Even though Aurobindo was an intellectual giant, he did not ignore Love
Love is a glory from Eternity’s spheres He is still the Godhead that can make all change
Love should never cease to be upon the Earth Love is the bright link betwixt Earth & Heaven Love is the far Transcendent’s angel here Love is man’s lien on the Absolute !
The intellect is indeed great, but the ultimate triumph will be the Heart’s.
An exalted planet gets 100% strength. In Vedic Astrology 100% strength is 60 Shashtiamsas or Virupas or 1 Rupa.
When a planet occupies its deep exaltation point or Uchabhaaga, it gets a strength of 1 Rupa. Similarly, when it occupies its deep debilitation point, it gets zero strength.
Exaltation strength is given by the formula
Exaltation Strength = Planet’s longitude – Its debilitation Point/180 * 60 ( in Virupas or Shastiamsas )
where the difference is more than 180, it is to be subtracted from 360
Lunation ( Thidhi) = Longitude of Moon – Longitude of Sun.
From 0 to 12 degrees is Prathama and from 12 to 24 degrees is Dwitheeya and so on. It becomes easy to find out which Tidhi the time falls on. We give the degrees and the nomenclature of the Thidhis or Lunation.
According the Drekkana or Decanate Theory, there are 36 decanates. Each Zodiacal Sign of 30 degrees is divided by 3 and we get 3 decanates per sign.
The first decanate is owned by the lord of that Sign The second decanate is owned by the 5th lord from that Sign The Third decanate is owned by the 9th lord from that Sign
For example, if Aries is the Sign, the first decanate is owned by Mars, the second the fifth lord from Aries, Sun and third decanate the ninth lord from Aries, Jupiter.
So Drekkanas are one of the Seven Vargas ( Sapta Varga ) division and is important.
If Mars is in Aries, say in the 13the degree of Aries, then the decanate ruler of Mars is the Sun, as the Sun is the fifth lord from Aries, as Mars is in the second decanate
“Imperfect is the Joy not shared by all “, wrote Aurobindo.
I climb not to Thy everlasting day As I have shunned Thy eternal night Thy servitudes on earth are greater King, Than all the glorious liberties of Heaven, Too far Thy heavens for me from suffering men, Imperfect is the Joy not shared by all.
“Let the whole world be happy ” prays the Eternal Law ( Sarve Janah Sukhino Bhavanthu ). For such a noble purpose, did He not consecrate His life to humanity ?
The word ” hour ” is derived from the Sanskrit, Hora. A Zodiacal Sign is two hours and a day is made up of 24 Horas or Hours!
Ardha Rasi Bhaveth Hora Chaturvimsathi Smritah
In other words, 30 degrees is one Zodiacal Sign and 15 degrees one Hora or Hour.
The first 15 degrees of Aries is Odd and the next 15 degrees is Even. The Odd Horas are ruled by the Sun and the Even Horas are ruled by the Moon.
By this calculation, it is easy to understand who the lord of the Hora is.
So there are two Hora lords, Sun and Moon – Soorya Hora and Chandra Hora.
So from the longitude of a planet, it is possible to know the Hora lord, as 24 horas are ruled by the Sun and Moon.
For example, Mars is in the 5th degree of Aries. We say the Hora lord of Mars is the Sun. Suppose Jupiter is in the 25th degree of Aries. Moon is the Hora lord of Jupiter
He who would bring the heavens here Must descend himself into clay And the burden earthly nature bear And tread the dolorous way !
Coercing my Godhead I have come Into this sordid earth Ignorant, labouring, human grown, Betwixt the gates of birth and death !
Transforming Earth into a Heaven is difficult; and we have to sacrifice many personal comforts for such a noble purpose. We have to understand that this is the Law of the Way. Only after the shedding of all mortal dross can we be pure; and only by becoming pure can we hope to get Self Actualisation
In the void of Mind involute The fleeting Universe rises and floats And sinks back into the current “I”
Once the Ascending degree is obtained, Bhava Sphuta Ganitha or the computation of House Division becomes easy.
We have said that 180 degrees away from the Ascendant is the Descendant & 180 degrees away from the MC is the IC, the Patala Lagna.
So we have now 4 mathematical points on the Circle. Divide the quadrants by 3 and we get the starting and the end of 12 houses !
This type of Bhava Ganitha is attributed to Sripathi in the Indian system and in the Western system, there are many methods of computation, namely the sytems of Regiomontanus, Companus & Placidus !
Western scholars Thibeau and Whitney argued that the early Indians did not have any conceptions about Maths and Astronomy and the calculations of the Cosmological Cycles ( One Cosmological Cycle = 4.32 billion years ) were looted from the Greeks and the Romans.
On the other hand, another Western scholar, the Rev Ebenezor Burgess who translated the Surya Siddhanta into English, differed from them saying that the early Indians were pioneers of Astronomy and Maths.
In Aryabhateeyam, Maha Bhaskareeyam and Brahma Sphuta Siddhanta, to mention 3 major astronomical treatises, Bhuja was Sin, Koti was Cos and Sparsa was Tan. Bhuja chapa was Arc Sine of an angle (Asin), Koti Chapa was arc cosine of an angle ( Acos )& Sparsa Chapa was arc tangent of an angle(Atan). Sin was Bhujajya/ Trijya, Opposite Side/Hypotenuse and Cos was Koti Jya / Trijya, Adjacent Side/Hypotenuse. All trignometric funtions which we know as Sin, Tan and Cos had Sanskrit names and Spherical Astronomy and Spherical Trignometry were well developed in India !
If Thursday, then the ruler of the first hour is Jupiter ( Jove or Thor’s day, Thursday)
Pathi tasya poorvasya varadhi nadha
Nisayam thu vareswarath panchamadya
The ruler at night is the fifth lord
meaning on a Sunday, after sunset, the first hour is ruled by Venus
as per the rule
Arka Sukra Budhas Chandra Manda Jeeva Dharasutha
Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars.
Why is Monday after Sunday ?
The answer is given by the sequential order of Planetary Hours or Kala Hora
On Sunday, at surise, the first hour or Kala Hora is ruled by the ruler of Sunday, the Sun. So after 21 hours, the 22nd hour is ruled by Sun, the 23rd hour by Venus and the 24th hour by Mercury and the 25th hour, that is next day is ruled by Moon and so the next day is Moon’s day or Monday !
Planetary Hour = Duration of day /12
Duration of Day = Sunset – Sunrise Duration of Night = Sunrise – Sunset
The duration of Night and Day varies and it is not exactly 12 hours. So in the program formulae should be given for finding out Planetary Hours !
