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Aum som somaya namah
Chandra * Chandrama * Soma matrikaraka "habitual rhythms" "The emotions behind your thoughts determine the speed at which you manifest." |
Attributed to Sahibdin, India, Mewar Krishna as the ideal hero and lover, leaf from the Rasikapriya of Keshava Dasa, c. 1630-1635 |
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Regional
Names for Chandra
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"We say that the powerhouse is emotion and emotion is energy.
Your cellular structure is energy and your spiritual structure is energy.
Else it would be like giving a babe a motorcar and expecting it to drive. Well, most of you are not driving very well!" |
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from Kindness, Clarity, and Insight 25th Anniversary Edition by HH Dalai Lama, His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, ed+ trans Jeffrey Hopkins, co-ed. Elizabeth Napper. p 20 |
"In day to day life if you lead a good life, honestly, with love, with compassion, with less selfishness, then automatically it will lead to nirvana....We must implement these good teachings in daily life. Whether you believe in God or not does not matter so much; whether you believe in Buddha or not does not matter so much; as a Buddhist, whether you believe in reincarnation or not does not matter so much. You must lead a good life.
That we humans can help each other is one of our unique human capacities. We must share in other peoples' suffering; even if you cannot help with money, to show concern, to give moral support and express sympathy are themselves valuable. This is what should be the basis of activities; whether one calls it religion or not does not matter.... In my simple religion, love is the key motivation. " |
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| Oprah Winfrey = Chandra-Kuja rising in Vrischika lagna |
"It's painful because you keep repeating it over
and over and over, until you get it right. And what I
found is that every time you have to repeat the lesson,
it gets worse. I call it, "God trying to get your
attention." The universe trying to get your attention. "Sooo
we didn't get your attention the first time! We are going
to have to hit you a little harder this time." So I'm
still doing it. I'm still learning. And it seems worse, because it gets worse. I say, the universe is always trying to get your attention. Sometimes it starts out -- any major problem you encounter -- as a whisper. By the time it gets to be a storm, you've had a pebble knock you upside the head; you've had a brick; you've had a brick wall; you've had a house fall down. And before you know it, you are in the eye of the storm. But long before you are in the eye of the storm, you've had many warnings, like little clues. So now my goal in life is not to have to hit the eye of the storm, but to catch it in the whisper. To get it the first time. I think the thing, the one thing that has allowed me to certainly achieve both material success and spiritual success, is the ability to listen to my instinct. I call it my inner voice. It doesn't matter what you call it -- nature, instinct, higher power. It's the ability to understand the difference between what your heart is saying and what your head is saying. I now always go with the heart. Even when my head is saying, 'Oh, but this is the rational thing; this is really what you should do.' I always go with that little... feeling. The feeling. I am where I am today because I have allowed myself to listen to my feelings." |
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Chandra = significator for all things related to caretaking esp mother = matrukaraka parents, patriotism, nurturing benefactors, care-takers, feeders, cooks, the mother in particular, food and eating customs, water and all things liquid, oceans and marine life, shelters and sheltering behaviors, protectors, protector deities, the homeland, the house, security and secured places, protection and defense, buildings, boats, vehicles and other protective shells, fish and sea-foods, schools and school-teachers (extensions of the home and the parents), folkways including the folk religions, gardens and nature=spirits (who are usually the basis of folk-religion); the "polis"= ancient walled cities, security of the polis via police, policies (4) that are not law(10) but are deeply abided by custom, customs officers and border police, licensers examiners and others who give approval to practice; 'patriotism' toward the fatherland, roots, establishment, basements and foundations. Earth's Moon is the Mother of human incarnation. Moon is Mind. In esoteric history the Moon was a site of deeply ancient civilization which is remembered only in the deepest under-layers of the subconscious Mind. |
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South =dakshina = dakSiNA movements in the southerly direction are forecast during many periods of Chandra |
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| Mother, Parents, Shelter, Homes and Home-Building, Roots, a place within the family tribe and nation, belongingness, physical and emotional security, generations, old age and the End of Life, transmission of the Root Culture , Schooling, school-teaching, shelter and protection, licensing and examinations, boundaries and defenses, oceans and oceanic products, feelings, caretaking, parents, infants, mother-child bond, Real Estate, Homeland and Defense, property ownership, patriotism and nationalism, stewardship and protectorates, stewardship of ethnic customs and practices, parochialism, regionalism, clinging to the past, parenting, custody, legal custodianship, mother and maternal attachment , nurture, stability and foundations, milk, pale reddish and pale whitish things |
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Oceans and Emotions |
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from: How to Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Lifeby His Holiness the Dalai Lama, trans. ed. Jeffrey Hopkins (p.67) |
Practice of the morality of individual liberation, whether lay or monastic, leads to contentment.... Examine your attitudes toward food, clothes, and shelter. By reducing expectations you will promote contentment. The extra energy which is released should be devoted to meditation and to achieving cessation of problems, corresponding to the fourth and third noble truths. In this way, contentment is the basis, and the resulting action is called "liking meditation and abandonment." We should be contented in material areas, for those are bound by limitation, but not with regard to the spiritual, which can be extended limitlessly.
