RAIN PREDICTION 2

INDICATIONS OF RAIN-

* If Sun is in Mithuna and Moon is in a water navamsa as cancer, scorpio and Meenam, and in 2nd or 12th house from Sun Sukran is there then excess rain can happen.

*If Sun, Moon, Mars, Sani, & Rahu are in water rasi and mercury and Sukran are in sthira Rasi then excess rain can happen.

* If Surya,Sukra and mercury are having same rasi and same Navamsam  have completd their rotation ( asthangam) and sukran is behind Mars then excess rain can happen.

*  If Moon is in water Rasi and Mars & Sani are in earth Rasi and a rainbow is in eastern side then heavy rains will follow.

* If Sun is in Kumbam,Rohini comes in 6th thidhi then very limited rains will happen, 7th thidhi means moderate rains will happen, 8th thidhi means again moderaate rains, 9th thidi means heavy rains, 10th thidhi means `pralayam.

* In Adi month `July month during waning moon the 5th day happens to be 
Sunday - Less rain
Monday  - Big rains
Tuesday - Heavy rains
wednesday - cyclone
Thurssday - Fertile indications
Friday - destruction and loss
Saturday -Trouble.

* During Adi month on Pournami day in the evening in the North east side big wind comes , then the year around good rains and growth will happen.

   

RAIN PREDICTION

RAIN PREDICTION
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The traditional seven planets all related to one or more of the elements (earth, air, fire, and water), "

The Sun and Mars are hot, fiery, dry planets.

The Moon and Venus are soft, watery, feminine planets.

Saturn is a Vata (airy), dry planet..

Rahu resembles Saturn in its actions and significations; it is dried up and dark in color. Also Rahu and its partner in weirdness, Ketu, can bring very sudden changes in the weather.

Ketu is similar to Mars in its qualities--hot and dry.

Whenever one finds Mars and Ketu together in a Fire sign, one will tend to find unseasonably hot and dry weather.

Mercury, being a very mutable planet, tends to pick up the qualities of the planets it is conjoined with or aspected by. When it is with the Moon or Venus, it also is a watery planet.

Jupiter is also a semi-watery planet, especially when posited in water signs or in some relationship with Venus or the Moon.

So, using a little bit of logic, if we find watery planets in water signs (Cancer, Scorpio or Pisces), strongly placed in a chart--especially in the angular Houses (1,4,7 and 10)--it would certainly be reasonable to predict precipitation for the period covered by the chart.

On the other hand, if hot planets (Sun, Mars and Ketu) and dry planets (Saturn and Rahu) are found in fire signs (Aries, Leo and Sagittarius) in a strong position in the chart, and if indications for rain are weak, one is pretty safe in predicting very hot and desert-like conditions.

heO traditional seven planets all related to one or more oOoTHEROTHEROf the elements (earth, air, fire, and water), "

The Sun and Mars are hot, fiery, dry planets.

The Moon and Venus are soft, watery, feminine planets.

Saturn is a Vata (airy), dry planet..

Rahu resembles Saturn in its actions and significations; it is dried up and dark in color. Also Rahu and its partner in weirdness, Ketu, can bring very sudden changes in the weather.

Ketu is similar to Mars in its qualities--hot and dry.

Whenever one finds Mars and Ketu together in a Fire sign, one will tend to find unseasonably hot and dry weather.

Mercury, being a very mutable planet, tends to pick up the qualities of the planets it is conjoined with or aspected by. When it is with the Moon or Venus, it also is a watery planet.

Jupiter is also a semi-watery planet, especially when posited in water signs or in some relationship with Venus or the Moon.

So, using a little bit of logic, if we find watery planets in water signs (Cancer, Scorpio or Pisces), strongly placed in a chart--especially in the angular Houses (1,4,7 and 10)--it would certainly be reasonable to predict precipitation for the period covered by the chart.

On the other hand, if hot planets (Sun, Mars and Ketu) and dry planets (Saturn and Rahu) are found in fire signs (Aries, Leo and Sagittarius) in a strong position in the chart, and if indications for rain are weak, one is pretty safe in predicting very hot and desert-like conditions.

Warning: the budding weather astrologer must never forget the normal weather distribution for the geographical region he is predicting for, and he must always remember the season. For example, indications of precipitation for Los Angeles in the Summer and Seattle in the Summer, using the same exact chart, will be rather different since L.A. is basically a desert area, and Seattle is more or less a rainforest. Again, allow some common sense to prevail.

With these bare-bone basics, when and how does one cast a weather prediction chart to be able to predict the weather for a given day?

ASTA MANGALA PRASNAM

Procedure for doing Astamangala prasnam

Sit facing east. Sit on a neat place. Place a plank of wood to the north . Take 108 cowries and place them on the plank.

Sprinkle them with holy waters and cover them with sandal paste, flowers, etc Then worship Siva in them .

Then do the navagraha puja invoking the Sun in the east, Mars in the south-east, Jupiter in the south, Mercury in the south-west, Venus in the west, Saturn in the north-west, Moon in the north and Rahu in the north-east, and repeat the Mantra 108 times.

Repeat Panchakshari and other mantras derived from Guru and invoke the Guru and the nine planets.

SANKALPA

May it occur to me through your grace to find out the real truth, good and bad, regarding the person born in such and such a nakshatra and bearing such and such a name, and happenings about him in the past, present and the future in respect of money, children and house affairs.

ASHTAMANGALAM

Then call the girl or boy not conversant with astrology who has just bathed and is well-dressed. He or she should worship the lamp, Ganesha and the planets with flowers. The astrologer should then place the gold piece along with flowers, etc., in the right hand. He or she should then go round the Chakra and then stand near it facing the east, in the meanwhile the questioner should be meditating on God. Then the astrologer reflecting on the problem of the querist should touch the cowries repeating the mantras thrice and at the end ask the boy or girl to place the gold piece in any one of the signs.

DETERMINING THE ARUDHA RASI

Then the astrologer should divide the cowries which he has before him into three groups, placing one on the left hand side, another in front of him and the last one on his right hand side. The omens also should be taken into consideration. Note this time also. The nature of the breath too is to be noted. Then one may be asked to go out and measure the Sun's shadow. That Rasi where the gold piece is deposited by the boy or girl is known as the Arudha Rasi. The astrologer should carefully observe the lay of the gold piece amidst the flowers in the Chakra and point out some effects from its position.

After finishing the worship, the astrologer should give the predictions.

He should solemnly take the cowries kept in three places one after another. Count each separately and expunge all multiples of 8 and keep the remainder. This forms the third digit, second digit and the unit (respectively) of a number he is making.

The remainder in the left hand is ' hundred', in front ten and on the right hand side one unit. Thus a number containing three digits is obtained. This number is technically termed the Ashtamangala Number.

THINGS TO BE NOTED

Note carefully the Arudha, the lay of the gold piece, the shadow of the Sun measured in feet, ashtamangala number, deepa lakshana and other lakshanas perceived at the time. The nature and number of the betel leaves, year, month, date, week-day, the name of the questioner, his house name, his nakshatra and sankalpa (object of the Prasna) must also be noted.

Introduction to Astamangala Prasna

The name Astamangala Prasna is derived from the eight auspicious articles named Astamangala which are kept in the place where the Prasna is conducted

The eight auspicious articles are gold com, mirror, betel leaf with areca nut, rice and paddy mixed, fruits, white flower, holy book and new cloth

Astamangala Prasna starts from the first meeting between the astrologer and querist or between the astrologer and messenger sent from the querist and it is called as Duta Daivajna Samagama. There are certain points which astrologer has to keep in mind in Prasna.

