Mars and Saturn a closer look Fundamentals of Astrology
Saturn — the Heralder of Golden Age Mars — the Golden Planet
Relationship between Mars and Saturn How Planets get Influenced
Planets and the Ascendant The Importance of Ascendant Saturn rules Wisdom
Saturn and Happiness Mars is Sun's Energy
Golden Rules for Saturn and Mars New Astrological Principles Revealed Good Planets Best in Good Houses Essential Energy for Life
Rules for Health Positive Living
Historic Effects of Saturn and Mars The Right Life — In a Saint's Word EPILOGUE
Mars and Saturn a closer look
Traditional astrology depicts Saturn and Mars as malefic planets but the new astrology on a closer re-examination finds these planets highly benefic. Saturn in truth is the Savior and Mars the Messiah of mankind. The shadowy planets, which are correctly described as the nodes of Moon, are also benefic since both are "doubles" of Saturn and Mars. Sun is not a harsh (kroora) planet but is a planet of dignity. It is like a king who, while maintaining his very high station, is still very charitable to his subjects. He presents a semblance of authoritarianism and ruthlessness only to excite fear among the unruly for the purpose of administration and control but the thing most dear to his heart is to do good to the people.
Mujadid Alif Sani Sirhindi merits a special mention for revealing the highest Sufi secrets. I am thankful to the publishers for accepting my ideas and giving them shape in print.
A being is no being without a future. A person can only thrive if he has a future to look forward to, a destination to reach. Life is worth living if it has a future, bright or otherwise. Can we call a still-born infant a baby, a living, pulsating being? Never The reason is obvious. The stillborn child has a past but no future to live. What is death? It is only an evidence of the fact that inanimate body materials have no
future. The living soul has a future which has to Part Company with those elements which have no future. Astrology looks to the future alone. When, instead of looking ahead, we look backwards we notice the past. None can identify the present. The moment that we call 'now' cannot be pinpointed
specifically.
A novelist or a story-teller is particular about the future course of the events in the story. He cannot leave his story or novel in the middle as Samuel Taylor Coleridge has left a few poems in the middle, especially Kubla Khan. Darwin would not have taken a long course of journey which was perilous and very hard had there been no future about which he was optimistic. The Origin of the Fineries is a fruit, of Darwin's hard labor. than with the 'present' hardships of his voyage of discovery.
Confidence, optimism, courage, fortitude, a strong determination and a forceful will are the positive proof of this concept.
In his "Ode to a Skylark", Shelley mused:
We look before and after and pine for what is not our sincere laughter with some pain is fraught.
There is pain in the remembrance but joy in expectancy. So Shelley is not altogether just in his contention. John Keats said, "A thing of beauty is a joy forever". Joy is not joy if it is not forever, especially the future. We are always worried about our future although we are fascinated by our past. In "Solitary Reaper" Wordsworth comes across a highland country girl who is singing by herself in a lonely field. The poet thinks that she may be singing of "Old unhappy, far off things. And, battles long ago". The old battles which might have caused a lot of bloodshed are remembered nostalgically because ancient is romantic and charming and more thrilling than the present. Future has more often been neglected and nobody bothers about it except astrologers and astrology.
FUNDAMENTALS OF ASTROLOGY
Astrology has been variously defined. It is described as an art as well as a science, but never a philosophy. In truth astrology is a philosophy of life. You can make or mar your life by the study of stars. When leaders like Adolf Hitler utilized the services of astrologers for the sake of waging war on enemies how can we isolate astrology from philosophical studies? In ancient times no branch of knowledge was separate from philosophy. Let us synthesize all knowledge and accept that astrology is science, art and philosophy rolled into one. At least astrology is closely linked with psychology which is considered to be a part of philosophy in modern times. In colleges, psychology is one of the three subjects that come under philosophy, the other two being ethics and logic. The delineation of astrological signs ('rashis') is chiefly based upon psychology, human as well as animal.
Aries is represented by the arm and stands for energy, force, intelligence, pioneering ability, self-centeredness, pride, commanding abilities, etc.
Taurus is represented by the bull and stands for agriculture, refinement in taste, a happy person, a dedicated servant, a great lover, a religious, virtuous and kind-hearted man or woman with qualities of patience and love of peace. He or she is an expert in household affairs. Friendship with the opposite sex. He or she is intelligent and a voracious reader, with a taste for many subjects of study. A Geminian is an experimenter or empiricist by nature. He knows about medicines and, having used them, knows their precise effects. He is interested in arts, science and philosophy. He is moved by pathetic tales.
Cancer, represented by a crab, stands for sensitivity, goodness, love of humanity and milk of human kindness. The Cancer-born is charming and delicate but persistent in studies and the task he undertakes.
Leo is represented by the lion and is indicative of benevolent dictatorship and a courageous, dedicated and faithful person, kind but cruel when in extreme anger. Pride is the hallmark of the Leo-born. He cares not to stoop low. He loves but he will not lower his dignity to please his beloved with whatever she demands. In other words, he is not appeasing in contrast to Libra, a sign in which the sun is debilitated, which stands for appeasement and surrendering to the whims and moods of the beloved. Leo represents a heart full of kindness and dignity. A Leo woman is like a Queen, full of dignity and love.
Virgo is represented by a virgin and stands for work and dedication inherent in the performance of duty. A Virgoan is a hardworking person who cares not much for reward but finds joy in the performance of his duty. For him virtue is its own reward. He or she is an expert in household work, is shy, good-looking, tall and smart but not over smart. Virgo represents the ability for synthesis. He is noble and less talkative than a Geminian who loves gossips. He might have a tendency to limp. He is precise, clear and avoids confusion and tyranny of words. He is prone to stomach troubles. He loves to study medicine, ayurvedic in particular.
Libra is represented by scales and stands for balance, judicious nature; a Libran is a judge by choice, an advocate and a champion of justice. He or she is appeasing, good-natured but a dictator at heart. If you do not want to maintain peace with him, or change the arrangement contrary to his taste, you are in for his wrath. A Libran cares much more for beauty and cleanliness than even a Virgoan. You cannot expect lack of decorum, culture, cleanliness and order when you visit his or her house. A beautician by nature, a Libran woman excels in home decoration even though she is not an expert in cooking as is a Virgoan. A Taurus woman is more dexterous but less refined than a Libran woman. A Libran man or woman loves love and hates hate.
Scorpio is represented by a scorpion and stands for peevishness, a feeling of regret or injury received in the past. Scorpio-born has a magnetic and a very charming personality. He is energetic, truthful, blunt, egoistic, proud conqueror, the best friend and the worst enemy. He will sacrifice everything for his or her friend. He has deep thoughts, leaning to bolder philosophies, is excited by the stories of heroism and martyrdom and has imperial and majestic outlook.
Sagittarius is represented by a bow and stands for concentration. A Sagittarian loves long walks, has untiring energy for the work that engrosses him, is easy going, carefree, boisterous, cheerful but angry when provoked; he has love for strangeness and novelty, loves to gamble and be happy and cheerful with a glass of wine. But a religious-minded or a thoughtful Sagittarian hates gambling and liquor. Meditation, yoga and thoughts and practices like Zen ism appeal to him. He is interested in Sufism and old religious cults, including the occult. A Scorpio person loves astrology and the occult which explains the hidden phenomena but a Sagittarian loves occult for its strangeness and mysteriousness. He or she is a researcher.
