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Efficient Australia beats India and a resurgent West Indies beat RSA. The only Indian players who reached over 40 are Ganguly and Laxman. The rest failed to impress, unfortunately. It seems that we will see a lot of new faces in the future Indian team. This series may mark the end of many players ! There is a always a cry from the crowd to blood youngsters, as it was the youngsters who brought the T20 World Cup. Many players who played a stellar role like Sehwag, Yousuf Pathan, Joginder Sharma, Sreeshant etc have been left out, as the Indian selectors opted for experience. If India loses like this, it is better to try out the youngsters. Ishant Sharma impressed in the last Test against Pak. Youngsters were found to be more agile in the field. It is better to give the youngsters a chance, than lose with oldsters ! For RSA, only Kallis gave some resistance, with a solid 85. The rest of the batsmen failed to cope up with the situation, giving WI her win !

Only Tendulkar could score more than 50. He was out for 62. We dont know what happened to Indian batting. Australia was clinical and professional. Only Ganguly could score more than 40 ! Both Lee and Clarke took 4 wickets each. Hogg took 2 wickets. Maybe the bouncy Australian pitches was too much for the Indians. Let us hope they will come back into form in the second innings. South Africa finished with 122/5. against WI 408. Chanderpaul scored 104. Darren Sammy gave him good support with 38.

A brilliant hundred by Hayden ( 124) and a five wicket haul by Kumble ( 84/5) saw both teams sharing honours. Australia'2 337/9 was a fairly good score but India is happy after taking 9 wickets. Zaheer scalped 3 wickets. The good start which the Kangaroos got was not consolidated. They were 135 for no loss when they lost Jacques. for 66 In South Africa, WI were 281/4. Manuels was dismissed for 94. Gayle was out for 66. In that match also, we can say, honors were shared. Let us see how the much extolled Indian batting battles with the fiery Australian bowling tomorrow !

Santhana Prasna Beeja Sphuta - the combined longitudes of Jupiter- Venus & Sun has to be in an Oja Rasi ( Odd Sign ) & Kshetra Sphuta - the combined longitudes of Jupiter- Moon & Mars in an Even Sign ( Yugma Rasi ). The longitudes of Sun Venus Jupiter Is Beeja Sphuta called- O Noble One! Moon Mars Jupiter collective is female Kshetra Sphuta, used in Progeny Horary The Santhana Thithi should be < 180 degrees ( Shukla Paksha or Waxing Moon Fortnight ). If greater than 180 problems seen as it is Krishna Paksha or Waning Moon Fortnight. If Santhana Thithi > 240 degrees negativity is indicated. Check the Fifth House in Negativity Factors. If Santhana Tidhi Rasi is aspected by benefics - some hope. Not so if it is aspected by malefics. If Santhana Thidhi falls in Waxing Moon Probability of getting a child is high Difficult if it falls in Waning Moon And remote if it is after Lunation Fifth ! If ( in Waning Moon ) after Lunation Eighth Worship the Lord of the Mountains

The Five Equations, the Pancha Maha Sutras, are the major equations upon which Horary Astrology is built. In Medical Astrology, the planets rule the five great elements Element Planet Equation Earth is ruled by Mercury Prithvi Sutra Water Venus Jala Sutra Fire Mars Agni Sutra Air Saturn Vayu Sutra Ether Jupiter Akasha Sutra We have already dealt with the combinations of the three Sutras, viz Jeeva, Roga and Mrithyu. Jeeva Sutra is Positive Mrithyu Sutra is Negative Roga Sutra is neutral Our Horary Software gives the results as Jeeva, Mrityu and Roga and from the result, you can prognosticate ! Earth Element Formula ( Prithvi Sutra - Mercury - Flesh Skin Bone ) If Prithvi Sutra is Mrityu and if Mercury is badly positioned in Horary Chart- destruction of cattle- dissipation of tissue element (Dhatu) ruled by Mercury and all Signs ruled by him - increase of enemies -enmity from kith and kin - disea

The Absolute, the Perfect, the Alone, Our mask of imperfection has assumed He has made this tenement of flesh his own wrote the Master We are all embodiments of the Divine Self. Existence - Consciousness - Beatitude, the eternal triad which is the Universe and which we are and the great secret which we must discover across our long evolutionary journey. He has assumed our mask of imperfection and it is He who is dwelling in us all. Puram vasathi iti purushah - He who resides in the body is called Purusha ! He in his human measure has cast That to his divine level we might rise ! Our life has only a symbolic value and it is good and necessary as a Becoming. All Becoming has Being as its Goal and fulfillment and He is the only Being !

