A very very happy new year to you all.

Wishing you health so that you may enjoy each day in comfort.
Wishing you love for peace of your heart.
Wishing you wisdom to choose priorities in life.
Wishing you generosity so that you may share.
Wishing you the best of everything that you deserve.








I thank all the readers and seekers of my blog, your interest is what keeps me motivated to blog and research on Astrology.

Jupiter and mercury

Brihaspati Aur Budh

Jupiter and Mercury, Jupiter is your wisdom, mercury is intelligence, Mercury is budhhi and Jupiter is Subuddhi . Jupiter-religiousness, belief in god, priests, teachers, judges, children, guardianships charity, generosity, contentment, laziness fat, expansion, largeness, devotion, faith, hope, higher aspect of intelligence, fairness.

Mercury-accuracy, analytical, adjustment, not originality, averse to love/devotion, communications, editing
comprehension, research, computer knowledge, convertible nature, idealism, averse to intelligence, knowledge, wit, intuition, memory, logic, journalists, mathematics.

Rahu and Saturn

Rahu and Saturn.
Shani and Rahu,                                                    Shani vrat rahu
Rahu and Saturn-The two planets have similarities and differences from each other Rahu operate on mental plane Saturn on physical, one exposes other detaches, one tests other manifests, one expands other consolidates. Rahu is intuitive and can work on desires with abject focus while Saturn is about austerities and physical labor. Rahu is thought Saturn is the result of it while Mars is the action. Astrologers have the habit of making Rahu and Saturn the dumping ground of entire horoscope. Rahu as the blessing of fortune and God can give plenty Saturn is the planet that scythes away the bottom of such riches if not used judiciously. Rahu is intellect and focus Saturn is the reasoning and logic based on hard facts.

Why sun exalts in Aries and Saturn in Libra.

Why sun exalts in Aries and Saturn in Libra.

 

First house of dharma trikona and fire trpilicity ,where can the fire be if not in the fire trikona  itself, First represents the ire of creation, fifth or leo the fire of sustenance and last but least the fire of righteousness leading to dharma and the ultimate goal moksha ,since it starts with soul in first it ends with accumulating karmas for the journey of soul to moksha.

First house- activity undertaken, advantages, all things, the seeds of, appearance, general, aspiration, attractiveness of the face, beginnings, birth potential, body brain, capacity to enjoy, color complexion, constitution, dignity of mother, as regards you, dispositions, natural, general state of health, impact of the, personality permission, for other. Qualities,personality,pleasure/pain destined, previous lives wisdom, seeds of other things, start in life, tendencies, natural vitality

Aries ambition, aspiration, eager autocrat with clean heart desire to dominate, multiply, sense of desperation, Energy for manifestation very goal oriented forgiving, likes to pardon ideals not yet achieved not at all, Satisfied head, start, beginning feels constrained, impeded newness where it influences noble attempts, Movable, masculine places with internal fire potential feels constrained propound new theories restless, Saturn hates, Sun loves spirit of the being vitality world-to-be not as-it-is.

Sun –ambition, authority bile problems boldness chest and head consciousness courage determination energy, Eyesight, weak faith, fame, father hot inflexible king,                                                                                                                             

Impact of one’s personality influence, nobility, optimism, personality, political power reliance on, self, soul, vitality.

ARIES; head, red, Night-strong, Rajas, daivik,dharma motivated, Ksatriya Action, Always on the move, Impulsive, fierce, never satisfied, Initial Urge for action, avarana Sakti,enthusiastic  .Dwara/ entrance, EAST, Dhatu/ mineral, Pristodaya, rises with back legs first ,= earlier than expected, Forest, quadruped, strong in 10^th,House.Tejo tattva, liver, fever, Blind in day =bring obstacles, destruction.

Ist house and sign Aries represent east, and is a dwara( means door)it’s a door to this world and this house is a door for the soul to manifest into a body and acquire physical form.

Sun – Ego, Authority, Autocratic, leader, soul, rises in the east, sets in west, selfish, carries the internal fire, father, head, brain. Starts, creates, guides, initiates. Rules over herbs and ayurveda

Sun exalts in up to 10 degrees in Aries and in nakshatra ashwini ruled by ketu whose deity is Ganesh ji the first to be remembered in all kind of religious rites and recitations. The element of all nakshatras of Aries are all earth. Since east is the direction of the sign Aries and sun rises in east ,it’s the best place for sun to be in, further the characteristics of sign and planet match each other, impatient, autocratic, forceful, egotistical ,overconfident ,royal, radiant ,initiator, leader has faith in own judgment and actions and rebuts all advice or dissent . Ostentatious, proud and overbearing it likes to lead, command and control.

