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Vedic Numerology - Lesson 2

Like Pythagoras’ intoxication with the Music of the Spheres( Wisdom), the Indian Sages were infatuated with Knowledge. Many scientific truths were cognised by them in higher states of consciousness which came to be known as the Vedas. One such sage was Vararuchi, who discovered the interrelationship between numbers and letters of the alphabet.

The concept of Name Number

These are the various numbers given to the letters of the alphabet.

A I J Q Y = 1

B K R = 2

C G L S =3

D M T = 4

E H N X =5

U V W = 6

OZ = 7

F P = 8.

No letter has been assigned the number nine.

Individual Name Number - The Name Number is arrived by adding all the digits which correspond to the letters in your name. For example

P R A S H A N T U P A S E

8 2 1 3 5 1 5 4 6 8 1 3 5 Total 52

Individual Name No : 5 + 2 = 7

Here the individual Name Number is 7 & the Combined Name Number is 52.

There are effects for both the individual and the combined name numbers in Vedic Numerology. We will deal with it in our forthcoming articles.

Two - Ruled by the Queen of the Solar Logos, the Moon

Moon is considered very important in Vedic Sidereal Astrology. Mental strength depends on the strength of the Moon in one’s natal chart.

If the Twoian is YOU!

Effects for Fadic Number 2

( Fadic Number is the number got after adding all the digits comprising your
date of birth ).

More quality information about Astro-Numerology and a free Astro-
Numerological Report can be had from http://www.astrologiavedica.com/html/numerology.htm

Personality Overview

Controller of Life - Moon

You are ruled numerologically by the luminary Moon. The main characteristic of Moon is its fickle& inconstant nature and this has already swayed your temparament. You are moody at times and this depression generally saps your vitality.

The best remedy for you is to take recourse to yogic practices to overcome
depression. Have implicit faith in God. Optimism is far better than
pessimism.

Your inconstant nature makes you hesitant at times. You may lack
self-assertion and become indecisive at times.

If you wear a ring studded with Moonstone you can overcome the negative
vibrations of this number.This ring should be worn on Monday of the bright
fortnight after dedicating yourself to the Lord.

Lunarians are generally timid and accomodative. Hence they are sentimental
and oversensitive.Heavenly topics interest you a great deal. You show
inclination towards Astrology and other allied sciences.

Wealthwise you are subject to terrific ups and downs corresponding to the
lunar phases of waxing and waning. You will be subject to emotional
suffering. You like to travel. Your honesty will be appreciated by people.

Your personal magnetism will win friends and influence people. Your special
charm will offset the minuspoints caused by the fickle and inconstant nature
of the Moon.

Mental strength and courage will be adversely affected at times. The ideal
remedial measure will be to fast on Mondays consecrating yourself to the
Mother Divine.

In Vedic Astrology, Moon rules the mind ( Manasthu Hinagu ). If you consider
Milton’s statement ” Mind is its own place and can make a Hell out of Heaven
or a Heaven out of Hell”, you can visualise how important a luminary Moon
is. The Vedas averr that Moon represents the mind of the Cosmic Man
(Chandrama manaso Jatha ) and is one of the important political planets.
Moon rules over three constellations of the Sidereal Zodiac - Aldebaran
(Rohini), Delta Corvi (Hasta) & Altair (Sravana).

More quality information about Vedic Astrology & an Astrological
Analysis can be had from http://www.astrologiavedica.com/html/vedichoroscope.htm

An Analytical Review

Zodiac Sign — Cancer

The zodiac sign representing this number is Cancer. ( Do not be confused
with the birth sign in Astrology) Cancer represents the heart of the Cosmic
Man and Cancerians are tied and tuned to the cosmic world.Cancerians are
generally adaptive to any conditions. Softheartedness is the bane of the
Cancerian.

Resilience is the major forte of the Cancerian. He can struggle against
adversity and challenge with an intrepidity which can surprise anyone.

Cancerians are generally homeloving . Love of the fine arts, music, dance
and cinema are their main inclinations.

Diseases of the stomach may affect them during middle age . In order to
alleviate the suffering watery fruits and herbal medicines may be taken.

