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The Moon cycle is divided into three parts and the Tri-Devi are seen according to the Moon phase. From Shukla Pratipad to Sukla
Dashami the Moon is ruled by Durga. Dashami to Krisna Panchami is ruled by Laksmi, and Panchami to Amavasya is ruled by Kali.
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In determining the Devi (goddess) according to one’s natal Moon only two forms of the Goddess are used (Durga and Kali). Laksmi is
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taken as the planet Venus. The Moon can be either Kali or Durga in a specific chart depending on multiple factors. All these factors have
Arudha Lagna Houses to be taken into account with the proper understanding of the factors influencing the Moon.

Upapada Lagna

Upapada Fasting

Tithis

Kalachakra & Tithis

Nakshatras

Navatara Chakra

Kalachakra

Aprakash Grahas

Jyotirlingam

Moon as a Goddess

Amāvāsya: The Dark Moon

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 Timing: Kalachakra

 Timing: Digbala I.Prasna Marga

 Naga Dosha
Prasna Marga says that if “the Moon is strong it is Durga and when weak the Moon is Bhadrakali, if it is weak and in a Mars sign then
 Pitri Dosha
the Moon is Chamunda with dark attributes.”
 Buddhashtami Vratta

 Orisha and Planets Mythology:

 Vastu
Durga is a benefic form of the goddess with multiple hands riding on a tiger. She has always been and is all that is. Her physical
manifestation took form when there was a demon that was so powerful that all the gods could not defeat it. All the gods put there
Mantra Shastra Shakti together and gave manifestation to Durga. Shakti is a concept that cannot be translated into one word. Sanskrit is a conceptual
language (not like English). One level of shakti means the female counterpart of a god, for example, the counterpart/shakti of Visnu
 Importance of 108 (god of sustenance) is Laksmi who is the goddess of wealth/money. Sustenance works through wealth. Shakti also means the
 Words for an Astrologer power/energy, and wealth is the power of sustenance. So the shakti of a god is their power/energy which is represented by their female
counterpart. The weapon a deity holds is symbolic of the shakti/powers that the deity has; what it can do. So when all the gods put their
 Akshara and Lords
shakti together, it means that all goddesses merged into one, or the power of all the gods merged into one. She has many arms and holds
 Rashi Chakra
the weapons of all the gods, showing she has the power/shakti of all the gods. She is all gods and goddesses in one form, called
 Hoda Chakra Jagadambe (jagad-universe, ambe-mother = Mother of the Universe). Did She come from the gods or did they come from Her? It is an
 Rsayadi Nyasa interdependent universe and She is the Universal Mother.

 Matangi Mantra
Kali came about when Durga became angry. Durga’s face turned black and the darkness condensed in her third eye out of which
 Graha Śānti Mantras jumped Kali. So Kali is a fierce, angry form of Durga. Bhadra means auspicious, and Bhadrakali is an auspicious form of Kali.
 Navagraha Suktam
Kali went to battle with the demons Chanda and Munda. They represent the minds state of revolving between too little and too much,
 Savitur Gayatri Mantra
constantly discontent. Kali had to become ferocious to kill these demons. When She bit their heads off, Durga said that since she had
 Sun Mantra killed Chanda and Munda She would then be called Chamunda. So Chamunda is the cruel form and Kali who is a fierce form herself.
 Durgā Mantras She is often depicted with her ribs showing, looking very intense.

 Kamalātmika
More stories and information about Durga, Kali and Chamunda can be found in the Devi Mahatmya, which is available
 Namah Shivaya Mantra in numerous translations.
 Shikshastikam

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Taurus- Durga (Rahu Mulatrikona)
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Cancer- Kali (natural house of Kali)
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Libra- Kali
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Scorpio- Kali (Ketu own sign)
Sagittarius- Kali (Ketu exaltation)
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Capricorn- Kali
Aquarius- Durga and Her alone (Rahu’s own sign)- darkest sign of the zodiac (where the ghosts are)
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Pisces- Kali (Mulatrikona of Ketu)
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Arudha Lagna Houses
1) Moon going towards Ketu (Kali) or

Upapada Lagna Moon going towards Rahu (Durga)

2) Sukla Paksa- Durga
Upapada Fasting Krisna Paksa- Kali
3) Debilitated Moon- Kali
Tithis Exalted Moon- Durga
4) Conjunct day strong planets- Durga
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Conjunct night strong planets- Kali

Nakshatras (except Mercury-strong day and night- Lalita=Lalita Sahasranam)

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IV. Yogas
Kalachakra

There are certain yogas that indicate specific goddesses. Mars with the Moon shows Chamunda, Moon with Saturn is Kali, Moon with
Aprakash Grahas
Rahu is Durga, Moon with Mercury is Tripura/Lalita. Mars and Rahu together is called Vijaya yoga and with Moon is Vijaya Durga. This
Jyotirlingam is the form of Durga worshiped on the tenth day of Navratri. It is the celebration of the goddess conquering the demon for which she
was born to destroy. New Moon is associated with Kali, Full Moon is associated with Tripura Sundari/ Sodasi (as well as Laksmi).
Moon as a Goddess

Amāvāsya: The Dark Moon

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Factors I to IV need to be analyzed, and the strongest indications taken. To pick the devi rupa (form) for the Moon is very important,
especially when the Moon is afflicted and needs to be made stronger or propitiated.
 Timing: Kalachakra

 Timing: Digbala

 Naga Dosha All the Planets as the Goddess

 Pitri Dosha
From the Arudha Lagna, all planets can be seen as different forms of the Goddess. The Arudha Lagna is Maya, which is Shakti. From
 Buddhashtami Vratta
Arudha there is only Kali or Durga (no bhu shakti-laxmi). The two fold division is ruled by the Moon; Durga- Sukla paksa, Kali- Krisna
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Paksa, (Three fold division is ruled by Jupiter). Shiva is worshipped from the lagna (Sun karaka), Visnu is worshipped from the
 Vastu pakalagna (Jupiter karaka), and Shakti is worshipped from Arudha Lagna (Moon karaka).

Mantra Shastra To use this system properly it is imperative that one understands the houses from the Arudha Lagna (Maya). When this is fully
understood then the planet can be either Nila Shakti (Kali) or Sri Shakti (Durga).

