posted July 08, 2014 01:42 PM            

Discovered on July 3, 2000 by the Lincoln Laboratory Asteroid research Team.

The name refers to Shiva or Shiv-lingam. "Shiva" itself means Pure.

Meanings: liṅgaṃ, meaning "mark", "sign", or "inference" is a representation of the Hindu deity Shiva used for worship in temples. In traditional Indian society, the linga is rather seen as a symbol of the energy and potentiality of the God. (Wiki)

It has various meanings and much discussion abounds as to its precise meaning. The original use in the ancient texts describe it as the "beginning-less and endless cosmic pillar of fire, the cause of all causes. Lord Shiva is pictured as emerging from the Lingam – the cosmic pillar of fire, symbolizing the infinite nature of Shiva. Some later use has taken the pillar to represent a phallic symbol (which shocked the early British), but that is refuted by some Indian scholars.

There are many temples in India which include Mahalingam in their name.

I found it conjunct a bunch of Vedic asteroids in my chart:
In Cap, house 6
Ramachandran 21.14
Soma 21.32
Anand 22.15
Mahakala 22°21
Mahalingam 23.57

Its sabian is: a woman entering a convent.
KEYNOTE: Total commitment to a transcendent goal.

Interesting!! So far so good. Then looked it up in synastry. Firstly, it is exactly conjunct the SM's Uranus in the 9th. A Uranus in 9th person is said to believe in freedom of beliefs, religion and liberty in their way of life. That is indeed true of him and is key to his persona. Mahalingam could be marking a point that is of key significance or a key spiritual place - where the person has potential to achieve godliness.

It forms many synastry aspects both ways, the most significant appears to be Mahalingam opposite Valentine DW. IQ has said that Shiva in synastry may indicate a tantrik love relationship in a past lifetime - that is indicated elsewhere in our synastry too.

It is conjunct my son's Asc. The "potentiality of God" sounds great here .

Siva asteroids include:
Rudra 2629
Shankar 22817
SIVA 1170
Mahakala 10819

posted July 08, 2014 06:15 PM            

This is what I found...
Sun saggy@4.28
Soma aqua@5.03
Uranus scorp@4.44
Ramachandran pisces@4.33
Tara virgo@5.49
Records virgo@4.43
Hypnos virgo@4.44
Sphinx virgo@7
Quaoar scorp@7.49
Mahakala virgo@7.55
Samadhi scorp@8.27

Shankar leo@11.58
Neptune saggy@11
Spirit aqua@12.06
Krishnan scorp@11.15
Juno virgo@12.30

Rudra cap@16.28
Nada scorp@17.31
Hara scorp@17.38
Moon virgo@18.32

Siva saggy@22.48
P of Fortune saggy@21.12

NN scorp@21.44
Anand scorp@23.02
Vishnu cap@25.26

posted July 08, 2014 08:02 PM            

I like the meaning of "potentiality of God" when it relates to planets. It brings out the best qualities of that planet or sign. The higher octave of Scorpio/Pluto is the Phoenix bird.

Do you see that in yourself? You rose from the ashes, didn't you - as was suggested in another thread. This is underlined by the presence of Mahalingam and Parvati - offering protection and certain passage.

I like this!

posted July 08, 2014 08:17 PM            

If I think of more I'll post them...I know Vibhuti and Vishnu are exactly opposed cap/cancer@25
Horus cancer@25
Yeshuhua/Babylon scorp@25
Aura cancer@27
Gaea cancer@27

posted July 08, 2014 08:49 PM            

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Originally posted by Astro keen:
Parvati, Union, Mahalingam at the same spot could have the same significance as other soulmate pairs - Kaali/Rudra, and Isis/Osiris.

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I'll have to go read about what it means to have soulmate pairs in the natal...I didn't realize I had any, that's cool!

