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obstructions which are experienced occur due to the opposing forces impinging on the individual. The ruler of this asterism, the Moon, and the rulers of its four quarters, the quick moving planets Mercury, Venus, Mars and the Moon, are all connected with regeneration and readjustment of the outer sheaths of the soul and aid in its concreti-zation and individualization in the material world. On a spiritual level, Hasta is the seat of the interplay of nature's finer forces. The two basic impulses in nature are attraction and repulsion, the expression of positive and negative energy impulses. This duality is the primary cause of all movement and growth in the universe. The universe itself is circumscribed by the twelve radiations of the cosmic creative force, which astrologically is reflected through the twelve signs of the zodiac. This basic differentiation results from the four primary motivating causes in the universe namely Kama, desire; Artha, purposeful activity; Dharma, sustaining principles; and Moksha, liberation. These four impetuses motivate the incarnating soul. They are affected by the three primary attributes of all activity, Satlwa, harmony, purity or goodness; Rajas or self-seeking activity; and Tamas or inertia. The hand succinctly represents these forces. The symbolic hand can refer to the actual organ and its operation, by which the individuality of the person is expressed. It also suggests a spatial dimension because the most fundamental units of measurement are based on the hand. A cubit consists of two spans of three times the four finger width of the hand. The two hands represent the positive and the negative energy currents, the centripetal and centrifugal forces, attraction and repulsion, Purusha and Prakriti, the male and female aspects of all existence. The four fingers stand for the four primary motivating forces of Kama, Artha, Dharma and Moksha mentioned above. They also refer to the four divisions of the cosmos which in Sanskrit are Annamaya Kosha, Pranamaya Kosha, Manomaya Kosha, and Vijnanmaya Kosha, the sheaths or layers respectively of matter, life, mind and intelligence. These four kinds of impulses or four levels of existence, can be of Sattvic, Rajasic or Tamasic in nature. Together they stand for all the latent forces in the human individual as well as the cosmos. The twelve signs of the zodiac as the twelve digits of the fingers of the hand, are all contained in this asterism in which their cosmic impulses become fully differentiated. This asterism therefore operates on the entire universe. It functions both on subjective and objective planes of existence. Wherever the soul can have any existence, there Hasta as an asterism has its affect. This makes it a very deep acting influence. Consequently, Hasta is said to represent Duration, Time itself. All activities can fructify only in the time-space continuum. In
consciousness, there is no real difference between space and time, nor between the subjective and the objective. There is either the complete negation of all manifestation, or everything is pure reality. On an ordinary level, there is a field in which action occurs. Hasta refers to the field of action. This action can be performed only in field of Duration, which combines within it the functions of both Time and Space. The urge to create aroused under Phalguni meets its reaction. That reaction can follow only when this urge meets the space-time matrix of cosmic ideation. The combination of the two, or the confrontation of action with its field or matrix results in many kinds of difficulties. The emergence of this reaction can be tackled only when there is the quality of individuality. Hasta represents the situation when the individual is ready to meet the universe with all its physical and non-physical potentials. The various perfections that can be attained through this interaction are outside the domain of the asterism. In objective as well as subjective realms, the preparedness of the soul to embark and act is what Hasta represents. In predictive astrology, the effects of Hasta can be observed in two directions. If the individual is unmindful of any higher purpose, he will engage in many types of voluntary and social work. If he is cognizant of the true goal of life, he will practice yoga or other practical techniques of inner development. Under Hasta, when the soul is not yet developed and is still engrossed in the material world, life will deprive him of many things. Such a person will engage in activities perennially without success. There will be hardships, impediments, difficulties, ill health, poverty and all kinds of resistance to his efforts to arouse a yet greater power of application in him. 14 CHITRA Chitra extends from 173° 20' to 186° 40' of the zodiac. Its first half is in Virgo ruled by Mercury and its second half in Libra ruled by Venus. Mars is the ruler of the asterism itself. Its primary motivation is Kama or desire. Tamas or inertia is its attribute on all levels, while the celestial architect, Tvashtar, is its presiding deity. Chitra represented by a single star, Spica, the bright white first magnitude star of the sign Virgo. This single star shines like a pearl, which is the symbol of the asterism. Chitra itself means bright or transparent and also refers to a fairy as well as a serpent. Superficially, the pearl, the asterism's symbol, conveys a pleasant
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Contents Part I: Astrological Mytho
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Magha Purva Phalguni Uttara Phalgun
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The medium of expression for impart
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Whether the symbol is a natural obj
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churning of the ocean under which t
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elationship is represented as the T
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y a circle with a central point. Th
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The circumference has yet other cha
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down even his own body for the task
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1 THE SUN SURYA Hindus give great i
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action in the world. Lastly the sym
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Vivaswat, the early morning, a name
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3. INDRIYATMAN OR HRISHIRESHA The i
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light who guide the evolution of th
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The first ray is called Sushumna. I
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life and its various expressions ex
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indication of surging emotions like
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drink of the gods, which it pours d
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This led to a war in heaven. The Go
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This story emphasizes the helplessn
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Kosha or Intelligence sheath (relat
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Vishnu, the preserver of the univer
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The energy which illumines the mind
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superimposed at the top of the circ
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individual will become debauched or
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of energy as Shukra and assigned it
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The marriage of Devayani, daughter
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the working of karma. Though he kne
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from boundless thirst for the unkno
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planet represented by its geometric
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Narayana lays on his serpent-coiled
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existence which makes them vital an
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desire to experience the pleasures
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the esoteric. With great patience a
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instead of an arc. This difference
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Saturn is known as "Shanishcharacha
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These are: 1. WILL Working on the S
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nothing to hold on to and feel secu
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the universe. Garuda was an elder b
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In Western thought, Saturn is repre
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unconventional, even perverse. What
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These predictive possibilities of R
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Sun is obscured by Rahu, it portend
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Rahu as always ready to bestow on h
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protection by higher forces. But th
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9 KETU THE SOUTH NODE OF THE MOON K
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ehind the veil of objective manifes
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Kelu is born under Abhijit. This as
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gone beyond illusion. They both pro
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1. Aries 2. Taurus 3. Gemini 4. Can
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1 ARIES Mesha Aries is symbolized b
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sign are highly creative but have m
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From the standpoint of the supreme
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Taurus represents the stage of cosm
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Divine energy, the Gemini impulse b
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4 CANCER KARKATA Cancer, the fourth
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connection with its original elemen
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At this stage in cosmogenesis, the
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arc shows that the ultimate goal of
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for the fructification of all human
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it acquires knowledge and power of
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attachment to matter and awaken the
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