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Planets according to Sri Shakti: Navadurgas
 Words for an Astrologer Sun-Shaylaputra (daughter of the Mountains)
 Akshara and Lords Moon- Mahagauri (The Great White Mountains)
Mars- Skandamata (Mother of Lord Skanda)
 Rashi Chakra
Mercury- Katyayani
 Hoda Chakra
Jupiter- Brahmacharini
 Rsayadi Nyasa Friday- Kushmandi
 Matangi Mantra Saturn- Kalaratri
Rahu- Chandraganta (bell of the Moon)
 Graha Śānti Mantras
Ketu- Siddhidatri (giver of siddhis)
 Navagraha Suktam

 Savitur Gayatri Mantra Planets according to Nila Shakti: Mahavidyas

Sun- Matangi
 Sun Mantra
Moon- Bhuvaneshvari
 Durgā Mantras
Mars- Bhagalamukhi
 Kamalātmika Mercury- Tripura Sundari
 Namah Shivaya Mantra Jupiter- Tara
Venus- Kamala
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Saturn- Kali
Rahu- Chinnamasta
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Remember, if you use the wrong goddess, it is dangerous. In western culture, everything dangerous has been thrown out, so the
Vedic Consultations westerner generally doubts that the goddess can be harmful, but remember she is Shakti, Prakritti, she is Nature. If you play with
Nature, it plays with you. Play with it right and you will be well, play wrong and know that water drowns and fire burns, Jai Mata.
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Vimshottari dasa is connected to the Arudha Lagna (the Moon and perception). The mahadasa is ruled by the Sun, and the Moon rules
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the antardasa. The antardasa is very important to interpret from the Arudha Lagna, and it is the crucial place to apply Shaktis.
 Testimonials Determine where and how the antardasanath is placed from the Arudha Lagna. This is used to indicate which goddess to use for which
antar dasa (time period of the life).
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For those that do not have the ability to understand the chart at a higher level. It is possible to use the Divine Mother for psychological
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Astrology Lineage Saturn- represents neglect, deprivation, and loss. This is healed with a relationship to Kālī.

Time Consciousness Mars- represents abuse, violence, and intensity. This is healed with a relationship to Chamuṇḍa or Bagalamukhī.

Arudha Lagna Houses Rāhu- represents trauma, distortion, and dissociation. This is healed by Varahī or Chinamastā.

Upapada Lagna

Upapada Fasting

Tithis Conclusion:
Kalachakra & Tithis The Goddess is very important in one’s life. She is that which gives us direction (gati) in life. From the Moon, the Goddess guides the
mind in the right direction. From the planets, the Goddess is uplifting (Durga) or purifying (Kali) the planets and their effects. One
Nakshatras should be competent in reading a chart and understand the deities and what they will do before recommending these goddesses as
remedies. The worship of the Goddess is very powerful and gives results quickly, relative to the indications of the chart.
Navatara Chakra

This knowledge comes from the astrological traditions in the state of Orissa. In East India (Orissa, Bengal, Assam), there are many
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ancient traditions of goddess worship still fully alive.

Aprakash Grahas
Aum Guruve Namah

Jyotirlingam
Jaya Jagannatha

Moon as a Goddess

Amāvāsya: The Dark Moon

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This was written for 2015 fall Navaratri:

 Timing: Kalachakra

 Timing: Digbala
9 forms of the Goddess – 9 ways to worship our Mother
 Naga Dosha

 Pitri Dosha Below is a short list of the unique energies of each form of Goddess Durga and her respective night of worship. Further below is a longer
explanation of Durga and her various forms.
 Buddhashtami Vratta

 Orisha and Planets First Night Shailaputri– She has the energy of igniting things and beginning new endeavors. She brings stability and power.

 Vastu She removes problems with government, IRS, father past karma; ensures rising in position in life.

Second Night Brahmacharani – learning, growth, expansion of knowledge, abundance in the family.
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Third Night Chandraghanta – protects us from thievery, deceit, false accusations, gives clarity, very important for depression
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Fourth Night Kushmanda – relationship, love, happiness, slowing the aging process, immune system protection, ojas, longevity
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 Akshara and Lords Fifth Night Skandamata – can remove problems with police, fighting, removes rashes and skin brhmacharini

 Rashi Chakra
disorders

 Hoda Chakra Sixth Night Katyayani – most important for marriage; improving memory, brings playfulness,
 Rsayadi Nyasa associated with healing scents.

 Matangi Mantra
Seventh Night Kalaratri – removes poverty, money problems, aches and pains in the body,
 Graha Śānti Mantras sadness, grieving, and sickness.
 Navagraha Suktam
Eighth Night Mahagauri – luster, happiness within family, closeness in community, pure thinking,
 Savitur Gayatri Mantra
herbal medicine and healing foods
 Sun Mantra

 Durgā Mantras
Ninth Night Siddhidatri – spirituality, psychic powers, intuition, energetic healing

 Kamalātmika Tenth Day Vijaya Dashami – [special morning fire ceremony 9am to 12pm] brings all these energies together for success in all aspects
 Namah Shivaya Mantra of life.

 Shikshastikam
Closing River Yatra – river offering (meeting approximately at noon by the Yuba)

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Vedic Consultations Durga: A Deeper Philosophy of the Goddess

 Consultation Form Hindu spirituality has the foundation of a singular divinity (Brahman). One that is beyond duality (two-ness) and beyond our

 Follow Up Form
comprehension. The single divinity manifests through multiplicity, and it is that multiplicity that manifests existence.

 Testimonials Duality starts when the One becomes two (god and goddess). Each form the divine duality (god and goddess) then take three pathways
of manifestation through the qualities (guṇas) of creation, maintenance and destruction (rajas, tamas and sattva). The internal state of
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divinity becomes known as Śrī śakti- the power of being, Bhū śakti- the power to create, and Kālī śakti- the power of the material
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world/time/change. The male forms are personified as Viśṇu, Brahmā, and Śiva, and the female divinity is personified as Lakṣmī,
Sarasvatī and Kālī. The interaction of these energies is complex and creates the reality that we perceive. Durga is Śrī Śakti. She is the
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primary power from which all other forms manifest.
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Durga has nine main forms in which she is manifested and worshiped. It’s important to not get lost in the forms. All forms are just faces
Arudha Lagna Houses of the one Mother. Once you were an infant, a toddler, a child, a teenager, and may now reside in an adult body. You are a single person
yet resided in all these qualitatively different states. In the same way, the divine energy manifests in different states, and we call these
Upapada Lagna different states by different names.

