Assignment - Brendan

[Guest guest]

Namaste Brendan,

 

> 10. Health

> Pitta/Kapha constitution.

 

I have been trying to learn ayurveda for sometime now. So I

will appreciate an opportunity to discuss it here.

 

Airy Saturn influences Moon in fiery Leo. This shows a

strong pitta tattva influenced by vaata, as far as mind

is concerned.

 

Lagna lord Mars is in airy Aquarius with Sun, Mercury and

Venus. Sun is the closest to Mars. Next is Venus. Mercury is

at the other end of the rasi and his influence is minimal.

I will consider pitta to dominate considerably and vaata to

have a secondary role. Why do you see kapha?

 

I would've called you a pitta tattva person with some vaata

tattva. However, roga saham in Leo has a close aspect from

8th lord Mercury (which is not good) and there can be

problems in health related to kapha nature (Mercury).

 

> No serious pathology but always some pains in the body. For years

pains in

 

Must be due to excessive pitta.

 

> region of the heart but doctors have never diagnosed any problems.

Possibly

> mitral valve prolapse and I anticipate heart problems later on

(4th, 5th, Sun

> and Moon affliction).

 

The 4th house is in an airy sign and has a lot of fire in

it. Heart problems are possible. Do not neglect it, even if

doctors cannot diagnose it. For problems of any nature

related to heart, Arjuna bark is very effective. It works on

the blood, cholesterol, nerves and muscles. Why don't you

use Arjuna rasayana regularly for a year? (Of course, I know

that you are an expert in ayurveda and homeopathy, but I

usually don't keep an advice that comes to mind to myself. I

say it even if the other person knows much more than me.)

 

Actually, in addition to heart problems, problems in liver

and spleen may be there now. Paryaya dasas are useful in

timing and diagnosing health problems. You have lagna in a

sthira rasi. So Sthira Paryaya dasa must be used. You are

running the Sthira Paryaya dasa of Virgo now. Virgo aspects

the 8th house and A6 and it can give some health problems.

 

Usually Virgo gives problems in the liver-spleen region.

Some problem there may in fact be the root cause of other

problems. I would recommend using Neem, which cools your

pitta and also works on liver & spleen and cleans them up.

 

Use of neem rasayana is for the current dasa. Use of Arjuna

rasayana is for removing a long-term chance of heart

problems.

 

May Jupiter's light shine on us,

Narasimha

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 9/10/2000 4:07:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

pvr writes:

 

HARE RAMA KRISHNA

Namaste Narasimha,

 

I did not know that you had an interest in Ayurveda although you had often

invited Ayurvedic topics on the list before. The integration of Ayurveda and

Jyotish has great potential both for diagnosis and prescriptive work. I'm not

sure how deeply you have gone with Ayurveda but knowing your nature I suspect

you have taken it seriously and will go just as deep with it as you have with

your astrology.

 

The real opportunity is to integrate the planetary significations with the

doshas (especially the five sub-doshas for V (Prana, Udana, Samana, Apana,

Vyana Vayu), P (Panchaka, Ranjaka, Sadhaka, Alochaka and Brajaka Pitta) and

K (Kledaka, Avalambaka, Bodhaka, Tarpaka and Shleshaka Kapha), the seven

Dhatus (tissues) and the sixteen Shrotas (channels).

 

In classical Ayurveda, the approach is to treat the sub-doshas, the dhatus

and the shrotas and not the organ systems, although I see both approaches as

being very useful and valid. Our medical astrology has an allopathic view of

the body and breaks it down into organ systems and this of course is

extremely useful but does not address the underlying cause. We must know the

cause and that of course always bring us back to consciousness and especially

the negativity generated by ego distortion. In Ayurveda and also in

homeopathy the ego, Ahamkara, is the cause of all distorted or artificial

perceptions that deviate from the basic laws of nature, and through the

failure of wisdom it promotes disease as an intelligent attempt to restore

balance to body mind.

 

Ego imbalances give rise to imbalances in VPK in mind and body. I realize I

don't have to tell you all this as you seems to be already well informed, but

where I'm going is that we need to integrate our astrology with the deeper

science of Ayurveda so that medical astrology can become a holistic rather

than a fragmented subject.

 

Now, wrt my constitution. You are very right, Pitta is definately the

predominant dosha and I would say I am P4, K2, V1. Kapha is also very strong

but secondary.

