ASTROLOGY

           In Jyothishyam the word Jyothi means Light or shine.  These are similar to the lighting spheres in the universe such as stars, planets, sun, and moon.  The way how all these affect human life is only what we call as Astrology.

            This light is of two types

(1) The outer light emitted by stars, sun, and moon.

(2) The Light related to the soul. The soul reacts accordingly depending upon the outer light emission.

             The aim of astrology is not only to tell about human’s future but also to get themselves attached devotionally.  So Astrology is also known as “Veda chakshuvu” .  This means “Gnana Netra”.  As this astrology is much important so to understand the “Vedas” we should be capable of dealing with 6 Shastras ( Sacred books).   Astrology is one of this.   The other 5 are Shiksha(Teaching), Vyakaranam (grammatical analysis), Niruktam(Pronunciation), Chandassu (metrical science), Kalpam(Sacred precept).

            Is astrology necessary to a human?  Can’t we live without this?  Living only by the belief of astrology is correct to which extent?   What is the limit to this?  Should we believe it or not?

            Before thinking about all these is important to know that how much we are aware of astrology.  What is this science?  What are the things to know about it?  We can talk only if we are aware of this.

            So in this essay, I’m explaining what I know about this astrology.

            After the birth of man-kind several sciences came into existence.  Our great sages gave this ancient subject astrology for the well-being of mankind.

            The word “Jyothi” gives several meanings in Sanskrit as light, star, eye, sun.  In this whole universe, we see the sun, moon, stars, planets, comets, eclipses. In the ancient ages by seeing all these they not only felt happy but also got surprised and excited about it.  It’s we can know about this modern world in the telescope and on the internets we may not feel surprised towards it.  But in ancient ages, people felt it very strange and wonderful so they were curious to know about it.  The search of planets, the effect of these on human beings, changes in the environment, the relation of those to human life, etc. results for the evolution of astrology.

            The science without any cause can’t be believed.  Similarly, without exact cause it is not a science or intelligence.  Astrology commands the humane life.  Encourages the play of work.  It tells how to live daily life.  But it is benefited only when we learn and follow this.  The outline of an area shows the path and also how many routes it has.  It shows the dangerous places and can show the safe path but we should only take care of our journey.  Similarly, the effect of Astrology is more in human life.  As the study of chemistry failed in expressing the results of two people’s equal efforts,  Astrology explained it clearly.

Now let us examine our daily experiences.  We know that the severity of diseases is high at night times.  The man gets consciousness when the sun rays fall on him.  We already know that sun rays have many medicines in it.  It produces A & D Vitamins.  It also has harmful rays like infrared and ultraviolet rays in it.  This affects human health also.  So science says that “ Arogyam Bhaskaradhichet”.

      Sunlight is very essential for human life.  Because of that, the moon shines nearer to earth.  The sun and moon wonder in a systematic order. Moon is related to water. Initially, before some lakhs of years, there is a talk that the moon is also a part of the earth but due to some changes, it got separated from the earth. That area is only the Pacific Ocean. The throbbing pains of the ocean are more when the moon comes near to earth i.e., on full moon day. As the human body contains 2/3^rd of water the effect of the moon is more. Blood and Plasma which are in the liquid state circulates more when attracted to the moon. So several changes occur in the heart and thoughts of man. So we feel happy on full moon day and also get emotions mentally on the full moon and new moon days as per the study of medical science. So Vedas gave as “Chandrama Manaso Jaataha” many years before itself. In this way we came to know that the effect of Planets, stars, Zodiacs is more.

Author: Dr. SandhyaLakshmi is a Renowned Astrologer who has an experience of 25 years in Astrology. She is a professional writer and she prefers to write on various topics of astrology. Visit http://spiritualsadhana.com/category/astrology/ to get her daily updates.