Signification of Houses in Astrology

Concerning the body, the significations of each house generally correspond to the significations of the equivalent sign of the zodiac in seriatim i.e. whenever we want to examine the condition of any part of the body, the concerned house and the same number of sign should both be examined. Afflictions to houses likewise cause diseases of the connected parts.

Three Qualities of Zodiac Signs

Each sign relates to one of the three major qualities, called in Western astrology "Cardinal," "Fixed," and "Mutable." In Sanskrit they are called Chara, "active," Sthira, firm or "immovable" and Dwiswabhava, dual or "both natured". These qualities relate to the manner whereby the individual directs his or her energy in life and is often reflected in the nature of the character. These qualities are much like positive (Cardinal), neutral (Fixed), and negative (Mutable) electrical charges. No quality is necessarily better or worse than the others. However, each has its energetic pattern and its characteristic imbalances that an individual dominated by it must master.

Aspects and Relationships of Planets in Astrology

 

In astrology, Relationship is an angle the planets make to each other in the  horoscope, and also to the ascendant, midheaven, descendant, lower mid- heaven, and       other       points       of            astrological interest. Those      aspects        are      between     0     deg.   and    180 deg. i.e. between   the    conjunction    and    the opposition   with   a   specific     geometry    based    upon    the   division   of    Circle   or   Sections    in    numbers,  respectively.

Relationships are measured by the angular distance in degrees and minutes of ecliptic longitude between two points, as viewed from Earth. According to astrological tradition, they indicate the timing of transitions and develop- mental changes in the lives of people and affairs relative to the Earth.

As an example, if an astrologer creates a horoscope that shows the apparent positions of the celestial bodies at the time of a person's birth (a natal chart), and the angular distance between Mars and Venus is 92° of arc, the chart is said to have the aspect "Venus square Mars" with an orb of 2° (i.e., it is 2° away from being an exact square; a square is a 90° aspect). The more exact that a relationship is, the stronger or more dominant it is said to be in shaping character or manifesting change.

Argala - Intervention from Planets

i. Formation of Argala:

  Lords / Planets in the fourth, second and eleventh cause Argalas, while obstructors of   t   the Argala will be those in the tenth, twelfth and third from a sec- tion or a Lord or Planet. If the Argala causing Planet is stronger than the obstructing one, the former will prevail. Or, if the number of Argalas is more than the obstructing Planets, then also the Argala will prevail. If there are three or more malefics in the third they will cause opposite Argala (more effective intervention), which will also be harmless and be very favourable. The fifth is also an Argala place, while the Planet in the ninth will counteract such Argala. As Rahu and Ketu have retrograde motions, the Argalas and obstructions be also counted accordingly in a reverse manner. The Argala, caused by one Plan- et, will yield limited effect, by two medium and by more than two, excellent effects. Argalas should be counted from a Sign or a Planet, as the case may be. The Argala, which is unobstructed, will be fruitful, while the one duly obstructed will go astray. The Argala effects will be derived in the Dasha periods of the Sign, or Planet concerned. 

ii. The Argala, caused by placement of a planet in the first one fourth part of the Sign, is countered by another, placed in the fourth quarter of the respective obstructive Sign. Similarly second quarter’s Argala is eliminated by the third quarter placement of another Planet. 

iii. Argala Effects:

  Should there be Argala for the Arudh Quarter, for the natal Ascendant and for the seventh from both, the native will be famous and  fortunate. 