However there is Prakruti vs Vikruti. Prakruti is the fundamental

constitution, that with which we are born, and Vikruti is that which we

become. Vikruti can vary from dasa to dasa or for that matter from bhukti to

bhukti. In fact Vikruti can vary from day to day and even through out the

day. In my Moon dasa I was extremely Vata deranged and the excessive amount

of time I spent in meditation did not help (many hours per day) but it was a

great period spiritually. I was thin, light, sharp, fast, restless, etc - all

Vata attributes. I see this coming from Saturn and Rahu's dristhi on my Moon.

I went into Mars dasa and suddenly, overnight (3 months say), I put on 30 lbs

which brought my weight to 175 lbs. My entire nature slowed down and this was

very much welcomed. That is not enough to support Kapha secondary as Pitta

people can even be obese.

 

Mars is LL and Scorpio is Pitta Kapha. Yes, Mars is with the Sun and in the

sign of Aquarius but I also have water signs rising in many of my varga

charts (Hora, Drekkana, Navamsa, etc). I'm convinced we have to take the

nature of the signs into account when examining the preponderance of tattva

influence. I really don't have much Vata in me these days, even in the mind.

I never get anxious or restless.

 

Why do you see Mercury as Kapha? He is said to be Tridoshic but I usually

think of Mercury as Vata. In pulse taking (Gemini, Virgo or where Mercury is

having a prdominant influence I see Vata imbalances) I usually find Mercury

to be Vata.

 

Yes, I've taken Arjuna and other ayurvedic herbs along with Arjuna for the

heart and have definately helped. I also take Neem along with other blood

detoxifiers for I believe the real problems (spleen/liver) come from too much

heat in the blood.

 

Your recommendations are very good and appropriate. Even though I enjoy

bitter herbs, I avoid taking too much Kutki as it is an extreme herb. it can

put ones system out of balance real fast, depending on the person.

 

Best Regards,

Brendan

 

 

 

 

 

> Namaste Brendan,

>

> > 10. Health

> > Pitta/Kapha constitution.

>

> I have been trying to learn ayurveda for sometime now. So I

> will appreciate an opportunity to discuss it here.

>

> Airy Saturn influences Moon in fiery Leo. This shows a

> strong pitta tattva influenced by vaata, as far as mind

> is concerned.

>

> Lagna lord Mars is in airy Aquarius with Sun, Mercury and

> Venus. Sun is the closest to Mars. Next is Venus. Mercury is

> at the other end of the rasi and his influence is minimal.

> I will consider pitta to dominate considerably and vaata to

> have a secondary role. Why do you see kapha?

>

> I would've called you a pitta tattva person with some vaata

> tattva. However, roga saham in Leo has a close aspect from

> 8th lord Mercury (which is not good) and there can be

> problems in health related to kapha nature (Mercury).

>

> > No serious pathology but always some pains in the body. For years

> pains in

>

> Must be due to excessive pitta.

>

> > region of the heart but doctors have never diagnosed any problems.

> Possibly

> > mitral valve prolapse and I anticipate heart problems later on

> (4th, 5th, Sun

> > and Moon affliction).

>

> The 4th house is in an airy sign and has a lot of fire in

> it. Heart problems are possible. Do not neglect it, even if

> doctors cannot diagnose it. For problems of any nature

> related to heart, Arjuna bark is very effective. It works on

> the blood, cholesterol, nerves and muscles. Why don't you

> use Arjuna rasayana regularly for a year? (Of course, I know

> that you are an expert in ayurveda and homeopathy, but I

> usually don't keep an advice that comes to mind to myself. I

> say it even if the other person knows much more than me.)

>

> Actually, in addition to heart problems, problems in liver

> and spleen may be there now. Paryaya dasas are useful in

> timing and diagnosing health problems. You have lagna in a

> sthira rasi. So Sthira Paryaya dasa must be used. You are

> running the Sthira Paryaya dasa of Virgo now. Virgo aspects

> the 8th house and A6 and it can give some health problems.

>

> Usually Virgo gives problems in the liver-spleen region.

> Some problem there may in fact be the root cause of other

> problems. I would recommend using Neem, which cools your

> pitta and also works on liver & spleen and cleans them up.

>

> Use of neem rasayana is for the current dasa. Use of Arjuna

> rasayana is for removing a long-term chance of heart

> problems.

>

> May Jupiter's light shine on us,

> Narasimha

>

[Guest guest]

Namaste Brendan,

 

Your mail is very interesting. It will be interesting to

study the links between planets and rasis on one hand and

the various ayurvedic classifications on the other. My

knowledge of ayurveda is very limited and I am a newcomer.

Hopefully I will be able to delve deep. In April 2000, I

started the 10-year Scorpio dasa as per D-24 Narayana dasa.