My TF has Neptune exactly on my Parvarti and his Parvarti is aries@0

Hmmm....his Maghalingam is taurus@3.03 exactly on his Sun taurus@3.39 its inconjunct my Parvarti(not tight) and it's opposed my Kaali scorp@2.14

posted July 09, 2014 04:15 AM            

Does anyone know what this would mean?

posted July 09, 2014 02:28 PM            

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Originally posted by Gabby:
Do these relate?
Indra
Surya
Agni
Vayu
Varuna
Mitra
Aditi
Yama
Soma
Saraswati
Prithvi

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I intend to put together a reference thread for Vedic asteroids. They get asked about quite a lot. And lots has been written too to provide rich pickings.

Re the ones above:

INDRA - king of heaven (not unlike Zeus)
SURYA - Sun
AGNI - Fire
VAYU - Wind
VARUNA - god of all forms of the water element, particularly the oceans. (Like Poseidon)
MITRA - friend; also a deity featuring in Rig-Veda, an ancient Indian text.

ADITI -
In the Vedas (ancient Indian works), Aditi (meaning: limitless) is mother of the gods and all twelve zodiacal spirits from whose cosmic matrix the heavenly bodies were born. As celestial mother of every existing form and being, the synthesis of all things, she is associated with space (akasa) and with mystic speech (Vāc). She may be seen as a feminized form of Brahma. (Wiki)

Much more has been written about her. She also signifies being free, unbound and highly creative. I do like the sound of her. The Wiki article is quite comprehensive.

YAMA - God of death

SOMA - The Vedic version of Ambrosia. Drinking Soma produces a state of bliss (Ananda) and immortality.

SARASWATI - Goddess of knowledge, music, arts, wisdom and nature. She is a part of the trinity of Saraswati, Lakshmi and Parvati. She is the consort of Brahma - one of the holy trinity - the others being Siva and Vishnu.

PRITHVI - Earth

Gabby where is this list from? The only asteroids I found were for ADITI - a new one, and we also know of SOMA and VARUNA.

posted July 10, 2014 04:01 PM            

The Universal soul (God) has three aspects: Brahman (creator), Vishnu (preserver) and Siva (destroyer).

Each of these has a female principle or consort. So we have the following pairs:
Siva + Parvati
Brahman + Saraswati
Vishnu + Lakshmi

Vishnu, the preserver, took many incarnations on Earth in order to liberate humans from evil. Of these, Ramachandran (or Rama) and Krishnan (or Krishna) are the most recent. Ramachandran was a prince who was married to Sita. They were a model loyal and loving couple.

Siva, incidentally, has many names or forms. As does Parvati.
Asteroids for Siva -- Siva, Rudra, Mahakala, Shankar, Hara, Mahalingam
Asteroids for Parvati -- Parvati, Kaali, Tara

These are interchangeable. However, Kaali expresses the more fierce aspects, whilst Parvati and Tara are the gentler, more compassionate forms.

posted July 10, 2014 04:36 PM            

I was pleased to find it on my Destinn. If Aditi means the unbound, free and creative one, then that is a good destiny.

According to Wiki - she is the mother of the gods of heaven. The ancient text, the Rig Veda, ascribes her with many attributes:
* A mothering presence - Aditi is often asked to guard the one who petitions her, or to provide him or her with wealth, safety, and abundance."

* Freedom - she is un-bound, free one, and it is evident in the hymns to her that she is often called to free the petitioner from different hindrances, especially sin and sickness.

* Creativity - Aditi can be defined as the cosmic creatrix, the creativity of the all-creating.

* Might - Aditi was regarded as both the sky goddess, and earth goddess, which is very rare for a prehistoric civilization.

Here is another interpretation by an astrologer:
"Aditi is the exalted symbol of the supreme consciousness of the Divine Mother, and as such often seems to present supreme challenges to the expression of the energies of whatever other ‘planets’ she relates to in the horoscope."
from http://yinyangastrologer.com/astrology-2/asteroids/yin-yang-astrology-in-practice -dyad-pairs/

Mark Holmes, however, sees Aditi as something much more sinister - "as empty, emptied out, having nothing, reduced to nothingness" - and he quotes examples of people with prominent Aditi aspects whose lives were wasted or ended horribly. Ugh! http://markandrewholmes.com/aditi.html

