psychic powers - Venus and Rahu in the 8th

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Namaste,

 

My understanding is that this destroys materialism and produces a

Saint.

 

regards,

 

Alex J

 

vedic astrology, venkateshwara_reddy wrote:

> Dear Alex,

> What is the impact of Venus association with rahu in 8 th house

>

> regards, V

>

> vedic astrology, "Alex J" <lostinmotion@h...> wrote:

> > Namaste Visti,

> >

> > I will try and answer this. Venus as well as Jupiter are

Brahmins,

> he

> > is Sukracharya, the guru of the demons. Venus is the cause of

> > rebirth, and teaches the individual about the truths of material

> > existence, while Jupiter teaches about the Atman. Venus gives

> > knowledge about everything material, be they sciences, or other

> > Vidyas.

> >

> > This is seen by the natural ownership of Venus being the 7th

house

> of

> > desire, and the 2nd artha trikona, showing Venus' desire for

> > materialism. Meanwhile Jupiter owns the furthest dharma sign, and

> the

> > most developed moksha sign, showing departure from the physical

> > realm.

> >

> > When associated with Ketu, and Saturn, or afflicted by malefics

in

> > general, Venus gives spiritual knowledge, but in the form that

has

> to

> > do with the material existence.

> >

> > There are only a few references I have seen in this regard, the

most

> > notable being from Parasar and Jaimini.

> >

> > BPHS 33 25 Venus giving a aspect to Ketu in Karakamsh denotes one

> > initiated into religions order.

> >

> > JS 1 33. When Ketu in the second from karakamsa lagna is aspected

by

> > Venus, the native is devoted to religious and spiritual

activities.

> > He is initiated into the spiritual mysteries.

> > Saturn associated to this combination gives Tapaswi Yoga.

> >

> > Bhrigu Nandi Nadi also states that the conjunction of Venus and

Ketu

> > gives siddhi.

> >

> > Sarvath Chintamini 40 6. Venus is significator for: Knowledge of

> > magic... yogic powers...

> >

> > Venus/Sukracharya uncovered the Mrityunjaya mantra, which is the

> most

> > powerful for preventing people's deaths, and can even bring back

the

> > dead. In effect, Venus' power is so strong as to bring a soul

back

> > into the material body, after it has left this plane of

existence.

> >

> > Contrast this to the action of a mantra like the Gayatri that

> removes

> > the soul from material bondage, which is more Jupiter oriented.

> >

> > The abilities given through Venus are different than Jupiter's

but

> > have great power on the material world, and have more to do with

> > Siddhis than Moksha. Many people develop psychic abilities

through

> > Venus giving control over material nature, some to a very great

> > extent, where they claim to be able to change their form, or fly

> > around, etc. But unfortunately these distract from the aim of

> moksha,

> > and encourage enjoyment of the physical world.

> >

> > An interesting chart to see in this regard is Krishna's who had

> > mastery of all of the yogic siddhis. He had Venus conjunct Rahu,

> Mars

> > in the 3rd house and aspected by Saturn. I have seen the charts

of

> > some Tantrics with Tapaswi yoga, and one in particular with Venus-

> > Rahu combination in the 3rd aspected by Saturn, just like

Krishna.

> He

> > has strong yogic attainments and psychic faculties.

> >

> > Warm regards,

> >

> > ALex J