Each Zodiac sign equals 30 degrees of a particular sign, covering about two Nakshatras and a small portion of the next one. Each Nakshatra equates to 13 degrees and 20 minutes of the sky. So, each of these lunar days translates into the sky being divided into 27 constellations, called the Nakshatras.The Zodiac, with its twelve signs, is superimposed over the 27 Nakshatras. This journey, in Indian Astrology, equates to one sidereal month. The Sages viewed the Moon – along with the rest of the planets and their sojourn through each of these Star constellations – as central to the understanding of timeĪs viewed from Earth, the Moon takes 27.3217 days to travel across the entire zodiac. The Hindu Astrology popularly known as Vedic Astrology uses the sidereal zodiac which is derived from the Nakshatras or the Fixed Star Constellations.A list of 27 stars called the Nakshatras or Asterisms or Star Constellations form the backbone of Jyotisha. The ancient Sages/Seers used Nakshatras as a way of time keeping, according to the motion of the moon. Polaris Fixed Star – Seat of the Meditator Credit : Pandit Sanjay Rath from Brhat Nakshatra सप्तास्यस्तुविजातो रवेण वि सप्तरश्मिरधमत्तमांसि ॥४॥Ĥ) Brihaspati first in his birth from the vast light, in the highest heavenly space, with his seven fronts, with his seven rays, with his many births, drives utterly away the darknesses that encompass us with his cry. Roughly speaking the core seven seers hold the entire cosmic Vedic knowledge for the betterment and progress of humanity. The Nakshatras or the fixed star constellations in the sky belong to the family of the Seven Seers Rishis called the Saptarishi which are the seven stars of the big dipper in the Ursa Majorconstellation.Īncient Indian Vedic text mapped the planets in the solar system to the Sages that are keeper of the Stars beyond the milky way. There are billions of Stars in the Milky way and many more beyond. We are approximately 28,000 light years away from the centre of the Galactic. The planets in the Solar System, which, of course, includes Earth, orbit the Galactic centre from the edge of the Milky Way. Our Earth resides in a spiral galaxy called the Milky Way. Literally to become illuminated by the light of the Sun by gaining foresight.Indeed, the vision of the Sun God Savitur is the power to see beyond what is. Vedā ṅ ga Jyoti ṣ a, in Sanskrit (popularly known as Vedic Astrology), its etymological meaning is giving the light of knowledge from the Sun. Most of the Astrological teachings of the period hail from the Rig Veda. Some scholars even date it as early as 12000 BC – 4000 BC. RigVeda, part of the Vedas, is one of the oldest texts in any Indo-European language and dates back to 1500 BC – 1000 BC. The ancient seers or rishis ‘heard’ this divine cosmic knowledge. While this might seem extraordinary, you should be aware that this knowledge was originally imparted aurally from the cosmos. Composed in Sanskrit, its origins are considered apauserya meaning “not of human agency”. The Vedas, Vedanta is among the earliest known literature of Indo-Aryan civilization, which hails from ancient India. Ṛ ig Veda Mandala 2 Hymn 24.01 Nakshatras : Protect Sounds and Qualities of your Soul & Psyche Thou art the precursor ‘OM’ of all prayer and the Lord of all souls we pray for Thy guidance for success in all good actions. O! Ganesha, Lord of all seers, praise be to Thee Thou art Omniscient and the unmatched wisdom of the wise. Jye ṣṭ har ā ja ṁ brahma ṇ ā ṁ brahma ṇ aspata ā na ḥ ṣṛṇ vann ū tibhi ḥ s ī da sādanam||1 Ga ṇ ā n ā ṁ tv ā ga ṇ apati ṁ hav ā mahe kavi ṁ kav ī n ā mupama ś ravastamam
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