1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:08,000 Let us evaluate what the Kal Purushalagna is and what the basis of Vedic Astrology itself is. 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:14,000 For that matter, any Astrology, you take side real, tropical, live kind of mix both of them 3 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:17,000 because there's only one place, one system. 4 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:21,000 There's no meaning in differentiating 20,000 different types of calendars. 5 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:29,000 And this is all based upon the balance of light and shadow. 6 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:37,000 The entire Astrology and everything that is the basis of these esoteric sciences of Vedic Astrology 7 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:45,000 or any Astrology for that matter is of balance of light and shadow and how we work with it individually. 8 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:47,000 Okay? So there's earth. 9 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:49,000 First we see the earth in the center. 10 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:56,000 And this is the chart we normally draw in the Vedic Astrology system of Northern India. 11 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:59,000 This is called the Diamond Style Chart. 12 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:01,000 This looks like a diamond in the center. 13 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:06,000 And here we are going to examine what the Kal Purushalagna is 14 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:13,000 or what the basic fundamental truth of Astrology itself is 15 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:19,000 as the balance of light and shadow, as the balance of the sun's power on earth 16 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:22,000 and everything that affects us on this earth. 17 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:25,000 Yes, that's the first step. 18 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:33,000 So now we see the Diamond Chart marked with four numbers, 1, 4, 7 and 10. 19 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:36,000 We'll come to see what this means. 20 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:43,000 The 1, 4, 7 and 10 are put in the four rhombuses in the center of the chart. 21 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:49,000 These numbers correspond to the core or what is called as the Kendra, the foundation. 22 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:52,000 Kendra means the foundation of a chart. 23 00:01:52,000 --> 00:02:00,000 Everything that falls in these houses is given a dominance of play out of energies and life themes in your life. 24 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:08,000 If there are more planets or points in this Kendra, they become powerful in their manifestation in your reality. 25 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:10,000 That's the way Vedic Astrology evaluates. 26 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:19,000 The Kendra houses are the most powerful houses because they form the foundation of your very life theme in this life. 27 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:20,000 Why is that? 28 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:21,000 Let's see number three. 29 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:25,000 Now I have added the four movable signs there. 30 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:28,000 Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn. 31 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:36,000 All these four signs are movable signs or what is called as Cardinal signs in tropical astrology. 32 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:41,000 So Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn form the basis. 33 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:45,000 Why are we always forming this the basis of Kal Purusha Latna? 34 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:52,000 Well, let's see in number five. 35 00:02:52,000 --> 00:03:05,000 This is because the earth's movement around the sun creates seasons and those seasons are basically divided into equinoxes and solstices as the defining point. 36 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:13,000 Our year should technically begin at the vernal equinox or the beginning of the Aries month. 37 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,000 Okay. 38 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:17,000 And then we move on to Cancer. 39 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:19,000 Cancer falls in the summer solstice. 40 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:26,000 Solstice is where the sun stands still or appears to stand still. 41 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:30,000 Equinox is where the light and shadow are balanced on the earth. 42 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,000 Equal amounts of day and night. 43 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:37,000 Solstice is where the sun appears to stand still in the sky. 44 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:42,000 That is, it's seemingly at the same spot before it goes on to the next cycle. 45 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:47,000 So we are moving in cycles of equinoxes, two equinoxes there, 46 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:53,000 vernal equinox and autumnal equinox, the Aries and the Libra, 47 00:03:53,000 --> 00:04:02,000 versus the two solstices, the summer solstice of Cancer and the winter solstice of Capricorn. 48 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:10,000 These seasons that we are living on this planet is what is defining the Kal Purusha Latna because this is where we are living. 49 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:13,000 This is the system we are living. This is the earth we are living in. 50 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:16,000 This is the seasons we experience. 51 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:19,000 Maybe Northern Hemisphere, maybe Southern Hemisphere is different. 52 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:23,000 The seasons might differ, but the earth is still the same. 53 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:27,000 The balance of light and dark on this planet is still the same, 54 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:31,000 defined by the movement of the earth around the sun. 55 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:32,000 Simple. 56 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:39,000 This also means that we should be having defining points in a year in our calendars 57 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:42,000 with the new year beginning in Aries. 58 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:46,000 Solstice is going into evaluation points. 59 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:52,000 The half year evaluation point should be Libra, month of Libra. 60 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,000 Okay. 61 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:58,000 And in Capricorn we should be taking once again a pause. 62 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:04,000 So here is falls in March, Cancer falls in the end of June. 63 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:09,000 Libra falls towards September and Capricorn towards December. 64 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:12,000 This should be the way we should evaluate our calendars. 65 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:17,000 It is already being done in Hindu calendars of Vedic astrology. 66 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:23,000 It's called the Panchanga, which defines these equinox points and the solstice points. 67 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:30,000 And different kind of goals are set, targets are set, evaluation is done. 68 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:35,000 At individual level and as a collective we should be doing this. 69 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:38,000 There is nothing like New Year on January. 