The venerable Sage Parāśara begins his immortal Båhat Paräçara Horā śāstra by praying to Lord Brahma, his consort Bhāratī and Sun, the leader of the planets and the cause of creation. The sage says that the Lord is in all beings and the entire Universe is in Him. The unborn God incarnated as the graha to give the results of karma to the living beings. The high degree of Paramātmamsa of the Graha incarnate as the Viṣṇu avatar - Rāma, Kṛṣṇa, Narasiṁha, Varāha etc, while the jivātmā portions of the graha take births as human beings. Both these aṁśa merge in the Graha and the Graha in turn merge in the Lord at the time of pralaya (dissolution). Thereafter, he goes on to describe the limbs of the Lord by understanding, which, the Sage states with confidence, that the zodiac in its entirety can be understood better.

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Presiding Deities of Vargas

Sri Sri Lahiri Mahasaya (1828 – 1895), henceforth referred to as Lahiri Mahasaya, was a great yogi from the state of Bengal in India. He is best remembered for his contributions to revive and spread the lost art of kriya yoga among the millions of ordinary people seeking a balance in their material and spiritual pursuits.

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Lahiri Mahasaya

Obeisance to Mahārishis

The Maharishi's of past rarely 'spoon feed' when they are teaching. They expect the students to undergo their own self learning process to reach the answer. Or in case of Upanishads (Question and Answer session on Guru's feet) the student has to reach the level of asking the questions.

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A for Astrology II

In this paper, rules for using Sahams are discovered by extensive trial and error on a few horoscopes. They do not have the backing of any scriptures, except rule three under chapter five (to be used along with Sahams as explained in this paper), at least not to my knowledge. More horoscopes must be tried with these rules, before coming to a conclusion. This is worthy of further study and scholars are requested to explore more in this area.

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Using Sahams