Astrology - The Music of Life
Before you read any further please do this. Sit comfortably in a straight
chair . Uncross your legs . Keep your purse , bag , etc away . Put off that
TV . Take three deep breaths . In - out , in - out , in - out . Relax
completely . Hold the wrist of your left hand in the palm of your right hand
. Feel your pulse. Wait till you feel that dhak dhak dhak . Listen to it .
This is your natural rhythm . This is your natural theka on which your life
is running . This is your nadi . ( Do you see now why we give so much
importance to Nadi dosha in marriage ? )
Now comes more difficult part . Try to feel the blood flowing in your
arteries and veins . You may have to try several times to achieve this .
This flow is the swaras of life . Based on the rhythm , the swaras flow
through the body . Any problem in the swaras will lead to change in rhythm
or vice versa . Now do you see the importance of Mangal Dosha in marriage
matching ?
Astrology is intimately related with music . The mutual relationships are
too bold to be ignored. We will discuss some of the connections in this
small article .
Many a times a question to which most astrologers answer either negatively
or apologetically is " How can the entire population of the world be divided
into just twelve signs ? So is Sunsign Astrology not bogus ? " Wrong
question , wrong answer . It is not division , but integration . How can all
singers from Tansen to Lata Mangeshkar , and Baiju Bawara to Himesh Reshmiya
and Mohammed Rafi to Shamshad Begum , sing in only seven swaras ? Twelve
signs is not the end of the zodiac or culmination of astrology - it is the
beginning . Why humans , the seven swaras encompass the entire universe .
Animals , things , trees , leaves , clouds , storms , rains , heat . cold ,
each and every one has its own rhythm , own swara . What do you feel the
rishabh in music refers to ?
Furthermore , if we want to divide anything however big , massive or
numerous , we can always create our divisional parameters and divide as
nicely as we divide a pizza . for example , for public toilets , the whole
population of the universe is divided into male and female , for movie goers
the entire population can be divided into the people who have seen Dhoom 2
and the people who have not seen Dhoom 2 , for ticket checkers the entire
population can be divided into people who have tickets and people who do not
have tickets , Take any division and you will see that you will be able to
fit the entire population neatly into whatever categories you design . Why
single out the sun sign astrology ?
Take any musical instrument - Bansuri , Veena , Mridamg , Violin , Guitar .
You can categorise it in three major categories as . Percussion
instruments - like Mridang , Bongo , Conga , Tablaa , Khanjiri . Wire
Instruments like Sitar , Veena , Violin , Tambora , Guitar and wind
instruments like Bansuri , tutari , clarinet . . Does not matter what
instrument , the way an instrument is generally judged is it basic frequency
or pitch , its timbre or tone and its amplitude or volume . Indeed these are
the basic characteristics for sound of any kind - instrumental , vocal or
otherwise . The moment you choose a particular instrument these qualities
are fixed . The moment you choose a physical body these qualities are fixed
for you . We may call it strengths and weakness , characteristics or
tendencies . We come into this world with these as fixed attributes . Then
the music of life begins .
One of the basic tenets of music is that anything and anybody can create
music . Anybody can sing and anybody can sing well . Of course some groups
may not feel that that particular music is upto the mark but it is their
consideration . There will always be matching music somewhere in the
universe . Secondly if we proceed with our natural rhythm , we conserve our
energy and work in most energy efficient manner . Have you seen a gazelle
running so effortlessly ? It is running in its natural rhythm . Any
instrument can theoretically play any sound or any note . But it will play
the sound or the notes which are natural to it very well . For example
bansuri with its high pitched sound , is more suitable for outdoor
performance. Tabla with its tempered scale and droning sound is more
suitable for indoor performance. And so on . In the same way in case of
Jatak the jatak is more suitable for certain life purposes than other.
Helping him to find his life purpose given his strengths and weaknesses and
the environment he comes from is the primary objective of the astrologer .
You thought it right . This is the 1 5 9 or Dharma trikona analysis in
astrology . This is the same way a music teacher will help a student to play
his instrument well , find tunes which gel with his instrument and try to
provide the best environment which is complementary to his instrument .
Furthermore , how well you play your instrument depends of your resources ,
efforts , family support , commitment , continuous practice , your musical
group , your determination and your traditions . Those steeped in astrology
will easily decipher that this is the explanation of how the twelve
astrological houses temper , guide and enhance or otherwise the effects of
any of your efforts . Bansuri with its high pitched sound was largely a folk
music instrument and was used only in open air performances . Its length was
also generally limited to 18 inches . Pandit Pannalal Ghosh through his
relentless research increased the length of bansuri to upto 32 inches ,
increased the diameter of the bansuri and thus increased its tonal quality
or timber Now you Bansri has become one of the most popular instrument in
classical as well as cine music . You decide on your own whether you want to
play your bansuri at leisure sometimes at home , or sell bansuri outside the
temple of Ganapatipule or really put efforts and become a world class
bansuri player . It is upto you .
Ragas are set patterns which sound nice to the ears of a particular
generation .With practice you can get command on one or more ragas and your
audience is guaranteed . This is similar to the various professions we have
in our society where employment is guaranteed . If you choose a profession
you like and the one that gels with your instrument , you will enjoy what
you are doing thus deriving satisfaction out of it and at the same time
will do it very well paving the way of success . This in astrology will be
called as the blossoming of a horoscope .
In summary we can say that a horoscope is basically like a musical
instrument which is given to you . It is fixed in its frequency , amplitude
and timber but within which range infinite variations , and combinations are
possible . How well you play it depends on you , and the better you play
the music the better are your chances for success and satisfaction .
