Guest guest Posted April 9, 2007 Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 SrI: The second and final part of these reflections of Smt.Saranathan is enclosed for your enjoyment . V.Sadagopan - " Jayasree Saranathan " <jayasree.saranathan <chandraparthasarathy Cc: <yennappan Saturday, April 07, 2007 10:21 AM Agni nakshathra (cont'd) > Some more on agni nakshatra. > > It is apt to call the star krittika as agni nakshatra. > > The Lord of the star is Sun, which is at its exalted level at Aries > where the head of Krittika is situated. > > The ati-devatha of the star is Agni. > > The Lord of the house where the star begins is Mars, the planet for fire. > > The sign, Aries is also the sign of fire. > > Just opposite to this 7 -paada stretch is the sun's debilitation > starting from Vishaka -1 to Anusham 3 stretching between Thulaam and > Vrischika (months of Ippasi & kaarthigai) > > In contrast to the firey agni nakshtra period, this period is a cool > 'deepam' period. > > When the sun enters vishaka -1 in Ippasi, this is in direct opposition > to the exaltation, and coincides with the 180 degree distance from > Bharani -3. The 6th day counted from this is shashti - the soora > samharam day. > > If the agni nakshtram stands for the hot conditions that preceeded and > prevailed at the time of creation (cosmic level), the opposite period > stands for destruction of enemies at the mundane level. > > On shashti, the sun has moved 2 paadams more and will be in Mithuna > (where arudra, signifying destruction, predominates) in navamsa - > directly opposite to dhanus where shashti falls. > > Thus for destruction of enemies, the sun, mars, vishaka & krittika > combination is required. > When it happens at the descending side, events happen on earth. > When it happens at the ascending side, it is about combustion in the > heavens. > > Another interesting information about krittika is that it Lords over > the best of all weapons, the sword.The sword is the best of all > weapons according to Bhishma, who from his arrow bed narrateed the > story of the sword that the Pandavas had come to possess (the details > of this appears in Shanthi parva) > > This sword has krittika as nakshatra, Rohini as gotra, Agni as the > deity and Rudra as the Maharishi. > > In this 7 -paada sojourn of the sun in opposition to Krittika is the > famous kaarthigai deepam - signifying heat in cool conditions or heat > considerably cooled. This occurs directly opposite to the agni > nakshtra period. > > ----------------- > > regards, > jayasree > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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