By Abhishekha, India

Contents
1. Introduction 2. Jyotish Reference on Venus 3. Jyotish Fundamentals on Eclipse Of the Sun 4. The Spot of Eclipse 5. Thus The Prediction 6. Way Out, Remedies

He was introduced to jyotish by his

Kulguru at the age of eight. After the initial trigger early in life, he has pursued the study of jyotish with utmost passion ever since. He writes with the pen name Abhishekha and is the Editor/Publisher of AIAC Times, Chicago.

Introduction

ransit of Venus on June 5 and 6 2012 is one of the hottest topics in the astronomical and astrological circles. United Astrology Conference 2012 was held recently [May 24 to May 29 2012] in New Orleans, US and was an august gathering of world class astrologers across the globe. The conference had a tag line called Venus on the Rise, implying the transit of Venus having some major astrological and astronomical implications and influence on human life. Wikipedia

mentions on the page Titled Transit of Venus a very interesting sentence Ancient Indian, Greek, Egyptian, Babylonian and Chinese observers knew of Venus and recorded the planet's motions. I am a jyotish so I obviously got recent inquiries on this forthcoming event. Thus, after coming back from a wonderful Saturday evening with friends, I thought it best to pen my thoughts on this subject before I retire for the day. A transit of Venus across the Sun takes place when the planet Venus passes directly between the Sun and Earth, becoming visible against (and hence obscuring a small portion of) the solar disk. This means, from Earth, Venus, Sun and Earth are on the same plane. During a transit, Venus can be seen from Earth as a small black disk moving across the face of the Sun. A transit is thus identical to a solar eclipse by the Moon. While the diameter of Venus is almost four times that of the Moon, Venus appears smaller, and travels more slowly across the face of the Sun, because it is much farther away from Earth. Transits of Venus are among the rarest of predictable astronomical phenomena. They occur in a pattern that repeats every 243 years, with pairs of transits eight years apart separated by long gaps of 121.5 years and 105.5 years. The periodicity is a reflection of the fact that the orbital periods of Earth and Venus are close to 8:13 and 243:395 commensurabilities. The next transit of Venus will occur on 5 and 6 June 2012, and will be the last Venus transit this century; the prior transit took place on 8 June 2004. The previous pair of transits was in December 1874 and December 1882. After 2012, the next transits of Venus will be in December 2117 and December 2125.

The most recent transit of Venus that was last observed from Earth took place on June 8, 2004. The event received significant attention, since it was the first Venus transit after the invention of broadcast media. No human alive at the time had witnessed a previous Venus transit since that transit occurred on December 6, 1882.

Jyotish Reference On Venus

aharaja Ballal Sen was the son of Vijay Sen. Vijay Sen founded the Sena Dynasty in Bengal. In the year 1169, Maharaja Ballal Sen wrote a very cryptic jyotish text called Adbhuta Sagara. This text is amazing because it has secrets which even though encrypted holds the key to interpretation of many celestial events which does not find mention in other classical works. Adbhuta Sagara also has references of lost jyotish works by Garga, Kashyap, Parasara and Bhrigu. I personally consider this book a treasure to interpret matters related to mundane events. In one such reference to Venus in astrology, Maharaha Ballal Sen quotes a very interesting phrase from jyotish works of Vriddha Garga Hora. The phrase in Sanskrit is Shyamavarnaoabhighataya. This is can translated as When Venus appears dark in the sky, it would indicate death and destruction. As I have mentioned numerous times earlier to my students in jyotish, every text should be studied with reference to Sthana, Kala and Patra. This was 12th century CE Bengal, text written by a King who was always worried about attacks on his kingdom and the sustenance of his rule. The context is another important factor to be considered. Before the above citation, Ballal Sen was referring to the various colors of Venus as it appears in the sky being a factor that would indicate the kind of events to foresee. In summary, after citing various ancient works, he tries to stress on a simple rule Brighter the Venus, the better for humanity, darker its shade, the worse the news for mankind. The next several quotes in the book deal with specific nakshatras Venus transits to predict finer results of its outcome. I will go to this area in a bit but before that let me revisit a very fundamental concept on its transit that I have already highlighted in the introduction.

Jyotish Fundamentals On Eclipse Of The Sun

f I have to quote one favorite pastime of an ancient jyotishas, it would surely be encryption. Making very simple concepts difficult to decipher was almost a habit for the ancients and I am sure they must have had their reasons to do so. Nevertheless, leaving all jyotish jargons and complicated terms and terminology aside, let us just visit a very simple astronomical concept called Solar Eclipse.

When the Moon, the Sun and the Earth align in such a way on the ecliptic such that the Moon comes between the Earth and the Sun, a solar eclipse happens. Jyotish links the Moon to the mind, Sun to the soul and thus the Solar Eclipse happens on a New Moon [Amavasya] that causing the eclipse of the Sun. Eclipse of the Sun is related to Death and thus this time is very sensitive to all beings on the planets. The Graha that causes this eclipse is the Moon and thus the mind makes mistakes that cause serious damage to the soul. In the Transit of Venus, the Eclipse of the Sun appears to happen by Venus. In such a transit Venus appears black and doesnt cover the Sun completely. Thus, this event can be interpreted as Venus [lust, desire, love] making a mistake and the soul suffering the consequences.

The Spot Of The Eclipse

he place where the eclipse occurs is of amazing importance. On June 5, 6 2012, the eclipse of the Sun happens on Rohini [about 21 degrees Taurus].

This zone is a very sensitive zone of the Zodiac and deals with sustenance of the human race.

Thus, The Prediction

y prediction is that the next 6 months after the Eclipse the world will see draughts, fire disasters and natural calamities of a great extent. Particularly in South East Asia and the West Coast of the United States will need to alert and ready for such events. Deaths of people are possible in these disasters. In politics, sexual scandals will rise and prominent leaders will face such charges which could ruin their political career. Celebrities will go through a time period and the film industries across the globe will suffer due some defamation and criticism. Signs of economic revival will be extremely slow and stagnant for the next 6 months.

Way out, Remedies

ove and Compassion will be required for the next 6 months around the globe. People will need to be more tolerant and accepting. Violence should not have any place in society and every individual should act with wisdom and understanding.

Lack of rain this year and extreme heat is very probable and thus people should take adequate provisions to sail through this period. Vedic texts prescribe worship of Laxmi during this period of crisis.