2014 BAVA 16th International Conference

Conference Theme:  ‘Jupiter and Saturn in honor of their exaltations’

24 to 29 April 2014 London, UK.

The Workshops are with Sanjay Rath, Pandit Samavedula, Komilla Sutton and Andrew Foss

The Faculty of Esteemed Vedic Astrologers:-

Sanjay Rath, Pandit Samavedula, Dr. Andrew Foss, Komilla Sutton, Gordon Brennan, Anna Karlsdottir, Bulbul, Sarbani Rath, Geoffrey Pearce, Vijaya Subramanian, Marianna Polonsky

Venues

Mandeville Place

Workshops on Thursday, Monday and Tuesday  are to be held at the Theosophical Society, 50 Gloucester Place London W1U 8EA. Nearest tube station Baker Street.

Friday, Saturday and Sunday Programme at 11/13 Mandeville Place, London WIU 3AJ, UK. (nearest tube station Bond Street) Google Map

2014 BAVA Conference Programme

A  is for Advanced. B is for beginners.

Thursday 24 April at 50 Gloucester Place

10am-12:30pm Workshop and Puja. Pandit Samavedula, Navagraha Participatory Puja with special focus on Jupiter and Saturn, come and be a part of this very special puja (with explanations)

2pm-5pm Workshop Andrew Foss, Pacakadi Sambandha, the awakening of the grahas.

Friday 25 April at 11/13 Mandeville Place

Sanjay Rath

9:30am-12:30pm Workshop Komilla Sutton, Sade Sati – Saturn’s Intense and Defining Transit

2:30pm Opening of Conference

3.00pm Keynote address, Sanjay Rath, Jupiter & Saturn: The Jovian Years Demystified

The first approximation of Jupiterian transit in the zodiac gives 12 years while that for Saturn is 30 years. The lowest common multiple for these two figures is 60, which is the total period of the jovian cycle.

Let us study the jovian years keeping this cycle in mind, and the correction that it needs as this is an approximation. What is the implication of Jupiter and Saturn being in trikoṇa, kendra or such bhāva from each other?

5pm B Gordon Brennan, Will the UK break up?

5pm A Andrew Foss, The Arudhas of Jupiter and Saturn

Saturday 26 April at 11/13 Mandeville Place

9am B Anna Karlsdottir, Saturn and Jupiters transits through the Nakshatras of their exaltation signs. Their harmony and possible impact

9am A Pandit Samavedula, Nakshatra mantras part 1

11am  Plenary Sanjay Rath, Graha Yuddha, planetary war.

Definition of Yuddha (War) and Astāṅgata (Combustion). Longitude and Latitude wars. Types of Yuddha. Effects of Graha Yuddha (with Illustrations)

2pm B Bulbul, The solar-lunar technique of looking at the annual chart

2pm A Sarbani Rath, Guru Kripa, the role of the grace of the Guru and Jupiter’s transit through Cancer

4pm B Komilla Sutton, Jupiter and Saturn’s role as Bhava Karakas?

4pm A Geoffrey Pearce, Influences of Jupiter/Saturn Conjunctions in the 20th and 21st Centuries

Sunday 27 April at 11/13 Mandeville Place

9am Faculty panel plenary

11am B Pandit Samavedula, Nakshatra mantras part 2

11am A Vijaya Subramanian, Avasthas: Special states of the planets

2pm B Komilla Sutton, 12th house: Vyaya or Moksha?

2pm A Sarbani Rath Saturn on the Arudha (this will be a discussion on Saturn’s transit on different houses from Arudha Lagna)

4pm B Andrew Foss, The mantras of the Grahas

4pm A Marianna Polonsky, Jupiter and Saturn in Relationships

Monday and Tuesday 28-29 April Workshops on Prasna with Sanjay Rath at 50 Gloucester Place

10am- 5pm Sanjay Rath, Prashna (Answering queries) Special 2-day workshop.

