Che Astrological Magazine Founded 1895 by B. SURYANARAIN RAO ~ Edited by: BANGALORE VENKATA RAMAN, unas, Annual Subsrpton Indian RS. 6: Foreign Sh. 15: American Dols 4 PUBLISHED EVERY MONTH By Reman Publications, P.O. Malleswaram, Bangalore (India) PATRONS ie Hind, Ma (1) X Srinivasan 59. B.A, Etor, (®) Karamehar (2) C.6, Row, Esq, Carding and Spinning Master, Gulbarga ‘Chun Esq, Marine Drive, Bombay. (4) G. M. Chowia Esc, The Mall, Lahore, 1942 ANNUAL NUMBER New Series Vol. 7 Old Series Vol. 31 JANUARY 1942 | tw t WILL WAR END IN 1942? With the Democratic and Dictator powers alligned against each other, the War enters a new phase. When will this War which has been dragging on for more than two years end has been engaging the attention of people in most countries in the world. We have several times shown in the previous issues of The Astrologi- cal Magazine that astrological evidence points to the final victory of the Allies. This deduction was based on a careful consideration of the horoscopes of King George VI, President Roosevelt, Hitler and other Jeading figares of the World. Moreover our deductions were further supported by astrologico-his- torical evidence, viz, victories of Britain over the Spanish Armada, Napolean and in the last Great War. The conquest of nearly all the Euro- pean countries by Germany, the pene- tration of considerable parts of Euro- pean Russia and the teteat of the British expeditionary forces from the west coast of Europe and some other theatres of war, have filled many minds with misgivings as to the issue of this struygle. But we cling to what we said in WORLD PREDICTIONS FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, vis, “...after suffering travail and tribulation, Britain will emerge out successfully”. We also stated in the August 1941 issue of The Astrological Magazine that Stalin would” be under some unfavourable planetary influences till about the end of Novem- ber 1941 and that things for Russia would somewhat improve after this time. We now find that Russia has successfully repulsed the attacks on Moscow and she has been offering insuperable obstacles to the invaders. For ithe first time Germans have met with'their match and their nervousness and the increasing lack of assurance is evident from the tone of Herr Hitler's speeches. ‘The tale of Russian losses to which Hitler made reference in his latest speech announcing the declaration of war against U. S.A. is as unbelievable as his boast of fini- shing away with Russia soon’. A’ we said on page 367 of August |19/ Jisue of The Astrological Magasia THE ASTROLOGICAL MAGAZINE JANUARY 1942 “ Russia's good fortunes have become fortified by the Anglo-Russian alli- It is evident that in accor- planetary ance”. It, dance, with movements, King George VE Germans are being prepared by Dr. Goebbles for disappointments, and fresh diversions of public interest are being aitempted by the-pressure which they are exerting on the Vichy Government, The local discontent in German occupied Europe is beginning to assume serious proportions. ‘Thus Germany and her sympathi- sers have upon the whole lost ground, whereas the U.S, A Russia and Britain have come closer together to mark important advances in their joint endeavour to put down the Nazis. ‘Apart from the good indications .of planets, the dauntless spirit in which the people of Britain are facing the hardships, privations and losses and their unshakable determination to carry on the War till Hitler and bis doctrines have been destroyed and the co-operation of British Commonwealth, India and U.S. A. justify a tone of hopefulness so far a the outcome is concerned. ‘There must of course be no relax: ation of the war efforts in Britain, in India and other Dominions. Such concerted effort is necessary to break the inherent strength of Hitler's horos- cope, Astrology” does not preach fatalism. Tt says that if the time ahead is bad it can be made good or at least the evil minimised by effort and will- power. ‘A reference to the writings of illus- tious authors of yore bearing on Horary Astrology (Prasna) will tell us that the Hindu Monarchs would never venture on any expedition, military or otherwise, without obtaining before- hand, counsel from the court (of course not ‘the quack). astrologer. When would a King go to war? When would his own kingdom be attacked ? In the event of an atack by the enemy when to take the offensive etc., were some of the details specialised in by Hindu astrologers_of yore. Chance has no existence ia our lives. There is a design, a purpose, a cause for any and every event. In other words it is Karma that guides our actions. Karma does not lead toTHE ASTROLOGICAL MAGAZINE JANUARY 1942 3 inaction as some may be tempted to