Scorpio is the 6th house in my D-24 and has Sun in it. I

guess it is not a bad dasa at all for learning ayurveda.

I have been looking into ayurveda only for a few months,

but this dasa is conducive.

 

Though Scorpio is a kapha rasi, I was giving more

importance to paaka lagna, as it is much stronger. As far

as paaka lagna is concerned, pitta clearly dominates. But

you could be right - Venus and Mercury also influence it

and some kapha is possible. But, with a strong paaka lagna

being in a vaata sign and vaata Saturn influencing paaka

lagna and Chandra lagna, I would've thought vaata to be

more predominant than kapha. Perhaps I am wrong.

 

In fact, current Paryaya dasa sign is Virgo. Though it is

an earthy sign, it is a vaata rasi. For this reason, I

expected some vaata related disturbances. Apparently, I

am wrong.

 

Of course, with rogapada (A6) being in a pitta rasi, the

root cause of problems is likely to be related to pitta.

 

As I said, you are running the Paryaya dasa of Virgo and it

can give troubles related to liver and nearby parts. The

2nd house from Virgo is Libra ruled by Venus and the 3rd

house of vitality from Virgo is Scorpio ruled by Mars. So

sour herbs (Venus) are not ideal and bitter herbs (Mars)

are ideal during this dasa. Use of neem etc can only help

the vitality in this period. I found in my studies that

the Paryaya dasa rasi gives a hint at the part of the body

with disturbance (especially when A6 or 8th house aspects

it), the 2nd from that house (Li in the case Vi, for

example) shows the main reason for the disturbance in that

part (the things going against that part), and the 3rd from

that house (Sc in the case of Vi, for example) shows the

things that can boost the vitality of that part.

 

Of course, what I said above is a general statement that is

independent of Paryaya dasa. Sometime back, Sanjay

beautifully explained how too much sex (Libra) can spoil the

liver (Virgo), as Li is the 2nd from Vi. We can get a lot of

insights by looking at the 2nd and 3rd from rasis. I will

give one example:

 

The 3rd house is Ge. Afflictions in Ge (or Paryaya dasa of

Ge, when aspected by 8th or A6) can result in problems in

the lungs. Examples are asthma, bronchitis etc. Watery Cn is

the 2nd house of death from Ge. So taking too much dairy

products (milk etc) or juices etc can worsen one's breathing

problems. The 3rd house of vitality from Ge is Le. So fiery

hot spices (of Sun) are advised for breathing problems, so

that the phlegm evaporates. They increase the vitality of Ge

and reduce troubles in Ge.

 

May Jupiter's light shine on us,

Narasimha

 

PS: Rahu is in the 6th house (fiery Ar). Rahu in 6th usually

gives some vaata complaints and it surprises me that you

report otherwise!

 

PPS: I did not mean that Mercury is kapha. You said you found

him to be more of vaata. But that depends on the chart.

Technically, he is supposed to be an equal mixture of all.

 

varahamihira , Bpfeeley@A... wrote:

> In a message dated 9/10/2000 4:07:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

> pvr@m... writes:

>

> HARE RAMA KRISHNA

> Namaste Narasimha,

>

> I did not know that you had an interest in Ayurveda although you

had often

> invited Ayurvedic topics on the list before. The integration of

Ayurveda and

> Jyotish has great potential both for diagnosis and prescriptive

work. I'm not

> sure how deeply you have gone with Ayurveda but knowing your nature

I suspect

> you have taken it seriously and will go just as deep with it as you

have with

> your astrology.

>

> The real opportunity is to integrate the planetary significations

with the

> doshas (especially the five sub-doshas for V (Prana, Udana, Samana,

Apana,

> Vyana Vayu), P (Panchaka, Ranjaka, Sadhaka, Alochaka and Brajaka

Pitta) and

> K (Kledaka, Avalambaka, Bodhaka, Tarpaka and Shleshaka Kapha), the

seven

> Dhatus (tissues) and the sixteen Shrotas (channels).

>

> In classical Ayurveda, the approach is to treat the sub-doshas, the

dhatus

> and the shrotas and not the organ systems, although I see both

approaches as

> being very useful and valid. Our medical astrology has an

allopathic view of

> the body and breaks it down into organ systems and this of course

is

> extremely useful but does not address the underlying cause. We must

know the

> cause and that of course always bring us back to consciousness and

especially

> the negativity generated by ego distortion. In Ayurveda and also

in

> homeopathy the ego, Ahamkara, is the cause of all distorted or

artificial

> perceptions that deviate from the basic laws of nature, and through

the

> failure of wisdom it promotes disease as an intelligent attempt to

restore

> balance to body mind.

