Wisdom Heavens

WISDOM OF THE HEAVENS
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FOREWORD
The heavenly bodies have definite influence

on the earth and the earthy beings. The planets,
the stars, the comets and the satelites keep influencing
the earth. The whole activity of the earth is guided
according to a definite plan which is yet unknown
except to the seers. The seer is one who can see
beyond the matter. He can see the interplay of the
forces behind the matter. He can also see the one
energy that continuously transforms into the force
and the force interplaying manifesting as matter.
He can also see the times of initiation of the play,
its continuity and culmination. In the great drama
of creation he witnesses the subcycles, repeating
the aspects of the main cycle. This he understands
as an aspect of time. The one who knows the time
key is able to solve the riddles of life. He proceeds
further and experience the splendour of life through
the same time key. He is than said to have know
the Veda.
The times of labour and the times of
refreshments and also the times of remuneration
can be known through the understanding of the
time. Unwise are those who seek remuneration when
it is time for labour. Through proper understanding
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of the influence of the heavenly bodies on one's own

self one would be able to adopt himself to right action
in right time. Right action in right time with complete
ease in action is described as Yoga by the Lord. "Yoga
is skill in action", says Krishna. The keynote to such
skill is available in the science of Astrology. Hence
Astrology is the 'Eye' of the Veda.
The one who knows the functioning of the
planets, their vibrations through their movement
and their influence on the earth, can plan out his
action in tune with the plan of the heavenly beings.
He can set the sail according to the wind and sail
smooth. The one who runs across the wind or against
the wind invites problems. Hence the importance
of wisdom of the heavens.
Master E.K. holds the master key to Astrology.
His Spiritual Astrology is the beacon light to the
students of Astrology in the East and the West. The
one who seeks spiritual enlightenment, finds the
right guidance through that book. Wisdom of the
Heavens is another beam of Light coming from the
Master to help the sincere seekers. The one who
reads the 11 captions given in this book and
understands them would be better equipped to
transact in life with life.
- K. PARVATHI KUMAR
18th Aug. 1982 • Founder Chairman
Visakhapatnam. Kulapathi Book Trust
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CONTENTS
1. Astrology and its Importance 7

2. Astrology of the Scriptures 12
3. The Vedic Astrology 17
4. Worlds within Worlds 36
5. The Validity of the Zodiac 40
6. The Influence of Planets 45
7. The clock in space 65
8. The Nature of Time 69
9. The Measures of Time in the Zodiac 72
10. The Principles Governered
By the Planets 78
11. Astrological Traditions 82
12. Influence of Karthis 89
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My Message
"I have come down to earth not

to be worshipped by the crazy dreamers
as their God once again in a new name,
but I am here to be realized by the
workers as their own expression of work.
I am yourself uttered forth as your own
Master. Remember that you are not
different from your own Master. You arc
in no way other than your own Master.
You have no second to yourself - The
"I AM" in you. Let East and West be
fused in "ME", the "I AM of all. Let you
live, work and realize Me in you."
— Master E. K.
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Astrology and its Importance
Astrology is the subjective lamp of a living being

which illumines his objective path. The inner man is but a
spark of consciousness that is solar by nature. His very
routine is guided by his time calculation which depends
upon his sunrise and sunset. Man grows into a seer only
through the induction of the solar ray. The path of this
ray has taught astrology to mankind from times immemorial.
The science of astrology on any planet is logically as old
as that planet. Astronomy is the skeleton with astrological
significance as life with flesh and blood. The Vedas are
full of the wisdom of light. Astrology forms one of the six
main keys to unlock the wisdom of Veda. The Vedic,
Puranic and Scientific literature of the pre-Buddhistic ages
describes the astronomical, astrological and astro-biological
cycles of various scales through which our creation rolls.
You may question how astrology helps mankind.
The answer is many sided. It helps us to know all about
ourselves and the world around. We can know when we
are at our best to achieve and to achieve what. We can
also know when we have to do certain things in life. We
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can know when our good seeds sprout. Thereby we can

nourish the former and eliminate the latter by our good
work. It warns us of the broken road ahead. "Can we
mend?" you can ask. Yes, "the mender is within you",
says Chiero. Secondly astrology helps us to understand
the scriptures in their right spirit. In our daily life the
application is many sided. We can predict, diagnose and
prevent a disease. The science gives us many clues for
cure that are not comprehensible to the medical branch.
Hippocrates says: "A doctor is a quack who does not
know astrology."
"Do the stars rule our destiny? Are they more
powerful than the God who created us?" You are logical
in questioning so. The answer is that stars rule our destiny
in obedience to the law of the Lord. The planets are the
faithful servants of the Lord and serve as "The seven
candles on the altar." The planets are the alphabet to
read the plan of the Lord and they do not lay the law.
"Then can we alter the Law of the Lord which manifests
through the planets?" This may be your next question.
The planets are there to help you and not to punish. Your
effort gives you knowledge with which you can transcend
that which is bad in your seed nature. "By the human
effort, the wise embrace what is prosperous to them.
Then man has his refuge in God. He is privileged by the
same God, to throw aside snakes, fire and poison and
the thorns from his path by his own effort. Those who
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use God-given wisdom achieve the will of their hearts

through human effort. Those who do not use will perish
like the trees of the forest in summer fire. (Vasanta Raja's
book on Omens 1-18-20).
"Which is stronger, the fate or the will of man?"
You can again question. The will of man is the child of
the will of God. The planetary spirits are to us like the
elders to a child. The will of man is Divine in essence
and can surely help us unto perfection where the fate
becomes an unerring play to an individual. The winds of
fate need the steering of the individual to conduct the
journey of life in the desirable direction.
"One ship sails East and another sails West
With the self-same winds that blow,
'Tis the set of the sail and not the gale
That determines the way they go,
Like the winds of the sea are the ways of fate,
If we voyage along through life,
'Tis the act of the soul that determines the goal,
And not the claim or strife."
- Elly Wheeler Wilcox
"Is astrology a science or an art?" You can further
enquire. It is a science while learning and art while applying.
It has the same position as that of medicine and law. A

degree in medical science makes a practitioner but does
not create a doctor. Healing is an art though medicine is
a science. Same is the case with astrology. All practitioners
may not succeed to unfold into doctors, lawyers and
astrologers. One in a thousand, we find, is in advance of
the rest enough to enlighten his knowledge of any science
with his creative genius. When a prescription fails to cure,
when a legal advice fails to restore justice, or when a
prediction fails to come true, the fault is in the practitioner
but not in the science.
Man cannot deny the sun shine, the moon light,
the eclipses, new moons and full moons. He cannot deny
the effects of the various seasons that are cyclic. The
farmer knows his seasons of agriculture and the fisherman
knows the tides for fishing. Man can foresee that there
will be a sunrise tomorrow and if he does not kill himself
in the name of religion or politics. Such experience forms
the basis for the Wisdom of the Heavens. Whenever the
basis is illumined by the sacred lamp of pure perception
through the torch of quest, there is the development of
the astrological science. Through this wisdom, man can
foresee the will of his Creator and await His command.
From the state of a fate-doomed creature, he is heaved
under the one banner of the star-lit heavens to live as a
hero, friend, adviser, guide and a brother of mankind.
No real student of science can ignore any thing that is
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new to him. With thanks he receives and through labour

he is rewarded. From the animal level of trying to conquer
man and nature he lifts himself up to a level of unfolding
into nature to serve mankind. Then only he can be faithful
to the mother nature in not using the secrets for his own
destruction.
We prefer to follow such sciences. We read the
symbols of this science and interpret in terms of man's
tendencies, seeds, reactions and results. We teach what
we know. We interpret what we see. If man were to talk
to His Father it is through the vault of Heavens. The wisdom
of the stars should be the language.
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Astrology of the Scriptures
"To consider the origin of this science, we must

take our thoughts back to the earliest days of the world's
history, and further more to the consideration of a people,
the oldest of all, yet one that has survived the fall of
empires, nations • and dynasties, who are today as
characteristic and full of individuality as they were when
thousands of years ago the first records of history were
written. I allude to those children of the East, the Hindus,
a people, whose philosophy and wisdom are every day
being more and more revived." (Chiero's Language of
the Hand'). "The Hindu's date their Kaliyuga from a
great periodical conjunction of the planets thirty one
centuries B. C. (The Secret Doctrine', Vol. 1, p.650).
The Vedas are packed with astrological wisdom.
Astrology forms one of the six main keys to approach
the wisdom of the Vedas. Sathapatha Brahmana, which
is a key to the Yajurveda, describes the full significance
of the Day of Gods ( Our Lunar Year) with its 24 hours
( twelve new moons and twelve full moons of the lunar
year) along with their full significance.
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It also describes how the 24 divisions of the lunar

year can be applied to the day of the mortals. This division
of time is called the formula of Gayatri, the meter of the
solar year as one song with 24 syllables -The Vedic, Puranic
and scientific literatures of the pre-buddhistic ages describe
the astronomical, astrological and astro-biological cycles
of the various scales of time through which our creation
rolls. The cycle of food entering into man and the exit of
man into the same cycle of food in the form of the elements
of our earth are well known to all those who are initiated
into the spiritual practices of ancient India.
The Lord of the Round (which we call the year)
who is the protector of this creation is what we call the
year. To him there are two paths- one, the northern path
(the upward path of waters) and the other, the southern
path (the downward path of waters). Those who mind
the rights to fulfil their desires attain the lunar consciousness
(reproductive cycle). They again return to the round path.
The sages take up the southern path when they desire
progeny. This is called the journey of the Pitrus
(reproductive intelligences). Again there is the northern
path which is solar by nature and which is followed through
penance, celebacy, austerity, initiations and learning for
liberation. Through this process, they seek the one spirit
in them. They attain the Solar Logos. This is the abode
of life pulsations, this is immortality, this is fearlessness,
this is the path to the Most High. Those who follow this
do not condition themselves again by the cycles

(Prasnopanishad -1 -10).
"Night and Day are the two sides" (solstices), the
arcs of heaven and the asterisms there in mould the shape
(of the cosmic man - Purusha Sukta).
"And within the wheel of 24 nodes (new moons
and full moons) six beings ever-young (the angels of
seasons) are making it rotate." ( Mahabharata, Book -
1).
"Sixty and three hundred one give the milk of the
sun's rays to the one calf( the solar year - Mahabharata,
Book -1 ).
Thus we see the scriptures abound in astrological
wisdom. This is because, the grand formula of the year
conceals within its geo-centric commutations, all the
mysteries of the creation on this earth. Of course, they
know fully well that the solar system is `helio-centric' of
which they sing in splendorous terms but for the purposes
of astrology, they required the commutation in a geo-
centric formula, the whole thing being called the first
substituted secret of creation.
"The year itself is Yajna( a self-less and not result
oriented process - Aranyaka Upanishad ).This solar
Yajna or the planetary activity of the solar system as seen
from the earth is imbedded in man as a miniature. Man is
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realised as an epitome of his universe. If one follows the

activity of the cosmos it shows him the path of unfolding.
"One who does not follow the path of this wheel is
the one who has sin as his span. His span is devoid of
significance" (The Bhagavad Gita). Whoever inculcates
this one path into man, the scriptures impart to him the
astrological key as a Master key. Without this, man cannot
unlock the secrets of the ancient lore.
The whole universe is one of the chain actions that
are continuous and that run in a spiral that culminates in
its own origin. This spiral is called the pattern of Yajna.
The chain actions of the whole universe are together termed
Karma (Divine Karma). Man being a part of these chain
actions, carries with him the Divine Karma as his
background. At the same time, man being a spark of the
Light of God, he is created in the image and likeness of
God on this earth. This fact makes him a creator on the
background of the creation. He creates his own story as
his own Karma. He is free to create this either in tune
with the background Karma or out of tune. When he
creates in tune, he is happy and is said to follow the
path. When he chooses to be out of tune in the name of
independence, he is unhappy, due to his first disobedience.
Then he has a fall due to his own temptation and he has
his self-proposed fruit that causes death. He experiences
the fruit in the form of self inflicted pain when he once
again turns back like the prodigal child, who wants to
return to his Father. Then he needs a Light to show him

the path. This is what we call astrology in its true sense.
Through this light he knows what he has created for himself
in the name of his past, what he is in the name of his
present, and where to he is bound in the name of his
impression of the future. With the aid of the astrological
light he reads the language of The Law through his own
planets and knows how to behave and how not to behave.
He knows where he is strong and where he is to grow
stronger. He also begins to follow the path and attains
liberation. This is the real purpose of astrology that is
prescribed by the scriptures of the ancient nations.
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The Vedic Astrology
As we have already seen, the Wisdom of the

