Answer to Lesson-1 Assignments

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Lately I have completed my answers to Lesson-1 Assignments.

Kindly asses my work.

 

Thanks and Regards,

T. Prabhakar Rao

 

 

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HERE ARE MY ANSWERS

 

 

1. Explain the changing of the seasons and its connection with the

above mentioned astronomical factors.

 

ANSWER : Earth rotates around its own axis once in 24 hours

and also revoles around sun once in 364. As the earth's axis of

rotation is inclined to the orbital axis of orbital path of earth's

revolution around the sun, Sun's apparant motion is not exactly along

the celestial equator but along the ecliptic which is the

intersection curve formed by earth's equator and the earths orbit

around the sun. Due to the cyclic change in the declination of sun,

northern and southern hemispheres of earth gets heated variably in a

cyclic manner throught the year, which causes atmospheric currents

(Flow of air from one place to the other), due to which changing

seasons are formed.

 

 

2. There are some days of the year when the Sun either doesn't

rise

or set above certain parts of the globe. Please explain this

phenomenon.

 

ANSWER : As the Sun's apparant motion is along the ecliptic

which is clined to the celestial equator by a certain angle (angle

equal to inclination formed between the earth's axis of rotation and

earth's axis of orbit around the sun). Due to this Sun's apparant

position will be sometimes above the celestial equator (northern

celestial hemisphere) or below the celestial equator (southern

celestial hemisphere). Hence, northern and southern hemispheres of

the globe will have different lenths of day and night in a

complimentary manner. And any place on the globe whose local latitude

is more than the difference of 90 deg & maginute of delination of the

sun at that time will have either day of 24 hours length or of night

of 24 hours length, depending on the Sun's declination and the

position of place in the north/south hemisphere of the globe. In

short we can say that in Polar regions Sun either doesn't rise or set

for 6 months.

 

 

3. Parasara mentions two classes of heavenly bodies: the moving and

non-moving ones. Please explain, what will be the difference between

their roles in the astrological interpretation.

 

ANSWER : According to the great sage Parasara, all the heavily

bodies are categorized into Planets (moving bodies) and Stars (non-

moving bodies). In Astronomy, stars can ge used as guide to find the

positions of the planets at various times as stars are relatively

stationary. Astrologically, Planets are more vital in the predictions

as they have their own characteristics and which will further be

modified depending on their positions and aspects of other planets.

Astrologically, all the stars are also finally reduced to planets for

the predictions.

 

 

4. If you are able to construct your own chart, please do it and

explain as many astronomical principles from it as you can

(terrestrial latitude/longitude, season, Sun's cycle,

Sunrise/Sunset

etc.). Also try to determine which planets are above and under the

horizon in your chart. In which Ayana the Sun is?

 

ANSWER : Here I am providing the horoscope of one of my

friends.

 

Birth Date : 23-12-1934

Birth Time : 22:40 (10:40 PM)

Birth Place : KURNOOL, India

 

Terristrial Lattitude : 15-N-50

Terristrial Longitude : 78-E-05

Sun's cycle: Dakshninayana motion.

Sunrise : 6:41 AM

 

Planet's Above the horizon : Moon, Saturn.

Planet's Under the horizon : Sun, Mercury, Venus,

Jupiter, Mars.

 

Janma Nakshtra : Pushya (2-quarter)

Janma Lagna : Simha (Leo)

Janma Rasi : Karkataka (Cancer)

Lunar month : Margasira

 

 

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| | GL | | |

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| | HL | | |

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|-------------|---------------------------|-------------|

| | | Ket |

| | | |

| Sat | | Moo |

| | | |

| | | Glk |

|-------------| R A S I |-------------|

| | | Mnd |

| | | |

| Rah | | BL |

| | | |

| | | Asc |

|-------------|---------------------------|-------------|

| Mer | | | |

| | | | |

| Sun | | Jup | Mar |

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| Ven | | | |

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