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Graha* Bhava * Amsha * Rashi

  1. Mesha - Arya
  2. Vrishabha - Urisha
  3. Mithunaya-Dvamdva
  4. Karkata - Kadaga
  5. Simha - Leya
  6. Kanya-Parthya
  7. Thula - Vanika
  8. Vrizchika - Kita
  9. Dhanuzya - Haya
  10. Makara - Draco
  11. Kumbha - Ghata
  12. Meena - Antya

celestial location for Mesha

  1. Hamal * the head of the ram* or *the lamb * Alpha Arietis = 66 light years from Earth
  2. Sharatan * Beta Arietis = 59 light years from Earth
  3. Mesarthim * Gamma Arietis * mesha-ones, first-ones
  4. 41 arietis

Meza razi contains three na-kshatra

  1. Azvini-Dasra Dastra * Pada 1-2-3-4

  2. Bharani-Yamya Yamuna * Pada 1-2-3-4

  3. Krittika-Pleiades Agneya Pleiades * Pada-1

General Suitability of Remedial Ratna for Mesha Lagna

Karaka significations of Mesha

Om Vishnave Namah

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Mesha * Arya

Meza * Kriya * Azvin

Aja * Adya

Chaaga

Chandra-Meza

Ars * Aries * Arietis * Ovan

Aryan-Orion

Krios * Kos *

Avinas * Auns *

Ram * Belios * Berbec

Tale * al-Hamal * Moishe * Moeses

Activation

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razi names in numerous languages

Blood and Fire

the newly born, the mover, the actor, the agent, the pioneer, the inventor, the innovator, the competitor, the warrior, the one who arrives first

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Agni
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The constellation of Aries from Richard Dibon-Smith

nakshatra names in red by BP Lama

Azvini-Dasra Dastra + Bharani Yamuna + Krittika-Pleiades Agneya Pleiades

Regional Names for Mesha

see also: Rashi names multilingual

  • French: Bélier (the fighter, belligerent) = battering ram
  • Greek: Krios * Κριός= "ram"
  • German: Widder (vervex,"wether", battering ram) * Wider (going against)
  • English belwether (first sheep with a bell who leads the flock)
  • Old English: Ramm
  • Anglo-Norman: Multuns (mouflon, mutton)

Aries * Arya * Ars

Aja * Adya

Chaaga

Kria * Kriya

Mesh

Tumbura

Akkadian

Assyrian

Hebrew

  • Nīsān = release bondage of Egypt, altar + sacrificial Ram

Assyrian

  • Nis-anu = altar + sacrificial ram

ancient belief:

Earth was created when Surya occupied Mesha; destruction of world predicted when all seven graha occupy the final degree of Meena

Related to ancient tales of Jason and the Golden Fleece, which recount the wars of Mesarthim

Much of the reference that follows is adapted from Star Names their Lore and Meaning

  • Ovid writing in Latin: Phrixea Ovis

Columella writing in Latin:

Pecus Athamantidos Helles ,

Phrixus;

Portitor Phrixi;

Phrixeum Pecus;

Phrixi Vector, Chrysomallus (later dialect Chrysovellus).

  • Ovis aurea (golden sheep)
  • auratus (golden one),
  • Cicero writing in Latin: Cornus (later dialect Corniger and Laniger)
  • Cicero writing in Latin: Vervex (castrated ram"wether") = verbex, berbex, French brebis )

Dux opulenti gregis (leader of the wealthy flock);

  • Caput arietinum (head of arius)
  • Aequinoctialis (equinox)
  • Caesius writing in Latin: Vernus Portitor (Spring-bringing)
  • Arcanus (arcane, below the radar)
  • Dante writing in Italian: Montone (mounting, climbing)

many terms for Aries refer to First One Who Leads the Way, such as "Anu" (coming in), "Duke" (duct) and "Prince" (first):

  • Princeps signorum coelestium, Princeps zodiaci , Ductor exercitus zodiaci

Babylonian-Euphrates culture

  • Tammuz Dum-uzi = "Only Son of Life" (this title has earlier been assigned to Orion * Osiris)

Meanings for Mesha Meza Meja Meha Mesarthim

first arrived, pioneer, Arya

  • new birth, new blood, new energy
  • blood, flesh, musculature, movement
  • athlete, nobility - or claims to nobility
  • competition, warriorship, championship = best in the field (champs, campus = 'field')
  • primitive life-force vitality
  • cooked food, vittles

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"Le Bélier "

Gravure représentant un bélier (arme médiévale.) [Woodcut showing a battering ram.]

