Unformatted text preview: David Frawley Astrology of the Seers
ASTROLOGY EAST AND WEST ...................................................................................................5
THE TWO ZODIACS ....................................................................................................................5
THE CONTROVERSY BETWEEN THE TWO ZODIACS ......................................................6
THE ORIENTATION OF THE SIDEREAL ZODIAC ................................................................7
SOLAR AND COSMIC ASTROLOGY .......................................................................................8
AYANAMSHA ................................................................................................................................9
RATE OF MOVEMENT OF AYANAMSHA ...............................................................................9
HOW TO CALCULATE THE VEDIC CHART .........................................................................10
SAMPLE CHART.........................................................................................................................10
THE PLANETS ................................................................................................................................11
THE GREAT COSMIC SIGNIFICATORS ...............................................................................11
THE SEQUENCE OF THE PLANETS .....................................................................................11
NUMEROLOGY OF THE PLANETS........................................................................................11
ORDER OF PLANETARY SIGNIFICANCE ............................................................................11
THE PLANETS AND THE QUALITIES OF NATURE ...........................................................12
ELEMENTS OF THE PLANETS ...............................................................................................13
PLANETARY ATTRIBUTES AND ACTIONS .........................................................................14
KEY INDICATORS OF PLANET ..............................................................................................15
PLANETS AS BENEFIC OR MALEFIC ...................................................................................15
PLANETARY NATURES............................................................................................................16
BENEFIC AND MALEFIC IN WESTERN ASTROLOGY ......................................................16
DISPOSITORSHIP......................................................................................................................17
DESCRIPTION OF THE PLANETS .........................................................................................17
THE SUN ..................................................................................................................................17
THE MOON ..............................................................................................................................19
MARS ........................................................................................................................................21
MERCURY ...............................................................................................................................22
JUPITER ...................................................................................................................................24
VENUS......................................................................................................................................25
SATURN ...................................................................................................................................26
THE LUNAR NODES..............................................................................................................28
THE LUNAR NODES IN WESTERN ASTROLOGY .........................................................28
THE LUNAR NODES IN VEDIC ASTROLOGY .................................................................29
THE NEGATIVE SUN AND NEGATIVE MOON ................................................................29
POSITIVE SIDES OF RAHU AND KETU............................................................................30
URANUS, NEPTUNE AND PLUTO .....................................................................................30
THE SIGNS ......................................................................................................................................31
HOW THE PLANETS TRANSMIT THE INFLUENCES OF THE STARS ..........................31
SIGN RULERSHIP......................................................................................................................31
THE MOON AS THE FEMININE SIDE OF THE SUN ..........................................................31
ODD AND EVEN NUMBERED SIGNS....................................................................................32
SIGNS BY QUALITY ..................................................................................................................32
CARDINAL TYPES .................................................................................................................32
FIXED TYPES..........................................................................................................................33
MUTABLE TYPES ..................................................................................................................33
QUALITIES OF THE PLANETS................................................................................................33
SIGNS AND THE ELEMENTS..................................................................................................34
EARTH SIGNS.........................................................................................................................34
WATER SIGNS........................................................................................................................34
FIRE SIGNS .............................................................................................................................34
1 AIR SIGNS ...............................................................................................................................35
EXAMINING THE ELEMENTS IN THE CHART ....................................................................35
USES OF SIGNS IN VEDIC ASTROLOGY ............................................................................36
DESCRIPTION OF THE SIGNS ...............................................................................................36
ARIES........................................................................................................................................36
TAURUS ...................................................................................................................................36
GEMINI .....................................................................................................................................37
CANCER...................................................................................................................................37
LEO............................................................................................................................................37
VIRGO.......................................................................................................................................38
LIBRA ........................................................................................................................................38
SCORPIO .................................................................................................................................38
SAGITTARIUS .........................................................................................................................39
CAPRICORN............................................................................................................................39
AQUARIUS...............................................................................................................................40
PISCES .....................................................................................................................................40
EXALTATION AND DEBILITY ..................................................................................................40
MULATRIKONA...........................................................................................................................41
DETRIMENT ................................................................................................................................41
PLANETARY RELATIONSHIPS...............................................................................................41
PERMANENT PLANETARY RELATIONSHIPS ....................................................................42
TEMPORARY PLANETARY RELATIONSHIPS ....................................................................42
COMPOSITE PLANETARY RELATIONSHIPS......................................................................42
EXAMPLE OF PLANETARY RELATIONSHIPS ....................................................................43
PLANETARY SIGNIFICATORS................................................................................................43
THE 27 LUNAR CONSTELLATIONS/ NAKSHATRAS .........................................................44
THE HOUSES..................................................................................................................................45
THE DOMAINS OF PLANETARY ACTION ............................................................................45
THE HOUSES AND THEIR ANALOGY TO THE SIGNS .....................................................45
HOUSE DETERMINATION: DIFFERENT SYSTEMS ..........................................................46
