The Human Mind...2

When the Moon, Mercury and Jupiter are strong and are favourably placed in a chart, the native will definitely have sound mind, sharp intellect, healthy reasoning and mature wisdom. If they are not well placed (placed in 3rd, 6th, 8th or 12th from ascendant) or are afflicted by a malefic planet such as Sun, Mars, Saturn, Rahu, Ketu then there could be chances of the native not having the mental faculty well balanced as indicated by the planet. 

For example - In case of above afflictions to Moon, the person can become highly imaginative, or paranoid, or depressive.

In case of Mercury, the native can lack intellectual balance, be nervous and lack general public behavior. 

In case of Jupiter, the person can lack wise decision making skills and any propensity towards higher learning or traditions. The person can also display inability to take wise decisions and implement them.

The Human Mind...1

The natural significant of mind as addressed in earlier posts is the Moon. Besides the moon, the planets that can signify the working of human mind are Mercury and Jupiter. The role of all three planets is described below:

The Moon - It's strength or weakness reflects how a person's mind normally functions. It indicates the person's feelings, attachments with worldly affairs and how a person respond emotionally. It also tells how much a person will be mentally compatible to other people in general. That's why people with strong moons are socially very active. 

The Mercury - It is the planet of reason, rationality, logic and intelligence for a native. It also indicates a person's academic inclination and business and practical knowledge. Most successful business people have strong mercury. It also indicates a native's complexes.

The Jupiter - This planet signifies wisdom, higher knowledge, maturity and hope. Mostly people with very sound higher spiritual knowledge have a strong Jupiter. Such people have strong inclination towards reading and books.

Special Aspects of Outer Planets...7

In case of special aspects sometimes the planet might be present in the house of the planet whom it is influencing. Following is a valid example:

In this case Mercury is under Jupiter's 5th aspect and Mars' 8th aspect. Both of them are located in Mercury owned houses. Hence such a person will be technically very sound with and very pleasing personality and would have taken higher studies for sure in his/her life. This person must be very tactical at his/her work place too!

Another example: if Jupiter aspects Moon present in Scorpio when Jupiter is in Cancer (owned by Moon),  both the planets will aspect each other equally. 

Special Aspects of Outer Planets...6

Well now you will feel why I am writing this post when the special aspects have all been covered. There are some points that we need to remember when we are interpreting any chart with respect to special aspects. 

Most of the time when two planets are present in 7th to each other or they are together they will influence each other mutually. It will be good if they are good friends! But what is the case when there is planet with special aspect involved? Oh yes, as you can guess, they will definitely influence and be influenced by planets present in house 7 and house 1, but what about house 5 and 9 in case of Jupiter? House 4 and 8 in case of Mars and house 3 and 10 in case of Saturn? Following holds good in those cases:

1. The planet which is under aspect cannot see them (as in case of 1 and 7), and hence cannot influence back, obviously if someone is pushing you and you cannot see that person, you will get pushed but you might not be able to push back, right? Example: 

In this case Mercury is being influenced by all 3 planets, Jupiter - 9th aspect, Mars - 8th aspect and Saturn - 3rd aspect. But Mercury will not be able to influence them back. In such a case, the aspect and influence is very strong on the planet under aspect. Hence they will not only influence with respect to House 1 and House 3 but also for Houses 4 and 7 (ruled by Jupiter here), houses 3 and 8 (ruled by Mars) and houses 5 and 6 (Saturn).

Special Aspects of Outer Planets...2

Coming back to special aspects. Well following holds true for Mars:

Mars aspects the fourth and the eighth house from its location besides the first and seventh. In that case, Mars will influence planets located in 1st, 4th, 7th and 8th houses and also the activities of that house, specially during its major/minor period and during transits through those houses. The below diagram can help you understand this concept better:

As you can see, Mars is present in house 1, numbered 8 because the ascendant is Scorpio. Hence it will influence all houses and planets in Scorpio (8), Aquarius (11), Taurus (7) and Gemini (3). We must also know that depending upon the sign the planet aspects, it aspects will be inimical or friendly. In the above example, Mars will actually negatively influence the first house positively (since it is the master of Scorpio), while it will mostly negative influence the other houses (4,7,8) since it is enemy to Saturn (Lord of 4th), Venus (Lord of 7th) and Mercury (Lord of 8th), unless otherwise influenced by any other planet. So, if you have above configuration in your chart (Mars located in first house in Scorpio), then during Mars major/minor period you can see positive influence with respect to your personality (indicated by first house) but negatively with respect to your Mother and Spouse (indicated by 4th and 7th house) and may be interest in occult (indicated by 8th house). One thing to keep in mind is that, even though Mars is influencing these houses and planets situated herein, the final result still lies with master of that house. So, in all above example, Saturn, Venus and Mercury are the final judge in giving you what you deserve. Actually, Mars might not be able to give its negative result if these planets are well placed!

