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"Ever since my first journey to India I have desired to share the knowledge I was fortunate enough to receive. I have also felt a need to dispel some rather major misconceptions, the main one being the fact that Hindu astrology is extraordinarily difficult. This is not true, as will soon... read more
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Ever since my first journey to India I have desired to share the knowledge I was forunate enough to receive.
Table of Contents edit
Prologue
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Warning
1. The Hindu Zodiac
2. Planetary Symbols, Direction Indicators & Body Rulerships
3. The Chakra--The Birthchart
4. The Navamsa--The One-Ninth Division (Marriage Chart)
5. Grahas--The Planets
a. The Sun
b. The Moon
c. Mars
d. Mercury
e. Jupiter
f. Venus
g. Saturn
h. Rahu and Ketu
6. Bhavas--The Horoscope Houses
7. Rasis--The Zodiac Signs
8. Gaining Perspective of the Hindu System
9. Friendships Between Planets
10. Planetary Powers
11. House Rulerships
12. Drishtis--Planetary Aspects
13. Shad Bala--Determining Planetary Strengths
14. The Effect of Retrograde Planets
15. House Karakas--House Indicators
16. Kujadosha--Mars Affliction Affecting Married Life
17. Upayes--Antidotes for Planetary Afflictions (Gemstones and Mantras)
18. Planets in Houses
a. 1st House--House of the Body
b. 2nd House--House of Finances
c. 3rd House--House of Siblings
d. 4th House--House of Happiness and Comforts
e. 5th House--House of Children
f. 6th House--House of Enemies
g. 7th House--House of Wife
h. 8th House--House of Death
i. 9th House--House of Fortune
j. 10th House--House of Activities (Occupation)
k. 11th House--House of Gains and Profits
l. 12th House--House of Expenditure and Loss
19. Vimsottari Dasa System of Prediction
20. Delineation of Dasa Bhuktis--The Planetary Periods
21. Transits--Predicting Marriage, Pregnancy, Homes & Cars, Etc.
22. Maturity of Planets--When Planets Give Their Full Effects
23. Yogas--Planetary Unions
24. Horoscopes of Famous People
a. Richard Nixon
b. John Lennon
c. John F. Kennedy
d. Marilyn Monroe
e. Lyndon Baines Johnson
f. Jackie Onassis
g. Werner Erhard
h. Francis Ford Coppola
i. Paul Newman
j. Mahatma Gandhi
k. Muhammed Ali
l. Martin Luther King
m. Jimmy Carter
n. John Glenn
o. Baba Ram Das
25. Vargas--The 16 Divisional Charts
26. Chaleta Bhava Kundali--The Diurnal Chart Predictive Method
27. Ashtaka Varga--Eight-fold Division System
28. Nakshatras--Lunar Mansions
29. Free Will vs. Predestiny
30. A Final Note
31. Ecclesiastes Excerpt
32. Glossary
33. Bibliography
34. Hermetician Press Services
Glossary edit
- Amrita: Describe this term.
- Antara dasa
- Artha
- Ascendant
- Ascetic
- Atma: The soul.
- Atmakaraka
- Ayanamsa
- Ayaya bhava: House of gains & profits. 11th house.
- ayush karaka: Indicator of longevity. Saturn is ayush-karaka.
- Benefic
- Bhagya bhava: House of fortune. 9th house.
- Bhava: House.
- Bhukti: Planetary subperiod within a dasa or major period. There are 9 bhuktis (1 for each planet) in each dasa.
- Brihaspati: One of the Hindu names for Jupiter.
- Buddha: Hindu name for Mercury
- Chakra: Wheel. In this usage, the horoscope.
- Chandra: Hindu name for Moon.
- Chandra lagna: Moon ascendant. The procedure of delineating the horoscope using the Moon sign as the 1st house. Not a separate process but a basic ingredient of analysis, performed simultaneously with ordinary birthchart examination.
- Conjunction
- Combustion
- Dasa: Period of time during which a person's life is under the influence of a particular planet. There are 40 known dasa systems, the most popular one being the Vimsottari.
- Dhana bhava: House of wealth. 2nd house.
- Dharma: Way of life. Duty. One's proper action or work in the world. One of the 4 functions of human life according to Hindu philosophy.
