PITFALLS IN PREDICTING FUTURE EVENTS

RavindeR KumaR Soni

New Delhi, India.Pigeon Books India

PITFALLS IN PREDICTING

FUTURE EVENTS

Pitfalls in Predicting Future EventsFirst Edition, September 2013

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1. Pitfallsinpredictingfutureevents 13

2. Casestudy–1 Anoverview 27

3. Casestudy–2 Trikona-lordsintheKendras 59

4. Casestudy–3 Planetsinthe11thhouse 68

5. Casestudy–4 Operativeandinoperativeyogas 76

6. Casestudy–5 IneffectiveLaganadhiyoga 83

7. Casestudy–6 BirthofTwins 88

8. Casestudy–7 Defunctyogas 92

9. Casestudy–8 ImpactofRetrogradeplanets 98

10. Casestudy–9 Alifewithoutmarriage 106

11. Casestudy–10 Combustlordofthe10thhouse 111

12. Casestudy–11 Acaseofself-destruction 116

13. Casestudy–12 NeechabhangaRajayogas 121

14. Casestudy–13 ImpermanenteffectofRajayoga 126

15. Casestudy–14 Balarishta 130

16. Casestudy–15 Impactofyoga-givingDasas 134

17. Casestudy–16 Four-planetcombinationinthe7thhouse 138

18. Casestudy–17 MarakaDasas 143

19. Casestudy–18 Unstablemarriedlife 147

20. Casestudy–19 AcaseofAlpayu 151

contentS

21. Casestudy–20 DepressedMarsinthe10thhouse 155

22. Casestudy–21 Abriefinsignificantlife 159

23. Casestudy–22 TheunmakingofaPrimeMinister 163

24. Casestudy–23 AKrishnapakshaAmavasyabirth 167

25. Casestudy–24 Ataleofunendingbadluck 172

26. Casestudy–25 APurnimabirth 176

27. Casestudy–26 Acaseofdiscontentedlife 180

28. Casestudy–27 ThehoroscopeofRashtriya 184 SwayamsevakSangh

29. Casestudy–28 Theadverseeffectsoftheweaklords 191 oftwolagnas

Englishtransliteration:

“RaazebaqaasamajhnasakaajabbaqaideziistFardakiikummidpeinsaanfanaahuaa”

“Whenman,enslavedbylife,couldnotunderstandthesecretsofhissurvival,heperishedinexpectationofhisresurgence.”

-Zia Fatehabadi

Dedicated to

To my wife,Shakuntla,

My companionOf over four decades.

Englishtransliteration:

“grahaadhiinaayogaahsadsadabhidhaanaajanmitaamtatoyogaadhinamphalamitipuranaihsamuditama”

“Ourancientteachershavesaidthatthegoodandbadyogasareformedbyplanets,andthegoodandthebadresultsofplanetsareexperiencedonaccountofthoseyogas.”

-Jatakalankara(Ch.IIIonYogas)

Topredictmeanstoforetellorforecastthefuture.Thefutureisalwaysuncertainandtheuncertaintyabout itmakes iteversoexcitingandattractive.Thereisnoonewhodoesnotwanttoknowaboutthefuture,andthereisnoonewhodoesnotseektoknowwhatthefutureholdsinstore.TowardsthispurposefulendthosewhopracticethescienceofAstrologyaremostoftenapproached,and from them astrological predictions about future events areeagerly gained. The experienced practitioner of Astrology knowsandunderstandsthelanguageofthestarsandtheroamingplanets,and he also understands what those who consult him desire toknow.Hetakesontheroleofatrustedfriendandfaithfulguide,and in someextremecasesassumes the roleofapsychiatrist totakethepressureoffthemindsofthosewhoapproachhim.Heactsas a witness, speaks soothingly and exercising needful patiencelendshisearsandsupport.But,predictingfutureeventsforeventhemostexperiencedastrologerisnotaneasytask. Accurate astrological predictions cannot be made withoutmasteringtheartofprediction.Tomastertheartofpredictionittakesmanyyearsofdedicatedin-depthstudyofthevariousavailabletextsunderthewatchfuleyesandsupervisionofanableguru,andthereafter,byputtingthatlearningintoactualpracticeallthewhilegainingmoreandmoreexperienceandhoningoftheacquiredskills.Allpredictionsaregenerallybasedonstatisticalinference,bysiftingthedata inhandandsubjecting it toquantitativeandqualitativeanalysis using relevant scientific methods that have as theirbasis logical consequences of scientific theories and establishedprinciples. For a devoted astrologer each act of prediction is a