>

> Ego imbalances give rise to imbalances in VPK in mind and body. I

realize I

> don't have to tell you all this as you seems to be already well

informed, but

> where I'm going is that we need to integrate our astrology with the

deeper

> science of Ayurveda so that medical astrology can become a holistic

rather

> than a fragmented subject.

>

> Now, wrt my constitution. You are very right, Pitta is definately

the

> predominant dosha and I would say I am P4, K2, V1. Kapha is also

very strong

> but secondary.

> However there is Prakruti vs Vikruti. Prakruti is the fundamental

> constitution, that with which we are born, and Vikruti is that

which we

> become. Vikruti can vary from dasa to dasa or for that matter from

bhukti to

> bhukti. In fact Vikruti can vary from day to day and even through

out the

> day. In my Moon dasa I was extremely Vata deranged and the

excessive amount

> of time I spent in meditation did not help (many hours per day) but

it was a

> great period spiritually. I was thin, light, sharp, fast, restless,

etc - all

> Vata attributes. I see this coming from Saturn and Rahu's dristhi

on my Moon.

> I went into Mars dasa and suddenly, overnight (3 months say), I put

on 30 lbs

> which brought my weight to 175 lbs. My entire nature slowed down

and this was

> very much welcomed. That is not enough to support Kapha secondary

as Pitta

> people can even be obese.

>

> Mars is LL and Scorpio is Pitta Kapha. Yes, Mars is with the Sun

and in the

> sign of Aquarius but I also have water signs rising in many of my

varga

> charts (Hora, Drekkana, Navamsa, etc). I'm convinced we have to

take the

> nature of the signs into account when examining the preponderance

of tattva

> influence. I really don't have much Vata in me these days, even in

the mind.

> I never get anxious or restless.

>

> Why do you see Mercury as Kapha? He is said to be Tridoshic but I

usually

> think of Mercury as Vata. In pulse taking (Gemini, Virgo or where

Mercury is

> having a prdominant influence I see Vata imbalances) I usually find

Mercury

> to be Vata.

>

> Yes, I've taken Arjuna and other ayurvedic herbs along with Arjuna

for the

> heart and have definately helped. I also take Neem along with other

blood

> detoxifiers for I believe the real problems (spleen/liver) come

from too much

> heat in the blood.

>

> Your recommendations are very good and appropriate. Even though I

enjoy

> bitter herbs, I avoid taking too much Kutki as it is an extreme

herb. it can

> put ones system out of balance real fast, depending on the person.

>

> Best Regards,

> Brendan

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 9/11/2000 9:33:06 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

pvr writes:

 

HARE RAMA KRISHNA

Namaste Narasimha,

 

> Why do you say that Scorpio is Pitta-Kapha? Parasara clearly

> taught that Scorpio is a Kapha rasi. Why then do you say that

> Scorpio is a pitta-kapha rasi? Did you say it because it is

> owned by Mars?

 

Yes, Scorpio is a watery sign and therefore a predominance of Kapha dosha in

it but it is ruled by Mars and therefore the nature of Scorpio is going to be

different that the other water signs. There is definately more steam brewing

inside Scorpio's belly than say Cancer or Pisces, and therefore I have

difficulty ignoring the Pitta aspect of the sign, due to the influence of

Mars. Can we say that Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces all share the same quality

of K and don't have any other dosha in them? Cancer for instance is ruled by

the Moon but how do we distinguish between the New and Full Moon for that

sign. The Moon also has some Vata in him because of his changeable quality

and the quantity depends on whether the Moon is New or Full as well as his

associations.

 

> Rasi chart shows what exists physically. Other charts show

> subtle aspects of self at various levels of existence. Though

> they may also be considered, I would think that the main

> consideration when speaking about physical nature must be

> lagna, paaka lagna, Chandra lagna (mind) and Surya lagna

> (vitality) of rasi chart.

 

I agree, but I would have a hard time ignoring at least Drekkana and Navamsa

for physical characteristics. and I believe there is some support for this in

the classical texts although I am not able to quote right now.

 

> BTW, you said that you were vaata deranged in Moon dasa and

> gained 30 lbs when Mars dasa came. Looking at Paryaya dasa,

> you ran the interesting dasa of Aquarius in 1985-1991. If we

> divide it into 3 parts of 2 years each, the first two parts

> (controlled by house and lord respectively) should be vaata

> dominated (both Aq and Saturn are vaata). The 3rd part 89-91

> is controlled by the occupants of Aq (Mars, Sun, Venus and

> Mercury). As mainly pitta and secondarily kapha planets are

> in Aq, this part can bring these tattvas to the fore. Both

> the tattvas are conducive to weight gain!

