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ASTROLOGY IN FORECASTINGWEATHBR AND EARTHQUAKES

Dn, B.V. Raman

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CONTENTS

ForewordPreface

Astrology in Weatber Prediction

Heavy Rainfall and Sunspot MaximaEflbct of Slow lMoving PlanersThe Sun's InfluenceWhcn Mcrcury Conjuncts SunMars and Dry WearherHow thc Winds are InflucnccdPlanctary Clues ro CyclonesPrediction of RainRainbows in Different SeasonsWcathcr Changcs and Vagarics

Astrology in Earthquakes Prediction

Role of Solar SpotsElevcn-Year Cycle ThcoryParasara on EanhquakcsSite cf &rrthquakeGround GlowsPlancts in TrikonasSatum-Mars in KendrasEclipsc Dcgree and.MarsNew Moon and Mutual KendrasJupiter-Satirn OppositionJupiter-Satum ConjunctionHistoric Fact

Appendix

FOREWORD

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I he only claim of this book is to prcscnt anensemble of ancient astrological data conceming thc mcth-ods of forecasting certain'natural disastcrs and thc nccd on.the part of thc scismologists and meteorologists to shcdtheir prcjudices and embark on an invcstigation of thc in-digenous mcthods bcing uscd for thousands of years withmuch succcss.

We are beginning to realise the futility of givingundue importance to so callcd methods of scicncc. Manydogmds imposed by western science should bc shakcn offespecially by the Indian scicntists. The book has bccnwritten for those who are bold enough to opcnly tlcclarcthe relevance of ancient Indian methods of earthquake andweather forecasting to merit the serious attention of today'smen of thinking.

I must record my appreciation of the intcrcst shownand the immense labour put forth by my daughtcr GayatriDevi Vasudev not only in collccting the relcvant cditorialswritten by me in the past issues of The Astrological Maga-zine but also for re-editing and prcsenting them in a bookform. ln fact the very idea of writing this book came from hcr.

Bangalore26-7-1992

B.V. RAMAN

PRE}'ACE

Puuing togcthcr my fathcr Dr. B. V. Raman's pionccringwork in forecasting earthquakcs through astrotogy has bccn aneye opening expericnce. Going through rhe editorials of TheAstrological Magazine, one camc across many brilliant prcdic-tions proved to vcracity with amazing but uagic precision. Thcscpredictions stand in strong conuast to the dismal forccasts ofscismologiss.

The Seismology Departmcnt maintained at a considcrablecost by the government has donc precious little to justify its exis-tence. On the othcr hand, thc government's supine ignorance tothe tremendous potential of astrology is indigestiblc, especiallysince these fore-wamings can save couniless lives and suffering.

The asuological methods are, by and large, fairly reliableand accurate. However, much work yet, remains to be done inlocating more precisely the site of the occurrence of an carth-quake. But where individual effort and resources are lhe onlymeans as has becn the case with my father. this stupcndous taskremains difficult.

Mr. S. K. Kelkar, a well-known astrologer of Pune, hasbeen working on this aspect of earthquakes and many of his fore-casts have been fulfilled.

I appeal to all right thinking persons, whether in positionsof authority in the government or in scicntific bodies, to bebroad-minded enough to sct aside their prejudiccs (which are buta hangover of the colonial days when a massive inferiority com-plex was insiduously injected ino the Indian psyche) to study theastrological clues Dr. Raman has collected as a result of decadesof study of the science of astrology and to integrate these cluesinto their own methods to pinpoint earthquake occurrences.

I am confident ftat my father's dedicated work in astro-seismology which he has pursued with a missionary zeal will

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come to fruition. That, some day some thinkers capable of fcclingfor humanity will apply it with success, assuaging thereby thisuffering an earrhquake invariably teaves behind in its trail.

Simple ground rules have been listcd in this book. Thesehave been culled from different editorials on earthquakes writtenby my father in the course of the last five decades. Anyone witha little knowledge of astrology and general science can use theserules to forecast earthquakes with considerabl'e success. This initself is a great achievement when trc sc<ire of the official seis-mologist is just .01 pcr cent or even less.

Astrology also provides much information on weather fore-casting, especially of rainfall. Hcavy, scanry and delayed rainscan all be indicated fairly accurately. Long-range forccasting ofweather has also been elaborately dealt with in classical workswhich has also been highlightcd in rhis book. Short-term forecasrsof a few hours, one day and even a week can be made accurately.The only person I have come across in India, with a bent of mindfor research in the fietd of forecasting weather on the basis ofastrology, as developed by ancient seers and in the light of amodern approach to thc subject, is Mr. K. N. Rao, I.A.A.S.(Retd.). In fact several of his forecasts on weather based on astro-logy have been fulfilled, while those of $e meteorologists haveflopped.

The informarion and guidelincs astrology provides inweather forecasting can be of great conscquence in planning allkinds of activity. I hope Lhose genuinely interested in unlockingthe secrets of Nature will seriously study the basic astrologicalinformation vis-a-vis earthquakes and weather provided in thesepages and employ it for rhe benefit of mankind for which thescience of astrology was founded by the great rishis of India.

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Section L

Astrology in Weather Prediction

Heavy Rainfall and Sunspot Maxima

Some yeam ago, on a Friday, tho weather experts wereexpecting thunder storms over the north-westem region oflndia. But hell broke loose in Delhi in the shape of a tor-nado - hailstones, the size of golf balls accompanied byviolent rain and strong cunents of wind lifting people andscooters into the air, dragging buses across the road anduprooting everything in sight, from trees to telegraph posts'rezulted in hundreds of men ard women ending up in theemergency wards of Delhi's major hospitals. The weather-men did not predict this.

Earlier in l977,life in large parts of coastal fudhrahadesh came to a standstill on 1l November. A cyclone oftremendous intensity hit the coast, killing over 20,000people and destroying property, crops and livesock wortttan estimated three billion rupees. The MeteorologicalDepartment had failed again.

The Meteorology Institute had previously forecast thepossibility of rain over lava at the time of the eclipse of llJune, 1983. But the skies were clear and I I lune passed

off without a drop of rain.There is a certain statutory obligation resting squarely

on the scientific community to make correct forecasts.Ironically, the Meteorological Department on which clol€sof rupees are being lavished to maintain an army of offi-cials simply issues bulletins not worth the paper on whichthey are wricen.

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Research studies conducted in the west indicate thatperiods of very heavy rainfall also coincide with sunspotmaxima. Floodings of the Nile in'Egypt also follow thesolar cycle, being greatest at sunspot maxima. All thingsconsidered it is reasonable to conclude that at such times(viz., gun5p,ot maxima) there is higher rainfall over theearth and therc are greater number of storms in the tropicalregions. Moreover, the general circulation of the atmos_phere is more violent which rnakes the temperature overtlrc globe slightty lower than the normal average. Meteoro_logical changes are also related to geo-magnetic stormswhich, in tum, depend on changes taking place in the Sun.In any case, there is enough eviderrce to establish that thereis a conelation between solar and terrestrial meteorologicalphenomena.

The cause of the sunspot cycle, which is still a mys_tery, appears to synchronise with the period of Jupiter,sorbit around the Sun. Just.as the Sun and the Moon raisetides in the oceans and the atmosphere of the earth andeven in the solid earth itself, so does the gravity of theplanets raise tides on the surface of the Sun.

2,000 years ago, the great Varahamihira dealt withthe question of sunspots and their effects on the earth,fairly exhaustively at a time when the western countriesperhaps did not know whether the Sun rose in the east orthe wesl In fact, he also said that the appearance of thesespots would bring thunderbolts, earthquakes and such un_usual phenomena boding calamity"

It has been noticed even by westem scientists thatevery 1l years or so there are great bursts of solar activity.During the maximum periods there is an acceleration of the

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'tarth's heartbeats" causing as we shall'see in Section 2 alarger number of earthquakes, a phenomenon which iN yetno scientist has been able to explain fully but which is anindisputable fact. It has also been found that sunspotscause the eruption of violent winds releasing charged cor-puscles which cause terrestrial magnetic storms.

It is no more a question of superstition or doubtfulassumption that there exists a connection between solaractivity and the climate and weather on earth. Even asearly as 1880, the French astronomer Camille Flammarianwrote in Popular Astronomy that "in our French climatescold rainy years and floods coincide with calm periods ofthe Sun when there are rp eruptions and spots whereas aridand sultry years coincide with periods of the most intensesolar activity."

It looks as though what Varahamihira said years agois echoed when tlrc Russian scientist A. V. Dyakov obser-ves "the number of the spots, their size, shape and locationon the Sun disc have to be carefully noted" for weatherforecasting; In fact Varahamihira says ttrat if there shouldappear in the Sun's disc spots in the form of a stick itportends the death of the sovereign; if it appears like aheadless body there will be outbreak of diseases; if theform is that of the Keelaka (or wedge) there will befamine.

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or cross the equator, we may well expect meteorologicalcataclysms on the earth.

Let us make it clear ttut weather can be forecast withconsiderable accurilcy only on the basis of obsewing pro-cesses Bking place on the Sun, which in their turn, arecorrelated to certain planetary juxtapositions.

Looking at the planetary positions on cyclonic dayswe come acrcss anotlrer interesting conespondence whichwhen used in conjunction with sunspot maxima and con-ventional weather forecasting rcchniques can be of trernen-dous value in predicting future cyclones.

A slmple forecast of the weather is very general inscope. It is a simple fact that you cannot forccast a flood inthe middle of a desert or a cold wave in the tropics becausethings like that do not happen within a lifetime but by allmeans one cannot rule out such a possibility. The forecastermust be familiar with climatology in all of its phases aswell as ttre geography of the land. This is very important

Effect of Slow Moving Planets

Research has shown that when the planet Jupiter is inperihelion there is a great Jrought and likewise when inaphelion there is more dampness and cold weather thanusual. Changes in the weather are associated with the Sun,the Moon and the planet"s under certain conditions ol'5nsi-tions, either when they act alone or in combination.

Strong positions or aspects of planets leave strongimpressions on the weather progressively all over theworld. The slower moving planets (especially Jupiter and

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Saturn) exeft a telling influence, because of their slowspeed and their great masses for a longer pedod of time.

The Sun's Inlluence

The Sun's contact with tlre planets has its own effecson weatlrcr conditions on earth_

With Mercury, the weathir is given to windy spellsalong coastal arcas and irrcreases the depth of high and lowprcssure systerns.

\lith Venus, the weather gives rise to increase in rainor snow.

With Mars, the weather becomes warmer and accord-ing o the season.

With Jupiter, the weattrcr becomes dry and sometimesas the season changes it will bring drougtu.

}t'ith Saturn, the pressure is stagnant over longperiods and colder than normal for the season.

With Rahu, the weattrcr is severe for tlre season andtherc are local storms during any month as well as theseason.

With Ketu, the weather is very changeable, withmany changes within a short space of time.

When Mercury and Venus pass the Sun, usually wetand windy weether occurs. The position of the Sun at timesof new Moon and season+hanges will give the obaerver aclue as to the type of weather likely during a spccificdperiod of time. The position of rlre Sun in the Nadir in anychart controls the weather over the area for a ccrtain longi-tude and latitude.

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\ilhen Mercury Conjuncts Sun

Mercury-conjunct-Sun is the most important aspectto be taken into account when forecasting weather becauseMercury itself is a rapid-moving planet and the positions ofthe conjunctions are very important.

It is generally found that when Mercury and the Sunare in conjunction during the winter a blizzard or a coldwave occurs.

When Mercury and the Sun are in superior conjunc-tion followed by Mercury's conjunction with or oppositionto Mars, and Rahu conjuncts Sun, a fast moving cold wavemay be brought about. Temperatures may fall rapidly.

Mercury and Satum in mutual aspect may keep thearea of rising temperatures limited. An aspect of Venus canbring moist warm air and a promise of moderate to heavyrain or even storms or tornadoes.

Important methods have been given by ancient writersfor forccasting flood.

They are:

- (a) times of pregnancy of clouds;; (b) entry of the Sun into the constellation of Aridra;

.. (c) the Sun's entry into CaPricom;" (d) Rohini, Swati and Ashadha Yogas; and

(c) mutual dispositions of planets and the transit ofplanets in different Nadis such as Vatanadi'Amr itanadi, Sooryanadi, Ialanadi, etc.

Using thcse methods the Hindu astrologcrs couldforetell years o[ scarcity and plenty, pestilence, earthquakes,floods. inundations etc.

