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Astrology
Mind is the resultant of
breeding and birth. It is through the body and is directly under the
control of nervous system. Brain is the seat of sensation and
feeling. sensations and feelings are centred in the brain and the
nerves convey the impressions through the spinal column. Active
principles of propagating species depends upon the food and other
factors. In the tenth month after conception, the infant is thrown
out by certain internal forces and assumes a separate individuality.
At this critical moment when it takes its first breath the
surroundings will have a material influence upon the future of the
child. The accident of birth is not to be despised at all. A
millionaire's son by the accident of birth inherits millions while
the greatest genius may not be able to acquire a decent competency.
Here comes the importance of the law of continuity and Karma theory.
Unless we grant the existence of the truth of the Karma theory, many
of the inconsistencies we find in this world cannot be
satisfactorily explained at all. An abuse is a bit of sound and this
apparently invisible sound vibration influences the mind and offends
the person. In all these cases, we see objective bodies being
directly affected by subjective influences. The Moon influences the
mind. Hence, on New Moon days and Full Moon days we find lunatics to
be more eccentric. Hence we have the Sanskrit saying
Chandra-mamanasojatha, meaning that the Moon influences the mind.
The mental currents-so many vibrations of heat, light, etc. take
their strength or weakness from the influences exercised by the
solar rays. Vegetation affects mind. Satwa, Rajasa and Tamasa are
characteristics which are due to the kind of food we take in. Man is
the micro-cosm-Pindonda corresponding with the universe or
macro-cosm-Brahmanda and therefore we must expect to find that the
vicissitudes of humanity correspond with the changes which take
place in the heavens and as a consequence of which on the Earth
also. The angular formations of planetary rays will be varying
almost every second with the result their influences on the
terrestrial phenomena must necessarily be varying. Hence we find
that even if two individuals are born at the same hour one will
decidedly be different from the
other.
A question that is often put with an air of
derision is how can the stars removed as they are millions and
billions of miles away from us, affect affairs on the Earth ? What
are the means by which the stars influence us? Science is abandoning
the hypothetical ether and substituting for the idea that of a
magnetic field covering all space. Science knows of three fields,
viz., magnetic field, electric field and gravitational field. For
the celestial bodies to affect the things of this Earth, energy from
them must be transmitted. It is light-which of course, is a form of
energy, which is transmitted to us from the stars via the medium of
our magnetic field. Let us for instance take the constellation of
Cancer, which consists of some seven fixed stars. Stars are luminous
bodies. Therefore considering them as charged bodies radiating
energy into space, it is evident that rays of light coming from the
stars of this constellation must also be surrounded by their own
magnet if fields. A body will not radiate energy unless there be
another body within gauge to receive it. (At least the phenomenon
will not be apparent). Therefore, the fact that a body such as our
Earth receives the rays of light corning from such stars is
sufficient evidence of an attraction existing between the Earth and
those distant stars. But our Earth is not the only body that
receives energy from those stars.
In
this connection reference may be made to Einstein's recent discovery
of a whole range of new realm of radiation more extensive in range
than all the known forms of light, heat, X-rays. cosmic rays, etc.
It is a planetary wave. According to Mr. O'Neil, “the radiation
visualised in the mathematical concept by Einstein is made up of
gravitational waves, which parallel in size and frequency electro.
magnetic waves, but have entirely different properties. As yet the
only demonstrated property of these gravitational waves is their
ability, to pull planets and comets out of their courses as these
bodies move around the Sun. Massive bodies like the Earth produce
disturbances in the gravitational field of cosmos and these
disturbances are propagated as waves and move with the speed of
light. Einstein has now found rigorous proof for the existence of
the waves in a single plane, such as waves in a string. The
relativity theory calls for two general kinds of gravitational
waves, one stationary and the other progressing; of the progressing
waves there are three kinds-pure longitudinal, those half
longitudinal and half transverse and those pure transverse. The
Earth for example, travelling in its orbit around the Sun produces a
disturbance in the gravitational field of the Sun and this
disturbance is propagated in wave form. In his interview with the
science Editor of Herald Tribune, Prof. Robertson said that the
Earth's wave would have a length which would be about the same
magnitude as a light year (about 600,000,000,000 miles). This wave
travels through space with the same velocity as light. There would
be four crests of such a gravitational earth wave in space between
us and the nearest star which is about 4 light years away.”
According to Mr. O'Neil, the gravitational waves can have any
wave-length, from the smallest found in light waves, which are
measured as fractional parts of a billionth of an Inch, to ones far
longer than any radio-wave ever produced by man, or billions of
billions of miles length. It seems that it is entirely possible for
gravitational waves to exist which have exactly the same length as
light waves, even those within the visible spectrum which we see as
coloured light.
