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Ärüòha and Mäyä[1]

Definitions

Ärüòha means to mount, rise, bestride, like mounting a horse or to ascend, or elevate. In jyotiña terminology it is used to describe a secondary self (mounted selves or selves which bestride the original self) or image that is mounted or superimposed upon the real self. This superimposed self often exists in a parallel plane to the real self; but can become so real as to blur the distinction between the real and the projected, to the extent the native can forget his true self and imagine the projection to be the truth. These superimposed selves are multiple, depending upon the various aspects of our lives. So we can have multiple selves projected in different arenas of life, whereby our college friends, our families and colleagues can have different pictures of the same person. The real self is the Lagna and the superimposed self is the Ärüòha Lagna. The multiple superimposed selves in the different arenas of life are the different ärüòha padas. Hence, in the eastern Indian traditions, horoscopes are to be analysed from the Lagna, Ärüòha Lagna and the Ätmakäraka to get a complete and correct understanding of the chart.

 Human personalities, therefore, are a collage of real and created images, a mixture of that which is actual and illusionary, satya and mäyä. Hence ärüòhas are associated with mäyä. The literal definition of mäyä is that which is an illusion, deceit, supernatural tricks or sorcery, fraud, an apparition. The illusionary city of Lankä was built by the demon Maya at Rävaëa’s behest. The root of the term however, can be traced back to the Advaita teachings of the Upanishads, which holds the satya sanätana nirguëa Brahmaë to be the only truth of the Universe, while the rest was held to be nothing but an illusion or mäyä. This facet of the Paramätman, which manifests itself to create the vast and beautiful created universe, is known as its çakti, deified as the Great Goddess Mahämäyä. It is therefore, not surprising, that the Moon, the planet representing the Divine Mother, is the karaka for Ärüòha Lagna.

The Moon and the Ärüòha

Mother is the mind as represented by the Moon. The image that we have of the mother in our mind is a warm, secure home created by her. Hence the ärüòha of the fourth house is the image that we have of our mother and home. If the ärüòha is associated with the asura grahas Venus, Saturn and Mercury, a strong matrilineage is indicated. If the A4 is associated with the sura grahas Sun, Moon, Jupiter and Mars, then the patrilineage will be strong. If there is a doubt regarding a native’s lagna, then one way to check the chart is to ascertain the lineage through A4.

Chart  SEQ Chart \* ARABIC 1: Patrilneage

 The ärüòha pada of the 4^th house is not conjunct any planets; so we take the lord Mars, a sura planet, conjoined exalted Moon and Mercury. The patrilineage dominates. 

Chart  SEQ Chart \* ARABIC 2: Matrilineage

In this case too, the A4 is not associated any planets. The lord of A4 is Venus, an asura planet, indicating the matrilineage to be very strong. This is an added tool to be looked into while examining parental lineage.

Reversing Images

The Moon does not have light of its own but basks in reflected light. In physics, the concept of the pin-hole camera illustrates how images are created by reflected light, whereby the reflected light forms a duplicate image by reversing the original. In a similar manner, images captured by our eyes are reversed in our brain. The Sun and the Moon give the light to see the image but Rähu and Ketu in our brains reverse that image by turning it upside down. The qualitative aspect of these images is brought about by the nodes. Each event in our lives is stored in our brain in groups of images and emotions related to the event. These groups are twelve in number and are the twelve ärüòha padas. To get to the satya of each event, one will have to reverse each image stored in the brain.

 Paräçara and other astrologers use the concept of reversals in the context of spirituality. The first step in our quest of truth is the reversal of the images in our brain; to them around so that they right side up. Mäyä is reversed by the following specific planets and the deities associated with them: 

 Chart  SEQ Chart \* ARABIC 3: Sri Ramakrishna

In the chart of Sri Ramakrishna, Jupiter is in Ärüòha Lagna. Saturn is his lagna lord exalted in the ninth house and he was born in çukla dvétiyä. Thäkur in his quest for complete sublimation into the Absolute Divine was seeking to annihilate his material and worldly identity. The planet which will reverse the Ärüòha is Saturn, from the scheme given in the above table. It is a well known fact that he was an ardent worshipper of Käli, in whom he had completely dissolved himself.