Issu du Dictionnaire raisonné de l'architecture française du XIe au XVIe siècle, par Eugène Viollet-Le-Duc, 1856.

The type of Body that we humans have

from Becoming Enlightened

14th Dalai Lama 1935- Policy of Kindness Tenzing Gyatso ,

trans. ed. by Jeffrey Hopkins, p.151

"On top of the sufferings of birth, aging, sickness, and death, we encounter the pains of facing the unpleasant, separating from the pleasant, and not finding what we want.

  • The basic problem lies with the type of mind and body that we have.

Our mind-body complex serves as a basis for present sufferings in the form of aging, sickness, and death, and promotes future suffering through our usual responses to painful situations.

  • By reflecting on birth and on the nature of mind and body , you will be moved from the depths of your heart to seek relief , thinking, "If I could only be free from a life driven by afflictive emotions and karma!"

Without such reflection on pain, your knowledge of your own condition will be limited, which itself will put a limit on your compassion.

As Tsonghkapa says:

"If you do not cultivate a genuine sense of disenchantment with cyclic existence -- whose nature is a mind-body complex under the sway of afflictive emotions and karma

you will have no chance to develop a genuine attitude intent on liberation, and there will be no way to develop great compassion for beings wandering in cyclic existence.

Therefore, it is crucial to reflect on your situation."

Properties of Mesha Rashi

Parashara says:

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" the natives of this lagna are of middle stature.

  • They possess a lean and muscular body.

  • They are neither stout nor thick.

  • Their complexion is rough and they have a fairly long neck and face.

  • They have bushy eyebrows and have a sharp sight.

They are active and ambitious, bold and impulsive.

Sometimes on account of a bad influence on Mars, the lord of this lagna, they become rash and aggressive.

With good influences on the lagna they become confident, courageous, enterprising with high aims and also liberal.

  • They have determination and force of character.

  • They have executive ability but they make changes often.

  • They are very optimistic.

  • They are good lovers and have a charm which attracts the opposite sex.

With bad influences on the lagna, they become passionate and jealous and go astray."

BPHS Chapter 4: 6-7.

Mesha described.

"The Mesha is blood-red in complexion.

  • lt has a prominent (big) physique.

  • It is a quadruped Rashi and strong during night.

  • It denotes courage.

  • It resides in the East and is related to kings.

  • It wanders in hills and predominates in Rajo-Guna

    • (the second of the three constituent qualities

    • and the cause of great activity in living beings).

It rises with its back (a Prishtodaya Rashi) and is fiery.

Its ruler is Mangala."

Public Figures

Mesha - Arya rashi specializes in new birth, first arrival, pioneering, innovation, and competitive championship.

  • Ketu-ruled Azwini * Dasra tends to produce physicians and inventors. They have a special understanding of ways in which the inner dynamic energies movs within the outer physical shell .

  • Zukra-ruled Bharani * Yama tends to produce treasurers, financiers and preservers of worth. They are able to remember, store and produce goods of historical value, including stories and songs. They have earned a reputation for carrying heavy payloads and working to death.

  • Surya-ruled Krittika-Pleyades * Agneya in the first pada belongs within Mesha rashi. They are reputed to be supremely confident and pioneering in nature, tending toward expressions of Surya such as politics, gaming, and creative arts.

Azwini * Dasra = ruled by scattering, eccentric, no-barriers Ketu

* Ketu mulatrikona = Mithunaya 3rd = message, explanation, instruction, demonstration, meetings, media, publication, announcement, reports, photographs, diagrams, signal, transaction, teamwork, coordination, conference, confrere, cohort, collaboration

***

Bharani * Yama * Ruler Zukra mulatrikona * Thula 7th from Mesha

Arrangements

Bharani = balanced carrying, distributed weight, orchestration, yoga, acrobatics, movement arts, financial arrangements, musical arrangements, diplomatic arrangements , term of agreement, fairness, negotiations, bargains, treasury from partnerships, mutual interest, equations, equity alliances, marriage, promise, trust and troth, deal-making, cease-fire, fleshdeath, legal contracts, acquisitions, banking, counseling, advice

