Panchakshara Manthiram Namasivaya

Thirumurai 12.21

சொற்றுணை வேதியன் 

   என்னுந் தூமொழி

நற்றமிழ் மாலையா 

   நமச்சி வாயவென்

றற்றமுன் காக்கும்அஞ் 

   செழுத்தை அன்பொடு

பற்றிய உணர்வினால் 

   பதிகம் பாடினார். 

பெருகிய அன்பினர் 

   பிடித்த பெற்றியால் 

அருமல ரோன்முதல் 

   அமரர் வாழ்த்துதற்

கரியஅஞ் செழுத்தையும் 

   அரசு போற்றிடக்

கருநெடுங் கடலினுட் 

   கல்மி தந்ததே. 

அப்பெருங் கல்லும்அங் 

   கரசு மேல்கொளத்

தெப்பமாய் மிதத்தலில் 

   செறித்த பாசமும்

தப்பிய ததன்மிசை 

   இருந்த தாவில்சீர்

மெய்ப்பெருந் தொண்டனார் 

   விளங்கித் தோன்றினார். 

இருவினைப் பாசமும் 

   மலக்கல் ஆர்த்தலின்

வருபவக் கடலில்வீழ் 

   மாக்கள் ஏறிட

அருளுமெய் அஞ்செழுத் 

   தரசை இக்கடல்

ஒருகல்மேல் ஏற்றிடல் 

   உரைக்க வேண்டுமோ. 

அருள்நயந் தஞ்செழுத் 

   தேத்தப் பெற்றஅக்

கருணைநா வரசினைத் 

   திரைக்க ரங்களால்

தெருள்நெறி நீர்மையின் 

   சிரத்தில் தாங்கிட

வருணனுஞ் செய்தனன் 

   முன்பு மாதவம். 

வாய்ந்தசீர் வருணனே வாக்கின் மன்னரைச்

சேர்ந்தடை கருங்கலே சிவிகை ஆயிட 

ஏந்தியே கொண்டெழுந் தருளு வித்தனன்

பூந்திருப் பாதிரிப் புலியூர்ப் பாங்கரில்.

அத்திருப் பதியினில் 

   அணைந்த அன்பரை

மெய்த்தவக் குழாமெலாம் 

   மேவி ஆர்த்தெழ

எத்திசை யினும்அர 

   வென்னும் ஓசைபோல்

தத்துநீர்ப் பெருங்கடல் 

   தானும் ஆர்த்ததே. 

  

தொழுந்தகை நாவினுக் 

   கரசுந் தொண்டர்முன்

செழுந்திருப் பாதிரிப் 

   புலியூர்த் திங்கள்வெண்

கொழுந்தணி சடையரைக் 

   கும்பிட் டன்புற

விழுந்தெழுந் தருள்நெறி 

   விளங்கப் பாடுவார்.

126. With the pure and sublime words: "Sol Tunai Vetiyan" 

He began to sing his divine Tamil garland; 

He hymned the decad holding fast thereto 

In loving consciousness NaMaSiVaYa, the Panchakshara, 

That abides with one and saves one from misery.

127. As he in flooding love held fast to the Panchakshara 

Which is not to be adequately hailed even by Brahma 

And other immortals, and as he truly hailed it 

The stone began to float on the dark sea.

128. The huge stone served as a throne for Arasu 

And became a float; the tight rope that fastened 

His divine person, got snapped; the servitor -- 

True and great, shone unharmed resplendent.

129. If the Panchakshara, can help embodied lives 

Fastened to the stone of Anava with the ropes 

Of twyfold deeds and thrown into the sea of life 

Reach the shore of eternal life without getting drowned, 

Is it then a wonder that it wafted ashore Arasu 

Fastened to a mere stone, from this sea?

130. With his billowy hands Varuna upbore 

Tirunavukkarasu -- the embodiment of compassion, 

The one borne aloft by the mystic pentad --, 

Fully conscious of his glory; great indeed is 

The tapas wrought by Varuna, of yore, 

To bear on his crown the holy servitor.

 

131. Ever-glorious Varuna converting the black stone 

Into a palanquin, bore the lord of the Logos; 

Blessed to carry him thus, he conveyed him 

Near to flowery Tiruppatirippuliyoor.

132. Holy throngs of devotees -- tapaswis true --, gathered 

In the holy place at which the servitor arrived 

And roared vociferously in delight great; 

Like the sound of "Hara!Hara!" issuing from 

All directions, the billowy main too resounded.

133. Worshipful Tirunavukkarasar with the holy company 

Adored the Lord of Tiruppatirippuliyoor who sports 

In his matted hair the white crescent; he prostrated 

Before Him, rose up and sang hymns that the way 

Of divine grace might in the world shine very well.