The Triune Longitude = the longitudes of (Gulika + Lagna + Moon) Life is represented by Ascendant Body is represented by the Moon Death is represented by Gulika The sum total longitudes of Life, Body & Death is the Triune Longitude, the Trisphuta Here we give both negative and positive indications .......No Shobhanam Trisphutam ( Negative Indications ) If TRI ( Trisphutam ) is conjoined with Gulika and other malefics high inauspiciousness is indicated. If TRI ( Trisphutam ) falls in Risha Sandhis ( Kataka Vrischika & Meena high inauspiciousness is indicated. If TRI ( Trisphutam ) falls in Gandandha Rasis ( the last Navamsas of Kataka Vrischika & Meena ) high inauspiciousness is indicated. If TRI ( Trisphutam ) Rasi falls in the Eighth Rasi of Querent high inauspiciousness is indicated. If TRI ( Trisphutam ) Rasi falls in 108th Lunar Mansion from Querent's Star high inauspiciousness is indicated. If TRI ( Trisphutam ) Rasi falls in 88th Lunar Mansion from Querent's

Troubles from enemies are discerned by Horary Astrology. The Sixth House rules enemies. Kendradhipatya and Badhakadhipatya are also taken into consideration. Angular ownership by benefics is Kendradhipatya and Badhakadhipatya is explained here On Enemy Trouble - One of the most important aspects of V A Horary For Cardinal Signs the 11H is the Badhasthana ( For Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn) For Fixed Signs the 9H is the Badhasthana ( For Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius) For Ubhaya Signs the 7H is the Badhasthana ( For Gemini, Virgo, Sag, Pisces ) Mandeesha, the Lord of Gulika Sign, also is Badhaka All planets with Mandeesh are Badhaka All planets with Badhakesh, the lord of Badha House, are also Badhaka ( Charodaye Labha Gruhe Thu Badha ....... ) Indications about the Enemy If Jupiter and the Sun tenant Badhasthana- Enemy is rich and handsome If Mars- is a hunchback If Mercury- is of big build If Saturn- is lame. If Venus- is a woman ( Shatruswaroopam Ripugena Vachyam ..........)

What a magnificent victory for Sri Lanka. The last Test was drawn, with Alistair Cook scoring a hundred. Meanwhile, Down Under, Sachin hopes to win against Australia. It will be a great feat if India can do that. All batsmen, he says, are in good form. He is confident India can win, despite the formidable foursome ( Tait, Lee, Bracken & Johnson ) posing a big threat to India ! Mahela was declared Man of the Match. Definitely he deserved it, as he scored 213 not out. He is in tremendous form and hopes SL will move over to the third position in the ICC rankings.

These are the four pillars of Astrology Horary Aroodha, Ascendant, Moon & Chatra If the Houses Sixth, Eighth and Twelfth Are tenanted by benefics natural Or if angles and trine are occupied By malefics natural, suffering is high If from Aroodha, curse of the learned If from Ascendant, anger of the world From Moon, magic of the dark And from Chatra, anger of deities divine !

Incredible, but true. The great batting of England, with Pieterson and Vaughan etc bowled out for 81. Chaminda Vas was the main architect of the destruction, with four wickets( 4/28). The new bowler Welegedara claiming 2 wickets ( 2/17) and Malinga picking up the all important wicket of Pieterson. It was a very bouncy ball which Pieterson tried to fend off and was caught behind ! England, following on , are none for 2. At Melbourne, India are 110/3, in their match against Victoria. Openers Wasim Jaffer was out for nought, Laxman for one and Tendulkar for 19. Ganguly (51 no ) led the recovery with Dravid ( 33 no ). Ponting scored another hundred and won the series against NZ. Ponting was 134 no in the Aussie total of 282 and NZ were bowled out for 168, with Lee claiming 3 wickets and Tait 2 !

If the Query in Horary Astrology is about disease Find out in the Horary Chart where Ascendant ( Lagna ) or Base Ascendant ( Aroodha ) is and counted from Aries ( which is the head of the Zodiacal Man ), say where the disease is The First House represents the Head and the Twelfth House is the feet of the Cosmic Man. Aries His Head, Taurus His Face and Pisces His feet. If the Aroodha or Udaya ( find out which is more powerful) is say the 6th House, you can safely predict disorders of the digestive tract. ( Papa Shashta gatha tada Udara rujam ). If the Aroodha or Udaya is Virgo ! Kalapurushanga Rasau Yatra Aroododayo cha Samprashtu

Mahela in great form. 149 not out in a total of 384/6. Dishan scored 84 and Chaminda Vas was 46 not out. It seems SL is determined not to lose this match. Two days it has taken for them to compile 384/6 and a draw will be favourable to them. Meanwhile, the Indians seem to be confident of taking on the might of Aussie pace attack. Their contention is that during the series earlier Down Under, they had performed well. The bouncy Australian pitches are dangerous, from an Indian perspective. Both Kumble and Ganguly are confident of meeting the Aussie challenge.