- Dik bala
- Drishti
- Dusthana
- Ephemeris
- Exchange of signs
- Gandanta
- Gnana: Wisdom or discrimination. An intellectual path to enlightenment used by Hindus.
- Gnana karaka: indicator of discrimination. Ketu is gnana karaka.
- Graha: Planet
- Guru: Spiritual guide, teacher or preceptor. Also, one of the Hindu names for the planet Jupiter.
- Hemmed in
- Jaimini: Another Hindu system of astrology, not as popular as the Parasara system given in this text.
- Jaya bhava: House of wife (spouse). 7th house.
- Jyotish: Hindu name for astrology.
- Kama: Desire. One of the 4 functions of human life according to Hindu philosophy.
- Karaka: Astrological indicator, e.g., the Sun is karaka of father.
- Karma: Activities. The philosophy of cause and effect. Reaping the effects of past actions, including those from previous lives.
- Karma bhava: House of activities (occupation). 10th house.
- Kendra: Angular house. The 1st, 4th, 7th,and 10th.
- Ketu: The Moon's descending or South node.
- Kuja: One of the Hindu names for Mars.
- Kujadosha: Mars affliction. A condition spoiling married life.
- Lagna: Ascendant or 1st house.
- Lord: Same as house ruler.
- Malefic
- Mangal: One of the Hindu names of Mars.
- Mangaldosha: Same as Kujadosha.
- Mantra
- Maraka
- Moksha
- Moksha karaka: Indicator of moksha. Ketu is moksha karaka. 12th house is also related to moksha.
- Mrityu bhava: House of death. 8th house.
- Natal: Pertaining to the horoscope based on the exact time and place of birth.
- Navamsa
- Neecha
- Neechabhanga
- Papa: Malefic planet
- Papakarthari: A debilitating condition due to the Moon being hemmed in on both sides by malefic planets.
- Parasara: Most popular system of Hindu astrology and the one taught in this text.
- Peedya
- Planetary war
- Poorvapunya: Specific credit from past-life efforts destined to appear in this lifetime.
- Prasna
- Progression
- Putra bhava: House of children. 5th house.
- Rahu: The Moon's ascending or North node.
- Rakshasa: A demon or evil being, according to Hindu scripture.
- Raja-yoga
- Raja-yogakaraka
- Rasi: A zodiac sign or constellation. The natal horoscope is referred to as the rasi chart.
- Ravi: One of the Hindu names of the Sun.
- Sahaja Bhava: House of siblings. 3rd house.
- Sanskrit
- Sani: One of the Hindu names for Saturn.
- Satru bhava: House of enemies. 6th house.
- Sattwa: purity
- Satvic: Of a pure, creative, or life-supporting nature.
- Setting planet: Planet in 7th house.
- Shad bala
- Shaivites: Disciples of Lord Shiva
- Shiva: One of the 3 main Hindu Gods. The God of destruction.
- Sidereal zodiac
- Soma: One of the Hindu names for the Moon.
- Sukha bhava: House of happiness & comforts. 4th house.
- Sukra: One of the Hindu names for Venus.
- Surya: One of the Hindu names for the Sun.
- Swakshetra
- Tajaka: One system of Hindu astrology. Less popular than Parasara.
- Tamasic: Of a lethargic or destructive nature.
- Thanu bhava: House of the body. 1st house.
- Transit
- Trikona
- Tropical zodiac
- Ucha: Exalted. A planet occupying the sign where it gives its finest results.
- Upachaya
- Upaye
- Varga: One of the 16 divisional charts based on fractions of each sign in a natal horoscope.
- Vargottama
- Vedas
- Vidasa: Same as antara dasa
- Vishnu: One of the 3 main Gods of the Hindus. The God known as the great maintainer of preserver.
- Vyaya: Malefic
- Vyaya bhava: House of expenditure & loss. 12th house.
- Yoga: Union. In this case, planetary unions which produce specific effects.
- Yogakaraka
Authors & Contributors edit
- James T. Braha (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Hermetician Press
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Publication Date: 1986
ISBN: 0935895000
Page Count: 349
Publisher: Hermetician Press
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ISBN: 0935895000
Page Count: 349
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