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• Surya Mahadasha BPHS
• Surya Dasha Pijan
• Simha Lagna

"We must distinguish between pride and self-confidence. Self-confidence is necessary. It is what enables us, in certain situations, not to lose courage and to think with some justification, 'I am capable of succeeding.' Self-confidence is quite different from excessive self-assurance based on a false appreciation of our capacities or circumstances.

If you feel able to accomplish a task that other people cannot manage, then you cannot be called proud as long as your assessment is well founded. It is as if someone tall came across a group of short people who wanted to get something too high for them to reach, and said to them, 'Don't exert yourselves, I can do it.' This would simply mean that he was more qualified than the others to carry out a particular task, but not that he is superior to them or that he wants to crush them."

~~ Shri Ramana Maharshi

~~ Baba Ram Dass (his Surya+Rahu in karmasthana-Meena of D-1; Surya+ Rahu in his 8th navamsha also)

"The spiritual journey is individual, highly personal.

It can’t be organized or regulated.

It isn’t true that everybody should follow one path.

Listen to your own truth."

Edgar Cayce

"The strongest force used in the destiny of man is the Sun first,

then the closer planets to the earth, or those that are coming to ascension at the time of the birth of the individual,

• but let it be understood here, no action of any planet

or the phases of the Sun, the Moon or any of the heavenly bodies [may] surpass the rule of man's will power,

the power given by the Creator of man, in the beginning, when he became a living soul,

• with the power of choosing for himself."

Vocabulary:

Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionary

Surya

• The sun or its deity

  • (in the Veda the name Surya is generally distinguished from Savitri ...

  • and denotes the most concrete of the solar gods , whose connection with the luminary is always present to the poet's mind; ...

  • He is regarded as one of the original Vedic triad,

  • His place being in the sky, while that of Agni is on the earth, and that of Indra is in the Atmosphere)...

• ... he moves through the sky in a chariot drawn by seven ruddy horses or mares

  • in the later mythology, Surya is identified with Savitri as one of the 12 Adityas or emblems of the Sun in the 12 months of the year ,

  • and his seven-horsed chariot is said to be driven by Aruna or the Dawn as its charioteer, who is represented without legs;

  • the Sun, whether named Surya or Vivasvat, has several wives

• A symbolical expression for the number 12

• The swallow-wort (either Calotropisor Asclepias Gigantea)

• epithet of Shiva

Vivasvat

• shining forth , diffusing light , matutinal

• "at the seat of Fire"; "the Brilliant one" [RV]

• sometimes regarded as one of the eight Adityas or sons of Aditi ,

  • his father being Kasyapa ;

  • elsewhere he is said to be a son of Dakshayani and Kasyapa ;

  • in epic poetry he is held to be the father of Manu Vaivasvata

  • or , according to another legend , of Manu Savarni by Sa-varna ;

  • in RV. x , 17 , 1 he is described as the father of Yama Vaivasvata ,

  • and in RV. x , 17 , 2 as father of the As3vins by Saranyu , and elsewhere as father of both Yama and Yami ,

  • and therefore a kind of parent of the human race) RV

  • .the Soma priest RV

  • name of Aruna (charioteer of the Sun)

  • of the seventh or present Manu (more properly called Vaivasvata , as son of Vivasvat) RV

Savitri

• a verse or prayer addressed to Savitri or the Sun (esp. the celebrated verse RV. iii , 62 , 10 ; also called gAyatrI

• initiation as a member of the three twice-born classes by reciting the above verse and investing with the sacred thread (sAvitra)

• a partic. form of the Gayatri metre

• name of Surya or a daughter of Savitri

• name of the wife of Brahma

• name of the Sarasvati River

• a ray of light , solar ray

• the ring-finger

Ravi

• The sun or the sun-god

• sometimes regarded as one of the 12 Adityas ; [metonymic] name of the number "twelve"

• Calotropis Gigantea

• The right canal for the passage of the vital air

Martaanda

• The sun or the god of the sun (often in titles of books)

• A statue of the sun-god

• plural for the Adityas = therefore a symbolical N. for the number " twelve "

• A bird in the sky

AbhISumat

• " having rays of light ", radiant , bright

• The sun

prabhAkara

• "light-maker"

• The sun (du. sun and moon)

• The moon

• fire

BPHSCh. 3, Shloka 23

"The Sun's eyes are honey-colored. He has a square body.