However, with regard to compassion and altruism there is no limit, and thus we should not be content with the degree that we have. We are just the opposite; in the spiritual field we are content with slight amounts of practice and progress, but materially we always want more and more. It should be the other way around. Everyone needs to practice this, whether lay or monastic. |
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Destructive Emotions: How Can We Overcome Them? A Scientific Dialogue
with the Dalai Lama
narrated by Daniel Goleman, foreword by the Dalai Lama. p.158 |
"Distinguishing between constructive and destructive emotions is right there to be observed in the moment when a destructive emotion arises -- the calmness, the tranquility, the balance of the mind are immediately disrupted. Other emotions do not destroy equilibrium or the sense of well-being as soon as they arise, but in fact enhance it -- so they would be called constructive. Also there are emotions that are aroused by intelligence. For example, compassion can be aroused by pondering people who are suffering. When the compassion is actually experienced, it is true that the mind is somewhat disturbed, but that is more on the surface.
The consequences of anger -- especially its long-term effects -- are that the mind is disturbed. Typically, when compassion moves from simply being a mental state to behavior, it tends to manifest in ways that are of service to others, whereas when anger goes to the point of enactment it generally, of course, becomes destructive. Even if it doesn't manifest as violence, if you have the capacity to help, you would refrain from helping. That too would be a kind of destructive emotion. |
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A Course in Miracles |
"You may believe that you are responsible for what you do, but not for what you think. The truth is that you are responsible for what you think, because it is only at this level that you can exercise choice. What you do comes from what you think . " |
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Vocabulary for Chandra |
candra =
soma = juice , extract , (esp.) the juice of the Soma plant; the Soma plant itself The climbing plant Sarcostema Viminalisor Asclepias Acida, its stalks were pressed between stones by the priests,
it was collected by moonlight on certain mountains; it is sometimes described as having been brought from the sky by a falcon it is personified as one of the most important of Vedic gods ,
in post-Vedic mythology and even in a few of the latest hymns of the RV.
Abja =
Amati =
www.etymologyonline.com = English word "Moon": "O.E. mon,
... probably from base *me- "to measure,"..." |
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BPHS Ch. 7, Shloka 39-43 |
Whatever results are to be known from Bandhu, Tanu, Dhana, Labha, and Dharma
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Saravali, Ch. 7-13 |
"The Moon indicates poets, flowers,
eatables, beads, silver, conch, salt, water,
arrow, robes, ornaments, females,
ghee, sesamum, oil
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sleep." |
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BPHS Ch. 3, Shloka 24 |
"The Moon is very windy and phlegmatic. She is learned and has a round body. She has auspicious looks and sweet speech, is fickle-minded and very lustful." |
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BPHS Ch. 84, Shloka 7 |
Contemplate of Chandra white-coloured, dressed in white robes, with two arms, carrying a mace in one hand and a Vara in the other, adorned with white-coloured ornaments and aboard a chariot of ten horses. |
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Beauty, conception, childbirth, blood, calmness, mental condition, clothes, mother, emotions, feminine qualities, glandular system, groceries, commodities, basics, overall health, overall life (like first house), nocturnal, navigation, nourishing, passion, romance, peace, thinking, vegetation, want of practicality, white, water, womb (list adapted from Das) |
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Soma rules the psycho-emotional body, called the astral body.
Soma rules the core relationship of life, the love bond withthe mother(by extension, both parents, but essentially, the mother. Chandra rules the physical body's water pump system, which is directly controlled by the emotions. Chandra is the most complex graha in the nativity. Chandra's terrain covers the entire "Mind" = manas = the entire realm of thought + emotion. Chandra demands and rewards close, detailed attention. The full view of Chandra includes not only radix Bhava, rashi, dristhi, but also a deep consideration of Soma in navamsha. This view from Bhava only is partial; please combine with other attributes before judging.
A woman may experience other women emotionally through her Chandra also.