HOUSE SYSTEMS USING THE MIDHEAVEN .....................................................................46
EQUAL HOUSE SYSTEMS ......................................................................................................47
HOUSE AND SIGN CHARTS IN VEDIC ASTROLOGY .......................................................47
HOUSES IN HARMONIC CHARTS .........................................................................................47
HOUSES FROM THE MOON ...................................................................................................48
USE OF DIFFERENT ASCENDANTS.....................................................................................48
SECONDARY USAGE OF THE HOUSE (BHAVA) CHART................................................48
HOUSES BY QUALITY AND ELEMENT ................................................................................49
DESCRIPTION OF THE HOUSES...........................................................................................51
FIRST HOUSE.........................................................................................................................51
THE SECOND HOUSE ..........................................................................................................51
THE THIRD HOUSE ...............................................................................................................51
THE FOURTH HOUSE...........................................................................................................51
THE FIFTH HOUSE................................................................................................................52
THE SIXTH HOUSE ...............................................................................................................52
THE SEVENTH HOUSE ........................................................................................................52
THE NINTH HOUSE ...............................................................................................................53
THE TENTH HOUSE..............................................................................................................53
THE ELEVENTH HOUSE ......................................................................................................54
THE TWELFTH HOUSE ........................................................................................................54
HOUSE CORRELATION ...........................................................................................................54
HOUSE SIGNIFICATORS .........................................................................................................55
PLANETARY LORDS .................................................................................................................56
LORDS OF HOUSES .................................................................................................................56
LAWS OF HOUSE RULERSHIP ..............................................................................................57
2 DUAL HOUSE RULERSHIP......................................................................................................57
THE SUN AND THE MOON......................................................................................................58
HOUSE LORDS AS SPECIFIC SIGNIFICATORS ................................................................58
RAJA YOGA.................................................................................................................................58
POWER OF ASCENDANTS .....................................................................................................59
PLANETS BY ASCENDANT .....................................................................................................59
INDICATORS OF POWER/ RAJA YOGA KARAKAS.......................................................59
INDICATORS OF WEALTH/ DHANA YOGA KARAKAS..................................................60
INDICATORS OF KNOWLEDGE/ JNANA YOGA KARAKAS .........................................60
INDICATORS OF DISEASE AND INJURY.........................................................................60
INDICATORS OF LIFE AND LONGEVITY .........................................................................60
SIGNIFICATORS OF PASSION ...........................................................................................60
SIGNIFICATORS OF EGOISM.............................................................................................60
TEMPORAL DISPOSITION OF PLANETS.........................................................................61
PLANETARY ASPECTS AND COMBINATIONS.......................................................................62
ASPECTS IN WESTERN ASTROLOGY.................................................................................62
ASPECTS BY SIGN....................................................................................................................62
ASPECTS AS REFLECTING PLANETARY NATURE..........................................................63
SPECIAL ASPECTS ...................................................................................................................63
ASPECTS ONLY THROWN FORWARD IN THE ZODIAC..................................................63
ASPECTS TO SIGNS AND HOUSES .....................................................................................63
ASPECTS EAST AND WEST, A COMPARATIVE VIEW.....................................................64
MAJOR PLANETARY ASPECTS (full aspect) .......................................................................64
SAMBANDHA ..............................................................................................................................64
CONJUNCTION ..........................................................................................................................65
PLANETARY ASPECTS (all aspects) .....................................................................................65
ASPECTS FOR URANUS, NEPTUNE AND PLUTO ............................................................65
COMBUST....................................................................................................................................65
PLANETARY WAR .....................................................................................................................66
HEMMING IN OF PLANETS .....................................................................................................66
SEPARATIVE PLANETS ...........................................................................................................66
RETROGRADE ...........................................................................................................................67
PLANETARY YOGAS.................................................................................................................67
LUNAR YOGAS.......................................................................................................................67
MAHAPURUSHA YOGAS .....................................................................................................67
KUJA DOSHA ..........................................................................................................................68
SHADBALA ......................................................................................................................................70
PLANETARY POWER RATIOS............................................................................................70
FACTORS OF SHADBALA ...................................................................................................70
1. POSITIONAL STRENGTH ................................................................................................70
2. DIRECTIONAL STRENGTH .............................................................................................70
3. TEMPORAL STRENGTH ..................................................................................................70
4. MOTIONAL STRENGTH ...................................................................................................70
5. NATURAL STRENGTH .....................................................................................................71
6. ASPECTUAL STRENGTH ................................................................................................71
HARMONIC CHARTS ....................................................................................................................72
PATTERNS OF ASTROLOGICAL INTRICASY .....................................................................72
CALCULATION OF HARMONIC CHARTS ............................................................................72
HARMONIC SECOND (HORA) ............................................................................................72
HARMONIC THIRD (DREKKANA OR DECANATE).........................................................72
HARMONIC FOURTH (CHATURTAMSHA) .......................................................................72
HARMONIC SEVENTH (SAPTAMSHA) .............................................................................72
HARMONIC NINTH (NAVAMSHA) ......................................................................................73
HARMONIC TENTH (DASHAMSHA) ..................................................................................73
HARMONIC TWELFTH (DWADASHAMSHA) ...................................................................73
3 HARMONIC SIXTEENTH (SHODASHAMSHA).................................................................74
HARMONIC TWENTIETH (VIMSHAMSHA).......................................................................74
HARMONIC TWENTY-FOURTH (SIDDHAMSHA) ...........................................................74
HARMONIC TWENTY-SEVENTH (BHAMSHA) ................................................................74
HARMONIC THIRTIETH (TRIMSHAMSHA).................................
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