Guest guest Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 Gurudev during my initation into lalkitab; prabhakar ji told me that 5 Ks are integral part of lalkitab KYAwhat, KAUNwho or whom, KITHEwhere, KADDONwhen & KUONwhy. thanks to this group and messages like these that i am now understanding these 5Ks. kulbirbance , " varun_trvd " <varun_trvd wrote: > > > Respected members, > > > > Geographical Direction : > > > > East is where the sun rises; 180 degrees to the East is West; > > Facing the rising Sun the North will be on the left; 180 degrees to the > North will be the South. > > This is the Cardinal truth of astronomy. Nothing can change this truth, > astrology or no astrology. > > Indian Vedic astrology and vastu shashtra has further designated the > corners / angles by different names. North East is known as Eeshan kon; > South east is known as Aagnyey kon; South west is known as Nairitya kon; > and North west is known as Vayavya kon. This division and nomenclature > is universally accepted in Indian classical literature on astrology and > Vastu. > > > > The Indian rishis of astrology had realized long back that a Janma > Kundali is an imprint or a map of the celestial bodies in the sky at the > time of birth. Therefore in a Janma Kundali the planets are plotted as > accurately as possible the way they appeared in the sky, over our head, > at the time of birth. > > > > In order to accurately plot the planets on the Janma Kundali it became > necessary that the geographical directions be assigned to the Janma > Kundali. > > > > As you would notice conventionally North is marked on a map similarly > the Ascendant is marked East on a Janma Kundali. Any body born at sun > rise will have his sun in the ascendant. If some one is born at mid > noon when the Sun reaches its zenith, the sun will be placed in the 10th > house of the Janma Kundali. The rishis marked it as North. Any body born > in the evening when the sun sets, his sun will be in the 7th house, the > rishis marked the 7th house as the West. The night falls, it gets dark > all around and if some one is born at midnight his sun will be in the > 4th house of the Kundali, hence the 4th house got marked as the South. > These directions truly and faithfully represent the overturned sky > hanging over our heads. [ katora moti bhara … ulta dhara ] > > > > Traditional Vedic astrology and the Indian Vastu follow this tradition. > > > > Directions in the Lal Kitab : > > > > There is no specific mention of the natural directions as such in the > book. But since the Lal Kitab has accepted the traditional Vedic concept > of a Janma Kundali that it is a map of the planets as they were placed > at the time of birth and where the house # 1 means the Lagna , we assume > that the Lal Kitab also follows the traditional alignment of the Janma > kundali vis-à -vis the celestial bodies in the sky. > > > > But while talking about ‘ makan kundali se teve ki > durusti’ [ confirming the janma kundali based on the house ] Pt. > Roopchand ji assigned directions to various parts of the house iside. In > the makan kundali the North is denoted by house# 6, the natural > corollary would be that the South should be 180 degrees apart, but the > in the Makan kundali the South is denoted by house # 8; house # 4 is > denoted as North east, South west is denoted by house # 7, where as they > should be 180 degree apart; North west is denoted by house # 2 and the > South east by house # 12, that is more than 180 degrees apart. > > > > This assignment is entirely his own and what was the logic for it is not > known to any one. This assignment of the directions is for the interior > of the house only and that too for a specific purpose and can not be > carried forward and applied to the Kundali. > > > > We will commit a great mistake if we applied the directions denoting the > interior of the house set by the Lal Kitab to the Janma Kundali. Janma > Kundali is a universal document. It remains the same whether being > analysed by a traditional vedic astrologer or a Lal Kitab astrologer. > Since the Janma Kundali is a universal document, the directions assigned > to the Janma Kundali are those which have been assigned by our vedic > astrology Rishis and have been universally accepted. They can neither be > changed nor appropriated in any way to accommodate any different scheme > of things. > > > > Had the Lal Kitab used a horoscope differently cast then it could have > applied its own rules of directions. So long as the Lal Kitab uses the > traditionally cast horoscope with the Lagna aligned to the East, it has > no option but to follow the traditionally accepted scheme of directions. > > > > With Regards, > > > > Varun Trivedi > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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