A Secret Exposed !!

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Dear All,

In Prasnamarga it is said that " if a person with true

inquisitiveness is approaching an astrologer, then the astrologer

should tell him about problem he is facing and should suggest the

appropriate solution " . But how?

How should we (astrologers) know, what the qurent is thinking

about, if he is presenting the query by himself? In places like

Kerala, usually a person approaches an astrologer and just says : " I

want to cast a prasna. " !!!! And it becomes the responsibility of the

astrologer to decipher:

1) What the prasna is about?

2) What is the possible solution for the problem faced by the

qurent?

Yes. It is real challenge!! A challenge towards the capability of

the astrologer, and also about the accuracy of horary astrology!! How

the learned astrologers solve this situation? Do you want to know?

Then read on -

There are 2 slokas (good and authentic) that help the traditional

astrologer to predict what the qurent is thinking about or what the

query is about. One of them is from Prasnamarga and the other is from

Varaha Hora. In this mail I will explain the first one - the one from

Prasnamarga. The sloka is like this :

" Aprishtatha prishtatho va jinchasyoresya kasyachil

Hora Kendra Trikonebhya Subhasubha Phalam Vadeth "

Actually this sloka is not of Prasnamarga, but of Vasishta Hora.

The author of Prasnamarga has just quoted (included) this sloka from

Vasishta Hora as evident from the next sloka -

" Vasita vachanadasmath......... " Meaning, Since Rishi Vasishta said

this and also me (author of Prasnamarga).....

Yes, since Rishi Vasishta told this secret and author of Prasnamarga

(Edakkad Nambootiri) supported it, the sloka gets double

authenticity!!

What is the meaning of that sloka? Let me quote it again:

" Aprishtatha prishtatho va jinchasyoresya kasyachil

Hora Kendra Trikonebhya Subhasubha Phalam Vadeth "

Meaning, If somebody approaches the astrologer with curiosity, even

if he asks or not, the astrologer should give predictions to him,

BASED ON HORA, KENDRA AND TRIKONA.

Yes, it seems to be simple, and it seems that there is no secret

hiding behind. NO! It is not like that! There is lot to explain a

SECRET behind, as is known to all traditional astrologers.

What is that?

The advice by Vasishta is that prediction should be based on " Hora

Kendra Trikonebhya " .

What is " Hora " ? " Horeti legnam Bhavanasyachardham " (Varaha hora) -

Meaning, Hora is the name for Lega (Asc) or Half of a sign. For our

above sloka, the meaning Hora=Lagna is the apt one. There for in

essence it means, if there is any planet in the Lagna, then the

qurent is seeking answer to the things indicated by that placement of

that particular planet!

If there is no planet in Lagna, then what to do? Read on the sloka-

" Hora -> Kendra-> "

Yes, if there is no planet in Lagna, then look for the placement of

planets in Kendra. Kendra means 4th 7th and 10th Houses/Signs from

Lagna. Now the question is where to look? In 4th, in 7th or in 10th.

The traditional answer to this question is first in 10th. Why?

Because if you look in Laghu parasari, you will see the

statement " Pradabala Utharotharam " , Meaning for Kendras the strength

increases in the order 4th->7th->10th. That means 7th is stronger

Kendra than 4th, and 10th is stronger Kendra than 7th. Indications

the strength order 10>7>4.

So look at the 10th house first. If there is no planet in Lagna,

then if there is a planet in 10th house, then the query is related to

that placement! If there is no planet in 10th as well, then look in

7th to see whether there is any planet in it, if not look in 4th.

Now what to do if there is no planet in Lagna as well as 10th, 7th

and 4th?

Look what the sloka says?

" Hora -> Kendra->Trikonebhya "

Yes, if there is no planet in Kendra, we have to look for the

placement of planet in Trikona, meaning 5th and 9th. Now, here also

where to look? In 5th or 9th. The statement " Prabala Utharotharam "

applies here as well. That means 9th is stronger trikona than 5th and

so we have to look for the placement of any planet in 9th first! Now

you can say that, if there is no planet in Lagna and Kendra (10-7-4)

then look for planets in 9th or 5th. If there is a planet in 9th then

the prasna is related to that. If 9th is vacant and if there is a

planet in 5th then the prasna is related to that.

If there is no planets in Lagna, Kendra and Trikona, then what to

do? Then there is no point in that prasna, since the person is in

an utterly problematic unsolvable situation, and even the guidance by

the astrologer would be of no use to him. But still, there also

you can look for the bad placement of Lagna lord first.

I think at least for some the method is clear by now. Somebody can

come forward with examples, to check how much it becomes true in his

own experience.

Of course, the secret is not complete. There exists 1 more method

(as told earlier, from Varaha Hora) that is used for the same purpose

(i.e. Locating the underlying problem that caused the qurent to

approach the astrologer). The learned astrologers use this method

(the method described earlier), and the one given in Varaha hora

together, and considering the indications supplied by both of them

come to a conclusion.

I will explain the other method in another mail. Till then, let us

experiment with this method.

Love,

Sreenadh