ASPECTS

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I would like to post about aspects which in vedic astrology are known as dristi.

 

Those used to western astrology are well used to the term aspects like the

trines, squares, quinconx etc.

 

In vedic astrology we also have aspects but they have been translated into

english to facilitate the western understanding of it.

 

I am not an expert on Sanskrit and please correct me if i am wrong. But i try

to get the meaning of the words.

 

In Sanskrit, dristi has been translated into aspect.

In the Bhagavad Gita we find:

drstva -- after seeing or looking upon and drstim -- vision. Those words are

related to dristi, to see.

So, we understand that dristi is related to vision. How is that?, we are used

to understand according to our knowledge and the work of our senses.

When i tell a friend that some ants CAN spit water, friends have the tendency to

reply "ants CANNOT do that" we have never seeing an ant doing that. My answer

to them is that yes, i have seeing them on a TV documental. They have shown

that in the Amazon forest, there are certain ants that can spit small amounts

of water to small fires. They showed an army of those ants "spitting water" at

a very small fire. It was not a computer animated programe or an staged acting

tv programe to deceive people like the Osama TV tapes. It was an educative TV

programe to show that there are ants capable of doing that.

But we almost all (there can be exceptions) are used to respond according to our

awareness. If we have not been exposed to a certain material or psychic

phenomenon, it does not exist.

Back to the vision business. We are used to "see" with our eyes, to "touch"

with our skin, to "taste" with our tongue, to "smell" with our nose, to

"listen" with our ears, to "think"with our mind and to discriminate between

good and bad or to chose with our intellect.

Now that i am "recovering" from this illness, i have become "allergic" to

flourecent lights and "fire works". I can tell you that by experience. I am

not kidding it is happening. I have heard as well about "strobing lights"

causing epilepsy in some sensitive people, but so far i have not seeing those

lights to tell you about their effect on me.

The symptoms of that allergy are like the ones shown by "superman" when he is

exposed to kriptonite. Or, feeling very tired, dizzy and sick. After being

exposed to them, i cannot walk on an straight line because i walk as if being

very drunk (ah my student days 30 + years ago).

So, i thought that if we humans are affected through the vision, there must be

room to invent a machine to measure that "aspect". But so far we do not have

that machine and many will say "it is a figment of your imagination". How many

times we have "responded" to the "feeling" that "someone has been looking at

me". We may not have the evidence but we have felt at some point the power of

the sight on us. Especially ladies that are more sensitive in general than

men.

So we go to aspects. Aspects of trines in westen astrology mean 30°

"separation" between A and B. It can be a planet to planet or planet to a

certain point like the ascendant. Square is = 90°, and so forth.

In vedic astrology, 3 houses aspect means 60°, 4 houses aspect = 90°, 5 = 120°,

7th is the opposition or 180° etc. This means that we count as 1 from the

aspecting planet's location. Or we multiply by 30° for every house indicated

and take away 30 to get the result.

Every planet "aspect" or "see" the house where that planet is posited, located

or ubicated. All the "grahas" (centers of energy but translated as planets),

"see" or "aspect" the opposite house and whatever planet is in the sign in

which they are a guest, except Ketu, which has not vision on the opposition and

only on the "tenanted" sign or house and the planets therein.

Below you will see the dristi of the planets according to vedic astrology.

Sun 1/7

Moon 1/7

Mars 1/7/4/8

Mercury 1/7

Jupiter 1/7/5/9

Venus 1/7

Saturn 1/7/3/10

Rahu 1/7/5/12

Ketu 1

Notice that Rahu has the same aspects like those of Jupiter, plus the 12th house

aspect. Some astrologers have the opinion that 12th has to be counted like for

the other planets (forwards like the signs of the zodiac) and other astrologers

have the opinion that it should be counted backwards, because Rahu is always

backwards.

In this way, the 12th house aspect from Rahu will be either the 2nd or the 12th

from his position. It is a matter of opinion.

I follow the 12th house aspect from Rahu as his position on the chart. I think

that because Rahu is always backwards, is always aspecting the sign that he is

going to move next. For ej. now Rahu is in Gemini and next he will move into

Taurus because of his "retrograde" or "backwards" movement. To me, Rahu is

already aspecting Taurus with his 12th house aspect.

In vedic philosophy, association is very important. In English there is a

saying "tell me with which friends you mix and i will tell you who you are" or

"Dime con quien andas y te dire quien eres" but you can translate to your own

tongue, you know it.

So, by association we can go up or down, wherever that is depends in taste,

culture, choice or guna.

So in vedic astrology, association of the planets is also important. For ej.

Venus associated with a "benefic" Jupiter (without debilitation or in a good

house) can "absorb" good vibrations and show them in his periods or transits

(More about this later). But if Venus is associated with a "malefic" like

Rahu, Venus will show "bad" effects. Here i have to say that Rahu has as well

good enrgies to share with Venus but that is another matter.

i have to say that every planet can be bad, good or neutral. Just like

association is important, dristi or aspect is also very important. Every

dristi is like association although in a secondary way.

Please remind me to post about the importance of dristis in gocharas, in case i

forget. I just post this for you to be able to digest. Any questions are

welcome.

Best wishes

Natabara Das

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--- natabara <natabara wrote:

 

In vedic astrology, 3 houses aspect means 60°, 4 houses aspect =

90°, 5 = 120°, 7th is the opposition or 180° etc. This means that we

count as 1 from the aspecting planet's location. Or we multiply by

30° for every house indicated and take away 30 to get the result.

 

Dear List,

 

C.S. Ravindramani writes:

26-12-2001 0925 Hrs IST

 

I would like to add one point here.

 

In vedic astrology, when we calculate Graha Bala of planets, (Shad Bala

of Planets) aspect of Rahu and Ketu are not taken into consideration.

Here all planets are aspecting all other planets. When the Drishti

Range is 0-30 degree they do not aspect and the Drishti Range is above

300 degress they do not aspect.

 

When analysing the natal chart, practically, different astrologers do

consider the aspect of Rahu and Ketu in their own understanding of

classics.

 

regards, C.S. Ravindramani

 

 

 

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