Makar Sankranti - thanks to everyone

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Dear Shaileshji,

Sridarji & Sanjayji

 

Wonderful and

eloquent explanation

re Makar Sankranti.

I enjoyed Sanjayji’s

email and also

Sridarji’s. I never

knew the meaning of

Sankrant and just

followed it blindly.

 

That Vargottama part

clinched the deal

for me.

 

Is wearing of Gold

auspicious on this

day . Sun i s

auspiciuos and Sun

rules Gold if i am

not wrong

 

Do u feel the

auspicious spreads

from a few days

range say from 14th

to 16th – any time

auspiciousness. I

have read many yrs

back that some days

are considered

auspiciousness and

they have muhurtas

thoughout the day.

 

For me a few people

from Mahabharta are

very imp in my life

and 2 of them are

the Daanveer Karan

and Bhishma

Pitamaha. I was

wondering why he was

waiting for Sun to

enter Capricorn. Sun

in Sagi should also

be good, a

jupiterean sign.

Although I

understand the

signficance and

auspiciousness of

Makara Sun but I

wasn’t able to

understand until it

hit while I was

driving – he was

lying on a bed of

arrows, and Sagi is

arrows , dhanur

which u had

mentioned but I

didn’t realize at

that time and now

when Sun enters

Capricorn it leaves

the arrows behind

making way for his

passage.

 

What I gather from

Shri Sridar’s post

is that cosmically

now is the time to

reap benefits of the

past few months.

 

Thanking everyone

and Sanjayji for the

posts and also all

those friends and

new found friends

who forwarded me the

articles on TP.

 

Thanks so so much

 

 

Best love and Joy

 

 

Sunil John

Mumbai

 

 

 

 

------- Original

message -------

Shailesh Rana

<astrorana3

Thu, 15 Jan

2004 04:29:44 -0000

Subject:

[vedic astrology]

Re: Makar Sankranti

 

Dear Sunil,

 

I just wanted to add

a few more input on

Sanjayji's answers.

I'm a

novice too, so I

call upon the Gurus

to correct me

wherever I might

have gone wrong.

First, Surya's

Mahima is profound

in the Vedas, that

we all know

well. Also, we've

all read the

introduction of

Jyothish as Sun

being

the King of the

navagrahas (and thus

whatever he does,

affects all).

Now, focusing on

Makara Sankranti..

 

Makara is the 10th

house of the

kalachakra (zodiac

personified). 10th

house is the

strongest kendra,

and Sun, one of the

karakas of the

10th house (along

with Mercury &

Saturn), who gets

Dik bala

(DIRECTIONAL

strength) in the

10th house also

termed as

Rajya=kingdom

(Northern

Direction), entering

the 10th house, also

the house of

Saturn (another

karaka for 10th) is

definitely a GRAND

ENTRANCE. So,

much focus is on the

10th bhava probably

emphasizing ->work

like Sun,

showing light to the

world, karma without

phala-asha..etc

 

Of course, as

pointed out by

Sanjayji, Capricorn

(Makara) is the

beginning of

Uttara-Ayana, the

(apparent) northern

movement of Sun

along the zodiac

(ecliptic) as viewed

from Earth.

Sun gets dik bala

(directional

strength) in the

10th house (the

Northernmost point

in a chart),so

Makara is quite

special for him as

he gets ready to

travel North.

 

Also, Makara

Sankranti, is

well-known to Hindus

as the day, awaited

by Ganga-Putra

Bhisma Pitamaha to

leave his body & go

to the heavenly

abode. He had been

waiting, lying on

the bed of arrows

(Dhanus=saggitarius=centaur

with arrow facing

up), for this

special

day, to leave his

body. So maybe it

signifies the

penance(saadhana)

done (signified by

Dhanus-9th house of

zodiac) & entering

Makara the

10th house (also

termed as

Swarga=heaven).

 

 

The 2 houses

significant to Sun

are Mesha (Aries,

where it

exalts=gives full

results) & Makara

(where it's entrance

is

considered so

auspicious), apart

from Simha, its

Moola-Trikona. Note

that from Mesha &

Makara both, the

12th house is ruled

by Jupiter,

the auspicious one.

 

Also, Makara is a

moveable sign, so

the 1st navamsa (9th

division) is

vargottama, which

makes the Sun more

stronger as it

enters Makara.

And Sun gives lots

of its results in

the 1st 5 degrees.

 

These are just my

observations as I

meditate upon &

please apply them

with care.

 

Hari OM,

Hope this helps,

Shailesh

 

--- In

vedic astrology,

sprabhakaran@s...

wrote:

> || Om Gurave Namah

||

> Dear Sunil,

>

> > Kalnirnay

Almanac says 15th is

Makar Sankranti, I

have a few

basic

> doubts on it which

might sound foolish

to many

> > but if possible

pls answer.

> >

> > 1. what is the

meaning of Sankrant

>

> sankranti is a

compound word for

sham + kraanti

> sham means

two, dual, union.

> kraanti means

overcome or

passthrough.

> Usually when Sun

changes a sign then

it's called

sankranti.

>

> When it goes from

say Pisces/Meena to

Aries/Mesha it can

be called

> Aries/Mesha

Sankranti. This

marks the beginning

of solar new year.

>

> When it goes to

say from Aries/Mesha

to taurus/rishaba

it's called

> rishaba

sankranti.

>

> When it goes from

Saggitarius/Dhanur

to Capricorn/Makar

it's called

> Makar Sankranti.

This marks the

begining of

Uttarayana/Nothern-

> course. When Sun,

the over lord of

zodiac, gains

strength.

>

>

> > 2. Is this

festival called

Makar Sankranti due

to Suns transit

into

> Capricorn,

incidentally even

right now Sun is

> > in SAgi and a

previous post also

mentioned that

learned pundits

are

> fighting in it.

wehther it is today

or tom. a

> > post by

astroved.com said

that from 13th to

15th is the journey

and

> hence re as Makar

Sankrant - something

like that.

>

> Due to

misconceptions about

the Ayanamsha(The

shifting zodiac)

there

> are many Ayanamsha

correction values

speculated by the

learned. The

> degree of planet

depends on the

ayanamsha adopted.

So depending

> ayanasha adopted

by the panchanga

writer the sankranti

dates can

> change. The most

adopted one is

Chitrapaksha

Ayanamsha. This is

also

> called Lahiri

Ayanamasha named

after the committee

which

> recomended/adopted

this standard for

the Government of

India.

>

> > 3. Why is this

such an auspicious

day and does Sun

become

powerful

> in this period

>

> From Capricorn to

Gemini it's called

the

uttarayana/northern-course

 

> of the Sun. Sun,

the Overlord of the

12 signs, becomes

very

powerful.

> Hence the

importance for the

Makara/Capricorn

Sankranti. The

northern

> transit is very

auspcious and

favours deva's the

demi-gods.

>

> > 4. If so, how

come Sun becomes

powerful or his

journey is

> celebrated when he

is passing through a

sign owned by his

> > enemy Saturn.

> >

> > any errors

kindly point out.

> >

>

> The importance is

not to the sign

makara but to

overall begining

of

> nothern-course.

>

>

>

> > best wishes,

> >

> >

> > Sunil John

> > Mumbai

>

>

> Warm Regards

> S. Prabhakaran

>

> Om Tat Sat.

 

 

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