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| from Healing Anger: The Power of Patience from a Buddhist Perspective by the Dalai Lama, trans. Geshe Thupten Jinpa |
Under the Turbulence of Mind = a Stable Riverbed "If there was some way you could put an immediate stop to the flow from the direction the water is coming from and the direction the water is flowing to, then you could keep the water still, and that would allow you to see the bed quite clearly. Similarly, when you are able to stop your mind from chasing after sensory objects and when you can free your mind from being totally "blanked out," Then you will begin to see under this turbulence of the thought processes a kind of underlying stillness, an underlying clarity of mind.
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"The past isn't dead. It isn't even past." |
Chandra rules the astral body which contains all memories that
are typically labeled "the past". It is not normally realized that the
past is a mirror of the future - but it is - so indeed Chandra also controls the
future. The astral body precedes entry into the physical body and the astral
body survives physical death, time and again. So, the astral body which is
composed of psycho-emotional memories, is very long-lasting! Not eternal, but
robustly long-lasting. A child's earliest memories are of their mother and indeed, Chandra rules the native 's mother, relationship to the mother, and overall emotional constitution. All action-reaction emotional patterns, from obsessive-compulsive to avoidance to projection, are grounded through the Moon. Moon with Rahu hypercharges the emotional memories, and indicates a vivacious mother. Moon with Ketu causes emotional withdrawal, typically due to a mother who "needs her space". class="style5" o understand a person's past, examine their Soma position in detail. "The past" is not a material reality, but it is a potent and often crippling psycho-emotional reality. Remember the past is composed of memories, and the core memory from our current lifetime is of life in utero. Memories from past lives create the current life. So - por supuesto- the Moon is our Mother and the Moon creates Life. |
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from: B.V. Raman, Three Hundred Important Combinations. (10th ed., Delhi, 1991, 1947). "Malefics, Benefics, and Neutrals" p. 5 |
"The Moon |
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Happiness
The Moon's portfolio includes the full range of our psycho-emotional attachments. Chandra's characteristics define our mother (or whomever served as our childhood emotional sustainer). Chandra also indicates the nurturing container of the childhood family as a whole,and the unconditional acceptance (or not) we received from them. Ultimately Chandra signifies our emotional capacity to form relationships with others - partners especially, but also our parentsand our own children. |
Chandra does not represent the true Self (which is beyond the planets) but rather the social-psycho-sexual-emotional core of the ego.
It is a common truth in Jyotisha that if a person is true to one's own Moon, one will be happy. One might not achieve wealth, fame, beauty, or worldly power - but one will be happy. The psycho-emotional core of the ego is a fairly happy place within most incarnations. It is the place of joyful childhood, of unconditional acceptance by the family, and of nurturing maternal love. If the Moon's needs are met and sustained in adulthood, a person will feel emotionally sheltered and fairly whole. Some folks' spiritual ambitions will stop when they achieve basic emotional grounding through human relationship. Some folks will want to use the stability of adequate emotional grounding as a platform for further spiritual adventures in knowing God and serving humanity. Whichever your choice, understanding and catering to the complex condition of one's astral Moon is very important. |
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Chandra
is the karaka for Mother.First and foremost Soma indicates the birth
mother, because Soma's influence begins in the uterine fluids of conception.
A child who is adopted at birth or even much later will identify consciously
with the emotions of their adoptive mother, but the birth mother has the
primary subconscious emotional influence. Other Mothers signified by Chandra include spiritual mothers such as Tara the Mother of Buddha, Mother Mary, spiritual preceptors such as Mother Superior in a nunnery, the Muse, and all goddesses of the Great Traditions. Profile the Mother(s) from rashi, bhava, graha drishti, and other characteristics of Chandra in radix, navamsha, and Dwadashamsha. Although the 4th rashi from radix lagna, 4th navamsha, and 4th Dwadashamsha also yield important components of the mother profile, the key information about a person's mother, one's emotional needsand the behaviors one will exhibit when trying to get these needs met - is contained in Soma. Conscious individuals will notice that the ten-year Vimshottari mahadasha of Chandrais a period of reconnection with the psychic, rational, and social aspects of the Mother.