***

Mesha portion

Krittika-Pleyades * Surya's mulatrikona * Simha 5th counted from Mesha

performing arts, theatre, charming children, literary genius, fashion, politics, celebrity, royalty, romance, games, gambling, speculation, charismatic glamour, self-confidence

***

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Guido Bonatti , De Astronomia Libri X, c1550

Sanskrit Vocabulary for Mesha

Mesha

  • a ram; sheep; a ewe
  • the sign of the zodiac Aries

  • Nardostachys Jatamansi (Musk Root)

  • Dalbergia Ougeinensis (Tinisa)

  • small cardamoms

Adya

  • being at the beginning, first, primitive
  • immediately preceding

Kriyaa

  • ( Gk.) the sign Aries
  • doing, performing, performance,
  • occupation with, business, act, action, undertaking, activity, work, labor
  • bodily action, exercise of the limbs
  • action (as the general idea expressed by any verb), verb
  • a noun of action
  • a literary work
  • medical treatment or practice, applying a remedy, cure
  • a religious rite or ceremony, sacrificial act, sacrifice
  • "the last ceremony"', rites performed immediately after death, obsequies, purificatory rites
  • religious action, worship

judicial investigation

  • (by human means, as by witnesses, documents, or by superhuman means, as by various ordeals)

atonement

  • means, expedient

Aja

  • a drove, troop (of Maruts)
  • a driver, mover, instigator, leader
  • name. of Indra, of Rudra, of one of the Maruts
  • of Agni, of the sun, of Brahma, of Vishnu, of Shiva, of Kama
  • the leader of a flock; a he-goat, ram
  • the sign Aries
  • the vehicle of Agni
  • beam of the sun (Pushan)
  • name of a mineral substance
  • of a kind of rice
  • of the moon
  • name of a people, of a class of Rishis
  • name. of Prakriti, of Maya or Illusion
  • a she-goat
  • name of a plant whose bulbs resemble the udder of a goat
  • not born, existing from all eternity
  • name. of the, first uncreated being
  • Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, Kama
  • coming from or belonging to goats, produced by goats
  • a vulture
  • name of the lunar mansion Purvabhadra-Pegasus (presided over by Aja Ekapada)
  • clarified butter

Chaaga

  • a he-goat; a she-goat
  • the sign Aries
  • coming from a goat or she-goat

T. Subba Row. (1881)."The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac" in Five Years Of Theosophy. George Robert Snow Mead (ed.).London. (1885, 1894).

"Mystical, Philosophical, Theosophical, Historical and Scientific Essays Selected from"The Theosophist". Available at www.gutenberg.org

"I. Mesha.

  • One of the synonyms of this word is Aja .
  • Now, Aja literally means that which has no birth , and is applied to the Eternal Brahma in certain portions of the Upanishads.
  • So, the first sign is intended to represent Parabrahma , the self-existent, eternal, self-sufficient cause of all."

BPL COMMENTARY = MESHA ATTRIBUTES

  • primacy, priority, being first
  • pure and noble action
  • original culture or bloodlines
  • invention and innovation
  • radically new ideas, new social movements, new territory
  • high-vitality, forceful, initiating movement
  • conquest and domination

guna

  • rago-guna

(rajas, energetic action)

niza-bala group

  1. Mesha
  2. Urisha
  3. Mithunaya
  4. Karkata
  5. Dhanuzya
  6. Makara

tattva = ("that-ness ", element)

  • tajas (agni) tattva

  • (fire element)

Mesha_chandelPflam.jpgRashi Owner

  • Mangala (Mars)

rising portion

pristho-daya (tail first) * daya = 'presentation' or 'portion'

pRSThodaya rising from behind ( = Mesha, Vrishabha, Mithuna, Dhanushya, Makara)

General Traits of Mesha lagna = Chandra-Meza

  • competition, hunting, male dominance, athletic achievement, primacy, warfare,

  • sexual conquest, adolescence, youth, ambition, blood sport,

  • Activity, pursuit, heroism, individual uniqueness, domination, supremacy,

  • prize-winning, originality, innovation, self-sufficiency,

  • heat, metals, engines, weapons, novelty,

  • the physical body, blood, skull, muscle, flesh, birth.