Heavens dates far back enough to confuse the historians
and the Indologists. In the Vedic tradition it is called "The
Eye of the Cosmic Man." It is the most important of all
the six limbs of the vedic wisdom. Vedanga Jyotisha is
a primer written by the sage Lagadha. This little book
contains all the fundamental calculations of the seasons
and the various beginnings of the year which are used
for different purposes. Fat *example, when the vernal
equinox (about March 21st) is taken as the beginning,
the year is called Vasanta after the spring season. When
the summer solstice (about 22nd June) is taken as the
beg inning, the year is called Varsha after the rainy season.
When the autumn equinox is taken as the beginning (about
Sept. 21st), the year is called Sarada after the moon
season of the season of crops. When the winter solstice
is taken as the beginning (about 22nd Dec.), the year is
taken as Hemanta after the winter. These four points
which serve as the four different beginnings of the year,
stand ninety degrees apart from each other. Each of these
four divisions is subdivided into seven equal parts. Thus
they had the zodiac of 28 equal divisions which are called

Nakshatras. They decide the shapes of the physical bodies
of all the living beings on this earth by producing various
patterns and designs. "Nakshatras form the shape",
says Purusha Sukta. They also form the shapes of the
various atoms and crystals that form around the centre
of this earth. The magnetism of the earth produces magnetic
lines of force that are called Pasas (ropes) and the sun's
daily path along the equator produces the spirals which
work as a coil, enough to galvanize the beings of the
earth with the current of the conscious force which we
call life. All these theories can be found described in the
Vedic texts like the hymns to Purusha, Agni, Suparna
etc. The Vedanga Jyothisa of Lagadha gives only the
astronomical side of the subject which is required to
understand and follow the Vedic hymns. The Bra hmanas
which are the oldest explanations to the Vedic Texts
describe various stories which form the required allegories
for the explanations of the Vedic texts. These stories are
called ltihasas which are latter taken and elaborated in
the Puranas. All these stories explained the astrological
significance of the Vedic texts. This significance does not
deal with the art of prediction only, as it is done by the
modern branch of astrology. They are used to unlock
the nature of the spirals of time that unfold into the trends
of the living beings through vast sweeps of time called
Yugas etc.
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Some of the stories imbed in their details the various

workings of the solar year and the experiments of the
sages to detect astronomical phenomena. For example,
the ritual named Gavamayana (the path of the rays
compared with cows grazing and proceeding) describes
how 360 cows move around an axis and how they cross
the Vishu vat (equinox) every year. Time as observed
through the cycles of events is described as Prajapathi
(the Lord who gives birth). Various periodicities of time
are described as the various Prajapatis who preside over
the creation.
For example, the Prajapathi Daksha is the father
of 28 daughters (the twentyeight Nakshatras). He has
given them all in marriage to moon. This means the moon
goes round the Zodiac in 28 days forming the period of
the menstrual cycle of the healthy woman. This cycle
presides over fertilization, child bearing, protrusion and
child birth. All these things put together form the Prenatal
Epoch. The doer of the workings of nature is described
in the Puranas as the Mother Goddess who is the 29th
daughter of Daksha. Her name is Sail, the Lady of
existence. Daksha performed the sacrifice which is the
solar year. Since he failed to invite the Lord to the sacrifice,
his head was cut and replaced by that of a ram. This
means the sun cuts the equator from south to north at a
point which forms the beginning of that solar year. The
first month is Aries which is symbolised by the head of a
ram. Like this the Itihasas and the Puranas describe the
nature of various types of the year with its sub-divisions
formed by the movement of the sun and the moon. These
stories enable us to understand the scientific symbols of
the Vedic texts.
From the illustrations cited above, we can understand
that the Vedanga Jyotisha is a part of the content of the
Vedic texts than a subject by itself. The text of Lagadha
is ably a primer which introduces the student into the
astronomical data which the subject requires. Many
scholars think that the primer of Lagadha which contains
43 verses is itself the Vedanga Jyotisha. A student of
first hand knowledge cannot accept this. This text of
Lagadha gives a proper footing in the fundamentals of
the three branches which the subject contains in its
advanced study. The Chandogya Upanishad names these
three branches as follows:
1) Rasi Vidya or the Wisdom of the beings of the
Heaven,
2) Jyotirvidya, the Wisdom of Light and the
Planetary Lights,
3) Nakshatra Vidya, the Wisdom of the Arcs of
the ecliptic.
The book Vedanga Jyotisha seems to be the one
composed to imbed the theories of Lagadha than of the
authorship of Lagadha as is commonly supposed. The
following passage of the text (translated into English)

substantiates the fact
"With my head I bow down to time. I bow down
to the current of wisdom. I now speak out the
knowledge of time which is of the great soul
Lagadha. Lagadha has commented about the
month, year, Muhurta (selective units of time),
Udaya (rise of sun and other planets), various
nodes, the day, the season and the month."
Though post-vedic in origin, it contains all the
.tstronomical requirements of a real vedic student. Hence
it is a very famous work that is to be consulted by every
true student of the Vedas. The book describes the various
types of years, the divisions of the seasons, paths of the
planets and the rotation of the solstice. The division of
the year into the many starting points for the sake of
commencing the various vedic rituals is the exoteric aim
of the book. But the real spirit is to enable a student to
unlock the centres and the keys of unity in the vedic hymns.
There are two famous commentaries available to this book.
One is written by Sudhakara as a key to astro-spiritualism
of the ritualistic applications of the vedic text. This branch
is known as Yajusha Jyotistaxm. The other commentary
is written by Somakara. It is a key to the sound application
of the vedic mantrams. This branch is called Archa
Jyotishanz. This commentary is provided with a lucid
glossary by Muralidhara.
The traditional wisdom of cosmogenesis of five

divisions. They are called the collections of the cosmic
book. They are enumerated as follows : I. Cosmology,
2. Science of Light, 3. Science of Learning, 4. Science
of birth, 5. Science of self-expression, Astrology comes
under the second section, the 'Science of Light.'
The Science of the birth of Light from darkness is
considered to be the base of astrology. This portion of
the Vedic Wisdom is called Aranyaka or the volume on
fire-churning. Arani is a symbol of fire-churning of the
vedic rituals. Also that part of the vedic hymns which is
called Arunam (the red ray) deals with the birth of red
colour from darkness as the first emanation of light. Hymns
on the Sun God also provide us an exhaustive information
of the solar deity and the solar year to our earth. `Sathapada
Brahmana' is full of the details of the rounds of time.
A wonderful law of correspondence is given
everywhere in the Vedas and the Upanishads about the
astrological wisdom. It is about the flow of life currents
and the consciousness of the human beings around our
earth in accordance with the phenomena of the solar year.
The northern journey of the sun which takes place during
the six months between Dec. 22nd to June 21st is called
the upward flow or Uttarayana. During the other half
that marks the journey of the Sun towards the south marks
the downward flow or Dakshinayana. The upward flow
causes the upward path of the water on this earth by
way of evaporation. The downward flow marks the

formation of clouds and the coming down of rain for
the fertilization of the earth to bear its fruit. The
consciousness of the human beings also marks these two
phases.
The upward flow causes the creative consciousness
of man while the downward flow causes the reproductive
or the procreative consciousness. When man marches
towards self-realisation and the realisation of God through
a process of self-discipline and the regualation of his
metabolic, mental and emotional activity, then he is said
to follow the path of Gods. When the human consciousness
begins to dwell in mind to respond through the senses in
terms of enjoyment, he is said to follow the path of the
Pitrus or the reproductive intelligences of this earth. Devas
govern the creation of this earth and come down directly
through the sun beams. The Pitrus govern the reproductive
process of every man, animal and seed. They come down
the earth through the beams of the sun and the Neptune
via the Moon of our earth. Through a knowledge of the
vedic astrology on these lines man is expected to follow
the discipline of the two paths and tune himself with the
cosmic consciousness by a disciplined way of regulating
his activity. It is mainly for this purpose that astrology is
used in scriptures.
The stories of Nachiketa, Bhrigu, the Son of Varuna,
Janaka, the King of Videha contain many allegories of
astrological significance. The same thing is found in the

Brahmanas and the Puranas also. It is understood that
the formula of the whole creation on this earth, in all its
detail, is concealed in the year. The structure and the
detail of the year should be understood to know the full
significance of our activity. Every moving body in space
is a spheroid. It precipitates almost into the same shape
because space has the geometrical properties of a sphere
concealed in the plane of space mind. This gives rise to
the solidification of planetary bodies into the same shape,
the process being the same as that of crystallisation. It is
a peculiar fact that crystals are shape-conscious.
The birth of a solar system is described as follows:
First of all a point is periodically awakened in the latent
space, then there is an instantaneous separation of that
point from all the rest. It is the birth of objectivity as a first
step. It is like a man who is being repeatedly awakened
from sleep, starting his routine. The space around this point
assumes the shape of a sphere. The path of the planets
around the sun is also formed into a regular shape due to
the same reason. As the earth goes round the sun, it
describes the elliptic path which is described as the ring
of the zodiac. This produces the effect of the sun going
round the earth which is the apparent belt of the zodiac.
This is the one which the astrologers take into account
since all the phenomena on this earth are not as they are
but they are as they appear. For example, the sun appears
to rise in the East, and we, the beings on this earth, have
the sunrise. It is discovered that the belt of the zodiac can
be divided into as many equal parts as there are the creative
varieties on this earth. Only the main types of equal divisions
are taken into account in the vedic astrology:
1.The zodiacal ring is divided into two equal parts,
one starting from the longest day and the other starting
from the longest night. This division is called the bird
with the wings.
2. Another division is by the two equinoxes, the
vernal equinox and the autumn equinox. This is also a
division of zodiac into two parts which is called another
bird. Two eggs have been produced by the mother nature
to give out two birds. One egg produced one bird only
with his anterior parts of the body developed. Another
egg has produced the perfect bird, Suparna. Thesefour
points are called the equinoxes and the solstices. They
occur respectively on March 21st, June 22nd, September
21st and December 22nd of every year. They divide
the zodiac into four equal parts called the four heads of
the Creator by the Puranic symbolism. They are also
called the four beasts of the heaven in the ancient
symbolism of the Old Testament.
3. Again the zodiacal ring is divided into twelve
equal parts according to the twelve months of the year.
This division also starts from the vernal equinox. This is
the only division that is followed in the modern astrology

as the only division of the zodiac.
4. Again the whole zodiac is divided into five equal
parts. This division is called Panchapada, in the Vedas.
It is said to be the pathway of the Pitrus. It produces its
effects upon the five sense organs of an individual.
5.Another division is that from the vernal equinox.
The zodiac is divided into three equal parts of nine sub
divisions each. This gives us a total of 27 equal divisions
called Nakshatras. In fact, the term `Nakshatra' signifies
any division of the zodiac into equal parts But subsequently
this particular division is known by that name This division
gives us a clue to understand the relationship between
the moonphases and mental activity of the beings of this
earth.
6. Another division is into 28 equal parts. This is
also called the Nakshatra-division. This is made as four
equal divisions having seven sub-divisions each. This is
calculated after the daily motion of the moon. This gives
us a clue to understand the relation between the moon-
phases and the menstrual cycles of woman. It also gives
us the calculations of the periods of the Pre-natal Epoch.
7. Then there is the division into 360 equal parts,
called degrees. This gives us a clue to understand the
annual readings of the horoscope as well as the condition
of the soul before birth and after death.
8. Again there is a division of 720 equal parts, which

are called half-degrees. This gives us a clue to read the
horoscope through periods of six months each. Like this
we have many sets of correspondences with 'their
respective clues in the vedic astrological wisdom.
Among the various sacrificial symbols of the Vedas,
we find the horse as prominent, and which has much to
do with the astrological science. All religions and
mythologies have included the symbol. It is understood
as a created symbol of power and swiftness. In the vedic
literature, it represents the vital force that is being produced
by sun's rays and that which galvanizes the chemistry of
the living bodies into the organic state of metabolism,
The solar year is divided into 27 equal parts from the
vernal equinox. The head of the horse is located in the
beginning of the year. This is because of the mystic force
and swiftness of the vital principle that is being flooded
just after the time of the vernal equinox. The head of the,
horse is located in the first division and the tail is located
in the 20th division of the zodiac of 27 equal divisions.
The first division is called Aswini, and the last division is
called Purwashadha. The head and the tail of the horse,
when traced, give a major portion of the history of the
heavens.
"The dawn, in oneway, is the head of the horse of
wisdom", says the Bruhadarnyaka Upanishad, which
discussed the import of the symbol horse sacrifice. This