Letter of God

Thirumurai 11.1

1. மதிமலி புரிசை மாடக் கூடற்
பதிமிசை நிலவு பால்நிற வரிச்சிற
கன்னம் பயில்பொழில் ஆல வாயின்
மன்னிய சிவன்யான் மொழிதரு மாற்றம்
பருவக் கொண்மூப் படியெனப் பாவலர்க்

கொருமையின் உரிமையின் உதவி ஒளிதிகழ்
குருமா மதிபுரை குலவிய குடைக்கீழ்ச்
செருமா உகைக்கும் சேரலன் காண்க
பண்பால் யாழ்பயில் பாண பத்திரன்
தன்போல் என்பால் அன்பன் தன்பாற்

காண்பது கருதிப் போந்தனன்
மாண்பொருள் கொடுத்து வரவிடுப் பதுவே.

mathimali purisai maadak kooda'r
pathimisai :nilavu paal:ni'ra varichchi'ra
kannam payilpozhil aala vaayin
manniya sivanyaan mozhitharu maa'r'ram
paruvak ko'nmoop padiyenap paavalark

korumaiyin urimaiyin uthavi o'lithikazh
kurumaa mathipurai kulaviya kudaikkeezhch
serumaa ukaikkum saeralan kaa'nka
pa'npaal yaazhpayil paa'na paththiran
thanpoal enpaal anpan thanpaa'r

kaa'npathu karuthip poa:nthanan
maa'nporu'l koduththu varavidup pathuvae.

Meaning of song:

This is the letter spoken by the shiva, Who is stationed
at thiruvAlavAy of milky feathered swan wandering gardens
in the nAn mADak kUDal on the walls of which the moon
wanders.

It is to the attention of the chEran, who rides the combative
elephant under the brilliant beautiful full moon like canopy,
supporting the poets peerlessly and with ownership
like the clouds of monsoon.

pANar (by name) badhdhiran, who by nature plays yAz,
like yourself is loveful towards Me.
He is set in the journey to see you.
Give huge treasures (material) and let come back.

Notes:
1. This song is composed by the God Itself!
How gifted is thamiz to have the God Itself
compose songs in it! How great are the
authors of thirumuRai - to have the Supreme
also as one among them!! How immeasurable
is the glory of the one to whom God addressed
this letter and the one who got the recommendation!!
2. This song is in the form "From, To, Subject" for
a letter. The Lord of madurai wrote this to the chEra
king chEramAn perumAL nAyanAr recommending
for the poet badhdhiranAr to provide material
support. The great emperor showered the exchequer.
Because the Lord had mentioned that he should also
allow badhdhirar to return back to madhurai (God is
so interested in hearing badhdhirar's worship through
music),  he had to say bye to the devotee.
chEkkizAr details this incident in the purANam of
chEramAn perumAL nAyanAr.
3. puricai - wall; mARRam - word; koNmU - cloud;
kuru - charm; purai - like; ceru mA - combative animal;
ukaithhtal - riding; mAN - huge.

Remedies Ketu serving the community

Rahu and Kethu in different houses can be easily predict because these Rahu and Kethu influence the houses it occupies and never rule any houses.   People kethu in different bhavas , we can immediately predict by the placement of kethu in the house, how to balance the impact of kethu 12 ? 

Classic prediction Kethu 12 = spiritual gain or material losses both in same coin. 

Answer: 

The rahu/kethu axis is a karmic dilemma that people miss even though it is one of the most obvious to balance.  Watch the rahu/kethu axis itself. You needn't go far. Where kethu 12 can be a major problem for the subject, the balance will come from his rahu 6. Where his kethu 12 suggests that he will go through 12 house effects for granted to such an extent that 'it becomes a problem because he takes it for granted', he should put his energies in the 'working platform' suggested by rahu 6. In this case, by 'serving the community'. Try this, and liberate yourself. 

Namasivaya

Sun and Moon Relationships

More planets in bright phase is day life person

More planets in dark phase is night person

New moon or Full moon - sensitive.

Full Moon - Mood swing



What you can on Bright Phase?
Do thing to get something out of it, energy comes in, receving the oppurtunity can see

What you can do Dark Phase ?  
Charity, give back something, give away, send away or throw away.


Significance of thithi what can be done
Thithi sukla paksha - To receving energy
Thithi krisna paksha - To give away

What can be done on Moon Vara ?
Thingal (Moon)  - New experiences, starting a project, planting a seed,
beginning new business, Housing Warming and Family Gathering.

All planets will do good to devotees

Thirumurai 2.85

1. வேயுறு தோளிபங்கன் விடமுண்டகண்டன் மிகநல்ல வீணை தடவி
மாசறு திங்கள்கங்கை முடிமே லணிந்தென் உளமே புகுந்த அதனால்
ஞாயிறு திங்கள்செவ்வாய் புதன்வியாழம் வெள்ளி சனிபாம் பிரண்டு முடனே
ஆசறுநல்லநல்ல வவைநல்ல நல்ல அடியா ரவர்க்கு மிகவே.

Sivan who has a lady whose shoulders resemble green bamboo, on one half
The portion between two joints are compared to the shoulder has a neck that consumed the poison.
playing on an excellent vinai without defects. adorning his head with a spotless crescent and Kankai on account of the fact that he entered into my mind.
the sun, the moon, the mars, the mercury, the jupiter, the venus, the saturn, the rahu and Ketu which are in the form of snakes all making up nine planets.
will do good without any defect they are exceedingly beneficial to devotees.

2. என்பொடு கொம்பொடாமை யிவைமார் பிலங்க எருதேறி யேழை யுடனே
பொன்பொதி மத்தமாலை புனல்சூடி வந்தென் உளமே புகுந்த அதனால்
ஒன்பதொ டொன்றொடேழு பதினெட்டொ டாறும் உடனாய நாள்க ளவைதாம்
அன்பொடு நல்லநல்ல வவைநல்ல நல்ல அடியா ரவர்க்கு மிகவே.

ornaments such as bones, hog`s tusk, and the sheel of a tortoise to shine in the chest.
riding on a bull, with a lady.
on account of the fact that Sivan entered into my mind, wearing a garland of datura flowers which have inside them gold.
the ninth star Ayiliyam, the tenth star Magam the sixteenth star  Visakam, the 18th star Kettai, the sixth star Thiruvathirai the other stars, Barani, Karttikai, Puram, Cittirai, Swathi, puratam and purattati are exceedingly good with love.