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Mars and Dry Weather

Coming to the planet Mars, it raises lhe tcmperature,causing a dryness in the weather, especially when in Aries.If there is persistent drought and scarcity of water the cul-prit is again Man. Man .also causes pestilent and blastingwinds accompanied by droughts and lightning emitted fromthe sky. At sea, there is likelihood of ships wrecked by theturbulence of winds and strokes of lightning. Man in con-junction with Jupiter exerts a disturbing effect on theweather, and storms of rain and thunder occur during therainy season. Thunder, lightning and inundations are theoutcome of Satum-Mars influences.

How the lVinds are Influenced

Mercury generates acute, sharp and whipping winds;Venus generates sunny weather consistent with the season;Man gives rise to energetic watery winds and abnormallyhot summers, and Satum's action is frequcntly related tochronic cloudy skies and abnormal rainfall.

Lunatics, hysterical or nervous people, neurotics andepileptics are very much under the beams of the Moon andit is a well-known fact that institutions housing such indi-viduals have to be on guard during the Moon's changingphases and especially during the full Moon. A few yearsago the i--hief of the New York Fire Department prepared astatistical study of the incidence of firc break-outs. Hefound. conlirming astrological methods, that by far the

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grcatcst numbcr of such fircs were started at the time ofthe full Moon.

Planetary Clues to Cyclones

The fury of naturc bccomcs abundantly evidcnt in thegrim dcvastation caused annually by floods in India. TheSouth-Wcst Monsoon period, though usually wcicome,causes so much havoc that lakhs of people are rcndcredhomeless and crorcs of rupccs worth of propcrty dcstroyed.It is cstimated that thc loss of property in rhe State ofKamataka alone amounis to about rupces six crorcs.Damage to crops and propcrty is indeed considerable in thccoastal statcs of Kerala and Tamit Nadu. In the South, theCauvcry has always been bcncvolent, anrJ it nrust be beyondcomprehcnsion to the high lcvel Committce on floods, whythe Cauvery was so wrathful in 1961, that it bclicd thc fondhope of the Comminee expressed many yearc ago: "thcre wasno flood problem on this river." The ancient Chola rulenwere certainly more realistic in the interests of the people,when they devised the Grand Anicut, a flaod moderator,ahut a thousand years ago.

The immensity and horror of the tragcdy of floods inPoona in l96l were equally shocking. Heavy rainsbreached the Panshet and the Khadakvasla dams and theentire city was immersed in ivater. The devastation causedwas perhaps far wone than ttre official estimate.

In the 1961 Annual of The Astrological h{agazine, Iwrute nearly nine months in advance: '"The rarnfall will be

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heavy and the land will be simply inundated with water.During the rainy season, there will be excessive rainfallaccompanied by high winds and hailstorms, and severegales cause loss of life and property. It is also said thatmost ol'the rain will fall in the seas and mountains. Theratio of wind to rain will be three to four units respec-tively. The crops will be good but just before the time ofharvest, there will be rnuch destruction by pests. Most ofthe rivers in India will be in spate but the flooding of thewaters of Ganga, Cauvery urd Godavari witl cause lct ofhavoc affecting the safety of large masses of people andcattle."

I was able to anticipate on the basis of the ancientscience of Astrology, what Meteorology and its expertscould nol

lt is a matter of common occurrence that villageastrologen are right in a surprisingly high percentage oftheir weather predictions. Their rules are simple and dis-pense away with costly apparatus and laboratories. Obser-vation coupied with experience enabled the great sages ofIndia to delve deep into the subject of astro-mcteorologywhich was taken by them as a branch of Astrology becausethe heavenly bodies, the aspects, the conjunctions etc., areall commcn to both. Every rnember of the solar systemexens an important influence by gravitation upon everyother and the Sun in particular produces diumal, annuaiand omer variations in the inciination anh declination ofthe magnetic needle and effucts may possibly be producedupon the very mobile atmosphere of ttre earth too.

ln Erilnt Sctnhita, Varatrarnihira devotes eight chap-ters CI tlre science cf forccasting rrin His thesis is tliat as

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"food is ttre elixir of life and food depends upon rain, it isimportant to discover the laws of rain carefully". Mihira isso confident that he asserts that "the prediction of anastrologer who pays exclusive attention both day and night,to the indications of rain afforded by the conception ofclouds, will come true like the words of a sage."

Modem meteorologiss would do well to ponder overVarahamihira's challenge: "What science can possiblyexcel Astrology, which determines thc exact time of rainand by a thorough study of which one gets thc power ofpredicting the past, prescnt and the future evcn in this KaliYuga which destroys all good things?"

To determine the amount of rain one may expcctduring the rainy season, onc has to study the conditions ofthe atmosphere six months earlier. Long-range forccastwas a speciality with our ancient astro-meteorologists.According to Garga and othcr sages, the clouds bccomepregnant from the day the Moon reaches the constcllationof Poorvashadha in the bright half of the lunar monthMargasira (about 3rd November weck each year).

The ancient thcory that the Moon exercises regulatorycontrol over weather variations has now become an accep-ted fact of science, thanks to the research of some Austra-lian scientists. While the Moon's varying distance from theSun, i.€., lunar day or ilthi is a potent factor in weatherchanges, there is overwhelming evidence that the majorplanets have a powerful influence over atmospheric eventu-alities.

Research has revealed that about twice as many tropi-cal storms have whirled to hurricane intensity on the threedays centercd at new Moon and full Moon. Meteorologiss

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in the U.S.A. have found what they call an incidence ofcorrelation between years rich in rainfall and Jupiter'smovements.

A cyclone of tremendous intensity hit the AndhraPradesh coilst on 19 November, 1977 killing over 20,000people and destroying property, crops and livesock worthan estimated three billion rupees. It was not, howevertotally unexpected. Two days earlier a severc cyclone hadhit the neighbouiing state of Tamil Nadu and most knewthat ttrc storm was heading towards Andhra Pradesh. Buttwo days was not just enough time to prcpare to receivethe impact of the century's most devastating cyclone. TheMeteorological Departrnent had tailed again and in spite ofthe statement of the Government of Andhra Pradesh that"... the Meteorological Departrnent had given storm wam-ing and precautions had been taken" the people knew whowere to be blamed. The statement was a cruel joke and aninsult to the suffering people of the State.

Very few newspapers had the courage to point out theinadequate and unscientific anitude of the MeteorologicalDepartment of tndia. Some hoped that with the completionof project Monex and the installation of some more scan-ners, they would be able to sildy weather patterns better. Itis indeed a sad commentary on the apathy of the generalprblic that sores of rupees have been frittered away by theMeteorological Department with no questions asked and nodoubts raised. An example in point is the almost blindinstallation of scanners on the Andhra Pradesh coilst. Thedepartment prides itself on the fact that the s&mners canfollow a cyclonic path upto 400 kms. But with cyclonicspeeds being in excess of 100 kms. per hour this would

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give a four-hour waming - hardly time enough to prepareto face a cyclone.

The failure of meteorologists is mainly due to a lackof sufhcient scientific open-mindedness which preventsthcm from considering extra-terrestrial happenings asresponsible for weather changes on the earth.

Metcorological changes are also related to geo_mag-nctic stonns which, in tum, depcnrJ cn events taking placein thc Sun. It is worth noting that in 1957, ayear of excep-tional solar conditions, the United Statcs hail an extrcmeiylarge number of cygloncs.

Disturbances on Lhe Sun affect dilferent parts of theearth in diffcrcnt ways by producing changcs of tempcra-turc or prcs-surc, humidiiy, rainfall and evcn srorms.

Thc solar wind is a stream of electrically chargedparticlcs which blows along thc lincs of force of ftc Sun'smagnctic field. This is funncllcd inro the polar rcgions bythc carth's magnctic field. Once they.gct into the earth'suppcr atmosphcre small particlcs such as thcsc act as',isecds" on which crystals of icc are produced. There may!c othcr rvays in which solar activity and the solar windaffcct the wcathcr. Studics of variations in the solar wintlas mcasurcd from the Pioneer Spacecraft provide anoihercluc. Thc solar wind is morc 'gusty' around the time ofmaximum solar activity. Thcre is statistical proof that whenths Sun is morc activc, producing flarcs and spots, the so-lar wind contains more high-specd streams. And thesehigh-spced streams are very likely to affcct the wcather cnthe earth.

Anothcr piece of direct evidcncc linking sunspots andthe wcathcr comes from records of the occurrcnccs of

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storms and lightning in the tJnited Kingdom. Dr. M. F.Stringfellow of the U.K.'Electricity Council ResearchCenter has published graphs trig. l) which indicate thatthe umual lightning incidence (which is a measure of thenumber of lightning flashes occuning in a given area each

lear) closely follows the mean sunspot index.

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Just as the Sun and the Moon raise tides in theoceans, the aUnosphere of the earth and even in the solidearth, so does the gravity of the planets raise tides on thesurface of the Sun. And the height of the total tide depcndson the relative alignments of the planets.

The earth's magnetic field seems to be linked with theweather. Studies conducted by the U.S. Weather Bureaushow a steady increase in magnetic intensity in England,Sweden and Egypt as well as a steady decrease in tempera-$re. At the same time in Mexico, Canada and the U.S.A.the magnetic intensity is decreaging and the climate isgetting warmer. Sudden changes in magnetic intensity arefollowed by abrupt changes in weather. And again solaractivity has a lot to do with the earth's magnetic intensity.

A study of some of the most devastating cyclones onthe Andhra Pradesh coast (see Table I below) shows theyfollow sunspot maxima.

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The planetary positions on cyclonic days revealanother interesting conelation. This correlation when usedin conjunction with sunspot maxima and conventionalweather forecasting techniques can be of tremendous valuein predicting funrre cyclones.

For example on the day of the 1927 cyclone therewere loose conjunctions benveen Jupiter and Uranus andbetween Sanrm and Ketu. In 1936 we find a Jupiter-Ratruconjunction In 1949 there was a Satum-Ketu conjunctionin Virgo, the ruling sign of India. 1969 saw a Satum-Jupi-ter opposition and a Rahu-Uranus conjunction, the lattercombination aspecting the l2th from Virgo. The 1977cyclone synchronised with a Jupiter-Rahu squarc and Sat-um in the l2th (loss, death, etc.) from India's ruling sign.

It seems that cyclones on the Andhra Pradesh coastare likely to occur close to periods of sunspot maximawhen the planets Jupiter, Satum, Rahu (Ketu) and Uranusform even loose aspects of Kendra (square) and Samagama(conjunction) between themselves. fitese indications arestrengthened whenever either Virgo or the l2th from it areafflicted.

When a suspected periodicity cmps up in observa-tions but cannot be proved, the 6bvious thing is to find aphysical reason why such a period should exist. All thingspoint to the influence of the Sun on the earth and the influ-ence of relative planetary alignments on the Sun.

Kepler, the great astronomer, to whose laws, evenNewton was indebted for many of his discoveries, struckthe correct note when he assened that "a most unfailingexperience of the excitement of sub-lunary natures, by theconjunction and aspects of the planets, has instructed and

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compelled my unwilling belief." As Dr. pearce says: ..Ifthe meteorolcgists of the present day will but follow leadof Kepler in meteorology, as Newton did in astronomy,they wilt constitute meteorolol;y as a predictive science." Itis the ptanetary Yogas - geometrical positions - in rcs-pect of themselves, the signs and the constellations thatmake the weather. The late John O'Neill, Science Editor ofThe New York Herald Tribtne stated: ..The hypothesisgrven by the astlologen that forces are tftmsmitted to theearth without attenuation wittl increasing distance, and donot vary with respect to the difference in masses of theSun, Moon and planets on which they originate, was totaltyinconsistent with the old style Newtoniar, mechanics; buttoday is in complete accord with the much more recentEinstein photo-elecuic theory which demonstrates that theeffect oir a photon does not diminish with distance, andwhich has been univenally adopted by scientists to supplant the Newtonian mechanicsin that field.". Funher, "The hypothesis, put forward by the astro-logen, that differcnt effecu will be produced by differentconfigurations of the heavenly bodes, is entirely consistentwith the modem developments in the field of chemistry, inwhich the properties of substances ar€ stated in terms ofthe architectural configurations of the atoms within themolecules, and with ttre theodes of the atomic physiciststhat the properties of the atoms are associated with theorbital architecture of the electons."