Upapada Fasting This multiplicity is both external and internal. In our personality, there are different natures. When we are with young children, a gentle
personality comes out. When we are with rough aggressive people, a tough natured personality comes out. When we are frustrated, our
Tithis
short-tempered personality comes out. There is an artist, a cynic, an inner child, a lover, a spiritual devotee, and more that all live
within our single being. These different aspects of our own self are reflections of how the energy of the one becomes many. By
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honouring the core nine archetypes of the Divine Mother, we honour the core causal aspects of creation, the core mental archetypes
Nakshatras within our mind and the core energies that we see in the world.

Navatara Chakra These forms can be associated with the nine Vedic planets but they are not governed by the planets. These forms of the Mother are
the supreme powers of the universe who are the energy behind all planets. Durga is the power of Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva, everything
Kalachakra comes from her. Honouring her is honouring our feminine creative source; the source of who we are.

Aprakash Grahas [1] Devī Śailaputrī

Jyotirlingam vande vāñchitalābhāya candrārdhakṛtaśekharāṁ|

vṛṣārūḍhāṁ śūladharāṁ śailaputrī yaśasvinīṁ ||
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The first form, Śailaputrī, is representative of the singularity of the goddess; the face focusing
Amāvāsya: The Dark Moon
on the oneness. She resembles the Supreme Mother in essence. She rides upon a bull holding a
trident in the right hand [and often shown with a lotus in the left], the half-moon (ardha-
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chandra) is like crown on her forehead. She is known as the daughter of the mountains
(parvatī)- a rugged mountain woman. One of her names is Gauri, which means white,
 Timing: Kalachakra
shining, and brilliant like the snow-caps of the mountains.
 Timing: Digbala
This from of the mother is purifying, and specifically brings ‘clarity’. She is the authority
 Naga Dosha
among the mother goddesses, and sustains the cycles, routines and natural order. She has the
 Pitri Dosha
energy of igniting things and beginning new endeavours. She brings stability, power, and self-
 Buddhashtami Vratta confidence. She removes problems with government, IRS, past father karma, and ensures a
 Orisha and Planets rising in position in life.

 Vastu

[2] Devī Brahmacāriṇī

Mantra Shastra
dadhānā karapadmābhyāmakṣamālā kamaṇḍalū |
 Importance of 108 devī prasīdatu mayi brahmacāriṇyanuttamā ||

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She holds a rosary (akṣamālā) and sacred water vessel (kamaṇḍalu) in her gentle hands (lotus like hands). She is unsurpassed in
 Akshara and Lords what she can accomplish. She is visualized as a celibate female practioner who performs penances (tapasya). Brahman is the supreme
 Rashi Chakra divinity, and cārin is to move, to walk, to act or practice. A brahmacārin is one who is focusing their mind on the Supreme, taking
actions with the Supreme One in their mind. A brahmavicārin is one who is in god-consciousness.
 Hoda Chakra

 Rsayadi Nyasa Doing all acts with the Supreme source in mind, leads to residing in the Supreme beingness.
 Matangi Mantra This form of the mother, represents our spiritual aspirations and the work we do to realize this
aspect of our life.
 Graha Śānti Mantras

 Navagraha Suktam Above we discussed the three forms of Śakti. Understanding these three powers can help us to
 Savitur Gayatri Mantra understand the nature of Durga and Her forms. Śrī śakti is the power of Being (will). The
supreme source is ‘Being’, called Brahman. It just is- it’s not doing. If the not-doing does
 Sun Mantra
something then it is no longer just ‘Being.’ So the core eternal Being is the eternal ‘I’ (ahaṁ)
 Durgā Mantras
at the center of everything. And the power of that Being is I-ness (ahaṁta) also called self-
 Kamalātmika consciousness.
 Namah Shivaya Mantra
Why should ‘Being’ do anything? When we meditate, and we attain the place of peaceful
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contentedness- we still get up to go ‘do’ something afterward. Śrī śakti is the power of self-
consciousness that allows individual existence to flourish. I-ness wants. It is the seed of desire.
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creation- Bhū śakti (or what we call Mahāsarasvatī).
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Śrī śakti is the root power of the will (causal body), while Bhū śakti is the power to create (subtle/dream body). Kālī śakti is the power of
Vedic Consultations action which manifests the physical realm. Here I get to the main point, of which was not possible to fully understand without the above
philosophy.
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There are ten forms of Kālī (Daśa-mahāvidyā), and there are nine forms of Durga (Śrī śakti). Understanding their difference will
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enlighten our understanding of each. Kālī śakti is manifesting the material world- she is dense. She is known as the force of veiling the
 Testimonials soul, covering us in darkness to be lost in the material play of existence, sometimes called avidyā-ignorance. Her dark forms of the
mother are destructive (tamas), and break reality, cleanse us, and remove ignorance. We walk the wrong paths in life because of a lack
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desire which thereby gives us the vision to take the correct path. We see images of Durga destroying the demons of ignorance, but her
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wrath is force of understanding. Her spear in the demon of the ego (ahaṅkāra) is the focus on the deeper truth of our existence.

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When we look at the correlation between the different archetypal forms we can see the difference between the two aspects of śakti in our
internal world. The Hindu goddess Tārā (Mahāvidyā) destroys our lack of commitment, our lack of faith, she burns untruth, and
Arudha Lagna Houses
destroys the internal and external enemies to our advancement. Brahmacāriṇī supports the same principle. She cultivates daily practice,
Upapada Lagna daily purification (śodhana), and the spiritual drive to achieve succcess. She brings good association into our life, increasing learning,
knowledge, growth, and abundance within our family.
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The primary form of Durga with Her many arms has all these forms within her. Bhū śakti and Kālī śakti as well as the auspicious nine
Tithis forms are Her manifestations- they have manifested from Her, through Her, by Her will. The many arms and weapons she carries is
representative of the fact that all these forms reside within Her.
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Nakshatras
[3] Devī Chandraghaṇṭa