Capricorn is represented by a goat climbing a hill and stands for ambition, progress and advancement. A Capricornian is a hardworking and a silent and sober person, but cannot work without a desire for the fruit. The fruit, in fact, is very important to him. He is just like a doctor who is interested in a handsome amount as fee for the service rendered to a patient. He is sociable, cultured and has association with persons belonging to higher echelons of society. He boasts of having connections with rajas and maharajas. He can wait patiently for the rewards and fruits of his action. He is diligent, honest and true to his superiors. As subordinate he is faithful and as a boss he command; respect and obedience from his juniors.
Aquarius is represented by a man carrying a pitcher of water. He believes in human brotherhood, a virtuous and noble life. He is balanced, intelligent and has scientific bent of mind, is a wonderful student of psychology and other psychic sciences. He does not have anybody. He believes in equality and fraternity. He is the least jovial person not aspiring for high positions, and he seldom achieves them. He is pro-labor and has a soft corner for manual workers. He waits for a chance to reward hardworking and honest servants and workers. Pisces is represented by two fish moving in opposite directions and stands for a peaceful and sympathetic person. Pisces-born is very firm in his conviction. 1 Piscean woman is beautiful, has eyes as if half asleep and is thrilling to talk with. He or she is moved be pathetic stories and has a fine taste for mystic poetry and is fond of reciting classical poetical works. In order to match with the intrinsic and ecstatic state of poetry Piscean might take to liquor. He should restrict to a few drinks to cheer himself but not transgress the limit. He is happy-go-lucky but is silent, least boisterous; he is fun loving but keeps a semblance of sobriety. A true Pisceai is hard to find in this world of getting and spending Swami Ram Tirtha was a true Piscean and so was Rabindranath Tagore. Both had Pisces ascendants.
SATURN—THE HERALDER OF GOLDEN AGE
Before the outbreak of the Mahabharata war, Lord Krishna, as an emissary of the Pandavas, went to the Kauravas to persuade Duryodhana to give just five villages to the Pandavas so that the impending clouds of war could be blown away, but Duryodhana was not ready to give even a single village. He was adamant, arrogant, self-willed and unrepentant. He did not care about peace and harmony. In a word, he was just the opposite of Lord Krishna, the apostle of peace. Saturn's role is the same, i.e., to bring peace to the two parties that are in strife. Saturn is exalted in the sign of Libra, known for peace,
harmony and love of mankind. Duryodhana rejected the influence of Saturn by moving in the opposite direction whereby he nullified or cancelled the influence. The planet is debilitated in the Aries sign, known for pride, egoism, and selfishness. To have the full benefic influence of Saturn one should make one self open to the thoughts of peace and harmony.
Saturn takes the side of dharma, truth and order its role is as benefic as that of Lord Krishna for promoting peace and harmony. But Duryodhana defeated the very purpose of Lord Krishna who wanted to heal the wounds of the two families of cousins. Lord Krishna took the side of the Pandavas and gave to Arjuna the celestial counsel known the world over as the divine message of the Gita. Lord Krishna had Saturn in his ascendant along with Moon. (While Surdasji says exalted Saturn was in 6th with Venus) He shaped his life true to the impact of Saturn while Duryodhana rejected it. Saturn becomes malefic when its influence is rejected. This shows that Saturn is highly benefic and only when its influence is negated or cancelled, bad days start taking shape. While Jupiter does not issue a warning before adverse events take place, Saturn is not so ruthless. It is when its warnings are not heeded that bad effects start.
All those who suffer mentally and physically and blame it on the influence of Saturn are wrong. They are, to be precise, suffering because Saturn's influence is not felt by them and they have made efforts to cancel it. A person under the benefic influence of Saturn thinks before he acts, and he who thinks after he acts is not worthy of Saturn's influence.
In other words, if you want to feel the benefic influence of Saturn, it is not yet too late to start cultivating the habit of thinking before action, taking the side of dharma and peace. The love of mankind should replace the hate of mankind, and the charitable disposition of helping the poor and the downtrodden should be cultivated. War should be the last resort, as it was for Lord Krishna after all his efforts for peace had failed. Saturn represents the golden age or the harvest time when all farmers are happy with their produce.
All saints and all great friends of mankind had Saturn in a prominent position in their birth charts. Paramahamsa Ramakrishna had Aquarius ascendant, Lord Rama and Lord Krishna had Saturn in the angular positions in the fourth and the first houses, respectively. Guru Nanak had Saturn in the tenth position in the Taurus sign. The averment that the saints live in poverty is wrong. Their way of life is the outcome noted not of the impact of Saturn but of their own will. They love to live the life of the poor and deliberately spurn prosperity which comes their ways rather; they bless others with prosperity and affluence. One who is a harbinger of prosperity to others can never be called a poor man. A saint, therefore, is rich with spiritual possessions. To him prosperity means lack of cares. Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya vied with kings in spending lavishly to feed the poor and the saints. So, the person who considers saints to be beggars is mistaken and needs to be corrected. In ancient times, and even a century ago, nearly all the saints knew alchemy by which they could produce gold but they still preferred to live in poverty. The man who distributes wealth to the poor and professes the path of poverty can never be termed poor. Thus, Saturn bestows prosperity and happiness provided its influences are not deliberately rejected. Persons who have Capricorn in ascendant are elevated in position and are high government officials and are
prosperous. Aquarius men are not very rich but neither poor.
MARS—THE GOLDEN PLANET
You can easily spot a man or a woman who is under the influence of Mars. He or she will be reading a scripture, the Bible, the Gita, the Quran, or a book on the subject of self-improvement. The person who lets the influence of the planet Mars enter his life loves transformation or ascent to a higher life. A goat climbing a hill is the sign of Capricorn, in which sign Mars is exalted. So a man who is not interested in self-transformation and change for the better is negating or cancelling the influence of Mars in his life. The true son of Mars likes the change in him-self as well as in others. Sir Winston Churchill had
Scorpio in ascendant. He took the reins of the British government during a crisis, national as well as international. He gave V as the sign of victory to the panic-stricken nation. Mars plunges headlong into war when all efforts at maintaining peace fail. Mars is not the god of war and strife, as is generally assumed. It is the planet of peace at all costs. Had Sir Winston adopted the attitude of the Buddha and refused to engage the British forces in the world war in their defensive role, Britain would have been wiped out from the face of the earth. Mars believes in war against war, violence against violence and strife against strife. Hitler who put thousands and thousands of people in danger and indulged in the slaughter of innocent Jews, or Nadir Shah or Chenghiz Khan who put to sword innocent people were not the sons of Mars. They, in fact, cancelled the influence of Mars in their lives.
Mars is debilitated in the sign of Cancer, which represents personal likes and dislikes. Sir Winston acted on behalf of a nation whereas Hilter acted to satisfy his own whims, as did Nadir Shah and Chenghiz Khan. A true son of Mars acts for the sake of perfection or to please God, as Arjun was taught by Lord Krishna, and abhors a whimsical action. When Arjuna entered the field of battle he saw his kin and "gurus" in the enemy camp and refused to fight. Lord Krishna came to his rescue and enjoined him to give up his whims and take to the true path of a warrior and a savior. A warrior, if he is not a savior of mankind, is a slave of his caprices. Maharani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi took to arms to defend the prestige and pride of her motherland and protect her subjects from the British who had adopted the path of destruction. She was a true votary of Mars, and so were Shivaji/Maharana Pratap, Winston Churchill, Nelson, Guru Gobind Singh and others.