Before interpreting a horary chart, the astrologer strictly must follow certain procedures. Astrologer must assess the auspiciousness of the time of query on the basis of Muhurta Sastra. Astrologer must assess the nature of the place where the question is asked. Astrologer must assess the nature of flow of breath, according to Svara Sastra , the science of breath. Astrologer must keep m mind the direction occupied by the querist, the body limbs touched by the querist, movements of the querist, his own mental disposition, dress and personality of the querist, the letters and words uttered by the querist, the omens etc. Omens have great importance in astamangala prasna and one of the special feature of Astamangala prasna is that six ascendants are considered. The astrologer will predict taking into account all these ascendants.

Arudha sign which means the sign where the gold com is laid Udaya sign the sign arising at the time of query, chatra sign, Sprstanga sign, navamsa, sign of ascendant and Moon sign These are the six ascendants considered in astamangala prasna. In this system of prasna, the results of past, present and future are explained separately

Like other grahas Rahu-Ketu have a prominent place in astamangala prasna. In astamangala prasna there will be 108 cowries and  it is divided into three groups-left, middle and right. The cowries m each group will be divided by 5. The remainder numbers m these three groups are astamangala saiikhya or astamangala numbers. These 3 number added together gives a total of 4 or 12 or 20 only The digits of astamangala is one, ten and hundred The left digit indicates 100, middle 10 and right 1 The numbers m each digit represent many things so also the digits Among these the number 8 represents Rahu.

The grahas indicated by astamahga saiikhya are 1 Sun 2. Mars 3. Jupiter 4. Mercury, 5. Venus 6 Saturn, 7 Moon and 8. Rahu. If the astamahga graha is Rahu then it indicates eye diseases, diseases m the leg, fear from poison, enmity with low people, skm diseases, leprosy etc.

Generally Rahu-Ketu indicate the diseases related to legs.

The weak grahas and the grahas in undesirable houses, indicate the diseases assigned to them. Rahu-Ketu always indicate the diseases related to legs. The twelve houses m a chart also mdicate different parts of the body. This classification of body m the houses also must be kept m mind. Varahamihira23 has clearly explained the body parts indicated by twelve houses. Prasnanusthana Paddhati26 refers to the diseases indicated by Rahu-Ketu, when they are m unfavorable houses like 6th, 8th or 12th. The native will have problems like blood pressure, leprosy, chances of poisoning, black magic, fear from serpent, diseases related to legs, troubles created by the spirits etc. Native will have insanity27 if Moon, Venus and the lord of eighth houses have relationship with Rahu, Ketu or mandi. Moon is the mdicator of mind. If moon is badly placed, the native always has the chances of mental problems. Mandi is the satellite of Saturn, and it has a prominent place in horary astrology. When Moon or Venus or lord of eighth house have any type of relationship with Rahu, Ketu or mandi. The native has the chances of insanity. The relationship stated before may be m the form of a conjunction or aspect.

When Rahu and Saturn are in eighth house or when the malefic grahas sun, Mars and Ketu are powerfully placed m 5th or 9th houses, they indicate the disease of eplilepsy. Two set of combination explained here, which indicate epilepsy. When Rahu and Saturn are m eighth house, it indicates epilepsy. Eighth house is a unfavorable house. The placement malefic grahas eighth house indicates diseases. When Rahu and Saturn are placed m this house, without any aspect of benefics, then it clearly shows the chances of epilepsy. If the malefic grahas Sun, Mars and Ketu are placed in 5th and 9th houses, it also indicates epilepsy Fifth house indicates mind of the native. Ninth house is the fifth house from fifth house. So it is also related to the mmd When these houses have the malefic grahas Sun, Mars and Ketu, native has all the chances of epilepsy. If these grahas have the aspect or conjunction of powerful benefics, then the chances of diseases will be cancelled

We have seen how Rahu-Ketu become the reasons behind diseases and problems. Let us see, how the anger of gods affect the people. To know this, firstly we must know about badhasthana i.e. the houses of trouble or obstacles and the badha morthi i.e. trouble creators indicated by the grahas.

All the movable signs -Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn have their 11th sign as the sign of badha (obstacles). Aquarius, Taurus, Leo and Scorpio are badha signs of Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn respectively. All the fixed signs have 9th sign from them as the badha sign. So, Capricorn, Aries, Cancer and Libra are the obstacle signs of Taurus, Leo, scorpio and Aquarius respectively All the common signs have their 7th sign as the sign of badha. So, Sagittarius, Pisces, Gemini and Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces respectively. Some scholars say that each sign has its angular signs as its sign of obstacle. So, according to this opinion, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn are the badha signs of anes. All the movable signs have the remaining movable signs as their badha sign. All fixed signs have other remaining fixed signs as their badha signs And, all common signs have remaining common sign as their sign of obstacle There is another type of opinion on the obstacle signs, i which is found in Prasnamargam

This verse tells us about mahabadhaka sthanas i.e. powerful obstacles. According to this verse, Aquarius m the mahabadhaka sign to all the movable signs. Scorpio is the obstacle sign to Scorpio, Sagittarius, Leo and Virgo signs. Capricorn is the badha sign to Taurus. Cancer 392 is the badha sign of aquarius. Sagittarius is the badha sign of Gemini and Sagittarius is the mahabadhaka sign of Pisces. If one of the movable sign i.e. Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn comes as the Arudha ascendant m a Prasna, then Aquarius becomes the obstacle sign. In the same way we have to understand other signs also. Thus we can see that three types of badhaka signs are explained Among these the first and the last are the most followed. Let us see the results of Rahu-Ketu in these badhaka signs.

If Rahu is m badhaka sign, it indicates serpent group and if Ketu is there, it indicates cruel demons, spirits etc. When Rahu is in badhaka sign, it indicates the wrath and cause of serpents. When Jupiter is the lord of badhaka sign and it is m 6th or 8th or 12th house, and if that Jupiter occupied house is an angular house to the Rahu occupied house then it indicates serpent troubles. In this particular combination, Jupiter is the lord of obstacle sign and it is placed m one of the unfavorable houses and Jupiter and Rahu are m angular houses to each other. If Rahu has relationship with Sun, then it indicates the troubles from higher serpents (uttama sarpabadha) and if Rahu is having relationship with Moon, then it indicates the troubles from lower (adhama) serpents. Let us try to know the reason behind these serpent troubles. If Rahu is with mandi or Rahu is m the fifth or seventh or ninth house from mandi, it indicates the wrath of serpents. If mars is m an angular house from Rahu, then it indicates that the serpent curse is due to the destruction of the trees at localities of serpent. If Saturn and mandi are m an angular house from Rahu, then it indicates that serpent wrath is due to the entry of spirits m serpent locality or due to the impurity done at serpent locality If only mandi is m an angular house to Rahu, then it indicates that serpent trouble is due to impurity and intercourse, Mandi and Saturn always indicate lower caste people, spirits, wicked people, wicked deeds etc All the above details can be known only through Prasna.

