B S RAO

II SRI II

THE ASTROLOGICAL MIRROF

(BIGGER EDITION)

BY

Prof. B. SURYANARAIN RAO, B. A.,

M.R.A.S.. F.R.H.S., M.M.L.S., H.D.B.C. Etc,

FOUNDER

THE ASTROLOGICAL MAGAZINE

&

AUTHOR OF 80 WORKS

Nama NakhsatraChu, Chay, Cho, La-Aswini

Le, La. Lay, Lo-Bharani

Aa, Ee, U, A-Krittika

0, Va, Ve Vu-Rohini

Vay, Vo Ka, Ke-Mrigasira

Ku, Kham, Jna, Chha-Aridra

Kay, Ko, Ha, H i--Poorna~vasu

Hu, Hay, Ho Da-Pushyami '

De, Du, Day Do-Auslasha

Ma, Me, Mu, May-Makha

Mo, Ta. n. Tu-Phooba

Tay, To, Pa, Pi-Uttara

Pu, Shaw, Na, Dha-Hasta

Pay, Po, Ra, Ri-Chitta

au. Ray, Ro, Tha-Swati

Thi, Thu, Thay, Tho-Visakha

Na, Ni, Nu, Nay-Anooradha

No, Ya, Ye, Yu-Jaista

Yay, Yo Ba, Bi-Moola

Bu, Thha, Bha, Dha-f'oorvashada

Bay, Bo, Ja, Ji-Ottarashada

Ju, Jay, Jo, Gha-Sravana

Ga, Gi, Gu, Gay-Dhanista

Go, Sa, Si, Su-Satabisha

Say, So, Tha, Thi-Poorvabhadra

Thu, Syam, Cha, Thha-Utttarabhadra

Thay, Tho, Cha, Chi-Raivati

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vivaha(8) Makha, (9) Oottara, (10) Oottarashada, (11) Oottarabhadra

are preferred.

Jupiter, Venus or Mercury in the Lagna or Kendras,

except the 7th will produce beneficial results from the

marriage.

The last 5 days of the month, Rikthathithies, Newmonday,

Ashtami, Shasti, Vyatipatha and Vydruti

should be left out. The 7th house from the marriage

Lagna should be without any planets. Venus must not

be in the 6th and Mars should be scrupulously avoided

in the 8th house. /J

IX-Nishaka or NuptiaIsThe constellation - (1) Sravana, (2) Rohini, (3)Hasta, (4) Anoradha, (5) Swati, (6) Raivati, (7) Moola,(8) Oottara (9) Oottaraashada (10) Oottarabhadhra,(11) Satabhisha are good. The 4th, 8th, 6th, 14th, 15th and 30th of a lunar month are bad as also the week days, Sunday, Tuesday and Saturday. The following Rasis are good-Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Aquarius, Pisces and Sagittarius. There should be no planets in the 8th house.

X-Prayana or TravellingOn the 4th day of the dark half of a Lunar month, travelling towards the east is forbidden, on the 2nd and the 10th of a bright half towards the month, on the 3rd and 11 th towards the south-east, on the 5th and t3th towards the south, on the 6th and 14th towards the west en the 7th and 15th towards the north-west on the 8th .f the bright half and Amavasya towards the north -east.

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Travelling towards the East on Tuesday, towards the South on Monday and Saturday towards the West on Wednesday and Thursday, towards the North on Friday are recommended in the astrological works,

Persons should not go towards the:----'

East on Saturday and Monday.

West on Sunday and Friday

North on Tuesday and Wednesday

South on Thursday

Good constellations for travelling are:-

(1) Mrigasira (2) Aswini, (3) Pushyami (4) Punarvasu. (5) Hasta (6) Anoradha, (7) Sravana, (8) Moola, (9) Dhanista (10) Raivathi

Travelling in Sagittarius gives victory over enemies in Taurus the person gets happiness, in Virgo he gets fever, in cancer political success, in Leo prosperity, in Scorpio boils and wounds, in Gemini and Aries he suffers death or accident, In Libra success, in Capricorn us imprisonment and disgrace, in Pisces fear from heavy rains or storms and in Aquarius good beating from robbers or bad people.

When beneficial planets occupy quadrants or trines and evi I planets occupy the 6th, 3rd and 11 th houses, travelling is recommendod. Here it means that at the time a person starts, some sign of the Zodiac must rise as a matter of course and this Is called the Yatra Lagna or the Lagna (rising sun) for travelling. The conjunction of a planets must be taken with reference to this Lagna.

Everyday at about 12 o' clock in the noon, the sun necessarily gets into the most powerful state' and that particular sign where he is most powerful is called Abhi8jillagna, and this as stated by eminent Astrological writers, will minimise the evil influences a great deal and will facilitate success in all undertakinqs.

Those who go on a piligrimage in the following Rasis will meet death; Aries, Leo, Virgo, Scorpio and Aquarius.

XI-Tara Bala or Strength of the StarIn the preceding paragraphs certain constellations are given as good for travelling, marriage, nuptials, education etc. The "Punchaka" or the "Five-source energy" should be carefully consulted, and if that proves unfavourable then good works ought not to be commenced at all. There are also two other sources of evil which should be carefully avoided.

(1) They are Tara BaJa or the strength of constellation and

(2) Chandra BaJa or the strength of the Moon.

Short directions ~ will be given here to find out these. 'First try and remember fhe constellation (Nakhatra) which rules a man at his birth, and then count from it to the constellation which rules on the day at the time of starting or marriage or education and divide the figure by nine if it is divisible or if not take it as it is. Then apply the following:-

(1) .Janrna,

(2) Sampat,

(3) Vipat,

(4) Kshema,

(5) Pratvak,

(6) Sadhana,

(7) Nidhana,

(8) Mitra and

(9) Parama Mitra.

The names are indicative of their own results. Janma means birth and may be used in some cases but generally it shows danger to

body. Sampat means wealth or prosperity and it is good. Vipat means loss or accident and it is bad.

Kshema means good or prosperity and it is good. - Pratyak means loss of business or obstacles. Sadhana indicates steady works and it is good. Nidhana shows death and danger and must be avoided in all sorts of work. Mitra and Parama Mitra indicate friendship and they are good. Take one or two illustrations.

A man is born under the star Raivati and he wants to travel on the 10th March 1906. Counting from Raivathi we get on the 10th March 1906 the constellation Poobba and that means 12 constellations from Raivati to Poobba both inclusive. Deduct 9 out of this and then there is a balance of 3. According to the table given above 3 indicates VipatTara and he ought not to 'travel on that day as he is sure to meet with an accident.

A man is born in Aswini and he wants to have his marriage celebrated on the 24th of April 1906. On that day we find Bharani and counting from Aswini we get 2. Two, as per above rules indicates Sampat Tara and is good, but as Bharani is a bad and condemned star for all good work, he should not get married although it is good for his star and he gets Tarabalam Chundrabala means the position of the moon at the time of birth or Lagna of a person. A man

born in Aswini will have his moon placed in Aries. He wants to do a good thing on a day which contains the star Raivathi. The moon accordingly occupies Pisces on that day and will be therefore in the 12th house for a man who had the moon in Aries at the time of his birth.

This is bad. A man born in Makha has his moon placed in Leo. He wants to do a thing on a day which is under the control of star Sravana. But the moon on that day will be in Capricorn us, and as Capricorn us is the 6th from Leo he must not do good work on that day.

Therefore the moon should be avoided in the 6th, 8th and 12th houses specially for all good work from his position at the time of birth or from the rising. sign of the person at the time of his birth. Moon, it must be remembered, represents mind and position unfavourably occupied by him, will cause, sorrow, loss and misery to mind. People should not run away with the idea that having secured these good conjunctions, they will at once achieve all favourable results and avoid all influences.

The successes and failures of men or not so easy to be explained or guided. They are brought about by very cornpticatod energies working in many directions, and Astrology, like hygiene, throws a flood of good light upon minimising the evil and augmenting the good. This requires some explanations which should convince our numerous readers. Say a man is born in Baharani and Chandra is in Rohini. Chandra in this star gets exaltation and is said to attain the highest power to do good If so how could he do evil for a person born in Bharani.

Rohini becomes Vipat Tara and work is prohibited in this. The position of a planet has a good deal to do with its influence and usefulness. Say you want to read in the night and get a powerful light' when the light is good you can read well and serve your interests. But suppose the light is placed behind your back or by your side, could you do your work? No, why, because though the light is powerful, the position you have taken or it has taken with reference to you is unfavourable, and the object to be gained will be frustrated. By unfavouble positions, the value is lost and dangers may arise by evil positions.

XII-Panchaka or Five-Source-EnergyThere are several methods by which this source of

~ood and bad time is prescribed. I shall here state briefly

the most familiar and the easiest method for

reference and guidance. Take the number of lunar days

from the first of each lunar month" the number of week

days from Sunday, the number of constellations from

Aswini and the number ef signs ar Lagnas from the

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Mesha and add them all together: A certain total figure

will be obtained. Divide this by nine and look to the

remainder. If the remainder is one, it is called mrityu

, (death or danger). If it is two it goes under the name of

Vahni [Fire]. If it is four it is called Rajapanchaka

[royal]. If the remainder is six it is called Chorapanchaka

[thievish] and if it is eight it gets the name of Rekhapanchaka

disease. If' the remainder three or five or

'seven or there is no remainder, then it is good. Take two

or three illustrations. After, finding the Tara and

Chandrabala good; suppose a man wants to have his

marriage on the 25th of May 1906, say at about

10 0' clock in the morning.

The lunar day is the 2nd of Jaista and this gives us

two. The week day is Friday and it gives six counting

from Sunday. The constellation is Mrigasira and it is

the fifth from Aswini or it gives us five. The rising

sign on that day at about 10 0' clock in the morning will

be Cancer or Kataka and this is the 4th from Aries and

gives four. Now totalling up all. these we get lunar day

two plus week day six, plus constellation five, plus rising

4 or 17. This divided by 9 will give us a remainder of 8

and the 8th indicates Rogapanchaka or that which shows

sickness and misery. This must be avoided. Suppose

on that day he tries to have the marriage at 12 0' clock

Then he Will have the Lagna of Simha and as this gives

5, the total comes up to 18 which, when divid~'d by 9,

gives no remainder and therefore will be good; provided

other combinations are also favourable. A man wishes

to have his nuptials at 11 -30 o' clock in the night on the

30th of June 1906. The lunar day is 9. The week

day is 7. The constellation is chitta at the time end

it is 14. The sign rising on that day at 11-30 Q' clock in


the night will be (about 45-30 ghatikas after sunrise)

and Meena which is the 12th from Aries. Totalling up

all these, we get 9+7 +14 +12 or 42. Divide this by 9

and there is a remainder of 6, which denotes Chorapanchaka.

If he has his nuptials in this Lagna then there

will be frequent thefts in his house.

There are very many things which when properly

understood and followed would tend to minimise the

chances of evil influences indicated by planets. Lunar

days, constellations. and rising signs, have power to

avert the evils which would arise as a matter of fact

from the attraction or combination of the subtle influences

contained in time and the chemical changes which

arise from the conjunctions and repulsions of various

forms of energies, some of which are visible, while many

of which are subtle and very mysterious in their nature.

A wise man controls his planets while a fool obeys them.