suppose. Karma creates the initiative in ourminds to put forth the maxi- mum effort. Tf there is a war it is traced to the sinful deeds (Bad Karma) of the king and the people. And an astrological chart simply indicates'the resultant of such action. Man is a free agent no doubt. His.own little acts are the framers of his destiny. ‘The same principle applies to nations also, whose destinies are governed by kings, presidents and dictators who sit at the helms of the governments, The actions of these individuals go ander the name of National Karma whose importance should be recognised by students of astrology, The ruthless oppression, tyranny snd persecution to which the conquered countries have been subjected under Nazi rule have evolved very bad national Karma for Germany which will find expression in the final destruction of the Nazi Dering the last Gréat War one important event occurred, not on the battlefield, which vitally ‘affected the whole subsequent course of the war— the declaration of war by the U.S. A. This was of course in 1917. America has entered into the present war also, and many expect a change—for good— in the course of the War. Let ns study the astrological indications. We have often shown in these columns that a study of astrology in combination with history reveals that movements of certain planets, parti- culatly the major ones, in certain signs invariably coincide’ with. certain ;portant developments in the coun- tries under the rulership of the particular signs concerned. Ayal from this there are so many’ astrological considerations which enable us, to anticipate, though not exactly in terms of months and dates, but atileast broadly in years, the trend of things to come. We shall not at present take into account the astrological indications of President Roosevelt the war in the Pacific, which we may assure readers, have elements favour- able to the Allies. We shall discuss this in our next issue. In the present article we shall endeavour to show astrologically the duration of the World sia Hers HitlerROLOGICAL MAGAZINE JANUARY 1942 War. _In arriving at a conclusion the following data are of importance to an astrological student: (1) Britain's declaration of war on Germany on 3rd September 1939 at 11a, m. Summer Time, (2) Germany's declaration of war on Russia on 22nd June 1941 at 3-5 am, (3) Japan's declaration of war on Britain and U.S. A., on 8th December 1941 as from 6 AM. (A), Britain’s declaration of war on Japan on 8th December 1941 at 12-30 pat, G.M.T. Since Japan declared war on both U.S.A. and Britain, an estimate of this - horoscope will, coupled with several other considerations to follow shortly, give us an idea of its probable duration: A consideration of the planetary cabinet for Chitrabhanu (1942-43) is 4 also necessary; for it reveals useful information in regard to national astro- logy. The planetary cabinet is formed once every lunar yeae. Each planet will get portfolio over certain important functions. eg., when the Sun becomes the king, political conditions are adjusted by his spectal influence. Sometimes, two or more functions will become combined in the same planet when a series of cthereal currents wili be set afloat which intro: duces chaos and confusion in the political affairs of the world. A. con- Sideration of the transits of the planets in reference to zodiacal signs and constellational points (Wakshatras), at the commencement of every lunar year reveals interesting details. By this arrangement of Planetary Cabinet, the planetary portfolios will be ever changing and consequently their indications will also remain constantly varying. Planetary Cabinet_means simply this. The seven planets willTHE ASTROLOGICAL MAGAZINE JANUARY 1942 5 become king, prime minister, comman- der-in-chiet, lord of vegetation, lord of minerals, lord of juices ete. 1K. SRINIVASAN, Bg, ha Beiter, The Hinds biog Patio of The Astoiagien! Megassive ‘Sins edgy intra in he lino of Ishall, at first indicate in general terms, the results of the lunar year Chitrabhanu, which commences. on Monday, 16th March 1942 at about 55-30 Ghaties. Among the Hindus sixty Tunar years constitute a cycle. The first year of the cycle (Prabhava) denotes the evolution of a new creative force which apparently is supposed to end in the last or sixtieth year— (Akshaya) aiter getting fully matured when again the new year gives rise to a new force, Ia the second year (Vibhava), this force is expanded. Tn the third year (Sukla), it acquires new vitality. In Bahudhanya this force gives rise to good: crops and cheerful conditions all over the world, Thus the names are given for all the sixty years indicative of the functions that this force is supposed to do. The following is the