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learningexperience,healwayscreditssuccessfulpredictionstotheancientseersandhisguru,andwheneverhefailshetakesituponhimselfthetaskoffindingoutwherehehaserredandwhatmorehehastolearninthatparticularcontext. Anastrologerpredictsfutureeventswiththehelpofthemovingplanets,andthefixedstarsservingastheirback-ground.Astrologyenables him to discover their varying effects and influences onhumanandmundaneaffairs.Asincereastrologerdoesnotallowhisjudgementtobeinfluencedbyoutwardappearances;heweighsandre-weighstheevidenceaffordedbyplanetaryconfigurations;hecarefullymaintainsthedelicatebalanceinhiscriticalassessmentofthatevidence,andhedoesnotignoreorsetasideanyabnormality.Themovingplanetsandthefixedstarsdonotbythemselvescausetheeventsthatareassociatedwiththemtooccur.Alleventsthatunfold expectedly or suddenly for us to experience are actuallybeyond causation and destined to occur. Verily the planets andthestarsdottingtheskyindicatethedestiniesofallhumanbeingswhichdestinieswithoutanyexceptionareguidedbythereasonofanindividual’spresentactionsandreactionsinthecontextofoneormorepreviousexperiences.Theseactionsandreactions,whichare not independent but dependent on the physical self, bind apersontothisworldandshapeindividualandcollectivedestines.Destinyisconnectedwiththeouterphysicalbodythattheresultsof thepreviouskarmasbind,andwhichresultscannotaffect theinnerself.Astrologyunfoldstheresultsofthepreviouskarmasofmanwhom it fore-warns tobe fore-armed.Existence isamatterof science and direct perception, and as Adi Sankara had onceremarkedknowledge isobtainedby investigationandnotby themereacceptanceofassertionsbyothers.Asascienceoftendenciesastrology indicateswhat is likely tohappen, it reveals the futurebutitisnotmeanttopromotefatalisticattitudeofresignationtoapre-determineddestiny, it ismeanttofreetheconfinedspacesofthemindstifledbyignorance,delusionandgreed.Fearisakindofdelusion,andastrology ismeant tomakeone fearlessandbepreparedfortheworst. PredictionsasperHinduAstrology,which is indigenous in itsorigin,arebasedonvariousprinciplesthathadlongagodawnedupon our ancient seers as a result of supernatural divinations.Astrology or Jyotisa is a divine science; it has a set format and

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follows a well-defined methodology but it is not an empiricalsciencebecause itdealswith thepart-less formlessnon-materialentitiessuchasTimeandSpaceinthecontextofCauseandEffect;its prescribed rules cannot be violated. For effecting accuratepredictionstheancientseersdeemedasessentialtheknowledgeoftheexactdeterminationoftheascendantorlagnaatthetimeofbirthorquery,theknowledgeoftheexactpositioningofthenineplanets,theirrelativestrengthandinter-relationship,thenatureofquery and the judicial applicationof various rules andprinciplesof mathematics, astronomy and prognostication. Astrologicalpredictionsgowrongwhenthesefundamentalsareeitherignoredorarecasuallyapplied. In India, it isnotraretoseethePundits,theprofessionalpractitionersofAstrology,makingpredictionsonthebasisoftheRasi-chart(Horoscope)withreferenceonlytothecurrentplanetarydasaandplanetarytransits;theydonotappeartoconducteventherequiredminimumanalysisofthatrasi-chart.Predictionsmadeinthisfashionaremostlyunreliableandinvariablygowrong.Incorrectpredictionsaremadenotduetoanyabsenceofscientificbasis,butonlytothelackofpropercommandofthefacts.Allastrologershavetheirownpercentageoffailures.Manyastrologersareevenseentoapplyalongwith thereadingof thebirth-charts or query-charts entirely different vidyas such as thestudyofthethumbbasedonRavanaSamhita,thiskindofapproachshould be avoided. An astrologer should have a very thoroughknowledgeofinterpretationofhoroscopes.Hereditaryastrologersacquire skill due to generations of cumulative experience. Thereare no short-cuts available for an accurate divinisation of futureevents.Astrologyisnotconsidereddeterministicforitisthehumanmindthatfinallydecideseventhoughallformsofdesirethatthemindprojectsgiverisetopainandpleasurewhichareattherootoftheevolutionofthebrain.Nevertheless,revelationofwhatcausesspecificandsignificantimpactsonallthatexistsrequiresahumanagencyforitsownmanifestation,andtherefore,thathumanagencymustbeatrainedone. HinduAstrologyisbasedontheFixedZodiacandtheNirayanapositionsofplanets.TheNirayanapositionsofplanetsarearrivedatbyfirstlyascertainingtheirSayanapositionsandthensubtractingtheAyanamsafromsuchpositions.TheBhavaSphutas(LongitudeoftheHouses),theRasimanas(ObliqueAscensions)andallother