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piṇḍajapravarārūḍhā candakopāstrakairyutā |
prasādaṁ tanute mahyaṁ candraghaṇṭeti viśrutā ||
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Chandraghaṇṭa is riding on a lion, with a violent and angry attitude and carrying all sorts of
Aprakash Grahas
weapons. We pray to her for clarity-brightness and ask for her favour (prasāda). Her name
Jyotirlingam means the Moon (chandra) Bell (ghaṇṭa), and there are many theories for this name. One is
that she has a half-moon the shape of a bell on her forehead. Another is that she is the wake-
Moon as a Goddess up call/bell for the mind. Another is that she is the bell of time, like the church bell struck
every hour- ticking away time (consciousness unfolding). The Moon also represents the mind
Amāvāsya: The Dark Moon
and the bell may represent the inner sound (nāda) calling the mind back to its source.
Chandraghaṇṭa is the Moon-bell, or the bell of the Moon.
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In the Devī Māhātmya, the bell was given to the manifest form of Durga by Indra from his
 Timing: Kalachakra elephant Airavata (2.22). [2] In the battle against the demons of Egomania (Mahiśaṣāsura),
 Timing: Digbala the goddess uses her bell to bewilder (vimohitā) the demons with its resounding ring (2.56). These demons represent the negative

 Naga Dosha
attributes of the mind, and the bell is that which stops these negative thoughts in their tracks. If one is meditating and a continuous
thought continues to bother the mind, the ringing of a bell will help clear the mind and clear a fresh space. When pūjā begins or ends, or
 Pitri Dosha
when you walk into a temple, a bell is rung to clear the space of both the inner and outer. The sound of the bell is a tool for the peace of
 Buddhashtami Vratta the mind and the peace of a location.
 Orisha and Planets
While preparing for battle, Durga’s lion roars and she magnifies the load roar with the clanging of her bell (8.9). And in battle, she fills
 Vastu
the directions with the ringing of her bell, which vanquishes the foundation of the strength (tejas) of the demons (9.20). Tejas is not an
easy word to translate, but can mean strength, vital energy, brilliance as well as the fire of cognition.[3] When we call someone brilliant,
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we are referring to their tejas. On an external interpretation, the bell destroys the demon energies, chases away ghosts and bad energy.

 Importance of 108 Daitya is a term translated as demon, but literally means ‘those born of Diti.’ There is a Vedic story of two sisters, Diti and Aditi. Diti,
meaning difference, gave birth to all the demons. Aditi, meaning no-difference, gave birth to the Vedic gods. Those born of Diti, are
 Words for an Astrologer
those born of dualistic thinking, that sees difference, have prejudice, lack empathy and don’t follow the golden rule; these are the
 Akshara and Lords
demons within us. On an internal interpretation, the bell (nāda) removes the energy of the negative thoughts, or on an even deeper
 Rashi Chakra level, removes the dualistic thought (daitya-tejas).
 Hoda Chakra
By the fact of being born, we are enmeshed in the pulls of life. Our soul having taken birth is overcome by the myriad forms of
 Rsayadi Nyasa
manifestation. Our deeper nature is beyond the transitory situation before us, but yet we still are attached to objects and people that will
 Matangi Mantra leave us and cause us pain. It is not the loss of anything that causes us pain, but our attachment to those objects. Everything will one day
 Graha Śānti Mantras go away. The ringing of the bell is a call to awaken to the present. To leave the past, our attachment to something that was, and be with
what is. In the second verse of the instilling of the Goddess (Saptaśatīnyāsa), it says,
 Navagraha Suktam

 Savitur Gayatri Mantra auṁ śulena pāhi no devi pāhi khaḍgena cāmbike|
 Sun Mantra ghaṇṭāsvanena naḥ pāhi cāpajyāniḥsvanena ca||2||
Oh Goddess, protect us with your triśula, oh Mother, protect us with your sword,
 Durgā Mantras
Protect us with the sound of your bell and the twang of your bow.
 Kamalātmika

 Namah Shivaya Mantra The triśula is the three pronged energy of the three guṇas and their balance, the sword is the discrimination of the balanced mind, and
bell is the awareness to the nature of who we are and the sound of the bow is the focus/aim of our attention. Sound-words-talk can
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pollute our minds or purify our minds. In the praises of Durga, it is requested,

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May the bell, that fills the world with its sound, destroy the demon-tejas,
Vedic Consultations Oh Goddess, protect us like a mother her children.

 Consultation Form By awareness of our thoughts, feelings and actions we have choice in what we do. Without awareness we are just pushed around by our
past mental impressions. In the wakeful state we see through our person delusion created by our desires and the larger illusion of
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permanence. Chandraghaṇṭa protects the mind from wrong thoughts. She also protects us from thieves, deceit, anxiety, and false
 Testimonials accusations. She gives clarity and is important for removing depression. She keeps us on our path, even when things disturb us.

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[4] Devī Kūṣmāṇḍā
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surāsampūrṇakalaśaṁ rudhirāplutameva ca |
Astrology Lineage dadhānā hastapadmābhyāṁ kūṣmāṇḍā śubhadāstu me ||

Time Consciousness We ask for auspiciousness from She who has a full pot (kalaśa) overflowing with blood red
wine (surā) in her lotus like hands. Sura means light and divinity, sura is what makes the gods
Arudha Lagna Houses
of the light, asura means not-light and this is what makes them ‘demons’ or we could say those
who are not-light. Surā means that which is distilled; when the esence has been extracted out.
Upapada Lagna
It represents the extraction of the essence of things- the wine of our essential nature, or the
Upapada Fasting wine of divine love (essential love) as Rumi used to speak of it. The wine is blood red
representing the essence of our life energy.
Tithis
Kūṣmāṇḍā is said to sit upon a lion and have eight arms- holding a jar of nectar (wine), sacred
Kalachakra & Tithis water pot (kamandula), bow, arrow, chakra, mace, lotus and rosary. She is also called
‘Aṣṭabhuja’- the eight armed one.
Nakshatras
Kūṣmāṇḍa is a type of pumkin-gourd (Benincasa Cerifera) which is eaten in the autumn to protect the health from the changing
Navatara Chakra
seasons. The Devi Purāṇa breaks the meaning of her name as little (ku) warm (uṣma) egg (aṇḍa).

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ash_gourd In the Hindu stories of creation (from the āgamas), there are three levels of creation
based on the creation of the causal realm, the creation of the mental realm and the
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creation of the physical realm. Westen thinking often believes that there was matter
Jyotirlingam (elements and compounds) that came together to start life which evolved slowly into
feeling, thinking and developed consciousness. The Hindu understanding begins with
Moon as a Goddess conciousness, which separates into individualities. Then the mental/dream realm is
generated in which the individual entities interact within. Then the physical realm is
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created in which souls manifest and experiene the fruits of their actions. Therefore
consciousness is inherent in everything, not because it evolved a mind to think- but because it is made from the matter of
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consciousness.

