Continuation…
Dr. Shanker Adawal
Role of Vedic
Astrology and Tajika
5.
The Vedic astrology has three systems of delineation and prediction-Parashari,
Jaimini and Tajika. The first two deals primarily with natal (Jataka)
astrology, whereas Tajika deals mainly with matters of more immediate concern
through annual horoscopy (Varshfal)
and/or horary (Prashna). Most of the terms in Tajika have their origin in
Persian/Arabic, indicating its origin in Arabia or Central Asia. In Arabia, the
word “Taj” means crown and “Tajak” means horse. It is, therefore, said that
among various systems, this system runs like a horse or it is superior to
others like a crown. Tajika seems to have gained its importance in medieval
period, when Muslim invaders made use of it for military exploits, many of them
with glory, barbarian yet so spectacular as to become historic deeds of change
with cruelty. However it does not mean that Vedic astrologers of the period,
like Keshava, Samara Simha and Neelkantha were not aware of this system and had
written useful treatise on Tajika. In olden days, free exchange of goods,
service and knowledge as part of mercantile was not uncommon. The old Vedic
knowledge as contained in classics was complete in themselves to answer Prashna
or yearly predictions as per dasha, Bhukti
and Antra system of Parashar.
6.
However, the Tajika system differs from old Vedic system in many ways. The
first is the concept of a progressed horoscope. The other major difference is
the importance given to the Sun in Tajika; whereas the Moon is given more
importance in Vedic astrology. The Sun is accepted as the lord of the solar
system and also the significator of Soul (Atman)
which ingress into our physical body again and again as the Earth completes a
revolution around the Sun.
The new year of a native’s
life commences from the time and date of sidereal solar return to the position,
where Sun was at the time of the birth of the native. Thirdly the manner of
evaluating the strength of a planet in the two systems is different. Whereas
Vedic astrology strength of a planet is judged by Shadbala/ strength in various divisional charts, Tajiks system
follows Panch-Vargiya Bala. Again the
manner of a planet influencing the other planet in the two systems is
different. Tajika also lays an extra importance to the integration of Signs.
Lastly it has introduced some new concepts like Sahams & Tripataki Chakras. Rajika system has its own Yogas and
dasha system to pinpoint the time various events. We will discuss all these in
details in subsequent chapters.
7.
During early medieval period, India was divided into large number of small
states, who were rarely on good friendly terms. The fights, victory, defeat etc
among their kings was very common. The kings’ courts had a regular Raj Jyotishi solely devoted to the
problems and astrological guidance for the kings. This concentrated effort
paved the way for excellence by astrologers under royal patronage. Some of the
queries/problems/predictions of the medieval periods have become out-dated
today and some of the new types of problems have cropped up now. But the old
underlined principles can be suitably modified to get the desired solutions
even today.
8.
The
Tajika astrology is a unique theory of astrological predictions with logical
solution in a short time. It takes care of all those areas that are covered by
the natal Astrology, like education, marriage, children, rise & fall in
career, profession & financial matters, health, disease, conflicts,
imprisonment, death etc. The Tajika is
thus complementary, supplementary, and confirmatory in nature. However
where natal chart is not available, a horary/ Varshphal can be evaluated for
prediction independently with great accuracy.
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