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calculations are computed for Sayana Rasis or signs and thensubjected to Nirayana reduction. The Ayanamsa or Vishuva, thewordusedinVedangaJyotisa,isthedistancebetweentheHinduFirstpointoftheZodiacandtheVernalEquinox,measuredatanepoch,takingintoaccounttheveryslightrateofPrecessionoftheEquinoxes.TherelevantverseofVedangaJyotisaisalsointerpretedasdescribingthearithmeticalmethodtodeterminetheTithiandParva on the day of the Equinox without the observation of orcomputingthepositionoftheSunandtheMoon.Sincetheexactdatewhenthefixedandthemovablezodiaccoincidedatthefirstpointisnotexactlyknowntheprecessionaldistancevariesfromnineteendegreestotwenty-threedegrees.TheadeptsinHinduastrologybyusing different dates have introduced un-necessary complicationanddoubtswithregardtothetruevalueoftheAyanamsa.Therateofprecessionisonedegreeinabout72yearsoroneDwadasamsain179years,and isgenerally takenasfiftyandone-thirdsecondperannum.Therateofactualprecession is50.2438secondsperannumbutduetoerrorinthelengthofaSiderealYearintheHindutabulationsitis58.68secondsperannum.Itisgenerallypresumedthat theprecession isperpetualbut therearesomewhobelievethattheprecessionisnotperpetualbutoscillatesupto70degreeseithersideoftheFirstpointofAriesinacycleof7200years,andthattherateofprecessionisnotuniform.VedangaJyotisaofLagadhaisbelievedtohaveusedDhanishtaasthefiducialconstellation.Chitranakshatraisusedasthefiducialforthepresentage.TheAyanamsaaddedtotheVernal-pointequals30degrees.Someinsistthatthesixteen-degreewideZodiacisalientoHinduastrologybecausetheancienttextsusetheterm,Rasikootadhruvaorthemeetingpointofallrasis,asreferringtothepolesoftheeclipticwhichare180degrees apart which distance at any givenmoment covers rasisandnakshatrasandtheirparts.Thedimensionsofsignsisnotthesame at all latitudes, and the change in the values of positionalparametersofplanetsduetoachangeintheco-ordinatesdobringaboutachangeinthevargasofoccupancyofplanetsandashiftinthetimingofoperationofdasasandantra-dasas.TheYogatarasareconjunctionstarsandnotthejunctionstars. TheVedicpeoplewhowerefullyconversantwiththenakshatras(RigVeda8.8.5)werealsoconversantwiththetwelverasisorsigns(RigVeda1.164.11,1.164.48)andthefiveplanetsorTara-grahas,

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Mercury,Venus,Mars,JupiterandSaturn(RigVeda1.105.10).Thedivisionofthezodiacintotwenty-sevennakshatrasisanexclusivefeatureofHinduastrology.ThemoreancientHindutextsrefertothenakshatra-wisepositionofplanetswitheachnakshatrasub-dividedintofourormoreparts.Theydonotrefertothesigns.Planetstendto give results of the lords of the nakshatras occupied by them.It is essential to findoutwhether a planet occupies a nakshatrawhichisbeneficandfriendlyandthatthenakshatra-lordisvestedwithrequiredstrength.Aplanet inthesamesignbut indifferentnakshatrabehavesdifferently.Planetsconjoininginthesamesignandsamenakshatraaremoreeffective.Thepointsofthehighestexaltationofplanetsarebasedonthe lordshipofthenakshatrascovering those very particular points as representing their anti-thesis. TheUdu-dasa system isprimarilybasedon thenakshatraoccupiedby theMoonat themomentofbirthorqueryand theeffectsofthedasasandantra-dasasofplanetsalsodependonthequalityofthenakshatrasruledandoccupiedbythedasa-lordsandnotonthesignsandthesub-divisionsofthesignsalone;thenatureandthequalityofthenakshatrasalteraccordingtothenakshatraoccupiedbytheMoon. Timehasbeenvieweddifferentlybydifferentschoolsofthought.Patanjali tells us that time is the fluctuation of consciousness.Theconsciousmindalone isawareoftime.Einstein tellsus thattime is relative to theobserver. Time isperceivedbecause thereareobjects in space and itsmeasurement is not the sameat allplacesintheuniverse.AstrologydealswiththephysicaltimethatisexpressedasSolar,Sidereal,StandardandLocaltime,whichphysicaltimeisprovidedbythespinningoftheearthandhasnoseparateexistencebecauseitisamodeofbeingofconcreteobjectswhichcannotbe reversed.Forallpracticalpurposes the localapparenttimeofrisingandsettingoftheSunistakentobealmostcorrect.The duration of the signs of the zodiac differs from latitude tolatitude;theHinduPanchanga(Ephemeris)usestheCharkhandas(accessionaldifferences)oftheparticularlatitudeforascertainingthatduration.ThehoroscopeiscastonthebasisoftheLocalMeanTime.Panchangafortheplaceofbirthisusuallynotavailable;thebirthtimeisrequiredtobeconvertedintolocaltimeoftheplaceforwhichtheconsultedPanchangahasbeenprepared.Mostoftenthepunditspreparehoroscopeswithouteffectingthisconversionand

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