Let us know about different Gods, spirits, evil spirits indicated by Rahu-Ketu m different signs. When Rahu is in Aries, it indicates pasanamurti and if Ketu is in Aries, it indicates ksudra dhumavati Rahu in Taurus indicates serpent and Ketu in Taurus indicates bhairava. Rahu in Gemini sign indicates mahabhuta and Ketu indicates madanayama. Rahu and Ketu m Cancer sign indicates water serpent and ksudra Gods near watery regions respectively. Rahu in Leo indicates maha bhairava and Ketu in Leo indicates the God of hilly regions. Rahu in Virgo indicates ucchistha candali and Ketu indicates ucchistha kanmka When Rahu is in Libra it indicates kuksi sasta and Ketu m Libra indicates black magic spirits. Rahu m Scorpio sign indicates serpent and Ketu m Scorpio indicates God of hills. Rahu m Sagittarius indicates naga and Ketu indicates brahmana devata. When Rahu is m Capricorn, it' indicates evil spirits and when Ketu is in Capricorn it indicates nica candala devata Rahu and Ketu m Aquarius indicate the bhadrakali devoted by potters. Rahu m Pisces indicates brahmanaga and Ketu indicates jala ksudra devi.

In a horary chart, if Moon is under malefic influence, it will indicate the death of the querist. If Sun, Mars, Saturn and Rahu are m second, fourth, eighth and twelfth house from Moon, it indicates the death of the querist. But, if these malefic grahas have the influence of powerful benefics, then the death will be checked and the querist may have diseases. This verse is very important one m ayu prasna and roga prasna

