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What are our Present Objectives? :
It is to receive ‘the blessings of Isvara [God]’- through the powerful
Remedial Measures of Vedic astrology [VA] & the Systems Approach to
Vedic astrology [SA] - for one or all of the following three ends:
(1) For understanding & surmounting our ‘karmic -obstructions’
in life;
(2) For the alleviation of our ‘karmic -sufferings’ &
(3) For securing an enduring inner peace and contentment, through the calming
and soothing of our troubled consciousness!
Actually to benefit to the fullest extent from these Remedial Measures, we will
have to have a humble, sensitive & a more spiritual outlook on life. Here it
is important to emphasize that though Vedic astrology was born in the matrix
of the Vedic spiritual society, the fruits of its Remedial Measures may be
intelligently accessed and even adapted to suit one’s own religious traditions,
by all those who have genuinely attuned themselves to spiritual & moral principles,
in accordance with their faith in God. They need not necessarily be devotees of
the Vedas & Sanatana Dharma, or even be Hindus, for that matter. All that is
required of them is a strong sense of Dharma [virtue & moral law, as given by
the numerous Hindu scriptural books, or even by their own family spiritual traditions,
belonging to other religions] & implicit faith in the universal spirit of God.
However, in accomplishing the above objectives, it has also been my mission
to raise the level of ‘Hindu Consciousness’ and the ‘awareness of Vedic and Hindu
astrology’ worldwide, especially at a time when the Hindu civilization is seen to
suffer from its inability to safeguard itself, through a genuine rediscovery of
what its soul has stood for in times past.
Birth-Details are sufficient for creating the Horoscope:
Usually people go to an astrologer only as a last resort, when every other door
appears to be shut and no solution seems in sight. Some years ago, I had the good
fortune to come face to face with one of the greatest contemporary astrologers of
our times. He then told me a strange truth, which immediately permeated into my
consciousness, as swiftly as rainwater would disappear into some sandy tract!
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“In times of adversity, help from all quarters will be cut-off, even the Deity in
the temple will not answer our prayers. At such times, God speaks through the astrologer.”
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- Prof. Vinod Kumar Choudhry
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In such times of trouble, all we have to do is make available our birth-details to
the Vedic astrologer. This is our Time of Birth [TOB], Place of Birth [POB], Date
of Birth [DOB] and the Year of Birth. Using this basic information, the
astrologer will be able to make our horoscope in a matter of a minute or so. In
symbolic terms, this horoscope is the story of our life, our ‘karmic-credit
and debit account’ or ‘the mood of Isvara at the time of our birth’. It
holds the key to how we may continue the journey of life, in the face of these ‘blows
of fate’; and what we may now undertake to do by way of Remedial Measures,
so that we may recover from the present condition of a ‘karmic- impasse’,
etc.
What Basic Astrological Info Should We Know?:
Content of the following Parts: Those who wish to consult astrologers
will have to have some idea about important astrological variables present in their
horoscope.
(i) We should know our Asdt sign - whether this is Aries, Taurus,
Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius or
Pisces.
(ii) We should know the most effective point [MEP] of our horoscope
as this characterises our individuality & destiny.
(iii) We should know the Nakshatra in which the natal Mo
is placed in our horoscope.
(iv) We should know which are the strong Functional Benefic planets
[FBs] and likewise which are the strong Functional Malefic planets [FMs] in the
Systems Approach [SA].
(v) We should know which Hs are strong and which weak, by the SA criteria
of the strengths of planets.
(vi) We should know which planets are weak and which ‘afflicted’ and
thus also ‘weak’ in another sense [SA].
(vii) We should know which main period [dasa] and which sub-period
[bhukti] are running at the time we come to an astrologer for consultation.
(viii) We should also know which main periods & sub-periods will
bring our ‘karmic-obstacles’ & ‘karmic -sufferings’ to the
fore, in the respective sub-periods.
(ix) Most importantly we should know from (iv), (v), (vi)
what are the Remedial Measures, that may alleviate our sufferings coming from the
‘blows of fate’, to a good 80 to 90%.
Knowledge of these nine pieces of astrological data will give us immense clarity
& confidence, as we set about seeking Vedic astrological guidance. We
need not be disheartened, if we cannot hold the above nine pieces of data in our
heads. By & by, they will get automatically committed to memory. In traditional
Vedic/Hindu societies the votaries of astrology who sought astrological guidance
had the above astrological data at their fingertips.
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