Sloka of the Moon

Dhadhi Sankhkha Thusharabham
Ksheerodharnava Sambhavam
Namami Shashinam Somam
Shambhor Makuta Bhooshanam

This sloka if recited 108 times daily can confer longevity and fortune. This
is the moola sloka of the Moon. All the difficulties in your life will be
erased if you propitiate the Moon.

Prominent Persons born under Two

Lal Bahadur Shastri, Napoelean, Adolf Hilter & Mahatma Gandhi

In Vedic -Gemology, Moon represents Pearl or Moonstone. Wearing this stone
on a Shukla Paksha Monday ( fifteen days after the New Moon ) will enhance
the luck of the Twoians. The Sanskrit text The Jataka Chandrika assigns
Pearl to the Moon ( Vimalam Muktaphalam Sheetagau ) Monday is the day of the
Moon (from the Latin dies Luna & the Sanskrit Somavar).

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In the next article we will deal with the Threeians - who are ruled by the
Number Three ( Jupiter ).

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Boogaloo (shing-a-ling, popcorn music) is a genre of Latin music and dance that was very popular in the United States in the late 1960s. Boogaloo originated in New York City among teenage Cubans and Puerto Ricans. The style was a fusion of popular African American R&B, rock and roll and soul with mambo and son montuno. Boogaloo entered the mainstream through the American Bandstand television program.

The boogaloo dance was loose and interpretive in style. Early Boogaloo used a twelve-step sequence that was later sped up into a thirty-step sequence. The most common musical feature was a mid-tempo, looping melody that doubled as the anchoring rhythm, often played on piano or by the horn section. The presence of vocals, especially a catchy, anthematic chorus, was another distinguishing feature, especially in comparison to more instrumental dances like the mambo, guajira and guaracha.

Nowadays, the footwork is similar to Pachanga, but tends to be fast and bouncy like jive and also usually counted over an eight beat pattern. In the 1950s and 60s, African Americans in the United States listened to a number of styles of music, including jump blues, R&B and doo wop. Puerto Ricans in New York City shared in these tastes, but also listened to genres like mambo or chachacha. There was much intermixing of Latinos, especially Puerto Ricans and Cubans, and African Americans, and clubs that catered to both groups tried to find musical common ground to attract both. Boogaloo was the result of this search, a marriage of many styles including Cuban son montuno and guajira, Puerto Rican/Cuban guaracha, mambo and most uniquely, American R&B/soul.

Boogaloo can be seen as “the first Nuyorican music” (René López), and has been called “the greatest potential that (Latinos) had to really cross over in terms of music” (Izzy Sanabria). Styles like doo wop also left a sizable infuence, through Tony Pabón (of Pete Rodríguez Band), Bobby Marín, King Nando, Johnny Colón and his vocalists Tony Rojas and Tito Ramos. Puerto Ricans (Herman Santiago and Joe Negroni) played a foundational role in the major doo wop group Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers. Herman Santiago was the author of the groups #1 “hit” “Why Do Fools Fall In Love”.

Though boogaloo did not become mainstream nationwide until later in the decade, two early Top 20 hits came in 1963: Mongo Santamaria’s performance of the Herbie Hancock piece “Watermelon Man” and Ray Barretto’s “El Watusi”. Inspired by these two successes, a number of bands began imitating their infectious rhythms (which were Latinized R&B), intense conga rhythms and clever novelty lyrics. Some long-time veteran Latin musicians played an occasional boogaloo number, including Perez Prado and Tito Puente, but most of the performers were teenagers like The Latin Souls, The Lat-Teens, Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers, Joe Bataan, Joe Cuba Sextet, and The Latinaires.

The older generation of Latin musicians have even been accused of initially using their influence to repress this youth-oriented movement. The term boogaloo was probably coined in about 1966 by Richie Ray and Bobby Cruz. The biggest boogaloo hit of the 60s was “Bang Bang” by the Joe Cuba Sextet, which achieved unprecedented success for Latin music in the United States in 1966 when it sold over one million copies. Other hits included Johnny Colón’s “Boogaloo Blues,” Pete Rodríguez’s “I Like It Like That,” and Hector Rivera’s “At the Party”. Boogaloo also spread to Puerto Rico, where top band El Gran Combo released some material. Though the dance craze was over by the turn of the decade, boogaloo was popular enough that almost every major and minor Latin dance artist of the time recorded at least a few boogaloos on their albums.