Therefore, all the days that are considered inauspicious are good without any blemish. They are very good to the devotees indeed.

Ayiliyam - Mercury, Rasi (Katakam)
Magam - Ketu, Rasi (Simha)
Visakam - Jupiter, Rasi (Thulam, Vrichigam)
Kettai - Mercury, Rasi (Vrichigam)
Thiruvathirai - Rahu, (Mithunam)

3. உருவளர் பவளமேனி யொளிநீ றணிந்து உமையோடும் வெள்ளை விடைமேல்
முருகலர் கொன்றைதிங்கண் முடிமே லணிந்தென் உளமே புகுந்த அதனால்
திருமகள் கலையதூர்தி செயமாது பூமி திசைதெய்வ மான பலவும்
அருநெதி நல்லநல்ல வவைநல்ல நல்ல அடியா ரவர்க்கு மிகவே.

smearing the bright sacred ash on the body which is red like coral whose colour is increasing.
seated on a white bull with Umai.
wearing on the head konrai of spreading fragrance and a crescent.
on account of the fact that Sivan entered into my mind.
the goddess of wealth.
Dhurgai, the goddess of victory who has a vehicle of a stag.
this earth.
the many deities that guard the directions.
are exceedingly good like the rare wealth.

Therefore, all deities such as Lakshmi (goddess of wealth), Durga (goddess of victory), mother earth, and guardians of the various quarters are good like rare wealth. They are very good to the devotees indeed.

4. மதிநுதன் மங்கையோடு வடபா லிருந்து மறையோது மெங்கள் பரமன்
நதியொடு கொன்றைமாலை முடிமே லணிந்தென் உளமே புகுந்த அதனால்
கொதியுறு காலனங்கி நமனோடு தூதர் கொடுநோய்க ளான பலவும்
அதிகுணம் நல்லநல்ல வவைநல்ல நல்ல அடியா ரவர்க்கு மிகவே

our supreme being, Sivan, who chants the vetams sitting under the banyan tree along with a lady whose forehead is like the crescent as he has entered into my mind having adorned his head with a river and a garland of konrai flowers.
the god of death who has fierce anger.
the god of fire.
the naman who carries out the commands of the god of death, his messengers, and many cruel dieases.
are exceedingly good by their good nature.

Therefore, angry Kalan, fire, Yama and his messengers, and various deadly diseases are very good. They are very good to the devotees indeed.

5. நஞ்சணி கண்டன்எந்தை மடவாள்த னோடும் விடையேறு நங்கள் பரமன்
துஞ்சிருள் வன்னிகொன்றை முடிமே லணிந்தென் உளமே புகுந்த அதனால்
வெஞ்சின அவுணரோடு உருமிடியும் மின்னும் மிகையான பூத மவையும்
அஞ்சிடு நல்லநல்ல வவைநல்ல நல்ல அடியா ரவர்க்கு மிகவே

Sivan who has a neck that adds beauty of the poison;
our father.
our supreme god, Sivan who rides on a bull along with a beautiful lady.
adorning his head with leaves of indian mesquit and konrai flowers.
as he entered into my mind when all things are in sound sleep;
the great elements, lightning, the dreadful thunder along with the avunar of cruel anger will be afraid of us.
they will be exceedingly good.

Therefore, dreadfully angry asuras, roaring thunder, lightning, and all the elements will be afraid (of us) and be very good. They are very good to the devotees indeed.

6. வாள்வரிய தளதாடை வரிகோ வணத்தர் மடவாள் தனோடு உடனாய்
நாண்மலர் வன்னிகொன்றை நதிசூடி வந்தென் உளமே புகுந்த அதனால்
கோளரி யுழுவையோடு கொலையானை கேழல் கொடுநாக மோடு கரடி
ஆளரி நல்லநல்ல வவைநல்ல நல்ல அடியா ரவர்க்கு மிகவே

Sivan who has a fastened loin-cloth and a dress of the skin of a tiger which has stripes like the sickle.
along with a beautiful lady.
as he entered into my mind wearing konrai which blossoms in the early morning, leaves of indian mesquit and a river.
monkeys which can kill, tiger, elephant which can kill, wilder boar, cruel cobras, bears and lions;
are exceedingly good.

Therefore, powerful deadly tigers, elephants, boars, cobras, bears, and lions are very good. They are very good to the devotees indeed.

7. செப்பிள முலைநன்மங்கை யொருபாக மாக விடையேறு செல்வ னடைவார்
ஒப்பிள மதியுமப்பும் முடிமே லணிந்தென் உளமே புகுந்த அதனால்
வெப்பொடு குளிரும்வாத மிகையான பித்தும் வினையான வந்து நலியா
அப்படி நல்லநல்ல வவைநல்ல நல்ல அடியா ரவர்க்கு மிகவே

when the good natured lady who has breasts like the lid of the casket is one half of his body.
the god, Sivan who rides on a bull.
as he entered into my mind wearing a young crescent which has no comparison and water which reached him.
fever, cold fits, the ten vital airs of the body, excessive bile, acts are of such of a good nature as not to afflict us reaching us.