 Timing: Kalachakra At the end of the Devī Māhātmya there are three additional chapters called the Rahasya (the secret), which is a deeper and more
 Timing: Digbala complex Śakta philosophy (that I will do my best to simplify). The first Rahasya, is an anthorpomorphic description of the creation of

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the causal realm (pradhāna). The Rahasya says that the Supreme Mother (Parameśvarī) is known as Mahālakṣmī and has three
modes (triguṇa), both manifest and unmanifest (v.4). It is these three śakti of the Mother that give birth to the three guṇas of rajas,
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tamas and sattva.
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The male polarity is a passive state of consciousness (puruṣa). In the Devī Māhātmya Rahasya, Śrī śakti is called Mahālakṣmī, Bhū
śakti is called Mahāsarasvatī and Kālī śakti is called Mahākāli. [4] There is one goddess manifesting in three modes pervading the
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whole existence. From Mahālakṣmī are born Brahmā and Lakṣmī (v.19). From Mahāsarasvatī are born Viṣṇu and Gauri (v.23-24).
From Mahākālī are born Rudra and Sarasvatī (v.22). Then Mahālakṣmī made Sarasvatī the wife of Brahmā, Gauri the wife of Rudra,
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and Lakṣmī the wife of Viṣṇu (v.26-27). This is a mixing of guṇas that begins to create the primordial causal elements of creation. [For
example, the I-ness (ahaṁta) also called self-consciousness becomes ego through the conjunction of tamas.]
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The Goddess of Sound (Sarasvatī) and Brahmā then generated the primordial egg (aṇḍa) containing all the structures and elements of
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creation. Rudra and Gauri broke the egg open, and Viṣṇu and Lakṣmī sustained the manifesting world (v.27-29). This abbreviated story
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of creation is found in many different Hindu sacred texts and it is filled with deep meaning about the functioning of consciousness
 Rashi Chakra which is reflected in the manifestation of the world.
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Śrī śakti manifests and unfolds and generates an egg and the world through it. She is not just everywhere she IS everything that is
 Rsayadi Nyasa
anywhere. The power of generating (creating the egg-aṇḍa) is seen in the form of Kūṣmāṇḍā. She is Jagatprasūtye- she who gives birth
 Matangi Mantra to the world. In this way, Kūṣmāṇḍā is associated with conceiving, pregnancy and birth. She is a creative energy that can generate
 Graha Śānti Mantras abundance, happiness, and love. She is represented by the nourishing pumpkin-gourd and is a goddess associated with increasing ojas-
strengthening the immune system, slowing aging and increasing longevity.
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 Savitur Gayatri Mantra

 Sun Mantra
[5] Devī Skandamātā
 Durgā Mantras

 Kamalātmika siṁhāsanagatā nityaṁ padmāśritakaradvayā |

śubhadāstu sadā devī skandamātā yaśasvinī ||
 Namah Shivaya Mantra

 Shikshastikam Eternally the illustrious Skandamata moves about on a lion, holding lotuses in her hands granting auspiciousness. She is shown with the
the god of war, Skanda, on her lap as a little child. The most dangerous deity in the universe- anger, strength, tactical knowledge,
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Blindness, Violent Temper, Passion, Irresistable Temptation, and Foul Mouth. The Goddess
Vedic Consultations became so angry with them, the anger condensed on her forehead. Through this condensed
anger manifested the frightening form of Kālī. This form then became enraged on the
 Consultation Form battlefield devouring demons. On completion of killing the generals Chaṇḍa and Muṇḍa she

 Follow Up Form was given the name Chamūṇḍā. This form represents the intensity of rage in the form of the
dark Goddess.
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Anger and rage exist within all of us. Anger arises when there is a need to protect our
Freedom’s Book boundaries. It is important that we use anger properly in the correct space and time. Durgā
has eight heroine manifestations of fierceness:
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Chaṇḍa– Wrathful
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Chamūṇḍa– Destroyer of confused heart and confused head [5]
Chaṇḍanayika– Fierce heroine
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Ati-caṇḍa– Vehemenence (exceedingly violent or fierce)
Arudha Lagna Houses Chaṇḍavati– Enraged (having violence/anger)
Chaṇḍroga– Furious (broken by anger/passion)
Upapada Lagna Prachaṇḍa– Terrible (excessively violent)
Ugrachaṇḍa– Brutal (wrathful anger)
Upapada Fasting
These energies are pacified and cleansed from us by the invocation of the wrathful goddess. There are two famous mantras of this fierce
Tithis
Goddess: the Navārṇa mantra and the Caṇḍī mantra. The Caṇḍī mantra is associated with Caṇḍa and the Navārṇa mantra with
Muṇḍa. Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa are the two demons that the terrible form of Durgā destroys.
Kalachakra & Tithis

Muṇḍa means low, blunt (lack of sharpness), pointless, and it represents pain and confusion in the head. If the decision making
Nakshatras
(thinking) suffers confusion, then the Navārṇa mantra is indicated to make the head work properly; it removes the traps and confusions
Navatara Chakra of the brain. The prasiddha Navārṇa mantra is 5 words and 9 syllables which places the Goddess on our head. The mantra is:

Kalachakra ||Aiṁ Hrīṁ Klīṁ Chāmuṇḍāyai Vicce||

Oh Triple Goddess, Remover of the dual fluctuations of the mind, cut away ignorance.
Aprakash Grahas
Caṇḍa means angry, wrathful, cruel or violent, and indicates pain and confusion in the heart. When confusion is mixed with anger or
Jyotirlingam depression it takes a more cruel form (ugra), or we can say more intense energy is needed to cleanse the heart and emotions. In this
regard one can call Durgā as Chāmuṇḍā or Caṇḍī, and accordingly use the prasiddha mantra of Chaṇḍī:
Moon as a Goddess
||Auṁ Namaścaṇḍikāyai||
Amāvāsya: The Dark Moon
Auṁ praises to the fierce Goddess [who can remove the negative].