  • movement, competition, blood and genetic origins

    Animation, fast action , hot pursuit, military conquest, quick and competitive movement of all kinds. Violence of the hunt; domination in pursuit of a quarry. Youth; new birth; primary original or"blood" values; the animal body and its motive forces; original germ or seed in all things.

11th-from = Natural Friendship Community-Economy

  • befriends "Kumbha-11" types

the father's relatives; friends of the younger siblings; scientists and network thinkers; those less concerned with dreams and spiritual guidance; social philosophers and theorists;

those who become somewhat impersonal friends due to a shared goal or vision; communalists; electricians and systems engineers, system-oriented conceptual thinkers and social change activists

  • those disconnected (12th-from) spiritual guidance and reflective intuition; leaders (10th-from) of knowledge-collection and wealth-banking

General Suitability of Gems for Mesha Lagna

  1. Surya ratna = yes, because Surya = vidyapathi-5 and does not rules any other house

  2. Chandra ratna = yes, possibly, because Chandra = bandesha-4 and does not rules any other house

  3. Mangala ratna = yes, because Mangala = auspicious lagnesha and randhresha-8

  4. Budha ratna =no-no-no. Budha = bhratrupathi-3 and rogesha-6

  5. Guru ratna = yes. guru = Dharmesha-9 and ruler-of-12 (world travel, wisdom teachings, spiritual guidance, and meditation)

  6. Zukra ratna = no, because Zukra = yuvatipathi-7 and ruler-of-12

  7. Shani ratna = possibly, during Shani mahadashaonly -- and even then, with caution. Shani = karmesha-10 and Vriddhipathi-11 Therefore, a blue sapphire could support professional recognition and material attainments; However, due to Shani's lawful and hard-working nature, Seva is usually a more effective remedy than a gemstone.

  8. Rahu-ratna = unknown, depends on Rahu's ruler

  9. Ketu-ratna = unknown, depends on Ketu's lord

There are exceptions to all of these general rules which are caused by the position of Chandra, the active Vimshottari bhuktipathi, and one's personal goals, inter alia.

Karaka significations of Mesha, the immortal champion teenage boy:

Ambition, aspiration, eager autocrat with clean heart, desire to dominate and multiply, sense of desperation, energy for manifestation, very goal-oriented, forgiving, likes to pardon, ideals not Yet, achieved, not at all satisfied, head, start, beginning, feels constrained and impeded, newness where it influences noble, innovation, novelty, attempts movable, masculine, places with internal fire, potential, feels constrained, propound new theories, restless, Saturn hates, Sun loves, spirit of the being, vitality, world-to-be not as-it-is.

(this list is adapted from Das )

Power of Parivartamsha Yoga for Mesha lagna:

There are four possible pari-vart-amsha yogas for Kuja lagnesha:

Mangala-Maraka + Shani in Vrischikha -

  • best for material gain because Professor Shani is the gainful 11th from his tenant Kuja, while Professor Kuja is self-made-wealth 3rd from his tenant Shani.

Mangala-Kumbha + Shani in Vrischikha -

  • best for public status and professional recognition because Professor Shani is the respectful 10th from his tenant Kuja, while Professor Kuja is the social-emotional security 4th from his tenant Shani.

Mangala-Maraka + Shani-Meza -

  • good for public status and professional recognition because the same 4/10 yoga obtains. Fallen Shani will occupy the dushthamsha 6th house, karmically obliging the person to handle the suffering of the masses - poverty, disease, hatred

  • Yet Shani emerges through the parivartamsha into the very powerful nichha-bhanga condition, causing the person to rise very high in organizations which serve the suffering.

  • There may be much combat in the life, Yet, the person has undeniable business skills from the exalted Mars which will give increasingly obvious results after age 28.

  • Superior performance in military and paramilitary settings.

Mangala-Kumbha + Shani-Meza --

  • favorable for material gain because Professor Shani is self-made-wealth 3rd from his tenant Kuja, while Professor Kuja occupies the gainful 11th from his tenant Shani.

  • Wealth may be gained via unscrupulous or selfish means, and there may be profound emotional turmoil (with an abstract, philosophical calm in the eye of the hurricane).