Therefore, all kinds of fevers, chills, and diseases that are caused by imbalance of bodily fluids, etc. will not cause any trouble. They are very good. They are very good to the devotees indeed.

8. வேள்பட விழிசெய்தன்று விடைமே லிருந்து மடவாள் தனோடும் உடனாய்
வாண்மதி வன்னிகொன்றை மலர்சூடி வந்தென் உளமே புகுந்த அதனால்
ஏழ்கடல் சூழிலங்கை அரையன்ற னோடும் இடரான வந்து நலியா
ஆழ்கடல் நல்லநல்ல வவைநல்ல நல்ல அடியா ரவர்க்கு மிகவே

opening the frontal eye to destroy Vel (Cupid) in the distant past.
seated on a bull united with a beautiful lady.
as he entered into my mind, wearing a bright crescent, leaves of indian mesquit and flowers of konrai, coming to me out of his free will.
sufferings will not inflict us pain along with the King of Ilankai surrounded by surging ocean.
the deep ocean is exceedingly good.

Therefore, we will have no troubles from Ravana, (the king of Lanka surrouned by the seven seas), and other afflictions. The deep sea will be very good. They are very good to the devotees indeed.

9. பலபல வேடமாகும் பரனாரி பாகன் பசுவேறும் எங்கள் பரமன்
சலமக ளோடெருக்கு முடிமே லணிந்தென் உளமே புகுந்த அதனால்
மலர்மிசை யோனுமாலு மறையோடு தேவர் வருகால மான பலவும்
அலைகடல் மேருநல்ல வவைநல்ல நல்ல அடியா ரவர்க்கு மிகவே

the supreme being, Sivan who has very many forms, who has a lady on one half.
our supreme god, Sivan who rides on a bull.
as he entered into my mind having worn lady in a form of water and yarcum flowers.
Piraman who is seated on a flower, Mal, Vetams, the celestials and inauspicious time that comes to us, ocean which is always moving and Meru are good.
they are exceedingly beneficial to devotees.

Therefore, Brahma (who is seated on the lotus flower), Vishnu, Vedas, Devas, the future, the seas, the Meru mountain, etc. will be very good. They are very good to the devotees indeed.

10. கொத்தலர் குழலியோடு விசையற்கு நல்கு குணமாய வேட விகிர்தன்
மத்தமு மதியுநாக முடிமே லணிந்தென் உளமே புகுந்த அதனால்
புத்தரோ டமணைவாதில் அழிவிக்கும்அண்ணல் திருநீறு செம்மை திடமே
அத்தகு நல்லநல்ல வவைநல்ல நல்ல அடியா ரவர்க்கு மிகவே

Sivan who is different from this world and who assumed the form of a good natured hunter and granted a weapon to Vicayan, along with a lady on whose tresses of hair bunches of flowers blossom.
as he entered into my mind having adorned his head with datura flowers a crescent and a cobras.
the sacred ash will destroy the buddhists and the camanar in religious discussions.
its uprightress is definite.
they are exceedingly good, appropriate to that.

Therefore, Lord's holy ash will defeat the Buddhists and the Jains in the debates. Its greatness is certain. All will be very good. They are very good to the devotees indeed.
Siva is referred to as 'vikirdha' (vikrutha) - one who acts differently)

11. தேனமர் பொழில்கொளாலை விளைசெந்நெல் துன்னி வளர்செம்பொன் எங்கும் நிகழ
நான்முகன் ஆதியாய பிரமா புரத்து மறைஞான ஞான முனிவன்
தானுறு கோளுநாளும் அடியாரை வந்து நலியாத வண்ணம் உரைசெய்
ஆனசொல் மாலையோதும் அடியார்கள் வானில் அரசாள்வர் ஆணை நமதே

being abundant in sugar mills situated within gardens which have honey and red variety of superior paddy that is produced increasing superior gold is abundant everywhere.
Sampantan who possesses knowledge of Vetams and knowledge of god in Piramapuram which derives its name from Piraman of four faces.
the devotees who daily recite the garland of words which were done in order that the evil planets and stars may not approach and inflict suffering to devotees, will rule in heaven;the authority is ours.

He has sung this garland of words to dispel the ill effects caused by planets, stars, and other such things so that the devotees do not suffer. Those devotees who chant this padhigam (set of songs) will rule the heavens. It is Our command!

Kemadruma Moon

That means, the there's no planets in front nor behind to support the Moon.

An unsupported moon such as this is called a kemadruma moon.

Largely regarded as bereft of strength, the subject's life experiences will be

almost listless resulting from the lack of opportunities and even the

lack of motivation on his part. Traditionally, associating with such

persons would be beneficial and therefore not recommended.

While I have seen this in my own records of thousands of natal cases,

I am still intrigued by the fact that one of the favorite techniques in

muhurtha is to avoid giving neighbors to moon for a truly auspicious

timing for the undertaking of crucial events. Instead, the astrologer

is recommended to empower particularly relevant karakas governing the

nature of the event. Yet, the moon is placed highly in formulating a

healthy chart. So when you read between the lines, the ancient masters

themselves had divergent opinions with this dictum.

What happens if you don’t even know your birth date?