The Houses of your Vedic chart...ascendant...2

The ascendant is considered most important house in a birth chart. The strength of ascendant and its Lord is considered utmost important when determining general success in life. A person with strong ascendant will be bold and very strong in keeping his opinions/views etc. If the ascendant lord is exalted or in own house the person will be strong physically. He will have success depending upon location of ascendant lord.

In general the ascendant signifies the following:

1. Your physical existence or your body. 

2. Your will power.

3. Your physical strength.

4. Your physical beauty.

5. Your head and hair. 
6. Brain, appearance, skin, sleep, longevity
7. Freedom from ill-health, longevity and old age
8. Ability to perform work

The ascendant must be considered a temple and hence the planets present in it must be considered deities of the temple. An inimical planet (planet that is malefic for the Lagna) must, preferably be not present in the ascendant. Following is the list of planets that are ascendants and the planets that are malefics/benefics to it:

Lagna	Benefics	Malefics
Aries (Mesha)	Sun, Jupiter	Mercury, Venus, Saturn
Taurus (Vrish)	Sun, Saturn	Moon, Jupiter
Gemini (Mithun)	Venus	Mars, Jupiter
Cancer (Karka)	Moon, Mars, Jupiter	Mercury, Venus
Leo (Sinha)	Sun, Mars, Jupiter	Mercury, Venus, Saturn
Virgo (Kanya)	Mercury, Venus	Moon, Jupiter, Mars
Libra (Tula)	Mercury, Venus, Saturn	Sun, Mars, Jupiter
Scorpio (Vrishchik)	Moon, Mars, Jupiter	Mercury, Venus, Saturn
Sagittarius (Dhanu)	Sun, Mars, Jupiter	Venus
Capricorn (Makar)	Mercury, Venus	Moon, Mars, Jupiter
Aquarius (Kumbh)	Mercury, Venus, Saturn	Sun, Mars, Jupiter
Pisces (Meen)	Moon, Mars, Jupiter	Sun, Mercury, Venus, Saturn

The planets that are present in ascendant will deliver their properties to the ascendant and hence influence the  native. For example, presence the Venus in ascendant will always make a native lover of beauty in general and also give the native a bent towards arts, similarly, Saturn will make native pessimistic and Sun will always keep the native in limelight. Hence, while judging a chart we must keep in mind these factors, besides the above malefic/benefic planets. 

Mercury...revisited

Coming back to my blog, I write about Mercury, once again. 

As explained earlier, Mercury makes people very lively and it is the planet which can be strengthened quite easily. It is very important the Me is in a good position if someone has to crack competitions. Me is responsible for keeping one's mind during stress times (such as competitive exams).

A native can take up the following if she/he wants to balance her/his Me. 

1. Worship Sun - Yes, since Me is close to Su, it takes most of its energy from Sun. Hence, if Su is strengthened, Me also gains energy.

2. Offer green grass to cow on Wednesday.

3. Offer clothes (specially green in color) to small kids on Wednesday.

4. If you want to improve your Mathematics, your Me must be good. Study Maths at dawn time, to improve it.

5. Offer Saptadhanya (7 types of grains) to birds. See blog on Mo also.

6. Wear greens more often. If you know that Me is bad for you, in case of Sagittarius, Pisces, Aries and Scorpio ascendants, do not wear green on Wednesday.

7. Listen to/Chant the Vishnu Sahasranaam (1000 names of Lord Vishnu), at least on Wednesday.

8. Develop an aptitude to learn new things and interact with new people.

9. Free birds on Wednesdays and Basant Panchami, specially parrots.

10. Clean teeth with Alum. This works fairly quickly. Alum must not touch your gums.

11. Start loving your workplace. 

12. Organize your work. Arrange stuff in your room, desktop and everywhere you stay. This also improves your  Ve and Ra.

13. Try to be methodical in everything you undertake. Don't be random. 

14. Solve mathematical, logical puzzles. Meditate, to strengthen your mind and body.

All the Best!!!

The Communications by Mercury

Finally, I have come to Mercury, the planet which controls communications, sports, commerce & youth. A person with a good Mercury (when Me is in Gemini, Virgo, Leo) and is not very close to Sun, it gives brilliant results. Unfortunately, this planet stays close to Sun a lot. If in kendra in with Sun, it confers the rajyoga and makes the native saintly if present in house one. It makes the person good at mathematics & calculations. A good mercury confers the native with good education. It will make the native a born speaker & will give brilliant convincing capabilities. Such people will do well in the fields like Marketing & Sales, Academics. A good Me also gives very good technical skills. It will also make the native sportive & jovial. It makes the native workoholic if placed in Virgo. People who are born with Virgo or Gemini acendant tend to look younger than their peers.