XIII-Kshowra or ShavingPeople seem to laugh at the idea, when astrologers

tell them, that they should have this operation on particular

days and at particular times. The science of

electricity (Vidyutsakti) was so perfectly known to the

ancients that with a view to concentrate and conserve

all good energies in man, and to dessipate and get rid of

all evil forces in the human body, they have laid down

certain rules, which, when studied by themselves, look

quite arbitrary and meaningless, but which, when carefully

examined in the light of conservation-of-energyprinciple-

look most wonderful and striking with regard

to the knowledge the ancient Rishis possessed in physical

sciences. The famous scientist Rishi Vatchayayana

thus explains the principles of electricity in his

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yidyutsakti Prakarana or the treatise on the exhibition

of electric; currents in the human body. He observes in

the sutras thus-"Akshi (eyes), Vakshasi (chest) Kukshuocha

(stomach) or belly, Siro (head) Madvavthatha

Hridi (heart) Hastashu (hands) Upatsu (feminine organ)

Nabhoucha (navel) Medra (male organ) Adho Bhaga

Nalayaha [lower intestines or canals] Buddhisthanay

[seat of intelligencej Brahma Danday [the seat of the

kala or ray of Bhrama] Pranakosav [the seat of life]

Prakasatay [shines or illuminates] Hence cutting off

hair from the head, means so much loss of vitality to the

body and such times should be selected as would minimise

or neutralise the flow of electric currents from

those sources. The injunctions are for men, who wish to

have, or who possesses abundance of electricity. The

police warn the people as guardians of the property to be

careful and shut all sources of danger from which thieves

might enter their houses and take away their property.

But in the case of veritable beggers or mendicants, who

have no property to lose, the advise of fhe police looks

quite absurd and they many even call the police fools for

giving such' warning. But their advice is sound and

necessary in the case of rich men. Similarly sciences

also will have to be interpreted in their proper spheres. ..

Shaving operations and cutting or paring the nails etc.

should always be conducted when the subtle influences

exercised by the lunar days, constellations, planetatary

conjunctions etc. are such as would not act prejudically

against the conversation of the godly or spiritual energy

in man or in other words when the Satwa Guna (vital

energy) is not likely to suffer from these operations, or

when the chances of its outflow are minimised. Hence

good days must be fixed for such acts. Shaving may be

had in the following constellations-(1) Pushyami, (2)

Punarvasu, (3) Ravati, (4) Hasta, (5) Sravana, (6) .


Dhanis~a, (7) Mrigasira, (8) Aswini, (9) Chitta, (10)

Jaista, (11) Satabhisha and (12) Swathi. Those who

take a shave on the 4th of the lunar day court ruin to

mother, on the 14th lunar day ruin comes to sister. on

the 6th day misery to brothers on Parva days (Amavasva

and Poornama) misery comes to father, on the first

and 9th days loss occurs to wealth and grain and on this

8th evil befalls on the man's wife. The best week days

are Monday; Wednesday and Thursday. Nature's

processes are sometimes slow and sometimes sudden

and unexpected. Moderation in food, locomotion, sexual

matters, rest and mental activity is strongly recommended.

Suppose a man can work for six hours a day

and will work against this rule for eight hours. Do the

irregularities of the system manifest themselves at once

or later on and in a slow and impecetible manner. Both

are possible. In some the bad results are slow and in

others, they are sudden and immediate, So also these

ethereal evils so strongly condemned by the Maha

Rishis in the vel~y day actions of the human life. .Suppose

a man takes a shave on the fourth Lunar day, does

his mother die at once? The evils accumulated may

manifest themselves under various forms and on various

occasions. Therefore conservations of the right. kind

of the energy conducive to human health and wealth is

recommended by those who possessed Divine Sight.

XiV--Vastu Prakarnam-Building New HousesThis is a very important question which should not

be neglected by persons who build new houses or who

enter into them as their tenants. It often happens that

persons who enter certain new houses or who build new

houses get into all sorts of misfortunes and miseries and

that they open their eyes wide only when it is too late


to mend. Although the causes may be many and mysterious,

the facts are t90 frequent and patent that they

attract considerable attention and dis?ussions after tJ1e

happening of serious evils. Many people who begin to

build new houses either die before they are completed

or lose their appointments or avocations, or suffer

important deaths in their families which make them

miserable all through the rest of their lives. So also

happens in the cases of many families, who enter into

new or ready-made houses as tenants or mortgagees

with possession, Some houses get the unenviable title

of "haunted houses" and for a number of years or generations,

they do a world of mischief both to the owners

who build them and to the families who happen to

occupy them as tenants. There must be surely be some'

'causes or reasons for all these misfortunes. In some

houses the occupants whoever they may be, rapidly rise

position and prosperity and go away to better places

while in some other houses, the occupants, as rapidly,

lose their fortunes and vacate them after being entirely

wrecked in life or finances. It becomes therefore extremely'

important to consult the nature and influences

'of the houses before they should be built or entered.

The laying in of the foundation is an important function

and ought to be per!ormed when the stellar zodiacal

lunar and planetary conjunctions are favourable and

are in a mood of to give success and prosperity to either

the builders of those houses or to their occupants. Hence

it is that some houses fetch fabulous rents and prices

bocause they have a good reputation, while many houses

-though excellently built and much better in affording

accomodation fetch no rents or prices because they

have a bad name or because they are considered to be

haunted. Brief directions, therefore, will be given here

for the benefit of the readers on this important question


of house-construction and house occupancy. New houses

commenced in the lunar month' Chaitra, will produce

w'ealth and happiness thereby Vaishakha gives happiness.

Jaista produces certain death or destruction

Ashadha indicates loss of cows and cattle. Sravana

shows prosperity to servants or their increase. Bhadrapada

produces constant sickness. Aswija indicates

-incessant quarrelling. Kartika gives Much wealth.

Margasira indicates serious pecuniary losses. Pushya

gives fears from fire while Magha shows increase among

children and family. Phalguna produces loss to body

or death. New houses built when the sun occupies

Taurus, Cancer, Leo, Aquarius, Aries, Libra, Scorpio,

and Capricorn us produce children & grand children.

When the Sun is in fixed' signs, new houses give much

happiness. When he is in moveable signs the results

will be ordinary and when he is in common or double

bodied signs, the results are unfavourable. I have

written very elaborate and convincing articles about

these matters in the pages of my Astrological Magazine

and those who are anxious to get further information

should refer to them. While the modern sciences enumerate

positive and negative electricity, the Maha Rishis

of India in the unfathomable antiquity enumerated 1800

varities of electrical currents, and 'each of these is capable

of further subdivisions to the extent of thousands.

All phenomena, is permeated with magnetic cuurrents

and if this is a fact then all materials, collected for

. building houses will have each its own peculiar currents

A co lIection of these may do good or ev'iI. Some are

cohesive while others are adhesive or repulsive. When

we want cohesion and repulsion sets in we have failure

and misery, and when we want repulsi-on. and we get

adhesion we get our objects defeated.


Success and failure are determined by the collection

of the house materials at the right or wrong time, and it

is this invaluable knowledge that the Maha Rishis were

able to give to postirity in the shape of Astrological

formulas.

New buildings should not be commenced when

Jupiter and Venus are in vcornbust. or when they are

young or old; nor in the Chaturmasyas-Ashadha,

Sravana, Bhadrapada and Aswija nor in the Sunyamasa

(Pushya)·.

The following constellations are good for commencing

new buildings-(1) Oottara, (2) Oottarashada, (3)

Oottarabhadra, (4) Chitta, (5) Rohini, (6) Swati, (7)

Jaista, (8) Mrigasira (9) Moola (10) Aswini (11) Hasta

(12) Pushyami and (13) Anoradha.

The following should be avoided for commencing

house building. The first half of a Parigha, the whole

of Vyathipatha and Vvdruti, the first six ghatis of Gahda

and Atigandayogas, the first five ghatis of Shulanama

yoga and the first nine ghatis of Vyaghata.

The Signs (Lagnas or rising zodiacal houses) for

starting to build new houses must not be occupied by

benefics or these good planets should be in quadrant

or trines possessed of Shadbalas (six sources of strength

enumerated in the astrological works) and the 10th

house must be specially occupied by Jupiter, Venus


powerful Mercury, while the evil. planets should be

found occupying the 3rd 6th and 11 th houses. If Saturn

Mars, Rahu, or Kethu occupies the 8th from the Lagna,

the proprietor will certainly be killed before the completion

of the rouse or very soon after it. If Jupiter or

Venus joins powerful Moon in the Lagna and Mercury

occupies the 4th or 7th. ths house will not be burnt and

will be strorg for a long time and will give prosperity

both to the owner and also to any others who may

occupy it.

XV-Griha Pravesa-Entering New HouseEntering into new houses, will be a matter of great

importance. as the results prodrced bvthe local magne-

. tic and electrical currents at the time of the entree of

the family into it, may lewe upon its members very far

reaching influences for 9 »od or bad. There is no mythology

or superstition here, All human actions are

productive of electical currents, and all of them are

produced in turn, and affected by electrical currents.

They are based upon solid scientific and adamantine basis

of truth and one who neglects to take the light of past

experiences in this direction will be throwing away a

very valuable weapon by whose help he could have

made a very good defence against all powerful evil

influences. When the sun is in Oottarayana, in the bright

half of the lunar month. on auspicious weekdays, IIIIhen

Jupiter and Venus are powerful (without being combust,

old or young) after performing Vastu and Bhoota Bali,

entering into a new house will be productive of good

results. Vasto refers to the form of construction of the

house, and the energies or forces called into existencs by

the arrangements made and tha materials used in the

construction. The subtle chemicals results, effected by


the conjunction of various materials, though not seen by

the naked eye, are still there and any evi I tendencies

they may have, to produce danger, disease, or death to

the occupants, rnustbe very sensibly and dexterously,

neutralised or counteracted. Therefore the astrological

works lay down certain principles and they are explained

in the Mant.ra Shastra. where the processes by

which those evil influences are adverted are detailed at

great length. The term Bhootas is generally applied

to represent the influences of the earth, fire, water, sky,

and air and the various compounds called into existence

by their union. When special classes of materials and

life beings-including men and cattle--where absent

from a particular plot or piece of ground the influnces

. of the Bhootas (forces or energies, were naturally

working in their own inscrutable ways.

But the advent of new forms of enerqies for forces,

will certainly have their own influences and if the first

set of Maha-Bhoota influences are found to be inimicable

to the second set of forces, which are brought upon

.them for safety and prosperity, it becomes the duty of

inteligent beings like men, to study the first set of

physical and spiritual energies with their permanent

abode in them, so that second set may not suffer

from the "frowns" of the first set, and thus, have the

very same object s defeated for gaining which men spend

so much money, time and mental labour. Bhoota Bali

therefore will be the special sacrifices which are enjoined

upon men to offer to the Bhootas (forces) in the new

house before they enter into the same and seek safety

under its roof.

The lunar months of Magha; Phalguna. Vaisakha

and Jaista are good for entering new houses. Kartika


and Margasira are indifferent and the rest are bad.

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday

are good. All lunar days except the 4th, 9th 14th and

Amavasya. are recommended, and the' entrance may be

effected either during the day or during the night. New

houses should not be entered in the Shadvargas (six

divisions) of the Sun Mars, and the constellations

which are occupied by evil planets and which have the

aspect of the Sun and Moon. The constellations Rohini

Oottara. Oottarashadha and Oottarabhadra are good for

entering newly built houses. The constellation Raivati

Jaista and Anoradha, are very good for entering one's

own old house which has been repaired or previously

unoccupied by him. No new or old houses should be

entered in Aswini, Hasta, Sravana, and Pushyami.

When the Sun is in Kumbha, Mithuna and Kataka, new

houses should not be entered into. If new houses are

entered in the constellations, Hasta, 'Swati. Pushya,

Punarvasu, Aswini, and Sravana, they will pass away

from the hands (proprietorship) of the owners, within

three years after entree. If they are entered in the

other constellations, they meet with danger or death.

When good planets are in Kendras, when evil planets

are not in Kendras and the 8th house, when the signs

of Guru and Sukra are rising, i.e.. in Dhanas, Meena,

Vrishabha and Thula, or in fixed signs, and when the

Moon is in a favourable place, entree into a new house,

will produce. wealth. health, children and long life

Even if he builds a house in a forest and enters it under

the above auspicious combination of planets and times,

he will be surrounded by happiness and prosperity.

