astrology predictions for 2012

Punarvasu have specialized in bring very accurate & detailed annual horoscope based on Moon Sign as per the Indian Vedic System for all its members & visitors over the last 11 years.
2012 has been in news for many years now due to the Mayan calendar predictions and the movie End of the world. Vedic system of astrology & horoscope does not record any specific combination of planets which could lead to any situation causing the end of the world.

Hindu or Vedic calendar goes with the time theory by means of various Yugas. Our Horoscopes of all twelve signs Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius & Pisces are worked within the time & planetary principles. The duration of each cycle is Satya - yuga ( 1,728,000 years ), Treta - yuga ( 1,296,000 years ), Dwapara - yuga ( 864,000 years ) & Kali - yuga ie the machine age ( 432,000 years).

While no real evidence of commencement of Kali - yuga has been recorded, still it is widely believed to have started about 5000 years ago. Considering the above and its effect on Vedic Astrology & horoscopes we don't see any possibilities of the end of the world either in 2012 or in the near future.

The Mayan Calendar could have coincidentally calculated their calendar till 2012, considering the fact that the calendar could not have been calculated manually till the end of time or time infinity, in the absence of computing devices during those periods.

We have major planets rotate around the sun in their regular cycles.

Saturn moves from Libra back into Virgo due to retrograde motion and then again back to Libra once the retrograde motion ends, during 2012

Tradition of India

Astrology in Kerala

Kerala the land of culture, tradition and festivals has remained the centre of attraction among people from across the world since past. This land of beauty has treasured many unsploit features in its natural charm. This time another unique feature of this ‘God’s Own Country’ has attracted many global tourists to explore this kerala treat. It’s the traditional Astrology of Kerala which enamoured several foreign tourist with its uniqueness.

This traditional wisdom of ancient science is the oldest method of delineation of horoscope using cowries (sea shells) which is known for its accuracy. In the recently ended ‘International conference on astrology’ in the city people from many foreign countries gathered in the city to participate in the conference.

The distinctive feature and style of the Kerala astrology is the main feature which makes it a unique and far more interesting branch of astrology. As per the Kerala style of astrology for doing any prediction one don’t require the time or place of birth of a person. Without these vital information the prediction can be made and that too accurately. All these interesting and unique methods have made many tourist fascinated towards this traditional method.

During this International astrology conference the city saw a huge number of astrology lovers and enthusiast from around the globe flocking in the city to attend this conference. In this conference many different astrological features where discussed, including the ancient ‘Prasnam Vekkal’ (suggesting the cause of certain events and its remedy) to ‘Vastu doshas’ (the ill-effects of construction style of buildings).

The conference not only highlighted the Kerala astrology and its varied forms, but also along with that it included Sanskrit verses and yoga classes for people. The workshop was organised by UK based astrologer, Komilla Sutton, who has been into astrology in UK and US since 1995.
In this conference it was clearly seen that apart form Indian tradition, culture and philosophy people are now slowly showing keen interest in Indian astrology too. The conference gave an in-depth study into the Kerala astrology and helped people to know and understand this unique traditional style of astrology. 

Yoga Postures Step By Step

1. Surya – Namaskar Sun Salutation

2. Akarna – Dhanur - asana Shooting Bow Posture

3. Anjaneya – asana Salutation Pose

4. Ardha Chandra - asana Half Moon Posture

5. Ardha – Matsyendra - asana Half Spinal Twist Posture

6. Baddha Kona Asana Restrained angle Posture

7. Bala Asana Child Posture

8. Chakra Asana Wheel Posture

9. Dhanur - asana Bow Posture

10. Ekapada - asana One Legged Posture

11. Garuda – asana Half Spinal Twist Posture

12. Gomukha – asana Cow Face Posture

13. Hala - sana Plough Posture

14. Hasta – Pada – angusta Hand – foot big toe Pose

15. Matsya - asana Fish Posture

16. Naga – asana Cobra Posture

17. Nataraja asana King of the Dance Posture

18. Padma – asana Lotus Posture

19. Parivritta – parshvakona Turned Side angle Posture

20. Pavana mukta asana Wind – releasing posture

21. Sarvanga – asana Shoulder stand posture

22. Shalabha – asana Locust Posture

23. Shava – asana Corpse Posture

24. Siddha - asana Accomplished Posture

25. Simha – asana Lion Posture

26. Sirsha – asana Headstand Posture

27. Tada – asana Mountain Pose

28. Trikona – asana Triangle Pose

29. Ugra – asana Powerful Posture

30. Ushtra – asana Camel Posture

31. Vajra – asana Diamond Posture

32. Vira – asana Hero Posture

33. Vriksha – asana Tree Pose

34. Vrischika – asana Scorpion Pose

Moon in Libra

Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin, according to the statements of the artist himself, was born on 1 March 1810. However, according to his baptismal certificate, the date was 22 February.