General patterns of Chandra period include:
In the nativity, look to Surya as the primary indicator of Father; and Chandra as primary indicator of Mother. Soma is the strongest karaka for Mother, but bhava-4 is complementary and secondary. (Similarly, bhava-9 also indicates Father, but bhava-9 should be used as a complementary and secondary indicator.) Use both to build the parental profile. Consider Chandra - in Radix, Navamsha, and Dwadashamsha- to show the core characteristics of the Mother. |
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Chandra lagna Chandra in bhava-4 overlapping significations of Chandra and bandhusthana reading from Chandra lagna |
Moon is the natural regulator of the 4th Domain. Read about bandhu bhava to gain a broader perspective on the Moon's portfolio. In classical Jyotisha the Moon has equal or greater power to the lagna (ascendant). Chandra gains dik-bala when He occupies bhava-4. Accurate readings cannot occur from the rashi-lagna only. Accurate readings require At leasttwo preliminary scans: first from the rashi-lagna, second from Chandra-lagna. Then more detailed scans such as from the mahadasha-pati, from the karaka, etc. are also required. In traditional India, where rural birth-times are unavailable or conflicting, accurate readings are often given from Chandra lagna alone. After age 50, more accurate Jyotisha predictions are often produced by reading significations from the Chandra lagna first, radical lagna second, navamsha lagna third, additional varga lagna additionally. This benefit occurs because a mature person is more experienced emotionally, thus it is easier to identify the behaviors and environments that provide the best psycho-emotional support. |
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Catastrophic events which leave lifelong imprints of emotional trauma, will involve drishti of a malefic graha onto Chandra. For example,
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Although traditional texts indicate that Ravi and dharma bhava provide key information regarding one's father, I have found in practice that 9th-from-Chandra reveals more about child's perception of the father's true character and position.
Should 9th-from-Chandra be troubled ... by difficult occupants or aspects, there will be emotional strain in the relationship with the father which can severely reduce any benefits which might accrue from favorable situations in Ravi's character or in an auspicious 9th rashi.
In modern western culture, the father's critical importance in the child's early emotional development is increasingly recognized. Whether the father's culture tells him to relate emotionally to the child or not, children have a natural expectation that the father will be present, supportive, and available. So the child is watching the father whether or not the father is watching the child! For this reason I think we will get better information about the emotional connection between child and father by examining 9th-from-Chandra.
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| Relationship between Surya and Chandra |
reveals much regarding the emotional reality of the native 's parents' relationship. If Suryaand Chandra occupy a 1/7, 3/11, 4/10 or 5/9 angle to each other, the parents' relationship was likely affectionateand respectful. However if Surya and Chandra occupy the less fortunate 2/12 or shad-ashtaka 6-8 angles, the parents' emotional relationship contained significant tension - which the native chose to be born into, of course, because the native is working through that particular karma.
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| In reading the Jyotisha charts it is critically important to recognize the qualities of the navamsha Moon. If the rashi and bhava of D-9 Chandra are ignored, only half the emotional core will be known and events will not be correctly predicted. |
Also, the navamsha Moon is mission-critical in evaluating what type of nurturing support the native requires in their intimate relationships such as marriage. The spouse's chart should afford some link to the native 's navamsha Moon, if deep emotional harmony is to develop within the marriage. Also the choice of close friends is much dependent on the navamsha Moon. However outside the social realm of relationships, one must appreciate one's own navamsha Moon qualities if one is to make emotionally positive choices all along the life path. Navamsha Moon will show a level of deep need for validation, which can be consciously provided by choosing a profession, studies, and avocations which put the person in contact with psychically nourishing information. |
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| POSITIVE ATTACHMENT From Here to Enlightenment: An Introduction to Tsong-kha-pa’s Classic Text The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment,pages 35–36. |
If your engagement with others is tainted by strong attachment, craving, aversion, anger, and so forth, then that form of grasping is undesirable.
So there can be positive attachment in this sense of active engagement. Buddhist masters have long used the term attachment to describe the quality of compassion for others.
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The True Enemy: afflictive emotion ~~ H. H. Dalai Lama. (2002).Illuminating the Path to Enlightenment. (Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive). TDL Publications. |
"When practitioners cultivate the recognition that the emotional and mental afflictions are the true enemy
Practitioners recognize that as long as they remain under the control of the afflictions,
If, based on its recognition, practitioners then generate a genuine and deeply felt aspiration to seek liberation from this bondage,
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Liberation?
H. H. Dalai Lama, |
"If we accept that liberation is possible, how exactly is it to be understood? In the scriptures, liberation is characterized in terms of four features.
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Emotions ~~ H. H. Dalai Lama. (2005). Many Ways to Nirvana: Reflections and Advice on Right Living, Renuka Singh (Ed.) |
"According to some scientists, emotion is not necessarily negative.
While some emotions are destructive, others are constructive. In a meeting with scientists, we concluded that there are emotions even in the Buddha's mind.
At a certain level, The realization of emptiness also becomes a kind of emotion. Therefore , in the practice of developing wisdom and loving-kindness / compassion,
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