The same year as Joe Cuba’s pop success, 1966, saw the closing of New York City’s Palladium Ballroom, a well-known venue that had been the home of big band mambo for many years. The closing marked the end of mainstream mambo, and boogaloo ruled the Latin charts for about two years before salsa music began to take over.

Boogaloo remains extremely popular to this day in Cali, Colombia, where the genre is played extensively, along with salsa and pachanga, in various FM and AM radio stations and hundreds of dance clubs. The Caleños also speed up Cha Cha Cha tunes, from 33 to 45 RPM, to create the boogaloo sound & rhythm to match the city’s fast dance style.

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Vedic Numerology - Lesson 6

Astrology, the Science of Time , was revealed to the Sages in yogic flashes
of heightened Consciousness. Numerology was developed by Pythagorus
and Vararuchi. When the two sciences combine , we have the beautiful
science of Vedic Numerology.

Six - ruled by the Fair Planet of Love & the Poet of the Solar Logos, Venus

Effects of Fadic Number Six

If the Sixian is YOU!

( Fadic Number is the number got after adding all the digits comprising your
date of birth ).

Your numerological number is 6 and you are ruled by
the fair planet,Venus. Venus represents the aesthetic element
and hence your tendencies will be towards drama, music & cinema
poetry and the arts. Venus represents the poet and philosopher.
Venusians love material life and the pleasures of the mundane.
Venus is defined as ” the fair planet that hearteneth to love” by
Dante. Attractive to the other sex , you will be endowed with
personal magnetism.

As you are under the sway of Venus, the arts will
have a tremendous influence on you. Poetry will flourish under
your guidance.

You are temperamental and moody at times. Venusians
are generally gentle and persevering people.

Your ability to talk your way through and influence
people will pay large rewards as many people will be influenced
by you. The personal magnetism which you generate will be felt
by one and all.

Your best and lucky day is Friday. Venus is known
as Freya in Norse Mythology and Freya’s day became Friday.
( from the Latin Dies Freya and the Sanskrit Sukravar ).Friday
was consecrated to Venus.

More quality information about Astro-Numerology and a free Astro-
Numerological Report can be had from http://www.astrologiavedica.com/html/numerology.htm

Personality Overview
——————–

CONTROLLER OF LIFE - VENUS

You are controlled by the planet of love Venus. Venus rules
all the material and the sensual aspects of life.

Venus rules gambling and business. Tendencies towards business
will manifest during Venusian influence. Venus inclines one
to the pleasures of the senses in no uncertain degree.

Remarkable resilience is another Venusian characteristic.

The opposite sex will be attracted to you in no uncertain
measure. Your good nature and gentle habits will win the
admiration of all around you.

The grace and the dignity which you are endowed with will
win friends and influence people. Your charming manners
will be worthy of admiration.

Poetry and the fine arts will have a tremendous influence
on your life. Venus is known as Kavi ( poet ) and hence his
tendency towards verse & the blushful Hippocrene is universally
recognised.

One of your drawbacks are that you are too dominated by the
senses. Your love of parties and the sensual pleasures of
life will take its toll depriving you of saintly wisdom.
Your courage in the face of adversity will be remarkable.
Prosperity will grace you in middle age.

Excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures is another chara-
cteristic of this fair planet. Music, cinema & dance will
attract you in no uncertain measure. Love for gambling, jackpot
and the stock market will grip you at times.

Your another drawback is that you are subject to the influence
of the opposite sex. Wealth, wine and women will have their
sway despite all saintly counsel.

In Vedic Astrology Venus represents Poetics, Aesthetics &
Rhetoric. Research shows that great poets have powerful Venus
dominating their horoscopes. In the horoscopes of Tennyson, Byron,
Aurobindo, Omar Khayam & Tagore, Venus was well positioned
in the second house. Venus rules over three constellations of the
Sidereal Zodiac, 41 Arietis ( Bharani ), Delta Leonis ( Pubba ) &
Delta Sagittari ( Poorvashada ).

