Bhava Cakra by Sanjay Rath

Article by Sanjay Rath

The Lagna is the movement of the eastern Horizon due to the rotation of the earth. This is Satya. The Rasi’s are demarcated as houses and their boundaries are like the fences between houses. The question is “You live in a particular building, call this Lagna, and this has a definite boundary wall. But did this boundary wall exist from time immemorial? The answer is no. This boundary wall/fence has existed only as much as the building has existed and God alone knows which building stood there earlier and where its boundary wall/fence was.” Thus we infer that what we consider as a solid house today is actually a figment of our imagination and it is only as solid as our physical bodies. The physical zodiac is the fixed zodiac and hence the signs with the fixed boundaries is representative of the physical body or the creation of Maya. The enlightened Jyotisha also know that the Atma is like the Paramatma and is constantly endeavoring to have union with it. Now, the Paramatma is represented by the Bha-chakra (Zodiac) starting from zero degrees Aries. If we have a mathematical model where the Lagna is made equal to the first degree of Aries and every Bhava is equal to 30 Degrees, then this model will match the definition of the Paramatma. Such a model will represent our ASTRAL BODY. Some spiritualists have seen this astral body as different colors of physical light extending outside the physical body of the human being. I believe that there is a machine in Singapore where this can also be photographed! There are different mathematical models for equating the Lagna to the Natural Zodiac for understanding the effect of the planets on the ASTRAL PLANE. This can only be recommended by the Maharishi’s who were very enlightened souls. We follow the model of Parasara as we believe that His vision was the most clear and untainted. By adding 15 degrees on either side of the Lagna degree we arrive at the ASTRAL BOUNDARIES which form the BHAVA CHAKRA. How to study this is beyond the scope of my teachings at this stage. Suffice is to say that “JYOTISHA SHOULD NOT MAKE A FOOL OF THEMSELVES BY SUGGESTING RESULTS ON THE BASIS OF THIS BHAVA CHAKRA WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING THE FLOW OF THE TEN SHAKTI AND THEIR YOGA WITH NARAYANA”. Unless we are at a level to understand the colors of the astral light, their blending and influence, we should not tamper with this tool of Vedic Astrology. All Jyotisha may kindly take a note of this.

The bhava are best understood by following Parasara explicitly i.e. following spatial divisions and not divisions of time as is being done by so many astrologers. Spatial dimensions are the same all over and the bhava are of 30 degrees each spanning 15 degrees on either side of the ascendant (lagna) and descendant (7th house). The remaining bhava are simply calculated based on this @ 30 degrees from the border of the first house. Thus the 2nd house starts at Lagna degree + 15 deg and ends at Lagna + 45 degrees and so on.