Natural malefics or fiery planets like Mars, Saturn, Rahu, Ketu & Sun are good in 3,6,10,11 houses. ( Upachaya samstha Papah ). Natural benefics in 1,4,7,10,5,9,2,11 are good ( Soumya Kendra trikona dhana bhavagah ). Take for instance, the Nodes of the Moon, Rahu & Ketu. They are excellent in 3,6,10 & 11 houses. The late PM of India, Mrs Gandhi, had Rahu in the 6th and Ketu in the 12th, forming a Kubera Yoga. Rahu in the Sixth destroyed enemies and gave a regal life ( Shashta sthane satru vinasakaree .. ) . So did Ketu in the 12th ( Sada raja yogam naram sad vyayam tat ). Natural Benefics like Jupiter, Mercury & Venus are good in angles and trines. Angular Jupiter destroys a lakh or 100,000 afflictions ( Laksham Doshan Hanti Devendra Poojya ). Angular Venus destroys 50,000 afflictions, they say ( Kendram Prapya Daithya Mantree tad ardham ). Angular Mercury, devoid of bad associations destroys 25,000 afflictions ! ( Veeryopetha Somaputras thad ardham )

The Ascendant Lord He is the most important planet, as the Asc ( Ascendant ) rules fame and personality. If he be in a quadrant or a trine, he is well placed and the native will have good reputation and a pleasing personality. It is Sarvam Vilagnepi Chintayeth - everything is based on Lagna. So the most important point is the Ascending Degree, the Lagna Sphuta. If he be placed badly in the trika or evil 6,8,12 houses, the native will have health hazards. The Two Lagnas or Ascendants The Moon Sign or Lunar Ascendant is equally powerful as Lagna or Asc. It is Lagnam va chandra lagnam va. If the Lunar Asc is more powerful than the Asc, then you can predict from the Lunar Asc or Chandra Lagna. There are some who take the Solar Asc, that is the Sun Sign, but this is rarely used, the normal practice being taking from Lagna ( Asc ) or Chandra Lagna ( Lunar Asc )

Mahela hopes to win the Third Test against England and move to 3rd position in ICC Rankings. Now SL is placed 5th. At the moment SL is 132/2, with Mahela on 46. Sangakara got out at 46. Kumble feels that India can take on the Aussies fast bowling might of Tait, Lee, Johnson and Clarke. Ganguly feels that Australia and India are the best teams in the world. India will win, says Ganguly. In the last series Down Under, India did well, as the series was drawn. Now in this series, Aussies are going with four pacers and will lack in the spin department. No McGrath or Warne, this time. But India is pitted against the best fast bowling attack in the world. Tait, Lee, Stuart Clarke and Johnson can be formidable on Australian pitches. In the T20, WI proved that bowlers can dominate. Jerome Taylor shocked RSA by taking three early wickets, reducing the hosts to 5/3. RSA could only make 58/8 and WI scored 60 for the loss of five wickets !

Badhakadhipatya has been defined as Loss of comforts caused by the Badha causing planet. For Cardinal Signs, the Eleventh House is Badha For Fixed Cross, the Ninth House Seventh House for Mutable Quadrature ( For Cardinal Quadrature House Eleven For Fixed Cross the Ninth House For Mutable Quadrature House Seven Know this to be the Badha House ) To be a fully functional Badhaka know Other conditions should be fulfilled The lord of Badha should either be lord Of Kharesa or Sign of Saturn's son!

If the Longitude Total falls in constellations negative Not fully enjoyed will be the House Significations If - on the other hand - positivity is more than minus All the significations of the House will fully enjoyed Negative will be the house indications if Said Longitude falls in Signs & Stars negative! Samhara- Durithamsaka- Gandanda- Ushna- Visha Dhooma stars - Vishti - 6 & 8th lords Sign! Signs rising backwards -Adhomukha Signs-Riktha Downtide Signs -Karanas & functional malefics! Positive be the house indications O scholar if Said Longitude falls in Stars & Signs Positive! Pranamsa - Dehamsa - Srishti - Piyusha - Oordhwa Benefic aspects -benign- Uptide-Trines & angles !

V I B A L A Planets in the Sixfold Strength In the Sixfold Strength System, if a planet gets less Shashtiamsas than the minimum stipulated, such a planet is called Vibala, or Weak. Here we give the definitions. Knowest thou not that planets called Vibala Are planets weak in the Sixfold Strength? Cancellation Bhanga they cause of Raja Yoga And are harmful in their nature; Learned One! This program checks for weak planets; weak in Shad Bala Know that Weak Planets cause Raja Yoga Bhanga Exalted with other strengths is Sampoorna called; Devoid of other strengths is Poorna; of medium strength Below its average strength in Sixfold is Riktha; weak Use these terms for correct prognostication O Noble One!

Bhava means house & Bala means strength. Bhava bala is the potency or strength of the house or signification. We have already seen that there are 12 bhavas which comprehend all human events. Each bhava signifies or indicates certain events or functions. For instance the First Bhava indicates Thanu or body the appearance of the individual his complexion his stature etc. If it attains certain strength the native will enjoy the indications of the bhava fully otherwise he will not sufficiently enjoy them. The strength of the bhava is composed of three factors: 1. Bhavadhipathi Bala - Aggregate Shad Bala of the lord of the house 2. Bhava Digbala - Strength acquired by Bhavas falling in Signs. 3. Bhava Dristi Bala - Strength of Bhava aspected by planets. In the table produced below Bhava Digbala is indicated by DIG and Bhavadhipathi Bala by OWN. The rest is Bhava Dristi Bala. VJU means the Visesha Drishti of Jupiter VMA the Visesha Drishti of Mars & VSA the V