 

Thanks for the info on Paryaya dasa and maybe this describes some of it.

However, from approx 1980 to 1984 was a period of strong Vata imbalance and

by far the worst was Moon/Rahu in Vimshottari. Moon/Saturn was a great

improvement (new job) although Vata was still flying high but more grounded.

It improved from then on.

 

What was I running in Paryaya dasa prior to Aquarius?

 

I did some calculation a few months back using Shoola dasa and I came up with

Aries as current dasa. Sure enough, health problem seemed to escalate since

that Shoola dasa began and Aries/Scorpio was the worst (early 1999) - liver,

gall bladder. I diagnosis myself for stones in the liver and gall bladder

(Rahu in Aries and in Vim dasa Rahu dasa). My wife insisted I see a doctor

after I successfully removed them homeopathically and the doctor showed me

the scar tissue in the gall-bladder and duct but no stones left. He said, you

definately passed some stones.

 

Regards,

Brendan

[Guest guest]

Namaste Brendan,

 

Just one more point:

 

> Mars is LL and Scorpio is Pitta Kapha. Yes, Mars is with the Sun

and in the

 

Why do you say that Scorpio is Pitta-Kapha? Parasara clearly

taught that Scorpio is a Kapha rasi. Why then do you say that

Scorpio is a pitta-kapha rasi? Did you say it because it is

owned by Mars?

 

> sign of Aquarius but I also have water signs rising in many of my

varga

> charts (Hora, Drekkana, Navamsa, etc). I'm convinced we have to

take the

> nature of the signs into account when examining the preponderance

of tattva

 

Rasi chart shows what exists physically. Other charts show

subtle aspects of self at various levels of existence. Though

they may also be considered, I would think that the main

consideration when speaking about physical nature must be

lagna, paaka lagna, Chandra lagna (mind) and Surya lagna

(vitality) of rasi chart.

 

> influence. I really don't have much Vata in me these days, even in

the mind.

> I never get anxious or restless.

 

BTW, you said that you were vaata deranged in Moon dasa and

gained 30 lbs when Mars dasa came. Looking at Paryaya dasa,

you ran the interesting dasa of Aquarius in 1985-1991. If we

divide it into 3 parts of 2 years each, the first two parts

(controlled by house and lord respectively) should be vaata

dominated (both Aq and Saturn are vaata). The 3rd part 89-91

is controlled by the occupants of Aq (Mars, Sun, Venus and

Mercury). As mainly pitta and secondarily kapha planets are

in Aq, this part can bring these tattvas to the fore. Both

the tattvas are conducive to weight gain!

 

May Jupiter's light shine on us,

Narasimha

[Guest guest]

Namaste Brendan,

 

> > You were running the 11-year Cn dasa from 1974 to 1985. Though

> > Cn is kapha, its lord Moon is vaata and he joins Saturn who is

> > also vaata. They both have a strong argala on Cn.

>

> This was a very " spiritual " period. Every opportunity I had I

choose to be

> isolated to read the scriptures and the writings of the great

Goswamis,

> Acharyas and the popular Siddhas/Saints. It was very good

spiritually but

> very immature emotionally for obvious astrological reasons. I974/75

is when

> it all started for me and became so obsessed with spirituality that

nothing

> else could touch my yearning. Just wanted to be a Sanyassi. Then

when I met

 

It is interesting that this matches closely with Paryaaya dasa.

Paryaaya dasa mainly shows health. But I guess one's mental

state has a bearing on overall health. When it comes to Cn dasa,

Moon-Saturn combination in the 2nd from it is a dominating

influence on it.

 

My Chandra lagna is also full of vaata. I have Moon in Aq with

Rahu. So I clearly know how a vaata mind functions!

 

> my true Guru in 1983 and he told me I would eventually get married

and settle

> down in the suburbs I wasn't able to hear it at that time. I just

wanted to

> go to Vrindaban and Barsana with Him and forget the so called

world. He said

> I had to get married for such were my samscaras.

>

> Its a perfect case where a pravrajya yoga doesn't fully fructify...

probably

 

With Rahu in the 3rd from AL, how can you have full parivraja?

 

> a fallen Sanyasi from a past life. Do you believe in such

combination? I do.

 

Let me leave the " fallen " part. Your D-60 has AL in Sg with

Saturn in it. Jupiter is in Ta (6th from AL) and Aq is empty.