Further Aries is a mool trikona sign of commander in chief the soldier, protector and slayer Mars, so what’s a leader without its general and commander.

Sign Libra also represents a dwara or door this door is the door pertaining to grihasth ashram or leading to marriage and relationships, this doorway represents the second kona of kaam trikona and as such marriage and conjugal bliss thereby providing a let out of carnal desires.This house also feeds on the desire to provide for the family and aquire income and social status pertaining to last house of kaam kona the eleventh.

LIBRA; belly, multicolored Day-strong, Rajas, Asuric,Kama motivated, Sudra,Business, seek harmony/ peace,Justice, relationships, too much sense perception = agony > remedy> reverse the senses inside.

dwara/ entrance, WEST Dhatu/ mineral,Shirshodaya, rises with head first =normal timing,Stays in a vaisya house, a marketplace. Human sign strong in 1st house Vayu tattva; brain fever, typhoid.Deaf in morning = loss of property

Sun debilitates in Libra its considered to be in deep debilitation till 10 degrees into Libra. While sun represents the self the ego etc sign Libra is opposite polarity to the self, balance between matter and spirit  ,advice of others specifically the spouse or partners, flexible ,mutable and social ,maintains a balance between thought and action ,airy sign with nakshatra element all fire ,this is a controlled fire often external to take care of darkness and other living issues. The nakshatra chitra from 0degree to 6.40 degrees accounts for first set of debilitation of sun the lord of nakshatra is mars. This happens to be mool trikona sign of Venus, Venus is the guru of demons who are constantly in war with devas the demigods and sun being a demigod is an enemy of Guru of Asuras (demons).Since Saturn, though a son was never rightfully accepted by Sun and is always in opposition to him, Saturn rightfully exalts here in a place of opposite polarity or opposition.Direction of this sign represents west the direction where the sun sets in.

Saturn—represents, suppression of ego, being humiliated, working class in exact opposition to ruling class and authorities that Sun represents,  Saturn represents adversities, captivity, difficulties, austere, enjoyment denied, barriers, bondage, deterrence, black, blue, grey, dangers, destruction, dejection, depression, discipline, destroyer of illusion dreadful terms, endless, helplessness, frustration, introverted, humiliation, martyrs inactive, lack of desire low class, ways/people mental trouble, misery, misfortunes monks, sannyasis, old persons, death, bones, persistent, patience, philosophers, profound, poverty, sorrows, power for ,austerity, profession in general, seriousness, slow, gradual nature, surrender, thin, lean, unattractive to worldly, people undesirable things, worker class.

Saturn- Is almost an exact opposite to sun and represents everything that’s opposite to significations of sun and since Libra encourages opposition polarity, Saturn takes the rightful place here opposing the oppressive policies and procedures of his father. Further sun initiates and enforces, Saturn completes and achieves, sun operates on the mental level being impatient, aggressive and enforcing, Saturn operates on physical plane completing , delegating and working patiently.Sign Aries denotes the head and mental attitude , sign Libra denotes lower abdomen and organs of reproduction and excretion etc , it represents the most significant area of human body parts.

Destiny Vs the freewill.