Guru Nanak had Mars in the Scorpio sign in the fourth house. He was a true savior of mankind and a healer of the wounds of people. He transformed evil men like Sajjan, a thug. Alexander the Great had Aries, ruled by Mars, in ascendant. He was a very learned man and a great warrior. But his warlike nature and combative qualities were devoted to his own glory and not to the welfare of mankind; he died early. The holy scriptures teach people to act as saviors of mankind and truth or dharma. Wisdom that mankind has inherited is because of the good influences of Saturn. Jesus died on the cross to do the will of God as against his own will. In fact, he could have saved himself as he was a man of miracles and he had saved Martha's brother, Lazarus, on her entreaty. Mars, exalted in Capricorn, represents devotion to God and doing His will. It, therefore, follows that when one is doing the will of God, one is acting as a son of Mars, and when not doing so or acting on one's whims, one is rejecting the influences of Mars on one's life. Those who believe that they are suffering on account of Mars should change their mental attitudes and start doing the will of God and work for self-improvement. They should be detached in their lives and should learn the secret of detachment and self-sacrifice. Selfishness, pride, envy, jealousy and revengeful thoughts should be given up at once. Mars is a friend of the good and an enemy of the evil. Mars does not want to destroy men but to bring about in them a transformation and a change for the better.
Socrates was a profound thinker as well as a great warrior. He could brave the icy cold atmosphere and used to walk barefoot on the snow. In a battle he fought very bravely and saved his friend from a great danger, but recommended his friend's name for a reward. Both Saturn and Mars could help Socrates in such a big achievement. Mercury and Jupiter have no potential to produce such remarkable qualities in a man like Socrates. Mars gave courage and a sense of self-sacrifice, Saturn provided the highest type of wisdom and humility.
As Mars is exalted in Capricorn, a Saturn sign, it is clearly established that Mars and Saturn, both conjoin to produce a highly noble person. In Guru Nanak's horoscope, Mars is aspecting from its fourth-house position in the Scorpio sign and Saturn is placed in the Taurus sign in the tenth fourth-house. Maharani Jhansi had Saturn in the Libra sign in ascendant with Mars having an eighth-house aspect upon Saturn from the sixth house, identical with the Pisces sign. She was not only a great strategist but a very courageous person as well. Guru Nanak was a saint of extraordinary powers of thought and action. Mars in the Scorpio sign bestows a highly magnetic personality and Saturn in the Taurus sign bestows a very charming musical voice. Lord Krishna too had Saturn in the Taurus sign, and it is because of that he could cast a spell upon others by his flute. In Emperor Akbar's birth chart, Saturn is placed in
ascendant in the Libra sign; it meant that Akbar was a man with a computer memory and extraordinary intelligence and wisdom. He was a man of great vision, who thought before acting and not afterwards. Those who have caught some disease allegedly during the timing ("dasha") of Saturn have been invariably found to be self-willed, arrogant, and rejecting the counsel and advice of their superiors and the wise. To them the discipline of Saturn appears dictatorial, oppressive and even repulsive. They have, in truth, cancelled and nullified the beneficial effects of Saturn.
It is a trait of Saturn to listen to the good advice of others and when this is not so it is clear that Saturn's effects are missing. When a man or a woman is acting on his or her whims and not caring for social order, ethics, dharma or God's will he or she is not cooperating with Mars and is cancelling its effects. Those who have been allegedly suffering on account of Mars are men of strong likes and dislikes. They have never bothered for the well-being of others, and lack in charitable disposition. Arjun acted on his whims and threw the Gandiva on the battlefield. It is Lord Krishna who taught him to act in order to do the will of God.
Strange to say, Mars is debilitated in the Cancer sign but it is a "yogakarka" for the Cancer ascendant. The sincerity and goodwill of Cancer makes Mars a yogakarka, but the caprices and whims render it weak. When Saturn and Mars allegedly cause sufferings the upaya (remedial measure) is charity to the poor. Charity to the poor is itself a trait of Saturn. In Aquarius ascendant, a man or a woman is the best friend of humanity with an open, helping hand to the poor. The Maharani of Jhansi distributed articles of luxury among her soldiers when she was locked in the battle at Gwalior. She was generous to a fault. As mentioned eelier she had Saturn prominently placed in the first house. Saturn and Mars were not responsible for her defeat in Gwalior and her death at the hands of her enemy. They made her a noble person with a glorious record. A British brigadier wrote about her, "The British lost the best ally and India gained a colorful legend". Even her main rival, Sir Hugh Rose called her invincible. Lord Rama, Lord Krishna, Lord Jesus Christ, Prophet Mohammad and other saviors of mankind had Saturn and Mars prominently placed in their horoscopes, establishing the fact that Saturn and Mars are most auspicious and beneficial planets. Mahatma Gandhi had Mars in his first house in the Libra sign and Saturn in the second house in the Scorpio sign. Still, he was one of the noblest men on earth. He fought a war against wars, he disliked hatred and, therefore, he was called the Father of the Nation.
Thus, it is incontrovertible to describe Mars as a representative of perfection in action and Saturn as representative of perfection in thought which, more appropriately, is a balance in thought that avoids the two extremes.
In Dr. Rajendra Prasad's horoscope, Mars was placed in the first house along with Mercury in Sagittarius ascendant and Saturn was placed in the Gemini sign in the seventh house. Dr. Prasad was the first President of India, commanded great respect and was loved by his countrymen for his noble nature. This shows that Mars and Saturn, being highly benefic, elevated Dr. Prasad to the supreme position. In the horoscope of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the first Governor-General of Pakistan and the founder of that nation, Saturn and Rahu are placed in Aquarius ascendant identical with the first house. Rahu also is an indicator of Saturn, implying thereby that Saturn was very powerfully placed in Quaid-e-Azam's horoscope.
In Shivaji's horoscope Saturn was placed in exalted position in the third house of effort (parakrama) and it was placed in the fifth house in Morarji Desai's horoscope, representing a very thoughtful and highly intelligent person and a good strategist. Those with Saturn and Mars in their Horoscopes are basically men of peace. Shivaji also fought bravely to establish peace in the trouble-torn country. In Emperor Akbar's horoscope Saturn was placed in exaltation in the first house, identical with Libra ascendant, and Mars was placed in the fourth house in Capricorn. In Lata Mangeshkar's horoscope Saturn is placed in the seventh house in Scorpio (a Mars sign); it made her a top-notch singer and internationally known for her nightingale voice. In Dilip Kumar's horoscope Mars is placed in the Libra sign in the seventh house. This planet raised him to great heights because he was fired with an ambition to excel.
