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Good morning ladies and gentlemen or good evening wherever you are in the planet earth.

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Okay last podcast we discussed about Satva, Rajas and Tamas qualities.

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Now we begin the series of discussing the same qualities in the form of planets.

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Now planets understand planets or Graha as they are called in Vedic astrology which means to grab to get a hold of.

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To get possession of that's what it means in Sanskrit Graha.

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In fact solar eclipse and lunar eclipse are called Chandra Grahan and Surya Grahan.

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Grahan means to grab hold of.

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Okay.

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Alright so first we begin with the Satvik planets.

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There are three Satvik planets we are going to be speaking of and first one we begin with the sun and let's see the qualities of the sun.

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The sun as in being the sense of self, ego, fame and recognition.

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Remember when the soul self, sun is the soul but we are talking about the embodied soul.

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When the embodied soul comes into the mind it gets a sense of self as ego which desires fame and recognition in some form or fashion.

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It's also the self illuminating principle of ego which means what exactly?

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Self illuminating principle means it doesn't require an external source of illumination.

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It is a self illuminating principle of the soul itself.

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That's why sun stands for the soul as per the Vedic astrology.

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That's why the ascendant or the first house in Vedic astrology is given such a predominant importance.

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Because it represents your soul.

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Your ascendant represents your soul.

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It is also the significator or Karaka which we will discuss later in later podcast of all ascendants.

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It gives light to every lord of the first house that means there are 12 zodiac signs, so 12 ascendants and it gives illumination to every single first house.

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Whatever the lord is, it may be anything from Mercury to right up till Saturn.

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It gives illumination to it.

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It's also called the nourisher.

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It also stands in the chart for the father figure or the authority figure in your life.

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It also represents the soul light of ego.

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It wants to shine because sun, guess what?

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It's a self illuminating principle.

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So it wants to shine through expression, through what?

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Shine requires some quality about it.

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The Satvik quality through expression, through pursuit of knowledge, through pursuit of fame, recognition.

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It wants to express presence, ego and authority in this.

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That's the quality of the sun as it is placed in the chart.

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The sun's place in the chart determines where the ascendant wants to show its presence this lifetime.

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So if your ascendant is for example Mercury in Virgo or in Gemini and the sun is in the third house,

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that's where your soul has come to shine that area, that house that the sun has deposited itself in.

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Where the soul light through ego is felt strongly.

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That's the sun.

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Let's talk about the next one, the moon, the mind.

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Moon stands for the mind in the Vedic astrology.

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And as per the Vedic texts, what the moon represents is a lustful behavior.

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The lust means in this case, we are talking about physical actualization.

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The one who wants to feel everything in physical reality, that's the mind.

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So it is represented as mind, the tricksters, the deceiver, the unsatisfied hunger, lustful, sly, restless,

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desire for consciousness.

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That's the desire for consciousness part makes it Satvik, the desiring for a higher consciousness.

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It is also constantly wavering in emotions as so is the mind.

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Whatever thoughts come into the mind, it creates an emotion which is constantly wavering even through every hour for each of us.

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So it is the wavering principle, it is constantly shifting and changing just like the waxing and the waning moon.

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It's changing emotions, it wants, desires, it keeps changing all of these things.

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Emotions, wants and desires through life, through the mind.

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That's why there are 27 constellations of the moon or faces of the moon which we shall see in for the podcast.

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It's the consciousness of the ego.

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Moon represents the consciousness of ego, sun represents the consciousness of soul.

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Difference there, think about it.

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Wants to feel through position, selfish materialistic pursuits.

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So look at it as moon as the mind which wants to go down the physical route.

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That's why we have come in the physical body.

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The moon guides us through the mind, through the emotions, through the desires and lusts to go into the physical realm,

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experience whatever it is experienced because remember we spoke about it in the ascendant and the last podcast.

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What is the soul here to do?

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It is here for the experience and therefore the expansion.

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That's it.

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There's no good and bad about anything here.

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So it wants to do that taking the material route.

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The moon wants to do all of this taking the material route.

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That's why predominance is given in Vedic Astrology for the placement of the moon or the moon sign or the moon nakshatra.

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This is why there is given a lot of importance.

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Moon remember is not self eliminating.

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The mind does not have any emotion of its own or energy or light of its own.

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It gets the light from the sun or the soul.