passage of the mantrams describes the whole space of
the zodiac as the body of a big horse (the life principle)
which is eternally sacrificed into the creation. The next
passage describes the time of the duration of the whole
day also as a horse. The 'horsiness' of space and time is
the main import of the Aswamedha sacrifice. The brighter
half of a day is solar by nature and is called the Golden
Cup in the sacrifice; The darker half is lunar by nature
and is called the Silver Cup. They are kept one inverted
upon another with the golden cup above and below the
horizon relative to the observer's position. Among the
fixed stars of the heavens there is one star which is called
the horse - head. It is in the constellation called Aswini.
The horse-sacrifice speaks of the astronomical
phenomenon which binds the horse (life force) in the
heavens to prepare Anna (metabolic activity) for the whole
year. "To perform the act of the ritual, the sacrificer brings
which is called the horse, tied with a rope (line of force)
made up of rhythm. It extends twelve measures for the
performing of the sacrifice (the twelve months of the year).
The year itself obtains the (formula of) sacrifice. Therefore
it is said that the rope should be of 12 measures. At times
it is of 13 measures (every three years of the lunar
computation there will be a 13th month required to make
an adjustment with the solar year.)"
"Prajapathi (the cycle of time) created the horse

sacrifice. The horse was created from this. Through the
higher limbs he entered the directions. The Devas wanted
to send it down and linked it with a sacrifice to fulfill
desires " "The prajapati created the horse-sacrifice.
By the higher force he became five-fold and entered into
the year (the five equal divisions of the year). Those
divisions became half-months (the period between two
lunations). He linked them with sets of 15 days."
Thus we see the various divisions into which the
horse of the heavens descends to the earth or matter.
The year, the month and the days are divided into many
types of divisions which are not known to the modern
astrologer or astronomer. Each type of division is for a
different purpose. Their effects are indicated by the celestial
phenomena on the physical, mental, spiritual, sexual and
emotional levels of the biological kingdom.
The formula of the heavens is described in an
interesting mystic passage in the Mahabharata, book-I,
chapter 3. "There are two women spinning threads in
white and black (manifestation and unmanifestation as
expressed through the light and the darkness of the day
and the night). The two women are weaving the cloth
out of the fabric (the day having two halves). There is a
wheel of twelve edges ever rotating (the days and nights
are contained in a wheel of twelve months). The wheel is
being rotated by six Kumaras (ever-young beings who
are the seasonal splendours). There is a person who is

to be approached only through the eye (the cosmic person
expressing himself as the Sun-God). Three hundred and
sixty spokes are being rotated at Centre where there is a
fulcrum (the fulcrum is the I-consciousness of the Sun-
God). The six Kumaras are making the wheel of 24 nodes
rotate around its own axis (twelve full moons and twelve
new moons or the 24 nodes which give the formula of
the song of the year, called Gayatri). The bearer of
thunder, the preserver of the existence, the killer of limitation
and the slayer of the impregnable layers is the one who
rides upon the horse. (The hearer of thunder is called
Patjanya, the God of rain. The preserver of existence
is called Fire. The killer of limitation is Purusha, the I-
consciousness. The slayer of the impregnable layers is
the Sun, who drives away the layers of darkness by his
rings of light.
The horse is the vital force which bears everything
in equilibrium). The horse is the off-spring of the waters
and is of very ancient origin. It is called Vaiswanara
(the Man in the creation). We bow down to him who has
this horse as his vehicle. He is the Lord of this passing
universe. He is the Lord of the three worlds, physical,
mental and spiritual. He is the destroyer of the cities (bodies
or shapes).
As we see in the above passages, the astrological
symbolism of the ancients is expressed through symbols
that are profound and very significant. As we begin to

extract the significance and put it in application, we find
that many new horizons appear before our mind's eye in
the field of modern astrology which is too meagre to cater
to the scientific interest of the modern mind.
The formulae and the symbols as well as the
deductions of the ancients are nowhere empirical or
hypothetical in their nature. They are the expressions of
the seers' minds who were inspired by the self-conscious
mysteries of Nature and their splendours.
The science of the 'beasts of the heavens' is age-
old and it is an absorbing study. The ancients have located
the shapes of all the creatures on earth having their moulds
in the constellations of the sky as they appear to the beings
of this earth. Each group of stars presents through its
combination a shape that is received by the earth during
its journey around the Sun. The shape will be fertilised
by the sun's rays of various seasons. The fertilisation takes
place in the etheric body of the earth which exists as the
aura around the earth which we call the atmosphere. All
the atmospheric phenomena are due to this fact. The term
'horse' is the shape by which we recognise it. Into the
shape flesh and blood are filled while the seed of the
shape is being fertilised by the rays of the moon falling
on earth. The shapes of all beings, living and non-living,
are beings. Man is recognised by the shape of man and
the tree is recognised by the shape of the tree. Any animal
is recognised by its own shape. Even the so-called non-

living wall is recognised by its wall-nature that presents
to us. The shape of the horse is the natural symbol to
recognise and the name 'horse' is the man-made symbol
which bears no truth with it. Thus we see the animal exists
in its shape. These shapes exist on the arc of the heavens.
The ring of the zodiac is divided into many arcs called
Nakshatras. Certain arcs contain the shape of a particular
animal to present to the earth "The Arcs of Nakshatras
present the shapes", says Purusha Suktam. The shape of
every animal exists in space around our earth which we
call the zodiac. It is made flesh periodically in the concerned
season. Even the shape of our very earth, like that of all
the other planets and the Sun exists in space and comes
down periodically. It is made flesh by the Logos of the
Sun. Even the formation of the solar globe follows the
same procedure. A spark comes out from the parent Sun
through an urge which is conscious. It is lodged in the
womb of space. It develops into its own existence with
all the counter-parts. Around it the shape assumes the
form of a globe."
Along the space around us, the shapes of the various
beings exist as seeds. As the earth furrows the space in
its journey around the Sun, these shapes are impregnated
by the positive space which has the Sun as the geometrical
centre. Geo-centric space is negative and helio-centric
space is positive by nature in their behaviour in terms of
electricity and magnetism. When the negative space is

charged or impregnated by the space along which the
sun's rays reach the earth, the shapes in the negative
space are "brought to light". Then there occurs a peculiar
atmosphere in the space and we call it the season. The
season brings down the shape when the seed of the shape
is germinated into the animal or plant after season. In
this respect the Sun is described as having the bull nature
in the Vedas. The year imbeds all these secrets and hence
is called the Prajapathi (the creator and the ruler). The
divisions of the Zodiac are called Rasis in Sanskrit. The
term means the group of animals. In the vedic language
they are called Pasus. The term means the beings that
are bound by a rope to rotate around a centre. The word
zodiac also means a group of animals. The belt of the
zodiac is studded with the moulds of all the living beings
that are to come down into flesh in every bigger or smaller
cycle according to the speeds of the rounds.
Of all these animals, the horse is speedy and has a
powerful grip over its own flesh and blood through the
power of its nerve. The shape of the horse in space also
should be force and speed. A study of this mould and
the harnessing of it is the significance of the horse sacrifice
(Ashwamedha).
There are the sacrifices of the shapes of all the
animals in the Vedas and they should properly be
understood and conducted with the help of the astrological
and ritualistic clues. Of course, they have been much

polluted through time by those who tried to do these
sacrifices by sacrificing the animals around them, and
making themselves beasts in their behaviour.
At the first appearance of the sun every day in the
East there is the emanation of the horse in the horizon.
The dawn is always a stimulation point of the horses.
The chariot of the sun is drawn by "the seven horses as
one". The beginning of the year is made by the arc of the
horse which is called the Nakshatra of Aswini. The
beginning of the creation by the Devas is also conducted
in the same way. It is said that Vishnu, the omni-present
principle of the Absolute was in sleep. A germ was produced
by the creator consciousness, Brahma. It could eat the
thread of the bow of Vishnu. ( The bow is the arch of the
heavens and the thread is the diameter which passes through
the created centre. ) Then by the force of the bow, the
head of Vishnu is broken and later replaced by the head
of a horse. This is the origin of the horse-headed deity,
Hayagreeva in the ancient Indian Pantheon. The endless
circle of the ecliptic is marked by the germ and the marked
point started the creation once again. Every year the vernal
equinox marks the point of the beginning of the year.
This allegory is given in the Purana called Devi
Bhagavatam. The beginning of the year .bears perfect
correspondence with the beginning of the day. These two
bear correspondence with the point on the Fastem horizon
at the time of the birth of any being on this earth. This

point is called the Ascendent or the Lagna of the horoscope
of that particular being. All the planets are calculated in
relation with the Lagna. The space-globe around us will
have its beginning and ending with the Lagna when it
bears a perfect correspondence of all the configurations
of planets at that time with the parts of the body of that
being when it is lying folded in the egg in the mother's
womb at the time of the fertilisation.
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Worlds within Worlds
To the naked eye the banyan seed is nothing more

than a globule with some irregularity in its structure. To
the mind it is a germinative unit. To the consciousness of
the soul it is the potential where the whole banyan tree is
printed on the plane of recollection. Similarly the space
around us is an empty globe to the naked eye, the eye
naked of mind. To the mind that is stimulated into
comprehension the space globe is a seed of himself to
everyone who observes it. That point of horizon where
from the Sun appears every morning is the stalk of the
seed in which he is himself lying through his span. To the
consciousness of the soul it is the original of which this
position the mother's womb was a replica at the time
when he was established in the name of fertilisation. The
germ of the father has a time to establish in the egg of the
mother to inaugurate his own existence and the time and
place of that occurrence presents the globe of space which
gives the stimulation to the child in the mother's womb.
The point on the Eastern horizon at the time of the fertilisation
corresponds with the stalk of that particular egg in the
mother's womb. Along the inner surface of the egg the
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map of the zodiac is printed with the position of the planets

at that time. The planets in the solar system sow their
seeds in the egg to form the tendencies that stimulate the
inner soul to unfold into its own mind, senses and body.
The soul is a traveller who had completed part of
his journey through the spiral paths of evolution and
reached a particular stage when it entered the mother's
womb at the time of the fertilisation. The position of the
planets at that time is an index of the stage of evolution,
the soul is passing through. It is a sequence of the past
phases with seeds of the future stages. The horoscope
calculated for the time of fertilisation has a past and a
future. When progressed forward it indicates the future
and when progressed backwards it indicates the past.
The position of the developing frame of the child with
all the limbs drawn towards a centre around which it lay
folded indicates another important point which we call
umbilicus.
The position of the head bears a correspondence
with the Eastern horizon and the zodiacal sign rising at
that time, along with the planets therein. The umbilicus
bears its correspondence with the VII house and the
zodiacal sign that is setting along with the planets therein.
These two points, the first house and the seventh house
of the horoscope at the time of fertilisation work as
two poles to distribute the matter of the tissues that form
the physical body. The head centre which corresponds
with the first house works as a positive pole and the solar
plexus which corresponds with the seventh house works
as the negative pole to serve the purpose of the distribution
of the matter of the tissues. The head centre is the first to
form at the time of fertilisation and serves as the transmitting
centre as a potential at first. It is thrown down in the
course of the formation of the spinal tube along which
the creator consciousness of the individual makes its
sojourn to investigate the downward path.
The third book of Bhagavatham describes this as
the journey of Brahma, the creator into the barrel of the
lotus stalk upon which he is seated. Brahma questions to
himself: "Where am land where from this Lotus sprouts?"
Then he makes a journey down the barrel to know the
depth of the ocean upon which he is floating. Then he
questions to himself as to how to create this unit creation.
From the yonder skies of the cosmic existence he receives
the feeling that he is not a separate entity from the rest. He
is a part of the whole and he is a world within a world and
a creator within the creator. This makes him understand
that he is not the creator but he is a creator. He is made to
create and not expected to create by himself. This gives
him the plan for his creation which is but a replica of the
plan that already existed around and within himself.
In the womb of the mother the creator consciousness
finds itself induced by its pair of creators ( father and
mother) to create its own frame in the same old fashion
The Validity of the Zodiac 39
as that of the parent. Then the planets progressing from

the time of fertilisation, will suggest to him from time to
time through impression as to what chemicals he has to
extract from the mother to form the content of the physical
body. They initiate him into the mysteries of the numerical
potencies by virtue of which he produces the limbs and
their counterparts in fixed numbers. Example : His pair
of eyes, pair of nostrils, pair of ears, lungs and thirty two
teeth etc. Number-consciousness, shape-consciousness
and mind-consciousness develop simultaneously to assist
the reproduction of the frame and its growth. Here the
planets work as the planetary Masters, who initiate the
soul into the recollection from his past births. In the
light of these things the soul worksup the sheaths
required around him and enacts a drama of nine months
during which time it assumes all the shapes of its past
journey from the stage of amoeba to the present stage of
human being. The planets also give a stimulation to the
functional side of the metabolism, which is but a habit-
forming nature to repeat the function in equal periodicities
of time.
What the mother's physical body is to the child,
the space globe is to the soul to serve as a model according
to which the child is to be developed. The 'Wisdom of
the Heavens' imparts this branch of information through
the law of correspondences, which forms the main key
to read the script on the vault of heavens.
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The Validity of the Zodiac
The word 'zodiac' means a group of living