It cannot be a lucky hit that scientist John Nelson hasstumblcd upon a "puzzling coincidence" between meteoro-logical facts and astrological assumptions. He found certainplanetary affangements - which in the astrological lan-

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planetary arrangements - whictr in the astrologicat lan-guage arc calied benefic aspects - arc apparcntly pacify-ing to the ionosphere. According to Nelson dre most severc

. ionospheric disturbances will come when ttre 'lcombined

influences of Mars, Venus and Mercury arc such ttrat allthe three are arrayed in positions where there will be agreat concentration of planetary influences near Jupiter-Saturn team," and these are correlated to magrrctic distur-bances on the earth. As Tice explains: '"The earth and itsatmosphere, though intensely charged with electricity, maybe perfecfly tranquil; unnil either it encounters an excitingcause in its own orbit, or until it is affected by similar

,occurrences in Mercury, Venus, Man and Jupiter" wheninstantly a spasmodic paroxysm occurs either by earth,quakes and volcanic erupions on tlte earth, by hurricanes,immense rainfalls and terrific electric explosions in theatmosphere, or by all combined, synchronous in tirne andoften coincident in place."

"Since magnetic disturbances are but electric dlstur-bances, and since sunspots are synchronous with suddenand violent electric curents in the earth, and electric cur-rents are synchronous with oscillations in atmosphcricpressure, with rain and wind storms, with hunicanes andwith earthquakes, therefore we know that the bond ofunion between all these phenomena is electricity. Theperiodicity of the phenomena is owing to the ebbs andflows of electricity; and the ebbs and flows of electricity ilnthe solar system ensue ftom the pecdiar rclations that sub-sist between the Sun and each planet at its equinoct;ral andsolstitial points."

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Prediction of Rain

Astrology can provide rcliable rain forecasts. Becauseof their training md apriari considerations, some scientists

lftave a tendency to disregard this fact of great importancethat Astrology can be more accunte than meteorology. Itmust be noted that in Astrology as in other fields of scien-tific study, the great temptation that exists is the urge !odeal with the problem by over-simplifying it. Thus forinstance, the western astrologer might stick to the proposi-tion that a certain aspect between two major planets mightcause storms. This inference is indeed an over-simplifica-tion and not consistent with the techniques employed inHindu Astrology. The comprehensive methods of weatherforecasting are to be found in ancient classics and theyshould be understood and applied through systematicinvestigation and research for excellent results.

Science is beginning to indirectly endorse astrologicaltheories. For instance, in 1962 Glen W. Brier of theMassachusetts Institute of Technology announced thediscovery of a remarkable conelation between the phasesof the Moon and rainfall in U.S.A. Similar results werearrived at independently by E. E. Adderley of the Radio-physics Division of the CSIRO in Australia. When pre-cipitation data were found in terms of the Moon's phases,it was found that heavy rain occurred most frequentlyabout four days after full Moon and reached a secondarypeak about four days after new Moon In other words thegreatest amount of rain fell when the Moon was either 45or 225 degrees from the Sun. These findings were based onthe study of data taken from the U.S. Weather Bureau

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precipitation statisfics covering tlrc period 1900-1949 arddates of maximum rainfall for each calendar month.

TVhen Rain Increases

It should be within the keen observation of a shrdentof Astrology that rain tends to increase when the Moon isat one of its nodes irrcspective of its phase. Whether themechanism involved is gravitational or electrical we do notknow. But there is no doubt that a clear conelation penistsbetween the movements+f the Moon and variations inquantities of rainfall.

The positions of planes in the north of the celestial€quator have a definite influence on the movement of thepressurc systems for periods of whole se,jions.

When a planet enters Cancer it will influence theweather more in tbe rnrtlrcm hemisphere while the south-ern hemisphere is more influenced when the sign is Capri-oom.

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When the Sun and the Moon are in neutral asterismsthere will be winds; when they are in feminine asterismsthere will be lightning and phosphorescence; and when theSun occupies a femisine asterism, and the Moon a mascu-line asterism, or vice-versa therc will be rains.

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Heavy Rains and When They Occur

At the time of the Sun's ingress into Gemini, ifVenus occupies the 2nd or l2th from the rising sign andwhen at the same time, the Moon occupies a wateryNavamsa in any sign, there will be copious rains during theyear in question (Aries to Pisces is a year).

When the Sun, the Moon, Mars, Saturn and Rahucross the watery signs in transit and Mercury-and Venusconjoin a Sthoola Rasi, there will be very heavy rains.

When the Sun, Mercury and Venus occupy the samesign and the same Navamsa, there will be heavy rains. Butif these planets occupy the same Rasi (sign) and Navamsaand they happen to be watery signs, the rains will be allthe more heavy.

When the Sun occupies an earthy sign and the Moon'Mercury and Venus occupy watery signs, and at that timeif a rainbow is seen in the westem side, then also therewill be rains in Plentiful.

Rainbows in Different Seasons

ln Varsha rlrn (July-Auglst) a rainbow in the eastemside does not give rain.

In the other rirns (seasons) a rainbow in the east will

bring in rains.A rainbow in the west during tlre, Varslu rirr brings

in a downpour.

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The Mock Sun and its Effects

When the mock Sun is visible to the north of theSun's disc, there will be rain; to the south there will be atempest; and on both sides, a flmd will come in. To thetop of the Sun's disc means some danger to the king, andbelow will mean some calamities o trc people.

Rain at New Moon Heralds Goods Rains

When it rains on the new Moon days and the dayszucceeding them (Prathipada days) there will be good rain-fall during that bright half of the lunar month.

If it rains on full Moon days and the dark Pnthipada(lst lunar da$ there will be no rains in the dark half.

In both Palcshas (half-lunar months) wtren it rainsduring the first 15 ghatikas (6 hours) in Dwiteeya (2ndlunar day) and the last 15 ghatikas in Prathipada (lst lunarday) there will be copious rains during those Pakshas(fortnights).

When it rains only a little on these days rains will bescar@ during those Palsias (fonnights).

If it does not rain ttpn, there will be no rain duringtlnt Pabha (fortnieh$.

Direction of Winds and Rainfall

When the winds blow from the north-east in the

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evening (sandhya) of the ftrll Moon day of Ashadha (July-August) there will be downpour and consequent luxuriantvegetable life during the ensuing year.

Lunar Days and Rainfall

When it rains on the 4th lunar day of the dark half ofAshadha (July-August) on the day ruled by Poorvabhadrain the same month, there will be luxuriant vegetationduring the year ahead.

When the 5th lunar day of the bright half of the lunarmonth falls on a Sunday (in Ashadha) there will be a titrlerain.

Weekdays and Rains

If such a day is on a Monday there will be a downpour.If it is a Tuesday rains will be fierce. If Wednesday it

would bring in a storm.If a Thursday, general prosperity.If a Friday - rain and loss; andIf a Saturday, ttrere will misery everywhere.

Terrible Rains

If the constellation of Rohini coincides with the 10th

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lunar day (in the month of Ashdha) therc will be exces-sive rains.

The information below is useful in giving long rangeforecasts which appear to have been a speciality with ourancient meteorologists.

The Sun occupies two-and-one-fourth Nakshatrasevery month beginning fmm Aswini, making up 12 monthsfrom Aries. It occupies Poorvashadha in the month ofSagittarius and stays ttrcre for 13 days and 8 hours (13degrees and 20 minutes).

If during the lst day, all the sky including the Sun isfound o be completely covered by dark clouds, there willbe rain during ttrc month of Gemini when the Sun occupiesAridra.

If during the 2nd day all the heavens are found to bedark by clouds, there will be rain during the lauer part ofGemini and the first part of Cancer when the Sun willoccupy the asterism of hrnarvasu.

On the 3rd day, 4th, day, 5th day and 6th day and soon till the l4th day, if the same conditions prevail, therewill be rains during the pucceeding months when the Sunwill be in Pushyami, Aslesha. Makha, Pubba, till Moola inregular succession.

lf the heavens :tr€ clear, then there will be no rain.

Miscellpneous Factors and Rain

Rains can be expected in the following periods also:(a) When the combustion periods of the various

planets begin and end.

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, (c) On full Moon ard new lVloon days.(d) When the Sun transits Cancer and Capricom.(e) When the Sun entem the Aridra asterism.

When Mercury conjoins lupiter or Venus or whenIupiter joins Venus there will be rain. '

When Man and Satum join planets, then danger fromfirc, lightning and storms can be expected.

The First Rains and Clouds

We are also enabled to determine the very day of the(rccurrence of rain from a knowledge of the nature of theclouds during the day. When clouds surrounded by a radi-ance resembling that of the Moon, with a blue black spotin the centre, and pouring layers of water pass from westto east or east to west, we can predict that there will bevery heavy rainfall before long.

Halo at Sunrise shows Rain

If in the rainy season, the sunrise is obscrved to havea halo in the east and the noon (midday) is marked by theintense heat of the Sun's rays, we can be sure rain willfollow.

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Anirnal Behaviour . ffi.

Apart from atmospheric factors, the ancient meteoro-

logiss also took note of the behaviour of certain animals

as indicating immediate rainfall:(a) Cows hastening home to meet their calves;

O) Caa scratching the grotrnd with their claws;(c) Hills shining at a distance with a blue colouring;(d) The disc of the Moon gets a circular red line' the

. colour being that of the eyes of the hen;(e) Ctrameleons climbing up trees and staring at the

sky;(0 Cows tm staring uPwards;

G) Cocks crowing in the day while looking up;(h) Flashes of liglrtning arc marked in the rprth-easl

The Moon is observed to have the colour of honey orof the eyes of parrots or doves. The disc of the Moon,though enveloped in clouds, appean to enanate a radianceround in shape or hathi Chandra (mock l'{oon).

Immediate rainfall is indicated when:(a) Claps of thunder crash in the night;

O) Deep red flastrcs of lightning are observed duringthe day;

(c) Cold winds blow from the east;(d) Young spmuting leaves raise their heads high;(e) Birds freely bathe in waler or in dust;(f) Serpents ba.sk in the sunshine lying on grass;

G) Clouds assume the colour of a peacock, parrot,wild crow, or Chathaka bird and take on theshape of waves, hills, tortoise, pigs and fishes.

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The Solar Ingress :,i.fl*,{l* fi fc'r:r.

If the Lagna rising at the time of Aries ingresshappens to be a warery sign and is aspected Oy witeryplanets there will be proper nins. If the Rasi is a fiery oneand is associated with or aspected by fiery planets, therewill be no rain.

When Aries ingress happens to fall on Rohini, Anu-radha, Jyeshk, Uttarashadha, Abhijit, Sravana, Dhanishta,the year is known as Indra Mandala. This kind of yearbrings on a fear from fire, poverty everywhere, crop6 failand autumn crcps are destroyed.

When the ingress happens to be on Aswini, Mriga-sira, Punarvasu, Uttara, Hasta, Ctritta or Swati, then theyear is Vayu Mandala. Fear from kings, stormi and scar-city of rains will be the result.

When the ingress happens to be on Aridra Aslesha,Moola, Poorvashadha, Satabhisha, Uttarabhadra or Revatithen the year is Varuna Mandah. Good mins and generalprosperity will ensue.

If the fifth day of the bright half of the lunar monrhChaitra falls: (a) on Monday or Thursday, rainfall will beequally spread throughout ttre year; (b) if on Wednesday,disturbed rains accompanied by winds; (c) Friday, cropswill be destroyed; and (d) Saturday or Tuesday, ttrere willbe poor rains.

If the 8th day of the bright half of the lunar monrhVaisakha falls on Saturday or Tuesday famine will set inand the year will be marked by absence of regular rains.

The constellation Mrigasira or Aridra rising on the lstday of the lunar month, Jyeshta, produces excellent rains.

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weather Cnanges and Vagaries

fyeshta Masa Index: The month of Jyeshta (May-June)seems to be very important for measuring the rainfall.

If there is likely to be rain when the Moon passesthrough certain asterisms fiom Purvashadha to Moola inthe lunar month of lyeshta, there will also be rain whenthe Moon passes through the same asterisms in the rainyseason.

If there is no rain in the month of Jlashta, there willbe no rain during the monsoons.

If there happens to be a shower during Mrigasira,Chitta, Revati, and Dhanishta in Jyeshta there will be goodrains in the rainy season.

lf there be rainfall when the Moon passes throughSatabhisha, Jyeshta and Swati, the subsequcnt rainfall willbe ordinary.

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Pregnancy of Clouds

The four days commencing from the eighth day in thebright half of thc month of Jyeshta (May and Junc) areknown as Vayudharana days. Thc naturc of the health ofthe pregnancy of the rain clouds can be determined fromthe winds that blow on these days.

