Vedic Numerology

Vedic Numerology

By Visti Larsen

Decimal system

• The vedic system of numerology uses the decimal system to define the effects of the nine graha + lagna.

• The basis of this is speed of planets & luminaries w.r.t. the Earth.

• The day divided into 12 portions as well as the night in equal 12 portions forms one weekday or vara of 24 hora (hours).

Weekday order

• The sequence of Hora form the lords of the seven weekdays.

• The lord of the weekday is counted from the begining of this Mahayuga or Kali Yuga.

• This is the real vedic calendar and the first use of numerology for the persons life.

Todays weekday/ahargana

• 714404162739 days have passed since this Mahayuga started.

• 714404162739/7 = remainder of 1. This is the first weekday of the week which is Sunday.

• This is the first step into numerology by knowing your day of birth also called vara.

Vara = VaSara

• The word Väsara implies an abode for the God of fire (Agni). Similarly, a weekday/Vära is a resting place for the Agni, and all the functions of the

weekdays arise from this principle.

• Agni is also named Vahni, which refers to his task to ‘transport’ the prayers to the Deva, and likewise transport the blessing back to the worshipper.

Agni therefore rules over the third eye.

MW ‘väsa’: staying , remaining, abiding, dwelling, residence, living in.

MW ‘ra’: Agni/fire.

•This planet in your chart shows the presence of God in your life, and the blessing of energy/light in your chart.

Days and worship

Day Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Deva Näräyaëa Çiva Devé Gaëeça and Skanda Viñëu Lakñmé

Note that the worship begins on the day following the planet indicating the Devata, viz: Sun indicates Shiva, but Shiva is worshipped on the following day namely

Vara numerology

This list and order is very useful to see Gods blessing in our life, as the Vara is based on Gods blessing.

1. Add the number of the planets forming YOGA with each other.

2. Remove multiples of 9 from the result and ascertain the planet indicating it. 3. The planet arrived at will indicate the

Devatä who is happy/angry.

Yoga is of four types:

i. Parivartana (exchange) ii. Yuti (conjunction)

iii. Samdristi (mutual aspect)

iv. Parivartana dristi (a planet placed in one sign, whilst the dispositor aspects the others sign, fx Sun in libra whilst Venus aspects Leo)

Guna chakra

Guna is a faculty of the mind as it is bound down by the guna, therefore the guna chakra can acurately tell what is in a persons mind.

This is different from the vara-chakra which shows the blessing of God.

Guna Chakra is used extensively during Prasna/Horary Jyotish, but can ALSO be applied on the natal chart of a person. It is the main system of

• Before asking for a number from a client recite your Jyotish/Guru mantra.

• If you do not have such a mantra Sri

Harihara, author of Prasna Marga, advises to recite: namaù shiväya|

• Divide the number by:

27, to attain the nakshatra-number 12, to attain the rasi-number

• Graha number reveals the problem/issue

itself, and the events which have transpired. • Rasi number shows what karma has been

done, and what is the remedy.

• Nakshatra number shows how the mind of the client, has dealt with the problem/issue, and which ideas the native has in mind.

Nama shastra (science of name)

• The name is the first mantra. Nama shastra is therefore Mantra shastra!

• The name has its basis in 2,3 or 4 syllables as being movable, dual or fixed signs. This

sequence is repeated for names which are longer (or shorter, viz. 1 = fixed sign).

• We are only concerned with the FIRST name. If there are TWO first names, then count both. Omit family names and titles.

Loka/Chakra Syllables Mantra Satya/Sahasrara 64 Mana Pada  Samudra 32 Anusthubh Tapa/Äjïäkhya 16 Ñoòañi

 Samudra 8 Mantra pada (Gäyatri) Jana/Viçuddha 4 Bija, carana

 Samudra 2 Béja/näma (name) Mahar/Anähata 1 Haàsa

Various tools

• Three popular tools to ascertain the significance of a name are:

– akachatatapayasha varga – Varnanka varga

Katapayadi varga

The Vowels (svara) have no body and indicate the soul, therefore their number is 0. 0 is the great void or mahashunya representing the absolute.

Consonants have body

Group

Overlord-Mercury Overlord-Jupiter

Q Q f F [ t w d x n

ṭa ṭha ýa ýha õa ta tha da dha na ‘Pa’ Group Overlord-Saturn Pa ) b - m pa pha ba bha ma ‘Ya’ Group Overlord-Moon Ya r l v z ; s h ]

Name sign (nama rasi)

• Write the name in devanagri script, and

remove the half-consonants. Fx in the name

Vishnu the ’sh’ is half as its no followed by a

vowel. Only consonants followed by vowels have life (svara), the remaining must be

excluded. Therefore ’va’ and ’na’ must be kept for calculation.

Name sign cont.

• Vowels initiating a name get a value of 0, the rest are omitted. Fx in the name Anna, ’a’ gets the

vallue of 0 whilst ’na’ gets 5.

• The numbers must always be reversed once attained, fx for Anna the numbers were 0 & 5, which when reversed give 50.

• To find the sign/rasi remove multiples of 12 from the number and keep the remainder. The

remainder will be the sign counted from Aries. • Fx 50/12 = 2 or Taurus.

Analysing nama-rasi

• The nama rasi will show the impact of the

name on your life. The house, planets, etc. In that sign or lording it will rise due to your

name.

• Picking a good name is important. Be it your own or Gods name.

Teachings from the tradition

• Ascertain the name-sign.

• Divide your ascendant-degree by 2 and round up to nearest integer. Fx 1°20’/2 = 0°40’=>1st degree.

• The result of the division will reveal the house from lagna.

• Check for a link between this house and the nama rasi. If they match then your birth time is accurate.