animals. In astrology we find the names of the 12 signs of
the zodiac with a description of each sign and its influence
upon the people on this earth. Do the animals really exist
in the heavens around us? Do the ram, the bull, the twins,
the crab, the lion etc., exist as objective truths? On what
basis do the astrologers believe in the existence of the
influence of the zodiac along the 3600 around the equator?
We definitely know that there is nothing materially real which
can be located as the zodiac. The clusters of galaxies are
roughly divided into twelve groups each of which
represents an animal. Some people say that the shape of
the group of the stars in each sign resembles the animal it
represents. This is faintly true because the various stars in
each group do not themselves resemble the animal. The
imaginary lines drawn in the mind of the astrologer to join
the different stars give a faint resemblance of the animal.
This is only true in the case of the sidereal zodiac and not
at all the tropical zodiac which begins with the vernal
equinox and which has nothing to do with the
corresponding clusters of the stars. The truth of the
existence of a zodiac lies far beyond this argument.
When you see a group of people from the top of a

building, you find some incidental shape into which the group
is formed. A group of many thousands of people travelling
may appear like a snake or like a row of ants when seen
from the top of a mountain. The whole perspective of a
city, town or a village may give the shape of a dog, a lion
or a set of squares and triangles when seen from above.
From an aeroplane cultivable fields appear like many
squares in beautiful colours. Each shape contains thousands
of units like houses, trees, rivers or mountains. The shape
does not exist to the various units within the shape hut it
exists to the eye of the observer. At the same time the
shape influences the eye and the mind without influencing
the objects in the group. The beautiful face of an actor in a
drama influences the mind of the audience fascinating it
and making an impression which stimulates an emotion or
a thought. At the same time, the emotion and thought do
not exist to the anatomy or the biology of the face of the
actor. Yet it is not false that the audience is influenced by
the shape and a story is conveyed to the mind of the
audience. Herein lies the truth of the existence of the zodiac.
Everything around us presents as its own shape, as it
appears to us without itself being influenced by the shape.
The clusters of stars throw upon our mind's eye the various
shapes in which they appear from a distance. The shapes
influence the beings of this earth whether conscious or
unconscious. The existence of the various articles and their
arrangement in a room influences the mind of the person
working in the room whether he is consciously noticing the

existence or not. When the arrangement of articles is
orderly, the mind of the person works in an orderly way.
If the articles in the room are clumsy, then the mind works
in a disorderly and uncomfortable way. The order influences
the work he does in the room.
The clusters of stars in the distant galaxies contain
only the various suns seen from a distance. Each sun has
his own solar system which is not visible either to the naked
eye or to an instrument. Yet the shapes of the groups of
these stars exist to the beings of this earth, though they do
not exist to themselves. Each solar system receives its own
shapes of the galaxies around itself as seen from it. Our
earth is not merely a lump of minerals and some water. It is
a unit of many forces at work. Magnetic currents exist in
lines in all directions around the earth influencing the space
that surrounds the earth. The space around a magnet is
influenced by the magnetic lines it produces. This can be
observed by the shapes into which iron filings arrange
themselves when they come into contact with the magnet.
Similarly the lines of force around the earth globe
influence the space around the earth and the result is that
the earth globe exists as an equilibrium of many thousands
of forces at work keeping the earth globe in poise. As
the earth receives the rays of our sun it will produce
electricity by virtue of its rotation around itself and
describing its path around itself and describing its path
round the sun. The apparent path of the sun around the
earth produces the various spirals which give the earth
the induction of electricity. So the earth and the sun's
rays combine to work to form the electro-motor unit.
The rays of the sun emit the various phenomena of which
the heat and the light and the spectroscopy are but a few
items. Each has its own influence upon the earth while
reacting with the magnetic lines of the earth.
Thus we can imagine that the space around the
earth is charged in more than one way. This charge works
beyond our imagination in producing the various effects.
The heat, light and the magnetic currents are but the various
states of electricity which are not yet fully known to the
modern concept of electricity. It will be proved in the
future that what we call life, mind, mood, concept, emotion
etc., are all the manifestations of the same electricity that
exists in the space around the earth. What we call matter
with all its differentiations is but a range of equilibriums
among the states of the same electricity. The nuclear activity
of the atoms, the biological activity of the cells and the
chemical reactions of the molecules are all the same activity
of the states of electricity.
As the earth receives the various shapes of the
clusters of stars from a distance, it is influenced and
conditioned by these shapes. Each shape contributes to
the formation of the various nucleus of the atoms and cells.
It also influences the formation of the minerals with all their
chemical properties and reactions to each other. It galvanises

the life of this earth which produces units of matter into the
shapes of the bodies of the various animals and plants.
The formation of the anatomy of each animal is due to the
shape it receives from a distance. The influence of the shape
is so great that the parent produces the same type of
anatomy in the body of the child. We find the shape of the
skull, the number of the bones, teeth, eyes, ears, nose,
lungs, heart, bladder and kidneys etc. are produced in the
same shape and structure as that of the parent.
All these are the result of the influence of the shapes
of galaxies around upon the manifestation of life on this
earth. Thus the very existence of each of us as a unit of
many forces is conditioned and influenced by these shapes
every moment. This concept give us an idea of the
predictability of behaviour about each being on this earth.
Each being including the human being is born and bredup
in its' own shape. It is conditioned by its own shape
internally and externally. This gives the birth and the
functioning of the mind with its subjective and objective
activities. At the same time it also contains a unit force
which is the resultant of all the forces. This unit force
gives it a number of its own which is number one and
which is felt as the I AM of it This works as the individuality
and the personality of each unit which evolves through
births and rebirths. This is the basis of the belief of the
zodiac influencing upon man.
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The Influence of Planets
Some people know, some people believe and some

people doubt the influence of planets upon our life. The
difference shows the degree of understanding according
to the stage of mental evolution. It is like the difference
between any two students in a class. The whole universe
around us is like a class room with the distant sky as a blue
board and the heavenly bodies are as if the hints of the
teacher noted on it by a piece of chalk. There is much to
know, between the lines, about the stars and the galaxies.
Before that we have the presence of the planets in our
solar system that are very near to us and that are
communicating with us through their language of
periodicities, speeds and orbs, through their interactions
and reactions with our earth's matter. Can these bodies at
a distance influence our earth and our lives on this earth?
We see how the teacher in the classroom stands
at a distance from us and communicates the lesson through
his explanations. How can the sound expressed through
his vocal cords convey the import of the lesson by reaching
us through our ears? How can this happen when there is
a gap of space between us and himself? When it is possible

that two people can converse with each other through
the gap of space, the same thing is possible between us
and the planets. The radiation of the lesson through the
vibration of the sounds takes place only through the medium
of space. The same thing holds good with the planets
also. Each of us receives the influence according to his
standard. To some people the planets are fate-makers.
They believe that their future is conditioned by the planets
and it is known by the position of the planets at their
birth. This is true to them because they have not yet any
plan in their mind about themselves. The laws of nature
are injunctions to them. Their own response which is in
terms of the inevitable language of their own emotions,
instincts and reflexes condition their thoughts. This, in its
turn, conditions their attitude. The whole process is
recorded by the moving planets as they pass through the
birth position of the planets in their horoscopes.
The birth degrees of the planets in their horoscope
stand like trigger points of the emotions, that are in store
according to the habituated conditioning which we call
the past karma. Every action in present life is only a reaction
to the environment and hence it is predictable. Their
horoscope reveals the way in which they behave inevitably.
Some people doubt the influence of the planets
while at the same time they react to the planets with the
same degree of inevitability. They react to others in terms
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of anger, hatred, malice, jealousy and caution, which

expresses only as timidity. The incidents in their life are
also as predictable as those of the previous class. Disbelief
expresses through them as one of the forms of inevitable
prediction. Such people are very careful about what they
know and what they have while they are quite unconscious
of what they are and what they are influenced by. There
are still people with higher minds who begin to think and
try to understand the realms of the unknown. To them
the planets work as instructors and begin to allow freedom
of thought. After waiting for a long time these people
begin to choose for themselves in the light of the planetary
lessons. They grow communicative and they begin to
control their expressions away from the outbursts of their
own emotions. Thought begins to dawn on them
independent of their own limitation. Their horoscopes
predict only what they choose, how they succeed and
how they fail. Planets do not take the trouble of predicting
incidents in their lives.
In the next stage of human evolution, we find that
people begin to analyse their beliefs and try to plan for
themselves according to the forces of nature working
through them and expressing themselves in terms of their
birth planets. To them the planets teach the problems of
humanity and the way how to meet them. To them the
planets work as instructors in terms of limitations and
opportunities.
There are still some people who have reached the

next stage of evolution. They try to understand that there
is a plan expressed through the planets just as they have
a plan for themselves to be carried through their whole
life. For them the planets work as advisers, helpers and
guides. Things are predictable only in a very small degree.
To them their horoscope is a guidance to choose and
not a chart which reveals fate. Advice is more meaningful
to them than prediction. Such people have passed the
stage of thinkers and philosophers. They have reached
the stage of doers and servers. Thus we can trace the
path through the stages of the animal, the servant, the
student, the adult, the server and the helper. Here we
notice the difference between the servant and the server.
The servant is a poor inevitable creature while the server
fulfills his lot by way of willful co-operation and contribution.
In the next stage of spiritual evolution, we find another
group of human beings tuning themselves with the planets
and the forces of nature while trying to do their best in
the interests of the whole planet of this earth. They have
nothing of their own just as the clouds do not have some
plan for themselves. Their activity is only to serve the
purpose of the earth globe. The logic of what for we do
and what do we gain is understood as vain and useless.
For them planets work as Masters and advisers. They
conduct their gatherings and meetings to convey the plan
for such people. Each conjunction, square, opposition,
trine, sextile or transit between two planets in their

horoscope means neither good nor bad to them. It means
only a timetable and a programme needful. Such people
find the place of one incident in the light of all the other
incidents, the place of one person in the light of all the
persons and forces at work.
As we follow the logic of the planets and understand
the place of prediction, training, guidance and advice,
we will at once realize the shallowness of the philosophy
of fatalism. Ofcourse, fatalism has no place in the minds
of the fatalists, who grow into man-hood from animal
nature while they pass through the elementary school
education of our earth. Since the career of a human being
marks the life of not only a student but also a colleague
of the teachers on this earth, he is expected to exercise
his way of doing things and deciding the course of action
by feeling the presense of his own will unlike the rest of
the beings on this earth. Training the human being to do
this is the ultimate goal and fulfillment of the planets as
far as their work for the human beings is concerned. People
who wait for the situations and those who expect 'the
Lord to come down to earth to save them' in an objective
sense have to wait until they begin to understand rightly.
In the meanwhile, they will be undergoing the process of
births and deaths along with the animals.
A unit human being, like a planet, is a unit
consciousness equipped with a unit mind and physical
matter at hand. Those who understand in the physical

terms do not see the truth. This is the reason why the
astronomers who do not know astrology and the Science
of Spiritualism cannot find any meaning in the orbs and
cycles of the planets. It is also the reason why the scientists,
natural philosophers, sociologists, psychologists,
economists, commercialists and politicians, who have not
grown into the dimension of spiritual awareness, find the
human activity of this earth as a big riddle. They find
panic in music and discord in concord. Astrology is the
true key of spiritual wisdom which we call the *`Science
of Man'. The scriptures of all the nations of this earth
contain this branch of wisdom and they need astrology
as a master key to unlock the secrets of the ultimate solution
to everything.
The Indian astrological tradition is an unbroken chain
of thought which runs through the scriptures. The
consistency of its logic through the centuries is one of its
outstanding features. It enables us to understand that each
solar system including our own is an integral whole and
should be understood as one single personality. We can
name this as the solar consciousness of this particular
solar system which includes the various planets as the
psychological potencies of the whole system. Every atom
of our earth receives a print of the totality of the personality
and begins to evolve into its degrees of awakening along
with this totality. Consequently every atom is being
influenced by the totality every moment. The evolving

tendency is also innate in the totality as an inherent trait.
The evolution of each planet is guided by the ever
attending planetary consciousnesses which work as guides.
This is the true basis of the ancient most science, astrology.
The sun-globe which is perceptible on the physical
plane works as the physical body of our sun. Apart from
this, there is the sun-consciousness which the scriptures
call the Sun-God. Every planet of our solar system is in
the same way a double-entity having a physical planetary
globe and a planetary deity. The planets described in the
Vedas and the Puranas as having their influence upon us
are the planetary deities and not at all the planetary globes
that are observed by the student of pure astronomy.
Astronomy is the study of the skeleton of our solar system
whereas astrology is the study of the planets in their flesh
and blood. We can rightly understand astrology as biology
or our solar system, which includes the psychology and
the spiritual consciousness of our solar system. The various
periodicities of the planets, their speeds, orbs and the
interplanetary distances are all the conscious counterparts
of the personality of our solar system which is the
experession or the totality of utterance of the solar deity
into the objective detail of the whole creation.
One truth about our solar system is the existence
of cycles within cycles which are arranged in a beautiful
pattern of time scales, and geometrical pattern in space.
These time-scales create time-sense to the minds of the