Given the meanings above, it seems very odd for an astrologer to attribute such negative meanings to Aditi.

posted July 11, 2014 10:07 AM            

In synastry...
His Mahalingam 5 42 Aqua trines mine at 5 49 Gemini almost exact
Trines my uranus 4 57 Libra (his karma is cj here at 4 53 Libra) and my Karma 3 11 Gemini DW
Oppose Siva 6 31 leo and Soma 5 15 leo DW
Sq my Kaali 2 50/Parvati 4 28 conjunction DW
Semisextiles and qc my Nodes 3 41 pisces
Trines my isis 8 47 Libra DW
qc my destinn 6 34 Cancer DW

His Aditi 4 19 cap cj his Sun 4 18 Cap
Qc my Mahalingam and karma
Trines Kaali and parvati
Opposes Destinn
Sextiles NN
Qc Siva and Soma

My Mahalingam 5 49 Gemini
Cj his Soma 6 01and isis 7 59 Gemini DW
Trines his Venus 4 51 Aqua
Trines his Karma 4 54 DW and Horus 7 10 Libra
Sq his Parvati 3 21 pisces DW
Sextiles his osiris 7 13 Aries
Trines his Destinn 7 58 Libra DW

My Aditi 7 50 Scorpio
Sextiles his Sun 4 18 Cap
Sq his mahalingam 5 42 Aqua
Qc his Soma 6 01and isis 7 59 Gemini and osiris 7 59 Aries
Semisextiles Karma 4 54 Horus 7 10 and Destinn 7 58 Libra

posted July 11, 2014 10:39 AM            

This is great info . Mahalingam is certainly prominent in your synastry - the exact trine is remarkable. Am I correct in assuming that you also tried the other Shiva asteroids and they didn't form close aspects?

You may have shared a past life in India where you practised yoga or tantra.

Some of the aspects may be a little wide. I tend to pay attention only to very close aspects with asteroids - up to 15% in the astro.com, unless there's a DW, or it becomes confusing. His Mahalingam square your Parvati is significant and as important as Shiva/Parvati or Shiva/Kaali. Do you have other soulmate pairings too?

posted July 11, 2014 12:11 PM            

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Originally posted by Astro keen:
Karmic Moon,

This is great info . Mahalingam is certainly prominent in your synastry - the exact trine is remarkable. Am I correct in assuming that you also tried the other Shiva asteroids and they didn't form close aspects?

You may have shared a past life in India where you practised yoga or tantra.

I tend to pay attention only to very close aspects with asteroids - up to 15% in the astro.com, unless there's a DW, or it becomes confusing. For example, his Mahalingam square your Parvati, in my view, is significant and as important as Shiva/Parvati or Shiva/Kaali. Do you have other soulmate pairings too?

Also Aditi conjunct his Sun. Wow! Do you see any of the meanings of Aditi resonating with Aditi cj Sun in his case?
My son has this placement, whilst Mahalingham is conjunct this Asc.

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We have quite a few Vedic aspects in synastry. I'm pretty confident of a past life there. I use Siva, Rudra and now Mahalingam. I haven't tried the others yet. There are others on this page I have yet to try.
Besides our mahalingam's trining our Rudra's square each other and our Kaali's square each other.
I didnt see before his Rudra 10 33 Scorp cj my Aditi 7 50 Scorpio.

I usually use a max 3 orb unless Sun/Moon/ASC then 4. Is that too wide?

