshvari (also spelt Bhuvaneswari) (Sanskrit: भुवनेश्वरी, Tamil: புவனேஸ்வரி) is the fourth of the ten Mahavidya goddesses and an aspect of Devi,as elements of the physical cosmos, in giving shape to the creation of the World”. Also Bhuvaneswari is considered as the supreme goddesses who creates everything and destroys all the unnecessary evils of world. She is also considered as the Mother goddess of Kali, Lakshmi, and Saraswati also Gayatri. In Hindu Mythology she is considered as the most powerful goddess in the universe. Parvati is Sagun Roop of Goddess Bhuvaneswari. Her bija mantra is “Hreem.”
Bhuvaneshwari: The Queen of the Universe. Bhuvaneshwari means the Queen or ruler of the Universe. She is the Divine Mother as the Queen of all the worlds. All the Universe is her body and all beings are ornaments on her infinite being. She carries all the worlds as a flowering of her own Self-nature. She is thus related to Sundari and to Rajarajeshwari, the supreme Lady of the Universe.
She is also known as Adi Shakti i.e one of the earliest forms of shakti. She is capable of turning situations according to her wish. It is considered that even the navagrahas and trimurtis cannot stop her from doing anything. She can order the Trimurtis to do anything she wants.
Temples
There are several temples dedicated to Bhuvaneshwari across India, however, the most important (Shakti Peetha) is located in Nainativu (Manipallavam) – off the shore of the Jaffna Peninsula in Northern Sri Lanka. She is regarded as the main shakti of Lord Lingaraj, in Bhubaneswar. She is worshipped as the patron goddess of Bhubaneswar and by Utkala Brahmins of Orissa. A small shrine is also dedicated to her inside Jagannath Temple, Puri and Devi Subhadra is worshipped as Bhuvaneshwari.The Samaleswari shrine and Cuttack Chandi Temple in Orissa too are dedicated to her. The Kamakhya Temple too houses Bhuvaneshwari Temple.In South India most of the Srividhya tradition upasaka worship her.In Kerala she is also popular among Shaktas

BASIC CONCEPT OF VEDIC ASTROLOGY

The sky as seen from earth appears as a sphere with earth as its centre. This hypothetical sphere is called Celestial Sphere or Celestial Globe.

Our solar system is very very small as compared to our universe. The distances of stars seen in the sky are so huge that they hardly appear changing their positions in the celestial sphere even in thousands of years. In other words the celestial sphere appears like a black hollow sphere on which is stars are fixed on its surface from inside. Obviously the structure made by stars practically does not change with time.

Since the planets of our solar system including Sun and Moon are comparatively much nears, they can be seen moving in the Celestial Globe. In Indian Astrology all such heavenly bodies, which appear moving are called Grahas(planets). Because our earth moves around the Sun on almost a circular path, the Sun appears moving around the Earth on a circular path on the Celestial Sphere from west to east. All the other planets (Grahas) also appear moving along this circle from west to east, on a 9 degree wide path, which is called Zodiac.(Do not confuse with the daily apparent motion of heavenly bodies which is from east to west, due to rotational motion of earth.)

In ancient times only 5 planets namely Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn were known, as they can be seen by naked eyes. If Sun and Moon are also included the number of planets(Grahas) becomes 7.

There are 12 houses in a Vedic Astrology chart. Each of these houses is representative of certain areas of a human life. Also, each of these 12 houses has a natural signifier planet known as Karakas in Vedic Astrology. Given below is the table of each of the 12 houses and their significations along with the karakas. House Represents Karaka 1 Physical self of the native i.e. his/her physical appearance Surya 2 Wealth of the native Guru 3 Siblings, communication skills of the native Mangal 4 Mother, property of the native Chandra 5 Progeny, education of the native Guru 6 Enemies, Servants of the native Mangal 7 Spouse, Partners of the native Shukra 8 Death, diseases of the native Shani 9 Teacher(s), Father of the native Guru 10 Achievements, Career of the native Budha 11 Income, profits to the native Guru 12 Expenditure, loss to the native Shani Then Vedic Astrology has the concept of Rashi (sign). There are 12 rashis in total. Rashis are basically 12 divisions of the 360o zodiac. Each of these rashis is lorded by particular planet(s). Each of these rashis aspect other three rashis in the zodiac – aspects from rashi consisting of good planets and otherwise good house are beneficial and the aspects from rashi containing bad planets and otherwise bad houses are malefic. Given below is the table of 12 rashis and their lords, along with other details. Sanskrit Name English Name Lord Rashi Aspects Mobility Nature Characteristic Type Representative Sex Mesha Aries Mangal Simha, Vrischika, Kumbha Movable Fire Male Vrishabha Taurus Shukra Kartakam, Thulam, Makara Fixed Earth Female Mithuna Gemini Budha Kanya, Dhanus, Meena Dual/Common Air Male Kartakam Cancer Chandra Vrishabha, Vrischika, Kumbha Movable Water Female Simha Leo Surya Mesha, Thulam, Kumbha Fixed Fire Male Kanya Virgo Budha Mithuna, Dhanus, Meena Dual/Common Earth Female Thulam Libra Shukra Vrishabha, Simha, Kumbha Movable Air Male Vrischika Scorpio Mangal and Ketu Mesha, Kartakam, Makara Fixed Water Female Dhanus Sagittarius Guru Mithuna, Kanya, Meena Dual/Common Fire Male Makara Capricorn Shani Vrishabha, Simha, Vrischika Movable Earth Female Kumbha Aquarius Shani and Rahu Mesha, Kartakam, Thulam Fixed Air Male Meena Pisces Guru Mithuna, Kanya, Dhanus Dual/Common Water Female   Each planet is supposed to give certain results. Now each of these planets give intense (mainly in a good way) results in a particular rashi and weak (mainly in a bad way) results in another rashi. The rashi in which the planet gives good results is known as its Uccha (Exaltation) rashi and the one in which the planet gives bad results is known as its Neecha (Debilitation) rashi. Given below is a list of Neecha and Uccha rashis of planets. The table below gives the uccha, Neecha rashis of the grahas as well as information about their aspects. Graha Uccha Rashi Neecha Rashi Surya Mesha Thulam Chandra Vrishabha Vrischika Mangal Makara Kartakam Budha Kanya Meena Guru Kartakam Makara Shukra Meena Kanya Shani Thulam Mesha Rahu Vrishabha Vrischika Ketu Vrischika Vrishabha Each graha aspects other grahas just like rashis, as shown in the table below. Note that each graha aspects the 7th house from it always. Apart from that, some grahas like Mangal, Guru, Shani, Rahu and Ketu aspects other houses. Aspects from good planets in the chart are always beneficial and that from bad planets are malefic. Graha Aspect Surya 7th house from where it is placed Chandra 7th house from where it is placed Mangal 7th, 4th, 8th house from where it is placed Budha 7th house from where it is placed Guru 7th, 5th, 9th house from where it is placed Shani 7th, 3rd, 10th house from where it is placed Rahu 7th, 4th, 8th house from where it is placed Ketu 7th, 3rd, 10th house from where it is placed

