Guest guest Posted July 30, 2001 Report Share Posted July 30, 2001 Hi Scott Please post any words you want translated right away and I'll do the best I can. That particular kind of thing I like to deal with. Das Goravani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 31, 2001 Report Share Posted July 31, 2001 You're on, Das! Here are a couple of Western astrology terms/ideas that Scott might like Vedic terms/explanations/comparisons for...others reading this list may wish to add to this: 1) Conjunction 2) Quincunx 3) Opposition 4) Trine 5) Square 6) Midheaven 7) Immum Coeli 8) Aspect Orb 9) House systems 10) Declinations 11) Astro-locality maps 12) Quality or effect of a planet, such as the Western concept: "Jupiter always expands the matters of the house he is in, Saturn restricts, Mars gives impetus, Venus adds beauty, Moon gives fluctuations," etc. These are a start for discussion: Western concepts, and how are these dealt with in the Vedic system? Best wishes, Carol Hook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2001 Report Share Posted August 2, 2001 These are some basics I can offer. I don't know the translations for most of the words Carol posted unfortunately. The following words are used all the time in Vedic land and so here's what they mean: Rashi Sign Bhava House Navamsa 9 part divisional chart Drishti aspect Parivartan mutual exchange of signs Neecha fallen, debilitated Ucha Exalted Lagna Ascendent Grahas planets Jyotish the science of light, or an astrologer Vidya knowledge Guru means "heavy", refers to teacher, heavy with knowledge Sandhi edge or start Rashi Sandhi at the edge of the sign Bhava Sandhi at the edge of a house Madhya middle Bhava Madhya the middle of the house Sripati a ancient personality, house system named after him Purnima full moon Ravi sun Surya sun Chandra moon Mangal mars Kuja mars Kuja Dosh mars afflicting the seventh house Budha Mercury Guru Jupiter Brhaspati Jupiter Shukra Venus Shani Saturn Rahu North Node Ketu South Node Gochara Transits Gochara Phal, results of transits Shloka a verse from scripture Mahajan great person Acarya teacher who walks his talk, a certain kind of Guru, a leader Sampradaya a school of thought, a succession of master/disciple through time Jaganath "lord of the universe", God, a certain place in India (Jaganath Puri) Sisya a disciple or student Mantra a repeated prayer Japa chanting a prayer repeatedly Mesha aries Vrishabha taurus Mithuna Gemini Karkataka, Karkata, Karki (my word), Cancer Simha Lion, Leo Kanya, young girl, Virgo Thula scales, Libra Vrishchika Scorpio(n) Dhanus bow, Sagittarius Makara Capricorn (source of "being in the muck") Kumba Aquarius, water pot Meena Pisces, fish Lagnesh Asc lord Pati lord Yoga a combination of factors Dashas a list of periods of life ruled by planets Shad Bala "six strengths", a judgement system of planetary strengths Vimshottari means "120", refers to years, main dasha system name Kundali the chart diagram, the chart itself Vargas means "divisions", refers to divisional charts Yugas great ages of time in universal history Gita a book spoken by Krishna Parashara the sage seen as the father of Vedic Astro. Rishi a sage Ishta Deva your selected deity for worship Purva Punya past life merits, good karma Karma means "work", name of 10th house, your good and bad stuff collectively Kala time Vishna God Krishna God Devi Goddess Durga Goddess Shiva God Vaisnava worshipper of Vishnu/Krishna Shaivaite worshipper of Shiva Puja worship Shanti Peace Om a general "seed" mantra, refers to "all", "everything", or God Sanskrit the language of ancient india Sastra scripture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2001 Report Share Posted August 2, 2001 Om Krsnaaya Namah Hi Carol, Here goes: > 1) Conjunction Yuti > 2) Quincunx Not considered an aspect in Jyotish. But a six/eight relationship is recognised as being bad, and is referred to as shastashtaka. > 3) Opposition > 4) Trine > 5) Square The above three are aspects that apply to certain planets only. It is taken as natural that these planets have these aspects and so the aren't given specific names - just aspects (drishti). In Tajaka jyotish, used especially in the interpretation of Varshaphala charts (solar returns) and sometimes also in Prashna (horary), all planets have the ability to cast oppositions, trines and squares. Planets casting trines onto another are called pratyaksha mitra (open friends). Those casting sextiles are called gupta mitra (secret friends). Those casting conjunctions and oppositions are called pratyaksha shatru (open enemies) and those casting squares are called gupta shatru (secret enemies). > 6) Midheaven > 7) Immum Coeli The above two concepts are only important for those using the Sripati house system (similar, although not exactly the same as porphyry house system used in western astrology). Those using the Shripati house system would refer to the MC and IC as the madhyas (midpoints) of the tenth and fourth respectively (there are many names for the houses in