When the man enters a new house in the same star or

Lagna he was born in, Or in the Upachaya constellations

or Lagnas from them. he will have children, money and,


enioyment. If a man does not enter into a new house

either in his own constellation or Lagna, or those which

stand from them as 3rd, 6th, 10th and 11th (upachayas)

then he wi II have sorrow, sickness, poverty, loss of

friends and relations, danger or death to children and

wife and every conceivable form of misery. No houses

should be entered, which have not doors properly fixed,

whose roofing is not completed or is defective and where

charities and sacrificial rites are not properly performed

and the saintly and godfearing people are not feasted.

Thease religious details are a real death blow to all

those who believe that the Hindus owe their knowledge

of Astrology to the Greeks and Chaldeans. Sri Rama

the great Indian National Hero shows great skill in

Astrology in his arrangement for the invasion of Lanka

and the omens he observed on his way. Valmiki gives

the horoscope of Rama and others, and shows clear know

ledge of Astrology. Mahabharata relates vast stores of

Astrological knowledge and as the latter war took place

precisely 5047 years ago, I would like to know where

the Chaldeans and Greecians were at that time and what

was their intellectual erudition. A greater nonsensical

theory could hardly be ventured. The details on Astrology

Muhurtha, Prasna, and Remedies surpass only conceptions,

and when no reference is to be found in the Western

Sciences, we have to simply pity their clossal

ignorance in these matters.

XVI-Kuparambha or Digging WellsThe constellations Raivati, Oottarabhadra, Hasta.

Anoradha Makha, Sravana, Rohini and Pushyami are

good for digging wells. Meena,. Kataka and Makara

Lagnas produce plenty of water.


Kumbha and Vrishaba give half water or insufficient

supply, Vrischika, Thula and Mithuna give small quantity,

while the rest give very little water or nothing.

When the Kendras are occupied by evil planets, even

with difficulty, water cannot be secured in the wells.

But when. Venus and Moon are in the Kendras, water

can be obtained even on the top of a mountain. When

wells are begun to be dug in the sign occupied by the

Sun, there will be sinking water and rock found in the

well. On the other hand if Moon or Venus is in a

Kendra, occupying a full watery sign, there will be

abundant supply of water in the well.

If the Lagnas are watery signs, and they are occupied

by Guru, Budha and Chandra, and the 10th house

from it is occupied by Sukra, wells and tanks commenced

to be dug at such times will contain full water and

they will be good ones. Sukra, and Chandra are

watery globes and the full watery signs are KatakaCancer

Makara, Capricon and Meena-plsces.

XVII-Krishikarma or Agriculture

In the world there can be nothing more important

'or valuable than successful agriculture. Even the greatest

manufacturing country are entirely dependant on agricultural

produce for their existence. The proudest

monarch and the humblest subject want food and the

story of Midas proves to the world the moral related

there by the author. All may turn into gold and even

precious gems, but we must have food and this cannot be

had without agricultural operations. The Sun's rays

falling on watery surfaces convert water into vapour,

vapour is condensed by means of cold blasts of wind


and falls down as rain, rain sustains vegitation and animals

and they nourish man ..

The functions of the solar rays, is very complicated

and very mysterious. Without it nothing can grow and

nothing can assist even for a second. Will it not be

therefore 'Our sacred and responsible duty to find out

from the Agricultural Astrology which days, times, stars

and conjunctions of planets are the best for agriculture

arid when we may hope for a bumber crop. Times have

always their indisputable influences and when these are

not carefully noted sqricultural, prospects will turn out

to be a complete failure and the world will come to a

standstill for want of food. In Muhurtha Marthanda,

the author Narayana, gives great details about the

manner in which the proprietor of a land should begin

hia ploughing, This work was composed in 1493 Salivahana

Saka or in 1750 A.D. It is one of the most

learned works on Muhurtha and the author who was a

highly learned Brahmin, has made his own commentaries,

thereby showing clearly what he means exactly

in 'each sentence. Refer to Misraprakarna or Miscellaneous

Chapter, verses, 5 to 7. I shall summarise his

views for the benefit of our readers.

For commencing ploughing operation the constellations,

Raivati, Hasta, Makha, Rohini, Uttara, Ootharashada,

Ootharabhadra, Mrigasira, Swati, Shravana,

Dhanista, Satabhisha, Punarvasu, Visakha, Jaista,

Aswini, Pushyami, Chitta and Abhijit are recommended.

Saturday, Wednesday and Tuesday are not good. The

Zodiacal signs of Meena, Vrishabha, Mithuna and Kanya

are favourable. The lunar days of Amave.sya, 14th and

8th days of the dark half of the lunar month and Navami

or the 9the day should be avoided. After a bath in the


morning, worshipping the Earth, Fire, the Sun and the

planets waer inqs white clothes, selecting good strong

bullocks, and a ploug whose point must be gilt with

gold, he should proceed the field and standing opposite

the North, drawing a line, and then, turn to the South,

draw the second line and then again draw the third,

fourth and fifth lines and where no said omen occur,

-when the bulls ploughing do not fight with each other,

or fall down, the crop will be good and fruitul.

XVIII-A. Sell ing and Buying of cattle

No agriculture can ever be successful without a

proper rearing of suitable cattle of various descriptions.

Hints are given in this chapter for buying and selling

cattle of all sorts. Horses, cows, bulls, buffaloes,

donkeys, sheep, goats, pigs etc., are the most important

tor the cultivators and they gain or lose by trading in

them. The Stars, Visaka, Hasta, Mrigasira. Punarvasu,

Danishta, Aridra, Aswini, Raivati, Kritika, Shatabhisha

.Jaista. Pcobba, Poorvashadha and Poorvabhadra are

·good. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday' are

bad. Sirnha Lagna is unfavourable. The Lunar day,

Amavasya, Chethurthi. Navami and Chaturdasi are evil.

The siqr.s of benefics are good. Vyatipatha, Vaidruti

and Ashtarni are favourable.

B. Favourable times for Administering Medicines

and Performing Surgical Operations

Whatever our lamentations may be, we are surrounded

everywhere by diseaes some of which are horrible

in nature and produce great and everenciating pains.

Man courts diseases and ill-health by crossing the

principles of Natur-e, by excessive indulgences. The


wise men may loudly cry, but human beings are persistent

in Courting all sorts of diseases. These diseases

are also the results of breeking natural principles and

doing things where they ought not to do them. Time,

place and circumstances have great influences and a

prudent man pays attention to all these and adjusts his

actions so well that he hardly suffers any pains at all.

But prudent and sensible men are fe"" and far between,

and the overwhelming majority are constantly falling

victims to the free play of, their passions. For preparing

and administering medicines Sunday. Monday, Wednesday,

Thursday and Friday are good. Saturday and

Tuesday are unfavourable. The Stars Anuradha, Mrigasira,

Baivati, Rohini. Chitta, Oottara, Oottarashadha and

Ootarabhadhra, Sravana, Dhanishta, Satabhisha, Punarswasu,

Swati, Aswini, Hasta and Abhijit are benificial.

Amrityoga is good. Benefics should be in Kendras sixth,

eighth and the twelth and the Lagna.

For surgical operation and bleeding, the following

are recommended in addition to what has already been

stated. Lagnas on Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday when

the planets Sani, Surya and Kuja are in- Kendras are

favourable for surgical purposes. Some authors recom

mend us planets specially evil ones in the sixth and

eighth but others say quite the contrary. It is extremely

difficult to say which is correct and which is wrong. I

humbly venture to suggest that sixth denoting disease

and eighth indicating danger and death would certainly

be better without evil planets.

XIX-Marriage AdaptabilityThere are twelve Kutas (forces for conjunction and

agreement between the couple) named in the original


Sanskrit works, but eight out of these twelve only, seem

to furnish a list. wherein, will be found the estimate of

good which may result for the marrying couple. They

will be named here briefly for reference with their

original significations, as far as possible, in theliqht of

scientific principles. The Twelve junctional forces

which are to be consulted in the marriage are: (1) Dinam,

(2) Ganam, (3) Mahendram' (4) Stri Dirgham, (5)

Voni, (6) Rasi, (7) Rasyadhipathi or Graha Mitram,

(8) Vasya, (9) Rajju, (10) vedha.t tt ) Varna and

(12) Nadi. The words ussd here in Sanskrit, seem to

have been selected by the Maharishis. who wrote on

Astrology, to express the various kinds of agreement.

which must be consulted in marriages, to make them,

result in giving health, agreement, long life, good progeny,

and religious temperament with celibacy and

chastity, necessary for all human beeings. There are

36 Gunas or auspicious units, whih should be estimated

in the horoscopes of the marrying couple, and if after

examining the various sources of energies which furnish

these units of good, the total is found to be less than 18,

the marriage should never the consummated, as it would

result in danger, disagreement or death, to the marrying

couple and bring on destruction to the family also. If

the units exeed 18 and fall below 27, the horoscopes are

passable, and marriage may be celebrated, with ordinary

good resul ts for the bride and her groom. But if the

number of these units exceeds 27, then it is highly recomended

and the marrying couple will have all enjoyments

and prosperity in their future marriage career. The

value of these units (Gunas) are to be thus ascertained.

1. Varna Furnishes

2. Vasya

3. Dina

1 unit of agreement

2

3

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4. Yoni ..... 4

5. Rasyadhipathi or Graha Mitra 5

6. Gana 6

7. Ra~ 7

8. Nadi 8

Thus we have a total of 36 units

27

When a careful analyses of these agreement units

are made, it will be seen that all these appear to have

reference to the conjunction of magnetic and electrical

forces, arising from the constellations, the Moon, the

zodiacal signs and the planets, Marriage, among all

nations, who have any pretentions to civilizations, becomes

a delicate affair, which socially offers great

obstacles physicaland intellectual-for a correct examination

of the whole history of the marrying couple.

There should be no false delicacy in a matter of the

greatest importance, like the union of the sexes, for

their whole lives. They form units of their home, of

their community, of their country, of their nation and

of the world as a whole. There can be no village, no

family, no town, no municipality, no city, no community,

no nation, no continent, and no world, without

individuals. The happiness or misery of these individuals

is the real unmistakeable basis of the national

prosperity or misfortune, and when these backbones of

society are broken, neglected, i II set or badly matched,

say what you will to the contrary, the whole national

fabric, must inevitable go to ruins and destruction. We

do not want philosophers. Presidents of Republics, and

great doctors to tell us these simple truths. They are

within our easiest observations, and we are feeling their

pleasures and pains every movement of our lives. A

bad wife, sickly child, a deformed husband, a rougish


friend, a rotten official a 'licen~ious officer, a greedy

president, Of a fraudulent, 'monarch, are all sources of

intolerable miseries which cannot be endured and which

certainly dry up the noble springs of love, happiness,

safety, prosperity and progress. Marriage therefore

is the most important factor in the life of every person,

and it become therefore, the greatest, the most sacred

and the most important duty of man to try and minimise

the chances of evil arising from the marriages, and

improve the marital conditions, by doinq which the individual,

the community, the society and the nation, may

secure peace, happiness progress and morality. To

laugh at such sources of real and useful knowledge,

would be but betraying more the symptoms of willful

idiotcy and blind dogma, than indicating any real traces

of unprejudiced and liberal education.

XX. Dinam.-Coming to the Kutas (junctions of forces)

we have fist Dinam. Take the constellation of the girl,

and from it count up to the constellation of the boy and

divide the total by nine if the sum is divisable. If the

remainder is two, four, six, eight or is good.

.Take an illustration, The girl's constellation at the

time of birth is Krittika and that of the boy is Ano-

.radha. If we count from the girl's up to the boy's both

inclusive we get 15. This divided by 9 gives a remainder

of 6and this is good. But suppose the boy's is Mrigasira;

while the girl's is Krittika; counting from the constellation

of the girl; we get 3 and this is not recommended.