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Okay, wants to gain material wealth and prosperity house acquisitions travel constantly constant changing thoughts during the energy of the moon here.

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Changing desires changing according to house.

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Wherever the moon is placed it wants emotion attached to that particular house or what it represents or which area of life it represents.

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It is less about intellect and more about satisfaction achieved from the fulfillment of desires.

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A mind that is driven by emotional content.

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That's the summary of the moon and where is the emotion coming from?

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The emotion is coming from putting some things in physical reality.

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Let's say you want a good partner.

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You want to feel physical intimacy.

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Let's say you want a good partner in terms of emotional connect.

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You want emotional intimacy.

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Let's say you want a person who wants to connect to mind of another person communication intimacy.

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Or let's say you want physical things like you want a car, you want a house, you want a good job or you want to feel that fame or position or title.

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All this is the mind the moon.

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Okay, this is the second satvik element among the planets.

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The third one Jupiter.

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Jupiter is also called the teacher.

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It is also the strategist.

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It's extravagant.

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It's an adventurer.

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Jupiter wants to experience everything in the form of adventure.

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So it wants to travel.

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It's an acquirer.

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It's a director of sorts.

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Imagine position of a film director.

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It is directing the whole show of your life.

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Wherever it is placed in lots of other aspects.

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We'll see aspects in later podcast.

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So don't worry about that for now.

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For now just get the energy of Jupiter itself.

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What does Jupiter stands for?

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It stands for the teacher of knowledge.

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It stands for the teacher of wealth.

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What does it feel like when you have wealth?

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It'll give you their experience or less of it depending upon where it's placed in your chart.

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How well it's doing?

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Wealth as finance.

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Wealth as children.

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Children are also your wealth in this world.

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Remember that.

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They are a gift to you.

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Not everybody has children.

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Everybody has good relations with the children even.

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All this depends on specific charts of course.

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Jupiter what does he want?

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He commands respect.

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Wherever Jupiter is placed he demands respect.

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He commands respect.

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He wants authority through true knowledge and wisdom.

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That's why Jupiter major periods can be harsh on the person.

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Jupiter is the teacher.

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Remember we spoke about Jupiter as the teacher.

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Now teachers are not always very kind.

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They are harsh in their approach.

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Why is that?

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Simple reason is because the teacher has to give the knowledge to the immature child.

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Who is still thinking everything comes as a box of candy in life.

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So it has to be harsh for the betterment of the student.

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Let's put it that way.

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It's like the bitter pill one has to swallow to understand the truth of life.

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Jupiter is always seeking expansion of the qualities of any house it sits in.

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It is benefic even to the most negative houses.

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It's a benevolent energy.

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It will give energy to the particular house wherever it sits in in a good way.

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So even if it's sitting in the sixth house of enemies it will minimize your enemies.

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See that way.

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It's wanting to give wisdom values tradition and culture.

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Depending upon how Jupiter is sitting these things will play out as in wisdom might be gained through harsh realities of life.

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Wisdom might be gained by you yourself learning something about your tradition.

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The faith that you are born in you might want to see the religious texts of that faith tradition your tradition your culture.

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Wherever Jupiter sits in a desire to embody that it is into seeking knowledge expansion travel and adventure.

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It stands for all of these houses in wherever it is placed and it does very well in this particular areas.

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So these are the placements of the Jupiter as we know for a Satvik sign.

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Now all these three Satvik planets sun moon and Jupiter why the Satvik even though some appear to have malefic qualities like like the moon.

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Well like I said let's go back to the soul.

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The soul once has come here for what it's come here for expansion and expansion through the physical realm.

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That's why you are embodied.

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We spoke about in the last podcast soul is embodied in the physical even if it's a higher being of consciousness.

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They still have a body to express through it's a vehicle of expression and this expression requires a self propelling energy about it.

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The sun has its own light which it shines on everything.

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It shines on moon and Jupiter also physically.

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Sun is the soul which eliminates everything.

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Now moon takes that and puts it into the mind.

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Jupiter takes it and gives it in all areas of your life as your mother father as your siblings as your job as the wealth you will get as your learning you will get as the people and places you will travel to meet.

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It's there throughout your life. So Jupiter gives this element of quality to how you experience every single one of these things.

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That's why all these three planets are Satvik and they are needed in their own way they are needed.

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And then we'll meet next podcast where we will discuss about Rajasic planets.

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