The sign of Capricorn which is ruled by Saturn represents ascent (a goat climbing a hill). Many an original thinker and revolutionary new author have Jupiter placed in Capricorn, which is a
debilitating point of Jupiter, which in turn represents traditional wisdom. A person with Jupiter in Capricorn is an iconoclast and an original thinker, while Jupiter in the Cancer sign represents one clinging to the past and not accepting a new change in thought processes. Mercury in the Pisces sign represents intelligence, not of analysis and synthesis but of comparative nature. It is very difficult for a man with Mercury in Pisces to make a summary of his subject. He can explain it in an exhaustive manner. Venus in Virgo indicates synthesis (samanvaya) of emotion and intelligence in the subject. In Dr. Radhakrishnan's horoscope Venus was placed in the Virgo sign, identical with his ascendant. He was very balanced in nature, neither very emotional nor logical to the extreme. His was a very sober and sophisticated nature and his mental disposition was one of respecting the tradition without disparaging the modern trends. His attitude was scientific as well as oriental, appreciative of the past glory of India. In Lokmanya Tilak's birth chart, Mars was placed in the fifth house in the Scorpio sign, showing extraordinary practical knowledge. In his "Gita Rahasya" he laid stress on action or karma yoga. His words and action cast a magnetic spell on others since Scorpio bestows magnetism. In Sardar Patel's birth chart Saturn and Mars were placed together in the tenth house in the Capricorn sign. The only thing that mattered most to him was to see the good of India and raise its glory to greater heights. He was called the Iron Man of India and it was he who made India strong and united and abolished princely rule in India. Nehru and Tilak had Cancer ascendant while Sardar Patel was born in the Aries sign. While Nehru and Tilak were loved by the masses for their loving and kind nature, Sardar Patel was respected for his energetic actions
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MARS & SATURN
Saturn is thought and Mars is action and the two are aligned in a very harmonious manner. An action cannot be performed unless it is backed by thought. This is because Mars is exalted in Capricorn, a Saturn sign. One may ask why Saturn is debilitated in Aries, a sign of Mars. The reason apparently is that an action needs the support of thought while an active thought is a nonentity.
A man of thought and a man of action do not agree but still thought is the guiding force, a beacon for an active person. Active thought is an absurdity since a thought is always well reasoned and balanced, using strategy and diplomacy. One who acts thoughtfully is a balanced man. Criminals are invariably poor thinkers who act according to their whims and on the spur of the moment.
An active man or a man of action needs philosophy whereas a philosopher needs patience and peace to discover higher philosophic truth. It is very difficult to tell a philosopher, "You are given 15 minutes to think and speak." Socrates used to spend nights together in contemplation of higher truths. Hitler made a mockery of philosophy. Hence the golden rule is "to think before you leap"; and if you are leaping before you think you are cancelling the effects, good and useful, of Mars and Saturn. So all diseased persons violate this golden rule. A strong Mars and a weak Saturn and a strong Saturn and a weak Mars cause havoc. Their influence should be well balanced. A person with a powerful Saturn is well placed in thought; but if his Mars is weak he cannot make a mark in life. So is the case with a strong Mars and a weak Saturn. There is quick action but no good results because the power of thought is missing. In the horoscope of great men, Mars and Saturn are well-adjusted in their influences.
The Bhagavad Gita lays stress on adopting the middle path and avoiding the two extremes. Those who have brought havoc in the world have indulged in extremes. Hilter, Nadir Shah or Chenghiz Khan paid scant attention to the scriptural teaching. Even Adam disobeyed God's command. Man is experimentalist by nature and he wants to learn after taking an extreme path. Extremism is inimical to Saturn's nature by its exaltation in the Libra sign denoting balance. The Bhagavad Gita has even advocated a regimen of even a balanced diet, and is against too much of fasting or too much of eating. It is against long hours of sleep, and also too much of wakefulness.
One who is not interested in self-improvement, like a bohemian, gives himself to low thoughts of enjoyments of the pleasures of life. Leonarda da Vinci, Michael Angelo, Picasso were fired with the ambition of excelling in their lives. Dale Carnegie, Swet Marden, Vincent Peele, James Allen, Frederick
Bailes, and Alexis Carrel have written beautiful books to elevate men and women to great mental and spiritual heights. They are, in truth, true votaries of Mars.
Diseases are most caused by overeating and lack of proper exercise. The balance in three elements, i.e., vat (wind), pitta (heat) and kaff (cough), keeps men and women healthy. When this balance is disturbed, diseases appear.
An accident, a violent deed and rioting are not caused by Mars but by the absence of its influence, i.e., when Mars becomes too weak to influence the lives of people. During the whole of the year 1947 Saturn was placed in the Cancer sign, which rules personal whims and strong likes and dislikes. The virtues of balance, equanimity and peace, identical with the Libra sign, were absent. Mars had been in the sign of caution and perfection for a month from around January 16 to February 16 in that year, and it never was seen in the same sign during the period of rioting and inhuman deeds of violence. The country was torn in two parts, India and Pakistan, and peace was totally absent. Saturn and Mars had become too ineffective to do anything good as people tried to lower themselves in deeds and thoughts. Extremism and emotional sentiments ruled by the watery sign, Cancer, were predominant. Man had lost reason. The two communities, which could not live in isolation in the past and cannot do so in the future, became blood-thirsty. The question was not of man (an Aquarius trait which sees man as man) but of a member of a community, a Cancer trait.
Hindus and Muslims blame the British for dividing them but they are wrong in their contention as the British failed in their mission of dividing the Africans. They told pagans that they were different from the Muslims and the Muslims that they were unlike Christians, but the three retorted, "Are we not Africans?"
HOW PLANETS GET INFLUENCED
Every planet is a trinity of an ownership sign as well as an exaltation sign. Take, for instance, Jupiter. Jupiter rules Sagittarius and Pisces signs and is exalted in Pisces sign. Jupiter stands for happiness. One can be happy if one undertakes a good number of trips, picnics and spends time on tours and travels (Sagittarius). One can be happy if one has a sound sleep, rest and peace after doing a day's work (Pisces). One can gain happiness if one is free from care and tension, and has faith in the goodness of others (Cancer). Thus there is a trinity of the Sagittarius-Pisces-Cancer signs in the planet Jupiter. If Jupiter is placed in one of the three signs, the very sign of its occupation gets more emphasis. Suppose Jupiter is placed in the Cancer sign. It implies happy trips and travels and sleep and rest. The subject gets happier because of his carefree disposition and acceptance of the quality of intrinsic goodness in each man and woman. But suppose Jupiter is placed in other signs, and not in the above three signs; take, for instance, Jupiter in the Capricorn sign. It may imply that the particular person derives happiness from philosophizing, or he is well-versed in accounts and commercial subjects because caution is essential for this line.
Again, suppose Jupiter is placed in the Scorpio sign; it may imply that he gets happiness by using his magnetic forces of personal attraction. He delights in attracting persons of the opposite sex. If Jupiter is in the Aries sign it implies that the person delights in forcing his will upon others or in pioneering and original ideas.
Venus has Taurus-Libra-Pisces trinity. Venus stands for love and wins the hearts of others. If one is soft-spoken and attracts others by the power of sweet tongue, one can also influence others by one's disposition to work in harmony (Libra). Love is also excited by dreamy disposition and projecting dreams of happiness and joy to others.