A planet with more Ishta Phala is inclined to do good & be a benefic during its Dasa and Bhukti periods while a planet with more Kashta Phala is inclined to be adverse during its Dasa Bhukti periods. Hence during prognostication the Ishta & Kashta points of planets are taken into consideration. When the Kashta predominates over the Ishta a bad period is indicated.Miseries and suffering will be the result. On the other hand if Ishta points are more beneficial results can be indicated. If the strength of a Dasa lord predominates over that of the Bhukti lord then the results to be obtained during the Bhukti in question will be that indicated by the Dasa lord who if he has more Ishta Phala will produce more of beneficial effects. The results of Dasas and Bhuktis have to be judged very carefully by a judicious estimate of planetary strengths.

We are giving the definition of Dhana Lagna in poetic form. In assessing a person's wealth, the Wealth Ascendant is considered. If the Wealth Asc lord is powerful, it signifies wealth. If you can enhance the W A lord, you can overcome all obstacles and hindrances that block the accumulation of wealth ! Wealth Factors governing Horoscopy The lords of Two Five Nine Eleven Rule wealth; Six Eight Twelve lords Cause ruin & misery; they generate Fear of enemies during their reign! The Rays of the Ninth Lords from Asc & Luna Add these two to get the Total Ray Strength Take remainder from Twelve; Sign from Moon That Sign is Dhana Lagna or Wealth Asc called ! Of wealth beyond the dreams of Avarice know Wealthy the native becomes based on strength Of Dhana Lagna; if it be powerful and benign Result is positive; else predict Negativity! If Wealth Ascendant is tenanted by benefics Millionaire the native becomes; or if a malefic Choose to occupy Ascendant Wealth a lakhier; Again a mill

In Indian Astrology each planet has a satellite of its own.For instance Phobos and Deimos of Mars are called as Dhooma & Mrityu in Indian science. The longitudes of satellites of VenusMoon Mars Rahu & Ketu are calculated based on the sidereal longitude of the Sun. PLANET SATELLITE METHOD OF COMPUTATION Mars Dhooma Sun's longitude + 133 deg 20 mins Rahu Vyatipata 360- Dhooma's longitude Moon Parivesh 180 + Vyatipata's longitude Venus Indrachapa 360 - Parivesh's longitude Ketu Upaketu Indrachapa + 16 deg 40 mins A different method of calculation is adopted for the satellitesof Sun Jupiter Saturn Mercury & Mars. Days and nights are divi-ded into 8 divisions. The first division is ruled by the lord of the day & other divi-sions are given to the other lords in sequential order. Duringnight the first lord is the fifth lord from the lord of the day. In order to measure the longitudes of satellites two differentmethods have been adopted.In the first method the b

SHAD BALAS OR SIXFOLD SOURCE OF PLANETARY STRENGTH Shad bala means the sixfold source of planetary strength. Thereare six kinds of potency in the Parasari System. They are : 1. Sthana Bala - Positional Strength 2. Dig Bala - Directional Strength 3. Kala Bala - Temporal Strength 4. Chesta Bala - Motional Strength 5. Naisargika Bala - Intrinsic Strength 6. Drik Bala - Aspectual Strength Application of Shad Balas When we say a planet is strong or a House or Bhava is strong, how can it be measured ? The strength and weakness of planets and Bhavas are computed using Shad Balas. So the importance osf the Shad Bala system in the wisdom of the heavens cannot be overemphasised. In deciding Dasa effects, the first period is attributed to the most powerful Force - the Asc, Sun or Moon. How do we know who is more powerful. By the Shad Bala method ! Shad Balas are measured in shastiamsas or units of 60. 60 shastiamsas make a Rupa.

According to Indian Astrology inevitable effects are to be judged from dasa as per the dictum " Dasa prabhedena Vichinthayeth Dridam". Astrology is based on the Universal Law of Cause and Effect called by the philosophers as the Law of Karma. Planets have got dualistic role and always the negative aspect of the ruling planet must be taken into consideration and divine remedial measures must be resorted to overcome the minus points of the dasa ruler. Dasa is translated as the period of directional influence of the ruling planet. Philosophically dasa represents the prarabda karma of the native and the inevitable effects he has to undergo during the planet's reign. In the periods & subperiods of malefics Transfer ruin economic crises galore misery Destruction of

Ashtakavarga is defined as a collective factor, which sets going as a result of the progression of the Seven Revolving Heavens. A planet throws out favourable beams of influence on certain places, favourable from the planet's position and from other planet's positions. Such favourable beams contributed by the seven revolving heavens acts as a catalytic agent agumenting both directional and transit influences. It can be defined as vitality assessment of a horoscope. A planet is said to become highly benefic if he secures in his own Ashtakavarga more than 5 bindus. A planet having less than 4 bindus will affect the bhava it is in adversely. Similarly in total or Sarvashtavarga if a sign attains more than 30 bindus it becomes highly benefic and any sign getting less than 25 bindus becomes malefic.

