Future and On Prasna- Juliana and all

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Juliana,

 

Your prasna technique is fairly similar to Jyotishi Sumeet Chugh's.

He like most vedic astrologers, however, does not use the outer

planets like Uranus and Pluto for analysis. That should not deter

you from continuing with your method since you are more familiar with

it.

 

I like your test of radicality in reviewing the prasna question.

There is a vedic equivalent to this in Uttara Kalamrita. It uses the

rising sign of the prasna chart to determine the radicality of the

question. But the slokas (written at a different time period) need

to be reinterpreted or analyzed further to determine how they apply

to modern life.

 

Other modern day jyotishis, like Pandit Sanjay Rath, use the position

of the Moon to determine the querist's state of mind at the time of

the prasna. He further uses the positions of malefic planet in the

chart to determine the intent of the querist. For example, if Rahu

is in the first house of the prasna chart, the querist's intent may

be questionable. Or, if Saturn is in the 7th house, the querist may

use the information obtained for questionable purposes.

 

Regards,

 

John R.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

valist, Juliana Swanson <omhamsa> wrote:

> Dear Ashutosh and other List Members...

>

> Thank you for sharing this interesting _Mahabarata_

> story with your astrological musings. I believe your

> Prasna question was "In the near future (the next 8

> months?), are we due for another nuclear attack

> similar to what occurred in 1945?"

>

> Testing the chart for validity first, we need to see

> if the Lagna "fits" the question, which is called a

> test for radicality in Western Horary but I do not

> know what this "test" is called in Prasna Tantra.

>

> I suppose Gemini speaks to your curiosity in asking

> this question, and Gemini is the sign related to air

> travel and thus, nuclear missiles. We also need to ask

> if the Moon relates to the question on your mind...it

> is in Sagittarius aspecting the 1st house, and this is

> the sign that relates to implements of war, and the

> 7th house also relates to war.

>

> The planet that the Moon last transited over is also

> important to determine radicality-I believe it was

> Pluto, one of the planets that relates to nuclear

> devices, so I think we have a radical (valid) prasna

> and can go further.

>

> Your intention in asking is sincere in that we have

> the lord of the 7th, Jupiter in mutual exchange with

> the lord of the chart, Mercury. However, with Saturn

> in the 1st house, I wonder if there is a slight

> problem in the interpretation of this chart because

> the question was not stated clearly or specifically

> enough?

>

> Some say with Saturn or Pluto (Pluto in this case) in

> the 7th house, the astrologer is limited in answering

> the question.

>

> Saturn as the same degree (different rasi) as much

> greater than we are.

>

> The Gemini ascendant may indicate an unstable

> situation, which we know is true, as the news tonight

> was blasting fear about North Korea's nuclear missile

> program again.

>

> Prasna Tantra has many rules for specific questions

> about war, but your question is so general that it is

> hard for me to pin down which house to use for the

> quesited (war). It can probably be the 6th or 8th.

>

> Just using very basic Tajika principles, the querent

> is the Lagna Lord Mercury at 18 degrees Pisces, and

> the quesited is Mars as karyesha of the 6th house of

> war in this Prasna chart. Mars is at 5 degrees

> Aquarius, and the two planets are in 2/12 semisextile

> but they are not within orb (they need to be about 7.5

> degrees deepthamsa) so there is no aspect and the

> answer would be no. If we use the lord of the 8th as

> the quesited, this is Saturn which is squaring Mercury

> (the querent) but again not in orb, so the answer

> would be no.

>

> I looked to see if there is Yamaya Yoga using the

> outer planet Uranus, significator of sudden conflicts,

> which is formed when there is no aspect between the

> two lords in question and a slower moving planet is in

> between them and aspecting them, but Uranus is not

> within orb of Mars, so again I get a resounding "no."

>

> Your omens were very clearly speaking about death, and

> this is a conflict that I cannot reconcile except to

> say they were matching your question and the deepest

> fear of humanity into which you were tapping by

> looking into this historical data and by asking this

> question. Omens do not always mean "yes" or "no."

> Sometimes, they just reflect our consciousness at the

> time of the question.

>

> I am certainly not an expert on Prasna so I welcome

> anyone else's comments and suggestions.

>

> One other thing about omens I wanted to share

> happened to me when I was receiving an astrological

> reading in a hotel room a few years ago. My astrologer

> asked in a very compelling voice, "Why are you not

> giving more professional astrological readings than

> the few here and there that you are doing?" At that

> moment mild chaos broke out when someone knocked at

> the door (wrong room), a friend rang my room, another

> friend came to the door to see if I wanted to take a

> walk, my son called, then my husband, etc, etc., all

> within a 5 minute period! All those interruptions

> mirrored the myriad interruptions I had been

> experiencing in my life during that period, which were

> preventing me from focusing on a full-time

> professional practice.

>

> Best,

> Juliana S.

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