The setting was lush with many fruit-bearing coconut and banana trees as well as the heady and intoxicating aroma of Champaka and Jasmine flowers. Incense wafted in the breeze outside as everyone in attendance: the temple managers, brahmanas (priest caste), pujaris (temple priests), and local congregation waited for the astrologers to begin the Ashtamangala Deva Prasna (hence forth ADP), a specialty of what could be called the Kerala school of astrology. Ashtamangala refers to two things: first of all it refers to a method of numerology which will be referred to later on; secondly it refers to eight (ashtha) auspicious (mangala) items that are used in this type of divination. These items are: ghee lamps (brass lamps with a wick in clarified butter), mirror, gold, milk, yogurt, fruits, book, and white cloth. Deva Prasna is a special kind of Prasna (Prasna--question, horary astrology) specifically dealing with temple matters. Both are explained in that encyclopedic treatise Prasna Marga "the path of horary astrology." However, as I was soon to discover, successful ADP required more than knowledge of these two subjects. Success depended on a thorough knowledge of all the principles of Prasna Marga , plus a high degree of intelligence, great powers of observation, and keen intuition stemming from spiritual practices and an austere, pure godly lifestyle. Because the subject of Prasna was a temple and the presiding devata (deity), only the very best astrologers were called upon to conduct the Prasna. By having several scholarly astrologers present it was expected that mistakes would be minimized, and that what one astrologer might miss another would pick up on. This was not my first ADP. On my previous stay of 18 months, in 1977-78, I had begun my study of astrology in Hyderabad and was then asked to take it up as my full-time service to my guru. I had first began to study Prasna in this, my second, sojourn in India (1980-83). I had been studying Jataka (natal astrology) in Calcutta with Harihar Majumder, a leading, elderly, scholar and the author of Hindu Science of the Future (as well as many books in Bengali). I strongly desired to become a well rounded astrologer and I knew from my studies that there were six limbs to astrology, not just Jataka, but unfortunately I had found no astrologers in North India who knew Prasna. I knew, from my reading, that Prasna and other branches of astrology were well preserved in South India. Thus after I finished my studies with my teacher and gave him his dakshina (donation for teaching me) I headed south to Bangalore in May of 1981 armed with a letter of introduction from Y. www.ShyamasundaraDasa.com 2 Keshava Menon (president of the Calcutta astrological association and regular contributor to The Astrological Magazine) to Dr. B.V. Raman. I had just read Dr. Raman's translation of Prasna Marga and I hoped that he would be able to guide me to a good teacher of this art. Dr. Raman kindly consented to see me but threw a wet blanket on my dreams by telling me that it would be practically impossible for me to find a good teacher of Prasna. "Good scholars of astrology are rare," he said, "of these, those that could teach were rarer still; and of these, those who had time to teach a neophyte like me were even more rare. And out of all of these astrologers one who could speak English was the rarest of them all." I was undaunted and determined to prove him wrong but I soon found that he had not spoken lightly. Eventually, after many months of tireless searching and meeting countless astrologers I finally found two sources for in-depth knowledge of Prasna-a family of Jain astrologers in Bangalore headed by the late B.G. Sasikantha Jain, who practiced Bhrgu Prasna. And Krishnan Potti the scholar of Prasna Marga. Convincing Sasikantha Jain to teach me took me over 10 months, but that's another story. And while Krishnan Potti readily agreed to teach me there was a little problem, actually two-he lived in a very beautiful, but rather remote, hilly area, outside of Thiruvananthapuram with no access by bus or taxi; and he didn't speak English. The first problem I solved by learning to drive a motor-cycle. A simple feat you may think but considering that there are practically no enforceable traffic laws in India and that road obstacles include, but are not limited to: chickens, hogs, dogs, camels, asses, goats, cows, buffaloes and the occasional elephant (and their dung, chicken dung is no problem but I once ran into a soccer-ball sized lump of elephant dung, at twilight, at about 30 mph, it was like hitting a big lump of grease, I'm lucky to be alive), what to speak of throngs of people, buses, lorries (big trucks), cars, plus terrible road conditions, etc. Going for my astrology lessons meant to take my life in my own hands and I would fervently pray to Lord Nrsimhadeva (half-man, half-lion avatara of Lord Krsna) for protection. The second problem was a bit more tricky. He didn't speak English and I didn't know Malayalam, the language of Kerala. However, though no Sanskrit scholar, I had a rather large Sanskrit vocabulary from studying Bhagavad-gita, Srimad-Bhagavatam and other Vedic literatures; ayurveda, and of course my in-depth study of astrology in India. I found that as long as we spoke in Sanskrit about astrology I could readily follow what was being said and thus I passed more than a year studying with Krishnan Potti. Though he lived in a remote area away from the city he had a steady stream of people who would show up for his advice. I wasn't his only student, he had several including a policeman, but I was special because I was a foreigner who had come so far, had taken up the Vedic lifestyle and was struggling so hard to learn astrology. We handled all kinds of Prasnas but ADPs were special because these Prasnas necessitated that several scholarly astrologers gather at a venue away from their normal place of practice. Aside from this, ADPs required the use of nimitta (omens) and other special procedures that we shall presently describe. Because the ADPs involved many persons aside from my astrology guru the discussions were all in Malayalam, thus I arranged for a translator to accompany me for this day long affair, for I knew it would take up the whole morning and most of the afternoon with a break for lunch. www.ShyamasundaraDasa.com 3 What follows is directly from my notes of that day (I urge all students of Prasna to keep notes and records of all Prasnas they do, I still keep notes). It would be impossible for me to include everything that was said and done in the (approximately) seven hour period necessary to conduct the Ashtamangala Deva Prasna, however we hope that the reader will be able to appreciate the mystical nature of the experience which, even for many students of Vedic astrology, will seem to border on magical. Countless experiences like this destroyed in my mind the mechanistic world view of modern science and permanently established the Vedic, God-centered, world view of Krsna Consciousness. As astrologers we are sometimes bound up in thinking that everything revolves around symbols drawn on a piece of paper. Or that the planets somehow act on an individual. This limiting paradigm is shattered when we realize that everything in existence is a message from Sri Krsna if we only knew how to read them. The grahas (specific planets used in divination) are only part of a larger language. An astrologer must always keep his eyes and ears open and be prepared to read everything that is happening during a crucial moment such as a Prasna. The Ashtamangala Deva Prasna Begins To begin the Ashtamangala Deva Prasna the astrologers first prepared a small, clean area of land and tidied it up and then covered it with a layer of raw rice. The questioners were asked to adorn it with a ghee lamp, white flowers and other ornaments as well as offerings such as Tambula (Pan leaves and Betel nut) that the congregation of the temple offered. They then performed puja (worship) with devotion on all the articles that would be used in the process of divination and invoked Lord Sri Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead for His blessings. They then meditated on their istadevatas (personal patron deity, Lord Krsna or one of His avataras like Narasimhadeva or Lord Rama) for the ability to predict correctly. The astrologers then called on an official of the temple with little or no knowledge of astrology to come forward. They showed him a Cakra (diagram of the zodiac) as it is drawn in typical South Indian style and ask him to duplicate it on the prepared ground. Using a stick he carefully prepared the diagram by first drawing the Western line, then the Southern line, then Eastern and finally the Northern line. (In Prasna the directions of the diagram are such: the side that has Aries and Taurus is East, Cancer and Leo is South, Libra and Scorpio is West, and Capricorn and Aquarius is North. Western astrologers should also note that in the S. Indian chart format the signs of the zodiac are stationary and the ascendant is drawn into the chart with a slash or letter. This is unlike the Western or North Indian system in which the ascendant is stationary and the signs arranged around it.) The panditas noted down very carefully the order that he drew them. One stated that because the priest drew the Western line first it was a highly inauspicious omen indicating that diseases (or general harm) would increase. And this was made worse because he had drawn the other lines in a counter clockwise order which indicated many serious obstacles ahead. In general these two things were looked upon as unfavorable omens. They then www.ShyamasundaraDasa.com 4 looked for any irregularities in the way the lines were drawn, that is, if they were thick or thin, broken, etc. But none were observed. The astrologers then called on any young child not conversant with astrology who was recently bathed and well dressed to come forward. The adults pushed a child forward, the astrologers directed the child to worship the ghee lamp and other divinatory paraphernalia with flowers. They then placed in the child's right hand a piece of gold, along with flowers, water, sandal wood paste and aksata-rice mixed with turmeric. The child was then instructed to go around the Cakra (wheel) of the zodiac and then stand near it facing east. In the mean time the questioner, the person who had called this convocation of astrologers, was instructed to be meditating on Lord Krsna to reveal His will. All the astrologers then reflected on the problems of the querist and repeated their mantras for inspiration, and the one astrologer who would do the Ashtamangala was touching his cowry shells. At the end they asked the child to deposit the gold in any one of the signs that had previously been drawn by the priest. The child placed the handful in the square designating Virgo. It should be noted that the above two processes, that of drawing the Cakra and choosing the Arudha Lagna, would be impossible using the North Indian (or Western) format for drawing a chart. The North Indian format is based on houses not signs. For this and other reasons we recommend to students to strictly use the South Indian format, which evidence suggests is the original Vedic format. There is evidence to suggest that the North Indian format was introduced by Muslim invaders who dominated North India for nearly 800 years. This Swarna Lagna ( swarna-gold, lagna-ascendant), as it is also known, became the Arudha Lagna for the ADP. The Arudha Lagna, as we have seen, is chosen through a divinatory omen process directed by the will of Sri Krsna, much in the same way as other well known methods of divination such as Tarot and the I Ching. There are other ways of finding the Arudha Lagna, such as noting which part of the body the questioner is touching, the first letter of the first sound they make, what spot on the ground (of an imaginary zodiac projected onto the ground) they are standing on when asking the question, etc. The exact time the Swarna lagna was chosen was noted as 8:45 AM, thus the Udaya Lagna, the Lagna based on time, was Leo. The planetary positions at the time were fixed and the chart filled in with all the planets including Mandi, who is very significant in Kerala astrology and South India in general, but not much used in the North (planetary positions found at the end). It should also be noted that there are some authors who never use Mandi in their practice of astrology but have put forward academic arguments concerning the proper way of calculating Mandi . Most modern computer programs that I have seen adopt these methods of calculation. However, when I wrote the Jyotisha Vedic Program for Matrix Software, back in 1987, I used an algorithm that duplicated the methods of Prasna Marga and the Kerala tradition as I saw it practiced. This seemed more logical to me because these astrologers actually use Mandi on a daily basis, Mandi is not an academic abstraction to them. www.ShyamasundaraDasa.com 5 The exact degree of the Arudha lagna was calculated by noting the degree of the Udaya Lagna. Since the Udaya Lagna was 12LE13 thus the degree of the Arudha Lagna would be 12VI13. Therefor the Arudha navamsa would then be the fourth navamsa corresponding to Cancer. (Navamsa is an arc of 3 degree 20 minutes, one ninth of sign.) The position of the Swarna Lagna was then examined. The piece of gold was located in the middle of the square designating Virgo, however it was face down, on top of the aksata and flowers, it was also tilted and slanted toward the South. The astrologers declared this to be another bad omen indicative of death and other evils (if it actually meant death would have to be judged according to the whole picture). In the mean time, while the Swarna Lagna was being chosen the head astrologer of the group, Krishnan Potti, did the first part of the Ashtamangala numerology. This requires a little explanation: a major instrument for divination in Kerala are cowry shells which have been specially selected, cleaned, sanctified (generally by chanting of mantras and bathing in the waters of the Ganges or other sacred rivers) and used only for divination. In less complex types of Prasna, that is, other than Deva Prasna, the Arudha lagna is often found by manipulation of the cowries alone. For divination 108 cowries are used. To do the first part of the Ashtamangala the astrologer first touches the cowries while meditating on his mantra and asking for spiritual guidance. Then the astrologer arbitrarily divides the shells into three piles, one to his left, one in front of him and one to the right. After examining the Swarna Lagna Krishnan Potti did the second part of the Ashtamangala by going to each pile of cowries and counting off multiples of eight (asta) and keeping the remainder, if the remainder is zero then let it be eight. You will now have a three digit number in which no digit is greater than eight. The digits represent past, present and future respectfully from left to right. 1=Sun, 2=Mars, 3=Jupiter, 4=Mercury, 5=Venus, 6=Saturn, 7=Moon, 8=Rahu. (This is very simplified, they also represent other things as well.) Odd numbers are considered good, even numbers bad. The Ashtamangala number that was obtained for the Prasna was 8-3-1 ruled by Rahu, Jupiter and the Sun respectfully. Though it seemed clear to me that 8-3-1 indicated that the past was bad, the present and future looked good. However the assembled scholars claimed that this was not actually the case. They said that because the numbers were in a descending order from left to right and other special circumstances, this indicated that the past was good, the present was bad and the future would be worse. Other parts of the reading seemed to confirm this observation on their part. After this the ghee lamp was lit and the flame was observed to lean toward the South, this was again declared to be an evil omen. Just then one of the astrologers stated that the deity must have been moved at least twice before being established in the present temple. The temple managers replied that this was true and wanted to know why he had said that? The astrologer said this was so because he had noted that the ghee lamp had been placed near the worship area but then picked up and moved twice before the Prasna started. The astrologers then examined the Tambula (Pan leaves) that was offered for worship. These Tambula represent the 12 houses of the Deva Prasna chart and the conditions of these houses can be determined by the condition of the leaves. Before we interpret the www.ShyamasundaraDasa.com 6 meaning of the leaves we will take opportunity to give, in synopsis, the special meaning of the 12 houses in Deva Prasna: 1: Temple building, murti (likeness of the deity ), and divine presence of the deity in the murti. 2: Wealth, income, temple treasures and guardians. 3: The naivedya (offerings made) and servants. 4: All buildings and land connected with the temple as well as temple vehicles. 5: Murti and divine presence (again). 6: Pollution of the temple, enemies and thieves. 7: The people (congregation) and deity ornaments. 8: Divine presence, offerings, servants, and good and evil matters. 9: Nature of the temple authorities and the state of merit and piety. 10: Daily ceremonies (puja), special festivals and devalakas-persons involved in making garlands, and performance of musical entertainment, etc. 11: Piety, merit, prosperity and income. 12: Nature of the priests, expenditure and waste. In this case since there were only three "Pan leaves" only the first three houses of the Deva Prasna chart could be examined by this method. The first representing the lagna had marks and cuts thus things have not been good up till now. The second was smaller than the others and had cuts, thus there were financial problems. The third was in much better shape so it declared those who served the temple were capable of doing good. The number of leaves were now used to determine the Tambula Lagna which is arrived at by the following formula (T x 10 + 1)/7 where T is the number of Tambulas. Since T=3 when we substitute we get a remainder of three which represents Mars in the normal order of planets. (Western astrologers should note that in Vedic astrology the order of planets is Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rahu, Ketu. This is the same as the days of the week.) Since Mars is in Libra this becomes the Tambula Lagna. Mars itself indicates that there have been strife and conflicts, and because it is Mars in Libra they deduced that the deity of the temple was the goddess Kali. Now that the preliminaries were over the readings and predictions based on the planetary positions started. Since Rahu ruled over the first Ashtamangala number and he was in the 10th with Venus one astrologer declared that the temple must have been towards the East of the present www.ShyamasundaraDasa.com 7 place in a location occupied by a naga (special race of serpent gods endowed with mystical powers and often irritable). This was admitted by the temple mangers. Since Mars had only just transited into Libra one astrologer dared to say that in the past there must have been an accidental fire in the temple. Affirmative was the response. They were now on a roll. Another astrologer pointed out that Rahu and Venus in the 10th also indicated that someone must have died from poison nearby and the ghost was still lingering in the vicinity. We were told that in the past a child had taken poison and died in the compound. It should be noted that up to this time we were not informed why the ADP was taking place, of course we could surmise there was trouble but had no details. But as the ADP proceeded the details started to come out. At this point the original question of the querist is finally revealed by the astrologers. One astrologer said that because Saturn is in the Arudha Lagna they want to know why has Durga devi (goddess of the material world) left the temple? The people agree that indeed, this is their question. The reason she has left, the astrologers say, is because the rules of conduct were not properly observed--entry into the temple of impure people such as person's who had a recent death in their family or women during their period, etc. Since the Arudha Lagna is Virgo it was deduced that the land is owned by the ladies of the family by special arrangement. This was also confirmed to be true. The astrologers agree that since Mars is the maha-badaka and Jupiter is the samanyabadaka (badaka means doer of harm, the two different prefixes refer to the great and general doer of harm respectively) for Virgo (Raman, 1980 pp. 545-547) are in the 2nd house and since Ketu is in Virgo navamsa, this same Virgo being the Arudha Lagna, then