jyotish). > 8) Aspect Orb While Parashara gives a very detailed method to calculate the exact numerical strength of an aspect, therefore indicating that the orb of an aspect does matter, the planets themselves do not have an exact orb within which they much aspect in Parashari jyotish. Tajaka jyotish does have orbs (assigned to planets, not aspect types - like classical western) and these are called deeptamshas. > 9) House systems While there are controversies now as to which house system is correct, classical jyotish appears to indicate that there is just one house system (we just don't know which). As such there is no sanskrit word referring to "house systems" in general. Of course, there are names for the house systems currently in use - equal (whole sign = house), equal (30* houses with the ascendant degree as the midpoint of each house), Sripati (already mentioned) and Placidus (used by followers of Krishnamurti Paddhati - KP - but having no classical reference). > 10) Declinations Kranti - Declinations are used in the strength determination method called Shad Bala. > 11) Astro-locality maps Not really a jyotish thing, although used by many modern jyotishi's in the west. > 12) Quality or effect of a planet, such as the Western concept: "Jupiter > always expands the matters of the house he is in, Saturn restricts, Mars > gives impetus, Venus adds beauty, Moon gives fluctuations," etc. The characteristics of planets in Vedic and western are amazingly similar, and all that you wrote above is valid. But there is a lot more to knowing the demigods presiding over the planets and the best sources of information about these are the BPHS and other jyotish classics, as well as the Srimad Bhagavatam (Bhagavat Purana), and other Puranas. "Light on Life" by Hart deFouw has a good section on the planets as well. Hope this helped, Pursottam _______ Get your free @ address at Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2001 Report Share Posted August 2, 2001 What does BPHS stand for? >>> pursottam_dabasia 08/02/01 03:05PM >>> Om Krsnaaya Namah Hi Carol, Here goes: > 1) Conjunction Yuti > 2) Quincunx Not considered an aspect in Jyotish. But a six/eight relationship is recognised as being bad, and is referred to as shastashtaka. > 3) Opposition > 4) Trine > 5) Square The above three are aspects that apply to certain planets only. It is taken as natural that these planets have these aspects and so the aren't given specific names - just aspects (drishti). In Tajaka jyotish, used especially in the interpretation of Varshaphala charts (solar returns) and sometimes also in Prashna (horary), all planets have the ability to cast oppositions, trines and squares. Planets casting trines onto another are called pratyaksha mitra (open friends). Those casting sextiles are called gupta mitra (secret friends). Those casting conjunctions and oppositions are called pratyaksha shatru (open enemies) and those casting squares are called gupta shatru (secret enemies). > 6) Midheaven > 7) Immum Coeli The above two concepts are only important for those using the Sripati house system (similar, although not exactly the same as porphyry house system used in western astrology). Those using the Shripati house system would refer to the MC and IC as the madhyas (midpoints) of the tenth and fourth respectively (there are many names for the houses in jyotish). > 8) Aspect Orb While Parashara gives a very detailed method to calculate the exact numerical strength of an aspect, therefore indicating that the orb of an aspect does matter, the planets themselves do not have an exact orb within which they much aspect in Parashari jyotish. Tajaka jyotish does have orbs (assigned to planets, not aspect types - like classical western) and these are called deeptamshas. > 9) House systems While there are controversies now as to which house system is correct, classical jyotish appears to indicate that there is just one house system (we just don't know which). As such there is no sanskrit word referring to "house systems" in general. Of course, there are names for the house systems currently in use - equal (whole sign = house), equal (30* houses with the ascendant degree as the midpoint of each house), Sripati (already mentioned) and Placidus (used by followers of Krishnamurti Paddhati - KP - but having no classical reference). > 10) Declinations Kranti - Declinations are used in the strength determination method called Shad Bala. > 11) Astro-locality maps Not really a jyotish thing, although used by many modern jyotishi's in the west. > 12) Quality or effect of a planet, such as the Western concept: "Jupiter > always expands the matters of the house he is in, Saturn restricts, Mars > gives impetus, Venus adds beauty, Moon gives fluctuations," etc. The characteristics of planets in Vedic and western are amazingly similar, and all that you wrote above is valid. But there is a lot more to knowing the demigods presiding over the planets and the best sources of information about these are the BPHS and other