(This article dwells on the connection between various astronomical discoveries related with planets and other cosmic bodies, with their Psychological impact on human beings, as described in Astrology. It is an effort to deepen the logical and scientific foundation of Astrological knowledge.)

There have been immense debates about the inter relationship of Astrology and Astronomy for a long time. There are astronomers who brush aside Astrology as a superstition and can not understand how the far off objects in the sky can impact the human being. On the other side there are astrologers whose knowledge have been reduced to the horoscope placements of planets and these vast cosmic objects have just got reduced to figures on a paper. They seem to have lost their understanding that these are real objects in the skies which impact us because of their very nature. As a consequence their astrological knowledge is still backdated and remains restricted to the classical texts and they are not able to benefit from the recent astronomical discoveries. The connection between astronomy and astrology is very crucial to understand for every astrologer, as this provides with highly scientific basis for Astrology. Every new revelation of astronomical facts by way of scientific methods can add to the reservoir of astrological knowledge, if one is aware of this connection.

This article will explore the various astronomical facts related with various cosmic entities such as planets, Nakshatras and Zodiac signs and their various dimensions as experienced by human beings on the planet earth. The purpose of this article is to make you familiar with the fact that the astronomical qualities of any cosmic body have a direct bearing on the thought patterns experienced by the humans on earth. The magnetic field of such entities also interacts with the magnetic field of earth and hence impacts the events taking place on the planet earth.

Now let us now consider the character of some of the planets. These examples are just to demonstrate the connection between astronomy and astrology and hence are not supposed to be exhaustive details.

- Sun personality is associated with ideas and intelligence, which leads to immense energy for creation. Why? Because constant nuclear fusion of Hydrogen into Helium is going on at the core of the Sun, which releases immense energy. Life on earth depends on this energy. That is why Sun depicts the personality and the energy, with which we live our lives. Why Sun oriented person is a poor listener? Because the sound travels poorly through sun, as the mass density is quite low. Why Sun based person is so much stressed? Because there is a constant burst of gaseous pressure created by the explosions.

- Moon based people always appear to be controlled by the past memories, both good and bad. He never forgives for your bad deeds as well as never forgets the good you do to him. Why? Because Moon is full of craters, which are created by the striking asteroids and they get filled very slowly because of the inert atmosphere and absence of water. Why a Moon person always likes to depend on someone or follow someone? Because Moon has no light of it’s own and it has to depend on Sun for that.

- Why Mercury based person never takes a firm stand and he can be swayed so easily? Because all it’s magnetic field has been burnt because of it’s proximity with Sun. Why he like to follow and appears to have no followers? Because it has no satellite Moons. Why he never appears to be in tension? Because there is no atmospheric pressure on Mercury.

- Mars have always been associated with the courage and bravery. Why? Because the surface of Mars contains 13% Iron. Hence clearly the impact of Mars is to ignite the Iron like qualities in us. Why he forgets quickly, both the good and bad done to him? Because the craters gets filled quickly because of it’s deserts like surface. Why he give vent to the anger boiling inside him so frequently? Because there are mega volcanoes on Mars, which keep erupting regularly.

- Why Venus person look glamorous and attract the powerful? Because Venus is the brightest of all the planets, as the clouds around it’s surface traps the solar energy. Why Venus person is always in tension and hence keep scheming? Because Venus has a very dense atmosphere, which is full of poisonous gases. Hence she may appear very bright from outside, but the inner reality is starkingly different. (Isn’t this the story of those involved with the glamorous professions, which are controlled by Venus?)

- Why Jupiter based person appears to be expanding his horizons without much struggle? Because raging storms are always on, which move in beautiful colourful patterns effortlessly. Why he often attracts the people around him? Because it has huge number of satellites (27 have been discovered till now) moving around it, as well as a huge magnetic field which is supposed to be double than that of Sun.

- Why Saturn based person appears dull and restricted? Because it has a dull atmosphere of frozen gases and restrictive rings surrounding it. Why he is not transparent? Because planet Saturn has difficult to see through cloud patterns. Why Saturn people are very good to give concrete shape to ideas? Because Saturn consists of gases (Ideas) , which have gotten solidified (concretization) because of cold (hard working )atmosphere.

- Why Uranus oriented people display eccentric and radical behavior, which is not in tune with general society? Because magnetic field of Uranus is slanted at an angle of 60 degrees from its axis, while for all other planets it is parallel.

- Why Neptune based people are so dreamy and have feel oneness with the whole humanity? Why they have a special interest in anything related with ocean? Because Neptune have got the deepest and largest oceans known on any planet.