Then really, don’t go to an astrologer unless you’re ready to go a lengthy process called Birth Rectification. That might take hours if not weeks plus a lot of interaction with you to confirm your most likely chart. What the diligent astrologer (difficult to find them for free) would have to do is to keep on fine-tuning some of your horoscopic positions. He would probably start by placing your ascendant somewhere he thinks relevant, and with that, he’d try to read the chart as a whole and see if it fits with your life events. If it doesn’t, or he thinks it’s not conclusive enough, he’d continue adjusting the chart with other “what if” positions. This part of the work is so specialized that some astrologers offer this service only to other professional astrologers who need this work done for their very important clients.

There is one other way whereby you don’t need to give your birth particulars, and that would be when you use the services of a “horary” astrologer. Obviously, this is a professional astrologer who is adept at using a special branch of astrology called Horary Astrology. That’s where you ask a very specific question, and you get a very specific answer to that question on the spot. But that horoscope cannot be used for anything else. But even these professional astrologers report that their horary techniques are used best when used in conjunction with a reliable birth chart.

Why does the astrologer require reliable birth particulars?

The basic idea of needing your birth particulars is because he needs to calculate the astronomical positions for the time that you were born. How did the galaxy look like? That is what the horoscope is about. So, the astrologer uses the birth particulars so that he is able to see the configuration of the planets in the zodiac during the precise moment of birth. Astrology uses the picture of the galaxy at your moment of birth as its model to make predictions. Pyromancy diviners use the “configurations” of the melting wax of the burning candle to “see” the things that they interpret into their predictions, tea readers see how the tea leaves position themselves at the bottom of your cup to make their predictions, and astrology uses the galactic configuration of the planetary bodies for its predictions. So imagine what happens when your astrologer does not get reliable birth particulars to work with? He simply does not get to see the accurate picture of the galactic configuration during the subject’s actual birth moment, and he simply would not be able to reliably relate what he sees to your true life experiences. So what do you want to do? You want your birth particulars (especially your birth time) as correctly possible.

What’s the difference between the Sun Signs and the Personal Birth chart?

What you’ve always called your personal sign is what astrologers call your Sun Sign. No real astrologer uses this. But this is what people generally use and refer to at party chats. It’s anything but personal. The sun occupies a zodiacal sign for a whole month. So what this kind of sun sign astrology says is, if the sidereal sun occupies the general zodiac sign Capricorn between 15 January and 15 February, and you were born anywhere between those dates, just like a few million other people, then you are all Capricorn people. This is technically true. But what is wrong, is to think that you and your millions of other Capricorn siblings all behave precisely like how a Capricorn should, and should exhibit similar Capricorn attributes, and go through the typical life experiences that a Capricorn should. It is this basic assumption that has put real astrology to shame. The popularity of this uneducated assumption is the continued cause of the “educated” people’s general argument against astrology. You need to know that nothing so oversimplified and general can offer anything so precise and individualistic. If you want to know the specifics of your own life, then you need to get the astrologer to work on your personal chart (there cannot be another similar one; with the exception of twins). And you only get the best of this when you give your personal birth particulars.

Cuspal Packages: how to handle the cuspal positions effectively

flow:

-          common problem: so which sign or house is it really in?

-          retrogressive: to ask before you predict, is to be retrogressive

-          progressive: to predict before you check, is progressive and daring

-          need to yearn for feedback and develop documentation habits

Most beginning students have problems with cuspal positions. These are positions that border and straddle any two signs or houses. For instance, see illustration 1. The Ascendant is Gemini 12 degrees. Mars is Cancer 11 degrees.

Maharishi Parasara would have regarded Mars as being in the second house because he paid no special focus to the importance of the degree locations. For so long as Mars is in that square after the one that contains the Lagna, Mars is in the 2^nd house; doesn’t matter if Mars is in 4 degrees Cancer, or 28 degrees Cancer.

Today, we’re more particular about the planetary longitudes (and even latitude). Reckoning it by the Equal House school (where every house has a span of 30 degrees), then the first house spans between 12 degrees Gemini and 12 degrees Cancer; and any planet falling in that space is said to be in the first house.

But if Mars was at 14 degrees, then it would not be in the first house anymore, but the second house. Of course, the Parasara school would still consider that as the second house.

Unfortunately, things are not as absolute as how some scholars make it out to be, no matter what tradition has to say. For instance, my own experience tells me to be suspicious of all cuspal or borderline cases. In the above example, I have the following concerns:

Ø   Parasara would say that Mars is in the 2^nd house

Ø   Modern work tells me to treat that as the 1^st house

Ø   But I am also concerned that Mars is very close to the cusp of the 2^nd house

This is what I do, and I have used this successfully in my professional consultations:

Mars is technically in the 1^st house, but I would still explore what Parasara would have said, and even pay higher regard to the fact that it is “stronger with” the 2^nd house by virtue of its proximity with the border of that house. I would consider that for this case, Mars offers a package of 1^st and 2^nd house events together.

These are two basic things I would suspect about the subject: he would be an active person who prefers to be in the action, and he would often have difficulties managing his personal finances. Between the two experiences, his financial challenge is weighed more significantly than his preference for activity. The moment I am able to confirm this, I would know the sway of the borderline planet, and make my refinements from there. So at this point, I would strongly recommend that the beginning student give more weight to the house cusp with which the borderline planet has proximity.