If on the 8th, 9th, lfth and llth days of the brighthalf of lycshta thcrc happcns to be rainfall in the four dayswhcn the Moon passcs through thc astcrisms from Swati orJycshta, thcrc will bc good rains in thc rainy scason i.e.,from Sravana to Kartika (August to Novcmhr).

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If, on the Dharana (rain supporting) days the Sun andthe Moon should be covered by wet clouds there will begood rains.

Prospects of Rain - Ashadha Index

Three days in the month of Ashadha (Jurrc-July) have beenspecially selected by our ancient meteorologists for obser-vation of atmospheric conditions with a view to determinethe future prospects of rain.

They are the days when in the lunar month of Ashadhathe Moon passes through the asterisms of Rohini, Swatiand Uttarashadha. They have becn respcctively callcd theRohini Yoga, Swati Yoga and Ashadhi yoga days.

Every Hindu astronomcr had to study the atmosphcricconditions on thcse thrcc days. If the sky is noticcablycovcred with huge clouds, scrpcnt-likc in shape, whitc incertain pats and black in certain othcr parts, or the sky iscovercd with red clouds or clouds of the colour of bluelotus, and marked by lighuring immcdiately before sunriseand aftcr sunsct, this is again a surc indication of hcavyrains during the monsoons.

Swati and Ashadhi Yogas

On thc Swati Yoga day, rainfal l throughout dayand night, purports unintemrptcd rain for scvcral days inwinter.

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Wind from the east or north-east on the AshadhiYoga indicates good rain, good crops; wind blowing fromthe south-east, south-west or north-west indicates very littleninfall in the future.

Continuous hot wind from the south-east or highwind from the south-west at sunset, on the Ashadhi Yogaday spells tenible famine.

Rohini Yoga

When the Moon passes through the asterism ofRohini in the dark half of rhe lunar monrh Ashadha, RohiniYoga is caused. The astronomcr "shall ascertain the dircc-tion of the wind at the time'whcn the Moon enters Rohini.He shall divide this day into eight equal parts (thrce hourseach) commencing from sunrise - thc parts representingthe eight fortnights of the four months of the rainy seasonfrom Sravana to Kartika; and he shall dctermine on whichmonth or fortnight and how long there will bc rain judgingfrom the direction and duration of thc wind."

Varahamihira then dwells at length on the nature ofthe clouds appearing on Rohini day and the rcsults of suchappearances.

If on the Rohini Yoga day, the sky is clear and theSun exceedingly hot, there will be rain in the rainy season.No rains whatsoever and much misery are indicatcd ifunusual phenomena such as meteoric falls, thundcrbolrs,mock fires etc., occur on the Rohini yoga day.

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Rain Gauging

Rain gauging is also _f9und in astrological texts. Accordingto varahamihira, falling rain should be colrected in ivessel whose capacity is an adhakn. An adhara has beendefined as the quantity of rainfall which falls to the brim ofa vessel 20 inches in diameter and eight inches deep. Foursuch adhakas constitute a drona. Equipped with iuch arain-gauge our ancient meteorologists were able to measurethe exact quantity of rain that fcll during the whole season;and by conelating the amount of rain that fell with thefactors that rnade it possible, they were able to predict theexact quantity of rainfall that could be expected in therainy season. If the ..conception" of clouds is due to all thefive conditions of wind, rain, lightning, thunder and clouds,says varahamihira, then the quantity of subsequent rainfallwill be one drona, and this will fall over an area of 400square miles.

If the "conception" of clouds has been due to windalone, the resultant rainfall will trc three adhakas:

If due to lightning, rhe rain will be nine adhakas:If due to thunder, twelve adhakas, other facton af-

fecting rainfall.These quantities of rainfall are, however, modified by

the amount of rain that falls on the days when the Moonpasscs from the asterism of poorvashadha to that of Moolain the lunar monrh of Jyeshta (June-July).

During one month if it rains on the day on which theMoon is in the asterism of either Hasta or poorvashadha orMrigasira or chitta or Revati or Dhanishta then on thecorresponding days of the next lunar month, there will be16 dronas of rainfall.

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I If it rains on days when the Moon is in either Sravana, or Makha or Anuradha or Bharani or Moola then on thecorresponding days of the next month therc would be 14dronas of rainfall. If the Moon resides in either Satabhishaor Jyeshta or Swati, there would be 4 dronas of rainfall onthe corresponding days of the rainy seasons.

1 If in lftittika, lO dronas;

" If in Poowaphalguni, 25 dronas;If in Visakha, Uuarashadha, 20 dronas;

, ff .in Aslesha, 13 dronas;. If in Uuarabhadrapada or Uuaraphalguni or Rohini,25 dronas;

' If in Aswini, 13 dronas;If in Aridra, 18 dronas.In atl the above cases the subsequent rainfall depends

upon the asterisms being unaffected by comets, meteorsand the like between the month of Jyeshta and the rainyseason.

If the asterisrns should suffer by the meeting together, in them of the Sun, Satum and Ketu (Moon's descending, node) or by the course of Mars through them or by plane-tary conjunctions, therc will be neither rain nor prosperityin the land.

' If benefic planets should pass through the asterismsor if the asterisms should rcmain unaffected in any of theways described above, rainfall would be good.

Delivery of Clouds

The delivery or birth takes place 195 days after, when theMoon will be in the same asterism (i.e., seven siderealmonths after).

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Clouds that conceive in the bright and dark halves ofthe month of Margasira (Ncrvember-December) and in thebright half of Pausha (December-January) will be deiiveredof rain respectively in the dark half of Jyeshta (May-June)and in the bright and dark halves of Ashadha (June-July).But in both these cases the rainfall will only be moderate.

Clouds that conceive in the dark half of Pausha willbe delivered of rain in ttie bright half of Sravana (July-August).

Clouds that become pregnant in the bright half ofMagha (January-February) will deliver rain in the dark halfof Sravana (July-August) and those that become pregnantin the dark half of Magha will deliver in the bright half ofBhadrapada (August-September).

Clouds that conceive in the bright half of Phalguna(February-March) will deliver in the dark half of Bhadra-pada and those that conceive in the dark half of Phalgunawill deliver in the bright half of Aswiyuja (September-October).

Clouds that conceive in the bright half of Chaitra(March-April) will deliver in the dark half of Aswiyuja andthose that conceive in the dark half of Ctraitra will deliverin the bright half of Kartika (October-November).

Clouds that conceive in the east will be delivered inthe west and vice-versa.

Hour of Rainfall

The very hour of the occurrence of rainfall can alsobe determined; for, says Varahamihira, clouds 'conceiving'

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during the day will be delivered at night and clouds 'con-

ceiving' at night will be delivered during ttp day; clouds'conceiving' in the twilight of the evening deliver duringthe moming twilight, md vice-versa. Again, if at the time

of conception, clouds have appeared in the east, then at thetime of birth, tlrcy will appear in the west; and so on withthe other quaners. Similarly, if at the time of conceptionthe wind has blown from the east, then at ttre time of rain,it will blow from the opposite quarter.

Clouds that Bring Rain

What are the signs of a healthy "@nception" whichwould in due course yield abundant rains? For that, theobserver must snJdy all atmospheric phenomena, such asrainbows, clouds, lightning and thunder, from the begin-ning of the month of Margasira, for about four months.The general atmospheric conditions for a healthy concep-tion of the clouds arc as follows:

(1) Gentle and agreeable winds from the north,northeast and east.Clear sky.Soft, white, deep halo round the Moon or theSun.Dark coloured sky, dark as the crow's egg.Sky overcast with huge, bright dense clouds.Needle-shaped clouds.Blood-red clouds.Rainbow in the moming or in the evening.

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-n (9) Iow, rumbling roar of thunder.(10) Lightning.(11) The appearance of the mock-Sun; and(12) Planets shining in full form and with soft light.

Apart from these general signs, certain phenomenaobserved in certain seasons of the year indicate healthy"pregnancy" of the rain clouds.

In the month of Margasira (November-December) andPausha (December-January) red sky in the moming and inthe evening, clouds surrounded by halos, and less thanusual cold wittr excessive falt of snow are indications of ahealthy conception.

In ttre month of Magha (January-Feb.ury) the signsof a healthy conception of clouds are high winds, fiost andmist obscuring the Sun and the Moon, excessive cold, andsunrise and sunset under clouds.

In the month of Phalguna (February-March) strong,violent winds; fine clouds marching from place to place;broken and imperfect halos round the Sun and the Moon;and tawny colour of the Sun, all these are indicative ofabundant rainfall 195 days after.

Sky marked by winds, clouds and halos in the monthsof Chaitra (March-April) and Vaisakha (April-May) indi-cate a healthy conception of clouds.

If during the months of conception (November-May)the pregnant clouds appear to take on the colour of pearlsor silver or tamala leaf, or blue lotus, or of collyrium, thenthe rain during the season will be profuse.

If the pregnant clouds should be exposed to ttre hotrays of the Sun, or accompanied by gentle wirds, then therain that follows after 195 days will be excessive.

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Certain phenomena, however, tend ro nullify thechances of futurc rainfall. Clouds taking the shapes ofcities ud toweN, thunderbolts, duststorms, meteoric falls,appeamnce of comets in the sky and of spots in the solardisc, occurrencc of eclipses - all these ari: indicationsthat the pr€gnant clouds will miscarry. Also, if there isheavy rain at the time of conception, or if the symptoms ofa healthy pregDancy assigned to the several seasons of theyear should fail, then the clouds will yield little'or no rainduring the rainy seaon.6

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Direction of the Wind and its Uses

Here is an experiment suggested in,an ancient workto note the dircction of wind and its predictive use. Ofooune in its placc we can employ the latest method forobserving the direction of the wird.

A thick cloth of 24 feet length and 6 fiet widthshould be hoisted on a pole measuring 144 feet high firmlyfixed to the ground, on the moming of the l5th day of thelunar month Ashadha. The 'flag' should be carefullyobserved.

If the flag flies:(a) towards the east (which means the wind blows

from ttrc west) crops thrive well during the year;(b) towards agneya (north-dast) - rainfall will be

below normal:(c) towards south or niruti (south-west) - clouds

form but ttrere will bc linlc or no rain:

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(d) towards west - excessive rainfall and strongwinds;

(e) towards voyuvya (south+ast) - enough rains ogive good crops;

(f) towards eeasanya (south-east) - destruction ofcrop of heavy untimely nins.

When the 7th day of the bright half of the lunar monthAshadha coincides with the 4th quarter of htrvabhadra,Uttarabhadra or Revati, a clear halo will form around theSun and the rains will be nrixed with heavy winds duringthe year in question.

Role of Venus

Venus in Hindu Meteorology has a close relatiorrship witttweather:

(a) Rainfall will be below normal in the year inwhich, during the lunar months of Sravana, Kar-tika, Margasira, Magha or Jyeshta, Venus sets anda solar eclipse caused by Ratru occun.

(b) There will be unprecedented rainfall resulting inheavy floods when Venus rises helically or sets inthe constellations of Swati, Visakha andAnuradha.

(c) Famine will break out for want of rains whenVenus rises or sets in one of ttre constellations

. from Jyeshta to Sravana.(d) There will be drought conditions when Venus sets

in or retrogrades in Makha or Uttarashadha.

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(e) When Mars and Saturn are in conjunction, rainfallwill be very low.

-, (0 Clouds becorne scattered and rainfall disturbed,when the Sun, Mars and Venus transit the samesigl.

G) tf Jupiter joins the above combinations, cloudswill deliver rains in plenty.

(h) When Jupiter retrogrades in Rohini, the year willhave less ninfall.

Much rain results when Jupiter is in pisces whileVenus is in Cancer.

Heavy winds occur when Venus and Jupiter are inany airy tripliciry.

Extreme heat is felt when they arc in a fiery triangle.In an earthy triplicity the climate is renddied very

dry, except when Jupiter is suongly aspected by a moistplanet at the time of its ingress into an earthy triplicity.

When Man is in Aries in trine to tlrc Sun in leo ahot season is made hotter still and warmth added to a coldperiod. Rain in abundance is shown when they are in awatery triplicity and in conjunction with Venus. Veryheavy rainfall follows an eclipse or a great conjunction inCancer, Scorpio and Pisces and more so if Satum and Jupi-ter see each sther or they aspect the phenomena refenedto.

When the Sun is in conjunction with Sirius the heatbecomes offensive and no rain could be expected unlessthe Sun is aslFcted either by Satum and Jupiter or Venus.When Venus is transiting the area known as pleiades inTaurus there is much rain and the air is kept cool.