At last I find a meaning to my soul's birth Into this Universe terrible and sweet I, who have felt the hungry heart of the earth, Aspiring beyond Heaven to Krishna's feet ! At last the music draws Life shudders with a strange felicity All nature is a wide, enamoured pause Hoping for her lord to touch, to clasp, to be ! wrote the Master. Nature, the manifest Divinity or Saguna Brahman, hoping for her lord, the Absolute Self as Love Immortal, to touch Her ! The Seer-Poets who composed the Vedas, indulged in mystic symbolism. Karshana iti krishnaha - that which attracts is Krishna. The greatest attraction to them was the Absolute Self and the highest abstraction of Universal Love was symbolised as Krishna. Radha, was the personification of the absolute love for the Divine. Both Krishna and Radha represent the male and female components of the Ultimate, Purusha and Prakriti

"I want to be a good Test bastman" says Yuvraj. He had played only 20 Tests, mainly due few vacancies in the star studded Indian batting line up. Now he is practising hard to counter the bouncy tracks Down Under. He is all priase for Kumble, India's captain. He also praised the Three Musketeers and Laxman. Yuvraj is part of the Splendid Sixsome, with the Three Musketeers ( Sachin, Ganguly, Dravid) and Laxman and Sehwag. Indian left arm seamers can take wickets on the bouncy tracks. During last tour of Australia, both Zaheer and Agarkar performed well. Even though the resurgent Indian team is up against heavy odds, against formidable Australia in Australia, the likes of Yuvraj do not falter. They are ready for cricket battle, come what may !

Ponting showed why he is reckoned as No 1 in ODIs and Tests, with a superb 107 not out against NZ. Aussies won by 7 wickets. Gilchrist hits 2 sixes in his 51 and Ponting with Clarke and Symonds sealed the fate of the match. Aussie bowling was ferocious, with Lee & Tait ! The Aussie commentators were talking about the upcoming series against India. They said India is a very experienced side, with one of the best batting line ups in the world. Jaffer is in tremendous form. The Indian left arm seamers performed well in England and they are expecting a great series, which starts from Dec 20. In our last post, we talked about the Awesome Fivesome. It is actually the Splendid Sixsome, Yuvraj included. On paper, it looks like the best batting line up in the world, considering that Sachin alone has scored more than 27000 runs in ODIs and Tests. Ganguly has scored more than 11000 runs and taken more than 100 wickets in ODIs. Sehwag had scored a triple century and Laxman 's highest is

SL is in terrific form, with two players, Murali and Sangakara, in the top positions in ICC Rankings. Mahela Jayawardene scored 195, Vandort 138, and SL declared at 548/9. England replied with 250/3. Cook, Vaughan and Bell scored fifties. Pieterson is back in form with 45 not out. Prasanna Jayawardene, the wicket keeper, impressed with 79. Dilhara gave him support with 36 not out. Meanwhile, the Indians are ready to go Down Under and play the World Champions. Aussies lead in Tests and ODIs. One has to admit that they have the best fast bowling attack in the world, with Lee, Tait, Bracken & Johnson ! Let us see how the Awesome Fivesome- Sehwag, Laxman, Ganguly, Sachin & Dravid, with thousands of runs to their credit, fare against the formidable pace bowling of Australia !

Pak was stunned when they lost 7 wickets on the fifth day to the Indian spinners, Kumble & Yuvraj. Bad light came to their rescue ultimately and the Test was drawn, giving India the series, after 27 years ! Saurav Ganguly gets the Man of the Series award ! Younis Khan praised the Indians. He was also happy that he got an excellent player in Misbah, who scored two consecutive centuries. India's Test squad for Australia has been announced. They are Anil Kumble (capt), Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, RP Singh, Irfan Pathan, Ishant Sharma, Pankaj Singh, Wassim Jaffer, Dinesh Karthik, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Sachin, Sourav Ganguly, Yuvraj Singh, Dhoni ( wk ) and Lakshman . Rajasthan pacer Pankaj Singh comes into the squad in lieu of Munaf. Sreeshanth is injured. Dinesh Karthik retained his place as reserved wicketkeeper due to his 52 in the second innings. Ishant Sharma is retained because of his 5 wickets. The five pacers are Zaheer Khan, Pathan, Ishant Sharma, RP Singh &

The hidden foe lodged in the human breast Man must overcome or miss his higher Fate This is the inner war without escape. wrote the Master Many of us consider our dark side to be forbidden. We refuse to acknowledge its existence. The ancient Vedic Seers called our Negative Aspect as the dark form of Diti. This is ever at crossroads with our Positive Aspect, symbolised by the bright form of Aditi. The sons of Diti in Vedic Mythology became Daityas or Asuras and Aditi's sons became Adithyas. Have you ever looked at the Moon ? You see the bright side. Even when the Moon is full and brightens up the sky with its luminence, there is a dark side to the Moon. There is a dark side in us too, the dark form of Diti. We all experience Pride, sloth, jealousy, bitterness, envy, fears of the future, fear of failure, fear of success, fear of the Unknown. Dishonesty, anger, intolerance, disgust, hatred ... all these emotions we hide. Our Positive Aspect which longs for Eternal Life is ever at