Here are some I have found already...
Vedic
him to me natal
Siva 1 16 Aqua sq Kaali 2 59 Taurus and Parvati 4 28 Taurus(his nodes are at 1 01 Virgo, my Nodes 3 41 Pisces, his karma 4 54 Libra, my karma 3 12 Gemini)
Parvati 3 21 Pisces cj NN 3 41 Pisces
Parvati sextile Parvati 4 28 Taurus
Parvati sextile Kaali 2 59 Taurus
Parvati sq Karma 3 12 Gemini
NN 1 01 Virgo trine Kaali 2 59 Taurus (trine SN)
Kaali 10 18 Sag trine Rudra 12 18 Leo
Siva 1 16 Aqua trine Karma 3 12 Gemini
Rama 21 13 Leo trine Sita 24 12 Sag
Angel 8 44 Scorpio trine Kama 9 59 Cancer
Kama 18 20 Pisces cj DSC 17 58 Pisces
Kama sextile Saturn 19 49 Taurus
Chiron 9 24 Taurus sextile Kama 9 59 Cancer
Destinn 7 58 Libra sq Kama 9 59 Cancer
Grand trine: Sun 4 19 Cap trine Kaali 2 59 and Parvati 4 28 Taurus trine SN 3 41/NN 1 01 Virgo
Venus 4 51 Aqua sq Kaali 2 59 Taurus
Venus 4 51 Aqua opp Siva 6 31 Leo
Venus sq Parvati 4 28 Taurus
Samadhi 11 26 Sag sq Kama 9 59 Cancer
Soma 6 01 Gemini sextile Siva 6 31 and Soma 5 15 Leo
Samadhi 19 38 Gemini sq Kama 18 20 Pisces
Karma 4 54 Libra sextile Soma 5 15 Leo
Venus 4 51 Aqua opp Soma 5 15 Leo
Rudra 10 33 Scorpio sq Rudra 12 18 Leo
My Juno 1 00 cj my Kaali 2 59 cj his Vesta 3 07 cj my Parvati 4 28 Taurus trine our Nodes 1 01 and 3 41 Virgo trine his Sun 4 19 Cap
Kaali 10 18 Sag sq Moon 10 46 Virgo and Vesta 8 57 Virgo
Kaali sextile Lust 9 33 Aqua
Union 1 13 Scorpio opp Kaali 2 59 Taurus

We have quite a few mythological pairings. I have about 23 right now. I use that term because some aren't strictly "soulmate" pairings but couples/family that occur in mythology together. I will have to update now with the new ones. Here are the vedic mythological pairings and aspects....

His Siva 1 16 Aqua sq my Kaali 2 59/Parvati 4 28 Taurus cj
His Siva qc and ss our Nodal cj 1 01 and 3 41 Virgo/Pisces
My Kaali/Parvati trine and sextile our Nodal cj
His Siva 1 16 Aqua trines my karma 3 12 Gemini/my Kaali qc his karma 4 54 Libra
His Agapenor 2 15 Scorpio oppose my Kaali/Parvati/my Agapenor 3 50 Cap ss his Siva

His Kaali 10 18 Sag trine my Rudra 12 18 Leo
His Lust 9 07 Scorpio trine my Rudra 12 18 Leo/my Lust 9 33 Aqua sextile his Kaali 10 18 Sag
His Eros 12 35 Pisces qc my Rudr 12 18 Leo/my Eros 9 08 Cap ss his Kaali 10 18 Sag
His Abundantia 10 30 Aries trine my Rudra 12 18 Leo/my Abundantia 9 51 Aqua sextile his Kaali

His Rama 21 13 Leo trine my Sita 24 12 Sag
His DNA 24 27 Sag cj my Sita 24 12 Sag/my DNA 23 30 Leo cj his Rama 21 13 Leo

I just added a list of the mythological pairings and aspects on my thread Soulmates and Reincarnation if you are interested in the rest. I realize it is tedious reading.

I will have to read more about Aditi. That is a close aspect with his Sun. I didn't resonate with the negative interpretation of it. Thanks for the Yin Yang Astrology article. I will read that when I get time, it looks very interesting.

