Rationale Of The Signs

SIGNS The following chart shows the twelve signs of the zodiac and their rulers. It is not at random that the planets have been assigned rulership. The luminaries Moon and Sun rule the signs Cancer and Leo. The signs nearest to them are ruled by Mercury, which is the nearest planet to the Sun. The next orbit is that of Venus, which rules Taurus and Libra. We being on the earth, it is omitted and the next orbit that of Mars, ruler of Aries and Scorpio. Jupiter rules the next two signs. Aquarius and Capricorn are ruled by Saturn which has the last orbit. The nodes Rahu (the Dragon's Head) and Kethu (the Dragon's Tail) are not solid bodies like other planets, but shadows (ancient vedic astrology did not recognize the nodes). The following shows some of the domains of the various planets. It is to be noted that slower mov ing planets are farther from the Sun. Thus the order of the signs is the same as the speed order of the planets. Sun Moon Mars Mercury Jupiter Venus Saturn Rahu Kethu

King, father, power, will, self expression, vitality, medicine, pride etc Queen, mother, milk, nurturing, growth, liquids, public contact etc Army general, brethren, warfare, litigation. Aggressiveness, landed properties etc Education, maternal uncle, communication, agency, journalism, contracts etc Priest, progeny, philosophy, spirituality, finance etc, Fine arts, wife, luxury, romance, harmony Servants, sufferings, discipline, sorrow, oils, cool things, earth, iron etc Alien, dark, glass, snakes, one eyed etc Mystery, red, occultism, snakes, wires etc

Study the following table

SATURN MISERY AQUARIUS

JUPITER VEDAS PISCES

MARS WARFARE ARIES

VENUS MERCURY FINE ARTS

EDUCATION

TAURUS

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GEMINI

PRINCE

............... .............. CANCER MOON (QUEEN) SUN (KING)

CAPRICORN MISERY SATURN

SAGITTARIUS VEDAS JUPITER

SCORPIO WARFARE MARS

LIBRA FINE ARTS VENUS

VIRGO

LEO

EDUCATION

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MERCURY

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The Sun is the king and the Moon is the queen. Their heir is sent to Mercury, who offers him good education; then he is entrusted to Venus from whom he learns the fine arts. Various techniques of warfare are taught to him by Mars. Jupiter, the "guru", teaches him the "Vedas" and mantras and prepares him for life. With the blessings of the 'Guru', he faces Saturn, (liberation).

undergoes lot of sufferings and finally attains "Moksha"

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