He is of clean habits, bilious, intelligent, and has limited hair on (his head)."

BPHS, Ch. 84, Shloka 23

Contemplate of Sūrya well adorned with two arms,

seated on a lotus, with a lotus flower in one hand,

red-coloured, like lotus and aboard a chariot of seven horses.

Bhagavata Purana

11.28.8

"The one who knows the secret of my words does not criticize not praise anybody,

but moves in the world free from any prejudice or partiality, just like the sun."

The Sun rules snakes, wool, hills, gold, weapons, poison, fire, medicines, kings.

Aryas (or foreigners in general), river banks, forest, wood and Mantras.

(list from Das)

Ambition, authority, bile problems, boldness, chest and head, consciousness, courage, determination, energy, eyesight, weak faith, fame, father, hot, inflexible, king, impact of ones personality, influence, nobility, optimism, personality, political power, reliance on self, soul, vitality

Jataka Desha Marga, Ch. 1, Sloka 44

The Sun is the soul of Kalapurusha;

• The Moon, his mind;

• Mars, his strength;

• Mercury, his speech;

• Jupiter, his knowledge and happiness;

• Venus, his sexual love;

• And Saturn, his misery.

• The Sun and the Moon are known as kings;

• Mars is the commander-in-chief;

• Mercury is the heir-apparent;

• Jupiter and Venus are the ministers and Saturn is the servant.

~~ (King David speaking in) Psalm 19: 4-6

The sun crosses the heavens from end to end, and nothing can hide from its heat.”

www.sanskrit.org/www/Hindu%20Primer/gayatri.html

"The more common name for the sun is surya.

Generally "surya" is the name for the sun while it is above the horizon

and savitri is the sun as it is rising and setting, just below the horizon."

Surya = material attributes

• copper or red,

• gold or brass

• ruby

• east and summer

• Nava Dhanya = wheat

John Ruskin

"In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes. "

Ravi = malefic or benefic?

from: B.V. Raman, Three Hundred Important Combinations . (10th ed., Delhi, 1991, 1947).

"Malefics, Benefics, and Neutrals" p. 5

"The Sun.—

• He is benefic as lord of 1, 4, 7, 10, 5 and 9 which is possible in regard to Leo, Taurus, Aquarius, Scorpio, Aries and Sagittarius.

• He is neutral as lord of 2, 12 and 8 which is possible for Cancer, Virgo and Capricorn.

• He is malefic as lord of 3, 6 and 11 , which is possible for Gemini, Pisces and Libra."

Mary Lou Cook

inventing,

experimenting,

growing,

taking risks,

breaking rules,

making mistakes,

and having fun."

~~ Shri Aurobindo

The one aim of [my] yoga is an inner self-development by which each one who follows it can in time discover the One Self in all

and evolve a higher consciousness than the mental, a spiritual and supramental consciousness

which will transform and divinize human nature .

Intelligence and Confident Creativity

• Ravi = "light of day".

• Soma = "light of night".

Soma represents the gentle, subtle light of intuitive perception. Surya exhibits the vigorous, flamboyant light of royal confidence.

Surya vs Budha

• Mercury and Bhava-3 = communication style and effectiveness, cultural fluency, facility of gesture, etc.,

• Budha = the constant "mental traffic" of the conversational narrative, while Surya controls the individual creative intelligence which taps into the Divine Intelligence.

• Surya's central intelligence (faith) = the energy source of Budha's communicative messaging and instruction; discriminating, polarizing Budha develops the specific information-arranging skill set to a higher technical level.