I wonder if you or Gabby have the numbers for some of these? My laptop is down and I can get that file to fully load on my Ipad.

posted July 11, 2014 12:22 PM            

I have posted a list of numbers below. There may be a couple missing. If anyone thinks others might be relevant then please let me know.

posted July 11, 2014 04:08 PM            

Names of Vishnu used in South India
Padmanabhan 21575
Srinivasan 21748
Venkateswaran 28438 -

4034, 22533, 7754, 16116, 25468, 20851, 55753, 244, 21575, 21748, 28438
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SIVA / PARVATI
Parvati 2847
Kaali 4227
Tara 5863

Siva 1170
Rudra 2629
Mahakala 10819
Shankar 22817
Mahalingam 18104
Hara 4640

2847, 4227, 5863, 1170, 2629, 10819, 22817, 18104, 4640
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Aditi - 4401
Anand 23323 - joy, spiritual bliss
Garuda 2307 - a bird, mount of Vishnu, related to kundalini awakening
Ganesa, 2415 - son of Siva and Parvati
Hanuman 2211 - popular Hindu deity, follower of Rama, protector from harm
Nada 4106, 
 - divine music, sound heard when kundalini activated
Soma 2815 
 - drink that confers bliss, immortality
Samadhi 12472 - enlightenment, nirvana, spiritual ecstasy
Vibhuti 25290 - sacred ash; valuable
Kama 1387 - sexual/sensual desires

4401, 23323, 2307, 2415, 2211, 4106, 
2815 
, 12472, 25290, 1387

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posted July 14, 2014 01:46 PM            

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Originally posted by Astro keen:
Parvati, Union, Mahalingam at the same spot could have the same significance as other soulmate pairs - Kaali/Rudra, and Isis/Osiris.

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I'm surprised you've left out Ramakrishna for Vishnu, when TWO of his avatar names are in it. I've used Ramakrishna or maybe Raman for Rama, Ramachandran seeming a lesser option to me although it'll probably work to many, depending on how their charts look. The link below also has Jovian's talk about Balakrishnan for you to check. I already gave you the earlier Mahalingam link on your other post. There's also 20837 for Ramanlal, if lal means beloved?

I haven't checked if Parvati and Mahalingam always move closely together (ŕ la the previously discussed Horus-Echnaton & Spirit-Santorini and such) but have mine conjunct at 5 Libra next to 6 Libra's Sekhmet-Athena and more.

Libra 5's Sabian:
"A Man Watches His Ideals Taking A Concrete Form Before His Inner Vision

6.53 Leo ASC has 2211 Hanuman a bit before it but from what I recall as the closest asteroid conjunction to it. My first thread or post here was about Hanuman. IQ notes there that "Hanumana is one of the Multi-Dimensional Aspects of Siva" and even some Wiki-pages bring up Hanuman and Shiva connections in minor ways, so while Hanuman is mostly said to be without a partner (on the later or Indian sides at least) a connection to the asteroid obviously brings the rest of the pantheon into play.

http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/Forum28/HTML/001426.html

Hanuman right before ASC is joined by Mahakala-Siwa at 8 Leo maybe some ~1,5 conjunct ASC. Tara-Ganesa are both at 9 Leo. So on top of the Hanuman-ASC I have Mahakala conjunct Tara-Ganesa AND Parvati-Mahalingam 1-1,5 sextile ASC.

I've already previously mentioned to you the patterns my Vedic asteroids make with the solstice points.

Kaali antiscia conj Garuda and (contrascia?) ~1 opposite 23 Lib Rudra
Siva antiscia opp Tara-Ganesa (+Mahakala)
Drac Siva conj Parvati's antiscion 24 Pis
Drac Parvati conj Siva's antiscion 9 Aqu opp Tara-Ganesa
Drac Rudra 1 opp Sun
Drac Shankar-Alma conj nSiva
Drac Tara-Ganesa opp Shankar's antiscion

Basically, they ALL connect, one way or another. Kaali to Rudra, Siva to Parvati and Tara, Tara to Shankar as well. It's not obvious at first but underlining crisscrossing doesn't leave anything out. Not sure what it (or the Hanuman) would say of a possible future partner but at the very least they'd need to be as interesting and have such contacts to me.

