Michael Laughrin's North American Jyotish Newsletter November, 2004

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Michael Laughrin's North American Jyotish Newsletter November, 2004

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Michael Laughrin, Michael, business phone: (440) 582-

9848; cell phone: (440) 263-2159

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Contents of this newsletter © copyright 2004, Michael Laughrin

unless otherwise noted.

 

Contents:

1. Introduction to Michael Laughrin's North American Jyotish

Newsletter

2. A Humorous Look at the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac Part I

3. Practical Sanskrit Part III

4. Incongruous Astrology

 

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1. Introduction to Michael Laughrin's North American Jyotish

Newsletter

 

I offer you this newsletter to enhance and deepen your experience of

Vedic Astrology. In these newsletters, expect to find a combination

of helpful articles, book reviews, Jyotish links and more. The

purpose of this newsletter is to educate and titillate the Jyotish-

loving public. The opinions given within are solely those of Michael

Laughrin.

 

In this issue, we "lighten up" for the holidays with humorous lists

on the twelve signs of the Zodiac: "What Each Sign of the Zodiac is

Thankful For (Not!)", "Childrearing Philosophies of the Twelve Signs

of the Zodiac", "The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac Plan a Date", "Women

of Each Sign Discuss How to Be Sexy and Catch a Lover", and "Food

Preferences of the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac". I hope you

appreciate that these are entirely tongue-in-cheek and do not intend

to offend. Our contributor, Jyotishi Alison Nielson, wrote some of

these lists as noted. Next month, we will issue more lists in Part

II.

 

Alison Nielson provides forty Sanskrit words, plus an interesting

article on Incongruous Astrology. Incongruous Astrology illustrates

how the Jyotish chart influences our sub-personalities, sometimes

putting us in conflict with ourselves.

 

Please visit my website at http://www.jyotish.ws at your

convenience. I offer Traditional/Classical Vedic Astrology,

Intuitional Jyotish (Vedic Astrology based on deep intuition),

Chakra Readings, and Advanced Structured Psychic Work (for deeper

interpretation of your karmic pattern).

 

"Thanks Michael . . . very much appreciated. Great newsletter." - a

reader

 

- Michael Laughrin (Michael)

 

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2. A Humorous Look at the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac Part I

 

 

What Each Sign of the Zodiac is Thankful For (Not!) by Michael

Laughrin (Michael)

 

Aries - For patience and being a good follower

Taurus - For being slim, trim and not money-hungry

Gemini - For constancy and hard work

Cancer - "Thank you, God, for giving me such a 'thick skin'."

Leo - For being humble, down-to-earth and simple

Virgo - For a "go with the flow" attitude and never correcting others

Libra - For decisiveness

Scorpio - "Thanks for helping me have no hidden agendas."

Sagittarius - For meekness, quietness, and evenness

Capricorn - For being the life of the party and being perennially

young at heart

Aquarius - For unconditional Love and being non-judgmental

Pisces - For logic and decisiveness

 

 

Childrearing Philosophies of the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac by

Michael Laughrin (Michael)

 

Aries - Give children lots of healthy, outdoor sports activities

Taurus - Breastfeed them until they are five years old

Gemini - Communicate with children; speak with them in three

different languages

Cancer - Nurture children emotionally

Leo - Feed their ego; pump up their sense of self worth. Treat them

like royalty.

Virgo - Children must learn to correct their mistakes and learn

exactness!

Libra - Learn to relate to others and work in pairs.

Scorpio - Children should learn to sense the subtle poisons in our

air, food and water. Also, pretend to be sympathetic to others so

that you can find their hidden weaknesses.

Sagittarius - Give children lots of freedom and running around

outside!

Capricorn - Teach children to work and save their money. Now, clean

your room!

Aquarius - Help children learn to see the cosmic patterns in their

lives and in Nature.

Pisces - Feel the oneness with the whole Universe.

