Bradley and the Ayanamsa (Part 2-Ingresses)

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BRADLEY AND THE AYANAMSA (Part 2: Ingresses)

It occurred to me only recently to question why siderealists choose the

Capricorn ingress as the most important one of the year. The Capricorn

ingress is significant in the Tropical zodiac because it marks the winter

solstice, the turning point of the Sun's south to northward journey.

 

But why should this ingress be important in the sidereal zodiac, since it

marks only another entry into a sign? My (new) thought is that the

Capricorn sidereal ingress theoretically should have no particular

significance over any other sign ingress. If any ingresses should have

special importance, they would be the signs of the Great Cross important

all through mythology, religion and history: Taurus, Scorpio, Leo and

Aquarius. Indeed, Fagan claimed that Taurus should be the first sign of the

zodiac, and his two main fiducial stars are in Taurus and Scorpio.

 

Where does this leave us? It means that if sidereal signs are valid, we'd

have to consider any sign ingress as important, beginning with the Sun and

Moon's movement into the signs. Because the signs relate to the Sun's

cycle, I decided to test two weather events against the sun's sign ingress

closest to the event, keeping in mind that Bradley claimed that any

ayanamsa could yield significant planetary patterns for an event. I used

the standard three most popular ayanamsas.

 

HEAVY MOUNTAIN RAIN AND SNOW, flooding expected: Late Dec, early Jan 2004

Sidereal Sagittarius ingress of the Sun:

 

KRISHNAMURTI: 26 Cancer Asc; the only close aspect to the ascendant is the

Moon's north node in a Venus lunar mansion (27 Indian mansions) in the

10th, 24Aries43 squaring the ascendant.

 

A rain pattern exists in this chart if you consider that the ascendant lord

Moon is conjunct Jupiter within a degree. Again, in a mansion of (wet)

Venus. Moon 23Leo33 Jupiter 24Leo32; Neptune is in the 7th at 17 Capricorn

if you want to use Neptune as a watery planet. The aspect isn't close,

however.

 

LAHIRI: This chart really looks good. The ascendant is 23Leo51; Jupiter is

24Leo26; Moon 24Leo45; Nice tight conjunction of two watery planets to the

ascendant, all three in a mansion of Venus. Saturn (cold) is sextile the

ascendant from the 11th. (17Gemini06)

 

FAGAN-BRADLEY: The ascendant is 18Cancer24.

The moon has moved out of orb to Jupiter since it is now in Virgo (5Vi35).

The only water planet closely aspecting the ascendant is Neptune at

26Cap25. Saturn is in the 12th, Jupiter in the 2nd. (Considering the

‘houses' as equal 30 degree segments with the cusps at the center.)

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Let's see if Lahiri still comes out on top for a second event, the PRAGUE

FLOODING AND DESTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS in August 2002. The relevant solar

ingress here is the Sun's entry into Cancer in July. The relevant

water-destruction pattern is set up with the conjunction of Mars and

Jupiter in Cancer. The Sun and Jupiter are in a mansion of Jupiter. Mars is

in Saturn's mansion. (...indicating perhaps that Mars would act in a

destructive way...)

 

KRISHNAMURTI: 3Libra58 rises;

The Jupiter-Mars conjunction is in the 10th squaring the ascendant. Jupiter

is 2Can35; Mars is 8Can02. The Sun, of course, is at zero Cancer.

Neptune is conjunct the IC. Neptune 16Cap14; IC 12Cap29

 

LAHIRI: 0Scorpio58 rises (Jupiter's mansion);

The Sun-Jupiter-Mars conjunction is trine the ascendant from 9th. Jupiter

is 2Cancer31.

Only Mercury closely aspects the MC, a three degree sextile from Gemini.

Venus as a planet of moisture is the most elevated planet in the chart at

12 dregrees of Leo.

 

FAGAN-BRADLEY: The ascendant is 13Libra26. (Mansion of the north node)

The Moon is above the ascendant at 4Libra28 (mansion of Mars);

Venus is sextile the ascendant from the 11th (12Leo41).

The Sun-Jupiter-Mars conjunction is elevated but not closely conjunct the

MC at 26 Cancer. (Jupiter 1Can50; Mars 7Can43)

Neptune is at the nadir at 15 Capricorn (Moon's mansion)

The most significant pattern in this chart is Jupiter-Sun square a

foreground Moon.

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ANALYSIS:

The charts above show that Bradley wasn't too far from the truth when he

said that any bogus ayanamsa (or real ayanamsa for that matter) is likely

to produce a believable chart for whatever you are looking for. Without any

kind of progression, all three of the Prague charts show the possibility of

rain and destruction. (Draw up these charts in thumbnail to get the picture.)

 

The mountain rain-snow charts give a tighter picture if you're looking for

angular indications.

 

The Fagan-Bradley chart has only Neptune closely aspecting the ascendant,

but Rahu, the north node is elevated in a mansion of Venus.

 

The Krishnamuti chart has the Moon conjunct Jupiter, but it's in the 2nd

house. If an astrologer uses planets as sign rulers, this might be

significant. But neither Jupiter nor the Moon is angular. Neptune widely

opposes the ascendant. If you're looking for hard aspects to the

ascendant, this chart fails.

 

The Lahiri chart comes through with flying colors with a tight conjunction

of Jupiter and the Moon to the ascendant, all three being in a mansion of

water laden Venus. This chart has a tight trine of Rahu--Moon's north node

(same degree) in a Venus mansion to Jupiter-Moon.

 

Are these Lahiri positions significant? Not necessarily unless many more

ingress record rainfall charts also show Jupiter and/or Moon and/or Venus

tightly aspecting the ascendant with emphasis on lunar mansions ruled by

watery planets.

 

Methodical research is very difficult and doesn't give the immediate

emotional gratification that counseling or trying to guess the financial

markets might give. We have to give Bradley a lot of credit for his

research work, but because he left incomplete records, we can't really use

his research. As I said in another post, we have to begin all over again!

 

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