#hindu gods

[h0bg0blin-meat]

Yea so like fuck AI

[thenewbie28]

रामहि सुमिरिअ गाइअ रामहि। संतत सुनिअ राम गुन ग्रामहि॥

Happy Ram Navami🏹

[777rare]

A BEGINNERS GUIDE TO VEDIC ASTROLOGY

I DO NOT PLAGIARIZE, COPY OR REWORD ANY OF MY FELLOW ASTROLOGY OBSERVERS POSTS AND I DEMAND THE SAME IN RETURN.

I began my astrology journey with Vedic astrology so I can confidently share my knowledge and my observations.

THE TYPES OF CHART DRAWINGS:

THE DIAMOND STYLE (left image) AND THE BOX STYLE (right image).

The Diamond style Chart is also known as the North Indian chart style. The Box style Chart is also known as the South Indian chart style.

IF ONE FEELS DRAWN MORE TOWARDS USING THE DIAMOND CHART TO READ CHARTS THEN THEY HAVE A STRONG VENUS.

IF ONE FEELS DRAWN MORE TOWARDS USING THE BOX CHART, THEN THEIR JUPITER IS STRONG IN THE CHART.

• First, in Vedic astrology we have charts for different areas of our life which is the D2 chart, D3 chart, and so on till the D60 chart but mainly for our life overall we consider our birth chart which is divided in two, that is:

✓Lagna chart = from birth to 28 years

✓Navama chart = 28 years to death.

>In Vedic astrology, Neptune, Pluto, and uranus are not considered.

>There are no asteroids in Vedic astrology like Eros, Fama and so on. Ketu behaves like Neptune, Rahu behaves like Uranus and Mars behaves like Pluto.

HOUSES AND THEIR RULERS:

1ST HOUSE = MARS

2ND HOUSE = VENUS

3RD HOUSE = MERCURY

4RTH HOUSE = MOON

5TH HOUSE= SUN

6TH HOUSE = MERCURY

7TH HOUSE = VENUS

8TH HOUSE = MARS

9TH HOUSE = JUPITER

10TH HOUSE = SATURN

11TH HOUSE = SATURN

12TH HOUSE = JUPITER

ASPECTS (where the planet looks) OF PLANETS ARE READ DIFFERENTLY:

SUN = 7TH from the house in which he is seated.

MOON = 7TH from the house in which she is seated.

MERCURY = 7TH from the house in which he is seated.

VENUS = 7TH from the house in which she is seated.

MARS = 4RTH,7TH,8TH from the house in which he is seated.

JUPITER = 5TH,7TH,9TH from the house in which he is seated.

SATURN = 3RD,7TH,10TH from the house in which he is seated.

>RAHU AND KETU ONLY ASPECT EACHOTHER AS THEY SIT IN OPPOSITE HOUSES.

>While counting the aspects, we include the house we are starting our count from.

The names of the planets in Vedic astrology:

Sun = Surya

Moon = Chandra

Mercury = Buddh

Venus = Shukra

Mars = Mangal

Jupiter = Guru

Saturn = Shani

The days of the week and what planet rules that day:

Monday = Somwaar = Moon

Tuesday = Mangalwaar = Mars

Wednesday = Budhwaar/Boodhwaar = Mercury

Thursday = Guruwaar = Jupiter

Friday = Shukrawaar = Venus

Saturday = Shaniwaar = Saturn

Sunday = Raviwaar = Sun

THE HOUSES IN A FEW KEY WORDS:

1H = Our Inner Self, Our Soul.

2H = Our Outer Appearance, Our Pocket Money.

3H = Younger Sibling, Friends, Communication, Primary Education, Short Distance Travel.

4H = Mother, Home, Mind, Property, Private Life.

5H = Our Children, Our Childhood, Romance, Easy Money, Love Marriage.

6H = Our Health, Hidden Enemies, Pets, Work Environment

7H = Our Spouse, Their Soul, Partnerships, Legal Matters, Arranged Marriage, 1st Marriage.

8H = Others Money Such As Inherited Property, Sex, Occult, Hidden Activities,Death, Life Span.

9H = Higher/secondary Education, College, Father, Teachers, The Divine, Long Distance Travel, 2nd Marriage (marriages after your first divorce with spouse or demise of spouse).

10H = Public Life, Occupation, Father, Career.