Yet till evil is slain in its own home And Light invades the world's inconscient base And perished is the Adversary Force He must still labor on, his work half done wrote the Master. The inner war within the human bosom was known to the Seers and they depicted in such epics like Iliad and the Odyssey, Ramayana and the Mahabharata. The Lust within man is the Duryodhana The Anger within man is the Dussasana The Five Positive Elements represent the Pancha Pandavas. Truth, Dharma, Peace, Love and the Discriminative Intellect are the Five Positive Elements. The Discriminative Intellect is that which distinguishes the Real from the Non-Real, Being from Non_Being and is the Arjuna fighting with the background of Eternity, with the Self as the metaphysical ground. In Man, the negative and positive elements are in conflict and the Seer-Poets wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, just to depict this great battle within the human bosom. Unless the aspirant removes

Misbah impressed again with this brilliant 133 not out. The day belonged to the debutant Ishant Sharma who took 5 wickets for India. Kamran and Yasir contributed to Pak's 537. The Test seems to be heading for a draw with Indian on a 131/2, with Ganguly on 63 and " the Wall " on 35. Mahela Jayawardene scored a brilliant 167 not out in SL's score of 379/4. Vandort scored a brilliant 138 and Chamara 49. In the T20 match, Aussies formidable fast bowling wrecked NZ's chances. Tait, Brett Lee , Bracken and Mitchell tore the heart out of the NZ batting. Seymond's 85 not out made Aussies score a respectable 186. Lee and Co ran through the NZ batting, despite some big hitting by the big man, Jacob Oram. Oram hits 6 sixes and 5 fours in a blistering 66 not out. NZ all out for 132

Pakistan saved the day with 369/5. Younis Khan played well for his 80 and Misbah for his 54 not out. Ishant Sharma impressed in his spell in which he took the wicket of Faisal Iqbal. All five Indian bowlers took a wicket each. Now the match seems to be heading for a draw. There is no glory for Pak, as India leads 1-0 in the series. In the other match in SL, Sangakara, who is ranked No 1 in ICC rankings, got out cheaply. A huge wicket for England ! But Vandort scored his half century to redeem SL. SL at stumps are 105/2. England had earlier cruised to 351, thanks to Cook scoring 81 along witn Vaughan's brilliant & stylish 87. Prior excelled with the bat scoring 79. Paul Collingwood scored 52 and England reached a respectable 351. Still I feel England has the edge, as they had taken Sangakara !

Mars and Sun are considered to be natural malefics in Indian Astrology. On Dec 18/19, Mars opposes the Sun in the heavens. The path of Mars is elliptical and not circular and the distance will be 54.8 million miles from the Earth. Mars at perihelion is 35 million miles and 63 million miles at Aphelion. On that day, Sun, Mars and the Earth will lie in a straight line. This astronomical phenemenon, we all know, and what are its repercussions in Mundane Astrology ? Such an opposition is malefic, according to the classical texts. But Jupiter is in Sagittarius, opposing Mars and his benefic aspect falls on Mars in Gemini. This tempers the evil effects of the Sun-Mars opposition Mars in Gemini aspects the 4th house ( Virgo ) as well as the 8th ( Capricorn ). His seventh aspect falls on Sagittarius. India, US, Pakistan Brazil, Syria, Albania, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, France, Hungary, Italy - all these are countries ruled by the abovementioned signs. So it is only natural that these countrie

Each Zodiacal Sign of 30 is divided by 8 and we get 3 degrees and 45 minutes. This 3 degrees 45 minutes of arc is known as a Kakshya. Each Kakshya of 3 degrees and 45 minutes or 1/8 th of a Sign has different rulers. Sequentially, they are Saturn, Jupiter, Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon and the Lagna. In its transit of a Zodiacal Sign, each planet has to pass through each Kakshya in the above order. Now Jupiter is transiting Sagittarius and now is in the First Kakshya, ruled by Saturn.

Ganguly scored his highest Test score. 239 . Irfan Pathan scores his maiden Test hundred ! India out for an unbelievable 626, a score which never looked possible when they were 61/4 !. Aravinda called Yuvraj " The Brian Lara of India ". What a great title ! Let us hope he will keep up that title, to model that great batsman. "There is healthy competition now in the Indian side " said Dhoni. How right he is. Now to play in the Indian XI has become difficult, with so many good players competing and all are making use of the opportunities given. Hats off to Chappell. Now we have 33 players on BCCI payroll and there is healthy competition in between them. Now Pak is on the back foot. They have to win this Test in order to draw the series. Vaughan out for 87 and England finished with 251/5. Vaas gets Pieterson out cheap. Another absorbing match in the offing.

What a great comeback for Yuvraj ! The master of ODIs is back in Tests ! His 169 was priceless, remembering that he walked in at 61/4. He left at 361, a triple century partnership with the great Ganguly. India finishing with 365/5, the highest one day score at Bangalore ! The selectors were foolish to drop him. Dravid should have opened the innings in the first two Tests, with Yuvraj in. Dravid was functioning like an opener, with Karthik being a failure. Now they have a big headache on their hands. Now, with Yuvraj's priceless innings with Ganguly's, Pak is in for troubled times. Their only chance is to limit India, score a mammoth score and then skittle out India again ! At the moment, such a possibility looks remote, but one can never tell in cricket !

