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The most comprehensive book to date on the use and understanding of the Lunar Nodes in Vedic astrology. The author is a widely known and immensely respected teacher with students all over the world. She has used her experience of working with the nodal axis to show how, by sign and placement, they affect every level of our spiritual existence. Students of astrology, yoga and ayurveda will find this book particularly helpful.

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Publié par	The Wessex Astrologer Ltd
Date de parution	20 janvier 1999
Nombre de lectures	26
EAN13	9781902405797
Langue	English

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OM GANESHA NAMAH
Ganesh is regarded as the deity for astrology. It is through him our minds become more aware and able to move onto higher levels of understanding.

First Published in 1999 by The Wessex Astrologer Ltd. PO Box 2751 Bournemouth BH6 3ZJ England Tel/Fax (0)1202 424695
© Komilla Sutton 1999
Komilla Sutton asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work
Cover design by Martin Henwood at 2Cre8 Design
Printed and bound by in Great Britain by Biddles Ltd., Guildford and King’s Lynn
A catalogue record for this book is available from The British Library
ISBN 9781902405063 eISBN 9781902405797
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I’d like to thank the following people for their help and support:
Sally Davis, for her incredible patience in transcribing my tapes and integrating them with my notes to form the structure of this book.
Paul F. Newman, for his beautiful and sensitive artwork, including the Nakshatra Wheel, the picture of Ganesh inside the front cover, and the 27 images of the nakshatras.
My students - wherever they are! Their enthusiasm and challenging questions forced me to look at things from their point of view. Without them this book would probably not have been written.
Margaret Cahill, for editing this book so wonderfully, and for her help and encouragement in bringing out the best in me - and the book.
Jim Cahill, for his support and computer wizardry.
Marjie Neal - for being there.
My brother Kuldip for his continued encouragement and faith in me.

Komilla Sutton January 1999
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Komilla Sutton is the co-founder and Chair of the BritishAssociation for Vedic Astrology. She is an internationallyrenowned consultant, teacher and lecturer. She is regularly askedto speak at international conferences - both Western and Vedic.Her Academy for Vedic Sciences teaches a three year intensiveprogramme in Jyotish plus ongoing advanced intensives which sheteaches via the Webinar. She has been leading study trips to Indiasince 1999.
Indian born, Komilla Sutton is one of the pioneers in makingthis subject more accessible for the western readers. She is theauthor The Essentials of Vedic Astrology, Personal Panchanga, TheLunar Nodes: Crisis and Redemption, Vedic Love Signs and VedicAstrology.
You can contact her via her website: www.Komilla.comand Facebook: www.facebook.com/KomillaSuttonVedicAstrology
Also by Komilla Sutton

The Lunar Nodes: Crisis and Redemption
Personal Panchanga and the Five Sources of Light
The Nakshatra Wheel
FOREWORD
It has always struck me as odd that, although most astrologers in the world are Indian, so little is known about Indian astrology in the West. That’s especially inexplicable in the case of Britain, given this country’s long love affair with the Indian subcontinent, and the fact that a substantial group of British visitors to India, such as the theosophists, broke with the stuffy conventions of the Raj and actively studied Hindu philosophy with priests and gurus. We see a few of the early 19th century British astrological magazines flirting with Hindu astrology, but for some reason, although Indian philosophy proved particularly seductive to the western mind, the technical complexities of the sub-continent’s astrology were ignored. In fact the impact of Hindu teachings was, through the work of Alan Leo, to take Western astrology in a loose and non-technical direction, widening the gulf between Western and Eastern practices still further. So, while Western astrologers have long had a simple understanding of karma and a familiarity with reincarnation, they have had almost no concept of, for example, planetary periods.
Of course, we in the West have always known that Indian astrology existed. When I joined the Astrological Lodge in the ‘70s there was always a book by B.V. Raman on the bookstall, and in 1985 the AA asked Jeyar Sekhar to give a day workshop at its Nottingham conference. It was a the rediscovery of the complex practices of Medieval and Classical astrologers after 1985 which awoke astrologers in the English speaking world to a whole new approach to astrology, preparing receptive ground for the first Council for Vedic Astrology in the USA and, since 1997, the British Association for Vedic Astrology.
In India astrology is known as Jyotish, a term whose meaning Komilla explains in her introduction. The word doesn’t easily translate into English and writers such as B.V. Raman preferred the simple term Hindu astrology. The name Vedic astrology has been adopted by the West as a label which is at once more recognisable than Jyotish, while avoiding any preconceptions Westerners may have about Hinduism and maintaining the connection between Indian astrology and its spiritual foundations. Although there is little sign of astrology in the Vedas themselves, the sacred texts lay great emphasis on the election of auspicious moments to perform significant rituals, providing the rationale for all subsequent Indian astrology.
Indeed, we might argue that the primary focus of Vedic astrology remains electional: it is estimated that ninety-five percent of Indian marriages are arranged with at least a partial reliance on astrological considerations, an astonishing figure which means that, in view of India’s immense population, a substantial proportion of the world’s marriages are astrologically elected. True, prediction is central to Vedic astrology, but to what end, we might ask? To arrange the future and to live harmoniously with the cosmos might be the answer. Vedic astrology is essentially a guide for living within a cosmic framework.
Vedic and Western astrology are cousins. They share origins in the third millennium BCE, in the river valleys of Mesopotamia and, we increasingly suspect, in those of Northern India. Two thousand years ago, astrologers in Athens and Rome would have practised a very similar sort of art to those in Varanasi, but since then we have grown apart. Yet, while Westerners have rediscovered the technical astrology of the classical world, it is shorn of its ancient philosophy. Vedic astrology, on the other hand, is still deeply embedded in an extraordinarily rich vision of the human spirit, arises out of an ancient cosmology and is intimately linked to spiritual practices. For all these reasons I welcome Komilla’s efforts to educate Westerners in its techniques, traditions and wisdom. Some may wish to become practitioners of Vedic astrology, others merely to familiarise themselves with its basic tenets. Many will be fascinated by a divinatory discipline which is of immense importance simply by virtue of the extent of its use in one of the world’s greatest countries.
Nicholas Campion December 1998
Contents