CONCLUSION

Draw a chakra and scatter coloured rice over it. Perform the puj'a with devotion. Worship the cowries for ashta-mangala. See that a piece of gold is asked to be deposited in one of the squares of the chakra and find out the ashtamangala number. For puja purposes, white flowers (especially tumbe) alone should be used.

DEIVA PRASNAM

6.What is the purpose of resorting to deva prasanna ?Discuss how you will conduct Ashtamangala prasnam

Deiva prassnam is conducted when there are difficulties in the day to day functioning of the temple and when corrupt practices are noticed in the administration of the temple. When the place and temple `vigraham get contaminated.

There are several variations of `deiva prasnam , the most important is Ashtamangala deiva prasnam.

Eight auspicious items are kept for the Astamangala deiva prasnam.

They are - Kumkumam, Mirror, Gold, flowers, Akshatha, fruits, betel leaves, and white cloth,

It is done primarily to know the `Divine opinion, regarding the functioning of the temple.  If a `bimbam is obtained , to know to which God  it belongs -

1.If in lagnam Suryan is there or Sury is seeing the lagnam or Lagnam is placed in simham then the idol belongs ti Lord Shiva.

2. If the lagnam is in katakam or if Moon is in kendram or moon aspects the lagnam which is katakam the bimbam will belong to Lord Durga.

3.If the lagnam is in Mesham or virchikam or aspected by Mars then it can be Lord Subrmaniyan

4.Same way if it is Sani then it may be Sastha and if it is Budhan it may be Lord Vishnu.

5. If it is Guru it can be assumed all the Gods are affected.

6. If the Lagnam is Rishabam or Thulam , Annapoorneshwari and Goddess Lakshmi may be affected.

In Deiva prasnam the twelve bhavas refer to  God, Wealth,.Servants. The idol,  Enemies,  Ornaments,  Naivedyam, The temple officials,festivals,income & expenses.

1. In 3rd house or 8th house if malefic planets are there then it indicates the Naivedyam done is without purity. If Sani is there in those houses then proper naivedhyam is not made.
2.  2. If in those places Rahu, ketu or Gulikan is there then a dead animal or insect has been mixed in the Naivedyam.. If in 9th malefic is there , something bad can happen to the person who is administrating the temple., if malefic is there in 7th than ornaments of the God would have been stolen.
3. If malefic in 10th than the festivals have not taken place properly. If in 4th malefic is there and if it happens to be water rasi than cattle may die by falling into the water.
   
   
   Pariharma -
   For all doshas Bhagavath seva, Ganapathi homam, Bhagya sukta japam and milk abhisehkam are done.

Procedure for doing Astamangala prasnam

Sit facing east. Sit on a neat place. Place a plank of wood to the north . Take 108 cowries and place them on the plank.

Sprinkle them with holy waters and cover them with sandal paste, flowers, etc Then worship Siva in them .

Then do the navagraha puja invoking the Sun in the east, Mars in the south-east, Jupiter in the south, Mercury in the south-west, Venus in the west, Saturn in the north-west, Moon in the north and Rahu in the north-east, and repeat the Mantra 108 times.

Repeat Panchakshari and other mantras derived from Guru and invoke the Guru and the nine planets.

SANKALPA

May it occur to me through your grace to find out the real truth, good and bad, regarding the person born in such and such a nakshatra and bearing such and such a name, and happenings about him in the past, present and the future in respect of money, children and house affairs.

ASHTAMANGALAM

Then call the girl or boy not conversant with astrology who has just bathed and is well-dressed. He or she should worship the lamp, Ganesha and the planets with flowers. The astrologer should then place the gold piece along with flowers, etc., in the right hand. He or she should then go round the Chakra and then stand near it facing the east, in the meanwhile the questioner should be meditating on God. Then the astrologer reflecting on the problem of the querist should touch the cowries repeating the mantras thrice and at the end ask the boy or girl to place the gold piece in any one of the signs.

DETERMINING THE ARUDHA RASI

Then the astrologer should divide the cowries which he has before him into three groups, placing one on the left hand side, another in front of him and the last one on his right hand side. The omens also should be taken into consideration. Note this time also. The nature of the breath too is to be noted. Then one may be asked to go out and measure the Sun's shadow. That Rasi where the gold piece is deposited by the boy or girl is known as the Arudha Rasi. The astrologer should carefully observe the lay of the gold piece amidst the flowers in the Chakra and point out some effects from its position.

Stanzas 54 and 55, — After finishing the worship, the astrologer should give the predictions.

