Author: K S Charak
Publisher: UMA Publications
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 164
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8190100823
Description
Surya the Sun God is a book that deals with the various aspects of the sun not confined to astrology and astronomy only. It is an elaborate and multi-dimensional treatment of the Sun. the different aspects of the Sun covered in this book include the following:
The identity of the Sun with the Universal Soul, and a link between the macrocosm and the microcosm.
A connection between the Sun outside and the fire element that operates within the individual body.
Origin of the Sun according to the Puranas.
The role of the sun in the cycle of time, and the concept of the zodiac.
Pauranic stories which highlight the various characteristics of the Sun as of special relevance to predictive astrology.
The segmentation of the eternal Time and the cycles of Creation and Dissolution.
A complete section on the Sun as appropriate to astrology.
The place of the sun in the yogic discipline; the importance of the Manipura Chakra and the Surya Namaskaara.
Propitiation of the Sun as a panacea against ill health and adverse dasha periods of the Sun.
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PREFACE
SECTION I
THE GRAND SCHEME
Surya, the Eternal Soul
SECTION II
THE SUN IN THE PURANAS
The Eternal Time
The Beginning of Creation
The Sun as the Son of Aditi
The Sun’s Wife and Progeny
Surya as the Victim of Rahu
The Sun as the Teacher of Hanumaana
Surya’s Benevolence Upon Yudhishthira
Krittika, the Nakshatra of the Sun
Twelve Aadityas and the Chariot of the Sun
SECTION III
THE SUN IN ASTROLOGY
The Sun: Signs and Significations
The Sun, the Zodiac and the Kaalachakra
The Sun in the Natal Chart
The Dasha-Periods of the Sun
The Ravi Yogas
Simha, the Rashi of the Sun
The Surya Kaalaanala Chakra
SECTION IV
THE SUN IN YOGA
Yoga and the Chakra of the Sun
Surya Namaskaara
SECTION V
PROPITIATION OF THE SUN
AADITYA-HRIDAYA STOTRA
INDEX