A malefic, or a benefic, causing unobstructed Argala, giving a aspect to ascendant will make one famous. Similarly a malefic, or a benefic, causing unobstructed Argala, giving aspect to second section denotes acquisition of wealth and grains, to Third Section happiness from co–born, to First Section residences, quadrupeds and relatives, to Fifth Section sons, grandsons and intelligence, to Sixth Section fear from enemies, to Seventh Section abundant wealth and marital happiness, to Eighth Section difficulties, to Ninth Section fortunes, to Tenth Section royal honour, to Eleventh Section gains and to Twelfth Section expenses. The Argala by benefics will give various kinds of happiness, while benefic effects will be meddling with malefic Argalas. Argala by both benefics and malefics will yield results. 

iv. Argala can be by a malefic with reference to a benefic, so that the native does not enjoy good effects, due to the benefic. This is malefic Argala. If the Argala is eliminated by a benefic, or a malefic, then the first mentioned benefic will be at liberty to act, according to his own disposition. 

v. Should there be (unobstructed) Argala for First, Fifth or Ninth Section, the native will doubtlessly become a king and fortunate. 

A Brief History on Origin of Astrology

Astrology literally means the study (or science, depending on how one translates the Greek word logos) of the stars (astron).

The first sun sign column appeared in England in 1930 after the birth of Princess Margaret. R.H. Naylor wrote an astrological profile of the newborn princess in the London Daily Express.

Ancient Astrology in Mesopotamia:

Mesopotamian civilisation started to come into being around 4000 BC in the region now occupied by Iraq. Commonly referred to as "the cradle of civilisation", the cultures that flourished here gave birth to the Judeao-Christian tradition that has lasted into the present day. The first inhabitants of the region were the Sumerians who developed the earliest known form of writing, cuneiform. Cuneiform tablets became the principal method of record keeping throughout the Mesopotamian period and our primary source of information about ancient astrology. The Sumerians were interested in divination and astronomy, and their mathematics is said to have been as sophisticated as the mathematics of 17th century Europe. It is thought that the merging of these three sciences took place around about 2000 BC and laid the foundation of a structured astrological system. The earliest known astrology texts we have are the Enuma Anu Enlil, a series of some 7000 omens on 70 tablets, and the Venus Tablet of Amisaduqa. The Enuma Anu Enlil dates from the 8th century BC and contains older material such as the Venus Tablet, which is thought to have been written during the reign of the Babylonian king, Amisaduqa, c 1600 BC.

The first known personal horoscope is dated by A. Sachs to April 29, 410 BC. This horoscope was fairly rudimentary, comprising the planets into the constellations. The first use of planetary ephemerides is dated from 308 BC, and in 4 BC the Ascendant (rising sign) and the houses were first used.

Astrology in Egypt:

It was not until Alexander the Great invaded Egypt in 332 BC that astrology became part of Egyptian culture. Alexander is attributed with the spread of astrology to Egypt and India. He is known to have consulted astrologers and to have them counted among his entourage during his campaigns. Alexander is responsible for the cross fertilisation of Greek, Persian, Mesopotamian and Indian astrologists.

Astrology in Classical Greece:

The earliest mention of astronomy in Greece is by Hesiod in his poem Works and Days 750 BC.

Pythagoras introduced the idea that the human being was a microcosm, a minature universe reflecting the macrocosm, the universe as a whole. Plato supported this idea and mentions astrology in his Timaeus.

Hippocrates stated "A physician who has no knowledge of astrology has no right to call himself a physician". Hipparchus discovered the precession of the equinoxes in the 2nd century BC, and laid the foundation for the development of the tropical zodiac.

The most famous astrologer of antiquity is Claudius Ptolemy c 100 AD. A Greek, Ptolemy lived in Alexandria during the Roman occupation of the city. He is remembered in history for his two great works on astronomy and astrology, the Algamest and the Tetrabiblos respectively.

The Tetrabiblos became the standard astrological text of the Arabs and the European astrologers until the 17th century, and his earth-centered Ptolemaic universe the astronomical model until Copernicus established that the Sun is at the centre of the solar system.

Astrology During the Roman Empire:

Legend has it that astrology was brought to the Romans in the 2nd century BC by the slave Antiochus. The early Roman astrologers were commonly referred to as Chaldeans, as it was the Chaldeans coming into the Empire that promoted and practised the art.

Caesar Augustus had his Moon sign, Capricorn, minted onto coins.