He should solemnly take the cowries kept in three places one after another. Count each separately and expunge all multiples of 8 and keep the remainder. This forms the third digit, second digit and the unit (respectively) of a number he is making.

NOTES

The remainder in the left hand is ' hundred', in front ten and on the right hand side one unit. Thus a number containing three digits is obtained. This number is technically termed the Ashtamangala Number. Some more details on the results that can be gleaned from the lay of the gold' coin are dealt with in stanzas 32 to 36 of Chapter VIII.

THINGS TO BE NOTED

Stanzas 56 and 57. — Note carefully the Arudha, the lay of the gold piece, the shadow of the Sun measured in feet, ashtamangala number, deepa lakshana and other lakshanas perceived at the time. The nature and number of the betel leaves, year, month, date, week-day, the name of the questioner, his house name, his nakshatra and sankalpa (object of the Prasna) must also be noted.

CONCLUSION

Stanzas 38 and 59. — Draw a chakra and scatter coloured rice over it. Perform the puj'a with devotion. Worship the cowries for ashta-mangala. See that a piece of gold is asked to be deposited in one of the squares of the chakra and find out the ashtamangala number. For puja purposes, white flowers (especially tumbe) alone should be used.

NOTES

In these stanzas, the author recapitulates what he has. already treated of in this chapter.

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K P PRASNAM

What is Prashnam? How does is it work?

One of the most useful and dynamic branches of Vedic astrology is Prashna, which literally means question. 

This is called Horary Astrology in the West. 

Here the  Natal chart reading is like using a wide-angle lens. One gets the full view, but it seems far away, and one cannot see all the details. To get more detail one could zoom in and look at a smaller segment of time.The real close-up shot or microscopic view would be to focus just on one question for a specific period of time. This is prashna.

• Prashnam or Horary Astrology has advantage over the natal chart in that, the exact time of the “query” is known accurately. where as one may or may not be sure about the accuracy of one’s horoscope or birth time. The Prashnam branch of science is perfect and most useful in day to day life and an astrologer , who has thorough knowledge of the rules and principles, can offer accurate predictions.
  
  The rules of Prashnam are simple. The person who is asking the question must be sincere and earnest in his/her desire to get an answer to their question. 
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  Examples of questions would be
  
  lost my job. When will I find a new job?

• I am thinking of relocating. Is this a good choice?

• When will I get married?

The KP Astrology is an excellent system (Paddhati) of astrological predictions conceived,
created by The Great Indian Astrology master, late Prof. K.S. Krishnamurti.

KP has revolutionised the Prashna Astrology or Horary Astrology by diving the zodiac into 249 subs and the concept of ruling planet is also unique. A number between 1- 249 is taken from the querist and the number gives the position of the Ascendant for the query and 12 cusps are erected along with the planetary positions on the given day and time of analysis.

Ruling planets are the few planets which rule the particular moment.

*The exact position of the zodiac which is rising at the moment for the locality on that day*The name of the day*The constellation in which Moon would be passing*Sign which Moon would be passing.

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KP Astrology fundamentals and it difference with Vedic 

KP gives importance to Nakshatras or Constellations unlike houses given by Vedic Astrology. In Vedic Astrology Zodiac is divided into 27 nakshatras or constellations 13 degree 20 minutes each and 12 houses 30 degree each. Traditional Vedic Astrologers gives importance to the houses whereas a KP Astrologers gives importance to the constellations as well as houses.

KP has further sub divided the constellations each into 9 unequal parts known as "sub". Division of "sub" is in accordance with Vimshottari Dasa system followed in Vedic Astrology. For example the sun "sub" whose maha dasa period lasts for 6 years is having smaller sub area compared to Venus whose maha dasa lasts for 20 years.

KP Ayanamsha is different from Lahiri ayanamsa which is mostly followed by Vedic Astrologers. KP Ayanamsha is ahead of Lahiri Ayanamsha by six minutes.

KP uses the bhava or house begining rather than the house madhya used by Vedic Astrologers. KP also followed the Placidus house system which has got unequal house divisions as opposed to equal house division of 30 degree followed in Vedic Astrology.The cusps used by KP system can differentiate the difference in fate of twins in reality.

Every 4 minutes the degree of Ascendant changes as a result the all the "cuspal sub lords" related to the ascendant also changes. It has been seen that the cuspal sub lords of the 12 cusps can change if there is a difference in birth time even by a minute.

In predictive astrology KP gives importance to exact position of the planet i,e the nakshatra where the planet is positioned along the "sub" where it is positioned. Planet gives the result of the nakshatra lord where it is positioned and the "sub" confirms whether the desired result expected out of the planet based on its lordship and position in a particular nakshatra would be fullfilled in reality or not. Two planets positioned in same nakshatra can give two different results if the "sub" lord changes.

 Example

A question is asked by the querist

WILL I PASS IN THIS EXAMS.

1. He is asked to tell a number between 1-249

He tells no. 2
For 2 the sign lord is - Mars
          The star lord is - Ketu
          The sublord is - Venus

Now Ruling planets are noted
Ascendant rising at that time of the question - Leo
             The sign lord for Leo - Sun
              The star lord              - Sun ( Uthram nakshatram)
 Moon is in sagiturus sign -
               The Moon sign lord -Jupiter
                The moon star lord - Venus (Puradam nakshatram)
Day lord - Friday - venus 

Rules for positve answer -

1. If horary ( the no recalled ) sub lord and moon star lord is same.
2. The sign lord, sub lord and star lord of the horary no is also found in the ruling planet                             

Answer - The no 2 told by the querist will give postive answer 
as 1. The horary sublord Venus is matching with the Day lord and the sub lord of the horary no Venus giving a positive answer.  

PRASNA JYOTHIDAM

1. What are the things to be noted at the time of query? Discuss about the method of pronouncing the result ?

There are fourteen things to be noted at the time of Query.

1Time `samaya -  The time when the question is asked

 

2. Place - `desa   - The own place of the person who has come to ask the question.

3. Breath `svarayu - The person’s breath

4. State `avastha  - The state in which the person is found

5. Touch feeling `sparsa - The feeling of touch

6 Aruda lagnam

7. Direction `dhisa   -

8. Prasanna letters - The number of letters in the question

9. The conduct - The person’s conduct

10. Actions `chesta   - The actions or movements the person exhibits.

11. Thoughts `Bhavam -  The thought process.

12. Vilokanani - The look of the person

13. Speech `vachanam  - The speech of the person

14. The person who tells Prasanna has to notice these 14 teen lakshanas.

The methods of pronouncing the result.

Before telling the results one has to follow certain ground rules

1. If the person has been affected by enemies or he had suffered a prolonged illness

than after doing the right pariharams than alone the `prasna should be done.

2. A proper analyses of the natal chart, prasna chart and different omens should be examined properly before telling the results.

3. As the astrologer in case travels to the persons house , he should look for good and bad omens. Should make note of the time at which the question is asked.

4. The place in which `prasna is conducted is also important.

If it is a place having fruits, flowers, good trees, clean house, gold and precious stones, floor cleaned with cow dung, beautiful girls, happy sounds, incidence like marriage has happened, pleasing things to the mind has happened, these things will also affect the results.

5. Or else if there is deadly forest, fires around, uneven places, debilitated houses, poverty, diseased places, barren trees, unpleasant happenings which has hurt the mind are not conducive to give good results.

The results

1. If a person has favourable prasna chart and unfavourable horoscope chart it shows the present karmas are good and are bearing result, while the previous life karmas are not of good nature.
2. If a person has unfavourable prasna chart ad favourable chart, than it shows his present karmas are giving him trouble while the previous  ones are good.
3. If the prasna chart and the horoscope chart are both of the same category than it shows both are of the same category.

