Vedic Astrology, Karma and the Power to Change the Predicted Destiny

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The question arises as to what
exactly the science of Jyotish,

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the Indian astrology is able to
calculate and incorporate.

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Looking at the line of Karma,
the antecedents, direction, and

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trajectory of energy in a
particular stream, it can help

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to determine the life path and
major challenges facing an

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individual.
Yet the individual is not

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totally separate and independent
of the rest of the creation.

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This implies that there is an
interaction that may impinge

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upon, modify or change the line
of results that would be

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calculated for the individual in
a vacuum.

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To the extent that some of these
interacting factors can be

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accounted for, the astrological
calculation can provide more

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details.
Yet with the complexity of the

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universal creation, it is clear
that such calculations cannot

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foresee, address and incorporate
every possible line of

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development.
For instance, material forces

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may lead to an unexpected
earthquake, tornado, cyclone,

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tsunami, lightning strike, or
some such other event that can

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disrupt the line of action of an
individual who happens to be in

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the way of the event that comes
from outside the line of energy

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of that individual.
If the astrological chart of the

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dinosaurs had been created,
there is no doubt that the

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meteorite strike that led to
massive decimation of dinosaurs

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and other life on the planet
would likely not have been

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foreseen.
Similarly, in some cases

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unanticipated events on the
vital or mental or spiritual

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levels may intervene.
Sometimes an individual is

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following a very clear path of
development which appears to be

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predestined.
Then some event occurs, possibly

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a near death experience, a major
illness, a failure in some

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field, but also possibly the
awakening of a spiritual impulse

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that was unseen previously,
which totally changes the life

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direction and focus of the
individual.

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There is a tradition in certain
paths of spiritual development

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that the awakened guru can take
on and resolve karmic bonds of

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an individual, thus helping him
achieve realization.

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This has the implicit assumption
that indeed karma can be changed

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through individual action, in
this case through interaction

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with another individual who is
able to successfully shift the

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burden of the karma or modify it
for the individual so that

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needed progress can occur.
If it is possible for such an

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instance to occur, then it is
also possible for the individual

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himself to overcome karmic
influences.

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This implies that the
astrological chart that provides

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the broad lines of development
of an individual does not

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control the fate of the
individual, but simply maps out

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the framework within which the
individual application of free

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will can redirect or even
eliminate the trend line of the

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karmic development and set new
lines of karma in motion.

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Sri Aurobindo observes quote in
Indian Astrology which considers

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all life circumstances to be
Karma, mostly predetermined or

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indicated in the graph of the
stars.

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There is still provision made
for the energy and force of the

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being which can change or cancel
part or much of what is so

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written, or even all but the
most imperative and powerful

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bindings of Karma.
This is a reasonable account of

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the balance.
But there is also to be added to

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the computation the fact that
destiny is not simple but

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complex.
The destiny which binds our

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physical being, binds it so
long, or in so far as a greater

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law does not intervene.
Action belongs to the physical

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part of us.
It is the physical outcome of

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our being.
But behind our surface is a

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freer life power, a freer mind
power which has another energy

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and can create another destiny
and bring it in to modify the

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primary plan.
And when the soul and self

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emerges, when we become
consciously spiritual beings,

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that change can cancel or wholly
remodel the graph of our

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physical fate.
Karma.

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The, OR at least any mechanical
law of karma cannot be accepted

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as the sole determinant of
circumstances and the whole

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machinery of rebirth and of our
future evolution.

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End Quote Reference Shriorobindo
and the Mother, The Hidden

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Forces of Life, Chapter One,
Life through the Eyes of the

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Yogin, page 15.