-Why Pluto oriented people are so mysterious and secretive? Because Pluto is very small in mass (the manifest), but it has a huge magnetic field ( unmanifest)

Similarly, if you study the astronomical characteristics of zodiac signs and Nakshatras, you will discover stark similarity between their astronomical characteristics and their astrological descriptions. For Example, Mula Nakshatra includes the black hole, which is the center of our galaxy. From this black hole even light can not escape and it is understood that whatever goes into it, gets transformed and reaches the root of life. Similar is the character of the “Mula person”. He always looks at the roots of life and have a tendency to suck and destroy the material world in his search for the eternal. Let us look at the astronomical character of the zodiac sign of Leo, which mostly consists of Nebulas, which are the stars in formation. Similarly, Leo person possess immense energy and intelligence towards any new creation.

Hence understanding the co-relation between Astronomy and Astrology deepens our astrological knowledge by studying new discoveries. At the same time it also provides the much needed scientific basis to the subject of Astrology. It will also serve a great purpose as the human race is able to feel it’s unity with universe and start to move in harmony with the cosmic plans.

(This article is an endeavor to understand the functioning of astrology at a deep karmik level. It explores the journey of soul from the death at the previous life to the birth of next one at a specific time, which is derived by the soul’s desire to take birth in the context of that specific planetary magnetic field. It explains the formation of our current personality through the Astral Body and the mechanism of the various events over the total span of life.)

Astrology is a science to understand the motives of the soul in the present incarnation. It also depicts the journey it will pass through in the process of evolution and learning. Hence every soul chooses its moment of birth based of what it intends to go through in present life. In it’s previous birth, when the soul left the body, its unfulfilled aspirations remained accumulated in the form of Manas Shareer (The body of Mana or mind), which is the third body from below in the hierarchy of our seven bodies after the Sthool Shareer (The Physical Body) and Pran Shareer (The body of breathing). The body of mind is like the accumulation of past experiences, memories, aspirations, frustrations, guilt and everything else we go through while living our lives. However, this body has no awareness of the overall journey the soul goes through over innumerable lives during its journey through the vast patch of time. It is the fourth body, the Sakshi Shareer (The Astral Body / The Auric Body or the Body of Witnessing), which is aware of it’s overall journey and the ultimate goal of the soul. Hence, the choices of the time of birth are made by the Astral Body, which is in tune with the further journey soul urges to commence.

At the time of death, soul leaves with the body of mind and the Astral body. It intends to take birth, when it will have the right circumstances to move closer to its ultimate objective of becoming one with Param Atma (The God), and hence the Astral body can gain further strength. It takes birth when the Aura of the body matches with the environmental aura, which is the resultant of the inter relations of the magnetic fields of various planets, constellations and other such cosmic bodies. This aura enters with the first breath inhaled by the child after birth and creates a permanent impression similar to the first rays of light falling upon the exposed photo plate and creating a permanent impression in the form of the picture. Hence the Astral body enters the physical body and it begins on a new journey afresh along with the stored memories of the mind body from all the previous lives and karmas. Hence through the astral body, our physical body connects with the magnetic fields of the various planets and other cosmic bodies. This planetary aura interacts with the mind body or the previous experiences and memories to create our thought patterns and the feelings. This is how our personality is formed, which is defined with the help of the Science of Astrology. Hence it can be said that all the planets, Nakshatras and Zodiacs resides in our own bodies. At the same time, the lord of Jyotish as well as the lord of all the planets, the Shiva, also lives in our body through the higher fifth, sixth and seventh bodies, the bodies of Ananda (Bliss), Chit (Consciousness) and Sat (Truth).

Let us now understand, how Astrology predicts the events by way of planetary movements. The moving planets are constantly creating the impulses based on the interaction of their magnetic fields. This creates the overall aura and is responsible for the mass trends witnessed from time to time. Major events, which impact the large masses, and shape the destiny of various nations and the planet earth, are predicted through such readings. However for individual predictions, one needs to study the impact of this changing planetary aura on the individual personality. The permanent astral pattern within us, which was imbibed at the moment of our first breath, makes us catch only certain planetary impulses and ignore others. This is similar to radio catching only certain sound waves emitted from a particular radio station at a given frequency, while ignoring every other kind of sound. Since all of us have a different astral pattern, the changing planetary positions impact us differently. Such planetary movements create impulses, which create thoughts and feeling by way of interactions with our individual astral pattern. Such thoughts results in action, which creates events after interacting with the actions of others.