What Parasara Advocates...a question regarding a friend's Ishta Devata

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Om Gam Ganapataye Namo Namah!

 

Namaste!

 

dear Narasimha....

 

you provided a very interesting argument in your rambling

"philosophical" letter to the list about how you arrived at Sri

Ramakrsna's Ishta Devata....a pretty convoluted argument, considering

that SUN does occupy the sign 12th to his Rahu AK (your system)....

 

in KN Rao's system, as i had explained earlier, you will also arrive

at the SAME ISHTA DEVATA...and through a more straightforward means,

as i had explained in my earlier letter...by KN Rao's 7 Karakamsha

system, Mars becomes his AK and one finds it in Cancer in

Navamsha...which would make Mercury (ruler of Gemini) a possible Ishta

Devata...however one will fine Mercury in Aquarius along with Jupiter,

and Saturn...and again, just as you said, Saturn being in Moolatrikona

is the strongest planet (and in his own sign), thus we could arrive

there at Mother Kaali as His Ishta Devata....

 

having the other planets in that same sign could also explain, as i

said earlier, Sri Ramakrsna's subsequent further sadhanas, wherein He

chose several different Ishta Devatas, and did the appropriate

sadhanas for each one...eg, Krsna, Christ, and Allah...Mercury could

stand for Krsna (and possibly Christ as they have similar

energies)...and possibly Jupiter might represent Allah...or?

 

anyways, the real reason i am writing is to ask about a friend of

mine's Ishta Devata...like Sri Ramakrsna's it is not so straightforward...

 

In her Navamsha chart one will find her AK (Mars) in Pisces...which

would make Aquarius 12th to the AK...there is no planet there, so one

might choose therefore, Saturn to be the Ishta Devata...However,

Saturn is retrograde in ARIES (wherein He is debilitated), and there

are altogether FOUR planets there...so one will find in Aries, Saturn

® Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus...so in this case Saturn is NOT the

strongest planet there...

 

i wonder if Jupiter might be considered the strongest planet...and

thus the Ishta Devata for my friend, or if one of the other planets

might do...and if Jupiter is the Ishta Devata, one wonders if he might

be representing Lord Ganesha...or should i stick with Saturn? or?

 

i am trying to help Her to find an appropriate Ishta Devata...because

as you say, it is important to find just the right one so that one's

sadhana might bear fruit sooner and better...She is a Brahmin girl if

that makes any difference...also like me, she is a devotee of

Ammachi...Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi...so perhaps Jupiter might

stand for GURU here? so here i am flailing around in the dark, hoping

for some illumination from my more knowledgeable companions on the list...

 

awaiting your advice

 

In Divine Mother's Love

and in Her Service,

as ever,

 

visvanathan