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Snow and Hailstorns

During the cold season Venus in conjunction with

Saturn gives rain. In northern and southern latitudes,

farther than the Tropic, there will be heavy snowfall. Dur-

ing the hot season in tte equatorial rcgions there will be

rain and hailstorms.Mercury in conjunction or opposition with Venus

gives both sunshine and showers. Real gloomy weatherwith heavy mists results when Mercury, Mars and Satum

form a Tri-graha Yoga having the aspect of Venus. Cold,

dull weather can be foreseen at a time when Satum is as-pected by either ttre Sun or Mars together with an aspect ofVenus.

Jupiter in a watery sign in conjunction with or in

opposition to Venus gives short showers and a very coolumosplrere. Jupiter so ptaced with an aspect of Satum in

any airy sign produces a windy and wet day. Plenty of rainfollows when Mars in Cancer is qspecting Venus in Libraand the rains will continue for severd days if the Moon

and Jupiter cast their aspects also.Man rules thunder, especially when in a fiery sign it

brings terrific thunder without rain. Sometimes lightningalso occurs. If aspected either by Venus or Satum, heavyrains with large drops of water will pour down accompa-nied by violent thunder.

Wherrcver the Sun is in conjunction with or in oppo-sition to Satum the weather is cool (or cold according tothe latitude) only if either Mars or Mercury does not aspectthe Sun. Similar indications are noted when Jupiter is incnniunction with or in opposition.to Satum.

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The aspects of Mars and Satum produce clear, coolweattpr with slight showers but Satum and Venus producea dull wet time.

Any planet separating fiom the aspect of Jupiter andapplying to an aspect of Satum reduces the temperature ofthe air. In latitudes where winter is normal there will bebitter cold winds. Along the equator the temperature willbe rcduced.

Forecasting the Winter

A mild winter can be easily foreseen when at the timeof Sun's ingress into Capricom (about December 22) theMoon or Venus passes over Satum and joins Jupiter. Avery cold, hard, frosty and snowy winter follows if themovem3nt is from Jupitcr to Satum. This is especially soin countries like England and Germany.

Droughts and Saturn

Droughts are noticed when Satum is unaspectcd inAries, Lco or Sagittarius.

What Kind of Winds

Strong south-west winds are indicated when Mars or

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Satum occupy Gemini, Libra or Aquarius and the two arein opposition or square to each other. Mars in Gemini andSatum in Pisces bring heavy winds.

South-west winds result when Jupiter is in Aquariusin opposition to Saturn in Lro. North-west monsoon windsare ruled by Saturn and south-west, by Jupiter. When theyare in airy signs the direction of the wind is easily ascer-tained. South-west winds also arise when the eclipse occursin an airy sign.

Directions: North winds - Jupiter: Easterly -Satum; Westerly - Mars; Southern - Venus; and Mixed- Mercury.

The air is essentially ruled by the planet which isapplying to the Moon after its conjunction, opposition orsquare with the Sun.

Constellational Methods to Forecast Rain

Ancient Astro-meteorology divides the differcnt con-stellations into different groups as in the Table below:

Punarvasu, Uttarashadha, Rohini, JyeshtaUttara, Uttarabhadra, Poorvabhadra, HastaAnuradha, Abhijit, Pushya, KrinikaSatabhisha, Rcvati, Ctrifta, PubbaBharani, Visakha, Aslesha, SravanaSwati, Makha, Dhanishta, AswiniMoola, Purvashadha, Aridra, Mrigasira

VayunadiAmritanadiDahananadiJalanadiSoumyanadiNeeranadiChandanadi

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During winter solstice (Dakshinayana) malefic planets(Satum, Sun, and Mars) transiting through the Amrita, Jalaand Neeranadis, would give rise to ordinary rains. If bene-fic planets transit the above constellations there will beplenty of rain.

Cancer, Pisces and Capricom are full watery signs;Taurus, Leo and Aquarius are half watery signs; Aries,Libra and Scorpio are quartcr watery signs while Gemini,Virgo and Sagittarius are not watery signs.

Aswini, Krittika, Rohini, hrrvabhadra, Uttarabhadra,Anuradha, Sravana, Punaryasu, Pushya are masculine;Bharani, Hasta, Chitta, Swati, Visakha, pubba, Uttara,Aslesha, Makha, Jyeshta, Aridra, Dhanishta, purvashadhaand Revati are feminine; Satabhisha, Mrigasira and Moolaarc nculral.

Cast a horoscope for the time at which the Sun enters

Planets Nature of Nadi Results

Satum, Sun, Mars

Jupiter, Venus,Mercury and Moon

Jupiter, Venus,Mercury and Moon

Satum, Sun, Mars

Saumya

Saumya

Vayu, Chanda,Dhana

Vayu, Chanda,Dhana

Ordinary rain

Good rain

Ordinary showers

No rain

ir&t.ii{

. "u'*

44 Astrology in Forecasting Weatlwr and Earthqrckes

a certain constellation or a certain quarter of a constellation(in the rainy season). If at this time the Moon is in Jalarasior ivatery sign and Mars or Satum is in the 5th, 7th or 9thfrom Lagna, there will bc hcavy rain on that day.

The time (numbcr of ghatis after sunrise) at which theSun enters a particular constellation or quarter of' aNakshatra may be taken as root number; add to this thenumber of thilhi (on the day in qucstion), wcckday and theconstellation. Multiply lhe sum by 6 and divide the productby 8.'If the rcmainder be l, ordinary rain; 2, fairly goodrain; 3, ordinary rain; 4, rain accompanicd by wind; 5,excess of rain; 6, no rain; and 7, ordinary rain.

In rcgard to the forctclling of rainfall, (a) thc 5th dayof the bright half of Chaitra, (b) the 8th day of the lighthalf of Vaisakha, (c) thc lst day of light h'alf of Jycshta,(d) the lunar months Ashadha and Sravana secm to havesome special significance attachcd to them. Coincidcnce ofcertain constellations on ccrtain datcs scems to give risc tosudden fall of rain and all thcse dctails dcscrvc our carcfulattention. Of all thcsc, thc lunar month Ashadha is of para-mount importance according to Varahamihira, which weshall explain at length on a subscqucnt occasion for theinformation of our readers.

If the 5th day of the lunar month Chaitra falls onMonday or Thursday, there will be an equable distributionof rain throughout the year and crops will thrivc; Wcdnes-day - disturbed rains accompanied by winds; Friday -destruction of crops; Saturday or Tuesday - want of rainsand famine indications.

If the 5th day of Chaitra coincides with the constella-tion of Aridra, famine conditions during the year arc mostlikely.

:' tAstrology hWeatlur Prediction 45

If ttrc 8th day of the light half of Vaisakha falls on

Saturday or Tiresday - crops will be--destroyed for want

oi t guiut rains; Monday - plenty;- Wednesday - high

windi Thunday - good crops; Sunday - ordinary rains'

If the lst Oay of the light half of Jyeshta coincidesl,with rhe conste[ations of

'Mrigasira and Aridra - ttre rain-

fall would be plenty; with Bharani, Krittika and Jyeshta -

want of rain and destruction of crops'' If an assessment on rain has to be made during the| .o**n the best indications are: If the Moon be in ore of* th. *ut ry signs and if that sign at the same time be either

tfte I-agna ot-tt* 4th, the 7th or the l0h' it then being the: ltigtt,iurf of the month, there will be an abundance of

imiediate rain; if it be the dark half of ttre month' and the' Moon in one of the watery signs and within sight of bene-

fic planets, there will also be an abundance of immediate' raiq if in the latter case, the Moon is aspected by malefics'i there will be slight rain.' If the Moon is in rhe 7ft from Venus and within viewI of benchc plancts, or be in thc 9th, 5th or ?th house from

Saturn therc will be immediate rain'The rainfall would be very great' if the planets are

close to the Sun - eithcr towards the east or towards he

west.Practical experience will go a long way towards

simplifying these problcms; and carcful observation will

p.ou" tn"i howevcr ditficult it may bc to unravel some

lombinations and foresee their precise effects' yet each

factor aciually exerts its influcnce and works towards the

final rcsulmnt.

46 Astrology in Forecasting Weatlwr and Earthqtukes :'

Of the several methods recommended by classicalwriters for forecasting rainfall, floods and weather vaga_ries, the most important ones are: (a) the lunar ne* yearchart, (D) tiire of pregnancy of clouds, (c) entry of the Suninto the constellation of Aridra, (d) Sun's entry into Capri_com, (e) Rohini, Swati and Ashadha yogas, and (/) mutualdispositions of planets at a given time.

I shall illustrate some of these methods wittr rcfercnceto the lunar year (17 March, 1961 to 4 March, 1962) whichgoes under the name of 'Plava'. This means ..the land willsimply be inundated with water due to heavy rains, pcoplewiil suffer from affliction and crops will be destroyed bypests". The principal cloud going under the name ofVaruna takes its origin in the N.W. of Meru, hence indicat_ing heavy rains during the rainy season. It is during thelunar month of Nija Jyeshta (14 June, 196l to 12 July,!f!t) anO also in Asha<lha (12 July, l96t to tl August,1961) that heavy rainfall and great floods are inOicated. Inthe begiruring of the month of Jyeshta, the Sun travels indahananadi for a period of eight days. Venus transitsativatha and vatha while Man, Mercury and Saturn pro_gress in jalamrita sownya rasi nadi.ln the lunar month ofAshadha the influences are more favourable for causingdestructive rains especially because all the planets, e*ceptling Venus, pass through rasajalasownyanadi. throughoutthis lunar month there is no Ravimadhya dosha, i.e., theSun being hemmed in between Mercury and Venus; herrcethe locus of destruction will be in the westem and southemparts. The Sun enters the asterism of Aridra on 20 June,196l at abour 8.22 a.m. (I.S.T.) (See Charr No. t).

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VenusSun-

Merc.

Ketu

Chdt IRasi

Ascdt

Jup.(R)

Sat.(R)

MarsRahuMoorr

The chart is highly significant. The Ascendant isCancer - a profusely watery sign, aspected powerfully bySaturn. Even Capricorn is a semi-watery sign. HenceJupiter becomes a watery planet by occupation. Its as-pecting Lagna from amrita nadi, ruled by the Moon, awatery planet is equally signiftcant.

According to astro-meteorology of the Hindus, theMoon and Venus are full-blown watery planets. HereVenus is'situated in the l0th, a powerfrrl place for causingfloods. Fornrnately here it does not occupy a watery signbut the Navamsa is semi-watery. Mercury is in Aridra

Merc.Sat.

Mars Jtp. Rahu

Satum

Navamsa

SunKenr

MoonVenus

Ascdt

48 Astrology in Forecasting Weatlwr and Earthqwkes '"r

itself. These are all influences favouring heavy rainfall.From lst August to l5ttr August both the Sun and Mercurywill be in Cancer, a purnajalarasi while on the l4th andl5th, both the planets will be in purna jala Navamsa.About these dates Venus will be in Mesha Navamsa,countering to some extent the indicuion for heavy rainfall.Added to these, the bright half of ttp lunar month Ashadhafalls on a Tuesday. According to PRASNA MARGA, altsuch celestial phenomena favour heavy rainfall.

Rain in the Immediate trtrture

advance, it is no difficult thing to forecast rain in the, immediate futurc. $.. Ouring the rainy season, immediate rainfall is indi- Il

catPi:If the Sun at the time of rising is exceptionally bright

and red, or. f the taste of water is insipid, or" the colour of the sky is ttrat of the cow's eye.

If at the time of sunrise or sunset rainbow is seen in ,'

R r tne sky, orIf salt begins to sweat, orIf fish in tanks jump from water on the bank, orIf metal vessels emit a fishy smell, orIf ants with their eggs move from one place to

another.