Destiny Vs the freewill.
Freewill- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia -Free will is the ability to choose between different possible courses of action unimpeded. Some conceive free will to be the capacity to make choices in which the outcome has not been determined by past events. Determinism suggests that only one course of events is possible, which is inconsistent with the existence of free will thus conceived.
The underlying questions are whether we have control over our actions, and if so, what sort of control, and to what extent.
Efforts of will theory is related to the role of willpower in decision making.
Gita says "Karmanye vadika raste ma phaleshu kadachana", which means that one should go on performing an action without thinking about the result. One has to remember that success is not in his hands. He will get the desired result if God has stored it in his destiny.
What I understand from what Sri Bhagwad Gita says is that we have the freedom to operate within the circle of destiny.
Now let’s call this freedom, ‘freewill’. This leeway or free will is a freedom to operate within the control of circumstances, time (Good or bad) kaal or samay in Hindi, constraints, and impediments.
With the dearth of opportunities and intense competition these days, the pressures to perform are intense but still, the chances of success keep on constricting or depleting in the view of intense competition.
In recent times some totally out of context celebrities came out to the fore Dhinchak pooja is one such person her video songs which were not even the parody of songs went viral and she became an overnight sensation, what would you attribute her fame or infamy. She made a totally lame below the standard effort which was picked and lapped up by the young generation sharing with vigor perhaps on lame duck singing effort of pooja. Psychologists would perhaps argue that it’s a reverse psychology at work people are often attracted to something out of the norm or out of context yet this sudden fame cannot be attributed to reverse psychology alone, the time and circumstances the destiny had a definite role here. In spite of her shoddy effort, she became a sensation on youtube.
It is possible that one who is performing the action for the desired objective may not achieve it, but his `Karma' will not fail him. He will finally get what is his destiny, which would be more or less in accordance with the work performed.
There are plenty of gifted and talented singers who have been practicing since decades but for want of required circumstances and means they are nonentities to the general public, consider here the effort of Pooja and the instant fame it brought her.
Sheikh wajid a sufi poet sums it up in this couplet.
ਮੂਰਖ ਨੂੰ ਅਸਵਾਰੀ ਹਾਥੀ ਘੋੜਿਆਂ
ਪੰਡਤ ਪੈਰ ਪਿਆਦੇ ਪਾਟੇ ਜੋੜਿਆਂ
ਕਰਦੇ ਸੁਘੜ ਮਜੂਰੀ ਮੂਰਖ ਦੇ ਜਾਇ ਘਰ
ਵਜੀਦਾ ਕੌਣ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਨੂੰ ਆਖੇ ਇੰਞ ਨਹੀਂ ਇੰਞ ਕਰ
Murkh ko aswari, haathi ghodiyan ,
Pandit pair pyande, paatte jodiyan,
Karde sughar majoori, murakh jaye ghar,
Wajeeda kaun sahib nu aakhe, eyon nahi injh kar…?
It means Foolish have conveyance, elephants, and horses,
Intelligent have to walk on foot with broken footwear
Able & intelligent have to labor, in the household of stupid’s
Who can suggest to God, do this way, not that..?

Citing an illustrious example- Verghese Kurien, the father of white revolution in India
When Kurien applied for the Government of India scholarship to pursue higher education (he was a mechanical engineer) in the U.S., he was told that there was no scholarship left in his field and he could avail one in dairy technology. Finding no other alternative he opted for it but when he reached U.S., he was told that he could pursue an education in the field of his choice. This came as a pleasant surprise to him and provided the much-needed respite. When he came back to India, he was asked to go to Gujarat where the Amul Cooperative was being set up. One had to serve the government for a stipulated period as it was the government which had sponsored the trip. All his arguments and pleadings that he be given an assignment in his field fell on deaf ears. With the heavy heart, he went there, with the intention of leaving once the bond period was over. But destiny had something else in store for him. He worked there for whole life, and the rest is history. A mechanical engineer finally ended up working all his life among cows and cattle. It was probably in his destiny to be in such a profession. Although it did not happen in the first instance when Kurien went abroad but got manifested when he returned.
The case of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam is also similar. He wanted to become a fighter pilot. But he failed to make it, which left him dejected and drew him towards spiritualism. But an ardent `Karmayogi' that he was, Kalam did not lose hope and instead decided to make planes, even as he could not fly one. The journey in which he forayed, made him the most eminent defense scientist of the country and later the president of India and one of the most popular ones at that.
There has been constant confusion here for the so-called self-styled saffron robe charlatans have added to the confusion. Instead of preaching in a steadfast unified manner they change their approach and sermons to suit the audience they address.
Found this quote from Sadhguru on the web about predictions and astrology:
"Anyway, the choice is this: either you try to live your life by predictions or you have the capability to make a plan and fulfill the plan. All those minds which are incapable of a plan will look for a prediction. The stars that you see in the sky are far away, so very far away that they have nothing to do with you. Just one star has a big influence on you – the Sun. And its satellite, the Moon, also has some influence upon you. This planet has an even greater influence upon you. But above all, what is within you has the biggest influence on you. All those who are incapable of committing themselves to a plan and fulfilling it, want a prediction. The advantage with predictions is, you can keep changing them. But if a plan has to work, you have to pay enormous attention in creating one. Then you have to stick to it.
I only hope all predictions go wrong for you. Then it means your life is happening wonderfully. Otherwise, you are going by the script that was written by some fool. In India, for twenty-five rupees, or fifty cents, they will write your life. Let your life not be so bad. It does not matter what the hell happens, let something other than the prediction happen to you. Is that okay? May your predictions and dreams not come true. Because a prediction is just a compromised dream.
My two bits on the above ranting’s of the self-styled he says that script of predictions is written by some fool in India, He is so ignorant that he does not even know that Indian system of Jyotish is all expunged from BPHS of Sage Prashara.
These charlatans in saffron robes keep changing their stance to suit the audience they are addressing. Freewill or will is the limited sphere that is different for every individual and it depends on the time, circumstances, effort, and opportunity. Bhagvad Gita teaches that to make the constant effort is what we should do but the outcome is not in our control. If the kaal or time is in favor then the fruits of labor may be good but if the time is not conducive the result may be a failure. I believe that the destiny allows you more leverage towards success when the destiny favors you. There are numerous examples quoted and stories that support the planning and execution part, remember the story of the king and the spider, well the often defeated king had planned, plotted and executed earlier also and failed because the time was just not in his favor. But once his time changed he could draw inspiration from a mere spider to regather his spirits and resources one last time that probably was the time when his stars and destiny stood up as support for him to reclaim the lost kingdom, pride, and glory. These scoundrels with saffron robes live lavishly and maintain a business on use of cleverly executed words that often rebut the belief on which they have raised the foundation of their enterprise. But then again the very fact that they are in limelight rests on the fact their time is good and even their foolishness is purchased as philosophical discourses on how to lead a good life. Remember The Osho or Bhagwaan as he called himself, the Ram Rahim, the Asa ram etc till the time was supporting them they lived as demi-Gods above everything once the destiny played its trump card they landed where they rightfully belong. So when their time was adverse all the planning, plotting and execution just did not work.