Being a sanyasi is a possibility for your past life. The 7th

lord and upapada are in 10th in your D-60. So your spouse

may also have played a role in your karma (social activities).

 

The 12th from AK in your D-60 has Saturn in it and Moon & Venus

aspect it. Your guru may have led you to worship a Vaishnava

deity, perhaps a goddess, in past life. The house containing

A5 has the highest number of rekhas in SAV and you may have

been materially very successful (though it does not exactly

fit with Jupiter in the 6th from AL).

 

> Sanjay also tells us that Moon/Saturn conjunction in 10th does not

make a

> Sanyasi. He also includes other angular houses.

>

> > Moon-Saturn combination shows spirituality and/or vairaagya. If

> > Moon and Saturn are in the 2nd house from chara paryaya dasa

> > sign, then disturbances in health can be due to those factors.

>

> Yes, it was in this period that I began to have pain in the heart

region and

> because the pains were wandering and changing, flying in different

> directions, it indicated a Vata imbalance in that organ. One can

have a Pitta

> constitution but have a local Vata imbalance (in a specific organ)

as I did.

> It started in 1976.

>

> My Guru would often say, " there is nothing wrong with your heart.

You can go

> to the doctor if you wish but he will not be able to help you. "

Sure enough,

> that's how it turned out.

>

> > How did you diagnose stones?

>

> I didn't rely on astrology alone although I gave me a good hunch.

Saturn

> represents stones and from my experience, so does Rahu. Jupiter,

lord of 5th,

> is also in Saturn's sign, etc. But it really came from my knowledge

of

> Ayurveda and pulse. Pitta is regarded to be the cause of

gallstones,

> especially Ranjaka Pitta. Because I was having pain in that region,

it made

> sense to me.

 

How do we see Ranjaka pitta and other pittas astrologically?

 

> > Virgo can show not only liver as I said, but it can show gall

bladder also.

>

> Yes, it rules that region of the body. I see Virgo as Vata Kapha.

> The problem is that there are so many factors in a chart that rule

liver

> function but they do not represent the same function of that organ.

We can

> have excess V or excess P or excess K in the liver, each one

producing

> different symptoms and different digestive disturbances, etc. This

is where

> Ayurveda can be really helpful to us. We should be able to see

local

> disturbance in an organ in terms of VPK (from planets in the chart)

as well

> as the constitutional nature of the person. The two can be entirely

different.

>

> For instance, there are Ayurvedic herbs for excess Pitta in the

liver, excess

> V in the liver and for excess K. Sometimes the local disturbance

matches the

> constitutional picture, say excess Pitta all round. Then we have

the herbs

> for the liver matching the constitutional state. We ought to be

able to see

> this in our astrology.

 

Yes, we ought to. I see that there is a lot of depth in the

use of Jyotish in ayurveda. I look forward to learning more.

 

In my limited studies, I found Paryaaya dasas to be very

useful in understanding the changing physical and mental

conditions of a native. It should be a very useful dasa in

medical astrology.

 

Shoola dasa, which shows misfortunes, can also be used in

medical astrology. But I find Paryaaya dasas to be even more

versatile.

 

Sanjay wrote in his book that Paryaaya dasas are also called

Gochaara dasas. I wonder why. Is gochaara (transit) used in

interpreting this dasa??? Gurudeva, can you answer?

 

> Best Regards,

> Brendan

 

May Jupiter's light shine on us,

Narasimha

[Guest guest]

My dear brother,

 

Can you please give a lession on how to compute Paryaya dasas.

Drekka is often considered while reading about illness. Depending on the

24th drekkana from Lagna, some readings are offered. Perhaps, Brindan

may be justified in using Drekkana chart also.

 

Regards,

Vijay.

-

<Bpfeeley

<varahamihira >

Monday, September 11, 2000 9:18 PM

Re: [sri Guru] Re: Assignment - Brendan

 

 

> In a message dated 9/11/2000 9:33:06 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

> pvr writes:

>

> HARE RAMA KRISHNA

> Namaste Narasimha,

>

> > Why do you say that Scorpio is Pitta-Kapha? Parasara clearly

> > taught that Scorpio is a Kapha rasi. Why then do you say that

> > Scorpio is a pitta-kapha rasi? Did you say it because it is

> > owned by Mars?