More quality information about Vedic Astrology & an Astrological
Analysis can be had from http://www.astrologiavedica.com/html/vedichoroscope.htm

An Analytical Review
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The zodiac sign representing this planet is Libra ( Do not
confuse this with the birth-sign in Astrology). Librans are
basically down-to-earth practical people. Libra is an earthly
sign and hence its mundane nature manifests itself as down
to earth practicality.

Librans are generally all-rounders. All-round excellence in all
fields is the characteristic of the Libran.

You will suffer from diseases of the stomach. Fasting on Fridays
will pave the way for the cure of many ailments.

Your materialistic outlook on life will be detrimental as far as
happiness is concerned. The best way out of this lack of ful-
fillment is to indulge in yogic practices.

Librans even though love the pleasures of the mundane have a
penchant for poetry and philosophy. “A flask of wine, a book of
verse and Thou singing with me in the wilderness ” is their basic
philosophy.

Negative Aspect
—————

Venus is a mundane planet giving you all the pleasures of Life.
Carnal gratification of the senses and momentary pleasures he
will give you in plenty. The main spiritual aim of Life will be
thwarted and blocked by Venus. His movement is against Moksha
or Self-Actualisation.

Mantra
——

Hima Kunda Mrinalabham
Daithyanam Paramam Gurum
Sarva Shastra Pravartharam
Bhargavam Pranamamyaham

This sloka if recited 108 times daily can ward off the afflictions
arising from Venus. This is the moola sloka of Venus.

In Vedic Gemology, Venus represents Diamond. Wearing this stone
on a Shukla Paksha Friday ( fifteen days after the New Moon ) will
enhance the luck of the Sixians. The Sanskrit text, The Jataka Chandrika
assigns Diamond to Venus.

Lucky Colour Green
Lucky Stone Diamond
Lucky Days of the Week Friday
Lucky Day 15 6 24
Lucky Month June

If you wear these stones and colours as per the dictums
of Astro-Numerology you stand to benefit a great deal.

Please wear Diamond on Friday in the bright fortnight.
Green should be worn at important occasions.

More information about Planetary Gemology & a FREE Gem Prescription
Report can be had from http://www.astrologiavedica.com/html/planetarygemology.htm

In Transcendental Philosophy the Number Six is considered very sacred.
The sixth state of Consciousness in Transcendental Meditation is the
Glorified state of Cosmic Consciousness or God Consciousness.
Six main sciences and six auxiliary sciences constitute Indian Philosophy.
Astrology,grammar,science of definition ( Nirukta ), Phonetics, Poetics &
Rhetoric are the six subsidiary sciences. Yoga, Vedanta, Sankhya, Poorva
Mimamsa, Vaisesika & Logic ( Nyaya ) are the six main sciences. In the
Supramental Dialectic, the sixth principle is the all important Chit-Shakti
( the knowledge aspect of Being ).

More information about Transcendental Philosophy & Yoga can be
had from http://www.astrologiavedica.com/html/yoga.htm

Astro_Numerology & Religion

The Bible assigns 666 as the number of the Anti-Christ and 888 as the
number of Christ. When we add 8 + 8 +8 , we get the Fadic Number 6,
which is a Venusian number. The planet of Love , in other words, repre-
sents the prophet of Love, Jesus. Lord Krishna in the Geetha says ” Among
the poets, I am Venus ” ( ” Kaveenam Usano Kavih” ).

In the next article we will deal with the Sevenians - those who are ruled by
the South Node ( Ketu ) or the Ascending Node of the Moon.

Article by G Kumar, Astrologer, writer & programmer of www.eastrovedica.com. Recently he was awarded a Certificate by the Planetary Gemologists Association Global ( www.p-g-a.org ) as a Planetary Gem Advisor. He has 25 years psychic research experience in the esoteric arts. To subscribe to his free informative Ezine, the Z Files mailto:info@eastrovedica.com?subject=SubscribeZF. His Astro blog is up at http://www.zodiacastrology.blogspot.com & his Philosophy blog is http://transcendentalphilosophy.blogspot.com Mobile 091 9388556053

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