Astrology New Found Origins & Ancient Rationales - Calling Attention of the World …

Kerala.com is uncovering the original but hitherto remaining somewhat obscure face of the controversial topic of Jyotihsastra - astronomy and astrology - as a part & parcel of Yogasastra and claims of experimentally testable or verifiable luni-solar (Moon and Sun period) rhythms operating over Yogik body as forming the basis of the ancient occult science.

Work presently carried on the web site had its beginning in a work on astrology viz., Rasi Chakram by Sri K. Chandra Hari, and in the book a correction was advocated for the computation of horoscopes based on ancient Indian astronomical works like Aryabhatiya and Suryasiddhanta. Work caused some ripples in the astrological intelligentsia - some understood and some did not grasp the intricate point and quite a few the emperors in the field chose to ignore it even though they were the best to understand and take it up for further researches. In 2001 December the basic thesis of "Muladhara Cakra" was given a boost through another work of the author "Hindu Zodiac & Ancient Astronomy" which compiled the various papers published by the author in Journals. Bulky volume covers astronomical, mathematical and mythological evidences to establish the Tantrik origin of Zodiac - a specific geometry (uniquely chosen circle) of the apparent luni-solar orbit named in terms of the dreaded Nodes, Rahu-Sikhi Chakram, that prevailed with perhaps all nations of antiquity which had an obsession with the occult - some kind of Yoga, healing and other mystique arts. Chandra Hari's works put a lot of Indian customs and traditions like the worship of Kala (Siva who is Mahakala in Tantra) as Linga and Yoni in male and female forms on an astronomical foundation arising from Yoga. What has come to be popularized as Serpent power based on Tantra literature by Arthur Avlon - the occult power in human being that is addressed through Hatha and other forms of Rajayogas, viz., Kundalini is shown to observe a bio-cosmic rhythm with reference to the star Mula (l-Scorpii) and this rhythm has been identified in yearly and shorter cycles in terms of breathing patterns which the Yogis try to cultivate through "Pranayama" - seeking the equilibrium of two mystic airs (Vayus) Prana and Apana playing between the head and the anus -240 degrees of a Yogi's body if he is thrown to the sky to represent the biocosmic tie up.

Bringing the thesis to simpler terms for the layman is a difficult task. Ancient terminologies and legends presented with their astronomical origins and meanings is really astounding and puts human antiquity and heritage on a discovery and field that modern biology has just begun to explore. A number of biorhythms or biological clocks operating in animals and birds with their synchronization mechanism to the external world have been discovered by biologists and researches are progressing. In moving through the pages of Kerala.com what strikes our attention most is the article "Rationale of Zodiac and Experimental Verification of Bio-Cosmic Rhythm" which briefly mentions the work of a Japanese monk Hiroshi Motoyama on the "Shad Chakras" - the six occult centers in the human body and their experimentally detected presence. Article calls for incorporation of the time element as per Jyotihsastram in such experiments for detecting the Yoga power.

For the inquisitive minds on astrology and those for looking at a critical examination of the subject and its rationales, the material provided by Kerala.com is a rich feast. Little is known among astrologers as to how the zero is fixed on the heavenly circle and also of the depths of the meanings of the questions raised by Talakkulathu Bhattatiri almost a millennium back:

Kathamamurttasya kalasya murttattvamuchyate? Kathamamurttasya kãlasya saptavimsati nakshtrantarbhutãnam rasinãm pradesãnãm avayavatvamupapadyate?

Bhattatiri's (who is known as a legendary figure through Eithihyamala) question raised in his work "Dasãdhyãyee" (a commentary on astrologer's bible - Brhatjjataka of Varahamihira) in fact rankles the very foundation of astrology and all discourses on astrology as science of time or Hora sastra. But Bhattatiri 800 years before was more intelligent than the many doyens of astrology today - he said:

Kalpanikatvameva phalavijnapakatve - astrology is a modeling of time for predictive purposes.

How that modeling is accomplished? It's a million $ question. Whether you are a believer or disbeliever in astrology, it will be highly thought provoking to glance through a presentation given -"where to choose the zero point?" - many interesting issues we meet: Just to quote one:

Man has landed in Moon and has changed his habitat from forests to the big cities but how is it that Ape (or whatever it may be) standing just below in the evolutionary chain has not rode over a bicycle yet?

We see a man away from the crowds, working out page by page a scientific thinking on the most ancient of man's wisdom and rediscovering some of its precious lost rationales. Astrology definitely finds a new meaning at the site and it's sure that it is going to attract the fancy of the new generation who is keen to know about astrology and the sciences of divination.

For those who want to know about the rich heritage of Kerala on ASTRONOMY - A number of papers on Kerala's great astronomers of the period from 600 AD to 1500 AD is available under Kerala Astronomy.

New thesis has got its implications in predictions. Kerala.com is providing astrological consultation through a panel of astrologers who will be following the Yoga based Muladhara Chakra in their work. An extension is available to Keralamatrimony.com to have accurate timings of marriage.

Site offers a discussion forum too - with the contents available on the site, it's quite certain that one will meet with scientific answers or a 'no' instead of invoking the mysterious to explain all and everything by fraudulent practitioners of the topic.