Tiberius was an accomplished astrologer, as were Hadrian and Domitian later. The major astrological figure of the Roman era was Julius Firmicus Maternus, an astrologer, lawyer and Christian. Firmicus lived in the 4th century AD and is notable for spanning the divide between Christian and pagan thought. His masterwork, the Mathesis, is a practical textbook of astrology. The decline of the Roman Empire after the sacking of Rome by the Goths in 410 AD began the decline of European Scholarship.

Astrology in the Arab World:

Learning and astrology were virtually in a state of suspension during the Dark Ages in Europe. The centre of learning shifted to the Islamic states of the Middle East, and was fostered during the Arabic expansionism of the 7th and 8th centuries. The Arabian Empire ranged from the Middle East to China, India, France, Spain and North Africa. The Arabs were able to appreciate the culture and knowledge of the civilisations they had conquered and they were seized by a desire to understand and develop the mathematics, astronomy and astrology of the Greeks.

Medieval and Renaissance Astrology:

The resurgence of astrology in Europe can be traced to an English monk by the name of Alcuin (born 735 AD). Alcuin received the patronage of Charlemagne who brought him to France and had him set up the first great Medieval school at the Abbey of Saint Martin near Tours. Among the subjects he taught was astrology and, under his tutelage, Charlemagne himself became a competent astrologer.

Roger Bacon (1214? - 1294), one of the greatest thinkers of all time, was a skilled astrologer whose encyclopaedic knowledge embraced philosophy, science, mathematics, physics and geometry was convinced the planets influenced human behaviour.

One of the most important figures of 13^th century astrology was Guido Bonatti, professor of astrology at the University of Bologna. Bonatti's Liber Astronomiae is one of the most important astrological texts of all time. He made his living as an astrological military adviser to Count Guido de Montefeltro.

In the 15th century Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463-1494) launched an attack against astrology deeming it unscientific.

Queen Catherine de Medici was patron to the most famous astrologer of all time, Michel Nostradamus (1503-1566). Elizabeth I in England employed John Dee (1527-1608). A colourful personality, for his life in and outside of astrology, Dee has the distinction of successfully electing the most fortuitous time for Elizabeth's coronation.

William Lilly (1602 - 1681), the last of the great European astrologers, predicted the Great Fire of London fourteen years before the event and drew up war charts for the Royalists and the Parliamentarians. In his heyday, Lilly was seeing 2000 clients a year. Famous scientists of this period who were also astrologers were Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler and Galileo.

John Flamsteed (1649 - 1719), the first Astronomer Royal, used astrology to elect the best time to found the sacred heart of modern astronomy, the Royal Observatory at Greenwich.

20th century astrology owes its revival to William Frederick Allen, commonly known as Alan Leo (1860 - 1917). A Theosophist, Leo ran a successful postal horoscope service, he wrote numerous books and founded the Astrological Lodge of the Theosophical Society in London in 1917.

By World War II astrology was well established in Germany through the efforts of Alfred Witte and Reinhold Ebertin and their followers.

Nations Under the Influence of Zodiac Signs

Even particular Zodiac Sign ruling specific regions which may be city or town or whole of a country, it is necessary to know first about the Ascendant before going through the effects of Transiting Planets on the Countries which is prepared based on entry of Sun in a Sign.

Retrograde motion of Planets on Our Life

Horoscopes are drawn and analyzed on the basis of astronomical speed of planets. Some horoscopes indicate “Retro Planet” if the planet is going back. 

In real cosmic setup no planet moves “backward” or even “slow down” in its orbit. So retrogression is termed as an “apparent” phenomenon. 

Retrograde-station-direct cycles are essentially illusions from Earth’s point of view. This is because the Earth is also orbiting around Sun with a different speed. Men on Earth do not feel the speed of Earth and feels that other planet is going back.

