Light On Vedic Astrology Newsletter: March 2006

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		March Light On Vedic Astrology Newsletter

In This Issue:

March 14, 2006

•	New Astro-Profile: Angelina Jolie

•	The Significance of an Eclipse

•	March Sidereal Ephemeris

•	Oprah Winfrey's Combust Venus

•	Nepal's Amazing Buddha Boy

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Namaste

New Astro-Profile: Angelina Jolie

Namaste Friends,
In January I started having Astro-Profiles of celebrities available every month on my website, which are a fun and engaging way to learn principles of Vedic astrology. This month's article analyzes the birth chart of actress Angelina Jolie whose recent love affair with Brad Pitt has attracted widespread media attention. This article demonstrates how classic jyotish principles clearly explain her recent rise in fame, her dark and obsessive history, and her sudden desire to raise a family with Pitt.

The birth charts of stars like Angelina Jolie are an excellent resource for illustrating the principles given in the ancient texts for rise in career, fame and wealth. This study of Angelina Jolie's chart is a thorough education in these core interpretive principles and concepts of Jyotish. With the use of eleven quotes from three classic texts you will learn how yogas (planetary combinations) and dashas (predictive systems) combine to reveal one's unique destiny. You will also learn how the nakshatras can be used for prediction.

March Sidereal Ephemeris

Here is March's sidereal (Vedic) ephemeris. This gives you everything you need in order to see exactly where the planets are on any day of the month so that you can follow the transits in your own chart or oher people's charts.

MONTHLY PLANETARY INFO
Full Moon (Purnima):
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 14th 11:36 pm GMT
Mar 14th 6:36 pm EST

New Moon (Amavasya):
Total Solar Eclipse
Mar 29th 10:16 am GMT
Mar 29th 5:16 am EST

Mar 20th Spring Equinox

Mercury Retrograde
Mar 3rd - 26th

Jupiter Retrograde from Mar 5th

Saturn Retrograde entire month

Click to View Sidereal Ephemeris

Nepal's Amazing Buddha Boy

A fifteen year old Nepalese boy is reported to have been meditating 24 hours a day without food or water since last May in a forest in Nepal. He sits cross legged with eyes closed under a Banyan tree and many believe him to be the reincarnation of Buddha. His name is Ram Bahadur Bamjan and now he received such media attention that hundreds flock to get a glimpse of him everyday.

The discovery of the amazing boy has brought a lot of inspiration to the people of Nepal and around the world as the word of the boy's miraculous feat has spread.

Latest rumors as of last week are that he has now disappeared presumably because of too much media attention.

Read more at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4479240.stm

The Significance of an Eclipse

Today is a lunar eclipse, a penumbral lunar eclipse to be more precise. It begins at 4:22 pm EST and ends at 9:13 pm EST. The peak is 6:49 pm EST and is best viewed in Europe and Africa. The Solar eclipse follows in two weeks on Mar 29th, which is a total solar eclipse.

Lunar eclipses occur on the full moon (purnima) and are of three types: total, partial and penumbral. A total lunar eclipse is when the Moon entirely passes through the earth's dark shadow or umbra, which means "shaded area." (Our word "umbrella" comes from the latin root, "umbra").

During the eclipse the nodes of the Moon are aspecting both of the personal planets, the Sun and Moon and are cutting off their normal functioning. They create an opening in our psyches for subtle energies to enter, either positively or negatively. It's therefore best to do spiritual practices during eclipses and not anything of significance in the material world like having a surgery, or signing an important document.

Eclipses are excellent times for meditation, chanting mantras, or other spiritual practices. It's recommended to fast and take advantage of the subtle influences of the eclipse time.

Oprah Winfrey's Combust Venus

The chart of popular TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey is an interesting study in the concept of combustion, which is an often misunderstood Vedic astrology principle. Combustion occurs when a planet is positioned close the Sun and is said to be "burned up" due to the Sun's heat.

When a planet is combust it harms the external significations of the planet, but not the internal. It's a misconception that combustion entirely harms the planet. For instance, when Mercury is combust it can increase intelligence, which is an internal signification of Mercury, but the skin, nerves, lungs may be harmed, which are external significations.

In Oprah's case Venus is considered deeply combust because it is within 1 degree.

Namaste

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Namaste,

Vaughn Paul Manley, M.A.

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