Cumplimiento de las disposiciones del ciclo PHVA en el Sistema de Gestión de Seguridad y Salud

By Dr. E.S.NEELAKANTAN

We now continue our cruise with our companion on the ship, namely Venus. One important thing which has to be mentioned here is that both Venus and Mercury move generally close to the Sun. In fact in one year, Mercury gets combusted for nearly 150 days. About 40 percent of people born in this world, will have Mercury in combustion . Similarly Venus is also prone to combustion since it follows the Sun’s movement very closely. But if you examine the movement of Venus on an annual basis , it cannot be said for sure that every year it becomes

retrograde.Combustion of Venus is less frequent compared to that of Mercury.

Both Moon and Venus gain prominence at night. The reason is not far to seek. Moon becomes prominent only if the sun has set. Otherwise its radiance gets obscured by sunlight. Venus is also a bright shining planet. It can also become prominent only after sunset or before sunrise.

There is a Death-Rebirth myth sorrounding Venus which is explained in mythology and which has an astronomical significance too. Let us say Venus appears as evening star. This goes on for about 263 days. After this it gets

conjunct the Sun. This phase when it is invisible lasts for about two weeks. Then begins another phase of 263 days when Venus appears as Morning Star. Then Venus gets conjunct Sun for about 7 weeks when it again becomes invisible. Once again Venus re-emerges as evening star. In other words Venus as evening star dies and is reborn as morning star and the converse is also true.

It is said that what is found in Mahabharata may be found elsewhere. But what is not found in Mahabharanta may not be found anywhere The preceptor(of demons) in Hindu mythology who is considered as equal to Venus is Sukracharya –preceptor of demons.We just now discussed the astronomical aspect of the Death-Rebirth theory – now let us see the mythological aspect of this theory.

Devayani was the beautiful daughter of Shukracharya, preceptor of the

demons.Shukracharya knew the secret of the Mritasanjivani hymn (that brings back to life a dead person). The demons were happy because their preceptor Shukracharya knew the secret of reviving the dead. The Devas also wanted to know the secret of this hymn.So they went to Kacha, the handsome son of Brihaspati, and asked him to learn the secret from Shukracharya. .Accordingly Kacha met Shukracharya and became his disciple .

Kacha started living with the family of Shukracharya as per the tradition.Kacha developed a liking for Devayani ,daughter of Shukracharya and she was also drawn towards Kacha. As the years passed, The demons became suspicious of Kacha and killed him. To the great relief of Devayani,Kacha was brought back to life by Shukracharya.The love between Kacha and Devayani grew day by day. The demons were worried as they could guess that Kacha was there to learn the secret of Mritasanjivani hymn.

One day Devayani asked Kacha to bring a particular flower that grew in deep forest.The demons followed Kacha and killed him once again.This time his body was ground into a paste and dissolved in water .Shukracharya once again saved Kacha by his secret knowledge.The demons were puzzled as each time they killed Kacha he was saved by Shukracharya.So next day when Kacha went out they slew him again but this time they burnt his body, took the ashes, mixed with wine and offered it to Shukracharya.,who being addicted to wine drank it. Shukracharya used his secret knowledge and called upon Kacha to come back to life .Kacha came back to life and spoke from inside the stomach of Shukracharya.

Shukracharya could ask Kacha to come out but that would mean his own death. After long deliberation Shukracharya thought a way out.He knew now the real purpose of Kacha's visit.He told Kacha that there was only one way by which both of them can ensure Devayani's happiness.Shukracharya taught him the

Mritasanjivani hymn .Kacha emerged from the dying body of Shukracharya and immediately brought his Guru back to life.

But Shukracharya was sadly disappointed when he learnt that although Kacha deeply loved Devayani, he had to fulfil his duties towards the Devas.

