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Now we will talk about the bodily constitution and how it relates to healing and how it relates
to Vedic Astrology and also Ayurveda but this is a little bit of Ayurveda that is all.
Ayurveda is a huge compendium by itself.
You can go back and investigate more on Ayurvedic texts.
I am just trying to give you a brief introduction here.
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So without further ado as you can see on the screen there are the planets and listed against
that are various energies which govern these planets.
Now Ayurveda and the body constitution talks about three doshas or three kinds of energies
which circulate in the body called Vata, Pitta and Kafa.
Vata, Pitta and Kafa now what are these three?
Vata is body's air and ether combined.
Pitta is body's fire and water combined.
Kafa is body's water and earth combined.
We will talk more about this in a minute but let's just see which planet is responsible
for what and I wanted to keep an eye on this pie over here and the ascendants in the inner
circle which planet governs what as I talk about this.
Keep a watch on that.
Sun governs Pitta.
Moon governs Vata and Kafa.
Mercury governs Vata, Pitta and Kafa depending upon what it's associated with and which
ascendant it comes in and where it sits.
Venus governs Vata and Kafa.
Mars governs Pitta.
Jupiter governs Kafa.
Saturn governs Vata.
North and South of the Moon have no say in the health matters.
Maybe to an extent where the dispositors sit as I talked about the dispositors in first
or second part of the basics can go back and see that.
Let's focus on the Pitta part.
Pitta is the heat.
Body's fire plus water like you say like it's written there.
So Sun and Mars are basically Pitta planets.
Why?
Because these are fiery planets.
These have fire in them.
So that's why they govern the body's fire aspect.
Moon governs Vata and Kafa.
Another one which governs Vata and Kafa is Venus as you can see.
Vata is body's air and ether.
So this Vata and Kafa both together are air and ether.
Kafa is body's water and earth.
So Moon ruled ascendants and Moon wherever it is placed and in the water signs we make
a person very watery constitution and maybe having a lot of gas, a lot of flatulence,
that kind of an energy because they are governed by this.
Mercury can have all three of them in whichever proportion it sits like I said.
The two major ones to be seen here are Jupiter and Saturn.
Jupiter governs Kafa that is body's water and earth.
That's why Jupiter wherever it sits can make a person fat.
Jupiter can make a person prone to eating a lot of sweets, a lot of fat and it governs
fat as well.
So Jupiter governs Kafa there, body's water and earth.
It's very earthly in its approach to bodily energies and Saturn governs Vata only is very
etheric with air and ether, these people where lot of Vata is present especially the
air signs, air signs of Gemini, Libra and Aquarius because these are air signs.
So we'll talk about them in zodiacs in a minute.
These people can have a lot of flatulence, gas, bloating, those kinds of issues.
This is how the basic issues form.
The fire signs, Aries and Leo predominantly because one is ruled by Mars, one is ruled
by Sun, they can have a lot of Pitta related problems where depending upon where the Mars
is situated and where the Sun is situated in their chart.
Venus and Moon can make them very, you know, holding a lot of water, water retention kind
of problems especially if it sits in the water signs which are cancer, Scorpio and Sagittarius
and especially in Scorpio it might have a water retention problem because Scorpio stands
for still water.
Even Pisces and Cancer can have it, these water related issues, water retention, kidneys,
bladder that kind of thing.
Now talking a bit more on Vata and Pitta and Kaffa and what do they really mean in bodily
terms in modern medical language, what could they stand for?
I have another some information for you which we should briefly see.
Then we get to the other parts of the constitution.
So what is Vata?
Here I have put very briefly the definition.
Again, Ayurveda is a huge discipline in itself.
You'll have to go and check it out for yourself if you're more interested in seeing this.
We are just talking from astrological perspective and giving basic definitions only.
So Vata, what is Vata?
The energy of movement in the body, anything that moves, the principle of mobility regulates
all fluid flows in the body.