Satie 1 opp Vishnu (on AVX-VX angle)
Drac Vishnu conj 21 Aries Garuda

27 Virgo Samadhi-Hara conj 28 Vir Krishnan-Nada square 29.01 Sag Soma and 1-2 square 26 Gem Gopalan-Church-Horus-Artemis-Moriarty-Beer

4 Can Aura-Vibhuti-Goode's antiscion is 1 from Gopalan etc.

1 Sco Kama conj Union (antiscia opp Sun)

Aditi 11.59 Sag is ~1,5 conj drac ASC and thus conjunct drac Mahakala. Welcome to "I told you everything is connected".

posted July 14, 2014 02:17 PM            

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I'm surprised you've left out Ramakrishna for Vishnu, when TWO of his avatar names are in it. I've used Ramakrishna or maybe Raman for Rama, Ramachandran seeming a lesser option to me although it'll probably work to many, depending on how their charts look. The link below also has Jovian's talk about Balakrishnan for you to check. I already gave you the earlier Mahalingam link on your other post.

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Yes, was wondering about Ramakrishna as he is also the name of a very well known Indian mystic. He was Swami Vivekanand's Guru. Given that connection, I wondered if he could be considered as a Vishnu incarnation. But this is a spurious argument. A famous mystic is spiritual enough and would do just as well.

Thank you for Balakrishnan (meaning child Krishna) - is a new one for me. Checked its placement and it is EXACT on my Asc. Not only that, it is also conjunct my SM's Asc. How weird! It is these synchronicities that draw attention to the significance of these asteroids. The list grows!

I wonder if it means that we are in the early stages of our spiritual growth. Or two innocents abroad, maybe?

Balakrishna - 13.44 Leo
Asc - 13.49 Leo

Re Raman/ Ramachandran. I had initially thought that Ramachnadran was more relevant for me. My test - it was one of the group around 22 degrees - which is the case for nearly all of my Vedic asteroids.

Capricorn
Ramachandran - 21.14
Soma - 21.32
Anand - 22.15
Mahakala - 22°21
Mahalingam - 23.57

Rudra - 22°24' Taurus
Garuda - 22.37 Cancer
Hara - 21° 4' Sco
Hanuman - 23.16 Sag
Tara - 22°19 Leo
Krishan - 23.19 Leo

BUT Shiva and Shankar at 27 degrees in two Earth signs.

RAMAN, however, is conjunct my SM's Sun and my Asc. This sounds good. Rama was a righteous and loyal man. A synastry contact such as this could mean that the partner would be loyal and not cheat. This is echoed by our Penelope/Sun DW.

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Not sure what it (or the Hanuman) would say of a possible future partner but at the very least they'd need to be as interesting and have such contacts to me.

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At the very least !
Had read the Wiki article which says that Hanuman is considered to be an incarnation of Shiva by some. He was definitely a bachelor though, who was dedicated to Rama.

posted July 14, 2014 03:24 PM            

One often sees, as in yours and my Vedic asteroids, a 1 degree conjunction between similar meaning asteroids. This indicates that conjunctions of around 1 degree are OK and valid when taking asteroids aspects into account.

Also, themes become very evident when looking at the asteroids at a particular degree in a chart. Raman, for example, is at 4.24, which relates to these at 4 degrees in other signs.

Veritas - Virgo 4.23
Moldavia - Sco 4.13
Horus - Sag 4.25
Hermes - Cap 4.15
Raman - Aries 4.24
Ubuntu - Gem 3.54
Logos - Can 4.14

So, spirituality, righteousness, truth, kindness, humanity.

posted July 14, 2014 03:45 PM            

quote:

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Originally posted by Astro keen:
Yes, was wondering about Ramakrishna as he is also the name of a very well known Indian mystic. He was Swami Vivekanand's Guru. Given that connection, I wondered if he could be considered as a Vishnu incarnation. But this is a spurious argument. A famous mystic is spiritual enough and would do just as well.

Thank you for Balakrishnan (meaning child Krishna) - is a new one for me. Checked its placement and it is EXACT on my Asc. Not only that, it is also conjunct my SM's Asc. How weird! It is these synchronicities that draw attention to the significance of these asteroids. The list grows!

I wonder if it means that we are in the early stages of our spiritual growth. Or two innocents abroad, maybe?

Had read the Wiki article which says that Hanuman is considered to be an incarnation of Shiva by some. He was definitely a bachelor though, who was dedicated to Rama.

