St. Teresa of Avila

Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Al-Thumada

St. Therese of Jesus

Vargottamsha Budha gains dik-bala in bhava-1 = a powerful writer and speaker

Lasting influence - continuously in print since the year 1577. A writer both reflective and guiding.

• The Interior Castle (El Castillo Interior) published in 1577 CE - still in print and selling briskly

• Lagnesha Guru in bhava-3 writing

• L-3 uchchamsha Shukra writing in lagna yuti writing-karaka Budha

Quotations

"It is love alone that gives worth to all things."

"Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul."

"Do not be dismayed, at the number of things which you have to consider

before setting out on this divine journey,

which is the royal road to heaven.

By taking this road we gain such precious treasures

that it is no wonder if the cost seems to us a high one.

The time will come when we shall realize that all we have paid

has been nothing at all by comparison with the greatness of our prizes."

"Each of us has a soul, but we forget to value it.

We don't remember that we are creatures made in the image of God.

We don't understand the great secrets hidden inside of us." [L-8 uchchamsha Shukra in lagna]

"Prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God."

• Ketu in bhava 12

• Rahu in bhava 6

• ambivalence (Ketu) toward places of retreat , ancestor-guides, and dreams; unable to attain lasting sanctuary. Often, insomnia.

• desire (Rahu) to be recognized as a clever adversary , adventurous druggist, or agent of conflict

10th navamsha

= career and profession

• Dhanushya = preaching

• Shani in Dhanushya = 10th navamsha = preaching of Shani-message = austerity, discipline, orderliness, self-deprivation, dryness, coldness, scarcity, separation, delay, conformity to law, adherence to the Rule.

Meena-Shukra