Looking into the two charts, there is a striking difference between Moon in Capricorn for March 1 – and Moon in Libra for February 22. Can one believe in Moon in Capricorn for the greatest and most tender melodist?

Yet, this is not enough to draw the final conclusion, and we have to look closely at other differences between two charts. The week time distance gives differences in positions of Mercury and Venus. On February 22, Mercury is retro in Aquarius, in conjunction with weird Aquarian Venus. On March 1, Venus is exalted and combust in Pisces, and Mercury is direct in Aquarius.

Chopin’s relationship with George Sand cannot be named a traditional marriage, whether it is Venus in Aquarius or Venus exalted and combust. Mercury may be more helpful, describing his writing work. George Sand wrote the following about his composing manner:

“His creation was spontaneous, miraculous. He found it without searching for it, without foreseeing it. It came to his piano suddenly, complete, sublime, or it sang in his head during a walk, and he would hasten to hear it again by, tossing it off on his instrument. But then would begin the most heartbreaking labour I have ever witnessed. It was a series of efforts, indecision, and impatience to recapture certain details of the theme he had heard: what had come to him all of a piece, he now over-analyzed in his desire to write it down, and his regret at not finding it again "neat," as he said, would throw him into a kind of despair. He would shut himself up in his room for days at a time, weeping, pacing, breaking his pens, repeating and changing a single measure a hundred times, writing it and effacing it with equal frequency, and beginning again the next day with a meticulous and desperate perseverance. He would spend six weeks on one page, only to end up writing it just as he had traced it in his first outpouring.”
Series of efforts, repeating and changing, longing for Harmony. What is that, glamorous Venus in Pisces with methodical Moon in Capricorn (March 1)? Or is it velvety Moon in Libra, full of indecisions and amplified by Rahu, and retro Mercury, writing and re-writing (February 22)?

“Individual manuscripts of his works teem with cancellations and insertions. Multiple autographs of the same composition seldom agree. The texts of editions issued "simultaneously" in different countries during his lifetime frequently diverge. Even after a work appeared in print, Chopin found ways to alter the text of it... When Chopin would make a compositional change in a later manuscript, he often would not return to the earlier sources to bring them into agreement. To complicate matters further, Chopin normally introduced further alterations when he read proofs… Chopin's urge to continue revising resulted in three first editions that frequently differed meaningfully from one another. And these differences filter their way into the performances pianists give and listeners hear by means of modern editions, which tend to choose differently among the welter of variants preserved in the original sources in establishing their texts of Chopin's works. Depending upon which edition they select as a basis for their performance, then, two pianists ostensibly playing the same work can produce very different sounding art works… Not even publication need mark the termination of composition. On some occasions, Chopin would so extensively revise a work after it was published that he would require his publisher to released new impressions of it... many editors and commentators on Chopin have interpreted this pervasiveness as a "problem." They view them as a problem because of the type of solution they seek: simply stated, they wish to find the "authentic" text, the "definitive" version for a given composition. The myriad variants therefore constitute an obstacle that must be hurdled in order for the goal to be reached… in nearly every source he touched, he continued to compose, to revise, to cut.” (Jeffrey Kallberg, see www.chopin.pl)

To me, this description confirms retro Mercury and Moon in Libra. This can also be seen in his teens letters to family, which are joyful and warm (compare with family letters of Lenin - with Moon in Capricorn - which are all about money).

For further check, let’s look at the Moon as the significator of women in Chopin’s life. He was engaged with Maria Wodzienskiej, but the engagement was broken by her parents after one year, due to his poor health and unstable life.

The relationship with George Sand lasted for nine years and ended because of conflict with Sand’s son. Who was George Sand in his chart – Moon in Libra in opposition with Mars or Moon in Capricorn? Her own chart has Sun in Cancer; as biographers say, this 6-years-older lady provided maternal care to Chopin – with her Moon in Aries and Mars on Algol.

