Guest guest Posted January 19, 2002 Report Share Posted January 19, 2002 Re Guru Chandala - a wonderful astrologer from Bangalore commented some time ago that another manifestation of GC was that the person would have qualifications that they did not use. I have often found this observation to be accurate. It can be the doctor who ditches medicine for management consulting; the chemical engineer who prefers to teach yoga; the economist who paints etc. Guru represents a body of knowledge and there is generally an implied responsibility to honour and share that knowledge. Rahu then disturbs/ muddies/ conceals this knowledge. If one wanted to take a positive spin on a yoga generally perceived to be adverse, one could remember that creativity is often said to arise from an inspired reshuffling of assumptions to come up with a fresh perspective or insight. Therefore, those who move on to completely different fields must of course bring their history with them; at some point, their 'take' on the new field will be enriched (distorted) by their past experiences, which gives them a greater capacity to see things uniquely. Not all unique thoughts are 'good' ones, but breakthroughs are 'unique'. On the other hand, my guess is that there are many who do not have a GC in their chart yet also have unutilised qualifications/ skills.... Does this observation strike any chords with the experience of other group members? Also some thoughts on retrograde Mercury. I am familiar with the western astro expectation of contractual and planning problems during R Merc. Yet I often felt that this was not consistent with my personal experience. For me, I seemed more likely to have those experiences prior to the Retrograde than during. Also, only sometimes. Eventually I spent some time examining the Me's orbit via the ephemerus. We sometimes forget that the grahas' orbits are elliptical, not circular. In Me's case, there are three retrograde periods per year. Two of them begin after Me is roughly 22° ahead of the Sun. But for one of them, it does not commence until Me is much further ahead - 25 or 26 or 27 degrees, depending upon current conditions. In this instance, Me's apparent slowing is much more protracted - it is as if there is far more tension between Mercury and the Sun, before the Sun 'hauls in' the eager colt. So this might explain those misundertandings, delays and errors in the two or three weeks prior to the retrograde itself. By the time the retrograde happens, it is more of a tidy up. The other two retrograde periods are relatively insignificant. However, though this is an interesting idea, I'm not sure how well-supported it is by practical experience. I would welcome any input. Any more thoughts on dyslexia? It would seem that the visual data is getting a little scrambled by the translator mechanism. If Sun/ Mars represent tejas/ sight, then a Rahu/ Ketu affliction to one or both may be a contributing factor. On the manas side (the 'translator'), Rahu/ Ketu afflicting the Moon is a plausible contributor. (as per recent posting.) Individual factors do not amount to much but convergence triggers a more dramatic outcome. Alternatively, is it a manas/ buddhi (translator/ organiser; Moon/ Mercury) dysfunction? Or are there variations that we tend to cluster together? With kindness & curiosity, Kriya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 20, 2002 Report Share Posted January 20, 2002 jyotish2002au wrote: <snipped> > Re Guru Chandala - a wonderful astrologer from Bangalore > commented some time ago that another manifestation of GC > was that the person would have qualifications that they did not > use. > > Guru represents a body of knowledge and there is generally an > implied responsibility to honour and share that knowledge. > Rahu then disturbs/ muddies/ conceals this knowledge. hare rama krishna I have guru, rahu and mars in the 5th house. All are quite strong. In my case, it was in Rahu dasa that I learnt a lot of skills (pilot's license, lifeguard, black belt). It is in Jupiter dasa that I have not used any of them. ajit -- Ajit Krishnan ajit http://www.csd.uwo.ca/~ajit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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