Guest guest Posted June 21, 2001 Report Share Posted June 21, 2001 Namaste Satyaketu, > That is why Strijataka(female horoscopy)was given seperately by most > masters from Parashara to Varahamihira(at least for those days). > That Strijataka may not be much valid for today's soceity is > another debatable issue. Thank you for bringing up Strijataka. I am not aware of too many precepts that have been taught by either Parashara or Varahamihira in this regard. Since you have brought up Strijataka, I assume you will have some answers to the following: I will first make the baseline assumption that male and female charts are calculated by us the same way and the very same dashas and antardasas are interpreted the same way, uniformly, if not identically. 1. We try and time death using maraka periods. Yet female life expectancy is lower than male life expectancy. Does Strijataka say anything about this? 2. Regardless of the common refrain that "women are taking up all kinds of professions these days", the fact remains that what one ends up doing in life is governed to a very large extent by whether one is male or female. There *may* be ten women fighting in the frontlines in the Indian army, but it would not weaken my argument that most women cannot fight in the army. Are you saying that this lack of frontline women soldiers is not because of social factors? If it *is* because of social factors, then were the planetary factors for fighting in the army not overridden (I am assuming we agree that combinations for being in the army are evenly distributed among male and female horoscopes) ?? 3. One's growth into positions of leadership is also easier if one is a male. Compare the number of top industrialists who are female, the number of political leaders who are female etc. Yet, we use the same factors to judge "power and influence" by planetary positions for men and women? Is this consistent? 4. If I showed an astrologer a female chart with considerable afflictions to the fifth house (either in D-1 or D-7), he would predict abortions or miscarriages. What would be the indicator if it were a male chart? If you are going to say abortions or miscarriages for the male chart also, think for a minute... if this is indicated in *either* male or female charts, then the fact that the woman is the one who carries the baby and gives birth is not reflected by Vedic astrology. Is this logical? > An independent analysis is impossible NOT because the CHART is > overridden by social conditions, but because the social conditions > influence the INTERPRETATION. The "interpretation" is the result of the analysis. If the social conditions are playing a significant role in the interpretation (and we all seem to agree that they are), then it means that the analysis is only partly on the basis of astrology. Here's an analogy - if I have to choose between ten different houses. If I pick the three best houses (using common house comparison methods) and then draw lots to pick the one I want (from those three), then you cannot say that my final choice of a house was only according to those "common house comparison methods". Your final house pick had a strong element of chance in it. Similarly, the sum of what we are saying is that social conditions play a marked role in the interpretation. I remain, Mahalinga Iyer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 21, 2001 Report Share Posted June 21, 2001 BTW female life epectancy these days is generally higher than male. Unless it is different in India? Nimmi - <mahalinga_iyer <vedic astrology> Friday, June 22, 2001 2:51 AM [vedic astrology] Strijataka > > Namaste Satyaketu, > > > That is why Strijataka(female horoscopy)was given seperately by > most > > masters from Parashara to Varahamihira(at least for those days). > > That Strijataka may not be much valid for today's soceity is > > another debatable issue. > > Thank you for bringing up Strijataka. I am not aware of too many > precepts that have been taught by either Parashara or Varahamihira > in this regard. Since you have brought up Strijataka, I assume you > will have some answers to the following: > > I will first make the baseline assumption that male and female > charts are calculated by us the same way and the very same dashas > and antardasas are interpreted the same way, uniformly, if not > identically. > > 1. We try and time death using maraka periods. Yet female life > expectancy is lower than male life expectancy. Does Strijataka > say anything about this? > > 2. Regardless of the common refrain that "women are taking up all > kinds of professions these days", the fact remains that what > one ends up doing in life is governed to a very large extent > by whether one is male or female. There *may* be ten women > fighting in the frontlines in the Indian army, but it would > not weaken my argument that most women cannot fight in the army. > Are you saying that this lack of frontline women soldiers is not > because of social factors? If it *is* because of social factors, > then were the planetary factors for fighting in the army not > overridden (I am assuming we agree that combinations for being > in the army are evenly distributed among male and female > horoscopes) ?? > > 3. One's growth into positions of leadership is also easier if one > is a male. Compare the number of top industrialists who are > female, the number of political leaders who are female etc. > Yet, we use the same factors to judge "power and influence" by > planetary positions for men and women? Is this consistent? > > 4. If I showed an astrologer a female chart with considerable > afflictions to the fifth house (either in D-1 or D-7), he would > predict abortions or miscarriages. What would be the indicator > if it were a male chart? If you are going to say abortions or > miscarriages for the male chart also, think for a minute... if > this is indicated in *either* male or female charts, then the > fact that the woman is the one who carries the baby and gives > birth is not reflected by Vedic astrology. Is this logical? > > > An independent analysis is impossible NOT because the CHART is > > overridden by social conditions, but because the social conditions > > influence the INTERPRETATION. > > The "interpretation" is the result of the analysis. If the social > conditions are playing a significant role in the interpretation > (and we all seem to agree that they are), then it means that the > analysis is only partly on the basis of astrology. > > Here's an analogy - if I have to choose between ten different houses. > If I pick the three best houses (using common house comparison > methods) and then draw lots to pick the one I want (from those > three), then you cannot say that my final choice of a house was > only according to those "common house comparison methods". Your > final house pick had a strong element of chance in it. > > Similarly, the sum of what we are saying is that social conditions > play a marked role in the interpretation. > > I remain, > > Mahalinga Iyer > > > > > > > > > ....... May Jupiter's light shine on us ....... > > > > Your use of is subject to > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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