AsnologY in Weulwr Prediction 49

When rain is expected and a low ctoud is approaching'

the odour of metal vessels and of drains becomes

noticeable as the lower pressurc calrses some of the air o

;.p", and one observis a change in the behaviour of

animals and insects which react to a change in the

atrotpnttit conditions. TtE r€d colour of the Sun' dte halo

**O the Sun and the Moon and presence of clouds' all

indicate the hazy condition of the amosphere'

Measures can be devised by the authorities doncemed

to reduce flood-thrcats by building embankments at vulner-

.Ut, ,poo. The intersity of the evil can also be minimised

by having rccourse to remedial measules prescribed by qe

sages. These measur€s consist mainly of employing tttttT

Iipas.It is not superstition that connects manrras with

nins. Mantas are regulated forms of sound vibrations'

And sound waves can not only create rainfall but they can

also reduce dle intensitY.

f

Section 2

Astrology in Earthquake Frediction

Role of Solar Spots

A major earthquake rocked the Wes Coast of Indiaand razed Koynanagar to the ground at 4.22 a.m. (ISI) onI I December, 1967 causing heavy casualties and renderingthgusands of people homeless. Apart from &e heavy losiof life and pnrperty, the earthquake upset the theory ofgeologists that the Deccan plateau was immune to majorearthquakes. Considering the intensity of the earthquake,experts felt that the country had indeed escaped with themajor havoc confined to a small area. Geologists, geo-physicists and seismologists were puzzled as to how thisquake could have occurred in a zorp which was consideredquite safe and busied themselves with making post_mortemstudies of the causes. Some lapanese experts who werethere then expressed tlre view that ttp major shocks ..urer.of tectonic origin". One geophysicist suggested that tlrc im-pounding of water in the K-oyna Dam and the resultantpressures and earth subsiddnce, could have caused theearthquake. while conceding the scientist'i right to indulgein speculative theories, we have to observe that the cata-strophic visitation in this area only demonstrated thatNaturc has its own unpleasant surprises to reveal, thcrebyputting human beings in an utterly insignificant rtntur. inthe cosmbs.

Westem scientists think that earttquakes are due to.some sudden displacement wirhin 0E eartlL John Miihell,a geologlr professor of Cambridge Uirvenity, was the fusi

54 Astrology in Forecasting Weather and Earthqtukes

to attribute the vibratory movement in earttrquakes to whathe called "elastic waves travening the crust." Thoughseismology is held to be "an exact science", we have yet tohear of a seismologist who can predict conectly the occurr-ence of an earttrqualce. The only interesting development ofseismology seems to be the seismograph which registerseven distant earthqualces but of course, only after they haveoccurred.

On the statistical side (regarding distribution, fre-quency, secondary effects, periodicity, etc",) modem scien-tists have no doubt done considerable rcsearch work. Thefollowing findings are interesting:

ln countries like Italy, Japan, Peru and Ctrina earttr-quakes are not only of frequent occurrence but of des0uc-tive strength also.

In countries like Switzerland earttrquakes are numerousbut they seldom cause damage.

According to Mantessu, out of every 100 earthquakes,53 occurred along the Mediterranean circle, 38 along thecircum-Pacific circle and nine, elsewhere. He also supposedthat there is an intimate connection between earthquakesarid volcarnes. Despite all the advances claimed by seismologiss,it is clear that the provision of earthquakes is as yet in iAinitial stage and that so long as the seismologist confineshis investigations only to a study of the "faults" in thebowels of the earth, the true causes of earthquakes willcontinue to rcmain a mystery.

According to the theory of astrology propounded byancient sages, all phenomena, ihcluding the occurrence ofearthquakes, are regulated by planetary movements. Someof the scientists have also been indirectly confrrming astro-logical theories. For instance, P. Merian noticed that the

Astrology in Earthquakes Prediction 55

epoch of gxeatest fiequerrcy occurc in winter, while in insu-lar and peninsular regions the frequency is greatest insummer.

An exceptionally violent earthquake hit a very denselypopulated indusnial region, 150 kilometres east of Beijingin China in July 1976. The city of Tangshan was reportedto be in total ruins. At least 1,00,m0 people were said tohave lost their lives. The quake-damaged buildings inBeijing, amongst them the famous hall of the peoples. Fear-ing more shocks, ttre city's six million people stayed out oftheir houses. The tremors were.said to be of a gr€at magni-tude damaging several dams, bridges ard houses in manyparts of north-east China.

Apart from the huge loss of life and property and theneed for diversion of resources to rehabilitate the areasdamaged, the earthquake in China was also feared to havepolitical implications. The impact of the earthquake on"superstitious peasants" worried the Govemment, hcauseof the anticipation (of the peasants) that this natural pheno-menon "presaged a national calamity or a change ofdynasty as had been interpreted when monarchs ruled theland."

Scientists, as usual, werc not agreed as to the exactcause of the earthquakes. Though the Russians claimedabout 15 years ago fo have made an important discovery inthe field of earthqualce prediction, nothing further has beenknown as to whether any reliable system of forecastingearthquakes was developed. Their discovery that the "ratiobetween the velocities of natural wave motions through theground dropped significantly days before an earthquakeand then retumed to normal just before it took place" issaid to be an important step towards the direction of

56 Astrology in Forecasting Weatlrcr and Earthquakes

malcing earthquake forecast But no two scientists seem toagree either rcgarding the cause of earthquakes or methodsof forecast.

After the Koyna disaster in 1967, the "water-load"theory was advanced by the French scientist Rothe andlater by the Indian scientists, Gupta and Rastogi. Then ateam of UNESCO expefts found that "the impoundedwat€r was not the cause." Subsequently Dr. McKenzie ofCambridge and Dr. Brune of California Universitiesadvanced the theory that "earlhquakes lubricate themselvesat an early stage and then spread rapidly".

The astonishing fact is'that most of the scientists,engaged in earthquake studies, do not seem to take an inte-grated view of what is happening on or above the earlh's.crust.

It must be noted that it is ttrc planetary positions yrs-c-vir the Sun that account for earthquakes. Such a thcory isnot an idle fantasy especially in the lighr of the findingsof some scientists that earthquakes can bc trigleied bychanges in solar activity.

Dr. Anderson, a seismologist of the Califomia Insti-tute of Technology, does not look at seismic events in iso-lation. In an analysis of a l7-year period of violence (1892to l9l4) "during which there werc quakes of a magnitutlegreater than eight on the Richter scale" trc saw that',tsuna-mis (tidal waves 30 meten' high) increased in number,the length of the day changed, that is, the earth's rotationslowed down, the world's mean temperature rose by onedegree and the 'Chandler wobble was at its peak'." Hesays further that they were interlinked. All these geu.physi-cal errents arc part of a large energy<hain. The periodicityof the Chandler-wobble is 4O years and this is said trr

Artrology in Earthquakes Prediction 57

explain the 1950 and 1952 earttrquakes in Assam atKamchatka., Therefore, the vagaries of the Sun arc not withoutponsequence for our planet, let alone for the human specieson it. Dangjon, Director of ObservaOry at Paris, announced.that during January, Febnrary and March 1963, the dayshad been shorter. And it is worthwhile noting that Dangionannounced an important deviation in the earth's rotationbefore the disaster of Agadir.

n as scientists have discovered, the Sun's vagariesalter the duration of the day, it is reasonable to assume thatthey may even induce earthquakes. In 1966 astronomerTrellis showed evidence that the "gravitational effect of theplanets moderates the eleven-year solar-active cycle". Con-sequently, it is the Sun and the planetary juxtapositionsthat could afford a mathematically workable method toforecast all narural phenomena including, of coune, earth-quakes.

The Sun has been worshipped by the great sages ofIndia as a true benefactor. They realised its vast and bene-ficient influences on the earth. The Sun which transformsthe waters of the ocean into vapxrur and thus gencrates thedew, the rain, also the springs, the rivers and organic matterextends his influence to the depths of our planct as well.The Sanskrit classic GARGA SAMHITA traces rhe quak-irig of the earth to Ketus or dark spots on the Sun. Thistheory is gaining credibility with somc modem scientists.

In May 1960 in Chile when everyrhing was shiningwith joy and freshncss, the ground suddenly swung under-foot likc an old wooden bridge. Cracks appearcd on house-walls. The needles of seismographs jerkcd and automaticrccordcrs began to pen wild curvcs. Buildings collapscd

58 Astrology in Forecasting Weatlrcr and Earthquakes

like a pack of cards. Thousands werc left homeless asChile was rocked by an earthquake. Two days earlier thescientists had found that a huge spot was passing over theoentral meridian and they thought that the spot had causedthe disaster. And many scientiss have also attribtrted, evenif they do not publicly admit this, the formation of solarspots to configurations of planets. It is when the solar spotsare large and numerous, that the magnetic storms oicu,upon the earth causing in their tum subterranean disturb.ances, volcanic eruptions etc. Many scientists have been atpains to prove the connection that exists between these ter-restrial phenomena and those of the Sun. Indeed it is notthe Sun alone which.provokes the earthquake shocks. TheMoon, the planets and even the comets stimulate theactivity of the subterranean forces.

Eleven-Year Cycle Theory

We can construct a simple theory in simple non_tech-nical language. These countless heavenly bodies, as theygravitate round the Sun in tum, approach and rnon. a*uyfrom it in measured periods, some gravitating alone aniothers in harmonious groups, some passing rapidly likelightning and in clusters, some slackening their speed-whenthey move away from the Sun as if loath to leave it, somespeeding towards it at a headstrong and ever quickeningpace. And all these bodies, which form around the Sun-,their common lord, such an animated, harmonious andlife-like chain exercise a marked influence upon oneanother. Infinite in its variety, this reciprocal action depends

Astology h Eartfuuatcs Prcdictbn 59

upon the magnitude of the planets, upon their distance andupon their position in space. The nearef a planet like theearth is to another plarrct in the solar system, the more it isattracted by it, and if this planet is powerful, if its action isat any moment combined with thu of a neighbouring bodyto influence the earth, the latter may be affected to anextraordinary degrce. Investigations have been made inview of this, to discover wtrcther at the principal epochs ofsidereal influence there have been many seyere earth-quakes.

Morc investigations have tended to confirm that agreater proportion of earfhquakes falls on the high latitudesat the beginning of the I l-year cycle and on the mean lati-tudes when the Sun's acrivity is on the declire. It foilowstherefore that within a cycle the centre of seismic activitymoves from the high latitudes to the equator. According tosome scientists, if we comparc ttre grapts of solar activity,the occurrence of earthquakes and ttrc velocity of the earth'srotation, we find that the curves are distinctly similar thusshowing a definite connection between these three facton.

Decades ago M. Delanney of France showed thateach time the earth in its revolution round the Sun isbrought within the action of a large planet like Jupiter,there are more or less severe earthquakes. Our own investi-gations have shown that at the times of severe earthquakes,Jupiter is placed in an angle or the l2th or 8th from therising sign at the time of the earthquake occunence.

Jupiter-Rahu Movements

It has also been notcd that "shocks arc felt more

60 Astrology in Forecasting Weatlur and Earthquakzs

frequently during the quiet hours of the night" shortly aftermidnight. Milne has also found that great earthquakes arefrequent "near the times when changes occur in the direc-tion of the polar movements." It has also been found"based on the list of destructive earthquakes from 1701 to1889 recorded in Milne's catalogue" that there are periodsof "ll, 23,33, 119 years in earthquakes of the northemhemisphere". These periodicities remind us of the periodi-city of sunspots and Jupiter's and Rahu's movements. Atleast two scientists - Alekis Perry and Stetson - havecome nearcr to truth by indirectly confirming the fact thatit is the earth's relation to the rest of the solar system thatis of consequence in predicting earthquakes. Perry assertedthat eanhquakes are most numerous about the time of newand full Moon, when the Moon is nearest to the earth andwhen it crosses the meridian of the place of observation.

According to Dr. H. J. Stetson "When the orbit of theMoon is in a particularly close relation to the epicentres ofearthquake sources, the strain on the earth at that point isat its maximum and therefore the crust of the earth is likelyto break producing an earthquake."

It is not only the movements of the Moon that causeearthquakes but other planets, especially Jupiter, which areequally responsible.

Parasara on Earthquakes

It is said that the subject of earthquakes has beenexhaustively dealt with by Sage Parasara in the third partof his Hora, but unfortunately this particular part has not

Astrology in Eartlqwkes Prediction 6l

been traced. We have some notes purporting to be based

on this volume, from which it becomes clear that earth-quakes are due to some extra-tenestrial causes.

As early as the beginning of Kaliyuga (310 B.C.)

