[Hare Rama Krishna] Ista Devata

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JAYA JAGANNATHA!

 

Dear Jyotisha,

 

Namaste.

 

 

> Dear Shailesh,

>

> Thanks for the msg. I would have appreciated it better had it come

> clean without the uncalled for derogatory comments. I am trying to

> understand how the Ista devata concept gets altered in the light

> of 'Patra' variation like say, rajayogis, atheists etc and was

> looking for others findings. It is in this context that I indicated

> my conviction that it is unreasonable (on my part, I reiterate) to

> expect a straight jacket solution. When Gurujis give some broad

> guidelines it is for us to understand, contemplate and explore

> further.

 

Of course I agree with the idea that whatever phenomena we experience in

life, should be possible to describe with the language of astrology, and

decipher through proper indications in the chart. Therefore I can baks

Prashanth's statement to some extent: we should use our intelligence when

applying astrological rules stated by the Rishish of yore, taking into

considerarion Deas, Kaala and Paatra.

 

For example, we can assign Deities to the 9 planets within the Vedic

tradition, both for Vaishnavas (Dasavatar) and for demigod-worshippers

(Devatas). But let's take someone who was born into the Christian tradition

or any other faith in the world? According to Parashara's priniples, the

different qualities originating in the Absolute Transcendence will also

represented for them in the form of the Navagraha. Therefore we would do

good to try to assign the different Deities of their own faith to the

planets. Please refer to Sanjayji's Upadesa Sutras explanation where he has

given the christian divinities assigned to the planets.

 

Also, in abroader sense, we ahould be able to ascertain on the basis of the

chart, whether the natvie believes in God at all, or is an atheist, or will

be converted to faith at some point in his life, or will lose his faith. He

may believe in God a sa person, or as impersonal Brahman, or be attracted to

Karma-kanda (demigod-worship) or Jnaana, or Yoga, etc. This we should be

able to see from the chart. There's umpteen rules or principles for this,

and many of them are unstated.

 

For a chart to be spiritual, the AK should be strong, and it should link the

1st and 9th house. The trines in D-20 should also be strong. For the

different paths mentioned here, there will be different significators. Some

examples below:

 

Path House Karaka

 

Bhakti 5th Ju, Ve

Karma 10th Me

Jnaana 5th, 9th Ju, Me

Yoga 12th Sa

Dhyana 12th Mo

Mantra 5th Me

Tantra 7th Ve, Ra, Ke

Mysticism 8th Ma, Ke

Atheism 8th Sa

 

etc. Previously we have also assigned planets to the 6 Vedic philosophies

(Vedanta, Mimamsa, Vaisesika, Nyaaya, Samkhya, Yoga)on the Varahamihira

list. I don't remember them now, maybe someone can refresh this info.

 

I have met many examples of great materialist philosophers where Saturn was

casting a strong ifluence on the 9th and 8th house. There's many other

relevant yogas as well which I can't enumerate here. If you have any

interesting charts in this regard, please forward them to Robert Koch, who

is a member of this list, and is heading the column on spiritualism and

Jyotish in the Jyotish Digest. He might have more experience.

 

Yours,

 

Gauranga Das Vedic Astrologer

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