Astro Vedica on the Houses

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Astro Vedica on the Houses

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Another horoscopic building block are the houses of the horoscope. The first

house is considered from the ascendent in Vedic astrology- it is where the

rising sign sits. In Sanskrit, this house is called the lagna, which means "

starting point." It is also called the " Tanu Bhava," meaning the house of the

body in general. Dr. B.V. Raman has referred to the ascendent on several

occaisions as the " foundation of the horoscope." One's basic nature,

personality and character traits are indicated by the ascendent.

Indeed it is the foundation. Other houses acquire their significance according

to their relationship to the ascendent. For example, the fourth house is so

because it is the fourth from the ascendent. Its fourth house significations

such as relations, education, mother, ect., manifest as such because of this

relationship with the ascendent.

It is basically the ascendent which pegs the horoscope on a higher or lower

level and dictates the results which other houses give. The following example

illustrates this: let's suppose that two different charts both have equally

strong indications for education, such as a strong fourth house and a strong

karaka Jupiter. But in one case, the ascendent is quite robust and umblemished,

while in the other it is decidedly weak. Well, although both charts would give

good results in terms of education, the chart with the strong ascendent would

give results on a higher level. The native of that chart might graduate from a

well-known university with a valued degree. On the other hand, the native of

the chart with a weak ascendent would also graduate, but maybe the school would

have less prestige, or be known only regionally, or have less-valued

accreditation, or something of that nature.

The beginning of life is represented by the ascendent, as well as its duration.

For example, in one chart known to the author, the Sun occupies the ascendent

in Cancer, a watery sign. The Sun, among other things, represents hospitals and

the government. How interesting that the native was born, in other words, began

his life, in a naval hospital on the banks of a river, in keeping with the

indications of the ascendent.

And just as the different signs of the Zodiac are representative of the

different anatomical parts of the body, so too are the different houses of the

individual horoscope. In the case of the ascendent, it represents the brain,

head and even one's hair.

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On Time and Astrology

Astro Vedica on Planets in the Signs

The Horoscope of George Washington

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