 

 

The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac Plan a Date by Alison Nielson

(premavratini)

 

Aries - An arduous hike followed by chili dogs and a boxing match

Taurus - Six course candlelit dinner, then inspired love poetry and

a guitar solo

Gemini - Round of golf followed by a large garden cocktail party

Cancer - Quiet home cooked meal with deep intimate sharing

(incidentally, home is close to the bedroom)

Leo - Fifth Avenue shopping spree, then take a limo to a fine

Italian restaurant

Virgo - Origami class followed by visit to ultra hygienic restaurant

designed for the chemically sensitive

Libra - Dinner at moderately priced chain restaurant, then a video

showing of "When Harry Met Sally"

Scorpio - "Phantom of the Opera," nightcap in Goth bar, pretended

sympathy filled with scary sex vibes of intense longing

Sagittarius - Gallop in the mountains followed by helicopter trip to

remote lodge that serves game

Capricorn - A walk (it's free) and Dutch dinner at the local greasy

spoon

Aquarius - Social protest march followed by vegan barbeque with tree

people

Pisces - Whatever you want to do is fine by me

 

 

Women of Each Sign Discuss How to Be Sexy and Catch a Lover by

Michael Laughrin (Michael)

 

NOTE: This is meant to be light-hearted and silly; please take it in

the spirit in which it was intended. Next month: Men.

Aries - Lead him by the you-know-what.

Taurus - Hooters - the bigger the better

Gemini - Dancing, flirting and lots of action (men, women - who

cares?)

Cancer - Every man wants his mother

Leo - Be the unobtainable Queen of the known Universe. Even if you

don't catch your man, you will love seeing them grovel.

Virgo - Perennially virginal, but hot under the covers.

Libra - Equality and fair play. Wear harmonious colors.

Scorpio - Sizzle! Spark! And little nips here and there.

Sagittarius - Don't fence me in! So many men, so little time.

Capricorn - You must plan. Marriage is warfare. Today's battle won

is tomorrow's wealth.

Aquarius - find a "walk-in" who is a registered Democrat and drives

a Saab

Pisces - It's all feelings. Don't bother me with details.

 

 

Food Preferences of the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac by Michael

Laughrin (Michael)

 

Aries - Spicy, with lots of meat!

Taurus - Quantity is more important than quality

Gemini - Snacks, hors d'oeuvres, fun food to enhance conversation

Cancer - diary products, especially sweets

Leo - Only the best!

Virgo - Lots of natural foods, emphasizing vegetables. They must be

prepared exactly right.

Libra - A balanced diet.

Scorpio - Seafood, shrimp and crawfish with a hidden Zing

Sagittarius - Hunter's fare, trail mix and camping food.

Capricorn - Plain worker's food. It must not cost much.

Aquarius - Space Age foods emphasizing vitamins and dried foods

Pisces - Seafood. Also soups and stews. Use seaweed. Macrobiotics

are good.

 

 

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3. Practical Sanskrit Part III

By Alison Nielsen (premavratini)

 

This month, we offer more Sanskrit words you may find to be useful.

We also include a simple pronunciation key for your convenience.

Sanskrit is actually more complicated and there are many subtleties

to pronunciation that are not covered here.

 

Of course, if you are interested in Sanskrit, please take a course

on the subject. Learning the language of nature will give you a

deeper understanding of Jyotish and the entire world.

 

Basic Pronunciation Key:

A sounds like "ahhhh" as in "father"

E sounds like "ay" as in "hay"

I sounds like "eee" as in "leaf"

O sounds like "oh" as in "soap"

U sounds like "oo" as in "food"

 

1. Agni - fire

2. Ari - enemy

3. Adhih - below

4. Prema - spiritual love

5. Ashvah - horse

6. Anga - limb

7. Archana - worship

8. Achara - conduct

9. Adesha - order

10. Ayus - life

11. Arogyam - health

12. Aksha - eye

13. Daksha - skillful, competent

14. Danda - punishment

15. Dana - gift

16. Dasya- servant

17. Deha - body

18. Dhanus - bow

19. Dinam - day

20. Dridha - poor

21. Dukha - misery

22. Dhana - wealth

23. Gauri - white, fair

24. Gandha - scent

25. Grama - village

26. Janma - birth

27. Jala - water

28. Jyeshta - eldest

29. Jyoti - light

30. Kanya - daughter, virgin

31. Kalatra - spouse

32. Krishna - black

33. Labha - gains

34. Rna - debt

35. Tanu - body

36. Tapas - heat, penance

37. Tapasvin - ascetic

38. Tara - star

39. Tejas - glow

40. Vijaya - supreme victory

 

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4. Incongruous Astrology

By Alison Nielsen (premavratini)

 

We humans like to think of ourselves as having well-knit

personalities that function with an automatic unity through all

circumstances. The fact of the matter is that we all have sub-

personalities. These sub-personalities rise to the fore depending on

the predominating internal and external forces in operation.