>

> Yes, Scorpio is a watery sign and therefore a predominance of Kapha dosha

in

> it but it is ruled by Mars and therefore the nature of Scorpio is going to

be

> different that the other water signs. There is definately more steam

brewing

> inside Scorpio's belly than say Cancer or Pisces, and therefore I have

> difficulty ignoring the Pitta aspect of the sign, due to the influence of

> Mars. Can we say that Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces all share the same

quality

> of K and don't have any other dosha in them? Cancer for instance is ruled

by

> the Moon but how do we distinguish between the New and Full Moon for that

> sign. The Moon also has some Vata in him because of his changeable quality

> and the quantity depends on whether the Moon is New or Full as well as his

> associations.

>

> > Rasi chart shows what exists physically. Other charts show

> > subtle aspects of self at various levels of existence. Though

> > they may also be considered, I would think that the main

> > consideration when speaking about physical nature must be

> > lagna, paaka lagna, Chandra lagna (mind) and Surya lagna

> > (vitality) of rasi chart.

>

> I agree, but I would have a hard time ignoring at least Drekkana and

Navamsa

> for physical characteristics. and I believe there is some support for this

in

> the classical texts although I am not able to quote right now.

>

> > BTW, you said that you were vaata deranged in Moon dasa and

> > gained 30 lbs when Mars dasa came. Looking at Paryaya dasa,

> > you ran the interesting dasa of Aquarius in 1985-1991. If we

> > divide it into 3 parts of 2 years each, the first two parts

> > (controlled by house and lord respectively) should be vaata

> > dominated (both Aq and Saturn are vaata). The 3rd part 89-91

> > is controlled by the occupants of Aq (Mars, Sun, Venus and

> > Mercury). As mainly pitta and secondarily kapha planets are

> > in Aq, this part can bring these tattvas to the fore. Both

> > the tattvas are conducive to weight gain!

>

> Thanks for the info on Paryaya dasa and maybe this describes some of it.

> However, from approx 1980 to 1984 was a period of strong Vata imbalance

and

> by far the worst was Moon/Rahu in Vimshottari. Moon/Saturn was a great

> improvement (new job) although Vata was still flying high but more

grounded.

> It improved from then on.

>

> What was I running in Paryaya dasa prior to Aquarius?

>

> I did some calculation a few months back using Shoola dasa and I came up

with

> Aries as current dasa. Sure enough, health problem seemed to escalate

since

> that Shoola dasa began and Aries/Scorpio was the worst (early 1999) -

liver,

> gall bladder. I diagnosis myself for stones in the liver and gall bladder

> (Rahu in Aries and in Vim dasa Rahu dasa). My wife insisted I see a doctor

> after I successfully removed them homeopathically and the doctor showed me

> the scar tissue in the gall-bladder and duct but no stones left. He said,

you

> definately passed some stones.

>

> Regards,

> Brendan

>

> OM TAT SAT

> Archive: varahamihira

> Info: varahamihira/info.html

>

>

[Guest guest]

HARE RAMA KRSHNA

 

Namaste Narasimha,

 

> > You were running the 11-year Cn dasa from 1974 to 1985. Though

> > Cn is kapha, its lord Moon is vaata and he joins Saturn who is

> > also vaata. They both have a strong argala on Cn.

 

I've been thinking about this dasa all day and though I should tell you some

more about the 11 - year Cancer. If I knew the sub-periods it might make more

sense to me but here are some events that relate to Cancer dasa.

 

My father became ill just before this dasa started and began to decline

rapidly in 1974. He left the world in Oct 1974. I received a graduate degree

in engineering in 1975. I left my native country in May 1975, and that same

year began Trancendental Meditation (July 1975), became a vegetarian, began a

serious study of astrology, stopped drinking alcohol and quit smoking

cigarettes. All of these changes were effortless for me. In Feb 1977 came to

USA and continued with dedication to spiritual path.

 

Met my bhakti Guru in 2/83.

 

All of this was 9th house type events and thought you might be interested.

This dasa seems to cover more than health. It did impact father's health -

Moon conjoined Saturn, Sun in 8th from Cancer, 9th from Cancer neecha. It

seems to apply to spiritual events as well, but maybe Drig dasa reflects

those better.

 

Thanks for the analysis of D-60 and gives me much to ponder.

 

> How do we see Ranjaka pitta and other pittas astrologically?

 

That is a good question and this is where some work and reflection is

required. Here is a brief referecne to Ranjaka Pitta. I will send you a file

in a few days on the sub doshas. I strongly recommend that you get yourself a

copy of Dr. Lad's book on " Pulse Diagnosis " . It is the best book printed on

Ayurvedic anatomy & physiology, pathology, pathogenesis, pulse diagnosis and

herbal treatments. To me Dr. Lad's work on Ayurveda is of the same standard

as Sanjay's work on Jyotish. It is thorough, clear and all through the text

is the image of a man well versed in Sanskrit, Vedic knowledge and his own

sadhana. I have studied with him and he a blessing to us here in the US.