Planetary Cabinet for the year Chitrabhanu in question : Lord of Vegetation: cl Grains—Mars; Lord of Juices—Saturn; Lord of Clonds—Sun ; Lord of Metals Jupiter; Lord of Cattle— Yama Dharma. From the above, it will be seen that the Sun is the Commander-in-chief. This will place the interests of royalty, aristocracy and the monied men i great jeopardy. The following is the horoscope for the commencement of the new Lunar Year. BLY. RAMAN, wots Editor, The Astrologea! Magazine6 THE ASTROLOGICAL MAGAZINE JANUARY 1942 The ascendant being Kumbha_or Aquarius the fol- lowing results are ascribed by Sans- critwriters. Kumb hesukhani poor- vasya—madag- durbhitsha sam- bhavahal| Hgha- karaha paschima- yambhaveddanya Liberally translated Son a afoon| RE maharghaata: the above means :—" famines will rage in northern countries while in the western countries panic will prevail, There will be outbreak of wars in the southern countries ”. Lord of the ascendant is in the fourth with Mars and Jupiter. This powerful combination of three major planets in the same sign is indicative of huge battles in all the theatres of war. The circumstance of Mars be- coming the king and the Sun becoming the commander-in-chief will bring un- rest among people, revolutions, strikes, lure of crops ‘and stringency of money. The conjunction of three planets in Taurus pourtrays death of kings, important personages and indi- cates’ revolutions and insurrections in Dictator countries. Mercury repre- senting trade is in Lagna with Kethu an incendiary planet." Naturally. one can understand the dislocation of trade throughout the world. . Throughout this year, in Nazi-occnpied countries there will be unwarranted reprisals. At the time of Britain’s declaration of war on Germany, Kethu Dasa rules with a balance of years 2-8-1. This will be up to Sth April 1942, | Based on this we observed thus in our WORLD PREDICTIONS FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS: “he situation. of planets a stated aoee clay ny Sa he Wo aac ol ers et fenue sab-perod in Venue Dass has elses. This vil be sre ? Now Venus sub-period in Venus Dasa commences on Sth April 1942 and this will last upto Sth August 1945. Venas is lord of Lagna (and 8) and is in the ith with Mercury (lord of 9. and 12) and the Sun (lord of 11), Since the 11th is Leo, it is an inimical Place to Venus. On account of this ma Venus cannot produce any decisively good results till at least the interperiods of Venus and the Sun (within the major and 'sub-periods of Venus) have passed. This will take us practically to the end of 1942, The ‘Sun's interperiod (antara) commences fabout the end of October 1942. The Sun js lord of the 11th (gains) ‘and is, in the Lith. The situation of Venus as sub lord inthe Lith with Mercury {lord of the 9th) is likely to enable Venus to produce favourable results, In other words the Sun's interperiod will be good for Britain to obtain im- jortant vietories. Avies roles England, In the War ane Horoscope (chart Fw] | | Nora) the Moon is in Aries. When ep ‘we Toon Saturn enters Ge- gona || mini he will be Par \vonvs| transitting ~ the on Gerany | Mae 3rd from Aries. The third ig an upachaya Kasi and hence is favourable, ‘tie | fags At the time Japan declared war on U.S.A. and Britain, the Scorpio and the balance hulk curr 7. T-T1-6, This will be till about the end of 1943. Mark; when Saturn enters Gemini he will be transitting the 12th from the ‘Moon and the 8th from Lagna. These are again unfavourable for japan. The planetary movements for the next three years deserve to be watchedTHE ASTROLOGICAL MAGAZINE JANUARY 1949 7 carefully. Ordinarily Jupiter takes ‘about one year to move in @ sign, He gets into Taurus abovt April 1941, reaches practically the last of Taurus, in October 1941, retrogrades and becomes direct on_6th Bebymary 1042 and gets into Gani fay 1942 tra Jupiter enters Cancer in October 1942 and begins to requgrade in: NoveTnber again becoming direct in March 1943, He will finally enter Cancer about May 1943. Salem onters ‘Tatitusin June 1941, retrogrades on 2nd October 1941, be- comes direct of 24th February 1042 and (enters Gemini about (July 1943. It is the move- ments of these ma- jor planets that are of any consequence. On 22nd April 194, there is turn con jun in‘Taurgs. On 3rd April 1942 Jupiter— Mars _conjanetion geeurs about | the 4th degree of ‘auras. These con junctions occur in the 8th from the natural ruling sign of Japan. The 8th rules death. The effects of this conjunction on ath Pebronty 156 Japan and_other Axis countries will be quite adverse, The _trancit_of _Jupiter theongt amin iene qa esueame ate A Tae SeaSlaTe work suggests that when Jupiter transits Gemini the following results are likely. ror, 1h, SURYANARAIN