various individuals living on this earth. Everyone of us is
time-conditioned and work out the plan of our life in terms
of time whether knowingly or unknowingly. Our daily
routine like the hours of work, dates of employment and
the dates to receive wages are all guided by time-sense.
Our appetites, the needs of our food, drink, sex and
reproduction are all conditioned by the planetary
periodicities which enable us to read in terms of time.
There is no better example of time-conditioning than the
invention and the construction or our watches and clocks
by the human mind. We can rightly understand the watch
as the epitome of the zodiac and the revolution of planets.
The unit of a solar day with its four cardinal points imbeds
all the secrets of the creation and its time-conditioning
as a self-sufficient specimen and symbol. The sunrise is
a true symbol of the beginning of our creation in the scale,
our individual birth on another scale and our awakening
from sleep every morning in another scale. The sun rise
is the symbol of the ending and our sleep is the symbol
of all subjectivity which we call Tralaya' .
The day is an epitome of the year and the year is
an epitome of bigger cycles through centuries and Yugas.
All the twelve signs of the zodiac appear to go round the
earth once in every solar day and also once in every
solar year. This gives us an idea of how the atom includes
all the correspondences with the whole solar system. The
idea that the solar year exists, was perceived by the ancient
seers through the Taw of Correspondences'. Man could
understand the existence of the year by observing the
solar day from sunrise to sunrise. Just as the various parts
of the solar day wield their influence upon the various
phases of consciousness for the beings on this earth, the
solar year produces the various seasons which reflect
upon the fauna and flora on this earth. With this idea in
mind, the ancients could discover the various divisions
of the heavens into equal parts. The six seasons, the 12
months with their new moons and full moons and the
relationship between the 'cycle of waters' and the solar
year are all observed in the same way. The beginning of
the solar year is marked at various points like the equinoxes
and the solstices. The vedas describe the two equinoxes
and the two solstices as the four different beginnings of
the solar year. In popular astrology the vernal equinox is
taken as the beginning of the solar year. From this point
onwards the whole cycle of the year is divided into twelve
equal parts, which are called the twelve signs of the zodiac.
They correspond with the twelve groups of galaxies which
we call the constellations.
Again the whole cycle is divided into 27 equal parts
beginning with the vernal equinox. These are called the
lunar mansions and they bear correspondence with the
monthly rotation of the moon around the earth. The moon
travels at an average speed of one lunar mansion a day,
the effects of which are enumerated in the ancient

astrological lore of India. People are trained to have a
selective use of the various days in the lunar month
according to this division. Some lunar mansions are found
favourable to do some kind of work and hence they select
the days according to the nature of the work. The passage
of the sun through each of these lunar mansions takes
about 13 days, the effects of which are also described.
These periods of 13 days from the seasonal and agricultural
calender of the Indians. They are accustomed to sow
and reap according to these divisions. Since the various
Vedic rituals correspond with the agricultural routine we
find that the ancient ritualist of the vedic ages used these
periods to select timings for the various rituals.
Another aspect of the science of correspondence
is that the astrologer finds counterparts of these divisions
in the physical body of the living being. For example, the
first lunar mansion begins with the head of the human
being and the last one ends with the toes. The position of
any planet in one of these divisions as the time of birth
marks the influence of that planet in that part of the physical
body and we find the influence of that planet during the
course of the span of that individual. For example, the
location of Saturn in the first division which falls in Aries
marks the Saturn centre in the head of the person born
during those days. This causes a congenital dullness to
the mental faculties of that individual which lives with him
all through his life. Every month the moon touches that
point when the person feels the dullness more prominent.
If Saturn is located in the ninth division which falls towards
the end of the sign Cancer it creates a Saturn centre in
the chest of the person. This causes phlegm troubles and
respiratory troubles that are congenital. Whenever moon
touches this point every month, the person feels the trouble
more prominent.
According to the effects produced by the planets
these planets are divided into two groups: benefic and
malefic. Sun, Mars and Saturn are classed as the malefic
planets while Jupiter, Venus and Mercury are classed as
bencfics. In fact the planets are neither benefic nor malefic
but they stimulate that which is in store for the individual.
The tendencies are carried from the previous births
according to the previous needs of the individual while
the planets work as pointers of these tendencies. During
the various revolutions these planets stimulate that which
is in store whenever they touch these sensitive points in
the horoscope. In our next lecture we will deal with
systematic classification of these effects of the planets
upon the human constitution.
A proper understanding of the three principles
governing the whole creation can be found in the ancient
Indian astrological symbolism. The principles are matter,
mind and consciousness. The three planets that are the
manifestations of these three principles are the earth, the
moon and the sun in order. The earth represents the matter
state of spirit, the moon represents the mind state and
the sun represents the consciousness state of the same
spirit, which pervades the space globe. The rotation of
the earth around itself represents the birth of the individual
consciousness. It's rotation around the sun that shows
us how matter is impregnated by consciousness to produce
the cycles of time which we call the earth years. The
rotation of the moon around the earth signifies the reflected
light of consciousness which we call mind. The various
angles produces by these rotations signify the various
phases of mind that governs the beings on this earth.
New moon and full moon are the two nodal points
which represent the ebb and the tide of the whole creation
on this earth. We find the influence of these two phases
upon the mind of the various persons on this earth. Indian
astrology has found out correspondences of two different
aspects of creation with the new moon and the full moon.
1.The phases of the mind.
2. The periodicities of the cycles of reproduction
in the body of a woman.
The lunar months that are measured by the new-
moons and full moons cause the cycles of menstruation
and ovulation of the woman. The perfect conjunction of
the apparent sun and moon in the sky marks the new
moon. The duration of time between two new moons is
called the lunar month. This is divided into thirty divisions
which are called Tithies (the elongations of the moon).

Apart from the days of the new moon and the full moon
in each month we have twenty eight Tithies.
Fourteen of them belong to the white path or the
increasing moon and the remaining fourteen belong to the
black path or the decreasing moon. They bear
correspondence with the fourteen Manus conducting the
creation of the vast sweeps of time which we call the
Manvantaras. Each of these elongations has its own
influence upon the moods of the living beings of this earth.
Many of the beings of the earth are but the sons of the
earth and are bound by the moods of the mind before
they can dream of the possibility of mastery over the mind
and the senses. Many of them cannot remember themselves
different from their mind and senses and hence the objects
of the puppet show in the hands of the moon phases.
Ancient Indian astrology knows much of the
influences of these Tithies upon the individual minds. Some
of them are desirable and some are not according to the
vibrations of either concord or discord they produce in
the minds of the individuals. Even this they do not produce
by themselves, but they stimulate that which is in store
as the aggregate of the tendencies which are but the result
of the force of habit which we call karma. It is more
powerful than intelligence, knowledge and reasoning since
it conditions the nature of the individual which is the triangle
of forces formed according to the ratios of the three gunas
proposed by himself during his reactive response of the

past births. The moon phases or the Tithies stimulate the
corresponding activity which holds that particular group
of tendencies. The result is that every one reacts to the
environment according to the nature of the Tithi, irrespective
of what he knows. A rich man spends his money not
according to the need but according to his nature. It may
be an organised utilisation or a criminal waste. Same is
the case with the human span, the vital force and the
value of environment. All the splendour of our environment
is subject to one's own use or misuse. Thus the Ti this
play the role of the strings of a musical instrument which
can be played by a good or a bad musician. Since it
requires a practical training to become a good musician,
God finds that the majority of the creative beings are
bad musicians playing the notes of discord and suffering.
Everyone does things not according to the need but
according to convenience or desire. The result is that
many people feel the effects of what they do under the
influence of the Tithies in a different manner.
The ancient seers like Narada, Parasara and Vasistha
gave their observations and verdicts about the effects of
these Tithies. Their teachings are recorded by the
subsequent followers in the form of Samhitas (collections)
with the degree of accuracy according to their ability to
receive the teachings from those great lights. Leaving
sufficient margin to the possibility of error that belongs
to the composers still we have an imaginably abundant
bulk of teachings that can guide the whole humanity safe

through the ravages of its idiocy to the goal of the one
grand liberation.
The new moon and the full moon create a great
disturbance of mind to the majority and the necessity
and opportunity to rearrange things and better equip
themselves for those who have mastery over their own
moods. Generally it is advised that no one should travel
or make a beginning of any important affair of a stable
and long-standing nature on the day of the full moon and
new moon. Is it not foolish to take up a class and conduct
teaching for a professor while he is running on the streets.
Similarly he is a fool who launches a new programme of
the day of the full-moon and the new-moon. These are
the days on which he is expected to receive his new
programme and understand it in terms of its fitness and
his own fitness to it. According to the Puranas one is
expected to renew his contact and re-establish his
transaction with the Devas and the Pitnis that are working
within and without continuously. He is expected to know
his plan for the month during these two days. Hence they
are called Parvas (nodal points which are considered
holy). We have a similar explanation for all the remaining
fourteen days which we propose to explain in our next
discourse.
As mentioned in the previous article we have much
information about the lunar elongations (called Tithis),
found in the ancient scriptures and their commentaries.

The Vedic literature provides heaps of valuable information
about the Tithis. We can broadly divide the whole
information mainly into three groups:
I. That which is available in the astrological
books called Samhitas.
II. That which is found in the Puranas.
III. That which can be gathered from the vedic
texts, Brahmanas and Upanishads.
The first section is direct and easy to comprehend
though it is a bit conventional and the actual information
not being very deep. The second section is exhaustive
and profound, but we have to divulge many symbols and
extract the significance therefrom. The structure of the
theory of Man vantaras should be properly understood
to have a broad comprehension of the significance of
Tithis from the Puranas. The fourteen Manus correspond
with the fourteen Tithis between the now-moon and the
full-moon. There is a detailed description of the careers
of Manus, their rularship, marriages, children, descendants
and their deeds in detail. All these things correspond with
the many effects of each Tithi. The process of divulging
requires an elaborate research, but it is at the same time
profitable of the yield. The third section is really very
deep and profound. It gives the right keys to divulge the
secrets of correspondence between the microcosm and
macrocosm. For example, the new moon educates us

about the periods of menstruation and the full moon about
the ovulation of the woman. It provides us with the real
key of fertilisation and reproduction. It also informs us
when to reproduce and when not to reproduce and also
when it would be futile. Now let us deal with the information
of the three sections separately in detail.
The information of the Samhitas :
Parasara names the Tithis in the following manner:
1. Nanda, 2. Bhadra, 3. Jaya,
4. Rikta, 5. Poorna, 6. Maasa,
7. Mithra, 8. Mahabala, 9. Ugrasena,
10. Sudhanva, 11. Sunanda, 12. Yama,
13. Jaya, 14. Ugra, 15. Siddhi.
It is said that the fourth, sixth, twelth and fourteenth
are found to yield unfavourable results, while Mahabala
is strongly favourable or unfavourable. The rest of the
'Thithis are found to be auspicious when observed for all
good purposes. These Tithis are counted starting with
the day after new moon or full moon.
Varahamihira makes a grouping of the above Tithis
in the following manner:
1, 6 and 11 are called Nandas;
2, 7 and 12 are called Bhadras;
3, 8 and 13 are called Jayas;
4, 9 and 14 are called Riktas;
5, 10 and 15 are called Poomas.
Among these, the Nandas are good for pleasurable

purposes. Bhadras are good for starting treatment,
appointing subordinates and inferiors, especially those
who look after watch and ward. Jayas are good to begin
something for success and competition. Always the Riktas
yield bad results due to negligence, mistakes and
carelessness. Poornas yield good results when the work
for the public good is undertaken. They are also favourable
for sacred rites, Vratas and Yoga practice. Besides this
Varahamihira has ascribed the following Lords to the Tithis:
1. Brahma for Nanda, 2. Vidhatha for Bhadra, 3.
Vishnu for Jaya, 4. Yama for Rikta, 5. Chandra for Puma,
6. Shanmukha for Maasa, 7. Indra for Mithra, 8. Vasu
for Mahabala, 9. Sarpa for Ugrasena, 10. Dharma for
Sudhanva, 11. Rudra for Sunanda, 12. Adithya for Yama,
13. Manmatha for Jaya, 14. Kali for Ugra and 15. Viswe
Devas for Siddhi.
The names of the presiding deities may be according
to an ancient tradition, which is not in vogue at present.
The significance of each of the presiding deities and the
details of the results can be studied and enumerated with
the help of the Puranic and the Vedic lore. Before doing
this, we should take into account the month also. This
gives twelve sets of results according to the zodiac, all
signs in which the sun and the moon are placed on each
Tithi. The twenty eight or twenty seven lunar mansions
called Nakshatras are also to be taken into account. Each
Nakshatra manifests its own qualities when the planets

