14th day of the Moon

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Dear members of this list

 

Pranams to everybody.

 

I have read in the Astrological Magazine many years ago a very interesting

comment. As far as my memory goes it goes like this:

 

The Kurus had a very good astrologer whom advised to start the Kuruksetra War

on Amavasya day (New Moon) to make sure of having a victory against the

Pandavas. It was a very good piece of electional astrology in order to

defeat the army lead by Arjuna. Lord Krishna by being as well the Paramatma

in every heart knew about this and therefore He told the Pandavas to follow

Him to the river to offer oblations to the forefathers. The oblations to the

Pitris is done during Amavasya day and not during the 14th day. The Pandavas

knew that it was not the proper time or day for such a ritual but they had

within their hearts all their faith on their cousin, they knew that He had a

plan and they just follow the Lord. On the other side of the battlefield,

the Kurus were observing with amazement that the oblation was being performed

during the 14th tithi. They thought that their own astrologer made a mistake

in calculating the calendar for that month and therefore they were missing a

very good opportunity of starting the War. They knew that they had a very

good astrologer but they knew within their hearts that Krishna is the Supreme

astrologer and therefore they thought that they had to start the war

immediately. And so they did and we know from history that after 18 days of

war, the Kurus lost the Kuruksetra War.

 

According to vedic astrology, works started during the 14th day of the moon

have the propensity to fail and therefore we are supposed to do only routine

jobs or jobs that we have already started previously.

While writing this email I have seen few interruptions and omens and just at

the beginning of the 14th tithi a car alarm went off outside the house. The

Moon is already in Sagittarius putting a lot of pressure on Gemini. People

that have Moon in Gemini or ascendant or planets, they are having a very

energetic time (depending in the planets involved). Now, Gemini has the Sun,

Mars and Mercury and Gemini is in both papa and subhakartari yoga by having

as neighbors, Jupiter and Saturn in Taurus and Venus and Rahu in Cancer, plus

the Moon in Sagittarius for a couple of days. Not wonder that so many people

are having sleepless nights.

 

The 14th day of the Moon (if you have not seen the calendar, started today

at 8:51 GMT and it will end tomorrowat 11:23 GMT. Good look and look for the

omens.

 

Thank you for listening

 

Natabara Das