Poet Shelley soared in skies. He touched strange topics and was rebellious. This shows that he was true to his ascendant, Sagittarius. Keats lived on the earth, and created beauty by touching upon earthly topics. This shows he was a true son of Taurus. Jesus Christ had Libra in ascendant because he came to establish peace on the earth. Lord Krishna had Taurus in ascendant because he came to
spread divine music in the world, Lord Rama came to spread the healing power of being sensitive to others' sufferings and, therefore, he had Cancer in ascendant. Just as in homoeopathy it is difficult to ascertain the exact symptoms of a disease, so in astrology it is to delineate the characteristics of a person with precision and accuracy. Once the true qualities of a planet and the sign are known, it becomes easy to make correct predictions. The juxtaposition of the effects of the combined planets is rather an engaging task. A planet expresses itself in a particular house with a modification according to the sign in the other houses. Suppose you have Scorpio in ascendant with Mars in the Libra sign in the twelfth house and you have Jupiter and Mercury placed in the first house. This combination will be indicated in the following words: "You have a magnetic and forceful personality, you are interested in ultra mundane affairs and you want to attain moksha or liberation through harmony, peace and love, and you are also a wise and practically intelligent man with deep interest in science and occult subjects."
A man of science or a scientist is a practical philosopher. He studies the natural phenomena, say electronics, atom, light, motion, space and time, as applied subjects. His is not only a theoretical interest, merely to satisfy his academic thirst for knowledge as that of a philosopher. Where Jupiter and Mercury combine, the indication is that of a scientist, because the scientist puts his knowledge to practical use. A philosopher may study electronics but may not create electronic gadgets as does a scientist.
When Venus and Mercury combine, diplomacy and intelligence are indicated. This combination in the horoscope of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in the Libra sign in the fourth house made him India's first Prime Minister. Mars in the third house aspecting the tenth also enabled him to hold the highest office. Saturn in the Leo sign in the second house, aspecting Sun in the fifth, made him a thinker and a philosopher, and possessed at the same time dignity and decorum. He hobnobbed with important personages of the world, like Mountbatten, Nasser, John F. Kennedy and others. He was just like a prince and was known before 1947 as the "uncrowned king of India". The royal planet, Sun, in the fifth house in the Scorpio sign made him appear an ill-tempered man though he was essentially very mild, and had love and compassion even for his servants.
As Moon is the reflector of Sun, a man or a woman with Moon well-placed in his natal chart is a true disciple of his or her Master. Pundit Nehru had Moon in the Cancer sign in the first house identical with his ascendant. He was a true follower of the Mahatma, the Father of the Nation. As a matter of fact, many saints and sages have Cancer in ascendant because they reflect the beauty and glory of their Master or Maker. Many a poet has Venus and Mercury in the same house, implying thereby that aesthetics or love of beauty and intelligence together can create poetry. Since metrical rules are essential in poetry, it is difficult to write verse without the knowledge of prosody. A technician must have Mercury and Mars conjoined because intelligence and knowledge of mechanics are both essential for a technical man.
A yogakarka planet is very powerful in a horoscope. Although Mars is debilitated in the Cancer sign, yet it is a yogakarka for the Cancer ascendant. The reason is apparent: an action should be quick but the wavering mind of Cancer-born will find it hard to make a quick decision. But to a sensitive man with persistence and perseverance of a Cancer-born subject, Mars, the God of work and energy (shakti), will be very favorable in bestowing gifts.
PLANETS AND THE ASCENDANT
The ascendant plays a very big role in a horoscope. Swami Vivekananda had Sagittarius ascendant. He was a prophet and a dreamer of golden thoughts. His Master, Ramakrishna Paramahamsa had Aquarius as ascendant with Saturn placed in the Libra sign in the ninth house. He was a great humanist, an unlettered "rishi", but not a prophet. He had no dreams of spreading his divine knowledge. It was his disciple who spread the gospel and his Master's divine message. The difference in
ascendants made the two holy persons different in outlook. Similar has been the case with other holy persons. Since strategy and diplomacy are very significant in guiding the destinies of monarch's, kings and queens mostly have Libra ascendant. Akbar, Shah Jehan and the Maharani of Jhansi had Libra in ascendant; but the Queen of England, since she had nothing to do with politics and strategy, was not born with Libra in the ascendant. As strategy was not required of them, India's Presidents were not generally born in Libra ascendant (Dr Rajendra Prasad had Sagittarius ascendant; Dr. Radhakrishnan Virgo, and Giani Zail Singh, Aries).
Just as in homoeopathy a medicine is not related to a single disease, it cures others also, so in astrology a planet has not only one role to perform. Mercury, for instance, is concerned with practical intelligence, mathemetical and technical abilities, and with accountancy. In matrimonial relationship Mercury is concerned with sensual delights. Therefore generally, marriages are solemnised during the Mercury dasha or antardasha. Mars is concerned with war, struggle and, at the same time, it is also concerned with mechanism. Venus is, similarly, concerned with software, computers, luxuries, ornaments and love. Sun and Moon are rulers of gold and silver, respectively, but ornaments come under the domain of Venus. It is the final shape that defines the characteristics of a planet. As ornaments are worn by women, Venus rules ornaments. As armaments are used by warriors, they come under the dominion of Mars. As books, stationery, etc., are used by scholars and students, they are ruled by Mercury.
While stars influence our lives, our lives also influence the effect of changes in outlook, and the changed outlook tempers the influences of the stars in guiding our destiny. Aurobindo Ghose was a revolutionary before he started his spiritual quest. Naturally, the influence of Mars, placed along with Jupiter in the Cancer sign in his fifth house, underwent a change in influencing his life. The ancient people were fatalists but the modern man believes that man influences stars as much as the stars influence him. The very stars that made Asoka indulge in violence in the Kalinga war, with his transformation under the influence of Buddhism, changed their course in shaping his destiny simply because his own influence and transformation brought about a change in the course of the stars. The man under the influence of Saturn and Mars with his belief in fatalism creates many problems in his life. Since persistence, efforts, struggle, energy, force, the desire for self-improvement, perfection, moksha, Nirvana, self-sacrifice, and ameliorating the lot of others come under the ruler ship of Mars, there is no scope for fatalism. Saturn, ruling hard work, dedication to duty, self-discipline, and control upon evil tendencies leaves no room for fatalism. There is as much free will in life as there is bondage.
Saturn and Mars rule the entire domain of man's life and not much is left to be ruled by other planets. Saturn and Mars, both, give intelligence, wisdom, concentration, self-discipline, luxuries, richness, opulence, splendor, energy, power, station in life, rise in profession and even kingship. Other planets only control various shades of the gifts. Mercury shows professional skills, scholarship, knowledge of accountancy, etc. Jupiter governs scriptures and the priests. Venus rules artists, poets, musicians, singers, actors and actresses. Had there been only two planets, Mars and Saturn, we could have ascribed to them all events and traits. All modern trades, professions, technical or otherwise, are ruled by these two planets
THE IMPORTANCE OF ASCENDANT
The placement of the ascendant lord in a particular house defines the whole range of activities of the person concerned. A man has a number of activities in his life but the most significant is the one by which his whole life's concern becomes evident. In Tagore's horoscope Jupiter, lord of the ascendant, is placed in exaltation in the fifth house of creative activities. In Ramakrishan Paramahamsa's natal chart Saturn, the lord of ascendant, is placed in the ninth house of religion; he experimented with all world religions and discovered the truth in each one of them. In Alexander's natal chart Aries' ascendant lord, Mars, is placed in the third house of journeys and effort (parakrama), making him a man of great courage that conquered a large portion of the world and travelled a lot.