There are 8 types of motions to the 5 Visible Planets (The two luminaries have always Direct motion and the two Shadow planets have always retrograde motion) The eight types of planetary motions are: Astangata, Ruju (Direct), Sheeghra, Ati Sheeghra, Manda, Vakra, Ati Vakra, Sthambhana 

60 Telugu New Years and their Results

Telugu New Year begins with Chaitra Masa (Month) Shukla Padyami (Tithi) and ends with Phalguna Masa (Month) Bahula Amavasya (Tithi).

Samvatsara is a Sanskrit term for "year". In Hindu tradition, there are 60 Samvatsaras, each of which has a name. Once all 60 samvatsaras are over, the cycle starts over again. The sixty Samvatsaras are divided into 3 groups of 20 Samvatsaras each. The first 20 from Prabhava to Vyaya are attributed to Brahma. 

The next 20 from Sarvajit to Parabhava to Vishnu & the last 20 to Shiva.

There are sixty Sanvatsaras in all, which are as under:

1) PRABHAVA: A person born in this Sanvatsara accumulates everything. He enjoys every worldly pleasure, is gifted with children, intelligence etc.

2) VIBHAVA: A person born in this Sanvatsara enjoys every worldly pleasure, is beautiful or

handsome, an artist, the superior person in his family and clan, a learned man and humble.

3) SHUKLA: A person in this Sanvatsara is happy, simpleton, blessed with the pleasure of having a nice wife and sons, rich, fortunate, a learned man and humble.

4) PRAMODA: A person born in this Sanvatsara is generous and charitable, endowed with beauty, believer of truth, has tremendous qualities, has a helpful nature and efficient in all faculties and is proud.

5) PRAJAPATI: A person born in this Sanvatsara is kind, a carrier of his family's traditions, humble, and worshipper of deities and Brahmana.

6) ANGEERA: A person born in this Sanvatsara is endowed with beauty and happiness. Fortunate, friendly, has many sons, conceals his thoughts and enjoys a long life.

7) SHREEMUKHA: Has knowledge of the sacred books and scriptures, intelligent, powerful and famous.

8) BHAVA: The person is generous at heart, famous, has tremendous qualities, is charitable, jolly and lovable.

9) YUVA: is tall, of serious nature, believes in charity, intelligent, contented and lives a long life.

10) DHATRI: is a possessor of many good qualities, respects his teachers, expert in arts and crafts, has knowledge of the scriptures and is kind in nature.

11) ISHVARA: A person born in this Sanvatsara loses his temper quickly. But generally happy, efficient and gentle.

12) BAHUDHAANYA: Is clever in business and Trade, receives favour from the powerful people, has knowledge of scriptures, charitable and rich.

13) PRAMAATHEE: A person born in this Sanvatsara possesses royal signs, vehicles, has knowledge of scriptures, a defeater of his enemies, is a politician.

14) VIKRAMA: is of violent nature and accomplisher of difficult tasks, is brave.

15) VRISHA: 'Blows his own trumpet', possesses deplorable traits, keeps company of bad and mean people, is dirty and lazy.

16) CHITRABHANU: A person born in this Sanvatsara loves a variety of clothes and

fragrances,fulfills his desires and is kind.

17) SUBHANU: has curly hair, kind-hearted, blessed with beauty, defeats his enemies and is rich.

18) TAARAN: Cunning, brave but restless, has knowledge of arts, cruel. Does deplorable acts, enjoys pleasures but is poor.

19) PAARTHIVA: Religious minded, has expertise in the scriptures and arts, runs after worldly pleasures.

20) VYAHA: Aspires for happiness and comforts, an addict, a debtor, restless spends recklessly.

21) SARVAJEETA: gets respect from the powerful people, enthusiastic, pious, has a huge body and is a defeator of his enemy.

22) SARVADHAARI: A person born in this Sanvatsara has many servants in his service, is always in the pursuit of pleasures, possesses beauty, loves sweets, is patient and honourable.

23) VIRODHEE: A person in this Sanvatsara is a lecturer, lives in foreign countries far awayfrom his family, quarrels with his friends.

24) VIKRITI: Poor, horrible physical appearance, lacks intelligence and cunning.

