Aurobindo Ghose: Moola Dasa Example

[Guest guest]

Dear Sarajit,

 

> Shall we take up another spiritual personality such as Aurobindo Ghosh to

> see how this works in the life of saints who are above maya and strictly

> speaking above the bondage of Life and Death. This could be a good

> exercise for all of us. Can anyone share the Birth details of this great

> saint?

>

> Regards

> Sarajit

 

The birthdata I have for Sri Aurobindo is:

 

August 15, 1872

Time: 5:19:00

Time Zone: 5:53:00 (East of GMT)

Longitude: 88 E 20' 00"

Latitude: 22 N 30' 00"

 

D-1 is: lagna, Mars & Jupiter in Cn; Sun, Mercury & Venus in Le; Ketu in Sc;

Saturn & Moon in Sg; Rahu in Ta.

D-60 is: lagna & Saturn in Li; Moon in Sc; Venus in Cp; Jupiter & Rahu in

Aq; Mars in Ta; Mercury in Cn; Sun & Ketu in Le.

 

Moola Dasa:

 

Maha Dasas:

 

Sun: 1872-08-15 (05:19:00) - 1878-06-11 (01:43:13)

Mer: 1878-06-11 (01:43:13) - 1893-12-19 (12:19:50)

Ven: 1893-12-19 (12:19:50) - 1911-07-06 (18:41:23)

Ket: 1911-07-06 (18:41:23) - 1918-04-21 (14:21:56)

Rah: 1918-04-21 (14:21:56) - 1927-01-13 (15:05:11)

Sat: 1927-01-13 (15:05:11) - 1943-08-12 (03:37:02)

Moo: 1943-08-12 (03:37:02) - 1948-06-17 (05:52:42)

Jup: 1948-06-17 (05:52:42) - 1958-03-02 (00:37:18)

 

Note 1: For computation details, see my or Sanjay's old posts in archives.

Note 2: Though Sanjay takes only lagna and Moon for starting dasas, I take

Sun too, as advised by Varahamihira, Prithuyasas and Kalyana Verma. In this

case, however, I *suspect* Sanjay will also not mind using Sun.

 

Sun dasa was over when he was too young. Mercury dasa came in 1878 and

lasted till 1893. Mercury is the 9th and 12th lord in 10th in D-60. If the

9th and 12th lord is in 10th, it can give activities related to religion. It

can also give a career in a foreign land. As a functional benefic in 10th,

Mercury may have given given a good career in past life. However, Mercury is

in Karaala-Danshtramsa (a demonic being with dreadful teeth). As the 9th

lord in Karala-Danshtramsa, Mercury may have made him live abroad. In

Mercury's Moola dasa, it continued. From 1879 to 1893, Aurobindo lived in

England away from family. As per his father's wishes, he was brought up in

European culture totally unaware of Indian culture and Indian way of life.

Though he mastered 7 foreign languages, he could not even speak his mother

tongue Bengali well (let alone Sanskrit!). Mercury, who stood for some good

karma in past life (9th lord in 10th in D-60), made him shine in education

and languages, but he gave a lot of foreign influence. In rasi chart also,

Mercury is 12th lord and shows being away from motherland.

 

In 1893, he came back to India after finishing ICS and held several

government posts. He learnt several Indian languages including Sanskrit, got

exposed to Hindu philosophy and got into yoga. He also got into politics and

freedom fight. He was even imprisoned. During all this time, Moola dasa of

Venus was running. In D-60, Venus is lagna and 8th lord in Indvamsa (meaning

Moon - good). In past life, he stood for overall development (lagna),

finding roots (lagna), yogic sadhana (8th), status in society (Venus in AL)

and enmities (Venus in A6). As a continuation of activities in past life,

Venus gave similar activities in this life too!

 

Next dasa of Ketu changed his life. He renounced his career, politics and

everything and moved to Pondicherry in south India. He went seriously into

yoga and spiritual matters. He wrote a lot of excellent articles in "Arya"

magazine and some sishyas gathered around him. Why was there such a huge

change in his life? It's because of Ketu's Moola dasa.

 

Ketu is in the 5th house in own house in rasi. Being in A9, he can give some

activities of organized religion (A9). Being in 5th in Scorpio, he can

direct the intelligence (5th) to probe the hidden and occult (Ketu & Sc).

Ketu is in the house of gains in D-60 with atma karaka Sun. Sun is clearly

the most outstanding planet in his case. He occupies moolatrikona or

exaltation sign in 15 out of 16 divisional charts and that places him in the

exceptionally strong Golokamsa. It is rarely that we see people with a

planet in Golokamsa. With atmakaraka in Golokamsa, he had a very advanced

soul. Our souls have to go through thousands of lives and millions of

experiences to reach that level of union with the Supreme.

 

Being with such Sun in D-60, Ketu (significator of spirituality) must've

given a lot of spiritual advancement in past life. Moreover, he is in

Kali-naasaamsa (destruction of Kali - ignorance and malice). Ketu in

kali-naasaamsa associated with a strong Sun must've given a lot of excellent

spiritual activities in past life.

 

It continued in this life and the onset of Ketu's Moola dasa took this

multi-faceted and myriad-minded genius away from all the political

activcities and into yogic sadhana and spirituality. Being in the 5th house

in own house in rasi, Ketu can also give some power and authority (related

to religion of course).

