Working my way through the SJVC lessons - Lesson 1

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Dear Members and Gurus,

 

I have been interested in astrology for quite some years now - but it has more

been a passive interest. Over the last few months, the receipt of some books as

a present and the current availability of time (between jobs) has led to me

having more time to be a more serious student of astrology.

 

I am in the process of working my way through the SJVC lessons sequentially and

would request any honoured members / Gurus to point me towards solutions to the

open queries and have a scan of my answers to the questions posed at the end of

my lessons.

 

Kind regards

SS.

 

Open Questions after Lesson 1

I have some open questions after the first lesson and would love to get thoughts

from the Gurus on these topics. As well as any feedback on the answers.

a) What are the ratios of subdivision of vikalas into para, paratpara and

tatpara? Are they relevant in astrological predictions at all? (1/150 is the

most I have heard)

b) The Ayanamsa changes every year. Does the ayanamsa input going into Chart

software like JHD refer to a particular point in time? If so when? Also, do

they change the ayanamsa according to the date of birth (ie daily) or as per

year of birth (i.e. once a year adjust by 50 odd seconds)?

c) The Rasi Chakra splits a 360 degree year into a 12 sign (equal assumed)

period. How do we manage the Solar year of approx 365 days? Does the Sun come

back to the same Degree at the end of 1 year on my Rasi chart ? If so, is the

Sun moving a bit less than a degree a day? How is that decided when drawing up

the charts?

Answers to Questions posed

1. As the declination of the Sun changes relative to the Earth, the energy it

passes to any given point on the Earth changes. After the Vernal equinox, as

the Sun moves from the Southern declinations to Northern Declinations, for a

particular point in the Northern Hemisphere, there is more Sunlight available

on any given day - leading to the Summer season when there is more energy

available to that point . Similarly, there is lesser Sunlight available to any

point in the Southern Hemisphere hence the Winter Season.

As the Sun moves from Northern to Southern declinations, the above changes and

that brings about the changes of weather from Summer to Winter and vice versa.

I found it easy to visualise using a small ball and a torch as a source of

light. The torch (if held) at the Equator level, leads to equal Nights and day

at all points but when moved up (Northern Declinations) relative to the plane

of the equator, provides light to a hemisphere whose shadow plane (the plane

that splits the dark and bright sides) is orthogonal (perpendicular) to the

source of light and not orthogonal to the equator.

Given that the Earth (the ball in my example) spins on its Equatorial plane, for

any point above the equator, there is more time period when light is visible (as

compared to when the light is at equatorial level - at equinoxes) when the

source is at a Northern declination. The same translates to lesser time for

points below the equator and hence Wintry conditions.

2. When the Sun is nearer to the solstice (Highest or Lowest declination), the

angle of the shadow plane is extreme relative to the equator and there will be

some points on earth (near the extremities - closer to the poles) that never

leave the shadow zone or never leave the light zone - creating the phenomenon

of the never rising or never setting sun respectively.

3. To measure the position of any entity in the celestial sky, there needs to

be an agreed measurement system. The non-moving bodies provide the framework

against which any entity in the sky is measured. The moving bodies provide the

main components of the delineation of astrological differences.

I guess, the moving bodies are closer to the Earth and hence provide a greater

influence on the day to day happenings of us beings on Earth while the

non-moving bodies being millions of light years away from Earth have a

relatively miniscule influence and hence for all intents and purposes can be

deemed to be benign (in terms of astrological influence) to the human body.

4. A copy of my chart from JHD is attached.

a) Terrestrial Latitude and Longitude: 13 N 04 ; 80 E 17

My location of Birth, Madras, India is about 13 Degrees North of the equator and

is 80 degrees due East of Greenwich (0 degree of Longitude)

b) Season: Taking Aries Zero degree as the Vernal equinox, the Sun should be

somewhere near its highest positive (southern) declination - in the 10th house

- depths of Winter in the Northern Hemisphere.

c) Sun's Cycle: As in (b) above, given that the Sun is in the Southern Hemisphere (Dakshin-ayana)

d) Sunrise: The chart marks Sunrise on that day at 6:35am. Typically the

Ascendant matches the Sun at Sunrise and moves approx 1 house clockwise every 2

hours. So I must have been born between 10:35 and 12:35 approx, as is borne out

by the time of birth for my location.

e) Given that the Ascendant delineates the Eastern Horizon, all planets

(anticlockwise) to the left of Asc for 180 degrees from Asc house are above the

horizon and all planets between the Asc and 180 degrees from Asc clockwise are

below. Hence Moon is the only planet below the horizon on my chart - all others

are above. Regarding Saturn, in the same house as Asc, given that its degree is

higher than Asc, I would assume that it has gone just below the horizon.

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