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Skandamata is the form of the Mother with the potential for intense violent frenzy, in a calm restrained state. She contains both
extremes and peace and aggressive fighting.
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A martial artist trains to be able to defend or defeat any opponent, but they don’t go around fighting. They use their strength and skill
wisely. Skandamata upholds herself with complete self-control. This form of the Mother removes aggressive tendencies, fighting,
 Naga Dosha
problems with the police and also issues with rashes and skin disorders. She is the Mother of the god of war, who is a baby on her lap
 Pitri Dosha

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[6] Devī Kātyāyaṇī
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 Vastu candrahāsojjvalakarā śārdūlavaravāhanā |

kātyāyanī śubhaṁ dadyādevī dānavaghātinī ||
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Riding on the most excellent lion, Kātyāyaṇi holds a flaming scimitar (curved sword),
destroying demons. We pray for her to bless us with fortune (śubhaṁ). Kātyāyaṇī is one of
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the more famous forms of the Navadurga and is mentioned in many different texts and has
 Words for an Astrologer many temples in India. She is also associated with Kanya Kumāri as seen in her Gāyātrī
 Akshara and Lords mantra in the Taittirīya Āraṇyaka:

 Rashi Chakra
Kātyāyanāya vidmahe kanyakumāri dhīmahi | tanno durgiḥ pracodayāt | 10.1.6
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Kātyāyaṇi’s worship is mentioned in the Bhagavata Purāṇa. During the first month of hemanta
 Rsayadi Nyasa
season [6] unmarried girls do a vow (vrata) to get a husband. They eat only unspiced kitcheri
 Matangi Mantra
and worship the goddess Kātyāyaṇī (10.22.1). They wake before sunrise to bathe in a sacred
 Graha Śānti Mantras river and for one month they worship their handmade clay image of the goddess with sandalwood paste, flowers, decorations (jewelry,
 Navagraha Suktam clothe, etc), the fresh tips of plants, fruit, flower garlands, lights (dīpa) and incense. And they chant:

 Savitur Gayatri Mantra

kātyāyani mahā-māye Kātyāyanī, [Mother who is the] Great Illusion,
 Sun Mantra mahā-yoginy adhīśvari Great Yogini, Supreme Controller,
 Durgā Mantras nanda-gopa-sutaṁ devi Goddess, may the son of Happiness (nanda),
patiṁ me kuru te namaḥ The protector (gopa), be my husband
 Kamalātmika
I offer praises to you.
 Namah Shivaya Mantra

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Kātyāyaṇī is listed as a synonym for Parvati in the Amarkoṣa (an ancient Sanskrit Thesaurus).[7] This name is also used interchangably
with Durgā. The specific form of Kātyāyaṇī improves memory and sharpens the intellect by making the thinking clear.
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Kātyāyaṇī particularly helps us to overcome shame. This was seen by the gopis who had their clothing stolen by Kṛṣṇa, and then had to
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humour in our life so that we act young and playful. She is associated with healing scents and blesses people with finding their marriage
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[7] Devī Kālarātri
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lamboṣṭhī karṇikākarṇī tailābhyaktaśarīriṇī ||
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Kālarātri is black and naked except for her ear-ornaments on her large ears. Her lips hang
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braid [of mourning] in her hair. We pray for her to destroy the darkeness in our minds. She
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holds an iron scimitar in her upper left hand and a lightening bolt in her lower left hand. Her
other hands are granting blessings and protection.
Arudha Lagna Houses

Rātri means night. Kāla means time, death, black or dark. It is the unfolding of time: the time
Upapada Lagna
on the clock that keeps moving forward, making us older, leading us to our death (hence it
Upapada Fasting also means death- your time has come). It is a heavy crushing energy that makes even the
greatest nations fall one day. Kālarātri could be translated as Dark-night goddess, or Death-night goddess. Death is similar to sleep, you
Tithis let go from your body and enter the dark realm where you have no body but just the thought forms within you.

Kalachakra & Tithis Fear is all relative to the thought forms we have in our mind and how we relate to them. There are many small fears, but the fear of
death is one of the largest, most frightful of them all. Kālarātri is also the night- the dark unknown that allows our mind to fill itself with
Nakshatras
fears. She can be the acceptance of fears, as they are. You can have a fear of something and know that it is there and not have to run our
life.
Navatara Chakra

Kālarātri is the Kālī form of Durgā, just as Kamalātmika is the Śrī-śakti form of Kālī. Kālarātri is associated with death, killing, murder,
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maiming, and disease that makes us suffer slowly and painfully. The Mahābhārata (Sauptika Parvan 10.8.64-65)[8] gives the first
Aprakash Grahas textual reference to Kālarātri. She is seen on the battle field where men are killing each other, limbs and heads being hacked off in
battle; rivers of blood flowing. In this destruction,
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“The warriors in the Pandava camp beheld the embodied form of Kālarātri- a black image, of bloody mouth and bloody eyes, wearing
Moon as a Goddess crimson garlands and smeared with crimson unguents, attired in a single piece of red cloth, with a noose in hand, and resembling an
elderly lady, employed in chanting a dismal note and standing full before their eyes, and about to lead away men and horses and
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elephants all tied in a stout cord.”

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Kālarātri represents our shadow nature. In the Mahābhārata (Karṇa Parva 8.34), each part of Śiva is described as it is composed of the
various gods and goddesses. Śiva’s bow is made of the cycle of the year and decorated by the seasons. And Rudra’s own shadow which is
 Timing: Kalachakra the Kālarātri is the indestructable string of his bow. She is symbolically god’s shadow- the darker side of life, the darker power of being.
 Timing: Digbala This intense dark energy lives in all humans, everyone has a shadow nature, it is a power that is part of who we are. To avoid looking at
this darkness is to give it power over you. To take the appropriate time to look deeply at yourself, acknowledge these darker forces of
 Naga Dosha
consciousness pacifies these forces. This is why Kālarātri is worshipped, not to bring darkness, but to acknowledge it so that we can be
 Pitri Dosha
at peace with it. Carl Jung talked about how we bring more light into ourselves not by going only towards the light, but by bringing light
 Buddhashtami Vratta to our darkness.
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Kālarātri is the destructive part of who we are. In the Mahābhārata (Śalya Parvan 9.11), Bhīma on the battlefield, infuriated with
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rage,with his mace (resembling the bludgeon of death) is compared to Kālaratri, exceedingly destructive, fierce as a she-snake, hard as
thunder, smeared with marrow, fat and blood. Resembling the tongue of the God of Death, producing shrill sounds like the thunder of
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the King of Heaven.

