SAVol7Dec09WesternCo.. - Saptarishis Astrology

1) If you ask anyone in astrology which is the house of servants they would normally say 6H, thisis the way it has been taught to all of us, apart from this even Gurus don’t mention any other house, butshould we not go deeper and find from our existing works like BPHS etc. E.g.िवबमं भृॅाऽािद चोपदेशूयाणकम ्।िपऽोव मरणं िवज्ञो िा िनरीक्षयेत ्॥४॥vikramaṁ bhṛtyabhrātrādi copadeśaprayāṇakam |pitrorvai maraṇaṁ vijño duścikyācca nirīkṣayet ||4||Parasara says 3H for servants; one can refer to Chapter 11, Verse 4 of BPHS, Santhanam version, RanjanPublications Page 121. In Varanasi Edition, by Pandit Padmanabh Sharma 5 , Chaukhamba SurbhartiPrakashan, Varanasi , First Edition 2004 it is Chapter 12 (instead of chap 11), Verse 4, Page 61 and evenin the Hindi version, Ranjan Publications by Dr. Suresh Chandra Mishra it is Chapter 12, verse 4, Page125, but everywhere it is 3H for servants. This point has been ignored till date in most articles. No doubtthe 6h of servants also works but so does 3H which experience will teach.2) In same Chapter 12 dealing with houses called BhavaVivekAdhaya Parasara says enemies to seefrom 2H too, whereas all of astrologers take mainly 6H for enemies.धनधां कुटुां मृुजालमिमऽकम ् ।धातुरािदकं सव धनानािरीक्षयेत ्॥३॥dhanadhānyaṁ kuṭumbāṁśca mṛtyujālamamitrakam |dhāturatnādikaṁ sarvaṁ dhanasthānānnirīkṣayet ||3||This word ‘Enemies’ is mentioned in Santhanams version in his translation of the above verse and inDr Suresh Chandra Mishras and Varanasi Edition it is mentioned. It being in Hindi, modern Indiansdon’t want to read Hindi and some can’t so the need that we mentioned earlier of translating things‘Well’ in English is most essential. After it is in English a more wider range of people can test if thetranslation is correct and lastly if the verse of the Rishi works or not in real practice. Parasara also says8H for enemies in the same chapter & 12H for Types & Description of Enemies. Most even ignore that2H is house of family, Parasara has used the word Kutumbh which means family.3) In the same Verse 4 the word Upadesha has been used, which loosely translated means Initiatoryinstructions that one receives is what Santhanam wrote, it can be understood as ‘The Advice that YouReceive’ via your ear.िवबमं भृॅाऽािद चोपदेशूयाणकम ्।िपऽोव मरणं िवज्ञो िा िनरीक्षयेत ्॥४॥vikramaṁ bhṛtyabhrātrādi copadeśaprayāṇakam |pitrorvai maraṇaṁ vijño duścikyācca nirīkṣayet ||4||This has been ignored by all scholars, this is the house of most importance for practicing astrologerssince it shows when not to see the chart of a client, when to just let go of a chart, whose chart to avoid.Why do astrologers predictions fail on certain charts inspite of being a good predictor. Nobody talksabout this concept or word used by Parasara even in scholarly circles but you can get it by diggingdeeper into classics savoring each word of it and going through various translations of the same classic.Even an article on this word with examples won’t suffice to say how important it is and how it has been5 He is head of the Department of Astrology, Shree Nepali Sanskrut Mahavidyala, Varanasi. We had met him in Varanasi inJan 2008 and though he had promised to write articles for us but due to some issues he has not been able to do so.40