Parasara had observed thus: *Arlu Chandra gralwrw graha

vikrithachara iamscha karnpana hayulu" meaning that

when the course of a planet is disturbed from the normalpath owing to the attractive force of other planets there is a

shaking of the planet which is perceived as an earttlquake'Though sage Gargi says that earttrquakes are due to

volcanic eruptions Parasara's view seems to be more

reasonable as it can be proved astrologically. In fact, pla-

netary action as an exciting cause of earthquakes is onlydoubted by those who have never made any fair and com-plete inquiry into it. Aristotle placed on record the fact that

it sometimes happens that there is an earthquake about the

time of the eclipse of the Moon. !

i i i r ir r l

Site of Earthquake I I" i

By means of monthly lunations and solar and lunar

eclipses, it is possible to predict earttquakes' When a num-

ber of superior planets arc in conjuction or in the samedeclination or in the same latitude, there will be earth-quakes. Several planets in the Tropics also give rise to thisphenomenon. Eclipses falling at quadrants to Jupiter,Satum or Man also produce earthquakes' The area of the

occurrence is generally indicated by the zodiacal sign in

which the above combinations occur or by the sign which

62 Astrology in Forecastkg Wculrcr and Earthquakes

has the conjunction or the .eclipse of the meridian or theNadir. The locality is also indicated in places wherc Satum.or Jupiter is on the meridian.

Asodt

Venus

Ctrart IRasi

Kehr

RdulSrrMoonMarSurMercurySaturn

Jupiter

On 15 January, 1934 a massive quake occured inBihar. It was a new Moon day and seven planets werein configuration in the sign of Capricom (Ctrart l). TheSun, Man and the Moon werc all in exact conjunction inthe constellation of Uttarashadha ruled by the Sun,lord ofthe 8th from the Moon. It will be noted ttrat the earthquake

Keur

Navamsa

Mars

Sunl t - _

SuumVIoonVenus

JupitcrVenus

AsodtRalu

Astology in furthquakes Predictbn 63

occurred after the Moon entered Capricom. The occunenceof the earthquake had been forecast by a number of lndianastrologers, long before the event. The sign involved isearthy. Strocks were also felt in Mexico and Chile ruled byCapricorn For China, the deadly conjunction falls in theNadir. The conjunction and the eclipse have both takenplace in Capricom. Mark the fact that Mercury is in closeconjunction with the Moon

Coming to the July 1976 Chinese earthquake, theU.S. Geological Survey, Colorado, estimated the magnitudeof the fint quake (which occurred on 28th July, 1976) u1.15 a.m. (I$I) or 3.45 a-m. Peking Time as 8.2 points 'bn

the open-ended Richter Scale" and said that it was theworld's strongest for 12 yea$.

It is said that Chinese scientists had predicted a fewweeks earlier of the impending earthquake. According toDr. C. Bany Raeigh, geo-physicist, and his colleaguesin the tearn that visited China a month earlier, the radio-stations in Peking had been waming the people of thenatural calamity. It is also acknowledged that the Govem-ment could not give any advance waming to the people tostay out of doors.

Ground Glows

One -implication of the disaster was the earthquakepredicting system could have failed to work. But theAmerican visitors, referred to above, leamt that theChinese were able to forewam on the basis of "earthquakelights" or "ground glows" discerned in their laboratories

& Astrology in Foreca,sting Weather and Earthquake.r

and also by peculiar animal behaviour. Geophysicists say.the Chinese theory of "ground glows" is convincing"because of the considcrable release of elcctricity" during theearthquakes, which mcans a conelation bctween positionsof planets and the electrical disturbances. The Americanvisitors did not wish to dismiss the theory of unusualanimal behaviour also. Two hours before the quake, tigersat the Tienstin zoo began acting strangely. There was panicamong the chickens. Pigs refused to enter their holes andhorses and sheep ran about in a frenzy. Nature's earth-quake sensors gave good clues to the oncoming di_saster.

Kenl Jupiter Ascdt

Chart IRasi

28-7-1976

VenusSunSatumMoonMerc.

Mars

Rahu

Ascdt

Merc.VenusRahuJuP.

Navamsa

Moon Kehr

Satum SunMars

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In Chart 2, tlr, Lagna is Gemini, an airy sign. Thereis a five-planet combination in the 2nd house affecting the8th or house of destruction. Jupiter and Mars arE in mutualsquare (Kendn). The earthquake on the 28th followed inthe wake of ttrc new Moon on the 26th. The most impor-tant feature is again the closeness of the Moon and Mer-cury. On the new Moon day, the Moon was in punarvasuand the earthquake occuned when it entercd Aslesha, theconstellation held by Mercury. It is evident that the Moonand Mercury have a significant role to play in causingearthquakes.

It will be seen that on the day of the Chinese earth-quake except Jupiter (and the shadowy planets Rahu andKetu) the rest werc all clustered within an arc of 38".

Certain basic astrological facts bearing on the occur-rence of earthquakes thrust themselves prominently beforeus after a study of several charts. If, according to modemscience everything in life is electrical in naturc, then thetiniest atom and the great cosmos, including the planets,the earth and the Sun, are therefore subject to certainmathematical laws. We dO not know whether earthquakesare caused by gravitational effects of the Sun, the Moonand other planets. The grouping of planets in certain signsshows signifi cant correspondence with earthquakes. planesmay affect the force-field of the earth and cause earth-quakes.

The planetary bodies occupying certain sensitive areasin the zodiac, occasion the occunence of earttrquakes. Butthe paradox is that though there are astrological principlesfor predicting earthquakes, some clues are yet to be dis-covered. There is some snag somewhere and it is only by

6 Astrology h Forecasting Weatlvr and Earthquakes

deep study and research that we can reconstruct astro- .seismology on the basis of ancient astrological principles.

A careful study of over 200 earthquakes reveals thefollowing interesting features:

(1) Earthquakes generally, though not always, occur atthe times of eclipses and near new and full Moondays;

(2) The time of occunenoe will be near about midnight,midday or early moming;

(3) The major planets - Mars, Satum, Rahu and Jupiter,and the minor planets - Mercury and the Moon -will be in mutual angles (Kendras) or trines (Irikonas)and near the 10th or 4th house;

(4) The Moon plays an important role and the Nakshatraruling on that day gives a clue to the area of occur-rence on the basis of the Avakahada anangement;

(5) Major planets generally occupy earthy or airy signs;and

(6) The asterism of the day belongs to ..prithvi" or"Vayu" Mandala.

A study of earttrquake charts will confirm these find-ings.

The most devastating earthquake on the sub-continentof India was the one on I I October, 1737 at about mid-night, when lakhs of people are believed to have perishedin the region. On the night between October l l and 12, atenible cyclone raged at the mouth of the Ganga. Just asthe storm subsided violent shocks of earthquake destroyedinnumerable houses not only along the banks of the riverbut at Calcutta also. The waters of the Ganga, it is said,rose more than thirty fcct above their ordinary level and

Astrology in Earthqu&es predictbn 67

Tgr.- th- 300,000 people died. The srudy of planets onthis day reveals that not only were the major ptanea Satumand Mars in mutual angles, (Chart 3) but even the meridianand the Ascerdant were aflicted. The lunar day was the3rd.

Planets in Trikonas

The earthquake of 23 February, lggT (time unknown)which caused much destruction in Rivera, Argentina,

MoonAscdtSaunr

JrpiterKetu

Chat 3Rasi

VenusRahu

Mc,rp. MarsSun

Merc. Jupitcr Asodt

Navamst

MoonSatum

RahrSunMarsVenus

6E Astrology in Forecasting Weatlrcr and Earthquares

closely followed the annular eclipse of the Sun on the 22ndof the month. But the Moon (Chart 4) was not in perigee.Mars, Moon and Mercury were in conjunction and in trineto Satum. Seven bodies are disposed in mutual TrikonaRasis in airy signs.

i t

Venus Saturn

MarsSunMoonMerc.Ketu Chart 4

Rasi

Rahu

Jupiter

On 3 June, 1887 the tenible earthquake of Maniladestroyed 1,000 lives. On the 1 June, there was a totallunar eclipse and Moon was in perigee (Chart 5).

Moon Satum

RahuManMerc.

SunJup'

Navamsa

Venus

Ketu

SunMarsMerc.

Saturn

Chst 5, nssi

Venus

Rahu

JupiterMoon

Astrology in Earthquakes Prediction 69

MarsRahu

Saturn

Moon

Navamsa

VenusSun

Jupiter Keru Merc.

Saturn-Mars in Kendras

When an annular eclipse of the Sun took place onl0 November, 1882, the Sun, Moon, Rahu and Mercurywere in Libra and Man and Satum in Scorpio and Taurusrespectively in mutual Kendras (Chart 6). At the time ofthe eclipse Libra was rising in Java. From 13th Novembcrbegan a series of earthquakes which continucd at short intcr-valsthroughout 1883 "rendering the period mcmorablc forfrequency of earthquake shocks and volcanic eruptions."

70 Asnology in Forecastkg Weuhcr and Earthqu&es

Ketrr Sanrm Jupiter

Chct 6Rasi

Venus Man

MoonRahuSunMerc.

Venus Rdru

Moon

Navamsa

Satum Mars

Merc.KetuJupiter

Sun

Eclipse Degree and Mars

One of the greatest earthquake disasters was the Japa-nese earthquake on I November, 1923. Some 60 per centof Tokyo alone including 300,000 houses was desrroyed.80 pcr ccnt of Yokohama was reduced to ashes. The totalloss of life was around 140,000. The shocks began justbcforc noon. The ruling star of the day was Bharani piesi_ded ovcr by Yama, the dcity of destruction-(Chart 7). Thelunar day was thc 6th, neither full Moon nor new Moon.

,Litology in Earthquokcs Prediction 7l

There was a lunar eclipse on 26 August, the eclipce degreebeing aspected by Mars. At the time of the eartlrquake the10th degree of Scorpio was rising and Mars was exactly inthe l0th house and Ketu wu in trirrc from lupiter.

New Moon and Mutual Kendras

i When the Bihar earthquakc took placc on 15 January,1934, it was a new Moon day (Chart l). Except Vcnus all

Moon

Kehr

Chrt 7Rasi

t-9-t923 MarsRahuSunVe'nus

Ascdt Jupiter SatumMerc.

IupiterKetrt

Merc. Mars

Navamsr

SunSatVenus

RahuMoonAscdt

72 Astrology in Forecasting Weather and Earthqwks

the planets are in mutual Kendras, the Moon and Mercurybeing in exact conjunction and the sign involved being'watery. The constellation is Uttarashadha and the earth-quake occuned after the entry of the Moon into Capricom.Mercury and Jupiter, the indicators respectively of know-ledge and wisdom in natal Astrology, canno1 escape theblame for causing earthquakes. Mercury is unstable, andtherefore, possibly reflects the vibrations of other planets.

Jupiter-S:rturn Opposition

AscdtRahu

Jnpit"t

Chart 8Rasi

15-8-1950

Venus

SatumMoonMerc.Sun

Mars Ketu

Kenr Sun

Navamsa

IupiterMars

Merc.Satum

Moon AscdtRahuVenus

' Asrology ia furtheuafus Prediabn 73

The Assan eantquate which occuned m 15 August'. 1950 is said !o be fu geal€st rworded upto this time, mdBritish observers calcularcd that "Mount Everest had becnlifted rwo feet by it''. Here again the eantryate occunedjust two days after rcw Moon when the Moon was nearperigee (Ctart 8). Mars and Jupiter are in mutual trineswhile Mercury is in conjurction with bofit frte Mmn andSanrrn Jupiter and Saturn are in oppoaite signs. Anotherfactor to be mted is fu siuration of Man md Jupiter inairy sigrs.

Jupiter-Saturn Cmj unclion

T'rvo of the worst eartlrquakes occuned in 1960 per-traps due to lupier-Sanrm remaining in fte same sign

Earttrquakes uprooted the coastal city of Agadir' inFrarrce leaving over 12,(XX) dead. The firs Etake hit thetown just beforc midniglrt ur 29 February, 1960.

How severc the tremors were can be judged ftom ttrcfact tfff fu eartbArake was registered by seismognphs asfar away as in Moscow and even tlp recording instrumensin Morocco were damaged by rhe shock. According toProfessor Bemal, the encrgy rcquircd for such an upheavalwould approximate ttrc strengft of ore thousard hydrogenbombs. Immediately after the first tl€mor, a huge tidalwave swept in adding ernrmously to the zuffering of ttepeople. Floods, fires and sea erosions all followed thedisasuous ealtfquakes

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74 Astrology in Forecasting Weatlrcr and Eartlquakes

MoonMerc.Keur

Sun

Chdt 9Rasi

29-2-r9ffiMarsVenus

SatumJupiter Ascdt Rahu

The Moon rules liquids and hence in the occurrelrceof earthquakes, it has a significant part to play. It will beseen that the eanhquake on ttre 29th February (Chart 9)followed the new lt{oon on the 26th in Aquarius, an airysign. On 27th the Moon joined Mercury and on the 29ththe Moon was exactly in a Kendra from Satum. The dispo-sition of Rahu, Satum and Jupiter and the Moon and Mer-cury in mutual Kendras is also to be noted. The asterismwas Revati ruled by Mercury.