Almost all planets are highly benefic in the eleventh house. Mars and Saturn give very good results. Mars gives wealth, sound health, graceful personality and good status in life. Saturn too gives wealth, health, name and fame.
The lord of the eleventh house, which is the Aquarius sign of the kalpurusha (with Aries in the ascendant), is Saturn. This shows that if man is full of humanism and is charitable by disposition and believes in human brotherhood, all planets will turn out to be good. Rioting, violence, cruelty and other inhuman activities are due to the fact that man has not acquired humanism. The sign of Aquarius shows a man carrying a pitcher of water on his head. The purpose of his carrying the pitcher of water is not for his needs but to quench the thirst of others. It will be really a golden age if man imbibed in himself the qualities of the Aquarius sign. Capricorn is identical with the tenth house of the kalpurusha. The tenth house rules material position, status, career, administration, social position and even kingship. This sign is ruled by Saturn.
There is clear evidence of the fact that Saturn is highly benefic because the houses it rules in the kalpurusha bring happiness and prosperity, peace and love. The traditional astrology links Saturn with restrictions and contractions. A disciplined life is based on self-control, a few wants and a middle path. Therefore, the word 'restriction' cannot suggest anything malefic in nature.
Again, Saturn is a yogakarka for Taurus and Libra ascendants. People having these ascendants are balanced in nature and never go to extremes. They avoid the path of extremism, as Akbar the great, who had Libra ascendant, believed in harmonious relations between Hindus and Muslims and even married Jodha Bai, a Rajput princess, to promote these happy ties.
The USSR made remarkable progress as it was ruled by the Aquarius sign but it showed a decline when Russian leaders abandoned their own colors and traits and moved closer to the USA ruled by the Gemini sign.
The British, who are ruled by the Aries sign, whose lord Mars is exalted in India's Capricorn sign, were very powerful rulers of India. But when they moved to extremes and transgressed the limits of Mars they lost the empire. The Jallianwalla massacre is inimical to the very nature of Mars, which believes in perfection in action. This dastardly act was later deplored by the saner elements in Britain. Had they followed the middle path and cared for the well being of their subjects, just as Queen Victoria had done, they would not have seen the sun setting on their empire If a person transgresses the limits of Saturn and Mars he is faced with problems, diseases, accidents and violence; but if he is a strict follower of the advice he receives from the wise, he enjoys success, prosperity and good luck throughout. The concept of sade-satti (seven and a half years of trouble) and dhaiya (two and a half years of trouble) is also not an exception to this rule. The very fact that we are not in tune with the planet explains why we suffer. We find delight in separatist tendencies and in taking the course of extremism
SATURN RULES WISDOM
Saturn is identified with wisdom, and true wisdom is a trait of a man of Saturn throughout the world. It is essential to learn what the true import of wisdom is. Mars is concerned with beauty and joy although it is paradoxical when we link Mars with the concepts of beauty and joy. But a close examination of the concepts of beauty and joy will reveal that Venus and Jupiter are not truly linked with beauty and joy as is generally thought. In traditional astrology, Venus deals with beauty and love while Jupiter is mainly concerned with joy. In the words of Jason James, a noted mystical philosopher who has made an extensive study of the Biblical literature, 'The price of wisdom is above rubies. It manifests itself in friendship just as well as in folly, mistaking a friend for a foe and vice versa. No one can make another person wise; one has to acquire wisdom at one's own expense and experience. It needs healthier mind for greater wisdom."
Wisdom presents three fields of human powers or faculties: (1) the field of knowledge, (2) the field of judicious activity, and (3) the field of understanding.
Based on merits, good or evil, knowledge dictates what ought to be done or what ought not to be done. It awakens need, institutes search for facilities, seeks avenues for availability and inaugurates study for application.
Wisdom teaches judicious activity and shows how a certain undertaking or enterprise is to be accomplished in a convenient and economical manner. Whereas knowledge tells what to do, wisdom teaches how to do it. It is in this sense that King Solomon asked for the gift of wisdom from the divine court. The fear of the Lord is wisdom.
Wisdom of Expediency
This aspect of wisdom enforces living by the law of expediency. It displays discretion or prudence which enables men to choose a course of action in a given situation. It has no reference to the spiritual laws of good and evil, to the past or future experiences or effects; it acts for the 'Present', with whatsoever means that are available. It employs godliness and ungodliness as its means to an end as required. It presents a class of society wherein some people appear godly one day and most ungodly the next.
Wisdom of Profession
This type of wisdom displays quickness of invention and dexterity in the execution of work. It utilizes life energy in the most convenient and beneficial manner. The expenditure of energy is manifested in manual labor and skill, regardless of the intellectual caliber. Being a gift from Providence, it is common to life in man and animal kingdom. It helps in industry, in self-protection, in hostile and adverse circumstances and in procurement of the justified needs and necessities from the natural elemental sources. For his natural life, man lives by the wisdom of his profession, his natural gifts and faculties. It is a feature common to the spiritual life or the natural life, both in man and animal.
Spiritual Wisdom
Spiritual wisdom occupies itself with the future prospects of life. It proclaims "what is gained by a man if he gains the whole world and loses his soul." It reasons the purpose of life. Should man live to eat, or eat to live till the days of his pilgrimage be over? It accepts the fact that the great and the lowly come into this world empty-handed and they go empty-handed. It recognizes that birth of the great and of the lowly confers only the right to inheritance, or the right for the appropriation of the natural facilities invested in the parenthood and the society of the land of one's birth.
Demonstrative Wisdom
Demonstrative wisdom displays the truth by its demonstrative evidence. It presents the subjective principles, doctrines and plans long before their taking shape. And then at the appointed time, it demonstrates visibly what has been predicted. God said, "Let there be light", and there was light. It demonstrates equality between the subjective and the objective. God is God; Man is Man; Unknown is Unknown; and Known is Known. Each person demonstrates himself or herself, both inwardly and outwardly by the concepts he or she holds inwardly and displays outwardly. It defines 'is'. It portrays what 'is' was; and what 'was' is; what 'is' and 'was' shall be. It lends significance to the 'present' as the demonstrative evidence of the eternal. For without the present there can neither be past nor future. If one has present, it is because one had a subjective past, and because one has present, one cannot escape one's inevitable future which the present predicts.
Instinctive Wisdom
The Divine pleasure has gifted life with instinctive wisdom to care and cater for the progression of life. An ostrich does not have instinctive love for its young; it caters for the independent living of the young. Motherhood operates not by the moral laws or social codes or traditions; it operates on instinct to care for its young.
Wisdom of Perseverance
Falls and failures are essential for life even as is the success and rise. By the negative experiences, the value of the positive is ascertained. A prodigal son will always be much more
equipped with knowledge, wisdom and understanding than the one who has not known the brunt of the circumstances outside the boundaries of his home. One must not give in to depression because of failures. Each failure is a trial which presents an invitation for betterment; it presents a lesson or a rung of the ladder for the next step. The difference between God and man is that God does not fall but man falls, and then rises to greater heights.
Wisdom of Precaution
The conies are feeble yet they make their abode in rocks. There is no apparent danger to the conies; nevertheless they act on the principle of precaution to protect themselves from any possible danger. That is the wisdom of precaution.