jyotish classics, as well as the Srimad Bhagavatam (Bhagavat Purana), and other Puranas. "Light on Life" by Hart deFouw has a good section on the planets as well. Hope this helped, Pursottam _______ Get your free @ address at gjlist- Your use of is subject to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 3, 2001 Report Share Posted August 3, 2001 Hi Pursottam and list-members, Could you elobrate on trine and sextile aspect of the planets. Are they same or differ in any way. ~ Drifter "Pursottam" <pursottam_dabasia gjlist <gjlist> RE: [gjlist] Definitions Thu, 2 Aug 2001 23:05:21 +0100 Om Krsnaaya Namah Hi Carol, Here goes: > 1) Conjunction Yuti > 2) Quincunx Not considered an aspect in Jyotish. But a six/eight relationship is recognised as being bad, and is referred to as shastashtaka. > 3) Opposition > 4) Trine > 5) Square The above three are aspects that apply to certain planets only. It is taken as natural that these planets have these aspects and so the aren't given specific names - just aspects (drishti). In Tajaka jyotish, used especially in the interpretation of Varshaphala charts (solar returns) and sometimes also in Prashna (horary), all planets have the ability to cast oppositions, trines and squares. Planets casting trines onto another are called pratyaksha mitra (open friends). Those casting sextiles are called gupta mitra (secret friends). Those casting conjunctions and oppositions are called pratyaksha shatru (open enemies) and those casting squares are called gupta shatru (secret enemies). > 6) Midheaven > 7) Immum Coeli The above two concepts are only important for those using the Sripati house system (similar, although not exactly the same as porphyry house system used in western astrology). Those using the Shripati house system would refer to the MC and IC as the madhyas (midpoints) of the tenth and fourth respectively (there are many names for the houses in jyotish). > 8) Aspect Orb While Parashara gives a very detailed method to calculate the exact numerical strength of an aspect, therefore indicating that the orb of an aspect does matter, the planets themselves do not have an exact orb within which they much aspect in Parashari jyotish. Tajaka jyotish does have orbs (assigned to planets, not aspect types - like classical western) and these are called deeptamshas. > 9) House systems While there are controversies now as to which house system is correct, classical jyotish appears to indicate that there is just one house system (we just don't know which). As such there is no sanskrit word referring to "house systems" in general. Of course, there are names for the house systems currently in use - equal (whole sign = house), equal (30* houses with the ascendant degree as the midpoint of each house), Sripati (already mentioned) and Placidus (used by followers of Krishnamurti Paddhati - KP - but having no classical reference). > 10) Declinations Kranti - Declinations are used in the strength determination method called Shad Bala. > 11) Astro-locality maps Not really a jyotish thing, although used by many modern jyotishi's in the west. > 12) Quality or effect of a planet, such as the Western concept: "Jupiter > always expands the matters of the house he is in, Saturn restricts, Mars > gives impetus, Venus adds beauty, Moon gives fluctuations," etc. The characteristics of planets in Vedic and western are amazingly similar, and all that you wrote above is valid. But there is a lot more to knowing the demigods presiding over the planets and the best sources of information about these are the BPHS and other jyotish classics, as well as the Srimad Bhagavatam (Bhagavat Purana), and other Puranas. "Light on Life" by Hart deFouw has a good section on the planets as well. Hope this helped, Pursottam _______ Get your free @ address at gjlist- Your use of is subject to _______________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 4, 2001 Report Share Posted August 4, 2001 Thanks go to Sabine for referring us to Das' posting a few years back, and to Pursottam for a very thoughtful reply. I have been tied up with a teenaged son's activities this week plus a computer at work that had to be reformatted due to SirCam virus, and just now have a moment to say thanks for your helpful responses. We certainly have a wonderful group of people on this list--God bless you all! Best wishes, Carol Hook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 4, 2001 Report Share Posted August 4, 2001 In a message dated 8/2/2001 6:41:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time, RSERRANO writes: > What does BPHS stand for? > > That's an acronym or short way of writing Brihat Parasara Hora Sastra, the foundation for Vedic astrology, a set of 2 volumes of immense importance as they form the main or original body of our astrological knowledge. Every beginning and advanced student ought to obtain a set of BHPS if at all possible. Best to you, Carol Hook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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