Vivvo CMS 4.0 http://cafejyotish.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. http://cafejyotish.com/files.php?file= http://cafejyotish.com/ http://cafejyotish.com/vedic-astrology/171.html Vedic Astrology Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:01:00 +0530 Nakshtra refers to a stationary constellation of stars in the universe. They are twenty-seven. Six nakshtras are called Gandmoola nakshtras. Each nakshtras has four padas or charnas. http://cafejyotish.com/vedic-astrology/170.html Vedic Astrology Sat, 04 Oct 2008 23:49:00 +0530 Its a popular perception among people that if a planet is in combust, it won't have a positive impact on the native. We will take this issue in detail http://cafejyotish.com/vedic-astrology/169.html Vedic Astrology Sat, 04 Oct 2008 23:37:00 +0530 In astrological scriptures, the nine planets are popularly divided into two categories. These are favorable and unfavorable. Moon, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus are called favorable planets and Sun, Saturn, Mars, Rahu and Ketu are called unfavorable. Is it appropriate to draw a sharp line between the planets? Are the so-called favorable planets always favorable, or the so-called unfavorable planets always unfavorable? http://cafejyotish.com/vedic-astrology/168.html Vedic Astrology Sat, 04 Oct 2008 23:27:00 +0530 What is Gandmoola Nakshtra http://cafejyotish.com/vedic-astrology/167.html Vedic Astrology Sat, 04 Oct 2008 23:13:00 +0530 There are three major branches of Vedic Astrology. Phalit Astrology and Remedial Astrology are among them. Phalit Jyotish is considered to make predictions. Remedial Astrology deals at length with the remedies for unfavorable planets. http://cafejyotish.com/vedic-astrology/166.html Vedic Astrology Sat, 04 Oct 2008 23:04:00 +0530 We all live in a society. No wonder, there are certain commonalities in our nature and character. Nevertheless of these similarities, we identify certain distinct features in our personality. No doubt, our environment and style of living play a significant role to exude such peculiar features in an individual's personality, there are certain other factors which are crucial to shape up our personality. Vedic Astrology says – just as birth-date, day of birth, planets, signs and nakshtras help evolve a native's character, the same way, Janam Pakhs are also important. Reveals Vedic Astrology thus -- there are two pakshas i. Shukla and Krishna. Fifteen days each. The former is a symbol of illumination and the latter indicates darkness. Every social being, opines Vedic astrologers is born in one of these pakshas. http://cafejyotish.com/vedic-astrology/165.html Vedic Astrology Sat, 04 Oct 2008 23:01:00 +0530 The sixteen sanskars as mentioned in our scriptures are called Shodas. Each of them is unique on its own. People in the ancient time performed these sansakars at a right time properly. They gave no less importance to Samvartan Sanskara. http://cafejyotish.com/muhurta_astrology/164.html Muhurtha Sat, 04 Oct 2008 22:59:00 +0530 Our scriptures deal at length with sanskaras. They are sixteen. Punsavan Sanskara is performed during a woman's pregnancy. It is performed to instill good virtues in the child's mind. According to a popular belief, a child can learn in his mother's womb too. People often quote the Abhimanuv episode from Mahabharata to support this argument. They argue that since Abhimanuv had apparently learned to solve the Chakraview Riddle even before he was born. Since a child's mind begin to develop just right from his first three months in the mother's womb, Punsavan Sanskara is performed soon after the the first three months of a woman's pregnancy are over. People believed that the practice of Punsavan Sanskara would infuse in the child's mind good human virtues so that he will grow up as a good human being. http://cafejyotish.com/muhurta_astrology/163.html Muhurtha Sat, 04 Oct 2008 22:56:00 +0530 Our ancient scriptures deal at length with sixteen sanskaras. Keshant Sanskara was performed when a child was at his sixteenth year. At his fifteen, he would complete his education of the Vedas at his acharya's ashram. In his sixteenth year, the child was conferred on a degree. Before he received his degree, he was to shave his beard and head and take bath in pure water. The child's hairs were also to be buried under cow-dung or into a deep pit or flow into a river so that no tantrik could misuse them. After the child was conferred the degree of graduation, he was called snataka (graduate). Thereafter, the child's parents would offer a cow to his teacher. It was called Gurudakshina. http://cafejyotish.com/muhurta_astrology/162.html Muhurtha Sat, 04 Oct 2008 22:48:00 +0530 Just as there is a system according to which we all get education today, almost the same way, there was a system of education in the ancient time. We now popularly call it Guru-Sisya (Teacher-Student) tradition with respect and affection. According to this system, a teacher is called Acharya. Human life was divided into four Ashrams (Phases). Brahamcharya was the first Ashram. It was during the first phase, the teacher used to teach the students. During Brahmcharya ashram, the student used to stay with his teacher at an ashram (name of a place where students used to reside with his teacher until they are imparted education). During this phase, the teacher imparted to the students mainly education of the Vedas. Before the student was sent to Ashram to receive education, the child's parents conducted a ceremony. This ceremony is popularly called Muhurata. Indian Philosophy says – Vedarambha Sanskara was performed according to Upnnayan Sanskara. However, people also practiced it in accordance with certain other sanskaras. CafeJyotish.com