Vedic Astrology Center

Spiritual Assessment

In this assessment I'll be looking primarily at the three self factors and what condition them toward a spiritual path.

The three self factors are:
The lagna lord (shows our basic self-_expression and path in life)
The First House
Atma karaka (literally " soul indicator")
The Sun (The natural Atma karaka)
The Same Factors in the Navamsa Chart

Dear XXX,

The ruling planet, Mercury is in its own sign, Gemini with the ninth lord, Venus and Mars. This powerful ruling planet, joined the ninth lord will be the mindset for philosophies and teachings, religion, etc. in the sign of Gemini this will make you test all of your beliefs, putting them to the test not just excepting them blindly. Mercury rules the buddhi, the intellect and it's important for you to rationally understand the spiritual practices, why they work, etc. this makes you gravitate naturally toward the path of jnana Yoga, the Yoga of the intellect. However the presence of Mars also strongly indicates a passion for a more physical path, related to Raja Yoga. Especially as this sign of Gemini Falls in the 10th house of action. Thus there are many aspirations to impact the world through these multifarious paths of Yoga and other modalities like astrology. The aspect from Jupiter, as well as both of these planets being in their own signs, and forming a powerful Saraswati Yoga, shows the interest and desire to help others through Astrology and other Vedic teachings. Guru in your fourth house, retrograde shows and ease of introspection, and a desire to merge with guru in your own heart. You can feel the presence of guru deep within your heart -- very nice!

The Sun is a double atma karaka for you and thus very powerful in your liberation. The Sun is in your ninth house with saturn and the Moon. Very powerful conjunction of spiritualizing factors. Particular the Sun and Moon are tightly conjoined in the nakshatra of Mrigashira, Mercury is also Mrigashira -- declaring this nakshatra of prime importance, as it rules your three main spiritualizing factors. Mrigashira is related to the quest for idyllic beauty and brings a certain restless nature to that quest. There is also an innocence and naïveté, and courage in spite of what our more experienced nature may be telling us. This naïveté an innocence gets us and our soul through life's ups and downs, rather than becoming embittered by our disappointments. I mention the specifically because of the presence of Saturn in this ninth house, and especially tightly conjoined the Moon, the dark Moon. Particularly as Saturn is the sixth lord, it reveals the work and effort necessary to maintain self-confidence and a healthy mental/emotional outlook from day-to-day. Yet Saturn / Sun also makes one a great servant of humanity, especially as Saturn is the sixth lord. In the sign of Taurus there will be a powerful need to serve in tangible ways, with your physical body in real time, not just in your mind as may be the case with all those planets in Gemini.

In the navamsa chart, Mars is in a trinal aspect with your atma karaka, the Sun, who is in Virgo. This shows the ability to thrive and excel in Raja yoga or other physical disciplines like tai chi -- or energetic paths like Reiki. Staying disciplined and managing Mars energy, which includes anger and excessive opinions will be important to your spiritual path. The above suggestions are ways to channel Mars energy creatively. This atma karaka and Mars both in earth signs shows that staying grounded in tangible, worldly activities is the path to this management. Things like gardening, massage, cooking and feeding people, hands-on earthy things are also important. The atma karaka is aspected by Saturn as well, who is the lagna lord and 12th lord in this navamsa chart, and resides in the sign of Gemini. This shows the confluence and similarity to the rasi chart, affirming the importance of discrimination and in jnana Yoga to your life path, as well as the capacity to flourish through them.

To summarize: There are tendencies for the Yoga of synthesis in your chart, which include Karma Yoga, Raja Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, jnana Yoga. Breathing exercises could be especially important as they are related to Gemini, and air sign, and its lord Mercury. Also Saturn is related to the breath and his influence over the Sun and Moon could be inhibiting. Swami Sivananda and Swami Satchitanda of integral Yoga are two very interesting paths you may explore. Both advocate the idea of combining the four paths of Yoga everyday. Of course this is also discussed in the Bhagavad Gita by Lord Krishna, yet these great yogis created great systems through which to guide our daily life based on the same principles.

Saying mantras to your beloved deities, whether they be figures or forces such as the planets or even affirmations that you create will be very important as the sign of Gemini is related to speech and self-_expression through words. ponder this.

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