• Surya and Budha are mutually friendly graha

• whatever quality and quantity of intelligence Surya may manifest in the present incarnation, Budha will cheerfully duplicate, articulate and disseminate this intelligence via words and gestures.

A powerful Surya = originality of thought, celebrity, genius .

However, unless Budha assists Surya with the verbal articulation of this brilliant awareness, genius might never find a useful verbal or literary expression. Budha should escape the range of combustion Budha should be helpfully disposed in order for the genius to promulgate one's most original, divinely inspired ideas. However sheer conceptual power, the capacity to think in cosmic and universal terms, remains the province of Lord Ravi.

Noting the effect of Suraja on the ages of human civilization, Sri Yukteswara writes:

"With the commencement of the Ascending Kali Yuga, after A.D. 499,

the sun began to advance in its orbit nearer to the grand centre,

and accordingly the intellectual power of man started to develop."

~~ Shri Swami Yukteswara. (1894, 1990).The Holy Science. Self-Realization Fellowship)

Self-Confidence, Self-Righteousness, Flamboyance

Personality characteristics of Suraja run along a continuum from self-confidentto self-righteous.

When Surya is strong a person "thinks well of himself", regardless of public opinion. He has good reasons for his behavior and he is convinced he is right (whether he actually is, or not!) Strong, positive role for Surya suggests that the native feels deeply enfranchised to be "who they are" regardless of external confirmation of that right!

• Surya's strength per seand His angle to Soma provide a "flamboyance index" which predict how aggressively rational a person might be. *Not* how "correct" their reasoning is or how clearly they articulate their personal logic (which is more a function of Mercury). And *not* whether their methods or conclusions are logically valid or culturally approved (which is more a function of house-3 and house-10). But rather, how self-confident and theatrically staged are the native 's arguments.

• PPoorly informed and emotionally handicapped natives with a strong Sun will be aggressively dogmatic, promoting a small number of rational arguments very confidently. The local politician substituting loudly repeated slogans for a reasoned argument probably has a strong Sun. The beer-sotted neighbor holding forth on better ways to run his national government probably also has a strong Sun! So are totalitarian dictators like Adolph Hitler and Joseph Stalin.

• Well-educated and emotionally developed natives with a strong Sun will be calmly and comprehensively reasonable, capable of understanding and appreciating alternative views, and still completely confident that their own well-planned position is correct. Such as the great theological minds of history, and the Enlightenment philosophers and working politicians like Thomas Jefferson who carried forth great rational principles of government. What they all have in common is their unshakable conviction - evidence notwithstanding - that they are right.

Soul, Life Force, or Eternal Consciousness

Conscious individuals will notice that the six-year Vimshottari mahadasha of Surya is a period of personal reconnection with the psychic, rational, and social aspects of the Father. Periods of Surya cause awakening to the internalized role of the Father within oneself. (This experience may be pleasant or painful or both, depending on the Jyotisha characteristics of natal Ravi).

It is wise to "strike while the iron is hot" (an apt metaphor for the hottest graha!) and use this essential self-knowledge to fullest capacity during the six-year mahadasha.

General patterns of Surya period include:

• Attracting into one's environment persons who resemble the Father and the all-knowing Guru on many levels

• understanding the role that the Father played in the child's personality formation

• depending on Surya's character, assignment to leadership roles and need to negotiate moral conflict situations, or make conscious ethical choices

• strong rationalization of the personality: organization of thought, social role, relationships, and inner consciousness (soul)

In the nativity, look to Surya as the primary indicator of Father; and Chandra as primary indicator of Mother.

bhava-9 also indicates Father, but bhava-9 should be used as a complementary and secondary indicator. (Similarly, Soma is the strongest karaka for Mother, but bhava-4 is complementary and secondary. Use both to build the parental profile)

Consider Surya - in Radix, Navamsha, and Dwadashamsha- to show the core characteristics of the Father.

