Guest guest Posted December 12, 2000 Report Share Posted December 12, 2000 JAYA JAGANNATHA! Dear Samir, Namaste. > Dear List Members: > > Can someone throw some light on how to visualize movement of Rahu and > ketu axis? I tried to interpret after reading but I can't figure out > how they really move in zodiac?!! > Thanks Please remember, that Rahu and Ketu are chaya-grahas, i.e. having no physical body, so their calculation does not necessarily rely upon actual astronomical movements of heavenly bodies. Usually thet are identified as the north and sout nodes of the Moon, i.e. taken as positioned on the intersection of the tracks followed by the Moon and the Sun as viewed from the Earth. This same position is taken in western astrology, and they call it true nodes. Many ephemeris tables will give it. But we may see that true nodes will turn direct from time to time, although they basically go into the retrograde direcion. But Maharishi Parashara is defining the nodes as being always retrograde. So for the actual position of the nodes we take that they move always beckwards with a constant angular speed. This is called mean nodes and this is suggested for use in chart reading, as the mean nodes will actually be always retrograde and thus will be able to act as karmic control planets. Most Jyotish programs have the option of choosing from the two methods of calculation. Yours Gauranga Das Vedic Astrologer <gauranga Phone:+36-309-140-839 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 20, 2000 Report Share Posted December 20, 2000 Dear Samir & Gauranga aS PER THE SHASTRA, THE NODES ARE POLES APART IN NATURE, CHARACTER AND GOALS AND ARE ALWAYS RETROGRADE. this last is possible for what is popularly called mean nodes. " Mean' in every sence!! Sanjay Rath - Gauranga Das <gauranga <varahamihira > Tuesday, December 12, 2000 6:29 AM Re: [sri Guru] Rahu-Ketu as Shadow Planets > JAYA JAGANNATHA! > > Dear Samir, > > Namaste. > > > > Dear List Members: > > > > Can someone throw some light on how to visualize movement of Rahu and > > ketu axis? I tried to interpret after reading but I can't figure out > > how they really move in zodiac?!! > > Thanks > > Please remember, that Rahu and Ketu are chaya-grahas, i.e. having no physical body, so > their calculation does not necessarily rely upon actual astronomical movements of heavenly > bodies. Usually thet are identified as the north and sout nodes of the Moon, i.e. taken as > positioned on the intersection of the tracks followed by the Moon and the Sun as viewed > from the Earth. This same position is taken in western astrology, and they call it true > nodes. Many ephemeris tables will give it. But we may see that true nodes will turn direct > from time to time, although they basically go into the retrograde direcion. But Maharishi > Parashara is defining the nodes as being always retrograde. So for the actual position of > the nodes we take that they move always beckwards with a constant angular speed. This is > called mean nodes and this is suggested for use in chart reading, as the mean nodes will > actually be always retrograde and thus will be able to act as karmic control planets. Most > Jyotish programs have the option of choosing from the two methods of calculation. > > Yours > > Gauranga Das Vedic Astrologer > <gauranga > Phone:+36-309-140-839 > > OM TAT SAT > Archive: varahamihira > Info: varahamihira/info.html > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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