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	Om kram krim kraum sah bhaumaya namah Graha * Gochara Now Playing = Alhaiya Bilaval.mp3 Mangala * Kuja	Jason bringing Pelias the Golden Fleece; a winged victory prepares to crown him with a wreath. Side A from an Apulian red-figure calyx crater, 340 BC - 330 BC
	Mangala in bhava-1 Mangala in bhava-2 Mangala in bhava-3 Mangala in bhava-4 Mangala in bhava-5 Mangala in bhava-6 Mangala in bhava-7 Mangala in bhava-8 Mangala in bhava-9 Mangala in bhava-10 * dik bala Mangala in bhava-11 Mangala in bhava-12	Mangala in Mesha * Swakshetra Mangala in Rishabha Mangala in Mithuna Mangala in Karkata * neechchamsha Mangala in Simha Mangala in Kanya Mangala in Thula Mangala in Vrischika * Swakshetra Mangala in Dhanushya Mangala in Makara * uchchamsha Mangala in Kumbha Mangala in Meena
	Regional names for Mangala Migmar (Tibetan) Mars (English)	Kartikeya Angarika * Agaraka * Ara Medinija Mrityu Kuja * Kauja * Kartikeya Chevaai Aila * Aileya Ashadhabhava* Ashragraha * Ashraj Avaneya * Avanija Bhaaradvaaja Bhauma * Bhumiputra * Bhusuta Ekaaghga Gaganolmuka kSamAtanaya kSitija * kSititanaya mahIputra * mahIsuta
	Mars photo from NASA How far away is Mangala?
	Jataka Parijata, Ch. 2, Shloka 55	"Mars has fierce eyes, a youthful appearance and generous disposition. He has bile in his composition, and is exceedingly fickle. He has a slender waist. His limbs are fine and of a reddish hue. He is energetic and lustful, and his tendencies are towards the quality of Thamas or darkness."
		He who angers you controls you.
	BPHS, Ch. 3 Shloka 25	Mangala has blood -red eyes, is fickle-minded, liberal, bilious, given to anger, and has thin waist and thin physique.
	Vocabulary for Mangala Koln Digital Sanskrit Dictionary	kuja born from the earth a tree the son of the earth name of the planet Mars of the Daitya Naraka (conquered by Krishna) earth-daughter the horizon the day of Mars, i.e., Tuesday cooing , murmuring , warbling rumbling (as of the bowels) son of the earth medinIja earth-born AGgAraka charcoal ; heated charcoal the planet Mars Tuesday name of a Rudra ; of an Asura name of two plants: Eclipta (or Verbesina) Prostrata, and white or yellow Amaranth a medicated oil in which turmeric and other vegetable substances have been boiled. AGgArakadina = a festival of Mars, on the fourteenth of the latter half of Chaitra. [cf. English = anger, anxiety, anguish, angst, angina] Asra blood
		Mars the Pioneer Blood, birth, chase, drill, dive, dig, flesh, force, fight, first, heat, hunt, jump, kill, mate, meat, move, push, punch, run, sharp, smell, spear, sword, win
	Mangala - Angarika = "ang" = "to move"	Disambiguation = related root 'anh' =' narrow, distressing' = anger, angst, anxiety, anguish, angina
	Vocabulary for Mangala English "Win" from http://www.etymonline.com	fusion of O.E. winnan "struggle for, work at, strive, fight," and gewinnan "to gain or succeed by struggling, to win," both from P.Gmc. *wenwanan (cf. O.S. winnan, O.N. vinna, O.Fris. winna, Du. winnen "to gain, win," Dan. vinde "to win," O.H.G. winnan "to strive, struggle, fight," Ger. gewinnen "to gain, win," Goth. gawinnen "to suffer, toil").
	Dhammapada, VIII	"The greatest of warriors is one who conquers the Self. "
	- Swami Beyondananda	"In the reptilian brain, problems aren't solved -- they're attacked."
	Chief Justice Anton Scalia the "originalist" at University of Chicago Law School talk, 2012	That reminds me of the story of the two guys who were out hunting, and a bear started chasing them. They were running, and the bear was gaining fast. One says "Why are we running? We can't outrun a bear." And the other says "I don't have to outrun the bear, I only have to outrun you."
	Saravali, Ch. 7-13	Mars rules blood, copper, army, red cloth, minerals, earth, king, destruction, swooning, bile and thieves.
	~~ Mantreswara's Phaladeepika	"... fighting, battles, cooking, lands, gold, causing troubles to others, weapons, Adventure, association with wicked men, spying, or through theft... "