The other figures not named by implication are good.

XXI.Ganam.-Astrologically the whole human

classified under 3 main divisions. (1) Deva

(2) Manusha (human) and (3) Rakshasa (diaIt

is pointed out in other Sanskrit scientific

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works that Deva represents through piety and goodness

of character, Manusha a mixture of good and evil and

Rakshasa predominance or evil. These different natures

amonq mankind are partly indicated by the constellations

under which they are born and partly by planetary

conjunctions. Where the birth star or time is not

known, the constellation for name, as given already in

this book must be taken in all these calculatins.

Punarvasu, Pushyami,

Raivathi, Anoradha, Mrigasira

Gana.

Swati, Hasta. Sravana,

and Aswini denote Deva

Rohini, Pubba Poorvashada, Poorvabhadra, Bharani,

_Aridra, Uttara Ootarashada and Oottarabhadra, indicate

M anusha Gana. Kritlika, Aslasha, Makha, Chitta, Vishakha,

Jaista, Moola, Dhanista, and Satabhisha, declare

Rakshasa Gana.

A davata, Manusha or .Rakshasa man may convenientıy

marry a girl of his own division.

But if the Devata marries Manusha it wi II be

ordinary.

But if a Devata marries a Rakshas, it is worst.

If a Manusha marries a Rakshasa, death results as a

matter of course. Under no circumstances can a Manu

sha or Devatha man should marry a Rakshasa girl. Take

an illustration. The girl born in Krittaka belongs to

Rakahasa Gana, while the boy born in Anoradhais

governed by Devagana. The marriage between the two

is prohibited. Take a girl born in Mrigasira. She

belongs to Devagana. She can marry one born in

Bharini (Manusha) or even in Krittika (Rakshasa). The

science seems to indicate that Stri Rakshasa, under no

ci rcumstances should be matched to a man born under


Deva or Manusha Ganas. Stri Rakshasa has been

greatly condemned, while Purusha Rakshasa may be

passable. Rakshasa denotes a bad nature and it is not

pleasant to have a quarrelsome and fighting wife for a

modest and quiet man. But if both of them are Rakshasas,

the marriage must prove ordinary. A loving

chaste. obedient and modest wife will be a peculiar

fortune in this world and the domestic circle with such

a lady will be a Heaven on this Earth. There are many

unfortunate families where the wives are debaucherous

unsympathetic and repulsive. The men are driven to

madness and lead a most miserable life. A good companion

in thick and thin is a special fortune and possessed

by a small percentage of men. The rascalities of

men are equally notorius, and good and innocent wives

suffer unheard of miseries from the cruel hands of their

unsympathetic husbands. External appearances in

marriages will be completely deceived. Nature and

temoarament must be good and sexuality must be

agreeable.

XXII. Mahendra Kuta-If the constellation of the

boy is the 4th, 7th 10th, 13th, 16th, 19th, 22nd or 26th

.trom that of the bride, it is goOd'l

'itjlf., ~ 0cIv\.0 __

~\ .' ---'--_....-- .

XXIll. Stri Dirgha-If the star of the boy falls

within the first nine constellations counting from that

of the girl, it is condemned by astrologers. If it falls

within the next 9 stars Of from the 10th to that of the

18th from the star of the girl it is ordinary. But if the

star of the boy falls within the last nine (from 19th to

27th)' stars from that of the girl, it is considered as good

Where the Rasi and Graha Mitra Kutas are agreeable

this may not be taken into consideration at all.


XXIV. Yoni Kuta- Yoni in Sanskrit means the

f~mab:.s~r~lJ~~hr

~nerallYpsychological results follow from physiological

conditions. It would be absurd to think that

sexually, any man may be matched agreeably to any

woman. No greater mistake than this could be cornmitted

by parents or guardians who are mostly responsible

for the marriages of their daug.hters and sons and

the evil results which follow by an ill selected match.

Neither do the sexual organs in male or female bear any

definite proportion to the bulk, strength or height of the

persons concerned. A tallman or woman will have a

small organ while a short individual may possess a big

sexual orqan, quite disproportionate to his body or bulk.

This is beautifully illustrated by nature in its creation.

and one has only to watch the disproportions in the

sexual organs among the various kinds of animals, compared

with their height and bulk. To solve this difficulty

to present false etiquette of social life offers really very

great obstacles in marriage selections with theconsequence,

that many of the marriages proves most miserable

and the want of sexual adaptablitv leads to bad and

"licentious lives. Take an examplev. A marriage is

arranged between a girl and a boy, without reference to

the dimensions of their sexes. When the nuptials are

about to be consummated the disproportion of sexual

union and with this at the bottom, as a strong and

irremidiable basis, they are not united in body and much

less could they ever hope to be united in her mind. The

marriage proves consequently a. thorough failure. They

hate each other and the result is that one or the other

.or both seek the company of others, with whom they

find better sexual gratification. The appalling number

of divorces' among the European nations are directly


traceable to these defects. To speak the plain truth may

be hateful, or unpalatable to the parties concerned, but

this is a matter in which both the parents as well as the

parties to be engaged, are entirely silent and which

leads them to very pitiable or deplorable situations.

This arises from a grand mistake of false delicacy

obtained in the social circles. With a view to obviate

these important defects, the ancient Rishis seem to have

examined this vital question astrologically, -and expressed

their ideas under astrological technicalities. Where

the Yonicut is (sexual adaptability) inimicable the

marriages ought to be avoided. Aswini and Satabhisha

represent horses. Bharani and Raivathi show elephants.

Krittika and Pushya indicate goats. Rohini Mrigasira

denote serpents. Moola and Aridra show dogs. Makha

and Poobba. indicate rats. Aslasha and Punarvasu denotes

cats. Swati and Hasta show he-buffaloes. Visakha

and Chitta represent royal tigers. Jaista and Anoradha

indicate deer. Oottara and Oottarabhadra represent cows.

Abhijit and Oottarashadha show Mangooses. Poorvabhadra

and Dhanista indicate lions. Poorvashada and

Sravana denotes monkeys. Where the constellation of a

boy indicates the male and the star of the girl shows a

female animal or sex, and when these animals are not

declared enemies to each other, the marriage is highly

recommended, and will produce happiness and success.

Where the stars of the boy and the girl, both denote

feminine sex there union will be ordinary. Where both

'constellations denote masculine gender,. the union will

be productive of unhappiness and pecuniary loss. Take

some examples. A man is born in Rohini and this star

governs serpents. The girl is born in Oottarashada,

and this represent mangooses. There is bitter enmity

'between these two and the marriage would prove hateful.

THE ASTROLOGICAL MIRROR· 33

Suppose the boy's star is Visakha and the girl's is

Oottara. The marriage will prove unfortunate as the

match will be one between a tiger and a cow. If the

boy's star is Aslasha and the girl's is Makha, the marriage

is prohibited as it will be between cat and a rat, both

being bitter enemies to each other. Suppose the marriage

IS between a boy and a girl born in Oottarabhadra. The

marriage will be ordinary as both represent feminine

gender. Suppose the marriage is between a boy in Swati,

and a girl born in Hasta, the marriage will be between

masculine genders and it will prove unfortunate and will

cause loss of money.

So far as the marriages are concerned, there is a

serious responsibility, on the public, on the government,

on the parents and guardians of the couple to be married

and on the astrological experts on whose advice the

marriages are chiefly based. No selfish motives should

actuate any of the above named, and specially the

parents and the astrolqer to undertake a task on which

the welfare of the couple, their progeny ahd that of

community and country depends. If the astrologer

is not competent, he must direct the consultors to some

capable and honest men and no false delicacy should be

brought into play. A nation can never be stronger than

its weakest individuals, as a chain can never be stronger

than its weakest link. This is not a light matter and

ought not to be treated with any indifference. The

whole peace and prosperity of mankind depend upon

how they arrange their marriages and the sexual

congress among its individual members. Eternal developments

of bodies, medical tests and certificates, and

. the apparent health of the parties to be married are not

the real factors to depend upon for a successful marriage.

The visible influences are frequently changed and rnvs34


terious alterations take place. How, why and when can

only be determined by the astrological experts, who

have real knowledge, consciene. capacity and honesty.

If they advice slip shod, they inflict a harm on the

married couples which no loss or medicines can cure

unheard of miseries result on such evil advices and the

consequences are deplorable. A sickly girl recovers

health after her marriage. A wealthy boy becomes an

.invalid for life after his marriage, and a poor fellow

becomes rich afler marriage. When therefore the adaptabilities

are not sound, sorrows flow in and make

the lives of the mal ried couple miserable and repulsive.

Calmly observe the marriage relations, on the different

continents, among the different nations and also among

the Hindus, compare them without prejudice or passion

and draw your own influences. The chastity and obedience

insisted on and practiced to a large extent among

the rural Indian families, are matters which are generally

absent among other countries. This has much to do with

training, religion and their valuable and experienced

instructions.

xxv. Rasikuta:-The whole. celestial, space is

divided into 12 parts each of which technically called a

Rasi, Bha, Bhavana etc, The possessions of these houses

with reference to each other seem to lend strength or

weakness and these sources of agreement or debility are

indicated under this heading. The houses here indicated

are not those in which the rising signs (Lagnas or birth

times) are marked in the horoscopes of the marrying

. couple, but those in which the Moon is placed at the

time of their birth. Hence technically the house occupied

by the Moon is usually called the Janma Rasi. The

position of the Moon at the time of birth is determined

by.the constellation which controls the person and these


pecularities have been elaborately explained in the

Astrological-Self Instructor and Primer published by me.

If the Rasi of the boy happens to become the 2nd from

that of the girl happens to be the 12th from that of the

boy, death will be the result of that marriage. But if,

on the other hand, the Rasi of the boy falls in the 12th

from the girl or the Rasi of the girl is in the 2nd from

that of the boy astrology predicts longevity for the

couple. If the Rasi of the boy is the 3rd from that of

the girl there wi II be misery and sorrow. But if the

Rasi of the girl is the 3rd from that of the boy there will

be happiness. If the boy's Rasi falls in the fourth from

that of the girl's then there will be great poverty; but

if the Rasi of the girl happens to fall in the 4th from

the boy there will be great wealth. If the boy's Rasi

falls in the 5th from that of the girl's there will be unhappiness.

But if the Girl's Rasi falls in the 5th from

that of the boy's there will be enjoyment and prosperity.

But where the Rasis of the boy and the girl are in the

seventh house's mutually, then there will be health,

agreement and happiness. If the boy's Rasi falls in the

6th from the girl's there will be the loss to children, but

if the girl's is the 6th from the boy's then, the progeny

will prosper. But even where misery and danger are

indicated by rules above quoted, if the two Rasis are

owned by one planet or if the lords of the two houses

happens to be great friends, they produce prosperity

and the evil indicated by want of Rasikuta need not be

considered.

XXVI. Varnakuta-e-varna, in sanskrit means

color and the junction here of two Rasis, or signs is

considered in the light of its purity and the results it is

likely to produce. Meena, Vrischika and Kataka present


purity of color and are called Brahmin Rasis. Varnashrama

Dharmas is familiar to us, Brahma Karma and

the Dharrnas or principles of conduct organised on

Brahmins by the Vedas will give them Brahma Thejas or

bright. Kshatreyas have to lay down the-ir lives in the

defence of justice. Vaisyas should trade on equitable

principals and Sudras should have agriculture.

Simha, Dhanas, and Thula are denoted as controlling

the Kshatreyas.

Mesha; Mithuna and Kumbha represent Vaisyas,

land Vrishabha, Kanya and Makara indicates Sudras.