In the above case, if Mars is in Cancer 11 degrees, and the 2^nd house cusp is Cancer 12 degrees, then say: Mars is in the 1^st house, but stronger in the 2^nd house, giving results of both such houses, but especially so the results of the 2^nd house. And if Mars is at Cancer 14 degrees, then say: Mars is in the 2^nd house, and “strongly so”.

As you proceed with your astrological studies, you will see that different planets may behave different in giving their results. For instance, some planets give their results somewhere in the middle of a sign while some others do so when at the beginning or end of the signs. Also, house effects may be experienced less at the beginning, more certainly mid way through, and peak off towards the end, and drop-off at the tip, only to begin feebly again at the start of the next house, and continues that way through the houses. Your awareness of house effects will become sharper as you continue with your observations of random cases.

Basic in Prediction Making

There are various schools of astrology. What you are about to learn here are root fundamentals and universal. You cannot get more basic than this. This is all you will need for many years of good prediction-making.

How to use the thithi

How to use the thithi

For most followers of Jyotisha, the day is reckoned by the auspicities of the daily thithi. Unfortunately, while this is a major part of the angas of classical astrology, its general use is oversimplified and almost useless for personal application. Truly, to use the auspicities of the thithi across the board for a whole population is a shame.  This reminds me of the same argument astrologers argue over the personally significant natal chart and general sun sign readings for the masses.

The auspicities implied by any thithi must be measured against the subject’s own natal thithi. The personal nativity is the crucial backdrop that all other astrological dynamics must be measured against. This is the essence that determines the personal significance of that moment for the native.

For instance, an auspicious thithi for a day may produce average results for one native, while it may bring optimum results for another; or, an inauspicious thithi might produce disastrous results for one, while it might produce mild disappointment to another. There is not just a type of experience, but also the texture of the experience. Where one subject might experience a loss, he might be psychologically relieved that it happened. Another subject might experience a similar loss, but his inner pain is many times more than the first subject.  And the “good” or “bad” interpretation of the experience of the day can happen in a combination of ways.

The thithi is a dynamic soli-lunar return for the individual. Unlike a solar return that is determined when the sun returns to the exact degree occupied during the birth of a native, the thithi is measured not just by the moon’s return to a certain spot, but particularly to the same exact spot away from the sun; which is always moving (relative to earth). I am amazed at how the ancients took the trouble to track and tabulate this meticulous soli-lunar relationship because the knowledge to do this requires precise algorithms.

Strange as it may seem, there is not much written on the precise applications of the thithi in spite of the fact that great importance is given to it as a major factor to determine daily auspicities for personal undertakings. For instance, a noted scholar produced a major 300-page work on jyotisha but devoted a tiny footnote to describing how to determine the thithi but hardly two sentences on its application. The general idea apparently, is that the soli-lunar relationship for any given date determines whether that particular day is auspiciousness or not, for that day, for everyone.

To determine the thithi of any individual, take the geocentric longitudes of the sun and the moon. Determine how far the moon has moved away from the sun in longitudes, and see how many blocks of twelve degrees that would have made since one thithi is 12 degrees of zodiacal arc. Imagining the sun to be the starting point for your measurement, the formula would therefore be simply:

(MN – SN) / 12 = x.R

where,

MN = the Moon’s geocentric longitude

SN = the Sun’s geocentric longitude

x = how many thithis have passed

R = the current thithi

For example, Sun is at Aquarius 12dg 57mns, or 312.57, and Moon is at Mithuna 6dg 44mns or 66.44. Using the formula, this would be:

((66.44 (+360.00)) – 312.57) / 12 = x.R

The native was therefore born in R thithi.

The onset of the native’s personal thithi is a dynamic day to consider every month. It is a period when the system prepares itself for a new cycle; a point of change. The individual system recoups, repairs, re-integrates, and prepares for a new becoming. It is a period of rest before the next surge. For the coming of age of a young lady, this is initiated by one or more planets (such as Mars) that act as a catalyst or anchor that work/s with this soli-lunar relationship. During such moments of change, one should avoid expending energies in order to allow for better internal maintenance. It is a period of rest and reflection. These moments are crucial moments for more effective meditation for the individual, just as the solar ingresses are fertile moments for the earth’s own recuperation and meditation.

Each thithi is 12 degrees in duration. Don’t forget, that this thithi is no more just the moon, but it represents the resulting sun-moon relationship. These lunar days are at the heart of lunar astrology, and it is extremely relevant here to revisit some lunar basics. In the horoscope, when the moon is in conjunction with the sun, it is called the New Moon. When it moves away from the sun and about 14 days later, sits across the sun in the zodiac, it is called the Full Moon. Then about that same amount of time after that, it goes back to meet with the sun, and makes the New Moon again. And so the relationship cycle continues. The waxing phase is when the moon is moving away in front of the sun, before the full moon. The waning phase is when the moon is coming behind and towards the sun, after the full moon.

The waxing phase is when nature’s currents are on the rise. They’re maturing towards completion. During such cycles, you want to get proactive with opportunities and plans. It’s time to exert your will and put together resources towards making things happen. Deliberating in this manner during such a phase would allow you to get best results with just sufficient effort, and it would appear as if everything is made easier for you.