SATURN AND HAPPINESS
Saturn rules content (santosh) in the heart and mercy (daya) on the lips. When contentment and mercy occupy a man's personality, peace reigns supreme. The following golden thoughts from Swami Sivananda's 'Elixir Divine' illustrate this point. Saturn rules Capricorn which stands for contentment, and Aquarius, another sign of Saturn rules mercy (daya or karma).
1. Silence strengthens thought-power. Silence is intuitive experience. Silence helps the intuitional self to express itself. To go into silence is to become God.
2. Develop uniformity in thought, word and deed.
3. When the sun of wisdom rises, the fog melts and there is vision of God.
4. Begin each day as if it is the beginning of new life.
5. Selfishness is vice. Selflessness is virtue.
6. The world of change implies a changeless being behind it. That changeless being is God.
7. God takes upon himself the prarabdha of the devotee.
8. Every little action has its effect on character.
9. The more we feel the presence of God, the freer we are.
10. The heart is the sanctum sanctorum. Install the Lord there and worship Him.
11. Prayer to God is selfish in the beginning, becomes selfless later on and purifies the devotee's mind.
12. Love is its own reward and joy.
13. Virtuous actions of the past produce Viveka and Vairagya.
14. The essence of man and the essence of the world are the same.
15. Sow the seed of self-discipline. Water it with love. Fence it with the Lord's name. The tree will yield you the fruit of immortality.
16. Love is the healing stream of life.
17. Prayer is the safety-belt when we are sinking in the ocean of samsara.
18. With every struggle you evolve a little.
19. For a man, the world is full of diverse objects. For an aspirant, the world is the manifestation of the Lord, but for a saint, the world is God Himself.
20. A candle burns itself to shed light. Burn your impurities by selfless service to radiate the light of knowledge.
21. Let God be your life.
22. Time has no meaning in eternity.
23. The crown of spiritual life is the vision of unity.
24. Ascend the zenith of spiritual perfection and behold unity.
25. The lower mind is your enemy and the higher mind your friend.
26. Realize the Self as Brahman and realize the world as Brahman.
28. Navigate thy ship of life with the compass-needle of thy mind always pointing towards God.
29. Make God your guide when you walk on the path of life.
30. The world of multiplicity is reduced to single unity when one attains wisdom.
31. Every sacred mantra has in itself the potency of the Spirit.
32. Why has God created the world? This is His svabhava or nature.
33. Love is joy. Love is bliss. Love is power. Love is God. Love is nectar.
34. The entire creation constantly moves towards the Divine.
35. The earth is the foothold of God.
36. God is perfection; therefore, God is one.
37. Strive for that wealth which never fades.
38. Prayer is the rock to which man can cling when he is drowning in the ocean of samsara.
39. Faith and reason should go hand in hand.
40. Love rules without a sword and binds without a cord.
41. Bondage and liberation exist not in the Self but in the mind.
42. He who sows generosity reaps Love Divine.
43. Love beautifies the giver and elevates the receiver.
44. Give love, you get love; give hatred, you get only hatred in return. This is the natural law.
45. Jealousy is the jaundice of the mind.
46. Destiny is powerless before Divine Grace.
47. Nature is the executive authority to enforce the will of God.
48. This Atman is infinite beauty, beauty of beauties.
49. Religion is the art of re-modeling man into divinity.
50. Prayer is the mystic bridge built across the gap between God and Man.
MARS IS SUN'S ENERGY
Mars is energy of the sun directed towards the welfare of mankind. The person who has powerful Mars in his chart makes his sun more powerful to do well. He is free from confusion, is dexterous in action and has love of God as well as of man. He is ready to face any challenge in life. He believes in the law of karma. He believes that every good effect is produced by a cause which is good and noble. As Capricorn is the sign in which Mars is exalted, therefore the man with Mars prominent in his horoscope is a man of action and singular in devotion. The following article on Wings by Jason James illustrates the depth as well as clarity in the style of a Martian. A man of Mars is never confused; he defines his terms and does not leave anything vague. He is never redundant or superfluous, as Jupiter and Venus are. Mars has the inventive ability of Aries, the depth of Scorpio and the dedication and love of God and man of Capricorn as its exalted signs.
Wings
In figurative sense, Wing signifies the means for power for rapid movement or protection, or to furnish or transport with wings. It signifies means which lend speed for traversing by flying. It also signifies means for negotiating the atmospheric conditions, viz., wind, sea, earth and mountains. Wings are provided either by nature or they are improvised by employing the principle of flying. The forms of wings may be different, but their utility is the same in all cases. In spiritual application the word 'wing’ signifies the taper or the skirt of a garment; spreading one's wing over the other is an expression of love, grace and protection, or a place of hiding wherein secrets may be hidden or covered.
1. An army is called a wing because it is the means of protection against an enemy who seeks to subjugate the people into slavery.
2. Wing is also the extremity or the uttermost part. It marks the external limit.
3. Over the seas, the ships move by winds trapped in the sails which are called the 'wings'.
arises with healing in its wings. Contact with these beams provides for virtue and its onward transmission.
5. The battlement of a house is also called a wing whence the view of the external world is clear. It provides vision which controls life within, and relative to what is without.
6. Wings signify Divine protection. He bears His people on the wings of angels, and the children of man put their trust under the shadows of His wings.
Wings for Covering
He that dwells in the secret of the mount high abides under the shadow of His wing. He is covered with his wing in trust and truth as a shield or a buckler covers its bearer. The wings of covering show the blessedness of the covered soul. Blessed is the man whose sins are covered and whose transgressions are forgiven. Covering with the Divine mantle signifies putting on or clothing with, the righteousness of God. It portrays unity based on love. Unity provides the covering, or the wings, of one for the other.
In the spiritual world, the wing for the deity is humanity of men; without it, the deity cannot be one with man. Likewise for humanity, the spiritual power is the wing, without this man cannot be one with God. The deity covers humanity under its wing; similarly, humanity covers the spiritual under its skirt—the twain are one.
Man aspires to be one with the deity; he strives for contact with the Divine and says, "If only I touch the hem of His garment I shall be healed. And those who touch have the virtue passed unto them for the healing of the body, the soul and the spirit." They go into the peace of God covered by the wings of everlasting love.
Wings for Security
The Satanic power, that is, the power of death, is an opposing force which seeks to establish its sovereignty over the children of Man to subjugate them for service. To face this evil power, Man has no means of his own, except the power of faith in the one who can deliver him from such an enemy. This is the power of God. It serves as the wing for Man for his protection and security. It gathers children of Man as a hen gathers her chicken under her wings.
The Divine wing for such a security is the sovereignty of God manifested in incarnation. It serves the children of Man to deliver them from the onslaughts of the satanic power and the ravishes of death through the wing of life—The Resurrection.
Wings of Territory
Life and death are two dominions wherein two distinct powers rule. The wing which marks the territorial limit between the two domains is that of the grave. Death ceases to operate at this point or at this wing. And life begins to operate at this very point and stretches its wing towards the glory of resurrection. This is one place, or the extremity, where the power of the earth ceases and the power of the flesh stops operation; dust returns to dust. Yet unless the corn falls into the ground, it abides alone. So the very extremity of death lies in death itself, and it gives rise to life, the resurrected life. The beginning of deity is humanity and the end of humanity is the deity; and the end of both in unity gives rise to the new Man. The New Creation is manifested in the glory of resurrection.
