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March *Light On Vedic Astrology* Newsletter
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In This Issue:
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March 4, 2003
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Why John Kerry Can Beat Bush
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March Printable Ephemeris
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View the "Bush in 30 Seconds" Video Winners
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Newsclip: The Great Epic Tale the "Mahabharata" Proven Historical
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Namaste friends,
Since starting this newsletter several months back I haven't felt inspired to talk about anything political. However it's now clear that the election will be between Kerry and Bush, and I've suddently become intriqued to study their charts. Besides today's my birthday (March forth!) no kidding! and I'm feeling energized to talk about this.
John Kerry: I'm very impressed with Kerry's chart. It shows a natural born leader who is moral, has integrity, and is very intelligent (Sun as 10th lord in the 1st house aspected by ascendant lord Mars and 9th lord Moon giving dharma/karma raja yoga, Jupiter as 2nd and 5th lord is in the 10th aspecting Mercury in the 2nd in Jupiter's sign Sagittarius). He's organized, responsible, broad minded, unyielding and tough (Saturn and Jupiter aspect Mercury in the 2nd, Mars rules ascendant and aspects both Sun and Moon).
George W Bush: Bush does not have the charisma or intelligence of a leader like Kerry (Sun's in the 12th house, Ketu's in the 5th, 12th lord Mercury is on the ascendant, 8th lord Saturn is also in the ascendant). He's religious and moralistic (Jupiter 9th lord conjunct ascendant lord Moon) but is dishonest (Mars in 2nd, and Saturn 8th lord conjunct Mercury). Bush is lucky and gets what he wants easily because of family especially father, friends and social contacts (9th lord Jupiter conjunct Moon who exchanges signs with 3rd lord Mercury, 7th and 11th lords are in ascendant, while Rahu in 11th making all the kama or desire houses predominant).
My sense is that Bush will have a very hard time in a debate with Kerry which Kerry is already pushing for. Kerry is so much more articulate, informed and intelligent then Bush that it will appear like father and child. What Bush has going for him is high powered corporate and financial support.
Kerry's Dasas and Transits: Kerry will be in Mercury-Mercury period till October 2005. This is a strong period for his career overall. Mercury is in the 2nd in Jupiter's sign aspected by Jupiter, the 2nd and 5th lord, from the 10th house. Mercury rules the 11th house giving gains and recognition but also the 8th house which can deny the same. In the Navamsa Mercury is the 9th lord on an angle in the 7th house and is aspected by Venus the 10th lord and 1st lord Saturn exalted in Libra in the 10th house giving a raja yoga which can definitely give rise in status and career in his Mercury period. At the time of the elections in November Jupiter will be aspecting his 9th lord Moon and ascendant lord Mars by transit which can give good luck, public support and rise in power. He will also be in a sub period of Rahu which is in the lucky 9th house and in the 11th house in the Navamsa chart aspected by Jupiter. There's is enough positive aspects to suggest rise in power..
Bush's Dasas and Transits: Bush will be in a Saturn-Jupiter period till 5/16/06 and at the time of the elections will be in a Mercury sub period within Saturn. Saturn is the 7th and 8th lord which is not beneficial for Cancer rising, while Jupiter is the 9th lord and conjuct the ascendant lord Moon. Jupiter period overall will be very beneficial for him and again gives luck and far reaching support. The worst thing for Bush is that he will be suffering some difficult Saturn transits between now and th elections in November. Saturn will first be conjuct his Sun through middle of July. The last time Saturn was conjunct his Sun in fall 2003 he suffered his worst attacks and his public ratings plummeted. This is likely to occur again between now and mid July. This is not good news for the Bush campaign. Then at the time of the elections Saturn will be conjunct his natal Saturn, which is also his mahadasa lord. To have his Saturn return, 8th lord conjuct the 8th lord, within 1 degree at the time of elections cannot be helpful for him.
In the chara dasa system they are both in quite strong periods, but in the vimshottari dasa system combined with transits Kerry is in a stronger period overall. It's not a clear victory for Kerry by any means especially because Bush is in a Jupiter sub period and which is a very strong and lucky period (Jupiter 9th lord conjunct the Moon his ascendant lord). Bush's level of corporate/media campaign support could just be too much for Kerry. In any case, it appears to be a close match and I think it's possible Kerry will again be a surprise and get more support then anyone expected. There's a great deal of reason to have hope for the return of the democrats to the oval office.
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New Delhi, INDIA, February 29, 2004:
Daily Pioneer
For thousands of years, many have believed in the divinity of Shri Krishna. He was the great hero of the "Bhagavad Gita" which is just one story contained in the impressive epic tale the "Mahabharata." But speculations have always been made as to whether Krishna was a historical or mythical character and whether the war of Mahabharata was actually fought.
The Mahabharata (composed between 300 BC and 300 AD) has the honor of being the longest epic in world literature, 100,000 2-line stanzas making it eight times as long as Homer's Iliad and Odyssey together, and over 3 times as long as the Bible.
Up until recently, we did not have the wherewithal to search for and establish the truth. But modern scientific tools and techniques like computers with planetarium softwares, advancements in archaeological and marine archaeological techniques, earth-sensing satellite photography and thermo-luminescence dating methods, all have made it possible to establish the authenticity and dating of many events narrated in ancient texts like the Mahabharata. Recent archaeo- astronomical studies, results of marine-archaeological explorations and overwhelming archaeological evidence have established the historicity and dating of many events narrated in the Mahabharata. These have led to the conclusion that Mahabharata War was actually fought in 1478 BC and Shri Krishna's Dwarka City got submerged under the sea in 1443 BC.