go through it. This is particularly so when the moon passes
through a Nakshatra every month. The agricultural produce
and the rate of human births in each month depend upon
the combination of the Tithi and the Nakshatra. The tides
of the ocean, days of fishing and the rise and fall of prices
in the market depended upon the same factors. The
structure of the orthodox Indian Almanac is based upon
these combinations. There are certain Nakshatras through
which the sun and the moon pass when it is full moon
and new moon. These Nakshatras are considered to be
specially significant and more powerful than the rest in
wielding their influence upon the biological kingdom of
the earth.
From the time of one new moon to the next, the joumey
of the moon is divided into four quarters. The first quarter
starts with the new moon. The second quarter starts with the
increasing half-moon. The third quarter begins with the full-
moon. The fourth quarter begins with the decreasing half-
moon. These four points are the four nodal points in the lunar
month and they wield much influence upon the moods of the
mental beings on this earth. The mental beings are called
Manavas or the children of Manu. (The Devas, Pitrus and
other beings that work out the plan of the earth are not mental
in their existence and are hence not classed as the children
of Manu.) These four nodal points bear correspondence with
the four nodal points of the solar year as follows:
1. The new-moon corresponds with the winter

solstice.
2. The increasing half-moon corresponds with
vernal equinox.
3. The full-moon corresponds with the summer
solstice.
4. The decreasing half-moon corresponds with
the autumn equinox.
Hence these four nodal points respectively
correspond with the beginning of Capricorn, Aries, Cancer
and Libra. The 90 degrees of each quarter can be divided
into three parts of 30 degrees each when each of the
divisions corresponds with a sign in the zodiac. When
this information is also supplemented we get many keys
to solve the secrets of prediction and astrological selection
of timings.
Each day is also divided into four quarters of six
hours each, starting with the sunrise. Then the
correspondence will be as follows:
1. The sunrise corresponds with the half moon
increasing.
2. The moon corresponds with the full moon.
3. The sunset corresponds with the half moon
decreasing.
4. The midnight corresponds with the new moon.
65
The Clock in Space
Do you know how man discovered the watch and

the clock? By this we mean to ask you how the idea of
a watch came to the mind of man for the first time. It is
due to the zodiac around the earth. Zodiac means much
more than what we understand. For an ordinary astrologer
Zodiac means the belt of space that surrounds the equatorial
region of the earth. In fact it is not so. Real astrologers
know the imaginary belt that forms in view around the
equator in the course of the earth's rotation as zodiac.
The truth is that the real zodiac is a principle that is
concealed in space and that which unfolds as the ring of
visibility around any globe of tangible matter. Thus the
zodiac is existing for every globe including the Sun of
each solar system. The twelve signs of the zodiac are
like the three sixty degrees around a point. The moment,
the point is located, there is the birth of 360 degrees.
Similarly the moment a material globe is shaped, there is
the existence of its own zodiac around itself.
There are many aspects of wisdom concealed in
the zodiac principle like the many would be petals of a
flower awaiting unfoldment in the bud. For example, the

various apparent speeds of the different planets going
round the sun represent the various functions of creation
in different periodicities. The seasons show a periodicity
arranged as a pattern of the six-petalled flower in the
year. From this formula, the astrologers derived the sextile
aspect and its influence. In one month, the moon goes
round the zodiac once. Each month has a duration of 30
days. When we find the magnification of this periodicity
in years, we find that the Saturn goes round the zodiac in
thirty years. We can understand that the Saturn is a bigger
moon in his functions. Both these bodies, Moon and Saturn
cause coldness and contraction to the physical sheaths
of the beings. The Sun goes round the zodiac once in
every twelve months. Jupiter completes his rounds in twelve
years. We can understand Jupiter as the bigger Sun. Both
of these bodies, Sun and Jupiter represent the warmth,
liveliness, affection and expansion to the beings. Like
this we can arrange the planetary bodies into pairs serving
the same purpose in two magnifications. Jupiter's cycle
represents twelve years while Saturn's cycle represents
thirty years. The L. C. M. of these two periodicities is
the sixty-year cycle used by the ancient Indians to represent
the recurrence of events on a magnified scale.
In each cycle of sixty years the planet Uranus
occupies a different position and so too the Neptune.
The ancients found the analogy of the sixty-years cycle
The clock in space 67
in the sixty divisions of the day which were called by the

ancient Indians as Ghatis. Each Ghati is further divided
into sixty Vighaties ( Sub-ghaties ).
There are twelve new moons and twelve full moons
occur during a single zodiacal cycle of lunations. This
cycle of twentyfour lunations is called the lunar year after
which the day is also divided into twenty four equal divisions
called Ho ras (hours). The period between a full moon
and a new moon is divided into sixteen moon-phases. If
we consider the full moon and new moon separately,
there are fourteen moon-phases between two lunations.
The same division is located in a much bigger cycle of
fourteen Manvantaras, each ruled by a set of centuries
functioning as one moon-phase.
The cycle of sixty years finds its pattern in the
zodiac of 360 degrees (60 X 6 = 360). If the day is
divided into day and night on the equinox-day at the
equator, we have 360 x 2 = 720, the total of sun-rises
and sun-sets in a Sayana Year. ( The year of the circle)
1/10 of this gives the unit of 72 years which is the average
time for the equinox to recede through one degree.
The time taken for the equinox to recede through one
sign is called the great month. Twelve such months make
one great year. Again if we multiply 720 with 60 we get
the number 43,200. Ten times this gives us a unit of time
which is called Kali Yuga in the Puranas. Twice this unit
makes a Dwapara Yuga. Three times of the unit makes
one Treta Yuga. Four times the unit forms one Krita
Yuga. (Dwapara means greater by two, Treta means
multiplied by three, Krita means multiplied by four). The
four Yugas altogether include 4+ 3 +2 + 1 = 10 units.
These four put together is called one Maha Yuga.
Like this the ancient Indians knew the cycles in
all possible magnifications. They could understand time
as a flower pattern imbedding the petals of various
scales of magnification. The ancient seers of India had
the vision of the Law of Correspondences which they
applied to all these units of time. The result is that
they could find the place of the beings of the earth within
each of these units of time. The result is infallible wisdom
of prophecy which they could apply to the life of an
individual, his routine, his daily time-table, the cycle of
rebirths, the purpose of evolution and finally the influence
of centuries upon the human beings, Yugas upon nature
and Maha-Yugas, upon the Deva kingdom set upto the
end of a Kalpa and Manvantara.
a)
The Nature of Time
Some of us get up early and some late in the morning.

All are due to get up sometime around sun-rise time. This
is because the awakening of many a biological being on
earth generally corresponds with the sun-rise. Though there
is no rise to the sun in its actuality, there is sun-rise to all the
biological children of the earth. It is intended by nature to
cause awakening to the sleeping mind senses. The mind
and senses put together form a fine instrument like your
wrist watch presented by nature to you as a birthday gift
at the time of your birth. It is for you to remember that you
are different from your instrument and that you have to do
something to it daily at a particular time. To indicate you the
time nature has provided you with a sun-rise every day.
This screws up your instrument and immediately you know
that you are awakened from sleep. In fact it is the instrument
that is awakened and it is not yourself. The 'You' in you has
neither sleep nor awakening.
Then you get up in the morning and begin to respond
to your programme which is preplanned by you or by
something else. However, you find yourself conditioned

by the programme and you will go on responding to the
items that roll on approaching you. Your programme is
always self-conditioned and it exposes you to others and
your incidents with others, in accordance with your self-
conditioning. Sometimes, why, manytimes, you find
yourself confounded and jammed amidst the clusters of
programmes and persons.
Sometimes you will get annoyed and irritated about
others. This is because you forget that you are the cause
of all this. It is really an art to know the clues for an easy
way out of this confusion and tight corner.
The clue lies in the true science of astrology. Not
always the astrology of the astrologers. Herein lies one
important clue. The instrument of your mind and senses
shows the time and nature of your environment. Observe
the state of your mind and observe the mood and mode that
are clouding or conditioning your mind. The person who
approaches you at that time is having a similar mood, mode
and conditioning. If you can read your instruments without
getting identified with it, you will be able to read what the
other man wants. You can thereby understand his situation,
guide him and help him for a way out, whether it is in the
form of a solution, an escape or a postponement. A solution
is of course the best of the three, if only he can withstand it.
For example, if a person approaches you with a
problem of his daughter's marriage, immediately observe
the topic, that is occupying your mind. If you are spending
The Nature of Time 71
a happy time in conversation with your wife, you can

conclude that the time for the marriage of your friend's
daughter has already approached, that the marriage takes
place within a few months without any effort and that the
family life is bound to be happy for a long time. Instead,
if you are in loggerheads with your wife on some problem,
you can conclude that there will be a prolonged period
of serious discussions and that the marriage is not going
to take place immediately due to some differences of
opinion among elders, or if you are waiting anxiously for
your wife's return from a distant shopping or other, then
you can conclude that the marriage will be unduly delayed
due to reasons unknown.
Once a big politician approached me to show his
horoscope and know how long was his span of life. At
that time two ladies were crossing my gate with empty
pots approaching the tap. One of them said, "A silly boy
had thrown a stone and my pot was hit. I pasted it with
wax." The other one replied, "How long can you manage
with a broken pot ?You have to change it soon." Thereby
I concluded that the politician's life was at stake due to
some mischief of a contemporary and that he was going
to face a violent death. This came true within the next six
months. Herein lies the clue:
"Whether the period or the other person is good
or bad, your inner voice will show similarity."
- VARAHAMIHIRA.
72
The Measures of Time in the Zodiac
The zodiac symbolises both space and time. Time

is the duration of the succession of events that occur in a
cyclic order. The phenomenon of time occurs on the arena
of space and space is a globe relative to any particular
point of manifestation. The aspect of time, taken separately
and studied relative to the zodiacal signs discloses the
proportions or measures which contribute to the unity of
'the solar chariot' of the Vedic and Puranic wisdom as
well as the Solomon's Temple of the masons.
The time taken by the earth to go round the sun
once is called the solar year. This cannot be expressed
by rounded numbers through any series of minute divisions
or decimal figures. All the calculations relating to the day,
the solar year and the planetary revolutions get their round
figures only at the time of the great dissolution (pralaya).
What all we can obtain is only an approximation of figures,
as measures of time and this is enough for our purposes.
These computations are reckoned by the seers of wisdom
from a point on the equator. The duration of the period
between sun-rise and sunset equals that between sunset
and sunrise on the day of the equinox, that too only to an
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observer on the equator. After the day of the vernal

equinox, the duration of the day gradually increases with
a corresponding decrease of nights at the rate of 24 minutes
per month. That is when the sun crosses the annual meridian
(enters Aries-zero), the day and the night are equal. When
the sun enters Taurus, the day is prolonged for twentyfour
minutes more and there is an equal decrease in the duration
of the night. When the sun enters Gemini, the duration of
the day is further increased by twentyfour minutes. By
the time the sun enters Cancer or the summer solstice
(Which marks the Western horizon of the year or the
abode of Varuna), the day is prolonged further by
twentyfour minutes. Henceforth it begins to decrease.
The arc of 90 degrees from the beginning of Aries to the
beginning of Cancer will cause the increase of the duration
of the day by .72 minutes in time. Similarly, the 90 degrees
of the arc between the beginning of Cancer and the
beginning of Libra, will cause the duration of the day to
decrease by 72 minutes in time and hence we have the
day of the Autumn equinox when the sun crosses the
nadir of the day of gods. Similarly, the 90 degrees from
Libra to Capricorn will cause the duration of the night
prolonged by 72 minutes in time. Again the arc of 90
degrees from Capricorn to Aries causes the duration of
the night to decrease by the same 72 minutes in time. Of
course, these numbers, as already stated, are mere
approximations. The soul expansion and the unfolding
of the spiritual consciousness will be aided by a thorough
knowledge of these computations, when one assumes

the physical posture and the mental attitude as also the
equilibrium of breath.
The numbers in the digit of 24 minutes are very
significant. Twentyfour denotes the number of hours in
the solar day, as everybody knows. There is however a
hidden side to it. A period of 24 minutes in the duration
of the day ( the allotted time depends upon the season)
when used by the occultist for the practice of Pranayama,
has considerable significance in his evolution. The number
72 of the 72 minutes is also very significant. For the
procession of the equinoxes to cover up one degree in
the zodiac, it takes 72 years (approximately). The apparent
rotation of Jupiter around this earth zodiac is twelve solar
years. Six such rotations would extend over 72 years.
Six sets of 72 years give the duration of time for Jupiter
to go round the apparent zodiac 36 times and for the
procession of the equinoxes by 3 degrees. This period is
432 years which forms the base number for the
computations of the great cycles of Yugas and Mahayugas.
The wise men of the past had two different divisions
of the duration of the solar day. These divisions are made by
them according to the Law of Correspondences. They are:
1. The day is divided according to the formula:
1 x 24 x 60 x 60. One day is divided into 24 hours on
the pattern of the lunar year having 24 lunations. Each
hour is divided into 60 minutes and each minute into 60