Wings of Cross Waters
The sails which trap the winds to move the ship over the surface of the sea are called wings. Water covering the surface of the earth signifies death and its power; when it is beneath the earth, it becomes the living water. Noah's Ark was the wing of the grace of God for his safety and security, and that of his family who were with him. The waters from above which covered the earth destroyed, and the waters which were beneath the ark sustained life by lifting the ark from the low ground.
To negotiate the power of death it needs the wing of the Divine power. It makes provision for entry into the sea of death, of the way through it and, finally, the arrival on the other shore. It accounts for the power of death. Its portrays immortality.
Wings of Light
Life and its operation to glorify God depends upon the wing of light. A life given to darkness is a godless life. These who have this are called the Children of Darkness and those who have within them the Light of the Word of God, and the life in oneness with God are called the Children of Light.
God is Light; in Him there is no darkness. The Light of God constitutes the wing of light which accounts for the sensations of memory and its perpetuation, joy and comfort and the freshness of life. It acts as a window to provide vision, knowledge, deliverance, understanding, judgment, truth, wisdom and parity. It removes the shadows of ignorance and the distress of darkness. God said, "Let there be light and there was light." And let the wing of light to sustain all life, and regulate time for the interpretation of eternity in terms of time manifested itself. He who inhabits eternity and clothes Himself with the light unapproachable manifests in the wing of humanity incarnation and proclaims, "I am the Light of the world". And having enlightened humanity to reveal God in manhood, He declares, "Ye are the light of the world."
Therefore God Incarnate, prophets, apostles, the faithful and wise kings are designated as lights which shine in the darkness of death and decay. They portray the enlightened wing of humanity as opposed to the ones who sit in darkness.
Wings of Vision
The battlement of a house is called a wing. It typifies two aspects of life: (1) that which is within one's house, and (2) that which is without the house. It enables a person to view both: what is within him and what is without him. It provides for control, incentive, temptations, persuasions and judicial or in judicial judgments; one looks upon his own state and compares with what is without him in the next house. Man compares himself with man through the wings of vision.
For his assessments, he applies conventional, traditional and customary standards. For his spiritual progress, he applies denominational or territorial or communal concepts and asserts his superiority. He believes, desires, strives for, acts, and plans projects according to his vision.
In the spiritual world, the wing of vision for the perception of the demonstrative display is of paramount importance, for it controls man's life. By the hearing man believes in the subjective aspects of the doctrines, and by the wing of his vision he observes their demonstration, which establishes the verity of his faith in the doctrine he believes. Therefore, a person devoid of vision cannot establish the demonstrative evidence of what he believes. To know God he must have both the hearing and the vision of Him. He finds this in the incarnation; he hears and sees God in the person of the God manifest in the flesh. He, therefore, declares, "I have heard Him, I have seen Him, I have touched Him, and I have smelled Him, I know Him whom I have believed." Thereafter, he begins to live not by the wing of vision but by faith which "is the substance of the things hoped for and the evidence of the things not seen." The wing of vision is, therefore, a means of instruction which leads to living by the perfect principle of life—Faith in God.
Wings of Training
As an eagle carries its young on its wings, so does God carry His children on the wings of His omnipotence. It is said that when the eagle sees its young ones old enough to venture flying, it hovers over the nest; it stirs the nest, flutters and excites the young to imitate and to take to their wings. When it sees them weary and fearful, the mother eagle carries them on her back, and at a certain height drops them so that they will learn to fly; then she dives down to take them on her back again.
In the divine scheme of things the same process is applied. Under God's care men are taught to be God-like. In the progression of life, stagnation is not acceptable; the nest is stirred up, move for onward march is encouraged, facilities for development are provided, and flight to heights is prompted. God gives power to the faint, might to the weak; and, unlike the ones who rely on the natural powers and sources, the faithful wait on the Lord, renew their strength and mount up with wings as eagles. They run but are not weary; they walk but without fainting.
Having been born on the wings of the Divine omnipotence, love and grace from the beginning of life, some testify, "He bore us on His wings through the atmospheric phenomena, and humanely devised circumstances, even through the valley of death." Having been taught and trained by the Divine wisdom some move swifter than the eagles and stronger than the lions; their youth is renewed like that of an eagle by the experiences they undertake. They move and mount by the law of liberty as the eagles do, using the wings of instinctive power, of intellectual precision, of knowledge, and of spiritual wisdom. They scale heaven and earth at will. They build their nests high, as the eagles do on the inaccessible rocks.
An eagle, in its own entity with its naturally provided wings, is capable of undertaking glorious feats in the air, over the mountains, the earth and the waters above the earth. Yet, with all these faculties, it is classed unclean because of its inward tendency and affinity with the unclean. If depicts (1) the spiritual status, (2) the natural form, and (3) the glorious faculties. It summarizes that proficiency in the natural realm is no criterion for acceptability in the Divine courts. It is the purity, holiness and faith surrender to God which qualify for Divine approbation. The form is good, the natural faculties are worthy; but, nature-wise, that which is born of the flesh is flesh and that which is born of the spirit is spirit. It is the nature that matters and not the faculties.
The testimony of the spirit born is, "Thou hast beset no behind and before and laid thy hand upon me, where shall I go from thy spirit? Where can I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there. If I dwell in hell, thou art there. If it takes the wings of the morning and dwells in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there thy hand shall lead me and thy right hand shall hold me."
It depends whether one is carried on the wings of the natural power or on the wings of the divine power of life. Humanity is classified into three categories: (1) the flesh born, (2) the spirit born, and (3) that which is flesh and spirit born and is the New Creation.
GOLDEN RULES FOR SATURN AND MARS
The following are the golden rules for bringing out or experiencing the most benefic results of Saturn and Mars:
1. If a person with strong Saturn placed in a trine or an angular house is bed-ridden, don't try to engage the person in lengthy conversations.
2. The doctor should be a man of few words.
3. The patient should not turn a deaf ear to good advice or counsel of others.
4. Take as much rest as is essential and don't allow yourself to be lethargic.
5. Don't be aggressive.
6. Don't discourage others if they are self-disciplined and follow strict schedules and regimens in diet, etc.
7. Give due respect to aged persons and never try to humiliate them.
8. Visit a temple or a holy place on Tuesdays and Saturdays.
9. Never give alms for reducing the ill-effects of Saturn and Mars but for honoring the person who has come to your place for alms.
10. Feed a beggar or a blind person any day or on a Saturday or Tuesday.
When you are undergoing sade-satti or dhaiya (7 1/2 years or 2 1/2 years period of Saturn), don't eat too much, speak too much, sleep too much, keep awake too much and work too much. Planets are not modified. It is a wrong statement that planets get modified in their results when placed in conjunction or receive aspects from other planets. All planets have individual characteristics. They gain power or potency by aspects or conjunctions and are not changed in effects. Suppose Mars and Venus are placed in the Libra sign. Mars neither modifies nor changes the effects of Venus; it only heightens the effects of Venus, i.e., effects are more clearly evident in the individual's life. The effects of Mars by its conjunction with Venus will remain as they are but they will become least potent in expression. Venus is the planet of refinement, love and sex and with its closeness to Mars these effects will become more
