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Ascendant (Lagna) - A snap shot!

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Hello all, Namaste! Today we are going to discuss the role of the Ascendant in Vedic astrology. What is an ascendant in a horoscope? What is its significance? Can we know more about a person using an ascendant alone? The following are the perceptions I have found after studying some of the classics in Astrology and looking at charts of family and friends. If anyone has any differing perspectives, I am very much open to discussion and would like to increase my knowledge on this subject. As mentioned before in another post on Vedic astrology , I consider myself as someone standing in front of an ocean called 'Jyothisha (Vedic astrology) awed by its breadth and depth. So what is an ascendant? It is the zodiacal sign and the specific degree rising on the eastern horizon when a particular person is born. The particular zodiacal sign is considered the first house and the other houses are counted from this particular sign. The 'Graha'(ग्राहः) or the planet ruling this ho
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Do we need biological regulation?

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Hello all, Namaste! Today we are going to discuss an entirely new area that I came across a few years ago and which, became very close to my heart that I ended up taking a certification in the same. Regulatory affairs especially in the field of Biotechnology. Do we need it? If so why do we need it? Before getting into this question we need to go back a bit in history to know why the regulation started in the first place? Nuremberg trials:  All of you must have heard about the second World War, which spanned from 1939 -1945, in which an estimated 50-80 million fatalities happened. Numerous war crimes were committed against innocent people and later the Allied forces decided to try the remaining military leaders of the Nazi party for crimes committed during the war. It was decided the Bavarian city of Nuremberg will be the venue for the trials as it was considered the birthplace of the Nazi party. Nuremberg Trial The war crimes included experiments conducted on Jewish concent
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Saturn (Shani) - A friend or a foe?

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Hello all, Namaste! Today I am planning to write about Saturn from the perspective of Vedic Astrology , Mythology and how using an apt example we can try to tie it to our material realm. No! This post is absolutely not about the planet Saturn from a scientific perspective. Already everyone is aware that Saturn is the second largest planet in our Solar system and has beautiful rings around it made up of ice and rock and has many moons like Enceladus and Titan among them. In Greek Mythology, Saturn was called Chronos or the keeper of time. Saturn By NASA [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons This post is about Saturn or 'Shani Deva' from a Vedic standpoint and how people who believe in Astrology are afraid of Saturn and how they put every bad experience they go through on Saturn. Does Saturn really need all this burden of criticism? Are we not equally the culprits of our own bad experiences? Let us start our dissection, shall we? First, let us go through some Vedic
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11 Quotes that motivate you!!

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Hello all, Namaste! The World has seen many a great personality and all of them have shown us how to lead our life with enthusiasm and authenticity. All of them were visionaries who tried to lead humanity by being beacons of change and inspiration. Why don't we look through some of the quotes, which gives us inspiration, motivation, and insight? Here I am sharing a few of my very favorite quotes, which have given me a huge inspiration. Hope you will be inspired as much as I did. Please do share some of your favorite quotes. 1, Rumi: Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī was a 13th-century Persian poet and Islamic scholar as well as a Sufi mystic. He has inspired generations with his spiritual legacy. He has been described as one of the most influential poets the World has ever known. Here are few of his pearls of wisdom. Another favorite of mine is "You have escaped the cage. Your wings are stretched out. Now fly!!"  . Many times living in a society we mold
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Ask! The Universe will bring rainbows! - A personal experience

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Hello all, Namaste! All of us are living in this grand constitution called the Universe. Is it just a static and invariable Universe or is it a living and dynamic one? Many thinkers and great philosophers have burned their mind with this question. About two thousand years ago Plato described it as  'The universe is a single living creature that encompasses all living creatures within it.” Socrates was so enchanted with the Universe, his quote was "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing". Image Courtesy - Brainyquote.com Even great thinkers and mystics in the East have struggled with this question. According to Wikipedia, the great Indian Philosopher, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan saw the Universe as consisting of reality that leads to diverse worldly experience grounded in and supported by the absolute or Brahman . According to Dr.Radhakrishnan each of us is having diverse experiences and we interpret the reality according to the filters of
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Moola Nakshatra - A Curse or a blessing?

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As mentioned last week let us discuss the characteristic of the nakshatra, Moola and whether it needs to be feared as many in the society do. Before that, two weeks back we discussed what are Nakshatras and why they are calculated according to the placement of the Moon in the horoscope. In the Nakshatra group, when starting from Ashwini nakshatra, Moola comes as the nineteenth nakshatra. Now, why am I writing this post? What is so special about Moola Nakshatra? This post is an afterthought to the fact that in South India in some communities, there are two proverbs prevalent about the Moola Nakshatra. One is, "Aan Moolam arasalum, Pen Moolam Nirmoolam." Meaning- If a man is born in the Moola Nakshatra, he would rule the kingdom. If a woman is born in the Moola Nakshatra, she would uproot her base or home (in other words, she would destroy her home). The second proverb is "Moolathu mamiyar moolayile." Meaning- The mother-in-law of the Moola nakshatra becomes a
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Kannagi - The incensed lady!