Traditional European astrology

Western or European astrology originated in Babylonia and Chaldea around 2000 B.C. Most cultures observe astral omens, but Babylonian religion was particularly celestially based and by 1500 B.C. had collected systematic observations of Venus and other planets. The key invention was the 360 degree Zodiac of 12 signs of 30 degrees each, circa 600-400 B.C., which allowed for precise description of the location of planets and other astrological factors which in turn enabled a complex system of delineation.
This horoscopic astrology diffused to Greece and throughout the Hellenistic world and became part of the science and philosophy of the Roman Empire. The astrology practiced between 400 BC and AD 400 in Europe is known as Hellenistic astrology.
With the fall of the Roman Empire and the onset of the Dark Ages in the 6th and 7th centuries A.D., astrology was preserved in Byzantium and the advanced Islamic civilization of the Middle East. This astrology, enriched by the addition of observations and techniques, including Persian, Syriac and Vedic astrology in addition to Arabic astrology, passed to medieval Europe in the 12th and 13th centuries. There it flourished until the Enlightenment and went of out fashion due to the new materialism and mechanistic philosophies introduced in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. The astrology practiced in Europe between A.D. 1200 and 1700 is known as traditional astrology. Traditional astrology is divided into four main categories:

• Natal astrology, which examines and predicts events based on a birth chart.
  
  
• Horary astrology, which answers specific questions by looking at a horoscope for the time of the asking of the question.
  
  
• Electional astrology, which picks astrologically auspicious times to take action. Astrological magic makes considerable use of electional astrology to create astrological talismans.
  
  
• Mundane astrology, which uses a variety of techniques to predict events on a national scale or over long periods of history. Mundane astrology also includes weather prediction.

Over the 2,000 year span from the Greeks to the Renaissance astrology exhibited great continuity in technique and philosophy despite some significant changes. The astrology of Europe for the entire period from 1200 to 1700 is referred to as traditional astrology while the first phase, 1200 to 1500, is known as medieval astrology and the terminal phase, 1500 to 1700, is known as Renaissance or Early Modern astrology. The focus of traditional astrology was on outer events, rather than psychology (a science that did not come into existence until the 20th century). By using a myriad of techniques, traditional astrology was able to provide precise, accurate prediction of concrete events.
From 1700 to 1900 astrology was practiced seriously by only a few isolated practitioners and much of the nuance and technique was lost. By 1900 with the renewed interest in the esoteric sciences reflected by such groups as the Theosophists and the magical order of the Golden Dawn, astrology came to be studied again. In its newest incarnation, however, astrology came to be seen primarily as a method of character analysis and psychological insight. The stars and planets provided a map of the psyche which proved very useful for self insight and counseling. Prediction, the raison d'etre of traditional astrology, was dismissed as either impossible, due to the considerable loss of technique or unethical.
What most contemporary astrologers consider to be "astrology" is, in fact, its own distinctive system known as modern astrology. Modern astrology is heavily influenced by psychology, particularly of the Jungian school, and the New Age philosophical outlook. Modern psychological astrology introduced the use of the outer planets, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, asteroids, additional types of aspects and a myriad of techniques using advanced computer software. Modern astrology is excellent for psychological insight, but cannot predict with the precise of traditional astrology.

Moon Sign and Vedic Sign

What is a Zodiac Sign?

Heavenly bodies like earth, sun and moon, revolve around the space. The space in which they revolve around has been split into 12 signs. These are the zodiac signs.

What is a Sun Sign?

Western astrologers primarily base their predictions on the sun sign. Sun sign is the alignment of sun in space with respect to a zodiac sign.

What is a Moon Sign?

While western astrology primarily deals with the sun sign, Vedic astrologers prefer to use the moon's alignment with the zodiac as the primary point of reference before concluding on your natal chart and making a prediction.

Why is Vedic astrology more accurate?

In Vedic astrology the zodiac signs are further divided by the constellation of stars in the respective zodiac signs. There are 27 constellations that are taken into account. The observation of moon's alignment with the constellations produce far better predictive results.

Why Moon Sign over Sun Sign?

Moon deals with mind and psychology so its best way to judge a person. The moon's position always plays a very important role in our life. It has a high influencing power. Based on general experience, it produces far better and accurate results over the western counterpart.