Rahu

Rahu

अर्धकायं महावीर्यं चंद्रादित्य विमर्दनम् I 

सिंहिकागर्भसंभूतं तं राहुं प्रणमाम्यहम् II ८ II 

I bow to Rahu,who has a half-body, who is of extraordinary strength, who is oppressor of moon and sun, and who is born of Simhika.

अनेकरूपवर्णेश्च शतशोऽथ सहस्त्रदृक्। उत्पातरूपो जगतां पीडां पीड़ां मे तम: विविध रूप तथा वर्ण वाले, सैकड़ों तथा हजारों आंखों वाले, जगत के लिए उत्पातस्वरूप, तमोमय राहु मेरी पीड़ा का हरण करें

Rahu- The shadow planet is a mighty warrior master of disguise, deception, penetration it can envelop the thought process, instill a fear, phobia, lust or desire, forceful penetration as it carries the seeds of all these, it works on the mental plane is intuitive, focused, forceful and on the feet kind of thinker or out of the box thinker who breaks conventions and yes self interest is important.

Astrology classics name rahu as an outcast, someone who does not belong, yet he is there between the two most illustrious and luminous of planets ,Rahu is powerful  outcast if he is one and has the power to afflict and envelop, in its grip the Sun/ Moon lose their brightness and luster.

Astrologers usually dump everything that they cannot understand or comprehend on either Rahu or Saturn (shani).No doubt these two planets are deceptive they have been defined as servants and outcasts but they are the hard taskmasters, the karmic teachers who bring you to ground reality or bestow the bounties of karmic past.

Rahu has been associated with fog, smoke, and clouded thinking, but when people talk about these features they fail to interpret that all these factors are tools that rahu uses to create a space for himself. Rahu is highly focused, intuitive and intelligent. Its said all the hardware used in communication is in the domain of rahu ,so rahu is joint significator of communication along with mercury.

Rahu is highly adaptable, dexterous, adroit and enterprising, people with rahu in 2^nd or 3^rd or 10^th can walk out of most of the tight situations with remarkable ease.   

