Arudha in Prashna

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Dear Jyotish,

 

Please help me to understand as in Prashna determined Arudha? In many

treatises there are different methods of definition its what most correct?

 

Yours, Chandramukha das

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Om Sri Krsnaaya Namah

 

Dear Chandramukha,

 

>

> Please help me to understand as in Prashna determined Arudha? In many

> treatises there are different methods of definition its what most correct?

>

 

The Arudha Lagna in Prashna is an ingenious concept that is found in no

system of horary astrology, apart from Jyotish as far as I know. Imagine the

following scenario - You, a known astrologer, are at some social function,

and someone approaches you with a question. You answer this by preparing a

chart, but you find that very soon you are inundated with twenty questions

(remember the chart will be the same), and to make things worse let's say

four or five of these questions are along the lines of: "When will I get

married?" So the problem that confronts you is how on earth do you now

answer the same question from the same chart, while knowing that giving the

same answer to everybody is illogical? Here lies the utility of Prashna

Arudha. This concept is different from the standard definition of Arudha

given by Parashara and Jaimini. Prashna Arudha essentially refers to a sign

that is somehow chosen at random, and treating it like the lagna. There are

definite random methods for this, some highly ritualistic and elaborate,

while others are simpler. All of these require that the astrologer accept

that there is something "connecting" time, space and everything, and that

ultimately, if God wants to give you an answer, you will get the right

Arudha. Since these methods are all random (or at least should be), there is

no one method which is better than another. If the moment of query was

auspicious, and Divinity wishes the querent to receive a correct answer or

the astrologer to make correct predictions, then the astrologer will choose

the correct Arudha Lagna.

 

The simplest method to select arudha is for the astrologer and querent to

pray to their Ishta Devata, and then the querent should be asked to choose a

number between 1 and 108 (Krishnamurti people say 249 with a slightly

different system). This number should then be divided by 9. The quotient

tells you how many full signs have already elapsed and so adding one, you

get the rashi chart's arudha lagna. The remainder tells you how many

navamsha of that sign have passed. So, lets say you choose 60:

 

62/9 = 6 r 8

 

So, 6 full signs elapsed.

6 + 1 = 7 = Libra

 

The Rashi arudha Lagna is Libra

The Navamsha arudha Lagna is the eighth navamsha of Libra i.e. Taurus

 

So now the chart would be judged from these reference points.

 

Another more elaborate and exotic method based on numbers is where a querent

is asked to pick a handful of cowry shells or lotus seeds, and a similar

procedure is carried out. The shells used for this purpose are kept solely

for that purpose and are respected greatly, almost worshipped as an

instrument revealing the Lord's will, just as we might respect our japa

beads, or kanthi malas.

 

Another method is to analyse the first sound that emanate from the querent's

mouth in asking the question. These can be related to certain signs.

 

Or you can see what parts of the body they touch when asking the question.

 

Or you can see the direction from which they approach you, although bear in

mind that if you have an office with one door, and a desk in a fixed place,

this will give the same results every time.

 

The methods are almost endless.

 

Now I'll just mention a bit of what I've seen in the past twelve months in

my close examinations and records of prashnas. If a single sincere question

is placed to you at a spontaneous time, it is extremely likely that the

natural chart, with the normal udaya lagna will reveal the greatest details

to you. Arudha may be used for more detail, but the lagna is normally quite

satisfactory. But, if you are in the social scenario, or you have a limited

hour or two everyday at the same time for people to ask prashnas, or the

same querent asks multiple questions one after the other, Prashnas looked at

from the viewpoint of arudha will be more useful. In any case, more

experience prashna jyotishis may have different views on the use of arudha,

but these are my views.

 

Hope this helps,

 

Pursottam

 

 

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