The waning phase is when the currents are winding down. This moon cycle has just peaked away, and the powers are receding. It would be time to slow down, to reflect on recent efforts, and to allow things to gestate before one gets into action for the next phase. Deliberating in this manner during such a phase would make it easier to remove the things you don’t need, with less pain. There would be less of a shock, and you would find better strength to prepare for a renewal.

Classical astrology suggests that based on the moon cycle you were born in, your life would take on the properties of the phases. Being born in the waxing cycle, your personality would be rising towards things and your intrinsic style or philosophy would be more proactive. If waning, you would have an intrinsic preference to take things more easily and your philosophy can be more laid back. You would have more things to contend with. However, don’t sum up a person’s life by just the natal lunar phases. One thing I have learnt today, is not to make judgment without a full study of the whole natal chart.

The following are the classic and general auspicities of the thithis:

Waxing phase		Waning phase
1		1/16
2		2/17
3		3/18
4		4/19
5		5/20
6		6/21
7		7/22
8		8/23
9		9/24
10		10/25
11		11/26
12		12/27
13		13/28
14		14/29
15		15/30

The above red thithis, in both phases are inauspicious, and they are not recommended for any important undertakings. The earth is subject to this, and you are a small part of this earth. Your individuality is impacted by this, and your personal cycles have this as the backdrop to its expressions.

To begin with, the following is how you want to use your knowledge of thithis:

Know your personal thithi

if yours is among the black thithis above, then you are a +

if yours is among the red thithis above, then you are a –

To know the potency or personal auspicity of any future given day, do the following:

Determine the thithi for that day

if it is among the black thithis above, then it is a + day

if it is among the red thithis above, then it is a – day

Your weight for your judgment of the day will be as follows:

You are	Future day	Texture of currents for you	Comments
+	+	++	Strong likelihood that the currents will be on your side. Be proactive, and things will work with you, and for you.
	-	-+	You path will be set with challenges first, but things will work to your advantage.
-	-	--	Let things happen. Do not intervene. The currents are too strong against you.
	+	+-	Things look like opportunities to begin with, but would complicate matters.

There is more to be said about the thithis, but to practice good scholarship, you want to do the following:

open a fresh diary to track your daily events for the next 30 lunar days based on the above and make a faithful documentation with no bias.

Don’t worry about whether you’re psychologically charged to make things happen or not.

Just describe the events of the day, how you reacted to the situations (major or not), and finally, at the end of the day, how you assess the day to be a good day or not, and why you think so.

While this exercise should be solely based on the lunar day alone, you may want to make a note of any significant transits on any particular day for subsequent study.

Try very hard to do this for twelve months.

This single piece of work will give you years of pleasurable study and observation. You will find that there is so much more to observe, and yet there is more than sufficient material to reveal patterns in your life. I would be extremely happy if you would send me your own writings and observation on this astrological exercise. If you feel you need guidance on this, kindly email me, and I’ll see how I can help you the best way I can.

Ascendant - Lagna

The Ascendant

This is about the single most important part of the astrologer’s work. The ascendant is the riveting point that makes the difference in the analysis of the chart.

Opposed to what most people believe, the ascendant alone does not make for the wholeness of the person. For instance, just because a person’s Rising Sign or Ascendant is Taurus, does not mean his behavior and life experiences will be neatly packaged in a typical Taurus nutshell. This is the first assumption that many students of astrology make. In fact, I implore all of my students to divorce themselves from this misconception. It is a major untruth that gives astrology a bad name because it oversimplifies things the way astrology offers its truth. 

What you want to do is to take a few steps back and see the chart as a whole. Never zoom in too deep and miss out on what the other positions and configurations have to offer in the making of the subject’s life experiences. Every sign will play a role in the subject’s life, just as every planet would also give its own results.

No single sign tells the whole story of a person’s whole life. Rather, what tells would be the FOCUS of certain variables on some other factors and the intensities of their relationships. This can be a single strong position, or a strong unique relationship between two or more planets bearing on a certain house, or happening in a certain sign.

In the case above, the ascendant is Cancer. But to immediately start talking too much about his being a Cancer would be very wide off the mark. Experience tells us that for our case, you should immediately talk about his Capricorn issues because there is a major “presence” or focus in that part of the zodiac. It would be astrologically logical for his life events to “come through” Capricornian issues. As I have taught in my predictive classes, if at all you want to focus on “significant” issues in his life, you would want to “zoom in” on the Capricorn “presence” rather than his meager Cancer “contribution”.

But one of the most significant dangers a wrong ascendant placement can do is the shift of planetary rulerships. For instance, with his Cancer ascendant, Sun is the ruler of his 2^nd house. That makes Sun the significator of his personal finances. So the astrologer works with that in mind, making subsequent analyses based on that premise. But if his ascendant was placed in Gemini instead, then the 2^nd house would be Cancer, and the ruler of Cancer, the Moon, would be the ruler of his personal finances. Moon as the ruler of the 2^nd, and Sun as ruler of the 2^nd produce totally different astrological results because each has its own character and plays a different role when becoming rulers over certain houses.

I know of astrologers who take the ascendant flippantly, and I cannot regard them as serious practitioners. Astrology begins as a calculative science which every student must have serious regard for. It begins with the construction of the horoscope, and that part of it is a very objective science that the novice must commit to.

There two method  to calculate the ascendant. Two methods; the Local Sidereal Time method, and the Sunrise method.