A girl born in higher caste ought never to be married to

.a boy born in a lower class and if out of love and personal

greed or cupidity such a marriage is celebrated the

husband dies very early. Take an example. If a boy

\ is born in Jaista his Rasi necessarily will be Scorpio or

. Vrischika. This represents Brahmin caste. Say a girl

is born in Makha. this constitutes Simha Rasi and it

represents Kshatrias. The marriage is allowable. But

suppose the girl is born in Raivathi (Maena Rasi) and

she marries a boy born in Rohini (Vrishabha) it is

condemned because the boy belongs to the Sudra Class

and the girl belongs to the Brahmin.

XXVII. Vysyakut-This word is Sanskrit signifies

possession or subjugation of one by the other and it is

consulted for the marrying couple, with a view to see,

whether there will be agreeability or rupture and

opposition between the persons about to be married. For

Mesha-Simha and Vrischika are subordinate. For

Vrishabha-Kataka and Thula; for Mithuna -Kanyafor

Kataka-Vrischika and Dhanas; for Simha-Thula;

for Kanya-Mcena and Mithuna; for Thula-Makara

'VQ..O't f.t -:. lAo ve..&v.. C~9 ~a.... )

~ t~ {~tk ~~UI.\


and Kanya for Vrischika-Kataka for Dhanas - Meena;

for Makara-i-Mesha and Kumbha; for Kumbha-c-Mesha:

and for Meena-Makara are considered as subordinate

and agreeable This yoga must be examined both for the

marrying couple as well as for the master and the

servant. The Rasis (houses) are determined by the

possession of the Moon at the time of the birth of the

boy and the girl, and if they fall within those which

are declared to be subordinate-then there will be

agreement and happiness between the ma~rying couple.

Ifii"'Otthey will qua~rei-and -b~~S~!gbl~ ~~husba!lc;J and.

-wi~------'-- --_.-

XXVIII. Graha Maitram-The moon in a horoscope

shows the mind of the person, and he is determind

by the constellation which rules a person at the time of

his birth. The lord of the house where the Moon' is

located at the time of the birth of a boy must be a

declared friend of the planet, who owns the house

occupied by the Moon in the girl's horscope. If those

two lords are indifferent, the couple wi II be similarly

situated in their mental attitude towards each other

and if they happen to be enemies the husband and wife

also be enemies. This, Kuta, seems to thoroughly examine

the mental conditions which are to be,brought in contact

with each other by the sacred bonds of marriage, and in

the union of the physical and the intellectual parts of

man and woman. A few illustrations are given to

explain these facts. On p. 7 & 8 of the Astrological

Self-Jnstructcr, 11th Edition by me, planetary friendship

etc. is fully given, to which I would refer the readers

for full information on this subject. Take an example.

A boy has the star Aslasha at his birth and a girl has

Pubba. The Moon therefore in, the boy's horoscope falls

in Cancer (Kataka) and its owner is Moon himself, while

_IL ~ L~ q,1Jto()'1. Lo~ ~ atk ~~~

~~


the Moon in the girl's horoscope is placed in Leo (Simha)

and its lord is the Sun. The Sun and Moon are friends

and there is Graha Mitra.

Take another example. A boy is born in Dhanista

in the 2nd-padam. His moon therefore falls in Makara

(Capricorn). The girl's star is Makha. Her Moon will

be placed in Sirnha (Leo). The Lord of Makara is Sani

while the lord of Simha is Ravi. Both these planets

(darkness and light) are bitter enemies and the couple

marrying will take up hostile positions in their home.

and become miserable. Take a third example. The boy' is

born in Aridra, and the Maori falls in Mithuna, whose

lord is Mercury (Buda). The girl is born in Swati, with

Moon in Thula (Libra). Its lord is Venus (Sukra) and

the two planets Buda and Sukra are intimate friends.

After marriage there will be great love between the

couple as the two minds take a favourable view of each

other and amalgamate into a harmonious whole.

XXIX. Rajju Kuta-This denotes strength of the

thread of the married life and it is important to test

its durability by consulting the RaJju the cord binding

the marital time. Aswini, Aslasha, Makha, .Jaista,

Moola, and Raivathi, constitute what.is technically called

Pada Rajju. Bharani, Pushya, Poobha, Anoradha,

Poorvashada and Oottarabhadra, denote Kati Rajju,

Krithika, Punarvasu, Oottara, Visakha. Oottarshadha

and Poorvabhadra indicate Oodara Rajju. Swati Sravana

Rohini, Aridra, Hastaand Satabhisha compose Kanta

Rajju. Dhanista, Chitta, and Mrigasira constitute Siro

Rajju. In Sanskrit Pada means foot. Kati indicates

waist. Oodara shows stomach. Kanta means neck and

Sira denotes head. If both the stars of the boy and the

girl fall in Sira. the husband, will die, if both of (hem


fall in Kanta the girl will die, if both of them fall in

Oodara, their progeny will die; if both of them fall in

Kati they will suffer great poverty, and if both of them

fall in Pad a, they will be compelled to lead a wandering

life. The Rajju must be Bhinna or separate and must

not be the same.

XXX. Vedha Kuta-Vetha in sanskrit means

trouble or disturbance and it may have also some other

peculiar signifcance. The eighteenth constellatation from

Aswini, Makha and Moola, the sixteenth star from Bharani,

Pubba and Poorvashadha; the 14th costellation

from Kithika, Oottara, and Oottarashadha. and the 12th

from Rohini, Hasta, and Sravana must be considered as

. those which are within the influence of Vedha Kuta.

Dhanista Mrigasira and Chitta form Vedhas to each other.

If marriages are performed when this evil influence prevails,

the husband soon embraces. Friendship arid

enmity are not always. traceable to actual facts of

relationship. A father may be uniformly loving his son

but the latter may as uniformly be hating his father.

A may be doing harm to B, but both may be on friendly

terms if personal magnetic currents are attractive and

cohesive A may doing good to B, and still both may

be enemies. Planets at birth indicate who will be our

friends and who will be enemies. Dasas and Vidasas

exercise great magnetic infl uences in their respective

periods and may become attractive or repulsive.

Marriage can never end in peace and prosperity when the

couple are enemies and repel each other. And if they

are compelled to live together under leagal or social or

religious restraints their lives Will be miserable, unsympathetic

and undesirable. Those who are concerned in

arranging marriages should spare no paints to make them

as harmonious and as agreeable as sciences could help

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us to do. The question of marriage is a question of fife

long misery or happiness not only to the couple but also

to their progeny. relations and friends.

Nadi-Kuta.-We. now come to the most powerful of

these Kutas called the Nadi. In Sanskrit Nadi means

several things, but the most important and pertinent to

our present subject, signifies the pulse or centre of

nervous energy which indicates health and temperament

of the person. There are three kinds of pulses enume

rated in the medical works among the Hindus and these

are Vatha, Pittha and sleshma, which may be roughly

translated into windy, bilious, (hot) and phlegmatic temperaments.

A union in sexes means much more than

what man generally understands. A male or female

actuated by simple sensual gratification, seeks the company

of the opposite sex, and in that excited moment

,forgets what serious consequences are involved in that

sex-correspondence and how miserable their future lives

may become by such indiscretions. If only external

physical forms attract men and woman towards each'

other in this sacred act of reproduction, than they will

be thoroughly deceived in their future careers, not only

in mental, disagreements arising among themselves,

but also by suffering in health, length of life, pecuniary

prospects, and the chi Idren they produce as a matter of

fact from such c:Iisagreeable unions. Their temperaments,

and their internal magnetic currents must agree

to make them happy and to produce healthy and long

Jived children. When marriage is not seriously considered

as religious and indissolvable, probably the couple

will be advised or controlled by their elders to keep their

temperaments smooth till the consurnation of the

marriage is over, and then when they come to live as

husband and wife, they begin to show that nasty


temperaments. which is their real characteristic. and

which could have been real in the light of planetary

influences before the celebration of the marriage if only

consultations in their horscope had been made by

competent men. If minds agree. labour or pain becomes

one of love, and where they disagree love becomes painful

and laborious. With a view to solve these difficulties.

the ancient Maharishis. laid down elaborate

astrological principles in the selection of brides and

bridegrooms. so that when they are actually married

.they may not only have all the necessary physical

agreements and comforts but they may also possesswhat

is of the highest value in this world-mental and

spiritual agreement. By careful! selection and agree~

ability. according to the astrological rules. the couple

may live happily. healthily and comfortably amidst

good werldly surroundings and reliqious aspirations.

These Rishis have not treated the subject of marriage as

acivil contract, where the man or woman may divorce each

other, after their first bestial lust has been gratified.

where no religious significance need be searched or found

where external form and animal gratification alone form

the summum bonum of married life and existence and

where chastity is held at a considerable discount. In the

coupling and amalgamation of these temperaments, they

have laid down some principles which, on examination

seem to be sensible and actuated by economic, social.

religious and prudential considerations. Count the :

constellations of the intended couple from Aswini. by

threes, forwards and backwads. If 'the constellations

of the coupe fall on one or the other side' they produce

indifference in temperament, If they fall on the middle

line, they produce great misery and disagreement often

resulting in ruin and death. But if the two constellations

fall in different lines the agreement will be good and will


be productive of 'happiness and good children. Take a

few illustrations. A boy born in Aslasha wants to

marry a girl born in Moola. The counting should be as

follows:-

Aswini

Aridra

Punarvasu

Oottara

Hasta

Jaista

Moola

Sattabh isha

Poorvabhadra

Bharani

Mrigasira

Pushyami

Pubba

Chitta

Anoradha

Poorvashadha

Dhanista

Oottarabhadra

Krittika

Rohini

Aslasha

Makha

Swati

Visakha

Oottarashada

Sravana

Raivati

In this we see that from Aswmi we go forwards.

and from Rohini back-wards. Again from Punarvasu

the counting. goes forwards and from Makha it goes

backwards and so on to the end.

The boy is born ip Aslasha and it falls in the last

of the 3rd line. The girl is born in Moola, and this is

the first in the 7t.h line. A boy born in Pubba,cannot

and ought not to marry a girl born in Anoradha as both of

them fall on the middle line and this constitutes Madhyaka

Nadi (or both b.ilious temperaments) which

produces misery and ruin. A boy born in Visakha

marries a girl born in Sravana, This will be Parsweke

(on one side of the 3rd division) and this will not yield

good fruit. If the boy and the girl have one Rasi with

different constellations or one constellation with different

Rasis' Nadi and Gana Kutas need not be examined cr

even if they are found to be unfavourale, their evil is

counteracted by the good produced by the above conditions

named.


The significance of these constellations may be thus

interpreted.

{AsVltn i Bharani Krittiga 1

Vatha Pittha Sleshma f

( Aridra Mrigasira Rohini j

( Vatha Pittha Siehshma f "

f Poonarvasu Pushvami Aslasha } ( Vatha Pittha Sieshma

Simlarlv.cornpare for the rest of the ccnstellations

i .

A boy born in Aswini and a girl born in Bharani,

will both have their Chundra placed in Mesha and therefore

they have ur.itv in Rasi while they differ in

Nakshatras. But suppose both the boy and the girl are

born in krittika. Here by the difference of quarters of

padams, in the star they show a difference of Rasi.

If both of them are born in the first quarter of Krittika,

their Rasi will be Mesha. but if the boy is born in the

,2nd padam of Krittika while the girl is born in the 1st

padam of that star, then the Moon of the girl will be in

Mesha.' while the Moon of the boy will be placed in

Vrishabha. This is reccmmended.

General PrinciplesI have taken my readers roughly and hastily over

the most important branch of knowledge-Muhurtha

(influence of time) in astrology.. First we have to ascertain

the existence and intensity of evi Is. Next we must

try and find out their duration and correlation with

karmaic results. We have to find afterwards how best

. they could be used or averted.