70 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:41,000 The Gregorian system is rubbish. 71 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:48,000 It doesn't define anything with respect to the balance of light and dark and light and shadow on the planet. 72 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:51,000 We are dealing with balance of light and shadow. 73 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:56,000 The whole astrology is about balance of light and shadow. 74 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:58,000 Every planet has a light and shadow. 75 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:01,000 Every sign has a light and shadow. 76 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:05,000 Everything in a chart is about balance of light and dark. 77 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:06,000 Okay. 78 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:14,000 So that being said we are dealing with Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn as the cardinal points. 79 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:17,000 That's why it's called as Kal Purushal Lagna. 80 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:19,000 Now you might say, well equinox is an equinox. 81 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:22,000 What am I supposed to do on an equinox? 82 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:24,000 Let's see what the equinox is. 83 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:31,000 Both the equinoxes are equal amounts of light and shadow on the planet. 84 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:39,000 The other side of the earth where sun is not falling, the night time is basically the shadow of the sun. 85 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:43,000 The lit side is the well the lit side of the planet. 86 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:48,000 So earth is always in a balance of light and shadow of the sun. 87 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:58,000 So the equinox is good for initiating points of a new cycle because there is equal amount of light and dark on the planet. 88 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:08,000 So this means these vernal equinox and autumnal equinox become defining points of what you want to achieve, what you want to examine here. 89 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:17,000 What I suggest we examine and what I've taken from many sources is the balance of inner and outer because it is Aries and Libra. 90 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:19,000 Opposing each other. 91 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:21,000 So we have to study the balance points. 92 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:23,000 Balance points of what? 93 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:27,000 Here in case of Aries and Libra, I think Aries and Libra for a minute. 94 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:30,000 Balance between inner and outer. 95 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:33,000 Balance between the self and other. 96 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:36,000 Balance between male and female. 97 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,000 Aries is very male like. 98 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:40,000 Libra is very female like. 99 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:44,000 Although it's a male sign, we shall see all those complexities later on. 100 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:50,000 Balance between light and shadow because these are balance points. 101 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:54,000 The number one and the number seven are the balance points. 102 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:55,000 Okay. 103 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:57,000 Balance between male and female. 104 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:58,000 Why? 105 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:03,000 Because this splits the chart into two equal parts on the left and the right side. 106 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,000 Our left side is feminine side. 107 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:08,000 Our right side is masculine side. 108 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:17,000 We shall examine this in detail in the coming videos of how this plays out in the planets zodiac as well as in the nakshatras. 109 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:27,000 So we are talking about equinox points, vernal and autumnal equinox where you take a check where you initiate a new cycle. 110 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:34,000 So if you are running a company, a corporation, a business or anything, these equinox points should be your beginning cycle. 111 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:44,000 You should take a check of all your balance sheets or your accounts, your new goals, targets, your practical goals of life, even as an individual. 112 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:55,000 You should set at the equinox points because the equinox brings about the light and shadow from the sun in equal measures. 113 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,000 The equality factor is there. 114 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:58,000 It's all about balance. 115 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:01,000 As you can see the key word here is balance. 116 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:09,000 The equinox points therefore define the balance points of what you need to do initiating a new cycle. 117 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:15,000 So in this context, we are talking about vernal to autumnal equinox is one cycle, six months of the year. 118 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:20,000 And autumnal going back to vernal is a second half of the year, the other six months. 119 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:26,000 So technically you should be taking a check every six months of the year. 120 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:28,000 You should be doing your planning this way. 121 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:38,000 Now before we get to the solstice, there is a concept you need to understand in Vedic Astrology, which is called Gandanta, the end of a cycle. 122 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:47,000 Gandanta means where the energies itself transit from water science into fire science. 123 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:48,000 Okay. 124 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:55,000 So which means going forward, it means transiting from a bices to aries. 125 00:09:55,000 --> 00:10:07,000 That red line marked over there, transiting from cancer to Leo, the second red arrow over there and transiting from Scorpio into Sagittarius. 126 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:11,000 So Pisces is a water sign going into aries, the fire sign. 127 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:15,000 Cancer is a water sign going into Leo, the fire sign. 128 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:21,000 And Scorpio is a water sign moving into Sagittarius again, which is a fire sign. 129 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:25,000 This is called Gandanta or end of a cycle. 130 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,000 What does this signify? 131 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:29,000 End of a cycle as in what? 132 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:31,000 The end of anything is the beginning of something else. 133 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:33,000 Obviously, there is no end. 134 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:37,000 There is just the ending of one thing and transiting into another. 135 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:39,000 Why is this significant? 136 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:43,000 Because the water and fire are mutually opposing energies. 137 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:47,000 They are completely of a different kind and nature. 