	Topics of Mangala: Mangala main page Nakshatra of Kuja = Mrigashira + Chitra + Dhanishtha Chandra-Mangala Yoga Mangala-Ratna Munga = Red Coral Mangala + Shani Kuja Dosha "Mangalika" Gochara Mangala descriptions, 12 bhava Gochara neechcha Mangala in Karkata Kuja's 4th - 8th drishti Mangala = malefic or benefic? Manglik - Kuja Dosha Chandra-Mangala Yoga Mangala and Shani Vimshottari Dasha of Mangala, from BPHS Herb (Bhasman) for Kuja comments on a troublesome Mars Gochara Mangala , description of transit effects through 12 bhava "Manglik" - Kuja Dosha = Mars glance to the marriage house Chandra + Mangala Yoga = Moon + Mars Mangala and Shani Herb = Bhasman) for Kuja BPHS Vimshottari Dasha of Mangala A special transit: gochara Mangala 234 days in Karkata	Earth (Bhumi) Police, military Injuries, accidents Blood and flesh, Skull, Head Heat, combustion, engines, life force Enemies, Fighting, Warfare Explosions, weapons Energy, action, power Industry, manufacturing, machinery Brothers, siblings, competition Hunting, all varieties; Kuja = Agent of Pursuit Vitality Physical Body puruSa-pazu (man-animal) Pioneering, Primacy, Priority, Arriving First Competition, Challenge, Combat Newness, Novelty, Innovation, Invention Domination, Strength, Athletic Prowess
	Tantra in Tibet by H.H. the Dalai Lama, Tsong-ka-pa and Jeffrey Hopkins, * Manjushri is the natural form of the wisdom of all Conquerors; one relies on him to increase wisdom in discriminating the truth. Tsong-ka-pa met Manjushri through Lama U-ma-pa.	"There was a painting of Manjushri on the wall of Tsong-ka-pa's Ga-wa-dong retreat, and upon improvement of his meditation, a great light emitted from Manjushri's heart. That was the first time Tsong-ka-pa saw Manjushri, and thereafter at his wish he met with Manjushri,* who taught him the difficult points of the stages of the path. Therefore, Tsong-ka-pa pays homage to the lowest part of Manjushri's body, his feet. In ordinary refuge, once our temporary purpose has been satisfied, we no longer need a source of refuge. Here, Tsong-ka-pa takes refuge not for a trifling superficial purpose, but for the ultimate purpose of attaining the fruit of complete liberation from suffering and the causes of suffering, and, since this is not usually done in a few years or even in one lifetime, he pays respectful homage in all his lifetimes. This indicates that the path must be practised within the context of refuge from lifetime to lifetime until becoming a Buddha."
	List from Das	"Ability to organize, accidents, bleeding, disaster, actions of heroism, aggressive, ambitious, averse to control, bases, military, brothers, determined, enduring chemistry, chivalry, competition, combat, confidence, courage, daring enemies, energy, impulsive, impatient, engineers, precision, goal- oriented, hates opposition, inimical to idleness Jupiter regulates him, love for work, manliness, princes, passion, extravagance, police, army, fire, rescue, red things, self-confidence, self-employed, non-subordinate strength, muscles "
	BPHS Ch. 84, Shloka 8	Contemplate of Mangala with a red necklace, dressed in red-coloured robes, with four arms, carrying Shakti, Shoola, Gada (mace) and Vara and mounted on a lamb.
	BPL:	Friend of = Ravi, Soma, Guru; Enemy of = Budha; Neutral =Shukra, Shani Rashi of Mangala shows the environment in which one will act instinctively to Challenge, Pursue, Explore, Hunt, Fight or Compete sexual imagery, blood and blood sport, flesh , heat and metals, engines , masculine imagery, Military, Police, athletics, animal instinct , Construction, Competition, Engineering, Surgery, Healing, Tantrik Arts, intense control, forcible or aggressive control (vs. Budha persuasion by logical argument or image presentation), war, aggression, Transformations , sudden changes, crisis, bold action, hunting, weapons, kinesthetic sense, massage, mining, invasion and penetration , detective work, psychiatry, death and rebirth, reddish-black things
	Career advantage = yang-energy Kuja Professional pursuits	Mangala in bhava-3, Mangala in bhava-4, and Mangala in bhava-7 measured from radical lagna, or from Chandra lagna) will cast a pro-active, competitive, and often aggressive drishti upon professional bhava-10. Kuja possesses an abundant supply of physical movement energy that fuels sustained competitive action. Kuja drishti toward bhava-10 fuels the drive toward recognized performance in professional pursuits. Presuming that the Mangala mahadasha occurs during adulthood and that other more sophisticated graha are nicely coordinated with Kuja's primitive, self-directed "bullet" style of pursuit, the native enjoys a career advantage. Mangala invigorates career activities which require "getting ahead" via physical vitality, direct movement, singular focus, sports and military culture, the company of young males, and dominating "alpha" instincts.