Fluids can be blood, it can be lymph, it can be enzymes, it can be hormones, all our fluids
remember our body is filled with 98% fluids in various chemical forms also like hormones
and enzymes and so on, even blood.
So it regulates that flow.
Vata is an energy of movement and see Saturn is responsible for that over here.
It is also responsible for elimination, movement within mind and body, even thoughts, even
feelings, all movement, it is responsible for movement, it is responsible for all movement
like breathing, blinking eyes, breathing heart, etc.
Just on the side here, Saturn is also the Karaka of the 8th and 12th houses, it's also
responsible for the life of a person, longevity.
So think of this, the breath and the beating heart are conditioned to a person's life
and longevity.
This right there gives a clue, Saturn governs that Vata only, it is focused only on that,
when in balance Vata person is likely to be lively and energetic.
Okay, next let's talk about Pitta, what does Pitta provide?
The heat, the principle of digestion, catabolism, catabolism is everything that part of our
metabolism which breaks down things, when we take in food it has to be broken down into
simple molecules for the body to be absorbed, proteins into amino acids and so on and so
forth, right?
Carbohydrates into sugars, all this breaking down is catabolism.
Okay, the process of digestion, absorption, responsible for regulating the body temperature
through chemical transformation of food, digestion, absorption, assimilation, nutrition, which
all form a part of metabolism really, promoting vitality and appetite.
So the Pitta in Ayurveda is also considered the centric to number 5, the 5th house which
is responsible for your belly, the stomach, it's also called Jatra Agni or the fire in
the stomach.
Ayurvedic physicians typically believe that the fire in the stomach is what digests the
food, our life force or the prana as the fire in the stomach is what breaks down the food
into assimilable parts.
When imbalanced it can lead to anger, agitation, cause ulcers, inflammation.
This is the inflammation energy, this is a lot of talk of inflammation, how to resolve
it in the body because of all these modern day drugs which have tons of side effects
and other things that's going on, right?
So that's what happens with Pitta energy.
Last one, Kafa.
Lose lead, you will find popular translations as mucus, that's just one of the thing.
Kafa is basically structure and lubrication.
It provides all the lubricants needed inside the body, maintains body resistance, immunity,
yes who is ruling that, Jupiter.
Responsible for nourishment and lubrication, primarily responsible for anabolism.
What is anabolism?
Opposite of catabolism.
Catabolism breaks it down into simpler molecules.
Once it goes in the body, it has to be reassembled by all hormones and everything that goes on
in the body as part of metabolism, enzymes, hormones, blood, everything.
It reassembles into complex structures like proteins, like muscles, like cellular tissue,
process of building body, growth, creation of new cells as well as cell repair and rejuvenation.
Who governs that?
Jupiter.
That is Kafa.
Not mucus as is loosely translated, I had to go through a ton of stuff out there on the
web and different books to come across this clear definition of what is Vata, Pitta and
Kafa.
So keep this in mind as we go through and you can use this also when we come to the
ascendance.
Now let's check out something interesting.
This is the Zodiac Body League Constitution.
Now we discussed Vata, Pitta and Kafa, I have put out the definitions here as you can see
and I have also put the planetary symbols next to them which is governing which we just
saw.
Now we have four types of science which I have marked in colour code on this pie as
you can see.
The orange ones marked all from 1 through 12, orange ones are all fire signs, brown ones
are all earth signs, green ones are air signs and blue ones are water signs.
Those are the legend over there.
What is the principle here?
The fire signs indicate more Pitta obviously because it is fire and it is hot, right?
Sun and Mars.
The earth signs indicate more Vata presence.
Again why?
Because Saturn also rules Vata as we just saw.
Vata is predominantly ruled by Saturn as you can see there.
Kafa is ruled by Jupiter as you can see there and there are some common planets as we should
see.
So, air signs indicate mixed attributes of both, of all three Vata, Pitta and Kafa like
Mercury.
Mercury is responsible for all three depending upon association.
Mercury is a friend to whoever it sits with, right?
