A2 and the 2nd house from AL (Question regarding arudhas)

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Namaste,

 

What I taught is what was passed on to me by my gurus. Though it

seems straight-forward on a casual look, a lot of tricky questions

will come to an intelligent person's mind as (s)he assimilates the

knowledge! Teachings of a guru can sow the seeds, but the plant of

true knowledge blossoms in one's heart only after the intellect works

very hard on assimilation.

 

Most of us neglect, to our detriment, arudhas in practical analysis.

This sometimes includes me. Parasara and Jaimini gave them a lot of

importance. A lot of astrologers in my native state in India (Andhra

Pradesh) do not make any predictions until arudha chakra is prepared.

 

I will attempt to answer your intelligent question to the best of my

ability.

 

> My doubt is, How does objectivity fit into this? Is it

> not true that people look at the trappings of money

> (A2) to form their perceptions of some body's richness

> (2nd house from AL).

 

Yes, ideally, world's impressions about one's sustenance resources

should be based on one's wealth, just as the world's impressions

about one's intelligence and abilities should be based on one's

awards, trophies and achievements. However, in reality, they may or

may not be linked. The world may perceive the winner of a prestigeous

award (strong A5) as an undeserving person (5th from AL weak).

Similarly, the world may perceive a person with a lot of wealth

(strong A2) as one with poor sustenance/endowment (2nd from AL).

After all, one may have million dollars in the bank (strong A2), but

use a simple vehicle, wear simple dress and have an unassuming

conduct. Then most people will have an ordinary impression about how

well-endowed he is. Houses from AL show people's impressions and

arudhas of the same houses show real things that exist materially and

that should, ideally, govern people's impressions.

 

There is another important subtle distinction to be made here. Let us

step back a little bit.

 

What does the 2nd house from lagna show? How does it fit with my

earlier teaching that houses from lagna qualify true self and houses

from AL qualify one's image, status and material existence (i.e.

existence in the perceptions of the world)? Material existence is

shown by AL and the true individual/personality inside is shown by

lagna. Can money be an attribute/quality of that true individual

wrapped inside the material existence?

 

No!! Money is a part of world's maya (illusion). It's a part of the

material existence.

 

The problem is that literature lists all the results related to 2nd

house (2nd from lagna, 2nd from paka lagna, 2nd from arudha lagna,

arudha of 2nd etc) as the results of the 2nd house. We have to

differentiate and use them appropriately.

 

Though the 2nd house is supposed to show money, it actually shows

one's sustenance when we translate things to a basic level. It shows

one's sustenance and nourishment. It shows how endowed one is. One's

food, money etc are the material manifestations of this

nourishment/endowment. So the arudha of 2nd shows them (i.e. money

and food are things that exist in the material world when it comes to

one's nourishment). The 2nd from lagna shows the nourishment and

sustenance of one's true self. The 2nd from arudha lagna shows

world's impressions about the same.

 

> Or is it that we need to look at the links between A2

> and the 2nd house from AL to comment on the

> perceptions of outside world (of the native's

> richness)being Subjective or Objective.

>

> I am not quiet clear on this. Could you comment,

> please.

 

I hope this brings some clarity. But complete knowledge comes only to

the one who strives for it.

 

> Thanks and regards

> viswanadham

 

May Jupiter's light shine on us,

Narasimha