Then we must find such auspicious times, as would

by their peculiar planetary conjunctional forces, mrrumise

the evils or avert them altogether.. The Astrological

Mirror, now published by me does the last work and

therefore will be found very useful one beneficial to

persons in their every day transactions. All evils arising

from bed lunar, solar and planetary infulences can be

modified or set at nought by good planetary conjunction,

.and powerful beneficial aspects but if the planetary

conjunctions are bad the good arising from other sources,

cannot adequately compensate them. Thus it will be

seen that in the whole of the astrological consultations

a good astrologer must have special regard for planets

and he must try to gain by the knowledge of the

planetary positions and conjunctions, heavy advantages

as against any evils which other influences might

indicate in the transaction of important events like

marriage, longevity, children.

The following positions of planets may be specially

remembered in commencing all good work. Beneficial

.planets, Jupiter. Venus, good Mercury and full Moon,

in quadrants. and trines are excellent. But in Marriages

even they ought not to be in the 7th from the rising

sign fixed for marriages. Evil planets, the Sun, Mars,

Saturn, Rahu and Kethu, with, week Moon and badly

associated Mercury may be conveniently placed in the

3rd, 6th and 11 th houses. When they are there they

confer great enjoyment. prosperity and long life. All

planets, good or bad, placed in the 11th house will yield

good results. Jupiter and Venus in the rising 'sign

indicate success and happiness. As no Lagna, free from

all blemishes named in the astrological sciences, can be

secured, even if we wait for years together eminent

astrologers strong Iy recommend, a preponderance of

'c ,


good over that of evil at the time of doing good and

useful work, I shalt state a few more hints for ordinary

work, which admits of no delay, and for which men

must be ever ready.

Suppose a superior officer issues an urgent order to

a subordinate to start at once on a travelling business.

Surely the latter cannot count his evil lunar days,

planets, constellations and postpone the journey because

it happens to be an Amavasya or a Bharani or Krittika

or Sankramana.. Similar contigencies in all human

affairs may be easily conceived. Then it may fairly be

asked by students, "what shall we do" under such

circumstances. The orders of superiors or the urgency

of the cases may admit of no delay even of few hours

while the days and constellations show positive evil.

Shall we obey our superiors, or planets? Here "the

Rishis who were able to view the past, present and

future at one glance with their Divya Dristi, have' laid

down very convenient rules, a knowledge of which will

enable men to suit themselves to all conditions and

exigencies of life and its multifarious duties. On page

23 of the Astrological Self-Instructor (12th Ed) I have

clearly stated the origin of the week days and the planets

who govern the 24 hours of each of the weekdays. Take

Sunday and the 24 hours it contains, namely from

sunrise on Sunday to sunrise on Monday---the following

planets govern them consecutively: (1) Sun, (2) Venus

(3) Mercury, (4) Moon, (5) Saturn, (6) Jupiter, (7)

Mars, (8) Sun, (9) Venus, (10) Mercury, (11) Moon,

(12) Saturn, (13) Jupiter, (14) Mars, (15) Sun, (16)

Venus, (17) Mercury, (18) Moon, (19) Saturn, (20)

Jupiter, (21) Mars, (22) Sun, (23) Venus and (24)

Mercury.


Thus on Monday Morning at sunrise for one hour

afterwards (2~) ghatikas) the moon governs, then Saturn

Jupiter, Mars, etc., in the same regular order V\:'ithout

the slightest deviation or break in time.

Carefully remembering this, suppose an urgent order

to start for a place is given on Sunday (Amavasya or

new moon day) at about 100' clock in the morning.

Suppose also the constellation of the day is Bharani a

prohibited one for journeys, etc. By referring to "the

list above given it is seen that Moon governs that day

the hour from 9 to 10 a.m. The next hour, i.e. from 10

to 11 a.m. is governed by Saturn a malicious planet.

The man can conveniently wait till it is passed 11

o' clock and then start on his work during the hour

governed by Jupiter. who greatly minimises the evils

which are otherwise indicated by lunar and stellar influences.

Besides after 11 -40, we begin to have the Abhijit

Lagna and it is good for commencing all sorts of work.

Take a practical example. Say a man is transferred from a

healthy to an unhealthy place by government and they

insist upon his going at once or the choice of a dismissal

for disobedience, In this struggle for existence, he

must go. Suppose that the government would send him

to jail if he disobeyed the orders. What could he do?

The doctor says it is unhealthy and the man may get

malaria and die from its effects or his fami Iy members may

suffer. But he dare not disobey. As a wise or prudent

man, he will consult the best medical authorities introduce

changes in his diet. and dress, and try to minimise the

chances of malarial attacks as far as possible on himself

and his family. If we get a wicked horse and we are

compelled, by circumstances, to ride it, prudence

dictates that we must take all precautions to

minimise the chances of fall from that animal, and


use it as best as we could. A man posted to the hottest

part of a country, cannot command the sun to shed less

of his heat but he can certainly devisemeans to mitigate

its evi I effects on him.

If we carefully consult the best books on astroloqv

in this department of Muhurta we find invariably texts

therein given. first to ascertain the extent of evil;

secondly to find out the lenglh and intensity of its

duration and lastly to adopt such remedial measures as

would materially take away its sting for bad and mitigate

undesirable influences as far as possible. The most

approved works on Muhurta show the-depth of the

wisdom and foresight of the ancient Maharishis in

prescribing rules for guidance of mankind and for the

alleviation of the evil results at every turn, according to

the nature, convenience and inclination of the parties

concerned.

Bearing this in mind, will it be considered stupid or

rediculous on the part of any man, who is transferred to

an unhealthy place, to consult and take the best medical

instructions and avert the evil results arising from the

foul climate as far as he can. Similarly can it be said

that a man who receives orders to proceed on duty on an

Amavasya or Sankramana day, when the evil constellation

Bharani or Krithika rules, to go to an expert

astrologer, explain his circumstances to him. and get

such auspicious time for starting, as would be considered

the be~t on that day. If a man is compelled by

environments to drink dirty water full of germs,

breeding disease, instead of dying with thirst, or waiting

to die till good water is brouqht from a long distance,

could he not, as a same man, try to get the dirty water

boiled and filtered and drink it mixed with such chemical


ingredients as are likely to neutralise the evil effects of

those disecse-breeding germs? There is no stupidity

here, no superstition and no disobeying the duty in

adopting these devices. The majority of ordinary lives

are not under strict military orders, where the work of

the commander, must be instantaneously obeyed and

where a few hours are not allotted to begin their work.

Even under the most urgent military orders there will

be some hour or at least some minutes allowed for

preparation and also to select the best hour or the best

minute for marching on their errands. All day is not

bad even when it happens to be an Amavasya. As the

solar heat is never stationary but ever changing with the

movement of the Sun in his revolutions through space,

so also are the, evil and good movements changing their

turns to curse and to bless the people who under take

their work under their invisible but certain influences.

Guna Bahulyam and Doshawalpam or the mottos of the

Sanskrit astrological writers, and these two expressions

mean that in the Lagnas we fix for all good work let evil

influences be as few as possible, and good influences as

many and powerful as we can arrange to have.

As the marital state affects all persons throughout

their entire lives, it would not be surely waste of time,

if I gave here some more combinations which would

negative the evils arising from bad days, times, planets

and constellations selected for marriage purposes.

(1) If Venus occupies Kendras he is said to be

powerful enough to counteract five thousand evil

influences.

(2) If Mercury occupies Kendras he will be able to

counteract five hundred evil influences, and if Jupiter


occupies Kendras, he will be able to neutralise the evils

arising from one hundred thousand sources.

(3) If Guru occupies the marriage Lagna - the

rising sign at time of marriage-he will be able to

clear influences arising from bad zodiacal signs, from

evil zodiacal divisions, from the occupation or aspect of

malefics and from all other sources, be they what they

may be. In this connection I have to warn the readers

from committing eggregious blunders from a general

statement like this. Guru himself is not strong uniformally

in every house. Suppose the marriage Lagna

is fixed in Kataka, and Guru is found located there

Again take the marriage Lagna fixed in Makara and

guru combines in it. The student may ask, will Guru

in both these Lagnas, Kataka and Makara, be able to

produce the same good results or will there be any

differences in them? Any tiro will tell us, that he will

not and cannot give the same results. In Kataka he is

exalted, and is therefore most powerful to do good. In

Makara he is debilitated and will be able to modify the

evil results only to a small extent. Similarly suppose

Guru is aspected by Sani and Kuja in one case, and

Sukra and Buda in another, certainly the results he

produces will be different and will vary according to his

own strength as well as the strength of the planets who

aspect or combine with him. But what the astrological

writers mean is that the presence of Guru in the rising

. sign is very good and tends to modify evil always where

ever that may be. Sources of strength of planets stars,

signs and lunar days must be taken into consideration.

(4) If Guru. Sukra and Buda, not in combust (Asta)

with the sun, occupying their own or beneficial subdivisions,

are found combined in Lagna, Kendras or


Thrikonas, they will counteract all evil influences arising

from other sources.

(5) If powerful Chandra occupies the 11 th house

from the marriage sign, he will be able to cancel all evils

arising from bad time, bad Lagna, bad planets. bad

zodiacal divisiors and bad or evil aspects. If powerful

Ravi occupies the 11 th house from that of the sign fixed

for the marriage, he will remove all evils arising from

bad week days, signs, planets, constellations and zodiacal

subdivisions. as he removes-the dreadful darkness enveloping

the werld when he rises in all his glory. Sun

shine dispels always darkness.

(6) If Guru or Sukra occupies anyone of the Kenres.

and if the malefics occupy the 3rd, 6th and 11th

houses all evil influences arising from bad lunar days,

zodiacal signs, weekdays, constellations and yogas, will

be thoroughly counteracted and the marriage celebrated

under such 'conjunctions will prove happy and successful.

(7) Planets have peculiar rays in the creation, protection

and destruction of terrestrial phenomena; and

where they are in imicably placed by ignorance, or

stupidity in any houses, they introduce their injurious

results in no unmistakable manner and make the parties

concerned suffer from their evil influences. If the Sun

occupies the marriage Lagna, he will make the girl

a widow. If Moon occupies the rising sign he will kill

the girl herself with great affection. If Mars occupies

it, he will destroy both the husband and the wife. If

Mercury occupies it he gives wealth. If Jupiter or

Venus combines in it, he gives longevity to the couple

and makes them happy and contented. If Saturn joins

the Lagna he makes the couple poor and miserable. If


Rahu occupies the Lagna, the' progeny of the married

couple will suffer. If powerful Moon occupies 2nd, 3rd

4th, 5th, 9th, 10th or 11th from the marriage Lagna, he

will give sons, enjoyment, happiness and success to the

marrying couple.

(8) If benefics occupy 4th, 5th, 2nd or 9th or Lagna

Moon is found in the Znd, and malefics occupy 3rd, 6th

and 11th houses, and if there are no planets in the 7th

and if Venus does not occupy the 6th and Mars the 8th

house, and the fixed Lagna for marriage does not happen

to be the 6th, 8th or 12th from the Lagna or the Moon

at the time of the birth of the couple, the marriage is

highly recommended. Mars in the 8th produces death.

Venus in the 6th produces veneral complaints.

I shall now give some special combinations of planets

highly recommended for marriages by the ancient

Rishis.

(1) If Saturn occupies 11 th; the Sun in the 6th

Venus or Jupiter in the Lagna, Mars in the 3rd, Moon

in the 10th and Venus in the 8th, marriage under such

lcomblnations produces children and grand children, and

; the couple will be happy, prosperous and long lived.

(2) If Guru occupies Lagna, Kuja combines in the

11th and Ravi joins the 10th, this combination is technically

called Umasankarayoga and is productive of

favourable results to the marrying couple.

(3) If Kuja Sukra, Guru and Ravi are found in the

Apoklibas from the marriage Lagna, the conjunction

goes under the name of Rama Vishnuyoga and is conducive

to health happiness and prosperity.


I have very often explained at considerable length,

the effects of the Lunar and Solar Eclipses upon mankind.