11H = Wish Fulfillment House, Social Circles, Elder Sibling.

12H = Bed, The Dustbin House, Jail, Isolated Places, Secrets, Ancestors, Dreams, Bed Ridden Diseases, Life Span.

FOR SOUTH INDIAN CHART and NORTH INDIAN CHART:

Some notes:

• Moon and Mercury are the most imbalanced planets in Vedic astrology, hence there can be a lot of imbalance wherever they are seated. Things hardly ever seem stable in that area of your life.

• Saturn and Sun are enemies because the Sun [who is shani's (Saturn) dad] burnt his mother, Chaaya, right in front of him. Saturn really really really hates the Sun.

• In Vedic astrology Venus and Jupiter are enemies because Jupiter is the god of the Devas (gods) and Venus is the god of the Asuras (demons).

• Rahu does the best when seated in the 6th house and Ketu in the 12th.

• Saturn, Mars and Rahu in the 12th house is a bad combination to have because it makes a person very negative in nature, they are always complaining, never satisfied with anything or anyone, are always lecturing others, are not patient, is a hypocrite, etc.

• Mercury in the 5th house makes one look younger than their age. They age very very very slowly.

• Venus in the 12th house natives get married at a young age (22 or 23 years old).

• Jupiter in the 12th house makes the native the 'diamond in the rough'.

• Mars in the 1st house natives will most likely become bald because this causes really serious hairfall.

• In Vedic astrology it's always either Sun who is strong in the chart or Saturn who is strong. Both cannot be strong.

• Mercury and Rahu together in the 12th house can cause serious mental health issues and lack of emotional support from others.

• Ketu and Venus when seated together becomes a very sad placement. A lot of one sided love in the persons life. This is because Ketu and Venus are complete opposites, Ketu is a very detached planet that is not at all interested in love and romance while Venus is a very sensual and romantic planet who craves connection. The person will crave love but will most of the time face heartbreaking situations with others.

• Sun in 12th house causes eyesight issues mainly with the right eye. Moon in the 12th house causes eyesight issues mostly with the left eye. [Sun is the right eye while Moon is the left eye].

• Rahu in the 12th or 4rth definitely indicates foreign settlement.

• Mars in houses 1st, 4rth, 7th,8th or 12th makes the person a Manglik and this seriously hinders their marital life and entire life in general. This placement gets nullified to some extent when a benefic planet such as Moon is aspecting Mars.

• Rahu in the 4rth house makes a natives mother cunning and selfish. This makes a persons mom know how to play their cards well.

• Mars in the 4rth indicates an abusive household and even an abusive mother, be it verbally abusive, physically abusive, etc.

• Mercury in the 1st house makes a person very chatty and talkative.

• Saturn in 5th can indicate having a love marriage and going against ones parents for it or eloping and getting married.

• Mars in the 9th house can make one an atheist. I have seen this in many atheists chart.

• Mercury in the 5th house can make one very good at learning languages and are good with miniature art. Like they can draw very detailed art.

• When any planet sits with the Sun, the Sun let's them shine and gives them more power to be prominent in the chart.

• When a planet sits with Rahu or Ketu they are overshadowed by them, like an eclipse. That's why Rahu and Ketu are known as the shadow planets.

• Rahu in the 12th house can cause sleeping issues like insomnia and mental stress.

• Moon in the 4rth house Natives are naturally very inclined towards their mother.

• Sun in the 12th house Natives never had a father figure in their life. An absent father figure but they are always looking up to their father and seeking his validation which of course they will never get.

• The planet in 11th house can show what kind of friends you have, ex: Saturn can indicate having a small friend circle and also indicates having older friends. If one has moon in the 11th house,then there will always be ups and downs in friendships.

Thankyou for reading through this!

I really hope this helped beginners in any way possible and I look forward to seeing you next time!❤️‍🔥🫂 Take care and have a great day!🌞🧿✨

You can calculate your Vedic birth chart in the app 'Astrotalk'. It's the best so far and I highly recommend using it.

[kikarou]

💕Radhakrishna💕

Drew them for my bestfriend's birthday thought to post it here as well!

