(4) Ucche, Swakshetra and Moolatrikona

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Dear Nitin, Namaskar,

Thank you very much for that. It has further fuelled my

interest. It is truly humbling to see the depth of

inter-relatedness and beauty that permeates Jyotish (and indeed

everything else).

With reverence to the Gurus,

Samir

At 12:00 11/03/2005, you wrote:

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, "Nitin" <sjvc@j...>

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Dear Samir and List Members, Namaskaar.

I wanted to share with you something I found in Sarvath Chintamani

(earlier chapters) on the classified exaltation / debilitation of the

planets.

Sage Parasara has also pointed out certain degrees, and hence, lead

the reader into studying the Nakshatras further…

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BPHS (English) Translation:

Ch. 3. Grah Characters and Description

49-50. Exaltation and Debilitation. For the seven Grahas, from

Sūrya on, the exaltation Rashis are, respectively, Mesh,

Vrishabh, Makar, Kanya, Kark, Meen and Tula. The deepest exaltation

degrees are, respectively, 10, 3, 28, 15, 5, 27 and 20 in those

Rashis. And in the seventh Rashi from the said exaltation Rashi each

Grah has its own debilitation. The same degrees of deep exaltation

apply to deep fall.

51-54. Additional Dignities. In Simh the first 20 degrees are

Sūrya's Mooltrikon, while the rest is his own Bhava. After the

first 3 degrees of exaltation portion in Vrishabh, for Candr, the

rest is her Mooltrikon. Mangal has the first 12 degrees in Mesh, as

Mooltrikon with the rest therein becoming simply his own Bhava. For

Budh, in Kanya the first 15 degrees are exaltation zone, the next 5

degrees Mooltrikon and the last 10 degrees are own Bhava. The first

one third of Dhanu is the Mooltrikon of Guru, while the remaining

part thereof is his own Bhava. Śukr divides Tula into two halves

keeping the first, as Mooltrikon and the second, as own Bhava.

Śani's arrangements are same in Kumbh, as Sūrya has in

Simh.

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Hope some of this helps.

Best wishes and warm regards,

Nitin.

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Dear List Members, Namaskaar.

Here is what I also found in Vyankatesh Sharma's "Sarvath

Chintamani,"

as translated into English by J.N. Bhasin (Sagar Publications, 2002

Reprint). S.S. Sareen did some editing for the publication.

Thank you Chandrashekhar Ji for guiding me here.

(I did not look in the further chapters. Just offering Tarun and

others another thought, and remaining reflective, myself…)

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Chapter 1

Translator's Note

"A question may be raised as to why a particular Planet gets

exalted in a particular sign an degree. So far as we are aware no

Author as answered this question. We, however, think that this

can be explained on the basis of spirituality to which astrology

owes all allegiance being its main limb. The 10th degree of Aries

falls

in the asterism Ashvini whose lord is Ketu. Ketu has been declared

by astrology as the "Moksha" karaka i.e. the significator

for

salvation. The Sun is very well known as the "Atma" in the

Vedas."

Soorya Aatma JagatStaSyuShaCha

[sanskrit]

"Ths Sun in the 10th degree of Aries means Atma in Moksha,

obviously the highest state that the Atma can aspire to. Thus the

exaltation of the Sun in the 10th degree of Aries is perfectly in

consonance with the spiritual principles. Now, why is Sun exalted in

Aries and not in Leo or Saggitarius, for if availability of Ketu is

the

criterion, this asterism is equally available in Leo and

Saggitarius.

The answer to this part of the question in that Leo and Saggitarius

belong to the "Satvik" Sun and Jupiter. The signs of these

planets

can hardly constitute a testing ground for the exalted Sun. It is

only

the sign of the sinful Mars which can offer a suitable testing

ground for the purpose, for the Atma in Moksha is untouched by

sin."

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(5) Venus gets exalted in the 27th degree of Pisces which falls in

the

Asterism Revati belonging to Mercury. Venus, a most luxury loving

And sensuous planet, is normally averse to the precepts of the

shastras

denoted by Jupiter. But when he gets the spiritual intellect of

Mercury, he gets changed spiritually and then Pisces constituting a

testing ground for him no longer remains a problem for him. No

other sign containing the asterism of Mercury is religious enough

to offer a testing ground to Venus."

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|| Om Namah Shivaaya ||

Dear list members, Namaskar.

An especially warm welcome back to Visitji. It seemed like an

eternity you were away!

I am trying to understand some of the fundamentals of Jyotish... a

part of which involves explaining the Ucche, Swakshetra and

Moolatrikona of all the planets, based on what they signify. I'm

trying to compile a complete list of explanations based on a lesson

that Vistji posted on this list a long while back. I'm stuck on a

few and would be very grateful for some help:

Saturn: Moolatrikona for Saturn is Aquarius, the 11th house of the

natural zodiac. Please help me understand why this is. Given

that

Saturn would like us to give freely, why is its duty in the house of

gains?

Mercury: Moolatrikona is the 6th house, Virgo. Mercury's

Ucche is

also in Virgo. Again, I can't explain these two. Please guide

me.

Sun: His Ucche is Aries, the 1st house. How do we explain

this?

Doesn't the Sun represent the supersoul - the antithesis of ego?

Then why does he enjoy being in the first house?

Mars: His Moolatrikona is Aries, the 1st house. Is this

because his

duty is to foster individuality and the ego?

If the learned members would consider it of benefit, perhaps I could

post my attempt at the complete set of explanations, for correction

and discussion.

With reverence to the Gurus,

Samir

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