{"id":12031,"date":"2024-02-14T07:11:55","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T07:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=12031"},"modified":"2024-02-14T07:11:55","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T07:11:55","slug":"saturn-the-planet-of-boundless-time-eternity-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=12031","title":{"rendered":"Saturn, the planet of Boundless Time, Eternity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>                \n\r\r\nSaturn is a very important planet in the Solar System. It is the sixth planet from the Sun.\r\n\r\nSaturn has got 61 moons. Enceladus, Rhea, Titan, Dione, Thetis, Mimas, Hyperion etc. Named after the Roman God Saturnus, the equivalent of the Vedic Shani, the Greek Cronos and the Babylonian Ninurtha, Saturn is composed of hydrogen, with small amounts of Helium and trace elements.\r\n\r\nSaturn is enveloped by rings. Along with Jupiter Neptune and Uranus Saturn is classified as a gaseous giant. Its Aphelion is 1513325783 kms, Perihelion 1353572956 kms, Semi Major Axis 1433449370 kms , Sidereal Period is 10832327 days and Synodic Period 37809 days. Astronomers call Saturn, the Jewel in the Solar System.\r\n\r\nTitan is Saturn\u2019s largest moon and the second largest moon in the Solar System. It is larger than the planet Mercury. The largest is Ganymede, one of Jupiter\u2019s moons.\r\n\r\nIn Grecian Mythology he is Father Time. He is Kronos ( from which we have the word Chronology ), the father of Zeus. Rhea, his wife, gave birth to Jupiter or Zeus. His symbol is God\u2019s sickle. Kronos used to devour his offsprings but Zeus was protected by his mother. Zeus faced his father and Kronos\u2019 fears ended in death. An indication that if we clamp down on what we fear most, it will eventually destroy us !\r\n\r\nHe is also known as the Roman God of Agriculture and he introduced Agriculture and Viniculture and heralded a Golden Age. In memory of this Golden Age, the Saturnalia was observed on December 17. Saturnalia was seven days and during this time business was suspended, moral restrictions were loosened and gifts were exchanged.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSaturday was consecrated to Saturn. Saturday derives from the Latin Dies Saturni and the Sanskrit Shanivar\r\n\r\nWestern Astrology has it that The Age of Aquarius or New Age is His Age, he owning Aquarius. He will uplift the consciousness of humanity through Scientific Enlightenment.\r\n\r\nIn Vedic Astrology, Saturn is the Moksha Karaka or the significator of Liberation. He is a hard Taskmaster, who makes man bear the cross. He symbolises the principle \u201d No cross, no Heaven\u201d and \u201d no thorns, no roses\u201d!\r\n\r\nHe causes Sasa Maha Yoga, one of the best yogas in Astrology. If he be powerfully posited in angles, in his own houses or in exaltation, Sasa Yoga is caused. Sasa Yoga gives enjoyments and makes the native blase or fed up with pleasure, granting Vairagya or detachment to the native, which will pave the way for Liberation.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nHe has a satellite called Gulika. Gulika\u2019s birth is described thus. The King of the demons, Ravana, asked Saturn to come and stay in the 11th house, the best house for Saturn, when his son Indrajith was born. Saturn, with his customary guile and came and stayed in the 11th house, but put his feet in the 12th ( the worst house for Saturn ). Indrajith was defeated when he was born !\r\n\r\nSaturn crossing the constellation of Rohini ( Rohini Sakata Bheda ) is considered very inauspicious and can cause draughts for twelve years.\r\n\r\nHe is known as Evil eyed ( Kroora lochana ). His evil eye is from a curse he received from his wife, Manda Devi.  His wife went to him with the objective of having a son when he was meditating on the Lord. She became tired and angry and cursed him that whatever he gazes at ( aspects in the horoscope ) will be destroyed. He therefore looks downward all the time, not wanting to destroy whatever he looks at. \r\n\r\n  \r\nThere is another interesting story about him. Parvathi, the Sacred Feminine, the Mother of the Universe, asked him to bless Ganesh when he was born. ( He was looking downward then ). Due to compulsion from the Universal Mother, he looked at the infant Ganesh and the newborn\u2019s head got blown off and it was replaced with an elephant\u2019s head !\r\n\r\nFasting on his days, Saturdays will please him. Also chanting his mantra Om Shanaischarayai Namah. Performing a Saturn Homa and wearing a Saturn Talisman or Yantra will reduce the negative energies of Saturn.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nHis Gayatri is this\r\n\r\nOm Kaka dhwajaya Vidhmahe Khadga Hasthaya Dheemahi\r\n\r\nHis stotra is this\r\n\r\nNeelanjana Samabhasam\r\nRavi putram Yamagrajam\r\nChaya Marthanda Sambhootham\r\nPranathosmi Shaneeswaram\r\n\r\nHis Peeda Hara Stotra is this\r\n\r\nSoorya Putra Deergha Deho\r\nVishalaksha Shiva Priyah\r\nManda chara prasannatma\r\nPeedam Harathu Me Shanih\r\n\r\n\r\nSaturn in Hindu Mythology \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nWhy is Saturn considered lame in Indian Mythology ?\r\n\r\nThe story is like this.\r\n\r\nSun ( Surya )  has many consorts. The first one is Dawn ( Usha ). The second\r\none is Lotus ( Padmini ). Third one is clouds ( Sanjana ). Fourth is Chaya. \r\n\r\nThe third wife, Sanjana could not live with her husband because of his\r\nintense heat. So she created a shadow of her, Chaya or Sanvarna. Sanjana went to\r\nHimalayas to do penance.\r\n\r\nSanvarna gave brith to five sons and two daughters. One of them was Saturn\r\nor Shani.\r\n\r\nOne day Saturn was hungry and asked his mother for food. His foster mother\r\ntold him she will first offer food to God. Shani got angry and kicked her.\r\nShe cursed that his leg would break !\r\n\r\nShani reported this to his father, Sun or Surya. Surya said an actual mother\r\nwould not curse like this and found out that Sanvarna was not his mother.\r\n\r\nSurya said that since Sanvarna officiated as his mother, her curse would not\r\ngo in. Hence Shani is said to be pangu, lame !\r\n\r\nBecause of his lameness, he is sluggish. But his sluggishness is an alibi\r\nfor slow, deliberate movement, shanai shanai gachati iti shaniswaraha !\r\n\r\nHe takes 30 years to make a circuit of the Zodiac.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n <\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12031"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12032,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12031\/revisions\/12032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}