- By: Ella Wilson, 2007-12-06 Through out the world there are n number of sports that are played. However, the one game that has a huge fan following and people literally go crazy, is the game of cricket. Whenever a match is played, it has been seen that people actually forget their daily work and go ahead to make preparations to watch that match. In fact, the game is so much fancied upon that people go to any extent to watch a match. However, this thing is not always possible and therefore, the introduction of cricket score has proved to be a big advantage for cricket fans. Through this, these people can actually keep a track of the happenings of a particular match and even if they have to miss a match, they can keep a track on the on field and off field action with the help of cricket score. Whether it is a world cup match or a T20 match or any one-day match, knowing the score of the match is something that every fan wants to know. In fact, apart from the score these fans also have t

Sagittarius - Despite Jove's ownership of this sign, he can create obstacles and hindrances. If Jupiter is well posited in your horoscope, success will come easily. If not, there will be delay and procrastination. Progress becomes slow and marital life will be strained. Capricorn - Unnecessary expenditure marks this phase. Unnecessary journeys and wanderings. Quarrels with neighbours and false allegations have to be faced. Fear of accidents. Aquarius - As the 11th lord in the 11th, Jove will increase prosperity. Pilgrimages give satisfaction. There will be some satisfaction in marital life. Relief from the health problems of spouse. Students should take their studies seriously. Pisces - There will be professional enhancement. Gain and success will be yours. Mental peace affected by parents' health problems. You will get relief from health hazards.

Virgo - For Virgoians, this is not at all a favourable period. Hindrances and impediments on the path of progress. Adverse period for real estate agents. The professional sphere is characterised by mental tension. This period may adversely affect the health of the father. Those with a strong Jove in the Natal chart may get legacy. Libra - The health of the spouse may affect mental peace. Unnecessary journeys and wanderings. You may have to face calumny. Quarrels with neighbours foreseen. Loss of prestige and status. Scorpio - For Scorpians, this time is very favourable as Jove is in the Second ( Vitha Samriddhi ). There will gains of a high order and increase in income. Good returns from previous investment cannot be ruled out.

Gemini - The unmarried will get partner during this phase. Increase in income & success possible. Health is affected adversely by minor problems. There may be fear from minor accidents and short journeys. Cancer- Health probems manifest for Cancerians. Also quarrels with near and dear ones. Those above the age of 50 should exercise maximum vigilance. Success in competition, as well as over rivals. Those who are unemployed may get jobs. Leo - You will get relief from health problems. Pilgrimages and travelling to places considered sacred. Properity and general success. Children will give satisfaction, as they will do well in their studies. Lovers may tie their knots and the unmarried will get their partners. Rivalry in profession may come to an end.

Genetics is the science of Heredity. In Astrology, we observe that the laws of Genetics do operate. We find that the horoscopes of children have some traits of their parent's horscopes ! I was astonished to see that in the horoscope of my son, Jupiter is angular. So it is in my daughter's horoscope. In mine, he is in Cancer, in the Ascendant and angular. Angular Jupiter is considered to foster spirituality. So we find that two great sciences, Astrology and Genetics combine to form Astro-Genetics !

What a win for SL! They were down in the dumps at 50 odd for 5 and then resuscitated with a superb innings by Sangakara. England took the lead with (Ian Bell scoring 83) and then they scored a massive 440 odd with Sangakara top scoring with 152 ! And then they skittled out England for 261 ( Ian Bell 74). The last 3 wickets were sensational. Murali bowled Prior and Sidebottom was lbw. Malinga clean bowled Hoggard and the game was over ! Truly it has been defined as a game of glorious uncertainties !

Centuries by Sangakara and Younis Khan redeemed their countries. England now needs 341 to win. Pak drew the Calcutta Test, mainly due to the heroics of Khan. Sangakara is in tremendous form and ranks now as No 3. His form with the bat is amazing. No doubt, along with Gilchrist and Dhoni, he is one of the best wicket keeeper batsmen in the world. Following his 92, his 152 is simply breathtaking. If he continues in this fashion, more records will tumble. Pak batting asserted itself and they scored 214/4. Younis Khan continues in good form. No all eyes are on the final Test. Pressure still on Pak, as India leads 1-0

With his 161 not out, Misbah played a stellar innings to rescue Pak. Harbhajan took 5 wickets and the match looks like heading for a draw, unless the Indian spinners devastate. Time is not enough for that, one feels. India is ahead with 301 runs and will declare today, but one feels that time is not enough to get 10 Pak wickets. Anyway one cannot tell about this game of glorious uncertainties. In SL, Vandort and Jayasuria pulled SL from ignominy. Jayasuria, after a grand knock, announced his retirement from Test cricket. Jaffer impressed again. D Karthik couldnt build an innings. We expect Yuvraj to come in for next Test. Why cant Dravid open ?