 Importance of 108 Kālarātri is the heavy, dark, painful, suffering force that exists in the universe. Worshipping her pacifies this energy; it removes poverty,
sadness, grieving and sickness.
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 Akshara and Lords We all have tough times in our life. It is the tough times that build our character, that make us appreciate all we have. Those who haven’t
 Rashi Chakra had times of suffering, live in a fluffy superficial level less in touch with the deeper nature of the universe. We praise that form of the
Mother that gives us times to make us more mature, to make us appreciate life more deeply, and who helps us to come out stronger on
 Hoda Chakra
the other side of any ordeal.
 Rsayadi Nyasa

 Matangi Mantra
[8] Devī Mahāgaurī
 Graha Śānti Mantras

 Navagraha Suktam śvete vṛṣe samārūḍhā śvetāmbaradharā śuciḥ |

 Savitur Gayatri Mantra mahāgaurī śubhaṁ dadyānmahādevapramodadā ||

 Sun Mantra
Mahāgaurī is brilliant and shining, clad in white clothe and riding on a white bull. She is the
 Durgā Mantras delight of Mahādeva and gives the blessing of fortune (śubhaṁ). She has four arms: holds a
 Kamalātmika trident, a damaru (double-drum), and offers the mudra of blessings and fearlessness.

 Namah Shivaya Mantra

The Supreme Power can be aproached in different forms. The term Brahman, which indicates
 Shikshastikam this source in the Vedic path, is a neuter word. It does not have a male or female connotation,
nor does it have a fixed embodiment. It is beyond any dualism or empirical understanding of
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If we approach this Supreme Source as a father, we take a certain state of mind, which is very different than if we approach it as a
Vedic Consultations mother. Our approach/ conception/ imagining (bhāvana) creates a state of mind (bhāva) within us. The form does not change the
Supreme, it changes us.
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Those who did not have a father, or the father figure was not a positive influence in their life, will benefit from worshiping the Source of
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Being as a Father. It is a way to heal oneself of the missing energy that was not present. Those who have had negative experiences with
 Testimonials their mother growing up, can approach the Divine Mother for healing those aspects of their self, particularly where bonding did not
happen securely. She can remove the karma that is passed from generation to generation and create a healthy way of relating (to one’s
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The most simple mantra for worship of the Divine Mother is Auṁ Mataye Namaḥ which means Auṁ praises to the Mother. One can
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also chant Auṁ namaḥ Śivāye, which is the feminine for of Śiva (Śivā) representing the goddess. Or in whatever way one approaches the
Divine Mother, be aware of the pure state of the child who comes to the mother for care.
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Mahāgaurī is the form of Durga as the beneficent mother. She brings luster, happiness within the family, closeness in the community,
Upapada Lagna
and pure thinking. She is abundant and associated with giving the comforts of life. She has the nurturing and healing powers of a
Upapada Fasting mother and is associated with herbal medicine and healing foods. As a mother cares for her child, it is said that Mahāgaurī is the form
that fulfills our desires.
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Kalachakra & Tithis [9] Devī Siddhidātri

Nakshatras siddhagandharvayakṣādyairasurairamarairapi |
sevyamānā sadā bhūyāt siddhidā siddhidāyinī ||
Navatara Chakra
May Siddhidāyinī (the giver of perfection) who is always served by masters (siddhas), celestial
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musicians (gandharvas) tree spirits (yakṣas) demons and gods, grant us with perfection in
all we do. Siddhidātri is four armed, seated in a lotus. She is holding a lotus, conch shell,
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discus and a mace.
Jyotirlingam
Siddhi means accomplishment, fulfillment, complete attainment, and success. It relates to the
Moon as a Goddess successful achieving one’s goal. It also can mean readiness or maturity- having to attain the
right age or the right mindset. Siddhi is also said to be the attainment of unusual capacities,
Amāvāsya: The Dark Moon often associated with eight supernatural powers, but not limited to them. When we have
completely attained something, we transcend it. Mastery of an art becomes super-natural or
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beyond natural (the world where everything is filled with faults).

 Timing: Kalachakra There is a four syllable mantra often associated with Gaṇeśa which is also associated with Siddhidātri, which means ‘may there be

 Timing: Digbala
siddhi’ (or ‘may there be fulfillment’).

 Naga Dosha || Siddhirastu ||

 Pitri Dosha May there be complete accomplishment

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Siddhidātri is associated with supernatural powers, psychic powers, and intuition. She is associated with spirituality which is the final
 Orisha and Planets attainment when other aspects of life are accomplished. She represents the burning of past karmas and the ability to move forward
 Vastu unimpeded.

In the Lakṣmī Tantra (37.1-3), there is a discussion about the difference between mental worship and external ceremonial ritual (pūjā).
Mantra Shastra
Mental impressions (vāsana) govern what our mind thinks about. There are two types of impressions. Those which are created by
external factors (like advertisements and information you read) and those created by internal factors (like how you manage your
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feelings and the meaning you give to experience). Mental worship purifies the internal and external impressions created daily. External
 Words for an Astrologer worship (ceremonial rituals) purifies the stock of impressions primarily caused by external factors.
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The purification of these mental impressions is required for a clear and focused mind, which is required to attain success in any activity.
 Rashi Chakra
All distractions arise within the mind from left over junk in the mind field. Siddhidātri is the goddess associated with clearing these
 Hoda Chakra mental impressions and allowing us to create intentional pathways in the mind to create intentional ways of being and action.
 Rsayadi Nyasa
[10] Vijaya Durga – The victorious Mother. This is the final all inclusive form of Durga as she fights darkness. She is worshiped with
 Matangi Mantra
the ten syllable mantra:
 Graha Śānti Mantras
||aum aiṁ hrīṁ klīm Chamuṇḍāyai vice||
 Navagraha Suktam

 Savitur Gayatri Mantra The first part of the Story of the Goddess (Devi Mahatmya) calls on Mahākālī, the second part calls on Mahālakṣmī, and the third
 Sun Mantra part calls on Mahāsarasvatī. Swami Shivananda of the Divine Life Society practiced a form of Navaratri where the three forms of the
Divine mother are worshiped each for three days. Below is his commentary on this practice and the reasoning behind it.
 Durgā Mantras

 Kamalātmika “Let us, therefore, examine in detail the spiritual significance of Navaratri.The central purpose of existence is to recognize your eternal
 Namah Shivaya Mantra identity with the supreme Spirit. It is to grow into the image of the Divine. The supreme One embodies the highest perfection. It is
spotless purity. To recognize your identity with That, to attain union with That, is verily to grow into the very likeness of the Divine. The
 Shikshastikam
aspirant, therefore, as his initial step, has to get rid of all the countless impurities, and the demoniacal elements that have come to cling
to him in his embodied state. Then he has to acquire lofty virtues and auspicious, divine qualities. Thus purified, knowledge flashes
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This process demands a resolute will, determined effort, and arduous struggle. In other words, strength and infinite power are the
Vedic Consultations prime necessity. Thus it is the Divine Mother who has to operate through the aspirant.