Rahu is not about sexual lust, rahu in fact was the only planet that was not lured by nuances of Mohini( form of Vishnu ji) Rahu is desire for a better life and abject focus for the same ,it works more on intuitive plane is intelligent crafty and master of disguise but its not afraid of reaction to its actions for Rahu sat in between the two luminaries sun and moon to be pointed out after having the elixir once his purpose was over it wanted the status and got that too. For Had it been sexual lust he would have been hypnotized and allured by Mohini like the other asuras. By virtue of being above lust, he became immortal and gained the status of Planet. Rahu was cut into two pieces for trying and getting something that was not ordinary but divine.

Going back to mythical story albeit briefly -Sage Kashyapa was the father of Hiranyakashyap who was the first demon king. Sage Kashyapa`s wife Diti is the ancestral mother of asuras (demons). Simhika was the daughter of Diti and Kashyapa. Simhika got married to a demon known Viprasiddhi. They gave birth to a child known as Swarbhanu. At the time of distribution of Amrita by Goddess Mohini, Swarabhanu in the disguise of devata, took some Amrita by sitting in between Sun and Moon.

Sun and Moon identified Swarabhanu as a demon and informed Lord Vishnu (Goddess Mohini) and instantly Lord Vishnu severed the head of Swarabhanu with cosmic Sudarshan Chakra. However, few drops of Amrita have gone into his mouth, hence two parts acquired immortality. The head is called Rahu and the tail Ketu. Simhika nurtured the head of the Swarbhanu and got a snake body. The severed body of Swarbhanu was nurtured by a Brahmin named Mini. Lord Vishnu granted a serpent head to the severed body of Swarbhanu and granted a boon that he will travel above Sun. Due to this Rahu and Ketu always treat Sun and Moon as their natural enemies and causes eclipses to Moon and Sun. Rahu makes Moon to Wax and Wane on daily basis and causes lunar eclipse. Ketu set to travel on the higher circute of Sun and causes solar eclipse. 