	Mangala = malefic or benefic? ~~ B.V. Raman, Three Hundred Important Combinations .(10th ed., Delhi, 1991, 1947). "Malefics, Benefics, and Neutrals" p. 5	"Mars: He is benefic as: lord of 1 and 8 Aries, 2 and 7 Libra, 2 and 9 Pisces, 3 and 10 Aquarius, 4 and 9 Leo, 5 and 10 Cancer, 5 and 12 Sagittarius, and 7 and 12 Taurus. Here we have taken into account the 'modified influence' due to the second lordship. Thus if you take Sagittarius, Mars is benefic as lord of a trine 5 and neutral as lord of 12. But his trinal lordship s so powerfulas to overcome the 12th lordship so that he becomes a benefic. Mars is neutral as lord of 1 and 6 Scorpio and malefic as lord of 3 and 8 Virgo, 4 and 11 Capricorn and 6 and 11 Gemini.
	Mangala = Vitality, Death and Rebirth	Kuja represents the life force energy which enlivens all sentient beings. Kuja directs the cycle of death-and-rebirth. Mesha = blood-birth = that visible, fleshly, body-based birth which incarnated creatures repeatedly endure. Mangala is the natural regulator of bhava-1. The baseline (base lagna) of any inquiry shows the vital basis or birth conditions of the matter in questions. Vrischika = re-birth = that (largely) invisible, psychic, soul-based transformation of the container of the vital energy which all sentient creatures continuously endure. In His capacity as natural regulator of randhra bhava, Mangala can enforce numerous transformations of the container for an individual vital being (virtual rebirths) within any apparently fleshly lifetime. For example major surgery, deep therapeutic healing, emergence from catastrophic change, tantrik magic, can all effect a vital rebirth. Mangala is the natural regulator of bhava-8. bhava-8 determines conditions of death; however it is important to understand that death is a VITAL PROCESS and certainly not the "end" of anything. Death is a point upon a cycle of continuous movement of vital energy from form to form which is directed by Mangala.
	Physical Body	Mangala = a tendency to express competitive aggression or rash action via the part of the body indicated by the rashi or the nakshatra of Kuja. This body zone is typically more prone to receive injuries or suffer irritation. See Nakshatra Body Zones Periods of Mangala often bring irritation to the indicated parts of the physical body. If Mangala is also L-6 from lagna irritation can deepen into injury or disease; but otherwise, there is an excess combative energy within the psyche which seeks externalization through the designated location within the physical body. If Kuja = L-6 from Chandra, there can be an emergence of psycho-emotional mental health issues again associated with the representations of Mangala's rashi. However normally there is simply a period of disruption, irritation, and offensiveness. Naturally if Mangala occupies the radix lagna, effects on the physical body are more pronounced.
	Use of Force is not a sign of strength but rather a sign of weakness. H.H. Dalai Lama. A Policy of Kindness: An Anthology of Writings By and About the Dalai Lama Compiled and edited by Sidney Piburn, foreword by Sen. Claiborne Pell,	"If there are sound reasons or bases for the points you demand, then there is no need to use violence. On the other hand, when there is no sound reason that concessions should be made to you but mainly your own desire, then reason cannot work and you have to rely on force. Thus, using force is not a sign of strength but rather a sign of weakness. Even in daily human contact, if we talk seriously, using reasons, there is no need to feel anger. We can argue the points. When we fail to prove with reason, then anger comes. When reason ends, then anger begins . Therefore, anger is a sign of weakness."
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Irritations and "Ang"-type constrictions related to Angaraka

