Muhurtha
Muhurtha--The Importance of Timing
"To everything there is a season and a time to every
purpose under heaven." This quotation from Ecclesiastes,
in the old testament, made so famous in the song by Peter,
Paul & Mary, is referring to the natural cycles of life
determined by time. Time is the essence of all things--all
things are born, rise and fall, and terminate in their own
time. The analysis of time and its cycles is the basis of
astrology. The Sun, Moon, and planets are the architects
of time. All the forces or energies have their source of
origin in the Sun. The motions of the planets give us a
clue as to when various kinds of creative and destructive
forces are present. Having our actions be in harmony with
these forces greatly improves our successes in life.
One of the most important uses of astrology is what is
called "Muhurtha", the picking of auspicious times
for important events such as travel, marriage, surgery,
signing of contracts, purchasing of cars, etc..... Doing
things when the natural forces of nature support them helps
to greatly alleviate challenges and make things go much
more smoothly. The planetary aspects at the time that you
begin something set the tone for the whole experience.
Carl Jung aptly put it when he said, "Whatever is born
or done this moment of time has the qualities of this
moment in time". So, you can predict what a couple's
marriage will be like by looking at the time of their
wedding, how a meeting will go by the influences at its
start, if a vacation will be enjoyable by looking at the
time of the plane flight, etc......
I cannot stress enough the importance of getting married at
a fortuitous time. If the Moon is strong this helps the
marriage to be emotionally fulfilling. If Venus, the
planet of love and sex, is well situated, romance can
thrive. If Jupiter is fortified, spirituality and
prosperity can abound. If not, these areas of the couple's
life will be tried.
The aspects at the time of a marriage not only affect the
entire relationship, they influence how the wedding will go
as well. I recently had some friends get married. I
begged them to let me pick the date. They picked it on
their own, but, because they have a great relationship, it
was their karma to pick a wonderful time. I did the chart
before the wedding and saw that the only challenge in the
chart was in the area of servants or people supporting the
wedding. So---it turned out that one week before the big
day the D.J. cancelled on them. The day of the wedding the
photographer was very sick and the flowers were two hours
late. It was a wonderful wedding but the "servants" were
definitely a problem.
Last year I went on a road trip to New Mexico. I picked
the time to leave and it was a wonderful chart showing that
the trip would be fulfilling in all ways. There were three
malefic planets (Rahu, Mars, and the Sun) in the
house that rules vehicles. The chart was so wonderful I
erroneously thought that, even though we were driving all
the way there and back, it would be okay. I figured if we
had car problems they would adversely affect the trip and
the chart clearly showed the vacation would be fabulous.
Well, the trip exceeded my expectations in many ways and
just as we pulled into L.A. we blew a gasket that cost
$1500 to repair. But, I was right in that the car problems
didn't affect the trip at all because they didn't occur
until we were back!! However, the chart clearly warned
there would be car problems and taught me a very valuable
lesson!
I had a client who recently called to find out if a
business trip she was going on would be successful. She
had to interview someone for a book she is writing. It
turned out her interview was scheduled on a day when the
planet of writing and communication, Mercury, was powerless
and in the same sign as Saturn (the planet of delays and
obstacles) and Ketu (the planet of loss and instability).
I thought, because of this, that the interview would not
occur. And sure enough, she called me the next week to let
me know that a series of mishaps prevented it. I would
have encouraged her to do so which could have assured a
successful outcome. For this reason, Muhurtha is an
incredibly valuable tool of astrology.
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