vedic astrology lesson -3

THE FORCES OF PLANETS
The forces of the planets are classified into six types, 

1) Positional force (Sthan Bal) 

2) Directional Force (Dig Bala) 

3) Force by effort (Chesta Bala) 

4) Time Force (Kaal Nala) 

5) Natural Force (Nisarga Bala) 

6) Hidden Associational Force (Asth, Samagama Bala). 

POSITIONAL FORCE:

If a planet is positioned in its own house, or in its ‘MOOLA TRIKONA’, or if it is friendly with another planet or combined with an auspicious planet like Moon, or is not seen by an inauspicious planet, all these conditions are called ‘positional force’ of that planet. 

DIRECTIONAL FORCE: 

The Mars has a directional force in ‘Jupiter Lagna’ i.e. if the Jupiter is in the 1st house of the birth chart. The Sun has directional force if positioned in the 10th house, the Saturn has directional force if positioned in the 7th house and Venus and Moon have directional force if positioned in the fourth house. 

FORCE BY EFFORT:

The Sun and the Moon are powerful when the Sun is to the north of the equator (Uttarayana). The rest of the planets have ‘Chesta Bala’ when they are either in a retrogratory motion (Vakra Gati), or are combined with the Moon. Those planets, which have the brightest rays and which are positioned northward in a combination with another planet, are also known to have ‘Chesta Bala’ (force by efforts). 

TIME FORCE: 

The Moon, the Saturn and the Mars are powerful during the night. The Mercury is powerful during the day as well as during the night. The Sun, Jupiter and Venus are powerful during the day. The ?cruel? planets are powerful during the darker phase of the Moon, and the ?gentle? planets are powerful during the brighter phase of the Moon. 

NATURAL FORCE: The Mars is more powerful than the Saturn, Mercury is more powerful than the Mars, Jupiter is more powerful than Mercury, Venus is more powerful than Jupiter, the Moon is more powerful than Venus and the Sun is the most powerful of them all.

According to the doctors, the average of child mortality is higher than any other stage if among human beings life. The diseases, much more than anybody else affect that means child.

Indian Astrology also approves of this fact that the life span and the age of a man cannot be ascertained till the age of twelve years.

If the moon is weak or if the moon is having sinful-sight or if the moon is in association with an inauspicious planet, or if the moon is placed in the Bhava of sorrow (Dukha) in a child?s birth chart, then it causes inauspicious for the child

PLANETS COLOUR
The Sun’s colour has a combination of black and red, that of Moon is white and is considered as a Youth, the colour of Mercury is green and that of Mars is a combination of red and white. The colour of Jupiter is of white complexion, Venus is also fair and white but the colour of the Saturn is black. Rahu?s colour is blue, and Ketu?s colour is peculiar (combination of many hues). 

INDICATION: The colour of the planets affects the complexion of a person. 

PLANETS AS THE MASTER OF DIRECTIONS & THE BRANCHES OF VEDAS (SHAKHESH)
The Sun is the master of the eastern direction.
The Venus is the master of the South-East (AGNIKON) direction.
The Mars is the master of Southern direction.
Rahu is the master of South-West (NAIRRITYA) direction.
Saturn is the master of Western direction.
Moon is the master of North-West (VAAYAVYA) direction.
Mercury is the master of Northern direction.
Jupiter is the master of North-East direction, also,
Jupiter is the master of the Rigveda
Venus is the master of the Yajurveda
Mars is the master of the Samavada
Mercury is the master of Atharveda