Harnessing Sun Power: Saturn’s Blessing-in-Disguise
Guest Blog Feature: Mehal Rockefeller
Guest blog by Mehal Rockefeller shines light on Vedic solar New Year
Every so often my friend Dr Mehal Rockefeller guest blogs for me. His popular blog of April last year has resulted in many requests for him to make a return visit. He is literate on various topics, but his astrological insights into Vedic tradition are invaluable for us in the West, where we seem to have lost touch with the original purpose and connection seen in the heavens linking to our lives on earth. This latest blog post comes at a particularly fortunate time as the Indian subcontinent prepares for the onset of the great New Year solar festival on April 14. The Hindu (solar) New Year this year will count 1933.
Vedic lunar New Year occurred this year on April 4th, immediately after the Aries new moon. This ancient tradition is by far the more venerable of the two, counting Year 2068 in Hindu Lunar years. By contrast, and often causing confusion among lay westerners, Sikhs celebrated their New Year (543) on March 14th.
According to Vedic traditiion, at the time of onset of Lunar New Year, all the forces of Creation come into play in three phases. The three faces of Mother Divine (MD), MahaDurga or Mother Earth are Durga, Mahalaksmi and Saraswati.
The first three days of MD are known as the MahaDurga forces/energies, which destroy all impurities, evils, sins and ignorance within humankind.
Mahasaraswati: third phase of purification and growth through knowledge
After purification by the Durga forces, in the next three days, MahaLaksmi‘s forces and energies become lively. These natural laws bestow all wealth and comfort on humanity, to sustain us.
The final three days, Maha Saraswati, become dominant in the runup to solar New Year, when the natural laws of Wisdom and Knowledge come into play. It is believed that only through knowledge can we create a better life for ourselves and others.
It is therefore with much pleasure that I welcome Mehal once more at this auspicious time of year, to hear his ancient Vedic wisdom as it relates to current times. Ed.
Guest Blog © Mehal D Rockefeller, MD
Vedic New Year: powerful celebration of the Sun maintained throughout India
According to the Vedas, the New Year starts when the Sun transits into Aries, the first natural house of the Asian Zodiac. The Sun acquires maximum power when he enters Aries–a sign that is fiery, assertive, independent, courageous and enthusiastic in nature. The Sun is exalted in this sign and presents itself as a wonderful window of opportunity to harness its power for our all-round well-being.
On March 15th, a month ago, the Sun moved into Pisces–the last house on its round through the zodiac. That last Sun transit of the old Vedic Year marked a time to ‘take the best and leave the rest’ or to start shedding off what is no longer seving us or of use. I have written further on that here.
In Vedic tradition, the Sun becomes exalted and returns to its full power when it transits into Aries. This movement makes it the most auspicious month of the year to work on strengthening your connection to Sun. The radiance of Sun opens a way for new positive possibilities to happen and make strong any endeavors in whichever area of life you choose to focus. To add to this positivity, there are two further planets presently adding support and creating additional benefits to the Sun’s Transit.
Vedic Solar New Year (1933)
Vedic (lunar) New Year 2068; (solar) New Year 1933
Sun worship is not entirely understood in Western culture which has alienated itself from its pre-Christian roots. It has become extinct in most cultures–except for Japan and India in the East, and the Maya and indigenous Americans in the West. The understanding of the Sun God in India is profound.
Religious and spiritual leaders strongly encourage local performance of fire rituals for the Sun God on April 14/15th. There is the added power of April 14th being a Thursday, the day of the week dedicated to Jupiter.
Absolute Blessing from Jupiter for this Sun Transit
In 2011 the Vedic New Year starts off on a Thursday. This is traditionally ruled by Jupiter. Ancient Texts testify that this is an especially auspicious day–signifying a very good omen–to start a year. Also from May 8th to May 15th, Jupiter will become an associate to the Sun as it moves into Aries and shares the house for the last week.
Blessing in Disguise from Saturn for this Sun Transit
Last week's 'progressed' chart, according to Western astrological signs--for comparison
Saturn is presently in Virgo. On April 14th, Saturn moves into Libra where He will stand for approximately 2.5 years. When He sits there, He looks directly across to the Sun in Aries. Another way of looking at this: Saturn aspects the Sun (opposing), at every Vedic New Year in the next time period–2012 through 2013.
Therefore, this Vedic New Year of 2011, in narrowly escaping Saturn’s gaze, gives us all a blessing-in-disguise and provides us a perfect opportunity to strengthen our life with authority, material prosperity and good health.
Worship of Sun
You can gain the blessings of Sun for a positive outlook for the coming year that will be full of cheer and good fortune. By participating in powerful Sun rituals at this transit into Aries (Vedic and other cultures), your character, reputation and your health will be greatly energized.
Worshipping the Sun God blesses your life with strength, glory and success. The radiation of Sun empowers you with leadership, brilliance and executive power for a meritorious life!
Gain Power for Vedic New Year through the Sun Transit
Every Vedic New Year brings a new perspective and resolutions into your life. It’s also a great time to rejuvenate yourself with great strength and vigor. Sun’s transit into Aries can bless you to:
–sustain the dynamism and energy needed to support yourself in your professional and personal life through the year
–gain the Vital energy to go through your financial and personal matters with ease
–strengthen your career front and shun its exploitations
–develop managing abilities and elevate your professional and family standards
–maintain a perfect rapport with colleagues and relations
–radiate with self esteem, power, authority, magnetism and vitality.
Remember: worshipping the Sun blesses your life with strength, glory and success.
The Sun is the King of the Solar System. He is the one with all the power and the most responsibility. He is the main planet of integrity and accountability. It is through the Sun that we learn how to master our power. The Sun shines light on the seemingly mysterious universe.
The Sun stays in each sign for a period of one month igniting the matter of those signs. Meaning the Sun will power up or magnify any characteristics of the house he is in. Model after the King. For everything there is a season. His is the natural timing for everything and anything.
When the Sun in a horoscope is placed favorably the person appears to be in his/her highest point of completeness, or wholeness in life. It gives sterling or first class qualities. The Sun is seen as the mechanism of authority and its vibrations are deemed conducive for imparting power and prominence.
This planet signifies the superabundance of the creative energy and fills the with person with a burning desire to excel in all walks of life; from all angles of assessment and through all levels of tests. People under the influence of the Sun cannot be easily dominated by the crisscrossing forces of obstacles. That is why Sun is called independent, kingly and courageous.
The Sun person has determination and pursues the path of success with matchless enthusiasm. He/she has vim and vigor, gait and glitter, confidence and dominance. The Sun makes one to push ahead and establish social harmony in any surrounding.
A strong Sun will give a peculiar habit of mingling with the primitive forces of the surrounding and then trying to elevate them to higher status with the help of their supernal touch. This makes the person the darling of masses.
It offers real love towards everything and everybody. It fosters universal love. It offers ambition, boldness, capacity to command, dignity, energy, elevation in rank, faith, fame, grace, generosity, health, hope, happiness, individuality, joy, kind heart, kingly appearance, optimism, reputation, royalty, success in worldly affairs, truth, good temperament, unadulterated love, vigor, vitality and virtue.
The Sun will always struggle to keep discipline, principle and value in any system and the same time soft inside. A strong Sun will rarely be unsympathetic to any individual and always launches principle struggle against the system of exploitation and harassment.
In any system of administration the chairperson will be governed by the Sun so anybody wanting to have a good rapport and understanding with the boss they should have the blessings of the Sun.