Planets as Karmic Storehouses
All of our thoughts, words and actions are stored in our subtle bodies and show precisely why we come forth into physical form at the time we do. The configuration of the planets, and their subsequent movement, ensures that we are directed to fulfill the results of these actions.
They do so by expressing their nature and desires through our subtle bodies, known as the bliss, intelligent, emotional and pranic (life force) bodies. These, in turn, influence our physical body, as we are compelled to take actions in relation to our individual tendencies.
These bodies are also known as the five sheaths. The densest of these is the physical body, or the food sheath. Subtler than this are the breath sheath, the mental and emotional sheath, the intelligent sheath and the bliss sheath. These become more subtle, and yet more influential because of this, as we look to the bodies beyond the physical body. Beyond these five bodies, our experience becomes more cosmic and is beyond any satisfactory description.
Ayurveda is concerned with the individual's experience of self and concerns itself chiefly with three bodies – namely, the physical, emotional and spiritual bodies. These three bodies are studied in the Vedic horoscope in relation to the rising sign (body), the Moon (mind), and the Sun (soul). Our previous thoughts, words and actions (karmas), which are stored in our bliss body and body of intelligence, can be seen to produce results at certain times throughout our lives.
In their introductory book on Vedic astrology, Light on Life: An Introduction to the Astrology of India, Hart deFouw and Dr. Robert Svoboda state that, 'As these karmas ripen to fruition, they project into the subtle or astral body ...’ Once the results of these actions have ripened, we are then directed to think a certain way, which is the planet's influence on our mental and emotional body.
These compulsions, in turn, influence our life force so that our physical body is given or denied the energy to live out the results of these through our current actions, or by our inability to take action. This can be seen as played out in relation to the planetary periods, and transits of the planets, in accordance with our individual blueprint represented in our individual horoscope.
Reference
deFouw, Hart and Svoboda, Robert. Light on Life: An Introduction to the Astrology of India. New Delhi, India: Penguin Books India, 2006, p. 33
They do so by expressing their nature and desires through our subtle bodies, known as the bliss, intelligent, emotional and pranic (life force) bodies. These, in turn, influence our physical body, as we are compelled to take actions in relation to our individual tendencies.
These bodies are also known as the five sheaths. The densest of these is the physical body, or the food sheath. Subtler than this are the breath sheath, the mental and emotional sheath, the intelligent sheath and the bliss sheath. These become more subtle, and yet more influential because of this, as we look to the bodies beyond the physical body. Beyond these five bodies, our experience becomes more cosmic and is beyond any satisfactory description.
Ayurveda is concerned with the individual's experience of self and concerns itself chiefly with three bodies – namely, the physical, emotional and spiritual bodies. These three bodies are studied in the Vedic horoscope in relation to the rising sign (body), the Moon (mind), and the Sun (soul). Our previous thoughts, words and actions (karmas), which are stored in our bliss body and body of intelligence, can be seen to produce results at certain times throughout our lives.
In their introductory book on Vedic astrology, Light on Life: An Introduction to the Astrology of India, Hart deFouw and Dr. Robert Svoboda state that, 'As these karmas ripen to fruition, they project into the subtle or astral body ...’ Once the results of these actions have ripened, we are then directed to think a certain way, which is the planet's influence on our mental and emotional body.
These compulsions, in turn, influence our life force so that our physical body is given or denied the energy to live out the results of these through our current actions, or by our inability to take action. This can be seen as played out in relation to the planetary periods, and transits of the planets, in accordance with our individual blueprint represented in our individual horoscope.
Reference
deFouw, Hart and Svoboda, Robert. Light on Life: An Introduction to the Astrology of India. New Delhi, India: Penguin Books India, 2006, p. 33