About three thousand people were killed and 3,000injured in the earthquake which shattered the south Persian

MoonSun

AsodtMars

JrryiterVenus

Rahu

Navamsa

Merc.Ketu

Sattmt

Ve,rnrsIGnr

SunMoo

Mrn

Chrt 10Rrsi

2#tgfiD

Jlryit€rSatttrn

RahlAsodt

astology h furthquokcs Prediction 75

towns of Ler and Carash on 25 April, 1960. The first shockoccurred at 13 G.lvLT. It camot be a coincidence that on23rd April the Moon occulted Mercury and passed tfroughKendra positions from Jupiter and Satum. It was a newMoon day. The Ascendant is an earttry sign, aspected byMan (Chart 10). Both Jupiter and Satum are near thelower meridian while Mercury is setting. Jupiter, Satum,Mercury arfd Ratru are all in mutual Kendras, the Naksha-tra being that of Ketu.

A most tenible earthquake disaster devastated sevenlthousand square miles of northwest Iran on 2 September,

VcnlMurA$dt Moon

Navamsa

JrryiterKeur

RdtrlMerc. Srm

Satrrm

76 Astrology in Forecasting Weather and Earthqrukes

1962, the first shock having occurred at 10'55 p.m' It

brought ruin to 75 towns and villages and even accordingto official reports ten thousand people were killcd.

Ascdt Mars

Jupiter

Chart 1lRasi

2-9-1962

Rahu

KetuSatum Sun

VenusMoonMerc.

KetaMerc.Saturn

JtpiterMars

Navunsa

Ascdt

VenusRahu

SunMoon

The Lagna is again an earthy sign, Taurus (Chart 11).The earthquake followed in the wake of the new Moon on30 August, 1962. TIrc most remarkable feature is again thefact that the Moon passed over Mercury on lst Septemberhaving trined Satum also. Jupiter is exactly in the 10thhouse, though not in the medium coeli, and Mars and

AstrologY h Earth#eas nascwt t tt$:

Jupiter in mutual trines. Mercury and Man are again in

mutual Kendras.

Historic Fact

MarsKentJup.Venus

SunMoon

Navamsa

Satum

Merc.Ralu

Chrt 12Rasi

l-11-1755

Ketu

Satum

MoonJupiter

SunVenusMe,rc.

Oni of the grcitest of all known earthquakes was that

which ruined Lisbon on I NovembeL 1755' It is reported

that shocks werc felt all over Portugal and parts of spain'

78 Astrology h Forecasting Weatlur and Eartfuuatcs

southem France ard northern Africa totalling tlre disturbedarca to nearly a million square miles. ..The sea retircd,layrng bare the bar and then rolled into a height of 40 feet.In ltaly and Switzerland lakes werc set in oscillation". Thedestruction of life was immense. It will be seen that on theday of the eartlquake Man, Jupiter, Rahu and Moon werein mutual Kendras. Sanrm and Jupiter were in earthy signs,and the earthquake occuned two days before new Moon(Chart l2). The day of the earthquake was lst November.Marie Antionette was bom on the 2nd November, lZ55under almost the same turbulent pattem of the heavens.Her fateful life and how she died is self-explanatory. :

For years, we had been in correspondence with thenuclear physicist Dr. Tomascheck (See Appendix). Accdrd_ing to him the grouping or'.picture" of the planets abdutcertain axes shows significant conespondence with earth_quakes. A "gestalt" factor is present. It has been found thatJupiter is associated with the strongest of earthquakes inoontrast to its astrological significance in human relation_ships.

In my editorial dated 14 November, l97Z appearingin The Astrological Magazine, the January lg7g issue ipredicted: "There will be a total lunar eclipse on Saturday,16 September, 1978, involving the Virgo-pisces axis. Thereis a possibility of a major earthquake also, about the areaof lran." The newspapers of 18 September, l97g cariedheadlines of the earrhquake in Iran which killed over10,000 people. The earthquake occuned on the night of16117 September, 1978 resulting in huge loss of life andpropeny.

KenrMoon

Chrt 13Rasi

rG9-1978

Jupit"r

SatumMerc.

ManVenus

SunRahu

Astology in Earthryakcs Prediction 79

VenusRatru

Navarnsa

Moon

SwrSatumKenr

MarsMerc,Jup.

The disaster occun€d just after full Moon (Chart 13)An eclipse of the Moon had occurred. Jupiter and Mars arein square while the waxing Moon had just passed throughan exact opposition with Mercury the previous day.

ln an editorial wriren on 15 November, 1989 whichappeared in The Astrological Magazine, January 1991, Iwrote: "Rahu, situated in Capricorn 24" 45' (Dhanishtaconstellation) at the beginning of the English year entersSagittariui on 25 April, 1991, having conjoined Saturn on21 January, 1991 in Capricom 7o in the constellation ofUttarashadha. The implication of this particular conjunctionin regard to world affairs will be discussed on a subse-

t0 Astology in Forecasting Weuher and Earthquakes

quent occasion. Jupiter-Mars opposition (l Febnrary,1990), Satum-Mars conjunction (2E Febmary, 1990) ardJupiter-Satum opposition (14 July, 1990) are capable ofuiggering eartlquakes in eartlrquake-prone areas like lran,Assam, China and Mexico, especially about the times ofthe rrcw Moon and full Moon." Exactly as anticipated amassive earthquake rocked lran on 2l June, 1990. Theearthquake occurred on a Chaturdasi (Chan l4), just beforcrrw Moon. Mercury conjoined Moon on 2l June, 1990.Tlrc major planets Mars and Jupiter werc in square.

MarsMoonMerc.Venus

SrmJupiter

Chst 14Rasi '

2t-6-l9m

Ketu

RahuSaturn

Mars Jup. Rahu

Navamsa

VenusMarsSuum

SunKctu

Astology in furthpuhts Prdiction 8l

kr October, 1989, earttrquakcs occurred in Los Angelesand Clrina I had indicated frese qu*es m TIE Astrologi-cal Magazin, Annual (January) 1989 issue, while discussing the trends for the year 1989: "Unusual weather condi-

tions in certain states may cause loss of life and damage to

Foperty. An eanhquake is possible in Califomia aboutAugust-september.- The quake occurred in October 1989

which in seismological terms is remarftably oolrect'especially because of the fact that the return periods oflarge seismic events are of the order of few decadesaccording to Dr. Arun Bapat of the cwPRs, Khdakwasla'hrne who wrcte to me ongratuluing me on this accuraleprediction In the same editorial ur&r "China ard the FarEast," I wrote'A major naftral disaster such as an earth-quake is likely somewhere near thc provinoe of Sinkiangabout the time of the Ju$ter-Sanrrn opposition" The oplnsition took place on 9 Sepember, l9E9 and tb quake hitClrina in October, 1989.

These prediaions were based on asfiological factols- Iwould like to ask which seismologist in tbe whole historyof seismology, mt only in our cormtry but anyvhere in theworld, came close to making srch a prediction in spite ofall ttre rcsouroes and fuids being spem on tbis science- Yeta glant inferiority complex tighAy'holds back our thinkenfrom looking at the remarkable methods of earthquake-forecasts which Asuology offers. It is the tragedy of ourtimes that our Government would ratlrer see ftousands andrcns of ttpusands of people die than take rccourse to As-trology. Nothing can be more ironic than the fact that inrhe country of is own origin, Astrology is not rccognisedfor its tnre wortb-

t2 Astrotogy tn l,orecasting Weulrcr and F,arttqug*es

Therc is no doubt that the causes of eartlrquakes lieortside the relationships that nafural physical science dealswittr today. The planetary groupings can rclease the accu_mulated energy resulting in a quake. As Mr. Gulomanoysays: '"The energy of the tectonic processes is very great.Imagrne that tension appears and energy begirs to accimu_late in some region of the earth. In tfrJnrg run a momentcomes when liile is needed for an eartlrquake to begin. Anearrhquake may be riggered by changes in solar ..iinity.,;

Scientists should note that our earth, apart from beingan inert mass, is also a living oftanism and that it is sensiltive to the Sun's rhythms. If only our Universities andNational Laboratories devote at reast a meagre part of theirtalents and resources to Astro-seismologyl tnfy c"n Jis_cover simple mathcmatical methods based on ancient astro_logical guidelines which will enable them to forecast theoccurence of earthquakes and other similar natural cata_stroplrcs so that precautions could be taken in advance bminimise human suffcring.

If only modem scicntists could keep their mindsopen, the accumulatcd wisdom of Astrology could be ofgrcat assistance.

Thc loss of life and damage to propeny are the chieffeaturcs of a grcat carthquake. The deati toll rises appall_ingly in a mattcr of minutes. While we cannot prevent rhisnatural phernmenon, we can certainly endeavour to lessenthe dcstrucdon by hceding thc forecasts.

Earthquakes occur becausc of the disturbances ofcarth's field-force. And thesc disturbances are broughtabout by thc incessant motion of plancts.

Appendix

t6 Astrology in Forecasting Weather and Earthquakes

lo the astrological teaching, which convinced me.Especially one occurrence gave the starting point to .lthoughts. It was the following: I met _ as a cause of theevents of war - a colleague of mine who with his institutehad moved from Vienna into the village as I had donefrom Munich and in the course of events we joined withour institutes in the same house. I was very surprised toleam that he was bom exactly the same dayas lias, notfar away (abour 50 miles). We were both physicists; bortlDirectors of large Institutes and worked on iimila., but, notexactly the same fields. This event at this time morereceived in the subconscious _ later became the startingpoint of my conversbn as it were.

I must confess that Astrology has given me animmense widening of inner horizon ino r nint it is one ofthe most important means to overcome materialism.

- You will perhaps be surprised to hear, that though mywhole life has been devoted to discover the efectro"_raj_netic structure of matter and the atoms, yet I refuse toexplain the astrological effects of the planets by an electro-magneric acrion. I think rhat the ptanits in their orbits andthe man in his life are parts of one infinite frupp.nintwhere all is linked together by one breathing principte.

e

As to the outer events of my life, ii may perhapsinterest you in connecrion with my map, that i iort ,yfather at six years of age. Nearly it ttre same Ume I lostmore and more my eyesight on my right eye (which musthave bcen disturbed already at birttr),

-at ten (or 1l yean)

I underwent an operation of this iye and the lens wasextracred. I am now blild on this eyl, astrologically quiteunderstandable. In lglg t manied and divorced in 1927.ln'this year I was manied the second time (Uranus, tvtarsj,

A Great Physicist Becomes an Astrologer

Sir, I was very glad to receive your kind lettcr dated30 September, 1948 and I thank you very much for send-ing me some past issues of The Astrological Magazine'which made a very intercsting reading for me.

I am sorry for the delay in replying but work at thclaboratory has lept me from it. /

Perhaps, you arc interestcd in knowing how a Physi-cist has tumed to Astrology. As you see from my date ofbirth, it is atleast according to the westem astrology, quiteunderstandable. I am born on 23 December, 1895, Oh,46m. p.m. G.T. = th. 44m. I.T.49o O' N, 14" 29' E. Ura-nus exactly on tlre descendant seems quite-signiftcant. Itseems to me more a map for inner development than forouter success.

As all western scientists of my age, I ignored anddespised Astrology, embraced by the materialism of mytime and my surroundings. But a strong philosophicaltraining and inclination prcvented me from accepting thismaterialism as the true way of science. I never lost theconviction that there must be a spiritual ground to allphysical happening.

The time was ripe when Pluto was transited byUranus. This gave on the exact day a fundamental changcin m! outer life. The following transit of Uranus ovcrNeptune led me to Ore knowledge of Astrology and itsappreciation. It was the coincidence of planetaryconstellations and the events which they indicate according

Apperufrx n

tn the same year I bame Assisunt professor, 1934 andDircctor of the Institute of Physics at Dnesden, 1939 atMunich. I have writren several books (a texbook has inGerman now 14 editions), in English 4 reprints and 18translated into Spanish and edited about Z0 scientificpapers. 1945, I lost my position in consequence of themarching-in of the Americans. It clipped severcly mymaterial resources, but gave me the possibitity of snrdyingAstrology without any other disturbance. Rahu conjunctAscendant brought me,new material possibilities here inEngland.

I should be very gad to hear ftom you again,

Surrey, England R. Tomaschek, Ph.D.