In the case of the Solar Eclipses there will be a

great deal of human vitality affected, while in the case

of the Lunar Eclipses the mental conditions of mankind

will be gravely affected. With a view to avoid those

unpleasant resu Its the Ancient Rishis have ordained

that no marriages should be performed for three days

preceding and succeeding partial eclipses or eclipses

which occur during the Sandhikala. or both backwards

twilights, or early morning and in the evening and for

seven days and forwards from the day on which a complete

eclipse takes place. When there are two eclipses.

one of the Moon and another ot the Sun, within a fortnight,

the interevening days ought to be carefully avoided

for marriage or other good purposes.

The eldest born in Sanskrit is called Jaista, there is

a constellation by this name and the 3rd Lunar month

by the fact of its full moon day being combined by this

constellation is also called Jaista. In marriages there

should be no three Jaistas brought together and any

number more than three will be subversive of all happiness,

agreement and longevity. The eldest son of a

person is called his Jaista Putra and as also the eldest

daughter of a man is called Jaista Putri. If they are

coupled together we get two .Jaistas combined. Suppose

one of them is born in the constellation of Jaista, then

if they are married we shall have three Jaistas combined

This is objectionable. But if both the girl and boy are

born in Jaista, and both of them are the eldest of their

parents then we shall have four Jaistas. But suppose

their marriage day selected in the lunar month of Jaista.

Then we shall have five Jaistas jon ed together, which

is highly objectionable. But if the constellation selected


for their marriage is also Jaist8 then we shall have six

Jaistas which are quiet objectionable.

Some astrological writers say that in the marriage

work if a shadowy planet like Rahu or kethu occupies

the 7th. there is no harm. But concensus of real opinion

in astrology clearly shows that their should be nobody

in the 7th house and that if it is kept clean the marrying

couple would gain immensely by such combinations in

averting evil and courting good. There are certain girls

who indicate by their birth constellations ruin beforehand

either to the husband himself or to his mother or

father or elder or younger brother,

A girl born under the influence of Moola at birth

will surely cause destruction to her father-in-law. i.e.,

the father of her husband. A bride born under the star

Alasha causes destruction to her mother-in-law, an

event now-a-days so much liked by the liberty loving

daughters-in-law. A girl born in .Jaista, will destroy

her husband's elder brother. and one who is born under

the star Visakha, will cause ruin to her husband's younger

brother. But there are some exceptions taken to

these. If the girl is born within the first 3 Quarters of

Visakha she is not objectionable. If the girl is governed

by the last quarter of Moola, she becomes acceptable so

also any girl who is born in the 2nd padam of Aslasha.

The last quarters of Aslasha and Visakha are condemned.

A few suggestions offered here, as the result of my

deep knowledge in and practical experience of Astrology

may be found to be invaluable to many beginners in

Astrological Sciences.

(1) Whenev'er a girl is proposed for a marriage, get

. her also called time of birth, and any copy of the heros54


cope, if available, and refer to the Almanack of that" year

and see whether the conjunction of planets' there "are

correctly given, Do so also with the hor~scope of the

boy, There is strong tendency to keep forged horoscopes.

,,:.' \.!

(2) If in the horoscope of the girl you H'nd Saturn

and Mars powerfully occupying the 7th and 8th houses,

without any beneficial aspects or conjunctions, then, you

may reject it as one, who has a tendency to become an

early widow.

) (3) Take the horoscope of the boy and see if the

7th house is well occupied and that Sukra is not in conjunction

with strong malefics like Mars, Rahu, Saturn

rand Kethu. If Sukra occupies the double-bodied signs-

Dhanas Meena, Mithuna and kanya, and has powerful

evil conjunctions it is very likely the boy will lose one

or twowlves early in life and where there is nothing to

counterbalance this evil in the horoscope of the girl,

try to avoid the marriage with that boy as he is sure to

destroy his wife or make her always sick. Health,

wealth-and external gloss may deceive you into contracting

a Jhionwtih such boys or girls but you will have to

bay very dearly for the violations of invisible energies

which turn back upon you with a terrible venqence. and

which you can never hope to overcome afterwards.

,.(4) Jf the.-bovis .or girl's horoscope contains evil

planets like Sani and Kuja in the 5th house, they will

have 'no progeny and the Sacred purposes of marriage

arei destroved and'<-the couple may go like brutes,

enjoytng sexually to serve no special purpose in the

work of creation and reproduction. They will beget no

children or if they do beget they will be sickly, short lived

or pass away before tHey are matured in the womb.

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(5) Consult and compare the horoscopes, and see,

whether the lords of the Dasas (periods), in each of the

horoscopes to be combined, in holy wedlock after the

marriage, are agreeble and friendly. If not they willbe

a sorry and quarrelling couple whose care erwitl be one

of great misery and poverty.

,

(6) In the begining of your literery attempts in the

astrological field do not be over confident or hasty in

having properly understood the principles explained

here. Refer your knowledge to some gentlemen who

have much experience in these matters, and whose opinions

you ought to value, and compare with your

inferences and personal experiences.

(7) When you want to have a particular couple to

marry each other for various worldly advantage, and

you find that there are 'many evils indicated in the

horoscopes which stand in the way of the consumation

of their marriages, the best suggestion I can give you,

wil i be to seek the advice of the best astrologer you can

get, who is thoroughly familiar with this division of

astrology called the Muhurtha. and to get him to fix the

best Lagna for marriage, he is capable of. You spend

l1undreds and thousands of rupees on marriage pandaIs;

1ei:jsts, music, jewels and clothes, but all these will

intensify your miseries when the match turns out untorrunate

or disagreeable or runs but a short terrestrial

course. Therefore it is in the begininning that you have

to do your best, to get the most auspicious Lagna you

can for celebrating the marriage to spend as much as is

reasonable to prevent misfortunes, rather than try to

cure them, when they really happen to you. Special

santhies or remedies should be undertaken to give them

good magnetic currents. .

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(8) There is no fatality in astrology. It is a most

fatal error in its critics to fasten Jatalism on astrology

and then begin to argue the question, with their legs

tastehed on their heads. The evil effects of past and

present Karma are indicated by the planetary conjunction

at the time of birth. There is nothing in these decrees

to bind you to suffer the evil consequences, indicated by

the planets, but there is the science of astrology to hold

its lamp to show you the dangerous pitfalls which you

should avoid and which you should try your best steer

clear.

If a girl's horoscope contains Sani in the 7th, Kuja

in the 8th and Sukra debilitated, it is very likely that

she becomes a widow at a very early age. It is now in

your power to overcome these indications of the planets

-namely, early widowhood and by fixing a splendid

Lagna for marriage, you will certainlv be able to counteract

the evils foreshadowed at birth and set afloat new

forms of planetary energies, which will not only negative

the evils indicated at the time of birth but will also be

able to introduce positive good, and thus make the

couple, loving, happy and prosperous. Planetary positions

produce evi I when they are unfavourable. By the force

of the very same logic, planetary positions when good,

produce excellent results. Knowledge is, and must

remain as the source of all power in this world. Conceited

critics may laugh and grin at things which their one

sided developed heads are not able to grasp or understand

It also looks very silly for men to say that they know

everything. Knowledge is not the exclusive property of

any age or any nation. Immense cycles of time have

rolled and will roll on. We are mostly dependent for our

information on the recorded wisdom and experience of

these immense cycles of the past ages and they must be


Queer. People indeed. who arrogate to themselves all

knowledge and despise the wisdom of the ancient sages

who recorded their experiences for the benefit of the

future generations and whose wonderful scientific works

have stood such long tests of great religious and

political convulsions and shocks.

To despise to hold a bright lamp in the darkness,

indicates stupditv, while to try to secure it at any cost

and hold the same to shedlight on our future path really

shows consummate wisdom. Choose your known lot as

you please. and either control the planets and stand a

victor in the struggle for existence and comfort or yield

to their evil influences without personal exertions on

your part. and be a miserable coward.

Muhurtha means in the technical science influences

contained in the womb of all powerful time for purposes

of certain. protection and destruction. By horoscopy

we shall be able to read the Karmaic results of the past

births or poorvajanma and by Muhurtha we will be to

mend unfavourable results and introduce new forms of

favourable turns. which not only counteract the evils

indicated by the planetary positions. but will also be

able to introduce agreeable ethereal currents which will

have the power of giving desirable results in the shape

of long life, peaceful domestic circle .. healthy progeny,

loving and agreeable temperaments. sexual and other

physical comforts. The planetary influences for financial

and political success must be well regulated. Then only

the grand panorama of life will be realised as all its

. various phases of existence. domestic happiness increased.

social purity will be obtained, moral and religious

stamina wi" be secured, then spiritual elevation Godly

ideas would have in, and the couple. after enjoying all


the material comforts, which are after all, trasient will be

enabled to sour into the higher states of existence till

their continuous good karma and spritual development,

they become one with the supreme intelligence and

obtain Moksha or Final Emancipation from these rebirths

or reincarnations. An ocean cannot be crossed in a few

seconds, nor can the Himalayan ranges raged to the

ground by a few strokes of the pick-axe. The elevation

and purification of human souls and peace of mind

depend upon the domestic circle and other social and

political environments. When the marriage does not

prove happy, the couple become quarrelsome, immoral

unsympathetic and repulsive. The objects of the holy

wedlock will naturally be defeated and the whole nation

will sufferfrom the disorganised individuals and families.

Therefore the question of marriage is no ordinary matter,

and shouid not be treated in an off hand manner. The

world has not come to that wicked stage, where it wou Id

loudly proclaim that celebacy and chastity are not good,

and that promiscuous intercourse would prove a panacea

for the world. Marriage should never be considered in

the light of simple animal gratifications. Rogues, dacoits

and murderers are the products of promiscuous

intercourses of ill-conducted marriages.

All civilised and enlightened nations, someofwhom

it' must be confessed with regret, are holding contrary

'views are agreed in denouncing promiscuous and brute

like sexual gratifications, and consider that simple and

chaste lives are good and praiseworthy. Present day

sciences are so shaky in their discoveries and premises

that their theories are constantly shifting their qrounds,

and are found to be often misleading and harmful. This

can be compared to the description of a mountain peak

by two individuals. one who has ascended to the top with

THE 4,.STROLOGICAL MIRROR 59

great trouble, and the other who stands at the bottom.

One sees the panorama in all its details by the heiglit he

has attained, and the other by guesses and conceits of

facts which he has not seen. The Maharishis by their

expanded visions and Tappas secured more elevated

psychic positions from which they were able to probe

into the mysteries of Nature more minutely than the

greatest modern scientists, who are deeply engaged in

the physical researches, but who have made no real

attempts in the search for the mental concentration

and conservation which mark the ambition of the Hindu

even today from that of his European brethren. The

European scholars themselves have admitted that their

nations are more meterialistic and more given to physical

comforts than their Eastern brethern. Look at the'

Maha Rishis, Vasista, Gargi, Bhadradhwaja, Parasara

Vyasa, etc.. and compare their lives with the most eminent

scholars of today. The former lived in humble

huts, ate fruits, bulbs and leaves and spent their entire

time in contemplation and devotion to sublime objects

and to God. The latter are found in luxurious houses

their time is eaten away by supervision of physical

comforts. Their wants are many and their minds are

distracted. The readers will see the difference and draw

their own inferences.

On a deep examination and in sight into the mysteries

of creation in all its various planes of physical and

mental, moral and spiritual developments the Maha

Rishis of India found out that the seed possessed greater

energy than the bed in which it is sown for germination.

They have arranged all their scientific principles, on this

knowledge. Their religion and Vedantha add force for

these principles. The Hindu laws richly demonstrate

these ideas. A vast literature has been issued on the


capabilities of Purusha and Prakruti or seed and bed. A

higher seed in a lower bed is possible, and it will produce

ordinary fruits, but an impotent seed in a rich soil can

hardly take root.

