Vedic Astrology Part III

The real path of the earth around the Sun is called the

Ecliptic.

9 degrees to either side of the Ecliptic is a belt of the

Heavens known as the Zodiac. ( Dante called it the Oblique

Line that beareth all planets).

First 30 degrees of the Zodiac constitute the sign of Aries.

The next 30 degrees Taurus and so on. The Zodiac counted

from the first degree of Aries to the 360th degree of

Pisces is called the Tropical Zodiac.

The Limbs of the Tropical Zodiac

Sign Degrees

Aries 00 - 30 Taurus 30 - 60 Gemini 60 - 90 Cancer 90 - 120

Leo 120 -150 Virgo 150 -180 Libra 180 -210 Scorpio 210 -240

Sagittarius 240 -270 Capricorn 270- 300 Aquarius 300 -330

Pisces 330 -360

These 12 signs are the limbs of the Cosmic Man or Time

Eternal ( Kalapurusha- The Almighty Self as Time )

Aries is His head, Taurus His face, Gemini His neck, Cancer

His heart, Leo the place beneath, Virgo His belly, Libra

His generative organs, Scorpio the place beneath,

Sagittarius His upper thigh, Capricorn his lower thigh,

Aquarius His leg and Pisces His feet !

The Zodiac is tenanted by 27 constellations each of them

spread over an arc of 13 degrees 20 minutes. The Zodiac

counted from the first degree of Beta Arietis ( Aswini) to

the 360th degree of Zeta Piscium ( Revathi) is known as the

Sidereal Zodiac.

Western Astrology is based on the Tropical Zodiac and the

Vedic on the Sidereal.

The Portfolios of Planets

In the celestial Government of the Almighty, the Sun is the

King and Moon is the Queen! Mars, the Defense Minister,

Mercury, the Prince, Venus & Jupiter the Ministers and

Saturn is the messenger!

The Sun represents the Soul of the Cosmic Man The Moon

Mind Mars Physical Strength Mercury Speech Jupiter

Happiness Learning & Wisdom Venus The Libido Saturn

Sorrow

English Literature & Astrology

Homer referred to the mighty Orion. Cicero assigned divinity

to the stars. The great philosopher Origen believed that

the stars and the constellations were signs through which

the Omnipotent Divine exerted His malevolent or benevolent

Will. Dante was an astrologer like Newton, Bacon,

Nostradamus, Companus, Paracelsus and others. To Dante,

Astrology was the noblest of all sciences. Dante drew a

parallel between the seven liberal arts and the seven

planets in his Convivio. He gave grammar to the Moon &

Dialectic to Mercury. Shakespeare referred to the

"operations of the orbs by whom we doth exist and cease to

be ". Christopher Marlowe referred to the place where "

Mars did mate the Carthiginians"!

Count Louis Hamon ( Cheiro ) declared that the message

boldly blazoned across the heavens ( the positions of the

planets ) represented the Universal Will & that the

precession of the Equinoxes ( 25,920 years - 360 degrees )

was so beautifully calculated by the Great Geometrician of

the Universe & that all biological processes obey the

divine order of the celestial bodies and this is expressed

in the prayer we were taught long ago " Thy Will be done,

as in Heaven, so on earth".!

When Pythagorus discoverd the Correspondence between the

Nine revolving heavens and the nine numbers,

Astro-Numerology was born.

When the Indian Seers discovered the Correspondence between

the Nine gems and the Nine planets, Astro_Gemology was

born.

Astrology as related to Yoga.

Correspondences - In Dante's Cosmology

The Seven cardinal virtues were represented by the seven

planets in Dante's Divina Commedia.

Jupiter Justitia Justice

Saturn Temperantia Temperance

Mars Fortitudo Fortitude

Sun Prudentia Prudence

Venus Gnosis Knowledge

Mercury Sophia Wisdom

Moon Understanding