RAO, aud Rounder of The Astrofagieat Magazine Mithunechagururyathi thathrabdhe darunam bhayam. Nrupanam vigraha- sthatrha swalpamthoyamn bhavishyathi. Meaning :—* The heat will be intense ; there will _be_quatelshetwee ‘The rain will be-negligible”. Saturn's _in Taurus is also bad. It indicatés Wripanam vighrahobhaveth —wars between rulers sill ocenr, In otheF words, 1942 indicates destruction : ‘on a pretty la Sees and properfies op -ountofwar,earth- quakes, and epide- mics When Jupiter enters Cancer_he becomes exalted! and releases _Jupi- terian forces. There fore with Jupite’s | entry_into “Cancer, | things are Tfely_to assume_a_tuol_tfa- vourable to the Allies and the dream _of peace i Tikely £0 be areality. Jupiter is the heehee happiness. SiasiNs also infu. dive the: terrestrial conditions to a con- siderable extent. A few years ago Prof. ‘Tchijevsky, a Rus- sian scientist called attention of — the American Meteoro- logical Society to a striking corres- pondence between human behaviour as reflected in mass movements throughout history end the cleven- year sunspot cycle, He has shown that in the past three centuries major wars have shortly preceded or followed the sun-spot maxima. His Diet sath act 1997 |8 THE ASTROLOGICAL MAGAZIN attention was called to this when he was in active service in the Great War of 1914-1918. He always noted that increased activity on the battle fronts occurred simaltancously in many. ins tances with the appearance of large spots on the Sun and the intensest fighting took place in 1917 just at the peak of the sunspot cycle. He believes =not without reason—that some acute changes in the nervous and psychic character of humanity does take place Ve esac he_present War began in, September” 1939. just [bout the peak of the sunspot cyele About 1945 the minimum of sunspot ayele Would be reached and the presest is likely to cease a year or two riggs Behe Tinfiations of astrology as. at present developed, in its application to mundane affairs ‘should not be Jost sight of. In all astrological interpreta- tions, we are dealing with purely abstract symbols. The general classi- fication of the events of a given period are capable of indication. Therefore we cannot-hope to do more than esti- mate possibilities in so"Yar as the exact form of future events is concerned. With these mental reservations we shall sum up the above observations ‘The so called ‘New Order’ of Hitler for the enslavement of Humanity will be brought crashing to jhe ground. Almost throughout the whole of Europe the flame of death and destruction will Hare up in the desperate fight for free- dom against the tyranny of the Nazis. ‘The democracies surpass the dicta- torships in numerical strength; but to their superiority in this respect should be added economic factors such as raw materials, food supplies, etc., and also psychological factors tepresented by powers of endurance and singleness of purpose. These economic and psycho- logical factors coupled with astrological JANUARY 1942 ones all operate in favour of the Democracies. Every one knows that there can be no civilisation ina world domineered by the Nazis and Fascists and towards the destruction of Nasism and other similar doctrines should all our efforts be directed, Encirclement has been the neu- rotic excuse for every aggression committed by Hitler, Mussolini and of course Japan too. At the end of two years of War, Hitler seems to be really encircled at’ last. In spite of the succession of victories scored by him, Hitler does not know where he is or when he will end the war. Perhaps he already feels that the war will end him. As we have said above, when there is a concurrence of directions of similar significance as_about the time Jupiter finally enters Cancer, one may feel that a prediction isnot altogether without warrant. AS IT STRIKES ME By AGASTHYA In the article entitled Meteorology i Ancient India, published elsewhere, Mt, Ramakrishna, has endeavoured to show how deeply the ancient Hindus bad gone into the subject of weather forecast, Even now it is a matter of common occurrence that village astrologers ate Fight ina surprisingly high porcentage of their weather predictions. Their rules are simple and dispense away. with coetly”appa- tatos nd. Inborstories, Observation coupled ‘vith experience enabled the great sages of India to dive deep into the subject of meteorology and discover the laws, governing weatber, ‘rainfall, storms ete, which aro of utmost importance ta us. Meteorology was taken by the ancient Hindus a3 a branch of astro: Togy because the beavently bodies, the aspects, conjunctions, associations, ete, are all common to both. Many thoughtful persons, who ate well aware that every member of” the solar