The Vedic Astrology Podcast
Episode 9 Show Notes
How Astrology Works Part 2
Michael Reed, Ancient Texts and an Enigma Unlocked
00:43 Overview
· Is the answer to the mystery of ‘How Astrology works’ actually hidden in plain sight?
· Michael Reed is going to lead through the detective work that puts all the pieces together
· Sources …
o Taittiriya Upanishad
§ 5 Koshas
o Sarira Traya
§ 3 Bodies Doctrine
o Brihat Parashara Hora Sastra
§ Chapter 2 Narration of the Avatars
§ Chapter 4 Rasis described
o The Rig Veda
§ Varuna
o Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras
§ Sutra 2
02:48 5 Koshas
· Bliss Body
· Knowledge Body
· Mental Body
· Energy Body
· Physical Body
17:32 5 Koshas Analogy
· Bliss Body – Destination
· Knowledge Body – GPS
· Mental Body – Driver
· Energy Body – Electrical System
· Physical Body – Car
21:38 5 koshas & 3 bodies
· Bliss Body – Destination – Causal body
· Knowledge Body – GPS
· Mental Body – Driver
· Energy Body – Electrical System
· Physical Body – Car
24:32 BPHS Chapter 2 Narration of the Avatars 3-10
· The Supreme Unborn Spirit has had many descents using the Grahas to reward the fruits of the Karma of the Living Beings
· Destroying the strength of the Daityas (identification with suffering, tamas), increasing the strength of the Devas (liberation from identification with tamas, sattva), aiming to establish Dharma, the Auspicious Births proceed regularly from the Grahas
· The Avatars and all others are also planetary born.
· Those with Para Atma as the larger portion are all known as heavenly.
· The Para Atma are absorbed at their end after concluding their purifying business.
· Those with Jiva as the larger portion are known as the living beings.
· The Jiva portion goes forth and is born as humans, etc. Similarly, these also then melt at their end into the imperceptible.
30:39 Adding BPHS Cp2 to the 5 Koshas Model
· Bliss Body – Destination – Causal body – Planets
· Knowledge Body – GPS
· Mental Body – Driver
· Energy Body – Electrical System
· Physical Body – Car
32:14 BPHS Chapter 4 Description of the Rasis 2
· The imperceptible Vishnu, Janardana, is the Kalarupa (Figure of Time) whose limbs become unconscious as the Rasis beginning from Mesha (the Ram).
· N.B. – Avatars are gods / deities, Nakshatras have deities – Rasis have earthly creatures
34:32 Adding BPHS Cp4 to the 5 Koshas Model
· Bliss Body – Destination – Causal body – Planets
· Knowledge Body – GPS – Astral body
· Mental Body – Driver - Astral body
· Energy Body – Electrical System – Astral body
· Physical Body – Car Physical body – Rasis
· What do we know about the Astral body?
· What connects the Physical body to the Causal body?
· How are the Nakshatras involved?
36:58 Astral body, Nakshatras and Varuna
· Splits Heaven and Earth and creates the stars in the firmament
o Stars
o N.B. Not planets
· Stars are the Nakshatras
· Therefore the Nakshatras form the bridge between the planets (bliss body) and the limbs / rasis (food body)
· Varuna is both a Sun of God and an incarnation of Krishna (the Moon) and represents water, truth and justice
· These are all the parts we need to enact karma
· Soul – Sun
· Mind – Moon
· Ocean of consciousness – Water
· Karma – truth and justice
44:47 Adding Varuna and the Nakshatras to the 5 Koshas Model
· Bliss Body – Destination – Causal body – Planets
· Knowledge Body – GPS – Astral body – Nakshatras
· Mental Body – Driver - Astral body – Nakshatras
· Energy Body – Electrical System – Nakshatras
· Physical Body – Car Physical body – Rasis
46:36 Why do we go to sleep?
· Connect to the bliss body
· Allow the Moon to move from the day (Sun-Soul) to the night (Planets-Stars-Karma-Ocean of Consciousness)
· Each day, the car has a chance to get guidance about what it is truly here for
47:34 Sutra 2 – Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras
· Stopping / restraining / regulating the modulations of the mind
o Understanding
o Misunderstanding / Misconception
o Imagination / Verbal delusion
o Sleep
o Memory
· Here we see that sleep is one of the modifications of the mind as is misunderstanding
· And we know that sleep is often when people are closest the their bliss body
· And when this Michael’s detective work is showing is that the ocean of consciousness is being churned by the Moon in the Nakshatras
· If we can use our understanding (Intellect body /Knowledge body) to see the purpose of sleep we can see how Astrology is working and avoid misunderstanding – that is we regulate the modulations of the mind
· When we can detach from identifying with the painful modulations of the mind we are free and in bliss
· Astrology can help us move into our knowledge body in relation to the stirrings of the oceans of consciousness – because it objectifies them (hopefully preventing us from identifying with the drama).
54:53 Summary & Conclusion
· Astrology works by
o the Moon churning the ocean of consciousness
o each night as it travels through the Nakshatras
o linking the planets (the causal body) to the rasis (the physical body) and all the layers in between
o helping the living beings to rectify their karma
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