Tropical Analysis

This is a very simplistic Tropical analysis of the Natal Chart of India (Chart of Independent India), the Progressed chart and Transits of the day (26 th January) and it aims at analysing the unfortunate events that took place in the National capital on our 72 nd Republic day. Every student of Astrology knows that this is a very testing time for our country & hence this write up intends to scrutinize the planetary combinations and their aspectual relations that played a role in today's mayhem in Delhi. Independent India’s chart has Gemini (0 ° 50’) rising as the Ascendant. 1.    Progressed Mercury (Scorpio 21) forms a Square aspect with Natal Sun (Leo 21). Sun signifies Persons of Authority, Rulers and Mercury signifies Meetings, Rallies respectively. Mercury is the Ascendant lord whereas Sun assumes lordship of the 4 th House. Thus this imparts lots of stress, obstacles in Governance and as a result the state of home affairs suffers. Mercury being Ascendant l...

On 12th January, we will be celebrating the 158th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. This essay is just my way of paying an obeisance to this great patriot saint of Modern India. It aims at decoding his mystic yet charming persona and his “leap into fame” at the Parliament of Religions held at Chicago in 1893 at which he represented Hinduism. This is a very simplistic tropical scrutiny based on aspectual analysis of the natal and the progressed chart. The data has been procured from Astro Data Bank which gives it AA rating. As per Wikipedia page , Swami Vivekananda  (12 January 1863 – 4 July 1902), born  Narendranath Datta , was an Indian Hindu monk. He was a chief disciple of the 19th-century Indian mystic Ramkrishna. He was a key figure in the introduction of the Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world, and is credited with raising  interfaith  awareness, bringing Hinduism to the status of a major world religion du...