 Consultation Form Let us now consider how, on the first three days, the Mother is adored as supreme power
and force, as Durga the Terrible. You pray to Mother Durga to destroy all your impurities,
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your vices, your defects. She is to fight with and annihilate the baser animal qualities in the
 Testimonials spiritual aspirant, the lower, diabolical nature in him. Also, She is the power that protects
your spiritual practice from its many dangers and pitfalls. Thus the first three days, which
Freedom’s Book mark the first stage or the destruction of impurity and determined effort and struggle to
root out the evil tendencies in your mind, are set apart for the worship of the destructive
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aspect of the Mother.

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Once you have accomplished your task on the negative side, that of breaking down the
impure propensities and old vicious habits, the next step is to build up a sublime spiritual
Time Consciousness
personality, to acquire positive qualities in place of the eliminated demoniacal qualities.
Arudha Lagna Houses The divine qualities that Lord Krishna enumerates in the Gita, have to be acquired. The
aspirant must cultivate and develop all the auspicious qualities. He has to earn immense
Upapada Lagna spiritual wealth to enable him to pay the price for the rare gem of divine wisdom. If this
development of the opposite qualities is not undertaken in right earnest, the old demoniacal
Upapada Fasting
nature will raise its head again and again. Hence, this stage is as important in an aspirant’s career as the previous one. The essential
difference is: the former is a ruthless, determined annihilation of the filthy egoistic lower self; the latter is an orderly, steady, calm and
Tithis
serene effort to develop purity. This pleasanter side of the aspirant’s Sadhana is depicted by the worship of Mother Lakshmi. She
Kalachakra & Tithis bestows on Her devotees the inexhaustible divine wealth or Deivi Sampath. Lakshmi is the wealth-giving aspect of God. She is purity
itself. Thus the worship of Goddess Lakshmi is performed during the second set of three days.
Nakshatras
Once the aspirant succeeds in routing out the evil propensities, and develops Sattwic or pure, divine qualities, he becomes competent to
Navatara Chakra attain wisdom. He is now ready to receive the light of supreme wisdom. He is fit to receive divine knowledge. At this stage comes the
devout worship of Mother Saraswathi, who is divine knowledge personified, the embodiment of knowledge of the Absolute. The sound
Kalachakra
of Her celestial veena awakens the notes of the sublime utterances of the Upanishads which reveal the Truth, and the sacred
monosyllable, Om. She bestows the knowledge of the supreme, mystic sound and then gives full knowledge of the Self as represented by
Aprakash Grahas
Her pure, dazzling snow-white apparel. Therefore, to propitiate Saraswathi, the giver of knowledge, is the third stage.
Jyotirlingam
The tenth day, Vijaya Dasami, marks the triumphant ovation of the soul at having attained liberation while living in this world, through
Moon as a Goddess the descent of knowledge by the Grace of Goddess Saraswathi. The soul rests in his own Supreme Self or Satchidananda Brahman. This
day celebrates the victory, the achievement of the goal. The banner of victory flies aloft. Lo! I am He! I am He!
Amāvāsya: The Dark Moon
This arrangement also has a special significance in the aspirant’s spiritual evolution. It marks the indispensable stages of evolution
Remedial Measures through which everyone has to pass. One naturally leads to the other; to short-circuit this would inevitably result in a miserable failure.
Nowadays many ignorant seekers aim straight at the cultivation of knowledge without the preliminaries of purification and acquisition
 Timing: Kalachakra of the divine qualities. They then complain that they are not progressing on the path. How can they? Knowledge will not descend until

 Timing: Digbala
the impurities have been washed out, and purity is developed. How can the pure plant grow in impure soil?”

 Naga Dosha

 Pitri Dosha

 Buddhashtami Vratta [1] These three states of conscious are aspects of the Puruṣa that generate the three guṇas.

 Orisha and Planets

[2] Elephants wore bells around their necks as we see in 7.10 where the goddess swallows the warriors, their chariots, and elephants
 Vastu with their bells. Therefore, Indra gave her the bell of the mightiest and most royal King of Elephants, Airavata. Indra represents the
controller of mind with its senses, and Airavata is the vehicle of this controller.
Mantra Shastra
[3] Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad, v.4 calls the processing of the mind as Tejas.

 Importance of 108 [4] Compare to the Lakṣmī Tantra, 5.1-6

 Words for an Astrologer
[5] This name is a combination of Chaṇḍa with Muṇḍa, and doesn’t have a literal meaning.
 Akshara and Lords

 Rashi Chakra [6] Hemanta is the months of Sahas and Sahasya or tropical Scorpio and Sagittarius, so the first month would be October 23rd to

 Hoda Chakra November 21st. Discussion on the difference between tropical and sidereal timing of such events can be found at
svatantranatha.blogspot.com/2015/09/sidereal-and-tropical-zodiac-divorce.html
 Rsayadi Nyasa

 Matangi Mantra [7] Umā, Kātyāyaṇī, Gauri, Kālī, Haimavatī, Īśvarī

 Graha Śānti Mantras

[8] kālīṃ raktāsyanayanāṃ raktamālyānulepanām
 Navagraha Suktam raktāmbaradharām ekāṃ pāśahastāṃ śikhaṇḍinīm
 Savitur Gayatri Mantra dadṛśuḥ kālarātriṃ te smayamānām avasthitām

 Sun Mantra narāśvakuñjarān pāśair baddhvā ghoraiḥ pratasthuṣīm

harantīṃ vividhān pretān pāśabaddhān vimūrdhajān
 Durgā Mantras

 Kamalātmika

 Namah Shivaya Mantra

 Shikshastikam

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