Mithila Shakti Peeth,Mithila,Bhihar(51 shaktipeeth/Divine place)

According to the Hindu mythology, it is whispered that Devi Sati’s “Left Shoulder”fell here. The main idols of this legendary divine place are Devi as “Mahadevi or Uma” and Lord Shiva as “Mahodar” (a brave one). The holy place is dedicated to Goddess Durga.
Mithila Shakti Peeth is known for the other histories present in the great holy epic Ramayana of Hindus. Since Janakpuri is known as the birth place of Sita Mata (Wife of lord Rama) and her father, the famous king of Janak used to rule this region. The people have a wrong conception of believing the Janki madir as the popular Shakti peeth. An ancient Shakti temple at this place is also known as Sona mai mandir. Mithilachal is also known as Durgasthan or the place for Devi Bhagavati.

Manibandh Shakti Peeth, Pushkar(51 shaktipeeth/divine place)

The Manibandh Shakti peeth in Pushkar is said to be the place where the wrist of the Goddess is said to have fallen. It is located at Gayatri hills near Pushkar and 11 km north-west of Ajmer, Rajasthan and around 5-7 km from the famous Pushkar Bramha temple.
The place, whereon Goddess Sati’s two manivedikas-wrists fell, is known as Manivedika Temple and the Icon, installed later in a temple, is called Gayatri Devi. There are two idols here, one is of Devi sati and called as Gayatri. The other idol in this temple is of Lord Shiva Known as the Sarvananda (the one who makes everyone happy). Meaning of Gayatri is Saraswati. Saraswati is the goddess of Knowledge in Hindu culture. This temple is considered as the ideal place for Gayathri Mantra sadhana.

BHAGAVAD GITA SUMMARY

   The Bhagavad Gita ("Song of God") is the essence of the Vedas and Upanishads. It is a universal scripture  applicable to people of all temperaments, for all times. It is a book with sublime thoughts and practical instructions on Yoga, Devotion, Vedanta and Action. The Bhagavad Gita has influenced many great thinkers over the years.

• Why do you worry without cause? Whom do you fear without reason? Who can kill you? The soul is neither born, nor does it die.
• Whatever happened, happened for the good; whatever is happening, is happening for the good; whatever will happen, will also happen for the good only. You need not have any regrets for the past. You need not worry for the future. The present is happening...
• What did you lose that you cry about? What did you bring with you, which you think you have lost? What did you produce, which you think got destroyed? You did not bring anything - whatever you have, you received from here. Whatever you have given, you have given only here. Whatever you took, you took from God. Whatever you gave, you gave to him. You came empty handed, you will leave empty handed. What is yours today, belonged to someone else yesterday, and will belong to someone else the day after tomorrow. You are mistakenly enjoying the thought that this is yours. It is this false happiness that is the cause of your sorrows.
•  "Whatever you took, you took from God. Whatever you gave, you gave to him. You came empty handed, you will leave empty handed." 
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• Change is the law of the universe. What you think of as death, is indeed life. In one instance you can be a millionaire, and in the other instance you can be steeped in poverty. Yours and mine, big and small - erase these ideas from your mind. Then everything is yours and you belong to everyone.
• This body is not yours, neither are you of the body. The body is made of fire, water, air, earth and ether, and will disappear into these elements. But the soul is permanent - so who are you?
• Dedicate your being to God. He is the one to be ultimately relied upon. Those who know of his support are forever free from fear, worry and sorrow.
• Whatever you do, do it as a dedication to God. This will bring you the tremendous experience of joy and life-freedom forever.
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