Human
eyes are probably entirely blind to these gravitational waves even
though they exist in as great abundance and in as great variety as
light waves. Gravitational waves are entirely different from
electro-magnetic waves. The latter are traceable to the electrical
and magnetic charges associated with particles of matter but the
gravitational waves are produced by the mass characteristics of
particles or large aggregation of matter. It is known how the
gravitational waves affect the astronomical world, and causes the
disturbance which one planet produces on another tugging it out of
its orbit. According to Mr. O'Neil's interpretation, such effects as
the gravitational waves produce would be produced on the mass
characteristics of matter on which they
impinge.
The
medium in which these gravitational waves are transmitted is still a
mystery, the same kind of mystery which still envelopes the
transmission of light. It is interesting to note that in the case of
a quantum or packet of light waves pulling an electron from an atom,
distance is not a factor.
It
makes no difference whether the light wave comes from a nearby lamp
or a star, a thousand light years away The effect is the same.
Frequency and not distance is the determining factor. This is an
example that completely breaks down the argument that planets and
stars cannot affect human beings because they are too far away. It
is interesting to note also that the Moon in its travels around the
Earth is also sending out disturbances in the form of these
gravitational waves and these are proportional to its period of
revolution around the Earth. Similar disturbances are produced by
other planets in their revolution around the Sun, and those planets
which have Moons are the centres for the production of local
gravitational waves produced by the movements of their satellites
around them. It stands to reason therefore that if a planet can
affect a body of the size of the Sun. its effects upon a mechanism
as delicate as the human form could be
stupendous.
Thus
all beings, animate and inanimate, are subject to the influence of
planets and astrology simply tells us how and when they influence,
whether they are good, bad or indifferent and how we could
alleviate, neutralise or overcome the evil influences of such
planetary configurations by adopting suitable remedies as prescribed
by the ancient Maharshis. By knowing the future correctly we can
avoid many pitfalls and can so create an environment that, to a
great extent, we can cope with the adverse circumstances or be
prepared to meet them cheerfully. In this connection the student
will do well to read the articles I have written in The Astrological
Magazine on the influences of
planets.
Great
men believed in and practised astrology. Dante declared it to be the
highest, the noblest and without defect. Kepler, Lord Bacon and
Dryden were skilled in this art. Flamstead, the first
Astronomer-Royal believed in astrology for he selected an auspicious
moment for the laying of the foundation stone of Greenwich
Observatory. By the contemplation of an astrological chart Newton
became attracted to the study of
astrology.
To
one who is unacquainted with astrology and yet speaks or writes
concerning it in an abusive and disrespectful manner, I commend the
rebuke administered by Newton to Hally: “I have studied these
things, you have not.” In the modern times it has been the singular
good fortune of late Prof. B. Suryanarain Rao, my revered
grandfather, to have given a rational exposition of this abstruse
science by his varied translations, original works, compilations and
researches into the subject of astrology. A knowledge of astrology
is highly essential for every individual. Fools obey planets while
wise men control them. For a fuller appreciation of the theoretical
basis of astrology, the reader is referred to Prof. B. Suryanarain
Rao's An Introduction to the study of Astrology and my own book
Astrology and Modern Thought.
I may close this
introduction by making a few remarks on Mundane Astrology, a branch
of astrology dealing with wars, earthquakes, inundations, etc. The
effects of the planets over the affairs of nations are found to be
just as powerful as they are over the life of the individual. Prof.
B. Suryanarain Rao, predicted the Anglo-German War (of 1914) six
months in advance. Zadkiels I and II were noted for their national
predictions. I myself predicted the present European War nearly one
year in advance in my World Prospects in 1939-40. Hitler's
aggressive designs; Mussolini's collaboration; France's collapse in
1940; return of the Negus to Abyssinia; Japan's Far-Eastern policy;
fates of Holland, Belgium; Mussolini's Fall, etc., have all been
correctly anticipated by me and readers can get a copy of this book
and test for themselves the veracity of my statement. Risking the
derisive laugh I am bold enough to say that there is enough
scientific basis to warrant the study of Mundane Astrology by those
in control of a National Government or to justify the introduction
into national affairs of a competent Astrological Bureau to advise
on future foreign entanglements. I admit that it is too much to
expect, in the present state of Mundane Astrology, for this Bureau
to be always right, but if it could give the Government enough
insight into future complications with foreign powers that would be
worth untold millions even if this supposed Bureau made only 60 per
cent of correct predictions.
The
day is fast approaching however when men calling themselves
scientific can no longer afford to ignore a subject which offers
them the very proof they are looking for-proof that everything in
this universe, including man is subject to mathematical and
geometrical laws.
It
is hoped that the present work which is the first of its kind to be
ever written on the simpler side of astrology by one who has been a
successful exponent of the subject, will be of considerable
assistance to those who seriously contemplate an initial study of
the science of
horoscope.
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B.V.RAMAN
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