The Local Sidereal Time method is currently about the most popular method. The sidereal time is given daily in the Ephemeris, based on Greenwich Mid Night. You may consider that as 8 hrs Malaysian Standard Time and do your calculations from there like how I would typically do it.

Then there is the Sunrise method. The results between the ascendant derived out of using the LST method and this Sunrise method will usually vary between 2 to 4 degrees. Till today, I use both methods and enjoy seeing the difference between the two and how it produces any difference in my analysis for the case, if at all. In most cases, a difference in nakshatra placement produces a different reading and the experience of the subject can tell you which reading is off track. If I had just stuck to the rasis, I couldn’t have seen the difference. But the nakshatras and their subsequent subs reveal a lot more than what is obvious at the superficial rasi level. This Sunrise method was advocated by the great father of Hindu astrology himself, the Maharishi Parasara. I have humbly gotten positive results with its use especially for cases closer to the equator. What I like about this method is that it’s less cumbersome. You just take the appropriate Sun’s longitude, do minimal working, and you’re there with the ascendant. It’s always good to keep in mind what differences there can be. That scholastic mindset can be a saving factor somewhere in the future. Experiment, enjoy, and share.

Note: Please don’t forget that with these tools, your final ascendant is Sayana (tropical zodiac). To get them down to the Nirayana (sidereal zodiac) which eastern practitioners use for predictive purposes, you would have to reduce your result by the Ayanamsa. So, Sayana ASCendant – Ayanamsa = Nirayana ASCendant.

Days of the Week and the Course of Breath

Tantra's 3.16 
மூன்றாம் தந்திரம் - 16. வார சரம்

Thirumanthiram on Vara's
பாடல் எண் : 791
வெள்ளிவெண் திங்கள் விளங்கும் புதன்இடம்
ஒள்ளிய மந்தன் இரவிசெவ் வாய்வலம்
வள்ளிய பொன்னே வளரும் பிறையிடம்
தெள்ளிய தேய்பிறை தான்வல மாமே. 

Days of the Week and the Course of Breath Through Left and Right Nadis

On Fridays, Mondays and Wednesdays,
Prana dominates in the nadi that is to left;
On Saturdays, Sundays and Tuesdays
It courses high in the right;
On Thursdays
Prana flows in the left
In the waxing moon`s fortnight;
And in the right in the waning moon`s fortnight.

பாடல் எண் : 792
வெள்ளிவெண் திங்கள் விளங்கும் புதன்மூன்றும்
தள்ளி இடத்தே தயங்குமே யாமாகில்
ஒள்ளிய காயத்துக் கூன மிலையென்று
வள்ளல் நமக்கு மகிழ்ந்துரைத் தானே. 

Breath Rhythm For Glowing Health

If on Fridays, Mondays and Wednesdays,
Breathing dominates in nostril left,
The body will no harm know
And it will in health glow;
Thus did Lord Nandi tell us,
In manner delectable.

பாடல் எண் : 793
செவ்வாய் வியாழம் சனிஞாயி றேஎன்னும்
இவ்வா றறிகின்ற யோகி இறைவனே
ஒவ்வாத வாயு வலத்துப் புரியவிட்
டவ்வா றறிவார்க்கவ் வானந்த மாமே.  

Yogi Corrects the Breath Rhythm

Contra, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays Breath flows high on the nostril right;
The Yogi who knows this is God indeed;
If this rhythm in the days stated
Does obtain not,
Let the Yogi force it into nostril right by skill subtle;
Then shall he know nothing but joy.

பாடல் எண் : 794
மாறி வரும்இரு பால்மதி வெய்யவன்
ஏறி இழியும் இடைபிங் கலையிடை
ஊறும் உயிர்நடு வேஉயிர் உக்கிரம்
தேறி அறிமின் தெரிந்து தெளிந்தே.  

Changing Rhythm on Sundays and Mondays in Alternate Fortnights

If on a Sunday in a fortnight
The breath runs high on the right nostril,
In the fortnight next it runs high on the left;
If on a Monday in a fortnight
The breath runs high on the left nostril
In the fortnight next it runs low on the right;
Thus do they alternate from fortnight to fortnight
If this rhythm thus obtains,
Prana its strength derives;
Know well this 
And accordingly regulate breathing.

பாடல் எண் : 795
உதித்து வலத்திடம் போகின்ற போது
அதிர்த்தஞ்சி ஓடுத லாம்அகன் றாரும்
உதித்தது வேமிக ஓடிடு மாகில்
உதித்த இராசி யுணர்ந்துகொள் உற்றே.  

How to Regulate When Breath Rhythm Changes Course

The breath that rises in the Nadi Right
While its course into the Left changed
May a sudden jolt know
And in fear trembling flow;
Then leave the practice and rest a while;
If on the Right itself it flows
Faster than in rhythm appropriate
Then know the speed and suitably regulate.

பாடல் எண் : 796
நடுவுநில் லாமல் இடம்வலம் ஓடி
அடுகின்ற வாயுவை அந்தணன் கூடி
யிடுகின்ற வாறுசென் றின்பணி சேர
முடிகின்ற தீபத்தின் முன்னுண்டென் றானே.

Yogi Who Regulates Breath Will See Finite Light

The Prana runs helter-skelter
To Right and to Left;
If Yogi gathers it proper
And regulates to reach Kundalini,
He shall stand before the Infinite Light;
Thus He said, Nandi Holy.