Predictions based in Surya lagna

BPHS Ch. 7, Shloka 39-43

Whatever effects are to be known from the Karma and Labha Bhava

be also known from similar bhava counted from Surya.

Humility, Altruism, Divinity, Compassion:

H.H. Dalai Lama, Lighting the Way. Geshe Thupten Jinpa (Trans.)

"Any sense of conceit or self-importance gets in the way of cultivating the genuine altruistic intention, and the most effective remedy against this is the cultivation of humility.

I can tell you a more recent story to illustrate this point.

The great nineteenth-century Tibetan Dzokchen meditator Dza Patrul Rinpoche always maintained a demeanor of true humility. At one time, when he was giving a series of teachings to a large crowd of students, he experienced a forceful yearning for solitude.

So one day he quietly left his residence and disappeared, dressed like an ordinary pilgrim and carrying a walking staff and very little else. When he reached a nomadic camp he sought shelter for a few days with one of the families.

While he was staying with them, his hostess asked him to read some texts and, since he looked just like an ordinary pilgrim, in return for his food and lodging she asked him to help with the household chores, which included the disposal of the contents of her chamber pot.

One day, while he was away from the camp attending to this task, some of his well-dressed monk students came looking for him.

When his hostess heard their description of him, she suddenly realized this was the same person she had asked to throw away the contents of her chamber pot. (It is said she was so embarrassed that she just ran away!) Such was the humility of this great teacher, who had many thousands of students.

... great practitioners of the altruistic intention also possess a tremendous courage grounded in real inner strength....

This combination of a total lack of conceit yet possessing great depth of courage is what is required in a true practitioner of bodhicitta, the altruistic mind of awakening."

The Vajra-yana:

• Emptiness,

• Confidence,

• Identity,

• Maturity,

• Danger

H.H. Dalai Lama, The Path to Enlightenment. Glenn H. Mullin (Trans. and Ed.).

"...an understanding of the doctrine of emptiness is fundamental to tantric practice. Every sadhana begins with, is structured around, and ends with meditation upon emptiness. To practice Vajrayana without the wisdom of emptiness can be very dangerous.

For example, a main tantric technique is the cultivation of Asubtle divine pride, a confidencethat one is an enlightened tantric deity, the Lord of the Mandala.

• One's mind is the Wisdom Body of a Buddha,

• One's speech is the Beatific Body,

• One's form is the Perfect Emanation Body,

• And the world and its inhabitants are seen as a mandala inhabited by the various forms of tantric deities.

Thus we have to utterly change our sense of "I." To do so involves the subject of emptiness.

To practice the yoga of divine pride without an understanding of emptiness

• will not only be useless,

• but could lead to identity problems and other undesirable psychological effects.

Therefore it is said that

• although the Vajrayana is a quick path when correctly practiced on the proper spiritual basis,

• it is dangerous for the spiritually immature.

This type of danger area is one of the reasons why

• the Vajrayana must be practiced under the supervision of a qualified vajra acharya."

The "I"

H.H.Tenzin Gyatso. (2006). How to Expand Love: Widening the Circle of Loving Relationships .Jeffrey Hopkins (Trans. , Ed.)Atria Pub.

"Many types of valid consciousnesses derive from basic, natural, and obvious perception.

All of us have an innate "I," although if we try to locate this "I," we get into a lot of difficulties. This sense of "I" gives us a well-founded aspiration to happiness and a wish not to suffer.

There are different levels of happiness and different kinds of suffering.

Material things usually correspond to physical happiness,

• whereas spiritual development corresponds to mental happiness.

Since our "I" has these two aspects--physical and mental--we need an inseparable combination of material progress and internal, or spiritual, progress.

Balancing these is crucial to utilizing material progress and inner development for the good of human society.

Big schemes for world development arise from this wish to gain happiness and relieve suffering.

But there are higher levels of happiness beyond these worldly forms, in which one seeks something longer-term, not just confined to this lifetime.

Just as we need a long-range perspective that protects the environment, we need an internal long-range perspective that extends to future lifetimes."