Kuja = Agent of Pursuit

Mangala represents the Animal body component of the human experience. Kuja is instinctive, reactive, goal-focused, and alive!

• Kuja is vigorous, vital, excited, direct and invasive.

• Mangala is muscularand quick-trigger active. He indicates vigorous movement,dance, running, jumping, athletic competitions, and every type of physical sport.

• [cf: entertainer Michael Jackson, Mangala in Mesha lagna, vigorous and military -style dance movement]

• Kuja is a hunter, a diver, a builder, a creator, a producer. He is the agent of pursuit.In relationships, whether personal or professional, Shukra is the attractor and Mangala is the pursuer. Kuja's rashi, domain, and drishti give further details of the style and motive for His pursuit.

• If Mangala is well positioned, the

  Mangala Mahadashacan be the most dynamic and productive period of life. If Angaraka is weak or ill dignified, Angarakamahadasha signifies Anger(krodha), blaming, and accidents.

• If one holds the conventional victim perspective of things happening "to" one, Mars periods can release so much anger that severe accidents are not out of the question. The possibility of really harming yourself -- or allowing another person to mirror your frustration so intensely that they harm you -- is adequate motivation to pursue a more conscious release for the anger!

• If you have a

  Mangala Mahadashacoming up it is wise to study the psychology of projection, to avoid projecting one's own internal anger randomly into the environment, where it can be picked up unconsciously by another person and "returned to owner" with vigorous force!

Sorry if I sound preachy or alarmist, but paapa(malefic) Mars functioning at full power can be a serious maraka.

An intelligent and reflective person will be aware of the volume of anger surging toward the top of one's psychic volcano.

• You might not see it as a real threat to your life. But Mars can be fatally dangerous if he owns or occupies a maraka house. Mars can stimulate conflict and violence in the life. Wow, that sounds scary. Well, it can be... but remember the planets simply evoke subconscious patterns forcing them to rise into conscious action, at the scheduled time.

• The planets don't "cause" experiences.

• The planets evoke past-life/early childhood unresolved moral and emotional situations, whether that be a fight or a caring touch, and raise them to the surface of consciousness.

• The individual's own memories are what "cause" the experience. Clearly to avoid the potential negative consequences of the era of the planet assigned to violence and conflict, it is helpful to develop awareness of what is in that memory bank!

• Meditation, journal-writing, counseling, healing - it all works.

• When the native is at least partly conscious of the memories which are being stimulated by the Mars period, Mangala can evoke a massive physical and emotional healing transformation.

• It just depends on how the person understands the release process. If they think they can only release by blasting off a few heads in McDonalds with an ouzi,that's what they'll do. If they think they can only release by rampant domineering sexual profligacy, that's what they'll do. If they think intensive massage, long-distance running, or all-hands-on-deck self-healing is a better way, that's what they'll do.

• And they'll do it with power.

When the native is at least partly conscious of the memories which are being stimulated by the Mars period, Mangala can evoke a massive physical and emotional healing transformation. It just depends on how the person understands the release process.