(Rahu and Ketu)
(a) The Nodes of the Moon, viz., Rahu and Ketu, are not physical bodies but the points of intersection of the apparent lunar and solar orbital paths. Rahu is the ascending Node, Ketu descending. According to Brihat Parashar Hora Shastra, Chapter 47 verses 34-39.5:
(1) Rahu is exalted in Taurus and Ketu in Scorpio.
(2) Rahu owns Aquarius and Ketu Scorpio. Parashar says that some scholars are of the opinion that Rahu owns Virgo and Ketu Pisces. We can interpret this statement to mean that when Rahu is in Virgo and Ketu in Pisces, the Nodes will be taken to be well placed and should be disposed to give good results.
(3) Gemini is the mooltrikona sign of Rahu, and Sagittarius of Ketu.
(4) Thus, Rahu in Taurus, Gemini, Virgo and Aquarius shall be considered well placed. Similarly, Ketu in Scorpio, Sagittarius and Pisces should be considered well placed. This also shows that Rahu is well placed in the signs of Mercury, and Ketu is happy in the signs of Jupiter. Since Rahu is like Saturn and since Saturn and Mercury are friendly to each other this is quite natural. Similarly, since Ketu is like Mars and Mars and Jupiter are naturally friendly to each other, the relationship of Ketu with Jupiter is also understandable.
(b) Rahu in Scorpio and Pisces, and, Ketu in Taurus and Virgo should not be considered well placed. According to the Lai Kitab Rahu will give unfavourable results in the houses owned by Jupiter; and, Ketu will give adverse results in the houses owned by Mercury. Here the behaviour of Ketu is similar to Mars, since Mars too gives adverse results in the signs of Mercury; but it cannot be so said for Rahu since Saturn and Rahu are similar but Saturn gives good results in the signs of Jupiter.
(c) Jatakabharnam in Chapter on Cancellation of Combinations for Adversity verse 4 states that Rahu in the III, VI or XI house with the aspect of a naturally beneficial planet removes all indications of adversity in a birth chart. According to verse 8 of this Chapter, Rahu placed in Aries, Taurus or Cancer in the ascendant in a birth chart has similar effect. According to Jatakabharnam Chapter on Cancellation of Combinations for Adversity verse 9 Ketu in the VI or XI house in Capricorn, Aquarius or Pisces shall be beneficial.
(d) Rahu in the III, VI, XI, an angular or a triangular house will give positive general signification results. The results will be negative if it is placed in the VIII or XII house without association with or aspect of a naturally beneficial planet. The placement of Rahu in the VIII or XII house from the ascendant is not always found to give adverse results but it is a pointer to a possibility and should always alert the astrologer to go deeper and satisfy himself with respect to the results that Rahu may give.
(e) Ketu in the III, VI, XI, an angular or a triangular house will give positive general signification results. The results will be negative if it is placed in the VIII or XII house without association with or aspect of a naturally beneficial planet. When Ketu is placed in the II, VIII or the XII house, it may cause problems to the family of the individual or may make the individual lose his liberty in its major-period. As in the case of Rahu, the location of Ketu in the II, VIII or XII house may not always give adverse results, but a deeper analysis of such a Ketu is called for.
(f) The Nodes in their beneficial signs (exaltation, ownership, Virgo for Rahu and Pisces for Ketu, or mooltrikona) will give positive general signification results in their major-periods.
(g) In Chapter 34 verse 16 of Brihat Parashar hora Shastra the sage has described the predominant results that a Node is expected to give. He says that a Node will give results of the house that it occupies. The Node will also give results of a planet with which it is associated. The Laghu Parashari in Chapter on Definitions verse 13 also makes the same statement. It is observed that a Node gives results of (i) the house that it occupies, (ii) the owner of the house that it occupies and (iii) the planet that it is associated with, or is in sambandha with.
(h) A dispositor is the owner of the sign that a planet or Node occupies.
According to Uttar Kalamrita Chapter 6 verse 21, the quantum of the result in the period of a Node will depend on the strength of the dispositor of the Node. It will also depend on the strength of the planet with which the Node is, if at all, in sambandha.
(i) According to Brihat Parashar Hora Shastra, Chapter 50 verse 64, the period of a planet that owns a sign from which Rahu is placed in the tenth house will take the individual on a pilgrimage.
(j) According to Phal Deepika Chapter 20 verse 39, Rahu will take on the qualities and nature of the planet with which it is in association. It gives results according to the planet with which it is associated. Since Rahu by its inherent nature is malefic, it will vitiate the associating planet. The associated planet will take on the adverse qualities of Rahu. When Rahu and Jupiter are in association, if Jupiter is favorable in the chart it loses its ability to be good, and Rahu becomes favorable. A planet associated with Rahu will give adverse results at the end of its period. This principle may be extended to all planetary sambandhas with Rahu.
(k) According to Phalit Vikas of Ram Yatna Ojha, Rahu or Ketu alone in a house damages it. Phal Deepika qualifies it further. According to Chapter 20 verse 53, a Node when located in a sign of a naturally beneficial planet or in a favorable house will give good results in its sub-period if it is not in sambandha with any planet. Favourable houses for Rahu or Ketu have been stated above. In such a situation, the sub-period of a Yogakaraka planet in the major-period of a Node will be good. A Yogakaraka planet has been defined ahead (I) A Node, well placed in a triangle-free of the malefic influence of a naturally malefic planet, will invariably give excellent results in its sub-period in the major period of a naturally beneficial planet. The sub-period of a naturally beneficial planet in the major-period of such a Node will also be highly favorable.
(m) When a Node has sambandha with a planet, and both the planet and the Node have the relationship with a house, the Node will give the expected result relating to that house in its period, in preference over the planet.
(n) The nature of a Node will depend on the nature of the house that it occupies. This is the predominant consideration. A Node occupying the VIII or XII house is in normal circumstances unable to give good results. The nature will also depend on the nature of the dispositor and the sambandha that the Node may have with a planet.
(o) A Node in the II or VII house is generally considered dangerous, but according to Uttar Kalamrita, Chapter 6 verse 15, a Node so placed, when associated with or receiving aspect from the owner of the I, V or IX house, shall give long life and wealth.
(p) Rahu is a maraka planet for an individual born in Scorpio or Capricorn ascendant.
(q) The location of a Node in its sign of debilitation or in the VIII or XII house will make it give negative general signification results.
(r) At the time of analyzing the period of a Node, the analysis of its depositor should also be done.

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In response to a Facebook post on Freewill as quoted post of self-styled Sadguru.