Monday: Part-1: Praśna Basics

• Things to be noted at query time
•  Listing topics for Readings
• The 22 Time personified evils
• Muhurta and similar factors
• Praśna Ārūḍha
• Praśna Akṣara
• Nimitta
• Praśna Chart

Tuesday: Part-2: Praśna Application

•  Pañca Sūtra
•  Ārūḍha application
• Answering Questions (Praśna)
• Importance of personal sādhanā

2014 BAVA Conference Speakers

BAVA has the honour of these illustrious astrologers lecturing at this year’s annual conference: Sanjay Rath, Pandit Samavedula, Dr. Andrew Foss, Komilla Sutton, Gordon Brennan, Anna Karlsdottir, Bulbul, Sarbani Rath, Geoffrey Pearce, Vijaya Subramanian, Marianna Polonsky Sanjay Rath Sanjay belongs to a traditional family of astrologers from Bira Balabhadrapur Sasan in Puri, Orissa. Internationally renowned …

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THE SHADBALA OR SIX SOURCES OF STRENGTH

Planets like human beings have friendship, enmity and neutral relationship with each other. This is of two types. One is the permanent and the other is temporary. By friendship and enmity we mean that THE RAYS OF ONE PLANET WILL BE INTENSIFIED OR COUNTER ACTED BY THE OTHER.

Planet	Friends	Neutral	Enemies
Sun	Moon, Mars., Jupiter	Mercury	Venus & Saturn
Moon	Sun, Mercury	Mars, Jup, Venus, Sat	None
Mars	Sun, Moon, Jupiter	Venus , Saturn	Mercury
Mercury	Sun, Venus	Mars, Jupiter, Saturn	Moon
Jupiter	Sun, Moon, Mars	Saturn	Mercury, Venus
Venus	Mercury, Saturn	Mars, Jupiter	Sun, Moon
Saturn	Mercury, Venus	Jupiter	Sun, Moon , Mars

Planets become Friends or Neutral depending on their sign positions. Planets in 10,11,12, 2, 3, 4 positions from any other become its temporary friends. Those in the remaining sign become temporary enemies. Both these types are taken into consideration while judging a Indian horoscope. Thus the relation changes into what is called as final for that horoscope.

Permanent friend	+	Temporary friend	=	Best friend
Permanent friend	+	Temporary enemy	=	Neutral
Permanent enemy	+	Temporary enemy	=	Bitter enemy
Permanent enemy	+	Temporary friend	=	Neutral
Permanent Neural	=	Temporary friend	=	Friend
Permanent neutral	+	Temporary enemy	=	Enemy

Thus the 12 signs of the zodiac become for each planet either, Own house, Friends house, Neutral house, Enemy house or Bitter enemy house. Besides the planets have points of Exaltation and Debilitation where it gets full strength or none. These points fall exactly 180 degrees to each other

Tabulated these would be:

Planet	Degree of exaltation	Degree of debilitation
Sun	Aries 10 Degree	Libra10 Degree
Moon	Taurus 3 Degree	Scorpio3 degree
Mars	Capricorn 28 degrees	Cancer 28 degrees
Mercury	Virgo15 degrees	Pisces15 degrees
Jupiter	Cancer5 degrees	Capricorn5 degree
Venus	Pises27 degree	Virgo27 degree
Saturn	Libra 20 degree	Aries 20 degrees

The above tables combined together what is known as planetary "avasthas" or mode and shad bala chart or six-fold strength.

A planet can be in :

DEEPTA OR EXALTATION: - can give gains, respect, wealth, fame, and good progeny.
SWASTHA OR OWN HOUSE: - fame, wealth, position, land, happiness.
MUDITA /FRIENDS HOUSE: happiness
SANTHA/AUSPICIOUS SUB DIVISION: - strength and courage helping relatives, comforts
SAKTA/RETROGRESSION:- courage, Reputation, wealth and progeny
PEEDYA/RESIDENCE IN THE LAS PART OF A SIGN: - Prosecution, incarceration, pilfering habits, and expulsion from country
DEENA/RESIDING IN INIMICAL SIGN: - Jealousy, mental worry, brains trouble, sickness and degradation.
VIKALA/COMBUSTION: - diseases, orphanage, loss of spouse, and disgrace.
KHALA/DEBILITATION: - losses, mean birth, trouble from various sources, quarrels with parents and relations, imprisonment, hating god and sacred literature.
BHEETA/ ACCELERATED MOTION: - losses from various sources, torture, foes, mean habits, and danger in foreign countries

THE 'SHADBALA' OR SIX SOURCES OF STRENGTH

Each planet depending on its position gets certain strength in a horoscope. This is measured numerically in units called Rupas. These are:
· Sthana bala or positional strength.
· Digbala or the directional strength.
· Chesta bala or motional Strength
· Kala bala or temporal strength. Moon, Mars and Saturn are powerful in the night, Sun, Jupiter and Venus are powerful in day, and Mercury is powerful both in day and night.
· Drug Bala or Aspect strength
· Naisargika bala or Permanent natural strength. The order of strength is Sun, Moon, Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Mars and Saturn in descending order.