So it is a little bit of double standards of Mercury there.
It does not have any character of its own.
It just takes on the character of whoever it is sitting or looking at.
Water signs indicates Kafa which is predominantly ruled by Jupiter.
Now as you can see in the planets which I have listed again here against Vata, Pitta
and Kafa, Mercury follows all the three.
That means it can be in any one of them.
Sun and Mars as you can see there are only Pitta, Vata is only in, Saturn is only in
Vata, it is not in other energies.
And Moon and Venus are both present in Vata as well as Kafa.
But Jupiter is the only one responsible for Kafa and Kafa only.
Now how does this play out?
Why have I put this over here?
The 12 zodiac signs, the basic rashes as they call them in Sanskrit, they are responsible
for governing the lords of the Ascendant.
So all these Ascendant lords that you see around that I am pointing to right from Mars
up till Jupiter, Mars in Aries to Jupiter in Piscis 12.
These have these energies.
These are the energies of Vata, Pitta and Kafa that I have put over here.
So what does this tell us?
These people have the predominant disposition towards that particular energy of Vata or
Pitta or Kafa or a mixture of those.
Remember Pitta is fire plus water.
The water predominance in Pitta and Kafa is a lot because 90% of our body is water.
However, the movement takes place with Vata, energy of movement like it is shown there
and that is mainly Saturn.
There are lots of clues here you can derive about how to handle the health aspect looking
at this principles of Ayurveda tied to Vedic Astrology.
Here is another good one for you.
The planet's taste and preference.
This is one hint I got which is very useful depending upon what tastes your child has
or what tastes you have from time to time you can tell which principle is governing
more in your body.
The Sun governs bitter flavors.
The Moon governs salty flavors.
Mercury governs mixed flavors.
Remember Mercury is common to all the three.
Venus governs sour flavors.
Mars governs pungent flavors.
Jupiter governs sweet flavors.
Saturn governs astringent flavors.
This is just a hint.
Again this is all taken from Ayurvedic principles really.
But the planets that govern it will tell you looking at a chart and looking at just asking
a person normal questions like what taste do you normally prefer which is your favorite
taste or which is a combination of your favorite taste that will tell the amount of planets
predominantly running through their chart.
Then you can go and have a look at the chart and then find out.
This person has got Sun and Moon over here.
So their Vata, Pitta or Kaffa is working like this for them.
Next let's have a quick look at body type and ascendant and we shall close that one
with this.
It's 15 minutes.
I know we will take a little bit of time.
It's very interesting.
Now the ascendant is the governing principle for the body and characteristics in any person.
Now I put the pie again over there on the right top corner.
So you can keep looking at all the ascendants which I am showing right now.
So Sun makes body or body parts dry and hot.
Moon makes body or parts wet and retain water.
This is what a retention thing happening in Moon.
It affects only as per Nakshatra rulers which we will get to later.
The outer ones, the outer circle and all the planets that you see there.
Or as per Mahadasha if any.
Mercury does not have any say in and of itself.
Venus makes body or parts wet and retain water.
So Venus and Moon as you can see somewhat behave the same.
So does Jupiter but one additional there.
Mars makes body parts dry and hot just like Sun.
So people who are more dominant Mars or Sun they can become lean because it keeps drying
it.
They can have a lot of ulcer and stomach related issues because it affects the fifth house.
See you can keep on going forward like that.
We will take up case studies later so I can show you this better.
Jupiter makes body parts wet, retain water and fat.
Saturn makes body parts dry and lean as well.
Saturn is a thin guy, thin old guy is Saturn.
That kind of energy.
Rao Ketu on the other hand affects only as per Nakshatra rulers and Mahadasha if any.
The dispositor factor.
Rao and Ketu are all about dispositors.
Means who is the lord of the house where it is sitting and how is that placed in the
chart depending upon that they will have those issues.
It might be dispositor based although nothing much is spoken about that.
Alright I will leave you with this much.
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