138 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:50,000 Therefore, they obliterate one another. 139 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:54,000 They are mutually self-destructive to one another. 140 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:58,000 Water will extinguish fire and in the process, get extinguished itself. 141 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:00,000 Both become transformed. 142 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,000 That's what it means. 143 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:11,000 So when we are going from equinoxes, going towards solstices, something happens in between. 144 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:15,000 You approach the Gandanta point every single time. 145 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:19,000 As you can see, every six months you approach this Gandanta point. 146 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:28,000 It happens going from solstices into the next half of the equinox. 147 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:31,000 Like moving from cancer towards Libra. 148 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:33,000 Moving from Libra towards Capricorn. 149 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:36,000 Moving from Capricorn towards Aries. 150 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:42,000 Every single one of these journeys that we undertake, typically every four months, 151 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:45,000 you are coming across this Gandanta point. 152 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:48,000 What does this give you an opportunity to do? 153 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:55,000 It brings you from the solstice forward into a new cycle, a fresh cycle. 154 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:56,000 Remember this. 155 00:11:56,000 --> 00:12:00,000 So the Gandanta point is ending of a particular kind of energy. 156 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:03,000 It brings you to a null point of evaluation. 157 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:09,000 Gandanta means basically the two mutual energies are destroying itself, fire and water. 158 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:17,000 This gives you a chance to come to a null point, reevaluate whatever decisions you want to take, 159 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:22,000 to the null goals as an individual and then go forward. 160 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:28,000 So when cancer goes into Leo, in the cancer to Leo month, this is a good time to evaluate stuff. 161 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:31,000 Whatever new things you are coming to a null point. 162 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:36,000 Null points are the best points to evaluate and set new goals, so to speak. 163 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:37,000 Okay. 164 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:46,000 Now let us speak of solstice because we have good coming to the summer solstice 165 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:47,000 and winter solstice. 166 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:54,000 The summer solstice happens in cancer, the winter solstice happens in Capricorn. 167 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:57,000 So what do solstice points mean for us? 168 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:00,000 Solstice are pause and evaluation points. 169 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:01,000 Why? 170 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:03,000 Because the sun is appearing still. 171 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:08,000 Sun is not appearing to move towards the north or the southern hemisphere, it is standing still. 172 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:09,000 Okay. 173 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:13,000 So these become the pause and evaluation points. 174 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:16,000 So what do we need to do best in this solstices? 175 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:19,000 Check mental versus emotional. 176 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:20,000 Why? 177 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:21,000 Because there is cancer and Capricorn. 178 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,000 These are oppositional energies. 179 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:24,000 Okay. 180 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:29,000 Mental versus emotional are two different kind of energies we all possess. 181 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:31,000 So we need to check that. 182 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:32,000 Am I going too mental? 183 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:34,000 Am I going too emotional? 184 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:36,000 You need to check the balance between these two. 185 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:39,000 Check between inner and outer. 186 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:40,000 Why? 187 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:44,000 Because number four, cancer falls in summer solstice. 188 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:47,000 Number ten, Capricorn falls in winter solstice. 189 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:51,000 Capricorn is all about external world. 190 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:55,000 Summer solstice cancer is the most private, most inner world, your heart. 191 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:59,000 Between your heart and mind, so to speak. 192 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:03,000 Check between self and selfless. 193 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:07,000 Self is what cancer stands for, your inner self. 194 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:12,000 Selfless is what you produce outside in the external world in Capricorn. 195 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:17,000 So check your attitude and emotions and your goals and your... 196 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:21,000 what you need to bring to the world or whether you need to go within. 197 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:26,000 So check that between self and selfless actions. 198 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:31,000 Check between creation and dissolution. 199 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:40,000 Dissolution point, the first dissolution point is cancer because it's the first beginning of the moksha science, the liberation science. 200 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:45,000 Creation is where you create in the external world in Capricorn. 201 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:48,000 Creation and dissolution, what do you want to create? 202 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:50,000 What do you want to dissolve in your life? 203 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:53,000 Sometimes you need to just let go or something. 204 00:14:53,000 --> 00:15:06,000 Sometimes you need to use whatever knowledge, wisdom you have gained as the propelling force or as the fuel for creating the next step or next goal of your life, any area of your life. 205 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:11,000 So these are the generic points of solstice you need to bear in mind. 206 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:17,000 They are pause and evaluation points. Solstice stands still, just like the sun. 207 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:24,000 It's all about the sun, it's all about the light and balance of dark and light on this planet folks. 208 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:32,000 In the next one, we shall get into details of the same chart of the same Northern India Vedic style chart. 209 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:40,000 But now we will talk in terms of day and night and how this affects the different houses and we'll get into that. 210 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:47,000 So keep watching, Take Care, Be Safe.