Neptune and Uranus

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Astro Vedica:

 

" At this point, it is probably appropriate to point out that Vedic

astrology does not consider the outer planets Uranus, Neptune or

Pluto. This does not mean that they were unknown to the Vedic sages.

In the Mahabharata, a reference is made to a planet called Sweta and

another planet called Mahapata, which are Neptune and Uranus,

respectively. After all, the Vedic sages were definitely aware of

the magnetic nodes, which don't have physical form, what to speak of

those outer gas giants. Keep in mind that the knowledge available to

the Vedic sages was not simply empiric; the source of their knowledge

was introspection. Their lives were guided by the Supersoul to whom

they were receptive because of their purity.

 

It seems apparent, however, that the sages didn't deem the influence

of those planets to be substantial enough to warrant inclusion in the

astrological scheme of things. Some things can only be understood

through the disciplic succession because they aren't readily

perceived by empiric means. We don't know exactly why the sages

didn't include the outer planets in their astrological scheme; we

don't know what their reasoning was. Were we to speculate on possible

logical explanations, it could simply be that those planets are too

far away to be influential. There is an invisible barrier around the

solar system, which is referred to in the Vedic literature as the

Loka-loka mountains. It is basically demarcated by the orbit of

Saturn. The planets with Loka-loka are deemed to be illuminating and

the ones outside of it not so. Maybe this has something to do with

their exclusion from the scheme of Vedic astrology.

 

In the case of Pluto, it could even be that this planet is simply too

small to have any effect. Modern astronomers inform us that Pluto is

only a few hundred kilometers across, merely the size of many

asteroids. There is even agitation within the astronomical community

to strip from Pluto its status as a planet, primarily for this

reason. And it is so far away! As such, is it likely to influence

human affairs as a planet? The point is that when we go outside the

framework of knowledge given to us by the sages we are subject to

error because of the imperfect nature of empiric processes, such as

our very sense perception. The sages have given us a very functional

system of astrology, so why tinker with it? "

 

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