  • An exceptionally competitive and hard-working personality whose loner male (Mangala-Mesha) exploration of new styles of connectedness (Mangala-Kumbha) mixes successfully (parivartamsha) with a message of social discontent (Shani-Mesha) and broad appeal to the masses (Shani-Kumbha).

Example

  • poet, songwriter, performer and generational icon: Bob Dylan a.k.a. Robert Zimmerman

Yogakaraka graha for Mesha Lagna

A yoga-karaka graha rules both a kona (triangle houses 1, 5, 9 = cone) and a kendra (quadrangle houses 1, 4,7,10).

  • Surya+Somana, when interpreted as a single graha, rule bhava 4 + 5

  • (compare to the other Mars-ruled lagna Vrischika, where Sun/Moon are Yogakaraka lords of houses 9/10)

  • Mars-ruled natives benefit from exceptionally strong and emotionally-coordinated willpower, presuming that Sun/Moon occupy good houses.

  • The self-concept is one of inherent capability. Aries rising are strong parents, born believing they should rule benevolently over home and children.

  • predisposed to assume parenting, teaching, and coaching authority

  • The details of how they parent and teach, depend largely on the house and sign position of Surya and Chandra, drishti to the luminaries, and other adjustments to the general truth that when Ravi is 5th lord the person is born to create (and procreate), and when Chandra is 4th lord the emotional, nurturing intuition is highly developed.

For example

  • Mesha rising with Surya/Chandra together in Ari bhava [ Kanya rashi]

will develop his home and children through trade and financial services, probably in the medical field. This combination gives the Black Moon of course, so often the money rules him rather than him ruling the money!

By contrast

  • Mesha rising with Surya powerful in karma-dharma bhava [Makara - Draco rashi] while Soma occupies putra bhava [ Simha rashi]

is much more likely to express her parenting, caretaking destiny in the business, educational and entertainment fields. The yoga provides a 6/8 Sun-Moon angle, which is less favorable for smooth expression of leadership intelligence. Although she will be respected for her competence due to the powerful position of Surya, she may contradict herself due to the 6/8 and thus lose the people's trust. Inner and outer self are not fully coordinated. imbalance-seeking-a-remedy in the 6/8 Sun-Moon yoga.

  • Another arrangement might be Ravi in labha bhava [Kanya rashi] while Chandra occupies putra [ Meena - Antya rashi].

Chandra as dharma lord brings many blessings to putra bhava and when Ravi occupies the 7th from Chandra, the White Moon (full moon) obtains, giving smooth coordination of inner and outer self-concepts in the world. Professional expression is sensible to the public. Material gains [Surya/11] and honor are granted for work of creativity [Soma/5] and romance [7/7 yoga Sun-Moon].

Yoga for Mesha Lagna

For Mesha lagna only, when ALL of these factors apply:

  1. Surya-Meza

  2. Guru-yuti-Zukra-Meena

  3. Chandra in Thula

  4. Chandra receives drishti of Mangala

the native will be like a king, commanding a large army.

Raja Yoga for Mesha lagna

Mangala + Shani-Meza lagna

  • An exchange of Rashi between Karma's Lord and Lagna's Lord will make the native associated with the king in a great manne r. ~~ BPHS, Ch. 40, Sl. 13

  • "If the lord of the Lagna and the 10th exchange houses with each other then they form a Raja Yoga. They will confer high position, reputation and power." ~~ BPHS, Ch. 5, Sl. 41

Mangala = Vitality, Death and Rebirth

Kuja represents the life force energy which enlivens all sentient beings.

  • Kuja directs the cycle of death-and-rebirth.

  • Mesha = blood-birth = that visible, fleshly, body-based birth which incarnated (meaty) creatures repeatedly endure.

  • Mangala is the natural regulator of bhava-1. The baseline (base lagna) of any inquiry shows the vital basis or birth conditions of the matter in questions.

Natural Friendship communities and social networks

11th-from-Mesha lagna = Kumbha

classroom-11 Kumbha perceives these agents as friendly :

the father's relatives; friends of the younger siblings; scientists and network thinkers; those less concerned with dreams and spiritual guidance; social philosophers and theorists;

those who become somewhat impersonal friends due to a shared goal or vision; communalists; electricians and systems engineers, system-oriented conceptual thinkers and social change activists

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