• If they think they can only release by blasting off a few heads in McDonalds with an ouzi,that's what they'll do.

• If they think they can only release by rampant domineering sexual profligacy, that's what they'll do.

• If they think intensive massage, long-distance running, or all-hands-on-deck self-healing is a better way, that's what they'll do.

And they'll do it with power.

Spiritually advanced types will harness Kuja's surging energy for tantric healing.

• But Mars is the warrior planet and even the most dignified position of Mars has a vulgar underside. Everyone has anger and aggression, stored in the subconscious over the course of many lifetimes. So, even a guru will get angry occasionally under Mars influence, or cross sexual boundaries, or act with unusual selfishness.

• Depending on which houses he rules, Mars may stimulate aggressive behavior from relatives, co-workers, the spouse, or the government. The most conscious option is to deal with each attack directly, understanding that the people attacking you now - physically or emotionally - are people you have attacked in past lives.

It is supremely difficult to turn the other cheek, but if one really accepts responsibility for the consequences of past-life mistakes, it will be possible to deal with others' anger which right now is directed straight at you.

• If you are able to psychically release inherited blaming behaviors your career will take a huge step up into a much more sophisticated and genteel social level. Mars is a fabulously prosperous career planet when he is exalted in Capricorn, or strong in his own two signs Scorpio and Aries, or occupying a good house like Tanu, Putra, Dharma, Karma -- or in Chandra-Mangala yoga.

• If you keep the anger inside, you will shoot yourself in the foot again and again, trashing your business and family communications via sudden, unconscious angry remarks or body language that totally distracts your communicant. That's how strong Mars can be!

Angarika is proactively sexual.

• Shukra = sweet, incoming, magnetic, enticing, attractive, addictive, feminine energy.

• Mangala = Outgoing, proactive, penetratingsexual energy, that probesanother's psychic and physical space. Kuja invadesthe aura of another.

Excess animal-instinct Kuja unmitigated by other more sophisticated graha may result in crime and aggression." Crimes of passion" = Mars + Rahu.

Note to a client with a volatile Kuja + Rahu in bhava-2 (family history) receiving the oppressive drishti of Shani:

One benefit of releasing family blaming behaviors during Vimshottari periods of Mangala = a smoother sexual attraction cycle. Lovers will be able to see your sensual beauty directly, instead of having to negotiate the psychic anger field that is hanging around due to ancient family conflict.

Sexual energy can penetrate directly to the persona of interest, permitting longer lasting but still high voltage sexual relationships.

• For many educated people, having professional status is an effective way to gain leverage against the downward-pulling force of one's family. But if one deals directly with the anger patterns in the family, rather than hiding in professional engagement, the wisdom gained in that family space will ultimately make you a more grounded and secure adult. Your defenses in the outside world will operate better as a result.

• Generally during Mars periods, career and athletic activities will go full speed ahead - if you don't block it.

• When emotional matters surge to the front burner they must receive priority attention.

• Mars increases sensuality and excitement. The stronger Mars is, the more deeply sensual the person and the more they appreciate power and feel entitled to flaunt it. But Mars requires some clever balancing of career development and emotional down-time for health maintenance.

If you do the maintenance you can have big power to start new ventures under Rahu, which is always the next mahadasha.

Under influence of Mars you will be shown a highly rewarding work path if you have the inner peace and clarity to recognize that path. For many with a strong Mars so much energy is going into anger management that a low-to-medium awareness person could not possibly manifest more than neutral professional survival. Anger is self-imprisoning . There can be vicious arguments because Mars makes speech brutally honest - and often sarcastic or vulgar too.

Anger - Angst - Anxiety - Angina - Angaraka

As anger arises, give yourself permission to heal, release, heal, release. Start screaming. Dance your brains out. Any heat-generating movement will give excellent release.

• Martial arts that use powerful leg/pelvic movement with screaming are perfect!! Mars is third chakra so run that bright yellow Kuja force with enthusiasm! If you have the blessing to release anger through warrior arts, dance, bicycling, massage (esp of upper legs/pelvis/abdomen) THEN you can USE the energy newly freed from anger management TO ADVANCE YOUR CAREER.