As rules have been already explained for marriage

agreements we must now refer briefly to agreement

between the masters and the servant, when there is

no agreement between the master and the servant, the

situation assumes a deplorable condition and the work

suffers causing loss and trouble to both. The stars, the

rasis and the planets have to be consulted.

It may look reasonable to belive in birth influences

but what about names given at random by parents or

guardians and how ccftlld they be taken as safe guides in

marriage consultations. Even babes after giving some

name look up, laugh and recognise their name and are

pleased or displeased with their uses. Much more is

the case with adult persons. The name is an electric

plane. on which the events of his life are arranged. The

name may be revered or censured. It may be promoted

or degraded. It may be talked of well or ill and in all

these cases the man or woman, feels pains or pleasures.

Therefore when many people address a party by names

that name gets on electric energy by which future events

are adjusted. Hence nama Nakshtra is as valuable as

the birth star. We may begin anything at any time,

and the latter from the basis for all calculations with

.reference to that matter.

If the constellation at the time of birth is known.

then it is alright. But where you have 110 horoscope or

where even the date and time are not known, you can

consult the constellation which rules your name. See


with what letter your name begins and then identify

the star which rules your name. All future rules must

be explained with reference to this star, It would always

be advantageous to compare the constellations at the

time of birth for both the bride and the bridegroom, or

the constelletion which govern their names. Avoid the

star of birth in constellation with one arising from name

Each constellation has been given four letters and the

letters are to be taken as the 1st. 2nd, 3rd and 4th quarters

of the constellations respectively. I shall give a few

illustrations, which would clearly explain all that is

meant here.

1 Chu, Chay, Cho, La ..... form Aswini

2 Le Lu, Lay Lo Bharani

3 Aa, Ee, U, A " , Krithika

4 0, Va, Ve, Vu " Rohini

5 Vay, Vo Ka, Ki " Mrigasira

6 Ku, Kham, Jna, Chha ..... " Aridra

7 Kay, Ko, Ha, Hi " Punarvasu

8 Hu, Hay Ho, Da " Pushyami

9 De, Du, Day, Do Aslasha

10 Ma, Me, lVlu, May Makha

11 Mo, Ta, Ti, Tu Pooba

12 Tay, To, Pa, Pi Uttara

13 Pushaw, Na, Dha Hasta

14 Pay, Po, Ra, Ri Chitta

15 Ru, Ray, Ro, Tha Swati

16 Thi, Thu, Thay, Tho ..... form Visakha

17 Na, Ni, Nu, Nay, " Anoradha

18 No, Ya, Ye, Yu Jaista

19 Yay, Yo, Ba, Bi r r Moola

20 Bu, Thha, Bha, Dha "

Poorvashadha

21 Bay, Bo, Ja, Ji Ottarashadha

22 JU1 Jay, Jo. Gha Sravana


23 Ga, Gi, Gu, Gay

24 Go, Sa, si. Su

25 Say, So, Tha, Thi "

26 Thu, Syam, Cha, Thha "

27 Thay, Tho, Cha, Chi "

Dhanista

Satabhisha

Poorvabhadra

Oottarabhadra

Raivati

A person by name Narain Row has no recollection

of his birth time or constellation under which he was

born. He will have the first letter Na and we at once

identify him as being born under the Nama Nakshatra

of Anoradha as the 17th in the list as the first quarter

of that constellation begins with Na. A man named

David. has no horscope or recollection of date or time of

birth. He wants to marry. The name begins with Da

and we find it as the 3rd quarter of the constellation

Aslasha To the first the Janmarasi (Moon) will be in

Scorpio while to the second Moon will be in Cancer.

Take Joseph. This will be the third Pada of Sravana

and his Moon will be in Capricornus. For some conjunctional

names the following may be used. Krishna

falls under the 3rd Padam of Mrigasira..

Hrishna falls under the 1sf padam of Swati

Sridhara falls under the 4th padam of Chitta

Kshetrapala fall~ under the 2nd padam of Hasta

Gnana comes under the 3rd padam of Aridra

Bhima is ruled by the 3rd padam of Pushyami

Bhirava is controlled by the third padam of Poorvashadha

If the constellations for the girl and boy are one and

the same, one would think they may marry. But the

following rules must be observed there carefully.

Rohini, Aridhra, Makha, Visakha, Pushyami, Sravana

Raivati and Oottarabhadra are good for marriage, when


anyone of them rules at the time of the birth of both the

boy as well as the girl. That is. if Rohini rules as the

rising constellation for both at the time of birth, then the

couple can well marry together. The quarters of padams

of the constellation must be different even in this case.

If the boy has Rohini 2nd padam and so also the girl it is

productive of evil and the marriage must be avoided.

Poorvabadra, Dhanista, Punarvasu, Krithika, Mrigasira,

Chitta Hasta, Oottara, Jaista and Pooravashadha

produce misery and destruction to the couple. That is

both of them should not have anyone of these for them.

together at the time of their birth. If Dhanista rules

both of them or Hasta, then the couple suffer death or

loss. But when two of them separately govern the

couple but from one Zodiacal sign, there is no harm.

Take an example say Oottara governs both the boy and

the girl. The first quarter of oottara falls in Simha the

other 3 quarters from Kanya. Then both can marry as

although the same star governs them; it covers to Rasis

and therefore is preferred.

Aswini Bharani, Swati, Aslasha, Anoradha, Satabhisha,

Poobba and Moola, will be ordinary for the

couple to marry, if any of these constellations happens

to be governing the two at the time of birth or when

they control the name. Even here, difference in the

quarters is recommended.

A few observations on my birth ancestry and my

present life will be found useful in the end of a book

written by myself.

My Geneology

I belong to the Mulakanadu Andhra section of the

Brahmin Community, and am directly descended from •


the stock of the Venerable, Vasishta the Guru of Sri

Rama and claim that Gotra. Twelve generations ago

my ancestors resided in Wallaja Nagar, under the

patronage of fhe Nawabs of Arcot and the neighbouring

Polyagars and they had distinguished themselves by

performing various sacrifices or Yagnas, by simple and

holy conduct and by the religious fervour of their

exemplary and virtuous lives. My family records give

me the following names of my 'ancestors. Our family

name is Thalamudupulu.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

Sarana VarjhUIU} These had performed Vari-

Konda Varjhulu QUS Yagnas or sacrifices.

Naga Varjhulu

Mallava Dhanlu }

Malia Bhatlu Religious and holy Brahmins

Lingappagaru } These devoted themselves

Venkappagaru to public and private

Venkatagiriappagaru business and service.

Parayyagaru }

Venkataramanayyagaru My grand father

This last was my grandfather who was born in 1747

A.D. and died in 1828 A.D. having lived 81 years. He

married first Narasamma from Hosur Side and had two

sons by her, Parayya and Lakshrninaranappa, After

her.death he married Naranamma daughter of Bangaru

Sastrulu of Hegganapalle when he was nearly 60 years.

He commanded 500 horses and a suitable corps of

infantry under Hyder and Tippu and changing his life

from the military into the civi I, he was Ami Idar, of Kikkeri

Channarayapatna and Head Peishkar of Devanahalli in

which last place Hyder first made his political entry and

where his son Tippu Sultan was born. My grand father

had two daughters and five sons by his second wife

Naranarnrna and my father Gopala Hao was the third son

and the most luckvarnonq the lot. My father was born •


on. the 17th July 1816 on Friday the 10th lunar day of the

darkhalf of the month Ashadha in the year Dhatu at about

15 ghatis after sunrise when the constellation Bharani

'ruled with the Dasa of Venus. He was about 12 years

when his father died and had to educate himself as best

as he could along with his other brothers. He was of

slender build, energetic, strong and extremely active in

work which I have inherited from him to a large extent.

My mother Rukminiamma, daughter of Palamonda

Subbarow Pantulu, who was Naib Dewan at Chicacole

was an intelligent, quite going and very handsome woman

and she died on Tuesday 17th August 1869 when I was

about 14 years old. My father could speak about 10

languages and filled various posts in the Ganjam District

and became finally manager or Dewan of Parlakimidi

Zemindari. He was an expert in Mantra Sastras and

highly religious and obliging. He would never flinch

from doing an obligation and brought me up with great

care and love. The following is his horoscope.

Chandral Rahu Buda

_._----

Sukra

Ravi

Rasi

Sani Kuja

\ Kethu Birth

I Guru


Mark the positions of planets in all the Kendras. In

addition to his onerous duties, he completed the gigantic

task of completing with his own hand, one crore and

twenty five lacks of Rama Namas or names of Sree Rama

and concluded the religious rites connected with them

viz Ramakoti Vudypana four months before his death.

He died in his 76th year on the morning of 27th August 1891 and was therefore 75 years and 40 days according to English calculations. My mother bore 6 children, four daughters and two sons, and I am the second son.

My elder brother B. Jagannatha Row, four years my senior, entered Mysore Service, retired as an Amildar and died in December 1915. I was born on the Rathasaptarni, Tuesday in the month of Magha in Rakshasa at about 14 ghatis after sunrise at Chicacole and the following is my horoscope (12th February 1856.) Thus between the birth of my grand father in 1747 and my own date an interval of 109 years exists. I have now a son who was born in 1918 and in the interval between my grandfather and my son the fourth generation there are 171 years.

Moon I Birth Saturn

Rahu

i

Mercury

Jupiter

Sun

Rasi

Venus

I

Mars

Kethu

•


JuBpiritther Rahu

--- Navamsa -_._~~~

~- _._~-- I . Sun

Mercuryl Kethu \ SVaetnuurns Moon

Mars

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An incident occured in my 5th year which has influenced all my life to a remarkable extent. My first Aksharabhyasa or education, began at Parlakimidi in my fifth year, and I slept that night with my father. I dreamt that I was taken to Suryaloka or the solar globe to the presence of the sun, made to sit on his lap, and given some Payasam, (wheat preparation) by his wife Chayadevi

and after a great deal of love, the sun putting his hands

on my head, observed that I would live long, be happy

and become a great scholar and author. I awoke and

related my dream to my father, who had already anticipated

some ideas of my future greatness by consult' no

astrologers. In my boyish days I was extremely intelligent

and possed an excellant memory coupled with a piercing

intellect. But as it often happens with intelligent boys,

I was irregular in attendance at school. careless of my

studies, fond of running and other athletic exercises, and

was mischievous to a remarkable extent. All the while

I felt I would become a great man, and even challenged

my teachers with this idea. While I was in the Senior

B.A. class in the Central College at Bangalore, •


Mr Cook M.A. its Principal rebuked me for my want of

attention to studies and for not taking notes which he

gave very copiously. I was ready with my impertinent

answer. I observed in a determined tone that copying

notes forms the part of dull headed students and superficial

teachers and that bright students like myself, in the

B.A. Class need no such precess, He remarked that he

was a student and amanuensis of Dr. Bain of Psychological

fame and that I should obey him. I told him that I

would become a greater man than both of them with the

result that I was turned out of the class for a day.

Mr. Cook was a generous Scotch gentle man. He sent

for me next day, and asked me whether my behaviour

was right. I said that his treatment of students should

be different, as the intelligent and spirited could not

bear calmly remarks which dull boys may consider as

their legitimate inheritence•. When I met him after

publishing some of my works specially the History of

. Vijayanagar, he had the nobility to address me as a

greater man than himself while I modesty acknowledged

his valuable instruction as the basis for all my scholarship

in English.

I was intended to take the leagal line, and accordingly

finished my legal studies and practised for about 9

years as a lawer in Bellary. My astrological instincts

were stirred up by a Sastry while I was in the F.A. class

in Bangalore and I picked up my knowledge in it by rea-

, ding books on the subject in Sanskrit. I had no high"

opinion. for English astrological publications and never

cared to read them. My first work in astrology in a

diglet form English and Kannada appeared in 1882, and

sold well. My collegiate studies gave me no leisure to

attend to astrological studies and my Self-Instructor in

English appeared in 1892. The second Edition in 1893

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