Barry Rosen on facebook

Found this quote from Sadhguru on the web about predictions and astrology:
"Anyway, the choice is this: either you try to live your life by predictions or you have the capability to make a plan and fulfill the plan. All those minds which are incapable of a plan will look for a prediction. The stars that you see in the sky are far away, so very far away that they have nothing to do with you. Just one star has a big influence on you – the Sun. And its satellite, the Moon, also has some influence upon you. This planet has an even greater influence upon you. But above all, what is within you has the biggest influence upon you. All those who are incapable of committing themselves to a plan and fulfilling it, want a prediction. The advantage with predictions is, you can keep changing them. But if a plan has to work, you have to pay enormous attention in creating one. Then you have to stick to it.
I only hope all predictions go wrong for you. Then it means your life is happening wonderfully. Otherwise, you are going by the script that was written by some fool. In India, for twenty-five rupees, or fifty cents, they will write your life. Let your life not be so bad. It does not matter what the hell happens, let something other than the prediction happen to you. Is that okay? May your predictions and dreams not come true. Because a prediction is just a compromised dream.

My Two cents-

I presume that the sadguru as he calls himself is presumably someone who calls himself by this name just to put across the message that he is an enlightened soul.These clever sermonizers in saffron robes keep changing their stance to suit the audience they are addressing. Freewill or will is the limited sphere that is different for every individual and it depends on the time, circumstances, effort, and opportunity. Bhagvad Gita teaches that to make the constant effort is what we should do but the outcome is not in our control. If the kaal or time is in favor then the fruits of labor may be good but if the time is not conducive the result may be a failure. I believe that the destiny allows you more leverage towards success when the destiny favors you. There are numerous examples quoted and stories that support the planning and execution part, remember the story of the king and the spider, well the often defeated king had planned, plotted and executed earlier also and failed because the time was just not in his favor. But once his time changed he could draw inspiration from a mere spider to regather his spirits and resources one last time that probably was the time when his stars and destiny stood up as support for him to reclaim the lost kingdom, pride, and glory. These scoundrels with saffron robes live lavishly and maintain a business on use of cleverly executed words that often rebutt the belief on which they have raised the foundation of their enterprise. But then again the very fact that they are in limelight rests on the fact their time is good and even their foolishness is purchased as philosophical discourses on how to lead a good life. Remember the Demigods of India, who are either behind the bars or were in trouble with the law due to their nefarious activities, until the time was supporting them they lived as demi-Gods above everything once the destiny played its trump card they landed where they rightfully belonged. So when their time was adverse all the planning, plotting and execution just did not work.

The senses of the body ,elements,dhatus, drekana and body parts.

Health and astrology.

Tattwa	Graha	Pancha Jnanendriya Sense Faculty	Sense Organs	Pancha Karmendriya Organs of Action		Tanmatras
Akasha	Jupiter	Hearing	Ears	Mouth/Speech		Shabda
Vayu	Saturn	Touch	Skin	Hands/Touch		Sparsha
Agni	Mars	Sight	Eyes	Legs/Walking		Rupa
Jala	Venus	Taste	Tongue	Urogenital/procreation		Rasa
Prithvi	Mercury	Smell	Nose	Excretory Organs/Excretion		Gandha
Tattwa	Location in the Body				Action in the Body
Akasha	Head, senses, nervous system				Environment, mental space.
Vayu	Chest and heart. Respiratory and circulatory systems.				Movement, breathing.
Agni	Navel and digestive system.				Digestion, hunger and thirst.
Jala	Lower abdomen, hips, urogenital region.				Water systems – lymph, blood, urine.
Prithvi	The legs.				Bones, muscles, skin, nails.

Planet		Dhatu
The Sun		Asthi or bone
The Moon		Raktha or blood
Mars		Majja or muscle
Mercury		Twak or skin
Jupiter		Vasa or fat
Venus		Sukla (sperm and ovum)
Saturn		Vasmasa (nervous material)

Diseases as per prashana marga Drekanas

Parts of the body			Right side ruled by	Left side ruled by
Above neck	Below neck and above waist	Below waist
Head	Neck	Navel	Lagna (un-expired portion)	Lagna (expired portion)
Ears	Shoulders	Sexual organs	II	XII
Eyes	Sides	Testicles	III	XI
Nostrils	Chest	Thighs	IV	X
Cheeks	Back	Knees	V	IX
Chin	Stomach	Legs	VI	VIII
Mouth	Waist	Feet	VII (expired portion)	VII (unexpired portion)

Tattwa	Graha	Pancha Jnanendriya Sense Faculty	Sense Organs	Pancha Karmendriya Organs of Action	Tanmatras