Astro X

In the last series under “Planets” sections, we have described different characteristics of planets and in this series, we will understand the planet more deeply and will know what exactly the planet signifies. (You can check-out the series describing different characteristic of planets, here -:  Planets in Vedic astrology ) This is the first post of this series and let’s start this with the first “Graha” (Planet), the Sun. Symbolic meaning of the Sun The key symbolism for “Sun” is “Soul”. It is represented by a dot with a circle around it, where, the dot represents the “Soul” or, source of creation and the “Circle” represents “manifested existence”. Soul is that we call as “Consciousness” and consciousness is like light and we know, we can’t see light but, because of light only we can able to see other things. Image : Symbolic representation of the Sun Without light, there will be darkness similarly, without consciousness nothing can exist. So, consciousness or, soul

In the last part we have discussed about Imum Coeli (I.C) or, 4th house, 3rd house and 5th house. If you haven’t read our last posts of this series then, I recommend you to read them first for better understanding Read here -:  Part-1  ,  Part-2  ,  Part-3  ,  Part-4 In this post, we will discuss about the Mid-heaven Coeli (M.C) or, 10th house, 9th house and 11th house by taking the below image (fig-1) as reference -: The ninth, tenth & eleventh house The Mid-heaven Coeli (10th house) The 10th house is present opposite to the 4th house; in the upper portion of sky where everything is clear and visible. This is called as “Mid-heaven Coeli (Latin for “Top of the sky”)” or “M.C”, i.e., the position of Sun at 12 o’clock in the day time or, the position of the zodiac sign just above the head at the time of birth. Therefore, 10th house represents our role in society or, “Career” or, “Karma”. Whereas the 4th house is all about “inside ourselves” like our emotions, fee

In the last part we discussed about the descendant, 6th house and 8th house. If you haven’t read our last posts of this series then, I recommend you to read them first for better an understanding Read here -:  Part-1  ,  Part-2  ,  Part-3 In this post, we will discuss about the Imum coeli (I.C) or, 4th house, 3rd house and 5th house by taking the below image (fig-1) as reference -: The third, fourth & fifth house The Imum Coeli (4th house) The 4th house is the deepest point as shown in the image and called as “Imum Coeli (Latin for “Bottom of the sky”)” or, “I.C”. This is the house that present below the ground and it can be considered as mid-night sky or, the time when sun is over the head on the other hemi-sphere. This clearly implies that this house is truly related to our inner feelings, private things and things that are related to our own emotions. As it related to private things and things that are unseen so, this house represents our ‘heart’ & ‘soul’

In the last part we discussed a brief note on the special names of the “Kendra” houses and broadly distinguished the first and the last six houses. Further, we discussed about the ascendant, 2nd house and 12th house. If you haven’t read our last two posts of this series then, I recommend you to read them first for better an understanding Read here -:  Part-1  ,  Part-2 In this post, we will discuss about the descendant, 6th house and 8th house by taking the below image (fig-1) as reference -: Fig-1 : The Sixth, Seventh & eighth house  The Descendant (7th house) The 7th house falls directly opposite of the 1st house and hence, called as “Descendant”. This is the place where sun sets. Therefore, like the ascendant represents “Birth of the body” similarly, the descendant represents “Death of the body” and hence, the 7th house is called as “Maraka Sthana”. Similarly, 7th house is a place where day & night connects with each other in the evening, so, this is