Astronomical Evidence: In the Mahabharata references to sequential solar and lunar eclipses as also references to some celestial observations have been made. Dr RN Iyengar, the great scientist of Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, examined relevant references and searched for the compatible dates by making use of planetarium software (PVIS and EZC). He concluded that most of these references were internally consistent and that the eclipses and celestial observations of Mahabharata belong to the period 1493 BC-1443 BC of Indian History, (refer Indian Journal of History of Science/38.2/2003/77-115).
In the Mahabharata, there are references to three sequential solar eclipses and some other planetary positions. Reference to the first solar eclipse comes in the Sabha Parva (79.29), graphically described by Vidur when Pandavas start their journey to the forest on being banished for 12 years of life in exile and one year of life incognito after they had lost everything in the game of dice. After 13 years of exile and incognito life, the Pandavas returned to Hastinapur and demanded their kingdom back, but Duryodhana refused. Several efforts to prevent war failed and war became imminent.
There is a reference to the second solar eclipse in the Bhisma Parva (3.29), following a lunar eclipse occurring within the same fortnight a few days before the actual war of Mahabharata. These eclipses occurred after 14-15 years of the first solar eclipse The epic also refers to some unfavorable planetary positions between the second solar eclipse and the beginning of the war on Kartika Purnima (Bhisma Parva 3.14 to 3.19). On Kartika Krishna Ashtami, Saturn was near Rohini and Mars was between Jayestha and Anuradha. Twenty two days later, on Kartika Purnima, Saturn was near Rohini, Mars was near Jayestha (probably Uranus) was between Citra and Swati.
Another white planet (possibly Jupiter) had moved from Purva-bhadra to Uttar-bhadra. Reference to the third solar eclipse comes in the Mausala Parva (2.19 to 2.20) occurring in the 36th year of the Mahabharata War. This was visible from the city of Dwarka, which is stated to have been subsequently submerged under the sea. For these observations to be internally consistent, there should have been three solar eclipses within 50 years. The first one and the second one after a gap of 14-15 years should have been visible from Kurukshetra whereas the third solar eclipse should have been visible from Dwarka after 35 years of the second one.
Marine Archaeological explorations around Dwarka: The on-shore and off-shore explorations carried out in and around Dwarka during last 50 years have revealed that Dwarka was a prosperous city in ancient times, which was destroyed and reconstructed several times. The work of great excavators like ZD Ansari and MS Mate and chance discovery of temples of 9th century AD and 1st century AD buried near the present Dwarkadhish Temple, prompted setting up of a Marine Archaeology Centre jointly by the National Institute of Oceanography and the Archaeological Survey of India. A project for marine archaeological explorations in Dwarka was initiated under the dynamic leadership of great marine archaeologist Dr Rao, who has the distinction of being awarded "The World Ship Trust Award" for outstanding research in this field.
Dr Rao's team consisted of expert under-water explorers, trained diver-photographers and archaeologists. The technique of geophysical survey was combined with the use of echo-sounders, mud-penetrators, sub-bottom profilers and under-water metal detectors. This team carried out 12 marine archaeological expeditions between the year 1983 to 1992 AD and articles/antiquities recovered were sent to Physical Research Laboratory for dating. By using thermo- luminescence, carbon dating and other modern scientific techniques, artifacts were found to be belonging to the period 15th to 18th century BC. In his great work, The Lost City of Dwarka, Dr Rao has given scientific details of these discoveries and artifacts.
Conclusions arrived at after carrying out these under-water archaeological explorations support and validate the dates arrived at through astronomical calculations. These also prove that the reconstructed city of Dwarka was a prosperous port town, and that it was in existence for about 60-70 years in the 15th century BC before being submerged under the sea in the year 1443 BC.
Attempts have also been made to determine the year of Mahabharata from the details available in scriptures which include Puranas. When events are unrecorded for quite some time and are passed on to the succeeding generations through Shruti and Smriti, the inaccuracies and myths get mixed with reality on account of differences in the perceptions of different individuals. However, it is for the objective rational individual mind to find out and differentiate fact from fiction. Important information, including the genealogy charts of rulers after Yudhishthira, are available in Srimad Bhagvatam, Matsya Puran and Vayu Purana. On the basis of such evidence, famous historian Lord Cunningham assigned the year 1424 BC to the War of Mahabharata.
Evidences referred to earlier point more to the probability that nobody had come to India from Central Asia or from any other place. In fact, Indo-Aryan kings and warriors had come to Kurukshetra in their war chariots from all over India to participate in the Mahabharata War and that a whole lot of people got killed in that war. The killers as well as the killed, the victors as well as the vanquished, the charioteers as well as the foot soldiers, all were Indians who had already experienced thousands of years of prosperous and advanced civilization. Archaeology also records a continuous indigenous evolution of Vedic civilization going back to 5000 BC at sites like Mehrgarh and Koldi.
It is sad that so far we have not known even a fraction about our ancient civilization and cultural achievements. Detailed factual data in our ancient texts and Sanskrit manuscripts is beckoning us to carry out further research. By making use of modern scientific instruments and techniques we must discover the true facts about our ancient past. If we do, we may be able to gather supportive evidences to reassert that ours was the oldest civilization in the world and that our ancestors, the Vedic Aryans, had travelled from India to various parts of Asia and Europe to spread our knowledge, civilization and culture. When this is recorded we would be able to hold our heads higher and be able to take on the future with greater confidence.
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