RE: Astrology and Abortion, Rahu-Ketu

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Dear Visvanathan Prabhu,

 

I'm glad you like these spiritual ideas, but please don't praise me. I am

just a fallen idiot like most everybody else in this world, certainly NOT

any kind of avatar. If I seem to have a good idea or two, it's only by

inspiration of Paramatma, and I have absolutely no credit in the matter,

except I happen to be listening to Him sometimes when I am not too

distracted by my ego.

 

Regarding Rahu-Ketu, certainly sometimes God appears in this world in a

covered feature. It may be helpful to see all the planets like that. I was

just struck by the unique features of these particular Deities, and the

correspondence in the ways that Rahu-Ketu work with the Divine Couple,

considering how often the most wonderful spiritual insights and liberation

may come in the most difficult of times materially. For instance my dear

friend KK has Rahu in the 4th in Taurus. She is in Rahu Maha-dasa now, and

though things are materially difficult for her, she has come into contact

with pure devotees of Vishnu and is making wonderful spiritual progress.

 

If I have learned anything from studying Jyotish so far, it is how

impossible it is to achieve certainty in matters of the Divine by our own

efforts. The future is invisible to us. Anyone can cast a chart, and we can

get a very good idea of personality attributes and temporal trends like

dashas and transits from it. But can anybody make detailed and accurate

predictions just by mentally speculating on the chart? The ongoing,

sometimes heated discussion about various arcane Jyotish matters on this

list is evidence that there is great uncertainty about the meaning of

various chart features in prediction, even among experienced Jyotishis. It's

kind of like the stock market: one time you make a prediction based on the

chart and you win, the next time you fall flat on your face. There are

invisible (to us) factors in operation in both cases.

 

Yet some few special Jyotishis are observed to make very detailed, accurate

predictions consistently. All of them that I know of attribute this ability

to Divine inspiration. Therefore I think in the ultimate issue, the greatest

thing Jyotish may have to teach us is not to rely too much on our own

defective intelligence.

 

So I am happy to make your acquaintance, just please don't become too

effusive in your appreciation. I am fallible and imperfect just like anyone

else here. Looking forward to continuing our Jyotish dialogue.

 

Best regards always,

Dasanudas

 

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