The time of Prasna

1. It is good to find the favourable day for the person asking prasna.

Tuesdays and saturdays are not good.From the janma star 2,4,6,8  stars are good.

2. It is better to do the prasna early morning with simple dress and humble bearing.

3. He should ask the questions about the future with good belief and humility, not with the feeling of testing the astrologer.

4. The results can slo be deduced by Arudam.

Q2. How should be the place and explain the method of breath examination in forecasting the event.

The person should examine his breath everyday.

Monday,wednesday,thursday,friday the breath should come through the left nostril.

Sunday, tuesday, saturday the breath should come through the right nostril.

If the breath comes as mentioned than good results with augur in the day.

If the breath  does not come as mentioned but changes sides than bad results will happen during the day.

The different day result on wrong breath

1.  Sunday - Pain in the body.
2. Monday - Arguments.
3. Tuesday - Death for oneself or a relative.
4. Wednesday - Long distance travel.
5. Thursday - Great calamity in the country.
6. Friday - Any action taken will end in failure
7. Saturday - Loss of grains, land troubles etc.

Good breath results

Good and proper nostril breath indicates

1.Good health, 2. Gain of wealth 3. Good and tasty food 4. Success in chosen work

Pancha butha ( five element) breath

Earth ( Bhumi) - 16 inch

Water ( apa)    - 12 inch

Fire ( Tea)        - 8 inch

Air (Vayu)        - 6 inch

Ether ( Akasha ) - 4 inch

( 8 inch = one feet)

Results

1. If the breath is earth and left nostril one during prathama ( one after amavasya), good houses,great honor etc can be expected.
2. If it is water `amsa , kuttai will be dug and marriage ceremonies will happen.
3. If it is fire `amsa , trouble due to enemies, get affected by weapons, ulcer, fire in the house, fall down from a height, fire wounds for children.
4. If it is air `amsa fear from thieves, going away from one's own place, ride  on horse and elephant etc.
5. If it is akasha `amsa, knowledge of mantras, built temples, get dakshinas etc.

If the breath in the above categories are even than it is good but if the breath comes in patches bad results can happen.

OTHER USES OF THE BREATH

1. If the person asking the prasna has lost something or it has been stolen , and if the breath is `prithvi than one can say it is under the ground /if `apa amsa than it can be underwater /if air amsa than in a place having lot of cloud/ if akasha than in a very high place.
2. The left breath is called `ida and right breath is called `pingala and the centre one is called `sushumna.
3. The `ida is also said to be chandra and pingala one is said to be `surya ruling.
4. If a pregnant lady comes to ask a question , if the breath iis in the right side , it can be said it will be a boy, if the breath is along the left side it should be a girl , thus the result can be told.
5. To get success in the chosen act, when starting the breath should be in the left side while reaching the place the breath should be on the right side.
6. If a friendly question is asked if the breath is one the side of the questioner the answer will be favourable.

Q.3. How will you give prediction on the basis of position, behaviour, temperament, dress of the querist and the good or bad men? Also discuss `Thamboola prasnam

     Position, behaviour, temperament, dress and omens all give indication of the answer to the query.

Examples -

1. If the querist is fidgeting with his fingers and inserting it in any hole of his body , it indicates negativity in the answer.
2. A question concerning birth of a child ,  the sight of books, pen, sound of bells, bangles. Ornaments, skin of the deer, dharba grass, pregnant lady smiling child indicates the child can be expected.
3. A person cleaning his body, or somebody crossing the way, seeing a burning fire indicates abortion of the child.
4. * O ---O shoutings, * The `kamba of worship falls down * Dress ( torned) * Torn slippers * Argumentative words * words of debt * wrong birds * sounds of wild animals * a lamp which gets closed * left side sound of lizard * Someone sneezing on the right side
5. A person asking about travel and if he immediately sits down than the tavel may get blocked.
6. Any question concerning success in the work undertaken, the sight of gold and fruits indicates success in the job.
7. If it is the question of argument if two persons stand around holding hands, a new person comes in the front then the argument will end peacefully.If two persons separate, obstacles happen then the argument will continue
8. Good omens - * veena * flute * rocks * sound of conch *MUSIC * beautiful girl * dancing girl * curd pot * good rice * sugar cane * sandalwood paste * a post full of water * flowers * elephants * fruits * virgin girl * veda mantras * a cow which  is tied * mirror* gold * calves * food articles * etc.

Thamboola prasnam

Tthamboolam'  is a life sustaining petal.Thamboolam has the, aura and power of 'Thrimoorti's' –standing for the three Gods in Hindu mythology – Brahma, Vishnu and Maheswara. Being more powerful, the prediction is more accurate and perfect .Thamoolam is significant for a child from birth to death under the Hindu system.

According to hindu belief Thamboolam originated in the Nagaloka or world of serpents and is brought to the Swargaloka or heaven as Nagavalli and it is this thamboolam which is used for tying 'Aiyravatham' (Indra's elephant).When Arjuna accompanied by Indra was going through the heaven or Swargaloka, he happened to see this Nagavalli or thamboolam and with the phe happened to see this Nagavalli or thamboolam and with the permission of Indra he brought the special Thamboolam to earth. This thamboolam is believed to have 13 special characteristic features and any prediction with the help of this thamboolam is believed to be perfect and accurate.

In Astrology, the Prasna or problem solving uses there methods or tools- the Kavidi, the thamboolam and the ashtamangalyam. The prediction with the help of kavidi can be compared to the verdict of a district court, that of thamboolam to the verdict of a High Court and the predictions of Ashtamangalya prassnam can be compared to the verdict of the Supreme Court

Thamboola Prasnam

THAMBOOLA PRASNAM
This is not so elaborate ,but an elaborate stage of ordinary prasna. From this Thamboola prasnam astrologer can find out all most all the facts .

The process begins after reaching the house of the prichaka. The astrologer sits in an
ideal convenient place facing to the east and draws Rasi Chakram and places navagraha
in the rasi as per the panchangam of the particular day. After that the prichaka gives
some vettilas{thamboolam} without counting the numbers and the quality ,neatness and
cleanness etc. The astrologer notices all the points like the position action and the words
of the prichaka. After receiving the thamboolam the astrologer counts the vettila and calculate to find out the THAMBOOLAROODAM .


TOTAL NUMBERS OF THAMBOOLAM x (10+1)/ 7

= Balance is the Thamboolaroodam

1 = Ravi
2 = Chandran
3 = Kujan { chovva}
4 = Budhan
5 = Guru { Vyazham }
6 = Sukran
7 = Sani
If 2 is the balance ,then Chandran is the thamboola Graham and if the Chandran is in the Medam rasi , then the Medam rasi is the Thamboolaroodam.


Then taking the first thamboolam and consider as the 1st Bhavam of Thamboolaroodam the astrologer gives comments and suggestions according to the quality of the thamboolam. Like this he predicts all Bhavams . i.e. Up to 12 Bhavam. This will be correct and same as the Aaroodam.
CHINNAM AND DWARAM THAMBOOLAM.
Chinnam = to scratch,torn
D W A R A M
THAMBOOLAM AND RASI
Meshe = Medam rasi- - quarrel, fight etc.
Vrishabe = Edavam rasi – wealth prosperity
Midhunam = midhunam rasi - fear against animal
karkidake = karkidakam rasi - happy
Simhe = chingam rasi -eye disease ,disease in belly
Kannya = kanni rasi - splendid
Tulam = tulam rasi -virtue, good result
Vrichikam = vrichikam rasi - causing to increasing of enemies
dhanu rasi - metaphysical intuition, personal pleasure
Makare = makaram rasi – ruin
Kumbam - Death

4. Explain Karma prasannam and remedial measures for it.

The karmas or acts and the intention of those acts come to bear on us as karmas which has to be dealt as prarbdha karma and Sanchita karma.