Will look at your placements in more detail. You have a strong Vedic theme in your chart - linked to past lives in India, and/or kundalini activation no doubt .

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As said in the Hanuman thread linked to, I'm aware of the more "earthly" or more recent Ramakrishna but as said, that's the one that flares up with my parents for synastry. I refrained from linking to my Hara-post but discussed some more Vedic-Indian style features in my family (to grandparent level) in that. Nothing conclusive said and no particular aspect-insights from IQ, just some of how it all figures in the family or lineage patterns. Also of how have no idea why the Indian themes would figure strongly if there isn't a blood or heritage link or any interest in (or probably even knowledge of) Hinduism before these recent times. Yoga only reached our parts of the world (a small "town) in the 80s, and my mother didn't stick with that as a hobby long either. If there is some specific reason, it seems it's on levels beyond the physical.

If Balakrishnan is for your childlike sides, what should you make of my mischief-making karma-dodging monkey god? ;P Getting away with tons, getting tons of gifts from the other gods, not a bad thing at all if you ask me.

The Hanuman-link was also used because there's talk of the Sri Lankan (from what I recall) side having myths or talk of Hanuman falling for a mermaid called Suvannamacha. His devotion is to Rama (and Sita) and Rama's love with Sita, nothing wrong with that, but from what I recall I had some "monument" from Sri Lanka conjunct my Chiron and trine Sun as well as Serendip-Indiana conjunct Atlantis. Not India, but Serendip-Archaeopteryx-Indiana conjunct Atlantis for a Hanuman person seems interesting with the watery sides. Serendip's the Persian and Urdu name for Sri Lanka, but just now found out it's also a SETI-program, which makes things even MORE interesting. "Search for Extraterrestrial Radio Emissions from Nearby Developed Intelligent Populations." Discoveries like these are what make asteroid glances interesting no matter how long you've known about something.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Princes_of_Serendip http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SERENDIP

posted July 14, 2014 05:02 PM            

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Originally posted by Astro keen:
Also, themes become very evident when looking at the asteroids at a particular degree in a chart. Raman, for example, is at 4.24, which relates to these at 4 degrees in other signs.

So, spirituality, righteousness, truth, kindness, humanity.

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I see Serendip is "adopted from Sanskrit Suvarnadweepa or golden island" so while I don't know the languages of Sri Lanka and reading Wiki's Suvannamaccha (or Suvarnamaccha) page I see the myth was popular on the Thai side, it'd be interesting to see how the name similarities work with her name meaning "golden mermaid". Same source. Makes you wonder if Serendip works for Suvannamaccha contacts as well, with there being no asteroid for her when I last checked. I liked their story when first read it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suvannamaccha

My Raman is at 19.13 Leo and while it's trine my Vertex (and Vishnu), it doesn't seem to be doing much in my own chart. It eventually may in synastry but don't know. Ramachandran 10.21 R Pisces conjunct Pholus opposite Destinn.

Ramakrishna on the other hand is on my Pluto at 7 Libra, near the 5 Libra Mahalingam and Parvati. Possibly a part of why the Hindu-gods and such figure, too, the contact being Pluto instead of something less weighty. Venus conjunct Kaali by ~1,5 is the only other planetary contact I remember, so the ASC, VX and then those are it. Sita's 1 square Mars, opposite Fomalhaut.

posted July 14, 2014 06:01 PM            

The story of the golden mermaid is lovely. Great research!

Macha means fish - and the first part of her name is shared with 'golden island' - 'Seren + dip'. A lnk, but is it enough? No connection in my chart with any of the Vedic asteroids.

Given that both ancient India and Egypt were populous civilisations that spanned several thousands of years, it is no wonder that both feature as themes in many charts. Humans who've been around these parts for centuries would have had lives there too, as they would in other civilisations, e.g., Sumerian. I have all three and more. I don't like the term "old soul" as that seems to place one in an hierarchical order. Given that we get recycled endlessly, any attempt to establish seniority on the basis of who came here first is plain silly.

You having had a past life/s in India is not strange. But the fact that many of the Hindu asteroids are on your Asc, must make that experience significant for this life.