 Chart  SEQ Chart \* ARABIC 4: SJC Student

This chart belongs to an SJC student. Similar to Thäkur, she has Jupiter as the lord of the Ärüòha Lagna conjoined A7, belongs to a Saturn’s lagna and is born on çukla dvétiyä. She was going through a terrible marriage where she was physically and verbally abused by her husband, who was also a sadomasochist. There are ample combinations in the chart to support this, into which we are not focussing at present. In the process she was reduced to a dithering heap, with her soul smothered and her confidence shattered. In order for her to take any steps to redress the situation, she had to be mentally strong to tackle the situation. The remedy that was prescribed for her was the reversal of her Ärüòha.  She too has lagna lord Saturn placed in Kumbha. She was advised the worship of Käli, to whom she was deeply attracted. Käli gave her the tremendous strength necessary to emerge from the nefarious situation, and she is now divorced and has found her second Upapada, Jupiter.

Forgotten Worship

If Saturn aspects an enemy graha in any ärüòha, the native’s concerned relation will suffer, as it indicates that he has forgotten the worship of the concerned deity. If the Sun is in the A9 aspected by Saturn, the native’s father forgot to worship Viñëu. If this combination is also in the native’s father’s chart, then the grandfather would have forgotten the worship of Viñëu. If the aspect of Saturn is on multiple planets in an ärüòha, then the planet with the highest degree should be chosen. Exaltations and debilitations of the planets are to be ignored in the ärüòhas. In general, kåñëa pakña indicates Çiva worship and çukla pakña indicates Viñëu worship and both Çiva and Viñëu worship each other.

 Chart  SEQ Chart \* ARABIC 5: Forgotten Vishnu Worship

In the given example, Saturn is conjoined A9 aspecting Sun in the seventh from it. The native’s father is a blind worshipper of Çiva and does not recognize any other deity. He is particularly biased against Viñëu. Even when he visits the Jagannath Temple in Puri, he addresses the lord with a loud and sonorous Om Namah Çiväya much to the chagrin of the temple priests and the bemusement of the gathered devotees.

Ärüòhapadas from Candra Lagna

As Moon is the käraka for Ärüòha lagna, one needs to examine where the various ärüòha padas are placed from the Moon, to determine the manifestation of these ärüòhas in a native’s life. If the ärüòhas are well placed from the Moon, the ärüòhas will prosper. If they are badly placed, like in the 8th and the 12th house, the ärüòhas will suffer. The worst ärüòhas are those in the 12th from the Moon. When placed in the 8th from the Moon, the native will suffer immensely and eventually die without Çiva kåpä. In any case, these ärüòhas placed in the 12th and the 8th from the Moon will get destroyed and can only be saved by the grace of Jupiter. The native will experience separation with the people represented by these ärüòhas and they will above all indicate the problem areas of the chart. The functional enemies of the Moon, if placed in these ärüòhas or lord of these ärüòhas will adversely affect the situation.  

 Chart  SEQ Chart \* ARABIC 6: Aishwarya Rai

The above chart is that of a leading film actor of Indian cinema and ex-Ms. World.  Extremely beautiful and endowed with supreme star qualities, she has A7 and A5 placed in the 12th from the Moon. Her ethereal beauty had a long queue of men at her doorsteps, and charmed by these attentions, she enjoyed the company of many of them. However, these series of much publicised affairs and relationships did not culminate in matrimony or happiness, and she underwent a lot of suffering in her relationships. In one of the relationships with a leading actor she suffered severe physical abuse, which was once again much publicised and there were photographs of her with bruises on her face splashed across newspapers and magazines.

 Chart  SEQ Chart \* ARABIC 7: Problems with Property

 The lady whose horoscope is displayed above has A4 and A10 in the eighth from her Moon. The A4 represents mother, the world of the mother, which is her home. She has decided to give up her share of ancestral property to her brother, with whom she and her parents have been having a lot of problems. She decided that giving up her share of property would bring peace in the household. The A4 is not only in the 8th from the Moon, and hence destroyed but in the 8th house of the räçi chart, which is the house of inheritance.