Apart from that there can be other reasons too which can cause karma venal.

They can be 1. Anger of the Gods 2. Curse of dharma Devatas 3. Anger of Naga devatas.4. Dissatisfaction in regular rituals 5. Ancestors curse 6. Brahmain’s curse 7.. Bad atmas troubling

It is the work of Prasna astrologer to find which of the problem is causing the trouble.

This is done by making the Prasna chart and finding out the Bhavas and the planets placement as per Arudam and also comparing with the natal chart.

1. If Guru is placed in a good position it indicates Gods grace is there on the native or if Guru’s position is not favourable it indicates Gods grace is not congenial

The different planets adidevata can be found in favourable grace or not by knowing the adidevata of the planets and position of planets in the charts.

Sun - Shiva, Subramaniya ,Ganapathy

Moon - good position of moon - Durga, Bad position of moon - Badra kali, Chamundeswari

Sukran - Annapoorneshwari, Lakshmi in good position, bad position - Yakshi

Rahu and gulikan are angry planets -

If they are in 7th house ‘Devika dance can be done

If the are in Sun/Mars house lamp can be lighted.

If they are in Bhutan’s house abhisheka of sandal powder to be done

If they are in Gurus house Archana with flowers to be done.

If they are in Sani’s house clothes and ornaments can be donated.l

Bhadaka planets if they are in 8 or 10th house sacrifice can be given

If they are in 12th house instrumental music can be played.

If they are in lagnam , making a similar `prathibimbam and donating

If they are in 2nd it would be good to do mantra japam.

If they are in 3rd to do prayers to God.

If they are in 4th to built a temple.

If they are in 5th to do prasadam

If they are in 6th pradhikara bali

If they are in 7th dance in front of the God

If they are in 8th give `bali / sacrifice

If they are in 9th prayers

If they are in 10th `thanthiskantham

If they are in 11th `arpanam & `tharpanam

If they are in 12th they may not do harm

The intensity of Deiva curse

The 4th house is the indicator of `deiva sapam

It also indicates `kula deivam.

First determine who is the `bhadaka for the chart. If `bhadaka adipathi is in 4th  house, or the 4th adipathi  is in `bhdaka’s house, or if they both are connected in some way then we can conclude the native is subjected to `deiva sabam.

2. Also if Sun or Moon is in `bhadka’s house   then the person will be subjected to `kula deiva sapam.

Bhadaka places

1. If Aruda lagnam is in `chara, `sthira, `ubhaya Rasi then the `bhadaka sthanam will be 11,9,7 and also the kendrams of that also will be bhadakam.
2. If Mesha is the aruda lagnam than  kumbam will be bhadaka sthanam, if rishibam is the aruda lagnam   than `makaram will be the bhadaka sthanam, if mithuan is the aruda lagnam than dhanus will be the bhadaka sthanam.  
3. For Simmam , kanni virchikam , dhanus  virchikam will be the bhadaka sthanam.
4. For Rishiba makaram , for kumbam katakam, for mithunam & meenam dhanus will be the bhadaka sthanam.

Naga sabam

The position of Rahu & Ketu indicates the naga sabam

1. Where ever Rahu is there , it will be good to do `sarpa bali. For good nagams `sarpa bali and for bad nagams dance and music are the pariharams..
2. If Rahu is with `mandhi or if it is 5,7,9 position from mandhi than it can be inferred the person has naga sapam.
3. If Guru is bhadaka adipathi and if it is placed in 6,8,12 then it can be surmised big way nagadevathas sabam is acting on the native.
4. If in Bhadaka house Rahu is there or Rahu has connection with Surya than good nagas sabams have been incurred.
5. If Rahu has connection with chandra , bad snakes curse has been incurred.

Parents sabam

If Sun or Moon is in bhadaka sthanam and if it happens tobe chevvais  rasi or navamsa than it can be incurred father or mothes sapam is acting.

If 6th lord is in 9th and 9th house lord is in 12 than father or any ancestors sapam is working.

The trouble from pretha atmas

1. If in bhadaka house gulikan is there we can say the pretha atmas are troubling
2. If Rasi is first half manthi is there than the `avi will be of a child. If in the last half `avi is there than it will be of old persons.

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The Yogis and Siddhas consider rituals to be much more powerful than meditation when it comes to breaking your old karmic patterns. Rituals are a technology that can bypass the human ego and work directly with the soul, giving more profound and much faster results.

Karma is not just a metaphysical philosophy. It is real, and it wants to manifest into your life for better or worse. The planets trigger your karmic seeds that already exist. Clearing karma while it is in seed form is not difficult, but it requires being alert and focused. A lot of bad karma can be avoided just by staying conscious, but once a strong karma has taken root, then you need professional help. The 13th Moon (Pradosham) has the mystical powers to dissolve your karma. Participate in the karma-removal Pradosham rituals on on November 15, 2017 (IST).

Pradosham is one of the most important remedies for clearing karma. Pradosham occurs at dusk, 1.5 hours before sunset. Praying to Shiva at this time will free you from karma, fulfill your wishes, and can even accelerate your evolution toward liberation (Moksha). Worshipping Shiva on this day will shrink the negative karma that is blocking your spiritual growth and prosperity.

he most important remedy if you can afford it is to go to certain energy vortexes in India where temples have been built around the destiny changing vortexes. As soon as you enter the vortex you dissolve your bad relationship karma, bad money karma or bad health karma. There is a specific vortex for every type of problem and this has been documented in scriptures.

Your karma is carried by planets in your birth chart.

For example, entering Vaiteeswaran Koil (Mars Temple) and participating in the remedy rituals will transmute your vibration that currently attracts ‘bad’ karma from Mars. The higher vibrational frequencies of any specialized vortex help to evolve your soul in unique ways.

I often have people ask me is there something simple they can do that helps create a more positive relationship with all the planets. Yes! Anyone, wherever they are, can do acts of compassion and kindness, and these are always pleasing to the planets.

For this reason, AstroVed often includes formal acts of charity (dhanam) in some of the festival remedy packages to help people access blessings of grace. In the past, these have included things such as:

Anna Dhanam (food feeding)

Vastra Dhanam (donating clothes)

Vidhya Dhanam (supporting education of children)

Mangalya Dhanam (supporting a mangalyam, an auspicious thread, as well as appropriate clothes for low-income persons wishing to celebrate marriage in traditional manner)

Arogya Dhanam (supporting health, treatment and medicines)

Go Dhanam (sponsoring cow pooja / care of cows)

For anyone looking to improve their current situation, acts of compassion help open doorways for abundance to enter.

Karma means actions: the actions of our body, speech and mind. This subject is very meaningful …'

'Every action we perform leaves an imprint, or potentiality, on our very subtle mind, and each imprint eventually gives rise to its own effect. Our mind is like a field, and performing actions is like sowing seeds in that field. Virtuous actions sow seeds of future happiness and non-virtuous actions sow seeds of future suffering. These seeds remain dormant in our mind until the conditions for them to ripen occur, and then they produce their effect. In some cases, this can happen many lifetimes after the original action was performed.’