seconds and so on.
2. The second type of division is made according
to the formula: 1 X 60 . The one solar day is divided
into 60 Ghatis. Each Ghati is divided into 60 Vighatis
and so on.
The first of the above two divisions is based on
the Jupiterian and the Saturnian cycles of this earth. In
fact, the number of months in a year and the number of
signs in the zodiac are based on the Jupiterian cycle of
12 years. Twice this number denotes the hours in the
day and the lunations in the year (approximately). The
second method of division is based entirely on the
Saturnian cycle (30 years. Twice this number is 60. Hence
the day is divided into 60 Ghatis as also as many minutes
in an hour, etc. Here we get the influence of the planetary
cycles on the zodiac. A period of 60 years forms a different
cycle for some specific purposes in the Vedic and Puranic
calculations of time. This period of 60 years is further
divided into 12 of five years each. Each set is called a
Yuga in a different sense though.
It is a matter of great importance that the periodicities
of various planets along the geo-centric zodiac follow
correspondences. For example, the annual sun takes 30
days to complete a sign. The moon takes 30 days to
complete a round. The days of the moon agree with the
years of Saturn. This is the origin of the method of

progressing the planets to read a horoscope. The seeds
of Karma sown speedily in one life in the subtler planes
are reaped slowly through bigger periods of time in the
grosser planes. Every type of calculation has many hidden
principles underlying it. Every periodicity in the zodiac is
ever varying while the variations themselves are periodical.
Variation and diversity appear on the surface phenomena;
correlation and unity exist at the base and constitute the
frame. The true occultist gradually works out the
correspondences, discovers the correlations, feels the
unity, transcends the diversity and gains mastery. This
includes the path of liberation from the limitations of the
zodiac, planets and the solar system. At the cosmic level
there is the aid of the Hierarchy with the seven Ashrams
and beyond this, the disciple has Shamballa, where the
help of the Lord Sanat Kurnara and Maitreya is ever
assured for the eventual transcendence.
These various concepts about the zodical wisdom
are absolutely necessary before the student can aspire
to study the symbolism of each of the twelve signs.
For all spiritual purposes Aries is located in the
meridian of the day of gods. The solar year is called the
Tay of the Gods'. Libra is located in the midnight of
Gods. Capricorn and Cancer mark their sunrise and
sunset. This is according to the Vedic and the Puranic
wisdom. Aries and Libra mark the two ends of the line
of verticality (the plumb line) to the one on the equator

at noon on the vernal equinox day. Capricorn and Cancer
constitute his horizontal plane on earth (the level). These
two lines from the cross in man. The cross is composed
or four right angles and each forms the square of the
fourth part of the circle. The four points around him form
his own magnetic centres of initiation. Through these
centres, the elementals of fire, air, earth and water will
give him the required initiations of the various degrees.
The ever-widening concepts of man, through initiations,
form the portals. The meridian and the nadir also mark
the vertical line. This is the axis of initiation which is
symbolised by the Brahmarandhra of the vertical being
(man). The hours of his day are arranged on this axis as
the timings for his realisation and unfolding ( the hours of
labour and refreshment).
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The Principles governered by the Planets
The whole solar system is understood as a unit

constitution working according to nature's laws. The fact
that there is much distance between two planets, does not
bar us from understanding the fact that the whole solar
system is but one unit. The concept of distance changes
according to the measure and position of the individual who
wants to measure. For an ant crawling upon your forearm,
there is much distance between your hand and head. If the
ant were asked to examine the head while itself standing on
your forearm, then it understands that the head is far too
distant from the head. Hence there is no possibility for the
ant to understand that the hand and the head belong to the
same person. Similarly for a mere astronomer who is not
yet an astrologer, the sun and the planets stand distant and
different from the earth. It is not easy for him to understand
that the whole solar system is the body of aunit consiousness
which works like an individual. For an astrologer who can
comprehend the above facts, the sun is certainly not different
from the earth or any one of the planets. Just as the action
of one part of your body influences that other part, similarly
the planets moving round the sun cause changes upon every
The Principles Govemered By the Planets 79
planet. Same is the case with our earth which is part of the
solar system. The apparent motion of the sun, moon and the
planets around the earth along the path of the earth's zodiac
causes many changes in the behaviour of every atom of the
earth. The same logic holds good to understand that the
planets influence the beings of the earth. Every planet has
a physical body which the astronomer calls the planet. In
fact the planet is different from the planetary body though
it resides in the same body and exercises its influence from
it. Just as we are different from our bodies though we exist
in the same body, the planets are different from the planetary
bodies. We cannot identify ourselves without our physical
bodies. So too the planets.
We work as personalities existing in the bodies. Each
planet exists in the planetary body and works as an individual.
For this reason we find the description of the planetary
beings as personalities in the astrological text books of the
ancients. Thesepersonalities influence the various planes of
the existence of the earth and the individual from the earth.
According to the ancient textbooks of astrology we
find that each planet represents a plane of consciousness in
our personality. The sun is said to represent the centre of
consciousness in us which we call IAM.The moon governs
our mind, Mars governs valour while Mercury governs the
intelligence. Jupiter governs wisdom and the sense of
happiness. Venus represents the concept of beauty while
Saturn represents experience. The planets at the time of
birth form a particular pattern according to which we are

shaped as the arrangement of the various concepts in us.
Since everything on this earth is continuously created and
replenished by the sun, we have to accept that the sun
influences our own creation individually and collectively.
Since the reactions of our mind are all framed as the
secondary and tertiary reactions of the sustenance in us, we
can understand that the structure of the family and the
society are also governed by the planets.
The concepts of society and family exist in our mind
and hence they are caused by the cumulative actions of the
planets. In this plane, the sun governs the head of the family,
the father-force. The moon governs the mother. Mars
governs the relationship among brothers, while Mercury
represents the maternal uncles. Jupiterrepresents ourelders
and well-wishers whom we are expected to venerate and
follow. Venus represents object of love and affection while
Saturn represents the old people in the house. All these
relationships exist as concepts in the human mind while they
do not exist in the very essence of the individual. These
relationships are our mental projections and hence they are
influenced by the activity of the planets.
The position of the planets at birth gives us a clue to
understand the nature of relationships. The movement of
the planets and their mutual aspects represent the changes
that take place among the relatives during the course of our
span. In another plane, the sun represents our superiors and
The Principles Govemered By the Planets 81
bosses, while the moon represents the domestic circle. Mars

represents competitors while Mercury represents our social
contacts, business transactions andcommunications. Jupiter
represents financial aid and sources of help while Venus
represents persons who give us comfort and happiness.
Saturn represents persons towards whom we have inevitable
duties and responsibilities.
The very concept of family, society and government
is formed by the planetary consciousnesses reflecting upon
our mind. In this aspect the sun represents our relationship
with the government, while the moon represents our civic
sense. Mars represents our relationship with the
implementation of protection, law and order and defence.
This is presented as our relationships with police and military.
Mercury represents postal, telegraphic, radio and television
services. He represents also messengers, interpreters,
traders, accountants and agents. Jupiter represents the court
of law and the administration of justice, religions and
charitable institutions. Venus represents entertainments,
public amenities, fancy, stationary and beautifying aids.
Saturn represents hard labour, manual work and wages.
While studying the horoscope we are expected to consider
the individual in the light of all the above aspects and then
we will be able to assess the position of the individual in
terms of his career, livelihood and his environment. In fact
the individual forms his own habituated behaviours towards
these aspects and the very nature of his habituation is
understood by studying the horoscope.
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Astrological Traditions
According to the Vedic tradition the apparent

path of the sun and the planets with the horizon is
divided into five equal parts each of which can be
called a sign of the zodiac. The Ascendant at the birth
(Lagna) is taken as the starting point and the whole
zodiac of 360 degrees is divided into five equal parts of
72 degrees each. Then we get the five-signed or the five
housed horoscope in the shape of a five-pointed star. In
the Vedas this is called the Pentateuch of the Pitrus.
The Pitrus are the group of Devas on the cosmic,
planetary and the solar scales of creation. They preside
over the coming down of souls into physical bodies,
constructed by matter which is filled with the myriads
of souls in the name of atoms and cells. The five-pointed
star in the horoscope gives you a clue to understand
your productivity on the biological plane. The possibility
of begetting children, the possible number of children
that are to be born to an individual (in the case of a
female horoscope) and the type of children that are to
be born are properly estimated and understood according
to this division. Any deficiencies in child-birth and the
Astrological Traditions 83
congenital defects of children that are going to occur

due to the health conditions of the individual, are also
understood through this chart. The position of planets
in one of the five above said divisions gives us the nature
and temperament of the children and the care that is to
be taken to rectify defects.
The solar year is divided into five equal parts like
this and they are understood as the five seasons of
productivity. Satapada Brahmana describes this in detail.
Some hymns in the &Tama Sukta of the Rig Veda give
us good aphorisms to apply this astrological aspect to
the seasons and to the individual horoscope as well. The
whole of the solar year forms five centres to a given place
and through these centres the place receives the energies
of the five states of matter that are converted into the
matter of the various kingdoms of the earth. The whole
concept is highly scientific and the forgotten tradition is
to be built once again before the modern astrologer can
understand anything out of it. Again the circle of 360
degrees of the zodiac is divided into 6 equal parts which
form six signs of the zodiac in another application. These
divisions are called Rithus or the seasons, Ancient Indian
astrology described six seasons in the year. The duration
of each season is about 60 days. They are:
1. Vasant, or the Spring Season which runs from
March 21st to May 21st.
2. Greeshm, or The Summer Season which runs from

May 21st to July 21st.
3. Varsha or the Rainy Season which runs from July
21st to September 21st.
4. Sarath or the The Moon's Season which runs from
September 21st to November 21st.
5. Hemanth or The Winter Season which runs from
November 21st to January 21st.
6. Sisir, or The Season of Leaf-Fall which runs from
January 21st to March 21st.
Of course, this computation of the zodiac holds
good only to the countries that fall within the tropical
zone. According to this the seasons are decided and the
service of man to the productivity of the earth is conducted
in the name of agriculture and the garden farming. In ancient
days agriculture was a ritual which meant many things
other than bread. It meant a duty to man towards the
element of earth and the training of man to tune himself
towards his duties to the plant kingdom. A symbiosis was
expected to be established by man between himself and
the plant on one side and between himself and the animals
on the other side. Agriculture and garden-farming were
together considered to be the training for man required
to understand the law of life and to practise the path of
getting his subsistence out of the fellow-organisms while
himself being useful to them. Since the bull was used for
tilling and the cow was used for milk, the pair was
symbolised as the Sun and the earth respectively.
Agriculture involves the training for the co-existence of
man with the fauna and the flora of the earth under the
guidance of the awareness of brotherhood of life.
According to Janaka, the tiller-king, man, cannot lead a
perfect life of realisation until he submits himself to the
ritual of agriculture. Since the concept of this ritual
abounded the life of the lawful citizen of the earth, there
was much development in the astrological science applied
to agriculture in those days. For this purpose the zodiac
of the seasons was studied in detail. Even today the
orthodox Indian knows about the cycle of six seasons,
their application and significance.
The zodiac of 27 equal divisions which still exists
in India in the name of Nakshatras, was also used as a
supplementary fragment of knowledge about the ritual
of agriculture. As the sun passes through each of the 27
equal divisions, it takes about 13 days and odd. Each
such division is called a Karthi. The term `Karthi' means
'scissoring' which means dividing the zodiac into 27 equal
parts starting with Krithika' the first big scissoring which
starts with Mesha (Aries-Zero). Of course, there is a
confusion about this in the subsequent centuries, when
the latter astrologers (who were mere calculators without
the concept of bodies in the heavens) called the first
division `Aswini' instead of `Krithika'. The confusion was
due to the false concept of a stable zodiac which is different

from the one that is annually marked by the point of vernal
equinox. The sun passing through the 27 Karthis influences
the crust of the earth in terms of fertility and productivity.
He also influences the wind currents by regulating the
temperature in the atmosphere according to the seasonal
effects. According to this computation of the Karthis the
ancients marked the astrological calender for reaping,
sowing, harvesting, heaping and tending their cattle.
According to the effects studied, each Karthi is described
as having a presiding deity. The deities are as follows:
1. Agni for Krithika.
2. Prajapati for Rohini.
3. The deer's head of Prajapathi for Mrugasira.
(Some interpret it, that the Moon is the Lord of
Mrugasira.)
4. Rudra is the Lord of Arudra.
5. Aditi for Punarvasu.
6. Angiras for Pushyarni.
7. Serpent for Aslesha.
8. Pitrus for Magha.
9. Bhaga for Purvapalghuni.
10. Aryama for Uttarapalghuni.
11. Savitha for Hasta.