• Basically the more energy you release through conscious healing the faster your career and love-life log-jams will break up.

Ayurvedic treatment is great because of the hot oil massages, but if you can't find a brilliant ayurved then homeopathic is good too. Standard homeopathic remedies for Rage include belladonna. However the homeopath (ideally only classic homeopathy) will ask for your full lifestyle, and they might peel off the onion layers more slowly.

• I'm emphasizing how important anger release and healing are for Mars folks because these are our leaders. The world needs you. Mars phase is a critical make-or-break step in advancing leadership vocations. The anger either consumes you or you transform it into jet fuel, break the chains, and get pro-active.

In the beginning, Mars mahadasha can be supremely frustrating because unless the anger is acknowledged Mars actually generates a big career block. This is for conscious folks the darkness before the dawn.

• True leader will climb to higher leadership potency through higher awareness. You're right - it is all impermanent - but so long as we live in the delusion, leaders are needed to show us the way toward peace.

• As a culture we are transitioning out of the tribal framework but there is still a lot of war around because there is still a lot of fear and anger around. I wish you success and deep peace in helping yourself to manage your own anger so that you gain strength and confidence to help others on the hard road to true peace.

The great amplifieras always is Rahu. If Rahu yuti Mangala occupies a rashi of mouthpiece-Budha (Mithuna or Kanya) expect verbal aggression and elaborate, legalistic argumentation as well as characteristic mapping and planning. Compulsive levels of offensive argumentation during periods of Rahu or Kuja.

• Rahu with Kuja in a sign of Moon (Karkataka)gives severe emotional disturbance. Psycho-emotional confusion, inability to locate or respect personal boundaries, and extreme desire polarization suggest a bipolar or traumatic-reactive condition. Even if Kuja is in lagna and therefore Yogakaraka, the native will be unstable. But when Kuja is Yogakaraka the native may be able to translate his emotional volatility into vigorously productive, self-expressive work that receives social accolades.

• Ketu yuti Karkataka Moon = simply withdrawn. All the drama in internalized. This is a combination for mental and emotional illness, but potentially also a psychic sensitivity that allows communication with spirits in a healing way. Meditation practice here makes the difference. If in a structured and supervised practice, the super-sensitive and easily invaded native can serve his community as a vital link to the spirit world.

• H.H. Dalai Lama, 365 Dalai Lama: Daily Advice from the Heart, Matthieu Ricard (Ed.)

"It is up to everyone to bring an end to war.

We can of course identify those who have incited conflict, but we cannot pretend that they sprung up out of nowhere or that they acted in isolation.

They were members of a society of which we are all members too, and for which each one of us carries a share of responsibility.

If we want to bring about peace in the world, let us start by creating it in ourselves. "

H.H. Dalai Lama and Alexander Berzin, p.142

"The attainment of shamata is a serenely stilled state of mind, settled on mind itself. Although the attainment of such a meditational state focused on mind is the foundation for developing the highest attainments and is, of course, very excellent, by itself it is insufficient for reaching those goals.

When we achieve a mind focused on mind with the perfect placement of absorbed concentration, free from all faults of dullness or flightiness, we increasingly experience an element of bliss accompanying our meditation. When we experience serene joy, on both a physical and mental level, brought on by the force of total absorption of mind on mind, we achieve a meditational state that fulfills the definition of shamata.

Our ordinary mind is like raw iron ore that needs to be made into a steel sword. Progressing through the stages for attaining shamata is like forging the iron into steel. All the materials are there at our disposal. But since the mind wanders after external objects, then although it is the material for attaining shamata, it cannot yet be used as this product. We have to forge our mind through a meditational process. It is like putting the iron ore into fire.

To fashion the steel into a sword, or in this analogy to fashion the mind into an instrument that understands voidness, our serenely stilled and settled mind needs to come to decisive realization of voidness as its object. Without such a weapon of mind, we have no opponent with which to destroy the disturbing emotions and attitudes."