[nipsyyy]

I hate how patriarchy has even ruined Hindu mythology so specifically to benefit the men.The casual jokes on family WhatsApp groups about how Mahabharat and Ramayan, the worst wars of all time, were fought because of a woman and how women bring ruin everywhere they go,as if they are the root cause of all suffering. Where in fact the women were LITERALLY the victims, one was publicly humiliated, the other kidnapped.The men have misinterpreted the stories so badly that it physically pains me, god went to war not because of women, they went to war FOR them.Because what happened to the women was WRONG,they weren’t to blame, the ones who wronged them were.

I also see a major polarisation in how a huge section of Hindus treat Sita and Draupadi, and it reminds me of the quote “a woman has to do everything right for her to be a victim and a man has to do everything wrong for him to be a culprit.”It breaks my heart at the number of times I’ve heard men say “well Draupadi shouldn’t have disrespected him,aise toh hona hi tha na fir”,first and foremost,that’s an inaccurate narrative promoted by wrong retellings who need to constantly find a reason to blame the victim,she did no such thing and you can find pretty much evidence for it everywhere.But even if she had, it does NOT make it okay for them to publicly disrobe her.This is one more example of the victim blaming culture that I see deep ingrained in the minds of so many of these dumbfuck Hindus who have absolutely no respect for their culture.So next time don’t go to ram mandirs and krishna mandirs if you can’t even truly understand and respect the relevance behind their existence.

[tum-naam-sochlo-merese-ni-hora]

Krishna’s shenanigans

(ab toh maiiya se bachne ka no chance)

<Vasants version>

[vaidehi-raghunatha]

Took 5 hrs and 2 attempts 😭💟✨

[rrcraft-and-lore]

In addition to my Monkey Man post from earlier, the always kind & sweet Aparna Verma (author of The Phoenix King, check it out) asked that I do a thread on Hijras, & more of the history around them, South Asia, mythology (because that's my thing), & the positive inclusion of them in Monkey Man which I brought up in my gushing review.

Hijra: They are the transgender, eunuch, or intersex people in India who are officially recognized as the third sex throughout most countries in the Indian subcontinent. The trans community and history in India goes back a long way as being documented and officially recognized - far back as 12th century under the Delhi Sultanate in government records, and further back in our stories in Hinduism. The word itself is a Hindi word that's been roughly translated into English as "eunuch" commonly but it's not exactly accurate.

Hijras have been considered the third sex back in our ancient stories, and by 2014 got official recognition to identify as the third gender (neither male or female) legally. Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, and India have accepted: eunuch, trans, intersex people & granted them the proper identification options on passports and other government official documents.

But let's get into some of the history surrounding the Hijra community (which for the longest time has been nomadic, and a part of India's long, rich, and sometimes, sadly, troubled history of nomadic tribes/people who have suffered a lot over the ages. Hijras and intersex people are mentioned as far back as in the Kama Sutra, as well as in the early writings of Manu Smriti in the 1st century CE (Common Era), specifically said that a third sex can exist if possessing equal male and female seed.

This concept of balancing male/female energies, seed, and halves is seen in two places in South Asian mythos/culture and connected to the Hijra history.

First, we have Aravan/Iravan (romanized) - who is also the patron deity of the transgender community. He is most commonly seen as a minor/village deity and is depicted in the Indian epic Mahabharata. Aravan is portrayed as having a heroic in the story and his self-sacrifice to the goddess Kali earns him a boon.

He requests to be married before his death. But because he is doomed to die so shortly after marriage, no one wants to marry him.

No one except Krishna, who adopts his female form Mohini (one of the legendary temptresses in mythology I've written about before) and marries him. It is through this union of male, and male presenting as female in the female form of Mohini that the seed of the Hijras is said to begun, and why the transgender community often worships Aravan and, another name for the community is Aravani - of/from Aravan.

But that's not the only place where a gender non conforming divine representation can be seen. Ardhanarishvara is the half female form of lord Shiva, the destroyer god.

Shiva combines with his consort Parvarti and creates a form that represents the balancing/union between male/female energies and physically as a perfectly split down the middle half-male half-female being. This duality in nature has long been part of South Asian culture, spiritual and philosophical beliefs, and it must be noted the sexuality/gender has often been displayed as fluid in South Asian epics and the stories. It's nothing new.

Many celestial or cosmic level beings have expressed this, and defied modern western limiting beliefs on the ideas of these themes/possibilities/forms of existence.