Unfortuantely, he plans to return to India because of some lawsuits in his

practice.

Best Regards,

Brendan

 

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Here is description of Ranjaka Pitta and other Pitta sub doshas from my own

notes over the years. We can immediately see a reference to Mars and Sun in

these descriptions and possible the influence of other planets on Mars and

Sun.

 

- Panchaka pitta is located in the small intestines and governs the power of

digestion. From it comes the bile salts and acids that digest our foods. In

addition, it governs the regulation of body temperature and helps maintain

the power of circulation. Panchaka is the basis and support for all other

forms of Pitta, and is the first consideration in the treatment of Pitta.

 

- Ranjaka means the form of fire that imparts color. It is located in the

liver, spleen, stomach and small intestine. It gives color to the blood, bile

and stool. It primarily resides in the blood and is involved in most liver

disorders. It functions as the warmth in the blood and circulatory system.

Like Apana Vayu is has a downward moving energy and can promote toxins.

Accumulated Pitta through it colors the other secretions and waste materials

of the body, particularly the urine and feces.

Clinical: Anemias and other blood disorders, scalped tongue, disturbed liver

function, hepatitis, skin diseases, anger, anemia (urinary tract problems),

metabolic problems.

Treatments: Burdock root, Dandeloin, Neem, Coriander, Bhumy Amalaki, Maha

Sudarshan, Kutki.

Aroma: Rose, Germanium.

 

- Sadaka Pitta means the fire that determines what is truth or reality. It is

located in the brain and heart and allows us to accomplish the goals of the

intellect, intelligence or ego. On a lower level, these include worldly goals

of pleasure, wealth and prestige; on a higher level, the spiritual goal of

liberation. Sadaka Pitta function through the nervous system and senses. It

gives fire and digestive capacity to the brain and senses. Our intelligence

or buddhi functions through it. It governs our inner combustion, the release

of energy from our impressions and life experiences to empower the mind. It

directs our inner intelligence.

 

- Alochaka Pitta means the fire that governs the visual perception. It is

located in the eyes and is responsible for the reception and digestion of

light from the external world. Centered in the pupil of the eyes it allows us

to see. When impaired, we suffer from failure of the vision or eye diseases.

 

- Brajaka Pitta means the fire that governs lustre and complexion. It is

located in the skin and maintains complexion and color of the skin. When

aggravated it causes skin rashed or discolorations.

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[Guest guest]

Om Krishna Guru

 

Hare Rama Krsna.

 

>Namaste Brendan,

 

> > You were running the 11-year Cn dasa from 1974 to 1985. Though

> > Cn is kapha, its lord Moon is vaata and he joins Saturn who is

> > also vaata. They both have a strong argala on Cn.

>

 

According to Ayurveda test, my constitution is also Kapha-vata. Kapha is a

little stronger than vata, and I have also Cancer lagna, with lord Moon in

conjunction with Saturn and Rahu, but in 9th house PIsces, which is watery

sign, thus making the kapha predominate?

Concerning diseases, I found out about one year ago that I have strong

shortage of iron and vitamin B12 in blood, of which shortage of iron can

cause anemia later in life.

Are there any astrological remedies to counteract these symptoms?

A characteristic of Cancer ascendant, 3rd drekkan, is also that at the close

of life one will spend his time in hospital, due to some chronic diseases,

especially for my chart would this be confirmed by Mercury, lord of 12th in

the 12th? I take the example of my grandmother, who had also Cancer lagna,

3rd drekkan, and spend a long time in hospital trying to recover from a

broken hip until she left the body.

 

>> Sanjay also tells us that Moon/Saturn conjunction in 10th does not

>make a

>> Sanyasi. He also includes other angular houses.

 

What about 9th, a triangular house?

>>

>> > Moon-Saturn combination shows spirituality and/or vairaagya. If

>> > Moon and Saturn are in the 2nd house from chara paryaya dasa

>> > sign, then disturbances in health can be due to those factors.

 

I do not know about paryaya dasa. But I have this combination together with

Rahu, this can cause me sometimes to be very down, somewhat depressed and we

know the state of mind reflects on the body, so can this be the reason for

my physical trouble? I suffer regularly from a difficult digestion, an

ayurvedic doctor told me the pancreas is not working properly and as such

have a general tendency to always feel tired. I guess the lack of B12 also

has its effect on the digestion.

 

Please check with my chart, if you have some time.

 

Your servant,

Dhira Krsna dasa