Sometimes these sub-personas leave us thinking, "I really don't know

WHO did that, even though I remember it was me," or "How could I?"

Then, one of our sub-personas lectures another sub-persona.

 

We are all subject to multiple drives and forces and multiple layers

of being. One way of viewing these forces and layers in Jyotish is

via the lagna/lagnesha, the sun and the moon. In Jyotish, the lagna

and lagnesha and any influencing planets represent the mundane

personality; the moon and any influencing planets represent the

emotional mind; and the sun and any influencing planets represent

the soul. Of course, all the grahas come to bear on the personality

one way or another, but sun moon and lagna are primary. If these

three harmonize well in a horoscope, natives are likely to go far in

their endeavors because they will have a well developed internal

unity that keeps them moving in the same track the vast majority of

the time. For instance, Ramakrishna Paramahamsa had the sun and the

moon conjoined in his Aquarius lagna, which gave his life mission

great force and consistency.

 

Others of us are not so lucky and experience conflicting tugs and

moods in our nature. This can lead to some hilariously incongruent

personality features, part of what make life and people interesting.

Following is an illustrative example of an incongruent personality

at work.

 

I call the following horoscope, "Ruling the World with an Iron Fist

of Compassion."

Planetary positions are as follows:

Sagittarius lagna,

MeR in 1st

Ra in 3rd

Ju in 4th

Mo in 6th

Ke in 9th

Ma and Sa in 10th

Ve in 11th

Su in 12th

 

The first impulse present in this personality is an intense drive

toward humanitarian ideals and a deep feeling of the worth of all

beings, demonstrated by a swa Jupiter, planet of humanitarianism in

the 4th house of family/community as the lagna lord. This makes the

individual want to be kind and generous, and to uplift the poor. The

second equally powerful drive springs from the combination of Mars

and Saturn in the 10th influencing Jupiter in the fourth. To quote

Narendra Desai, "Saturn in the tenth always makes a dictator, and a

spicy one when Mars conjoins." Because Saturn aspects both the house

of the sub-conscious mind (12) and the house of the heart (4) and

sits in the kurukshetra (battlefield of life), such people tend to

be unable to listen to the advice of others and tend to be both

rigid and bossy with little concern for the needs of those closest

to them. The possessor of the above horoscope embodies both

dynamics, as illustrated in one episode with the Dalai Lama. His

Holiness gave a beautiful talk on compassion and when he was done,

the horoscope owner turned to the persons nearest them and

shouted, "Did you hear what he said. You really need to learn to be

more compassionate." Somehow, the lesson of applying that compassion

was translated into a dictatorial order to others to do so, the

irony of which was utterly lost on the delivering party.

 

Another incongruous combo comes from the following Leo chart.

Su in Pisces with Me

Mo in Gemini with Rahu

Ju and Ve in Aries

Sa and Ma in Aquarius

A good title could be "Going Gucci in the Ascetic Ashram."

 

The owner of this chart suffers from myriad pulls on her

personality. Firstly, her lagnesha is conjoined with Mercury in the

eighth house of classical and occult knowledge, making a budhaditya

yoga that drives her in the direction of deep study and mastery of

hatha yoga and the Raj Yoga Sutras. Secondly, Mars and Saturn aspect

her lagna, giving her iron discipline when it comes to intense

physical exercise and prolonged fasting. But the Moon in the

eleventh with Rahu gives a strong contemporary social drive that

causes the native to intermittently visit very expensive restaurants

and nightclubs. Furthermore, because Leos incline in the direction

of fancy dress and the ninth house also rules dignity of appearance,

this person has a fabulously expensive, tasteful and flashy

wardrobe. Periods of tremendous isolation are followed by periods of

equally intense "out on the town" socializing in her best party

outfits.

 

It is often these tension-generating paradoxes that drive a human

being deeper into spiritual realization. It is our own duality that

helps us discover the non-dual, as we must open beyond our own

incongruities to find the place that holds both as true and

acceptable. The most universal divine quality is universality. Our

own changing sub-personas can be a useful contrast to helping us

find the unchangeable within, the part of our being that remains the

same regardless of what modality we are expressing in. The discovery

of that sameness can be used to unify us evermore until life is

really all Eka Rasa, the one taste of Divine Bliss.

 

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Michael Laughrin's North American Jyotish Newsletter

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