Ardhanarishvara signifies "totality that lies beyond duality", "bi-unity of male and female in God" and "the bisexuality and therefore the non-duality" of the Supreme Being.

Back to the Hijra community.

They have a complex and long history. Throughout time, and as commented on in the movie, Monkey Man, the Hijra community has faced ostracization, but also been incorporated into mainstream society there. During the time of the Dehli Sultanate and then later the Mughal Empire, Hijras actually served in the military and as military commanders in some records, they were also servants for wealthy households, manual laborers, political guardians, and it was seen as wise to put women under the protection of Hijras -- they often specifically served as the bodyguards and overseers of harems. A princess might be appointed a Hijra warrior to guard her.

But by the time of British colonialism, anti-Hijra laws began to come in place folded into laws against the many nomadic tribes of India (also shown in part in Monkey Man with Kid (portrayed by Dev Patel) and his family, who are possibly

one of those nomadic tribes that participated in early theater - sadly by caste often treated horribly and relegated to only the performing arts to make money (this is a guess based on the village play they were performing as no other details were given about his family).

Hijras were criminalized in 1861 by the Indian Penal Code enforced by the British and were labeled specifically as "The Hijra Problem" -- leading to an anti-Hijra campaign across the subcontinent with following laws being enacted: punishing the practices of the Hijra community, and outlawing castration (something many Hijra did to themselves). Though, it should be noted many of the laws were rarely enforced by local Indian officials/officers. But, the British made a point to further the laws against them by later adding the Criminal Tribes Act in 1871, which targeted the Hijra community along with the other nomadic Indian tribes - it subjected them to registration, tracking/monitoring, stripping them of children, and their ability to sequester themselves in their nomadic lifestyle away from the British Colonial Rule.

Today, things have changed and Hijras are being seen once again in a more positive light (though not always and this is something Monkey Man balances by what's happened to the community in a few scenes, and the heroic return/scene with Dev and his warriors). All-hijra communities exist and sort of mirror the western concept of "found families" where they are safe haven/welcoming place trans folks and those identifying as intersex.

These communities also have their own secret language known as Hijra Farsi, which is loosely based on Hindi, but consists of a unique vocabulary of at least 1,000 words.

As noted above, in 2014, the trans community received more legal rights.

Specifically: In April 2014, Justice K. S. Radhakrishnan declared transgender to be the third gender in Indian law in National Legal Services Authority v. Union of India.

Hijras, Eunuchs, apart from binary gender, be treated as "third gender" for the purpose of safeguarding their rights under Part III of our Constitution and the laws made by the Parliament and the State Legislature. Transgender persons' right to decide their self-identified gender is also upheld and the Centre and State Governments are directed to grant legal recognition of their gender identity such as male, female or as third gender.

I've included some screenshots of (some, not all, and certainly not the only/definitive reads) books people can check out about SOME of the history. Not all again. This goes back ages and even our celestial beings/creatures have/do display gender non conforming ways.

There are also films that touch on Hijra history and life. But in regards to Monkey Man, which is what started this thread particularly and being asked to comment - it is a film that positively portrayed India's third sex and normalized it in its depiction. Kid the protagonist encounters a found family of Hijras at one point in the story (no spoilers for plot) and his interactions/acceptance, living with them is just normal. There's no explaining, justifying, anything to/for the audience. It simply is. And, it's a beautiful arc of the story of Kid finding himself in their care/company.

[akshi-the-nirmata]

May this greatness of yours remain with you always

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[achyutapriya]

Rukmini . Sri . Dwarkeshwari . Krishna's Soul

๋𓈒⊹ ꒰ O the one who sparkles by the beauty of all limbs! By all these I know that you the most beautiful, the daughter of the Bhoja king (Rukmini), are the second soul of Krishna ✧˚₊

श्रीरुक्मिणीचरणारविन्दार्पणमस्तु।

[ssj2hindudude]

Back in my day, this was all we had in terms of Hinduism memes

[h0bg0blin-meat]

Yashoda: I'm at a loss for words!

Krishna: Despite being ‘at a loss for words’, Mata yelled at me for the next 45 minutes.

[thenewbie28]

[ritish16]

Sriman Narayana - Gajendra Moksha

[kikarou]

Krishna crossdressed as a gopi :3

Bonus:

Arjun, you ok my guy?

It's not radha's first time seeing it lol