25) KHARA: A man born in this Sanvatsara is lustful, has a filthy body, has a rough nature

and talks unnecessarily. He is also shameless.

26) NANDANA: A person born in this Sanvatsara does social services like digging ponds, wells etc., is charitable, pious and has a happy family.

27) VIJAYA: A person born in this Sanvatsara is brave, gentle, an orator, kind hearted, charitable and a defeater of his enemies.

28) JAYA: A person born in this Sanvatsara gets respect and honour from the common people, destroyer of his enemies, has expertise in the knowledge of scriptures and is attracted to sensual pleasures.

29) MANMATHA: Lover of ornaments, sensualist, speaker of truth, loves songs and dance and is in pursuit of worldly pleasures.

30) DURMUKHA: A person born in this Sanvatsara is cruel. Mean-minded, greedy and with bad habits and practices.

31) HEMALAMBA: A person born in this Sanvatsara possesses great looks, vehicles, is rich. He has a happy and contented family life, and an accumulator of things.

32) VILAMBA NAAM: A person born in this Sanvatsara is cunning, greedy, lazy phlegmatic, weak and a believer in destiny.

33) VIKAARI: A person born in this Sanvatsara is full of prejudice but he is also a master of arts, restless, cunning, very talkative and does not trust his friends.

34) SHAARVARI: A person born in this Sanvatsara is expert in buying and selling, is repelled by those friends who are in pursuit of pleasures and is studious.

35) PLAVA: A person born in this Sanvatsara is lusty, conceals his thoughts and restless.

36) SHUBHAKRITA: A person born in this Sanvatsara is very fortunate, humble and possesses knowledge. He enjoys a long life on account of his pure and pious activities and is rich.

37) SHOBHAKRITA: A person born in this Sanvatsara is well advanced in every faculty, possesses an auspicious quality, is kind, endowed with beauty and is efficient.

38) KRODHI: A person in this Sanvatsara is of cruel nature, loved by women, obstructs other's work.

39) VISHVAVASU: A person born in this Sanvatsara is blessed with a beuatiful wife and obedient sons. He is generous, patient, loves sweetmeats and possesses many qualities.

40) PARAABHAVA: If a person is born in this Sanvatsara, he is an accumulator of little to moderate wealth, talks bitterly about others and is mannerless.

41) PLAVANGA: A person born in this Sanvatsara is restless in nature, has a weak body, is cunning and inclined to bad actions.

42) KEELAK SANVATSAR: A person born in this Sanvatsara is of mediocre appearance.

He talks sweetly and is kind. He also has well developed forehead.

43) SAUMYA: A person born in this Sanvatsara is learned, rich, pious, has reverence towards the deities and is hospitable to guests, but possesses a weak body.

44) SAADHARANA: A person born in this Sanvatsara likes travelling, is efficient in writing, discriminative and has excess of anger. But he is also pious and is free from sensual pleasures.

45) VIRODHAKRITA: A person born in this Sanvatsara is short tempered and disobeys his father.

46) PARIDHAVEE: A person born in this Sanvatsara is a learned man with a kind heart. He has a command over the arts. He is intelligent and achieves success in Business.

47) PRAMADI: A person born in this Sanvatsara is wicked, proud, quarrels a lot, greedy, poor, possesses little intelligence and performs mean deeds.

48) ANANDA: If a person is born in this Sanvatsara, he has more than one wife, clever, efficient in his occupation, has obedient sons, has sense of indebtedness and is charitable.

49) RAKSHASA: A person born in this Sanvatsara is cruel, commits bad and destructive deeds, quarrelsome, greedy, poor, has little intelligence and mean.

50) ANALA (Nala): A person born in this Sanvatsara is intelligent, strikes riches in the business of aquatic things, clever in farming work and commerce, is a supporter and patron of many people inspite of having meagre wealth.

51) PINGALA(Vimala): A person born in this Sanvatsara has yellowish eyes, commits mean deeds, has unsteady wealth, charitable but talks bitterly.