Tests Rank Player Team Rating 1 J.H. Kallis SA 550 2 A. Flintoff ENG 361 3 S.M. Pollock SA 328 4 D.L. Vettori NZ 315 5 W.P.U.J.C. Vaas SL 255 6 C.H. Gayle WI 237 7 I.K. Pathan IND 229 8 B. Lee AUS 227 9 A. Kumble IND 210 10 D.J.J. Bravo WI 202 ODIs Rank Player Team Rating 1 S.M. Pollock SA 474 2 C.H. Gayle WI 365 3 S.T. Jayasuriya SL 363 4 A. Flintoff ENG 353 5 J.H. Kallis RSA 345 6 S.B. Styris NZ 317 7 J.D.P. Oram NZ 308 8 Shahid Afridi PAK 303 9 A. Symonds AUS 298 10 Shoaib Malik PAK 289

1 S.M. Pollock SA 855 2 S.E.Bond NZ 790 3 N.W. Bracken AUS 757 4 W.P.U.J.C. Vaas SL 717 5 M. Muralidaran SL 712 6 D.L. Vettori NZ 697 7 M. Ntini RSA 691 8 G.B. Hogg AUS 674 9 B. Lee AUS 670 10 M.F. Maharoof SL 664 Source : www.stickiewicket.com

LG ICC TEST BOWLERS RANKING Rank Player Team Rating 1 M. Muralidaran SL 904 2 M. Ntini SA 808 3 DW Steyn SA 775 4 S.R. Clark AUS 769 5 B. Lee AUS 726 6 S.E. Bond NZ 724 7 A. Kumble IND 702 8 S.M. Pollock RSA 701 9 M.J. Hoggard ENG 700 10 Shoaib Akhtar PAK 684 Source : www.stickiewicket.com

LG ICC ODI BATSMAN RANKING Rank Player Team Rating 1 R.T. Ponting AUS 788 2 A. Symonds AUS 765 3 M.L. Hayden AUS 755 4 G.C. Smith RSA 749 5 K.P. Pietersen ENG 748 6 Mohammad Yousuf PAK 742 7 M.E.K. Hussey AUS 740 8 S.R. Tendulkar IND 736 9 R.R. Sarwan WI 724 10 C.H. Gayle WI 720 Source : www.stickiewicket.com

LG ICC TEST BATSMAN RANKING Rank Player Team Rating 1 R.T. Ponting AUS 936 2 J.H.Kallis RSA 935 3 K.C. Sangakkara SL 919 4 Mohammad Yousuf PAK 908 5 M.E.K. Hussey AUS 874 6 K.P. Pietersen ENG 872 7 Younis Khan PAK 828 8 M.L. Hayden AUS 803 9 S. Chanderpaul WI 762 10 M.J. Clarke AUS 751 Source : www.stickiewicket.com

Wi beat ZIM comprehensively. So did RSA against NZ. In Calcutta, centuries by Misbah and Akmal brought some semblance of sanity into Pak batting. Pak may avoid the follow-n, as they need 50 odd runs to do so. Magnificent century by Gibbs made it easy for RSA. Gibbs in full cry is a treat to watch. He surely is one of the best attacking batsmen in the world today. If Pak avoids the follow-on, most probably the Test will be drawn. Everything depends on Misbah. The Indian bowlers could not do much on tha easy paced track.

O mortal, bear this great world’s law of pain, In thy hard passage through a suffering world Lean for thy soul’s support on Heaven’s strength, Turn towards high Truth, aspire to love and peace. A little bliss is lent thee from above, A touch divine upon thy human days: Make of thy daily way a pilgrimage, For through small joys and griefs thou mov’st towards God. Haste not towards Godhead on a dangerous road, Open not thy doorways to a nameless Power, Climb not to Godhead by the Titan’s road. Against the Law he pits his single will, Across its way he throws his pride of might. Heavenward he clambers on a stair of storms Aspiring to live near the deathless Sun. He strives with a giant strength to wrest by force From life and Nature the immortals’ right; He takes by storm the world and fate and heaven. He comes not to the high world-maker’s seat, He waits not for the outstretched hand of God To raise him out of his mortality. All he would make his own, leave nothing free, Stretching his s

by RY Deshpande on Sun 18 Nov 2007 09:01 PM PST In the Book of Fate with which we are presently concerned, there is almost at its beginning a description of the evolutionary destiny of this creation. Narad is on his way from his home in Paradise and during the course of his journey to earth he sings five great sings, as to how things began, and about the cherished expectations of the divine glory and marvel taking birth here. We have already seen this theme in some details earlier, but let us have the complete passage for comparison with other passages connected with the concept of evolution that appears with different suggestions in different places in Savitri: (pp. 416-17) He beheld the cosmic Being at his task, His eyes measured the spaces, gauged the depths, His inner gaze the movements of the soul, He saw the eternal labour of the Gods, And looked upon the life of beasts and men. A change now fell upon the singer's mood, A rapture and a pathos moved his voice; He sang no more