Introduction to the Philosophy of Vedic Astrology
Converting your Chart
How the Planets Work in Vedic Astrology
The Sun and Moon
Grahas - The Planets
Rahu and Ketu - The Karmic Axis
Rashis - The Signs of the Zodiac
Bhavas - The Houses
The Nakshatras - The Indian Lunar Zodiac
Vimshottari Dashas - The System of Prediction
Gochara - Transits
Vargas - The Divisional Charts
The Gunas
The Yogas
The Wheel of Vishnu
Putting it all Together - A Chart Interpretation
Appendix
Glossary
Index
Introduction to the Philosophy of Vedic Astrology

The subject of this book is ‘Vedic astrology’, but the name itself implies a very Western concept. In India the full name of the science we are about to study is Jyotish . The word jyoti has several meanings. On a practical level, it means a candle-flame. Symbolically, it means light as the divine principle of life, because when there is no light there is no life - it also means the light that shines down on us from the heavens. The suffix ‘sh’ means ‘best, wisest’. In full then, Jyotish can be translated as ‘the science of light’ or ‘the wisdom of the heavens’. Light banishes darkness, the light of knowledge dispels ignorance.
The majority of people in the West tend to think of astrology in terms of a daily sun-sign column in the newspaper - something quite trivial, not worth exploring further. The ancient sages of India, however, understood the importance of the celestial bodies. It is the study of the planets, the stars and the horizon which is Jyotish; through this we are able to understand more about life and why we were born. In India even today, parents of a new baby will visit an astrologer to see how they can best guide their child in the future. Understanding its destiny means they can encourage the child to develop to its fullest potential and correct purpose in life. The more material questions of wealth and marriage are not usually considered at this point.
The Four Pillars or Purposes
These form the cornerstones of Vedic astrology. They are reflected through the houses of the natal charts:
Dharma is correct action; our duty to others and to ourselves. It is a very spiritual concept and the main thing each person should recognise as the purpose of their life. We should take the right action in life, regardless of the consequences to ourselves. The first, fifth and ninth are the ‘dharma’ houses.
Artha is the practical purpose of life, action taken with a particular, earthly purpose in mind: your work, your career, financial matters. Artha is goal-orientated. The second, sixth and tenth are ‘artha’ houses.
Kama represents our desires and needs on a very practical level. When we are born we have desires to motivate us towards progress. Kama is passion - sexual, religious, for life - for a cause. The third, seventh and eleventh are ‘kama’ houses.
Moksha is enlightenment. It means ‘nirvana’, giving up the physical life to attain higher consciousness. When we attain moksha we break away from the cycle of birth and death. Moksha is the final purpose of every incarnating soul. The fourth, eighth and twelfth are the ‘moksha’ houses.
The birth-chart indicates which purposes are to be (or may not be) fulfille