INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PREDICTIVE ASTROLOGY
FIFTH INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE OF SA ASTROLOGERS - 2010
PROCEEDINGS PART III-A
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Proceedings of the Fifth SA Intl Conf[Feb 20th, 21st, 2010], at Gurgaon, India:
PART III-A:
Sri Roop Saranji’s Talk: “Structure of the Horoscope and the Logic behind the Moola-Trikona Signs”:
In this talk, the speaker’s main intention was to bring to the surface, the significance of the Moola Trikona Rasis in Vedic Astrology-because, they form the bedrock of the analytically beautiful Systems Approach, which Professor Choudhry has created.
Saranji’s entire presentation revolved around the understanding of a certain mystic diagram [Yantra], called the ‘Kala-Purusha Mandala’, or the ‘Sarvato-Bhadra Yantra’. See this Yantra displayed in the attached file.
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He then explained the meaning of this ‘SarvatoBhadra Yantra’. He said, this was perhaps the earliest form of the ‘Horoscope’, in which the Triangle [Trikona] pointing upwards represents Shiva [Cosmic Male Principle] and the Triangle [Trikona] pointing downwards represents, Shakti [Cosmic Female Principle].
Other names for this Yantra were, he said: ‘Tara Yantra’, ‘Prakrti Yantra’, ‘Shakti Yantra’ and that it was basically a ‘Kala-Purusha Mandala’[‘Mandala’ also meaning Yantra, and ‘Kala Purusha’ is the ‘God of Time’, the God of Astrology].
The numbers represent the Rasis, which are twelve in number. In a way, he said, ‘though this is kind of the Horoscope of KalaPurusha, the same patterns also obtain in the Horoscopes of human beings’.
Then he said, the Mesha, Mithuna and Tula Rasis, which are numbered respectively:1, 3, and 7 represent the ‘Shakti Kona’. Very significantly, he pointed out that the six inner Triangles[representing, not only the Rasis [but also generally the corresponding Houses]:{1,3,5,7,9, 11,} represent the ‘intrinsic or internal sphere or internal endowments’ with which we have come into this Earth plane, whereas the remaining 6 Rasis, namely:{2,4,6,8,10,12}, represent what is given to the individual from the environment[Desa, Kaala, etc,...], as a fruit of his works and strivings, so these six Rasis[and generally, the corresponding Houses], represent the external sphere in the life of an individual. Referring to the upward pointing Male Triangle[‘Shiva Kona’], he said, [1] stands for the Male Mars Energy, [5]stands for the Male Solar Energy and [9] stands for the Male Jupiterean Energy. By contrast, he added that the downward pointing Female Triangle [which is the ‘Shakti Kona’] represents the Rasis, belonging to Mercury, Venus and Saturn.
Then he pointed out that the ‘Inner Rasis[and Houses]’ are formed by the intersection of the Shiva Kona with the Shakti Kona. ‘Trikona’ means Triangle, and ‘Moola-Trikona’, would mean ‘Foundational Triangle’. Then he the things which all of us know, namely that the sphere of [1]{Rasi and House} stands for the body, [3], for the ‘Drive within’, [5], for Intelligence and Emotional power, [7], for vasanas [desires from past lives carried forward into this life] and innate desires, [9], for blessedness in destiny, [11] for ‘Karma-Phala’, or the fruit of one’s actions, in this life as ‘Gains’.
After explaining the internal sphere in the above manner, turning to the external sphere, represented by the 6 Rasis and Houses: {2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12}; he added, that [2] stood for ‘financial strength’ and status in the outer world, [4] stood for family life, assets, mind[which is reflective of happenings in the outer world, and hence also belongs to the external category, [6] stood for losses due to opponents, and general obstacles, [8], for aging, degradation of all life processes, and [12], for outflow of monies, whether losses or expenditures, etc.
Sri Roop Saranji, after making all these preliminary observations on the Kala Purusha Mandala, pointed out that, the seven Mula Trikona Signs[MTS] of Vedic Astrology being:{1,4,5,6,7,9,11}, all of them are being reproduced in this Yantra, with the exception of the Rasis [3][Mithuna] alone, which seems to be an intruder, and which does not fit into the primordial set of the MTSs, and the Rasis, [4] and [6], which are conspicuous by their absence.
He then proceeded in a manner so as to show why we must exclude [3], and add [4] and [6], and thus arrive at the set of seven MT Rasis, mentioned above. This logic, I could not however understand from first principles, but it amounted to transferring [3], from the sphere of Shakti, to the sphere of Shiva, because of an empirical observation, which we all know to be very true, namely that, ‘while women are born with intuition, in men, the same faculty is not always present from birth itself, but has to be often awakened through meditation’ [Saranji].
He now gave a new meaning to the MTSs, in that, he said, the MTSs are intrinsic, internal endowments, which remain invariant throughout an individual’s life, and thus may be considered to constitute, the ‘basic design of the individual’.
Commenting on the Trikona structure of any Horoscope, he said, the Shakti Houses, III, VII, XI, resemble the Shakti MTSs, [3], [7], and [11]. In a similar way, the Shiva Houses, I, V, IX, resemble the Shiva MTSs [called Trines]: [1],[5], [9].
He concluded his talk with the important statement: ‘As the Systems Approach of Professor Choudhry gives a central role to the Mula Trikona Rasis of the Planets, I have tried to give a Vedic- philosophical basis, for the primacy of the MoolaTrikona Rasis, in the same Systems Approach.’
Professor remarked at the end of the talk that this was a good presentation for exploring rationale.
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