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Wishing all a fantastic week where you are able to put into actions the deeds needed to capture your true authentic Self and purpose. Every step we take intentionally leads to that greater realm and once we really figure out our true purpose the doors that open for us are grander and lovelier. The last couple of weeks we discussed two strong mythological ladies who stood strong on their principles, spoke their mind and are true and authentic examples of the divine feminine. Why don't we this week analyze a third lady who due to her anger and rage burnt down an entire city? This story comes in the Tamil history and mythology called 'Silapathikaram' (The tale of an anklet) where a very angry lady, Kannagi took to task the King as well as the city that did injustice to her. The anger of a lady when she feels truly deprived of justice is something to be fearful about. That is why Durga in the form of the protectress is worshipped even by the trinity of Gods in Hinduism, B
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Ashwathama - A lesson to be learned!

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Before starting this post, I want to reminisce a bit on our Blog journey. Last year in 2017, it was on Kerala (a state in India) New Year Day called Vishu, I published my first post. This year Saturday (April 14, 2018) is Vishu. So it has been one year since I started my writings. At this moment, I would like to Thank all,  for the encouragement I got from my immediate family, extended family, friends, blog readers and the greater world. It is your comments. views and encouragement that helps me to post every week topics that I assume to be important. I would also very much like to interact with my readers as well. If you feel any Moral, Ethical, Mythological, Philosophical, Astrological topic worth pondering on, please let me know through comments and I would try a stab at it. Thank you for a wonderful and inspirational year. Wishing all a very Happy Vishu! Namaste! Now to the post. Last week, we discussed a bit on the spiritual law of justice through the post of Kannagi , how du
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Satyam Vada! Dharmam Chara! (Speak your truth! Walk your purpose!)

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Hello all, Namaste! All of you, my dear blog readers, know about my website- swaroopa.net . I have started my business, Swaroopa store , which can be accessed from Shop tab on my website, for Souls who are interested in a personal reading. There is also the Swaroopa Store link, on my blog's left side. Now to the post. We have been dealing with a lot of philosophy for a long time. So, thought, why don't we discuss some leadership concepts by virtue of Saturn. Any way, the US is going to go through a momentous election, in another three weeks. So, thought, why don't we discuss some leadership perspectives? To make matters a bit interesting, I thought we would discuss it through the eyes of Saturn. Who is Saturn? In astrology (always Vedic astrology in this blog), Saturn is the time keeper. He is also the ruler of the material realm. In Hindu mythology, he was the son of Sun, and his mother, Chaya, the shadow of Sun's wife Samjhna. Once, Sun became very bright and she
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Draupadi -The bold Queen!

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Hope all of you are having a great week where you find the inner strength deep hidden within you to traverse the tough or challenging circumstances that could have been placed in your path. Every single experience in this earthly existence is a little bit more to know truly who we ourselves are. But many times in the chaos of the material realm we forget to capture the true essence of every experience. Last week we delved into the realm called 'Collective Unconscious' where all the historical experiences and the struggles we as humankind had to go through gets recorded in the human collective psyche as the 'Collective Unconscious'. The struggles we are going through with the fundamentalist movements all over the world can be looked at as an example of the 'Collective Unconscious' trying hard to prevent us from taking a wrong step towards progression lest we are wiped out as a race. But then the 'Collective Unconscious' also has no knowledge of the ne
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Kanyakumari - A Goddess waiting!

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Wishing all a good week where you are able to pursue the next step towards the growth of your soul purpose. Last three weeks we dealt with some issues that are affecting the current world today.This week let us come back to Mythology and tackle the last Goddess/lady, whom we were planning to tackle for a long time. As mentioned before, in Vedic mythology, ladies were also very much important and part of the stories that were weaved together. In last week's post as well as the Ardhanariswara post, we tackled how the divine masculine, as well as the divine feminine, is much important to bring out the whole whether in the case of the individual or that of the world itself. So to show the importance of these concepts, many times stories of Shiva (divine masculine) and Parvathi (divine feminine) have been written, where one is longing for the other. In most of the stories Shiva and Parvathi, become together and the wholeness is restored. But there is also a story where the divine
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Ardra nakshatra - The inconsolable human!

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In this new year to help people, I am putting a sale on my readings. I have reduced the prices drastically 70-80%. Hope people take advantage of this price reduction.  As life was interfering, I was not able to write for the last three weeks. Also, the personal readings on my store are catching up slowly. That also keeps me away from writing. But I decided this week, I need to write and post a blog. As per the amazing response and comments I got for Moola, a Kethu ruled nakshatra, this time I thought I would tackle Ardra or Thiruvathira(i) in Malayalam/ Tamil, a Rahu ruled nakshatra. And today of all the days, the nakshatra under which I am writing this blog post is exactly Thiruvathirai or Ardra in the lagna of the current place chart where I am. Lagna is the physical form taking shape of the Ardra blog. Numerology: We have discussed Rahu many times. According to my perspective, Rahu is the grand illusion of the material world or Maya. Every human and even celestial beings get ti
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