12. Twastha for ChiM
13. Vayu for Swathi.
14. Indra-Agni for VisaIcha.
15. Mitra for Anuradha.
16. Indra for Jyestha.
17. Asura for Moola.
18. Waters for Purvashada.
19. Viswedevas for Uttarashada.
20. Vishnu for Sravana.
21. Vasus for Dhanistha.
22. Varuna for Sathabhisag.
23. Aja, the one-leged for Purvabhadra.
24. Ahirbudhni for Uttarabhadra.
25. Pusha for Revathi.
26. The pair of Aswins for Aswini.
27. Yama for Bharani.
These names had been coined by the ancient
astronomers of the Vedic centuries according to the effects
they produce upon the fertility in the crust of the earth
and the current of winds that are regulated by the Sun
travelling through the concerned degrees of each division.

In the original chart, described in the Vedas, there were
two types of divisions:
1.The set of 28 equal divisions and
2. The set of 27 equal divisions
The first set included Abhijit, presided over by a
Deva called Gandharva. The first set of 28 divisions is out
of use while the second set of 27 divisions is still in vogue
in the Indian Calenders. In fact these two sets form two
different divisions of the zodiac for two specific purposes.
The first set of 28 depends upon the four equal divisions
of the zodiac x 90 degrees each (forming the first cross
joining the arms which formed the first square). Each of
the 90 degrees sector subtended seven Nakshatra
divisions. The four sectors included 4 x 7 = 28.
The second division of 27 equal arcs depends
upon the trisection of the zodiac. The whole zodiac is
divided into the equal parts forming a triangle; each
side of the triangle contains 120 degrees which subtend
9 equal divisions each. The three sides of the triangles
include 3 x 9 = 27 divisions.
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Influence of Karthis
The passage of the Sun through each Nakshatra

includes an average period of 13 days duration and each
is called a Karthi. Along with the cuspal periods the Sun
describes the solar year of 365 and odd days while he
travels through the 27 Karthis. Each of these Karthis is
presided over by a deity, who is characteristic of the
seasonal effects of that particular Karthi upon the fauna
and flora of this earth.
For example
1. The Sun passing through the Karthi of Krittika
marks the kindling of the fire of life on this earth through
the solar ray in the form of summer.
2. The Karthi of Rohini marks the incidence of
the solar ray through the eye of the bull. During this period
the minerals of the earth get charged and fertilised by the
various creative activities of the solar energy. Bull is the
symbol of fertilisation.
3. The Karthi of Mrugashira marks the period of
first showers upon the fertilised earth. During these days
the Indian farmer begins his work in the fields, following

the first showers.
4. The Karthi Andra marks the period of Rudras
who preside over the five senses of the beings belonging
to the animal and human kingdoms. These degrees mark
the conception and the development of the senses.
5. The Karthi of Punarvasu is characterised by

the Mother Goddess of Earth named Aditi, the Mother
Ceres of Greek mythology. She presides over the
phenomenon of the first crops springing up.
6. The Karthi of Pushyami is presided over by
Angiras, the sound principle of space which exists as
the charge of the clouds descending into the atoms of
the earth as thunder. It presides over the sense of hearing
in animals and humans and the formation of food essence
in the plants. Life in the form of electricity descends into
the plants as the functions of chlorine to form chlorophyll,
the green pigmentation of the plants which stores the solar
energy as food material through photo-synthesis. Sound
vibrations effect the human and animal kingdoms through
the arrangements of the lines of force which enable the
animals and human to assimilate the food of the plants
and keep up the metabolic activity. The sound vibrations
we produce, work as vehicles of communication in the
form of language. They also set up the release of energy
Influence of Karthis 91
in the form of electricity which produces the capacity to

assimilate the food.
7. The Karthi of Aslesha effects the storage of
energy into the forms of matter with its fundamental units
as spirals which settle dowm in coiled patterns like the
bodies of serpents. Hence the fundamental unit of vital
force exists as Kundalini principle in matter.
8. The Karthi of Mukha is presided over by the
formation of the first grains among the plants and the
formation of the seminal tissue in animals and humans.
These are the means of the production and reproduction
of the tissues. For this reason, the Pitrus or the reproductive
Gods preside over this Karthi. It is also interesting to
note that this Karthi falls in the sign of Leo, the fifth of
the Zodiac, which denotes romance and offspring.
9. The period of Poorva Phalguni marks the
production of the stalk of the grains and plants. It also
marks the formation of the vertebral column in the embryo.
10. The Karthi of Uttara Phalguni marks the
formation of the nodes in the plants of the cereal and the
various bones of the vertebral column and the ribs in the
animals and humans.
11. The Karthi of Hasta indicates the formation
of the ears of corn and the formation of the hands in the
human embryo. This Karthi imparts the capacity to grip
(which is characteristic of the human beings) and is

symbolised by the trunk of the elephant. Lord Ganesha,
the Puranic prototype of the Vedic God Savitha is
worshipped here.
12. The Karthi of Chitra is presided over by the

divine etcher and carpenter, Twasta. This marks the
formation of the shapes of the various grains preserving
the shapes and careers of their parents for their germination
into posterity. In the human and animal kingdom this imbeds
the power to preserve the species.
13. The Karthi of Swati indicates the splendour

of the season of-Sarat, During this season many of the
cereals strengthen the seed while the ears of corn are
well-formed and gather grain in them. The days are good
to sow certain seeds of reap certain harvests. It is good
to take up a journey on an important business, to start a
political campaign or to declare war. Preparing weapons
and jewels is also done under this division.
14. The Karthi of Visakha is good to gather grains,

to collect money, articles or goods, to get decorative
material and house equipment. Purchase of foodgrains,
vehicles, carts, artistic pieces are also done here.
15. The Karthi of Anuradha is good to settle and

perform marriages, thread marriages, to conduct big
journeys, pilgrimages, to build temples, ritual halls and

houses.
16.The Karthi of Jyestha should be selected for

competition, to defeat the enemy, to file a civil suit in the
court, to wage a war, to play a brake between two enemies,
to prepare weapons, to open fire places, kitchens and
furnaces, to inagurate activities of mining, metalurgy,
goldsmithy and blacksmithy. It is also good to begin learning
the fine arts.
17. In the Karthi of Moola it is good to construct

farm-yards, granary houses, agricultural implements,
afforestation, planting of commercial trees, digging wells,
lakes and tanks, reaping some cereals, preparing idols
for the temple and architecture.
18.In the Karthi of Purvashada it is good to learn

cheap magic like jugglery, imprisoning the culprits, crime
detection, digging wells, lakes and tanks, inflicting various
kinds of punishments, cutting the trees, hunting wild beasts
etc.
19. The Karthi of Uttarashada is good to start

austerities, appeasing rites, rituals, auspicious functions
like marriages, purchasing fancy, stationery, antiques,
clothing, house planning, lighting the houses and thread-
marriages.
20. The Karthi of Sravanam is good to perform

thread marriages, the first haircut of the child, to make
arrangement for water supply, to purchase cattle, horses
and vehicles, to build temples, farm-yards, military bases,
to grow gardens, parks, forests and to cut stones.
21. The Karthi of Dhanista is good for war

preparations, making jewellery, purchasing animals and
vehicles, to prepare weapons, to build boats, launches
and ships, to begin trade with pearls and silver.
22. The Karthi of Satabhisham is good to begin

liferisking professions like military training, wrestling,
boxing, judo and circus. It is also good for the trade
and purchase of the earthenware, metalware, to purchase
cattle and to improve farmyards.
23. In the Karthi of Purvabhadra it is good to

arrange marriages, austerities, rituals, to consturct temples,
public houses, jewellery shops, cloth shops, to entire new
houses and perform holy baths.
24. In the Karthi of Uttarabhadra it is good to

renovate or decorate various places, temples, parks and
lakes, to construct new houses, to perform marriages,
thread-marriages and all other auspicious gatherings.
25. In the Karthi of Revathi it is good to perform

all auspicious gatherings, rituals, worshippings and

austerities.
26. In the Karthi of Aswini it is good, to take up

journeys, long tours, picnics and expeditions. Also it is
good for treatment, beginning of eduacation, purchase
of animals, artistic pieces, cloths and decorative material.
27. In the Karthi of Bharani it is good to start

shooting, hunting, driving, fighting, wrestling, boxing, judo,
circus and anything of risking nature.
96
MASTER E.K. WRITINGS
1. SPIRITUAL ASTROLOGY
2. SPIRITUAL PSYCHOLOGY
3. THE MANDRA SCRIPTURE
4. MASTER C.V.V.
5. THE YOGA OF PATANJALI
6. BOOK OF RITUALS
7. YOUR BRITHDAY GIFT
8. OUR HERITAGE
9. AYURVEDA (An Introduction)
10. VISHNU SAHASRANAMA
11. MYSTIC MANTRAMS AND MASTER C.V.V.
12. LESSONS ON VEDIC HYMNS
13. THE SCIENCE OF MAN
14. MUSIC OF THE SOUL
15. MAN SACRIFICE
16. SCIENCE OF HOMOEOPATHY
17. SCIENCE OF HEALING
18. SCIENCE OF SYMBOLISM (An Introduction)
19. WISDOM OF PYTHAGORAS
20. LESSONS ON PURUSHA SOOKTAM
21. LESSONS ON YOGA OF PATHANJALI
22. OVERSEAS MESSAGES - I
23. OVERSEAS MESSAGES - II
24. MESSAGES TO ASPIRANTS
MASTER E.K.
(1926 - 1984)
Kulapathi Ekkirala Krishnamacharya known as Master E.K.

among his followers, is the New-Age-Teacher, Healer and Yogi.
He provided socio-economic basis for spiritual living to those,
who followed him. He gave a synthetic understanding of the
scriptures and their usefulness in daily life. Through his life style
he proved that the scriptural way of living is possible even in the
materialistic world.
In Master E.K.'s understanding there are no good and bad
things or people. He promoted the doctrine of pure love.
He built a spiritual bridge between East and West among
those who followed him. Those who lived in proximity to him.
know him as a representative of the hierarchy, sent out to spread
the Yoga of Synthesis which is age old.
His writings are many but the under current of every topic
drives the reader into synthesis. He gave practical training to all
sections of the society. He is a true healer and trained many into
the healing activity. Under his guidance number of children schools
and healing centers arc opened and operated to serve community.
Master E.K. is a multi-cut diamond. He is a poet, a Vedic
scholar, a teacher, a healer, a friend, a guide and a social reformer.
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The heavenly bodies have definite influence

of the influence of the heavenly bodies on one's own

1. Astrology and its Importance 7

"I have come down to earth not

Astrology and its Importance

Astrology is the subjective lamp of a living being

can know when our good seeds sprout. Thereby we can

use God-given wisdom achieve the will of their hearts

It has the same position as that of medicine and law. A

new to him. With thanks he receives and through labour

Astrology of the Scriptures

"To consider the origin of this science, we must

It also describes how the 24 divisions of the lunar

do not condition themselves again by the cycles

realised as an epitome of his universe. If one follows the

return to his Father. Then he needs a Light to show him

The Vedic Astrology

As we have already seen, the Wisdom of the

they had the zodiac of 28 equal divisions which are called

Some of the stories imbed in their details the various

following passage of the text (translated into English)

The traditional wisdom of cosmogenesis of five

way of evaporation. The downward flow marks the

astrological significance. The same thing is found in the

the only division that is followed in the modern astrology

8. Again there is a division of 720 equal parts, which

discussed the import of the symbol horse sacrifice. This

"Prajapathi (the cycle of time) created the horse

are the seasonal splendours). There is a person who is

that are profound and very significant. As we begin to

is recognised by its own shape. Even the so-called non-

electricity and magnetism. When the negative space is

and ritualistic clues. Of course, they have been much

at the time of the birth of any being on this earth. This

Worlds within Worlds

To the naked eye the banyan seed is nothing more

map of the zodiac is printed with the position of the planets

as that of the parent. Then the planets progressing from

The Validity of the Zodiac

The word 'zodiac' means a group of living

When you see a group of people from the top of a

working in the room whether he is consciously noticing the

chemical properties and reactions to each other. It galvanises

The Influence of Planets

Some people know, some people believe and some

a gap of space between us and himself? When it is possible

of anger, hatred, malice, jealousy and caution, which

There are still some people who have reached the

trine, sextile or transit between two planets in their

matter at hand. Those who understand in the physical

influenced by the totality every moment. The evolving

These time-scales create time-sense to the minds of the

the effects of which are enumerated in the ancient

which are called Tithies (the elongations of the moon).

proposed by himself during his reactive response of the

bulk of teachings that can guide the whole humanity safe

found in the ancient scriptures and their commentaries.