On the last day of his studies Kacha went to Shukracharya for his

blessings.Devayani waited for Kacha to propose marriage.Devayani pleaded Kacha to take her as his wife. But Kacha replied, " I was born from your father's

time Devayani completely forgot Kacha. She got married to Yayati later.With this story in mind we can correlate how this episode from Mahabharata is closely related to the movement of Venus.Since Astronomical Truths cannot be easily handed over to posterity our Rishis conveyed esoteric Truths through simple fables such as this one.

Now we will look at some of the Ashtakavarga rules pertaining to Venus.

1) When Venus associated with eight bindus is in a quadrant or in a trinal house one will be blessed with (powerful) vehicles.

2) In case Venus is present with seven bindus under similar conditions, one will be blessed with precious stones and wealth and will enjoy all comforts in life.

What is the definition of a powerful vehicle? Probably, a vehicle which can carry more number of people. My view is that this may refer to horse-drawn vehicles because in the period in which these treatises were written, only such vehicles existed. Now we have two types of vehicles-luxury vehicles and utility vehicles. These luxury vehicles have certain snob value associated with it. Strictly speaking a vehicle is needed to carry you from one place to another. But in real life is it so?

I wish to quote one real life incident here. A marriage was conducted in a city and there were several guests who came from various other cities and towns for participating in that function. One guest who had turned up phoned up a car hire agency to book a luxury car. He reached the auditorium where wedding was being held,in that car.What is the purpose if nobody saw him getting out of the luxury car? He asked the driver to go inside the auditorium and park the car just outside the entrance ,so that lots of other guests could actually see him getting out of that car. Please note that this incident is personally known to me and is not just a story being narrated to entertain people. In this particular incident the car was not just a vehicle for travel but a subtle indicator of personal status sought to be communicated by the guest to society.

Whenever Venus denotes vehicles ,it is luxury vehicles, for sure. Please note that venus is also a karaka of the 4th house , which denotes vehicles. The second rule we just saw is venus with seven bindus will bless a person with precious stones , wealth and comforts. I wish to clarify a few points here.

1) If you see consultations offered in gemology, you will noticed that diamond is supposed to be worn for venus. But here they are referring to not just diamonds-but all precious stones. Why and what could be the reason? The answer is simple: No precious stones has only utility value-all of them are worn only for ornamental reasons. Hence all precious stones are governed by venus,when viewed from this standpoint.

2) We know houses 2 and 11 represent wealth and Jupiter is the karaka planet for these two houses . Then, how come venus is projected as planet of wealth. I can suggest two reasons for this:

(a) I just now discussed that in some cases even a car has only snob value. Likewise wealth beyond a particular limit has no utility other than projecting its owner as an Aristocrat. So when wealth by itself becomes ornamental in nature, it is governed by Venus.

(b) For acquisition of luxuries, money is required. So when Venus denotes luxuries, how can the same be acquired without money? If I am destined to get agricultural income , I must have a land to cultivate crops and generate such income. So the basis for all luxuries is wealth and Venus ,well placed makes a person wealthy.

(c) As discussed, Venus is the karaka of the 4th house and therefore venus with seven bindus gives rise to all comforts.

I have just now received an email from a reader of EST requesting me to discuss charts to support the theory..Please note that I could not lay my hands on a chart where venus gets seven bindus and if the reader could locate one,it is possible to verify these rules in that chart.For the present I will discuss a chart where Venus gets six bindus,keeping in mind the request of the reader.

We will now discuss the chart of one of the greatest Bollywood heroines of yesteryears , Meena Kumari.

Please note that in her chart Venus as lagna lord is in 9 with 6 bindus, which makes it sufficiently powerful. True to the nature of Venus ,

Meena Kumari became a house hold celebrity due to her performance in films . Her yogakaraka Saturn and 10th lord Moon are also well placed. Due to her frequent portrayal of sorrowful roles she is often cited by media and literary sources as “The Tragedy Queen” . Apart from being a top notch actress , Meena Kumari was also a talented poetess. During her movie career spanning thirty years , she starred in more than ninety films, many of which many have achieved cult as well as classic status. Before I sign off , let me take this opportunity to wish all readers of EST ,a very happy and prosperous New Year 2012.