September 17, 2009
Astrology of the Iranian Conflict
Currently there is unrest in Iran. The conservative Ahmedinajad, backed by the ruling clerical elite, claim a legitimate election and detractors claiming voter fraud. This has been a catalyst for civil unrest that is becoming more and more out of control and even some of the Mullahs (agents of the clerical oligarchy) are now marching with protesters.
Of course astrology will show this clearly, so let’s see what is going on.
There are three main things happening here:
1. Saturn return to the February 1, 1979 Iran Chart (The current Islamic Republic of Iran started on February 1, 1979)
2. Jupiter retrograde w / Neptune in Aquarius. Jupiter is the planet of philosophies and religion, Aquarius is the sign of social reform and seeing to the dignity of all - the common man. Aquarius is most related to Democracy of all the zodiac signs.
3. Mars/Venus conjunction in Aries, a sign of courageously defending our principles with passion and enthiusiasm. In Vedic Astrology Aries is the sign of the warrior, the fighter - whereas Sagittarius and Leo (the other fire signs) are the sign of the Sattwic warrior (bringing nobility to the cause). There is no Tamasic warrior.
First of all a few dates that are important.
June 12, 2009 is an important date as it was the Iranian election day.
June 15, the first day of violent protests and civilian deaths, is also important.
On June 12 the Moon entered sidereal Capricorn, joined the Sun, Mercury and exalted Mars in the February 12, 1979 Iranian Chart. It is my feeling that a Capricorn ascendant is the most accurate for the Iranian Chart - making this Moon on election day as being in the first house.
*note:
This time makes a Capricorn ascendant - w/ Sun, Mercury, Mars in the first house - Saturn in the 8th house with Rahu - Moon in Pisces in an exchange with exalted Jupiter. Venus the 5th and 10th house ruler, in the 12th house of letting go. This chart describes a militant, closed, fear based and conservative regime - and one propped up by imposing religious idealogy (Jupiter, 3rd and 12th lord exchanging with Moon, 5th lord). The government even has gone so far as to issue state sanctioned killings of writers, supporting terrorism and “jihaad” and advocating wiping Israel off the map.
I am now using this rising sign as the Iran Chart, (7AM) not the time of 9:30 AM that I have seen posted before.
The moon would have transited over all three planets in the ascendant on election day - The Sun, 8th house ruler - Mercury, 6th and 9th house ruler and Mars, 4th and 11th house ruler. Additionally, Rahu has been in the Iranian first house since May 2008, showing the potential for political fracture and reinvention (also nuclear energy).
On February 15 Jupiter turned retrograde, with the Moon having just transited over the Jupiter/Neptune conjunction the day before - this transit happening in egalitarian Aquarius. Jupiter retrograde in exact conjunction with Neptune is very powerful as Jupiter turns retrograde for close to five months on this day - he had been stationed for several weeks - moving very slowly. Jupiter shows our philosophies and the retrograde motion shows things backing up, being reflected upon and internalized.
The influence of Neptune brings a desire to dissolve boundaries and illusion and connect to something higher and more worthy. In truth, I have a problem with the standard interpretation of Neptune as a higher octave of Venus and see it much more related to Jupiter - as after all - Jupiter is the co-ruler of Pisces (Neptune’s supposed sign) NOT Venus.
Jupiter is the planet of abstraction and philosophy, just like Neptune - Venus is very worldly,… but we’ll leave that debate for another time.
So, if we have all of this mystical dreamy desire to dissolve boundaries then why the violence and authoritative backlash. Well, where there is violence there is Mars - Where there is authoritative response there is Saturn.
By transit Venus began to close on Mars, eventually surpassing him in the sky. When this crisis began Mars was in front of Venus - and now she is past him, at a higher degree. This crisis has unfolded amidst a new Venus/Mars cycle. Venus and Mars made this same conjunction in Sidereal Aries in 1979. At that time Iranian women took to the streets to protest the edicts passed down by the Ayatollah and women’s rights protests broke out all over the middle east and Japan that year and the Mars/Venus cycle perfected in Aries.
Make a note that a Mars/Venus conjunction in Aries will show issues related to women’s rights.
In particular on June 19, Venus, Mars and the Moon joined at exactly 19 of Sidereal Aries. Venus and Mars danced around the exact same degree until now (June 23). On Saturday June 20 a young Iranian woman, Neda, was slain in the streets and has now become a martyr for larger social causes.
The Mars/Venus conjunction in Aries ( a masculine warrior sign and said) has shown the danger to women (Venus) and also the potential to empower them after tragedy.