 

Next dasa was of Rahu. Rahu is with Jupiter in 5th in D-60. Normally, this

is considered as Guru-chandala yoga (i.e. deceiving one's guru). If Rakshasa

(demon - Rahu) is with Jupiter (Guru), does it only need to the deceit of

guru? Can't the demon be reformed? In this D-60, Rahu is in own sign (Aq)

and gives asraya (residence) to Jupiter (Guru). Rahu, like Ketu, is in

Kali-naasamsa. If Rahu, the giver of Kali, himself is set to destroy Kali,

who will give ignorance? So Rahu, in this D-60, does NOT denote deceiving a

guru, but he may denote offering residence to a very advanced and

sweet-mannered guru (Jupiter in Amritamsa - amrita means nectar) in a

foreign land (Aq & Rahu) and working to destroy ignorance in this world

(kali-naasa). So Rahu dasa continued the same activities. In fact, one reaps

the fruits of what one sows and Aurobindo was blessed in Rahu dasa with a

brilliant sishya who helped him in his ashram activities. A French lady of

Egyptian descent, came to him in Rahu's Moola dasa, and took over the ashram

responsibilities. She is known as "the Mother".

 

In 1927, Saturn's Moola dasa started. With this, he retired into seclusion

and left all the ashram responsibilities to "The Mother". He pursued yogic

sadhana in complete isolation and became arguably the most advanced yogi of

this age. He also wrote commentaries on Vedas and Upanishats.

 

In rasi chart, Saturn is with Moon and denotes renunciation. In D-60, he is

exalted in Libra lagna, giving Sasa yoga. He is in the favorable Seetalamsa

(meaning cool). Saturn in the past life may have given wandering and

renunciation. That spirit of positive Saturn continued in this life (thanks

also to Saturn-Moon combination in rasi) and he retired from ashram

activities.

 

Two concluding remarks:

 

(1) If you calculate Moola dasa correctly, often Moola dasa transitions

coincide with phase changes in life!

(2) You may note that I've been giving prominence to amritamsa,

kali-naasamsa etc amsas occupied by planets in D-60. They are vital in

deciding the results. Don't look at the rasis and houses occupied by a

planet in D-60, but also look at the amsa occupied.

 

We have such classification not only in D-60, but in all vargas!!

 

For example, Dr. B.V. Raman has Sun, Moon and Mars together in 11th in D-24

(chart of learning) giving Trilochana yoga (Trilochana = Shiva. This yoga

makes one a fearless victor). In his case, he was a fearless campaigner of

astrology. Planets in 11th have an argala on 8th (occult) and 11th is the

4th (learning) from 8th. So Sanjay taught sometime ago that planets in 11th

give occult learning and aspecially astrology. However, not everyone with

the same D-24 would be a fearless campaigner of a traditional subject. In

Dr. Raman's case, all the three planets giving Trilochana yoga in 11th in

D-24 are in Mitramsa. Mitra is the Rigvedic deity who stood for patience,

tradition and pro-activity. Having Jupiter in 3rd in Parasu-Ramamsa also led

to pro-active writing and spirited campaigning for astrology's cause.

 

In all the divisional charts, we have to look at the amsa occupied (i.e.

ruler) along with the rasi and house occupied. Then only we can have an

accurate picture. However, this needs an understanding of a lot of Hindu

philosophy. So I skipped it in my book entirely. Gauranga prabhu wrote a few

thoughtful articles on this issue in Jyotish News last year.

 

May Jupiter's light shine on us,

Narasimha

 

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[Guest guest]

OM GAM!

Dear Narasimhaji,

I had written to Shri Sanjayji long time ago regarding

Shri Aurobindo, whose life is very strange and out of

the ordinary. I would like to point out to a few

things regarding his life.

1. Shri Aurobindo had to appear in the ICS exam due to

the obligations to his father who was an Anglophile.

He chose not to take the horse-riding test and

consequently did not pass the exam, so he was never an

ICS. He did hold a few government posts, but these

were not in British India. He was a civil servant in

State of Baroda, which was then a princely state.

2. He was extremely active in Indian politics before

he went to prison on the morning of May 2 1908, as the

British suspected him involved in the bombing and

killing of 2 European ladies in Mujaffarpur. Shri

Aurobindo has always denied these charges. He was kept

in isolation for one year, then he spent another year

in prison, but with other prisoners. He was then let

go as they could not prove the charges against him.

His brother Barin Ghosh was on the other hand

convicted and spent years in prison.

3. I have in my possession his book "Kara-kahani"

(Prison story)in Bengali, where he very humorously

writes about his prison days, the style of writing is

very British, with understated humour, reflecting his

schooling in English Public Schools. In prison, in

isolation, he was visited by a divine person, who

taught him Yogic sadhana. He did not have a proper

Guru.

4. He was assured by this person that his replacement

had arrived (Gandhi?) and he was to leave politics for

higher things. He wrote many books in Indian

philoshphy and as a philosopher, people like Dr.

Radhakrishnan consider him to be very original, and

Rabindranath Tagore wrote a poem (Aurobindo Rabindrer

laho namaskar)praising him.

5. Aurobindo claimed that India's independence on his

birthday was not a coincedence. He also claimed that

it was his will power that forced the German Army to

retreat in 1942 (?) from Stalingrad, as he said that a

victory of Hitler would bring the reign of ausuric

forces for the next thousand years.

I hope you find these interesting and seem them in his

charts.

Gautam Sarkar

 

 

 

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