52) KAALAYUKTA: A person born in this Sanvatsara is a useless teacher, is wickedly intelligent, unfortunate and quarrelsome.

53) SIDDHARTHEE: A person born in this Sanvatsara is generous, jolly, a winner, endowed with beauty, respectable, rich and capable.

54) RAUDRA: A person born in this Sanvatsara has a horrible appearance, an animal rearer, criticizes others.

55) DURMATI: A person born in this Sanvatsara is of the belief that whatever he does is right; others are wrong. Hence, he remains most of the time unhappy, lusty, engaged in

irreligious activities and unintelligent.

56) DUNDUBHI: A person born in this Sanvatsara gets honour and respect from authorities, has all the comforts in life, owns house, vehicle etc., loves fine arts.

57) RUDHIRODGAARI: A person born in this Sanvatsara possesses red eyes, has a weak body because of frequent suffering from jaundice, has excessive anger, has disfigured nails and faces the danger of an attack by weapons.

58) RAKTAKSHI: A person born in this Sanvatsara has a natural tendency towards virtuous actions and religious activities, lusty, is jealous of other’s success and suffers from diseases.

59) KRODHANA: A person born in this Sanvatsara is an obstructer of other’s work, causes confusion, etc.

60) KSHAYA: A person born in this Sanvatsara is a squanderer of accumulated wealth, believes in serving others, has a strong heart and little inclination towards virtuous actions.

English Year	Telugu Name of the Year	Outcomes
1987	Prabhava	Public Happiness
1988	Vibhava	Good Health and Wealth
1989	Shukla	Material Enjoyment
1990	Pramodam	Disease infest
1991	Prajapathi	Arose of Leaders
1992	Angira	Improving Rice production
1993	Shri Mukha	Improving Paddy Cultivaion
1994	Bhava	Kingship
1995	Yuva	Carnatic desires
1996	Dhata	Fearless
1997	Eeshawar	Delight
1998	Bahudhanya	Granary cultivation growth
1999	Pramadhi	Fear from Enemies
2000	Vikrama	Games of Throne
2001	Vrusha	Abundance of everything
2002	Chitrabhanu	Natural disaster
2003	Subhanu	Fruit cultivation growth
2004	Tarana	Sea Journeys
2005	Parthava	Hurricane
2006	Vyaya	Expenditure
2007	Sarvajith	Arrogance
2008	Sarvadhari	Excitement
2009	Virodhi	Wars in the Sky
2010	Vikruthi	Proud of Traitors
2011	Khara	World Wars
2012	Nandana	Economical growth
2013	Vijaya	Growth of Crops
2014	Jaya	Equal status
2015	Manmadha	Pleasures
2016	Dhurmukha	Fire accidents
2017	Hemalamba	Inflation
2018	Vilamba	Sickness
2019	Vikari	Aqua
2020	Sharvari	Expansion
2021	Plava	Festive seasons
2022	Shubakruth	Friendliness
2023	Shobana	Property achievement
2024	Krodhi	Illness
2025	Vishvavasu	Greed & Theft
2026	Parabhava	Insult
2027	Plavanga	Contagious diseases
2028	Keelaka	Enemity
2029	Soumya	Seasonal pests
2030	Sadharana	Bliss
2031	Virodhkruth	Political war
2032	Paridhavi	Communicable diseases
2033	Pramodhi	Melancholy
2034	Ananda	High Spirit Merriment
2035	Rakshasa	Wars among equals
2036	Anala	Fire accidents
2037	Pingala	Tornados
2038	Kalayukti	Joyfulness
2039	Sidharthi	Growth of Crops
2040	Roudhra	Turbulence
2041	Durmati	Trepidation
2042	Dhumdhubi	disaster in Eastern Countries
2043	Rudhirodhgari	Sickness
2044	Rakthakshi	Development schemes
2045	Krodhana	Provokness
2046	Akshaya	Destruction