Since then there has been a rise in stature and notoriety of Iranian women in this struggle, long oppressed and marginalized - they are becoming the heroines. I see this aspect of the conflict will take on new life. A global rallying cry for Arab women and greater tolerance will follow. This unrest over the election is shaking the foundation of Iranian fundamentalism. This is shown by the Saturn return happening in the February 12, 1979 Iran Chart.
At the inception of the Islamic Republic of Iran Saturn and Rahu were in Leo, the same position of transiting Saturn in the sky now. This shift is interesting when viewed in relation to the recent US election and the rise of the Democratic party. The US election of 1980 ushered in the era of Reagan and his republican agenda, which is now all but dead. The fortunes of Ronald Reagan were closely tied to the Iranian hostage crisis of 1979. The Iranian crisis was the most obvious example of Jimmy Carter’s failure of leadership.
The Iranians released the hostages the day Ronald Reagan was sworn in as president.
Sam Geppi is the author of “The Ascendant - 108 Planets of Vedic Astrology” - recently #2 on Amazon.com in Vedic Astrology books. He is the exclusive Vedic astrology columnist at Astrology.com and has written the annual 2009 Vedic Astrology forecasts for MSN Worldwide since 2006. His astrology articles appear in astrology and yoga magazines worldwide. Visit his website for free astrology Classes and astrology readings
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Dig Bala (Directional Strength)
In the Vedic astrology texts there is a system called “Shad Bala” (translated as “sixfold strength”). This is a system of evaluating planets and their impact based on different Universal factors - many Astronomical in nature. One of the most important components of Shad Bala (and easiest to use), is called Dig Bala - Directional Strength.
The general concept of Dig Bala is that planets will do better supporting certain angles in the chart than others. When a planet is closest to its best Dig Bala position it not only supports the angle, but Its goal is supported as well.
Dig Bala is a Universal Principle, as every astrology chart will have four angles that relate to the different directions. As with all “Universal Astrology” principles, the rule itself is important only in that we investigate and understand the reason why. When we just repeat a rule like “Mercury has Dig Bala in the first house, so it is good”, we are adding nothing to the reading except a general black and white assertion. One of the big problems with just memorizing rules without understanding the “why”, is that we wind up unable to untangle the contradictions of numerous placements.
For example: we might have a planet that has good Dig Bala, but it is debilitated or retrograde or getting very difficult aspects or ruling difficult houses, etc. In fact, you can count on these complexities. For this reason it is important to understand exactly what Dig Bala strength shows about the planet, the house/angle in a very specific and detailed way.
In this class we will examine why each planet has Dig Bala in the position it does and also compare/contrast that Directional position with the other Directional positions, especially its opposite placement — where it’s Dig Bala is lowest.
Directions Please,…
Every astrology chart we are going to erect will have four directions as shown by houses 1, 4, 7 and 10. Let’s examine these positions in general.
The first house/ascendant is the East. It shows the energy coming into birth at that time based on the exact position of the turning Earth relative to the sky in the local place where the chart is being drafted. The first house shows the body/personality/style and overall experience in an individuals chart or those same qualities (minus the physical body) in an electional chart.
The fourth house/nadir is the North. It shows what is the deepest and most hidden. If your draw a chart for where you’re sitting right now, the nadir would be directly below you. The fourth house shows the feelings and inner emotional life of an individual or an event.
The seventh house/descendent is the West. It shows that which is furthest away from the person or event (that is born in the first house). It is often called the “relationship house”. The seventh house shows that which is completely opposite the person or event. There is a strong magnetic pull toward our opposite. The seventh house shows this and acts as a mirror to the first house.
The 10th house/midheaven is the South. It shows what is directly overhead and shows what has the highest capacity to impact us or the impact we can have. The 10th house shows the actions and impact that a person or event can have on the world and/or that the world can have on the person or the event.
Sam Geppi has over 20 years of Vedic Study and experience. He is a Hatha Yoga instructor and certified Vedic Astrologer and Teacher through the ACVA (level 2) as well as author of “The Ascendant”. Visit His Website for Free astrology Classes. Also sign up for Astrology readings at his website Free Daily Horoscope.org
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September 9, 2009
Vedic Love Horoscopes are Accurate and Real
Relationships are one of the most important areas of life. Love Horoscopes are often shunned in this modern world due to the degradaton of astrology. But not so fast.
The relationship of masculine and feminine energy happens both internally as well as externally. The external relationship with our partner mirrors the internal relationship we have with these forces within ourself. Vedic relationship astrology is a remarkable blend science, commonsense ideas and holistic wisdom. Improving our external relationship, we improve our internal awareness and vice versa. Vedic astrology is deeply connected to the other Vedic sciences of yoga, ayurveda.
Both Western astrology and Vedic astrology uses the same planets, signs and houses. Yet, there are a few major differences between Western and Vedic astrology which reveal why Vedic Relationship astrology is so amazingly accurate.
Whereas Western astrology places importance on the Sun, Vedic astrology places more importance on the Moon. Vedic astrology uses 27 distant stars (called “Nakshatras”) in the horoscope.
The Sun refers to our individual nature, not our desire to partner. Thus relationship compatibility must revolve around the moon, the planet of nurturing, vulnerability and receptivity. Vedic relationship astrology focuses mainly on the moons of the couple. Assessing the moons will reveal the flow of emotional energy and the quality of love flowing in the partnership. The moon is the planet of trust and comfort. It is related to our childhood, that time in life we are we were vulnerable. Based on this vulnerability we developed strengths, insecurities and complexes based on receiving things that felt good or bad. Throughout our life these strengths and weaknesses are modified, artfully filtering our perceptions and attracting the experiences we feel ready to receive. We carry this fragile emotional psychology into our relationships. This is why when a person has a difficult childhood, they will repeat those difficulties in their relationships. It is because the Moon is what we are comfortable with, what is familiar to us. If turmoil is comfortable to us, that is what we seek in relationships. Astrologically, these emotional habits are shown by the Moon.
Vedic astrology uses 27 lunar signs as mentioned above. These 27 signs focus the subtle, refined emotional nature of each person with much more precision than 12 Western Sun signs. Yet within this increased precision there is even more refinement.
The “Ashta Kuta” (eight points) system classifies and compares each of these 27 archetypes based on more than ten criteria: (There are the 8 point giving Kutas and several other important comparisons)
* Friendliness with the other person’s Moon ruler
* Temperament
* Sexual compatibility
* Vocation and caste
* Element and style (fiery, watery or airy)
* Capacity for receptivity and forgiveness
* Capacity to manifest externally as a couple, etc.
All of these criteria are actually applied to every planet in the chart adding a 10 fold strength just to the surface of Vedic Astrological compatibility. Through this subtlety it is possible to examine each planet.
In relationships the Planets show:
Sun - Our independence in the relationship
Moon - Our abolity to feel relaxed, open and comfortable with another
Mars - Our strong ideas of how things should or shouldn’t be in the relationship
Mercury - Our capacity to communicate and be flexible
Jupiter - Our common philosophies and principles, like values and religion
Venus - Our desire to experience pleasure with the partner and how we behave once the partner stops fulfilling us.
Saturn - Our need to feel safe, have proper boundaries and put in the necessary effort with the partner.
This system shows the subtleties in all human interactions, not just romantic relationships. It reveals why, perhaps you and your boyfriend have a good sex life, but cannot manifest anything outside of the bedroom. (High Gana Kuta, low Bhava Kuta). Or perhaps you share many interests in common but there is no spark, (High Graha Maitram, Low Yoni Kuta). Or maybe you do fine, but as soon as a problem occurs, it is like a whirlpool sucks you down. (High Ashta Kuta points with Vedha or Rajju blemish)
To review:
* Vedic relationship astrology emphasizes the Moon, not the Sun
* Vedic relationship astrology uses 27 stars (Nakshatras) to delineate the planets with much more precision than twelve Sun Signs
* Vedic relationship astrology looks at the 27 Star signs using a ten-fold method, which sees the subtle affects of each station in life.
This incredible level of accuracy is why they started arranging marriages thousands of years ago. It was not to oppress, it was to liberate and to help. It is no different than a nutritionist telling you what food is best for you or a counselor telling you which type of activities to avoid for increased peace and mental health. Once we learn to trust the universe again and restore the dignity to astrology, these truths will seem any more oppressive than a trusted doctor giving advice. Once rightly understood, Astrology is revealed to be an amazing tool for harmonizing our personal energy with the presiding universal wisdom that is all benevolent and leading us to the truth of who we really are.
Bio:
Sam Geppi is a Vedic Astrologer and relationshiop expert. He is the author of “Stellar Relationships - How to get More Love and Peace in Your Life”. He is the Vedic Astrology columnist at astrology(dot) com. Visit his website at Love astrology . net for a free video series on Relationship astrology based on his years of research.
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