Thread by @veda_padma

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जपाकुसुम संकाशं काश्यपेयं महद्युतिं।
तमोरिसर्व पापघ्नं प्रणतोस्मि दिवाकरं ।। (रवि)

I seek forgiveness from lord Surya for any mistakes in my effort .

2/n
Surya deva was married to Sanjana, the daughter of Vishwakarma. However, after a while Sanjana became troubled as she was unable to bear the heat of Surya
Lesson: Surya can be troublesome for marital happiness .3/n

3/n
She lost her glorious lustre and God named her as Sandhya. She decided to escape the marriage by leaving her clone Chhaya in her place.
Lesson - Combustion(astangata) can lead to dullness (not death) in the karakatwa 4/n

4/n
Surya had a son with Chhaya and his name was Shani. When Vishwakarma found out about Shani he asked Sanjana to go back to Surya. Sanjana returned with heavy heart and cursed Chhaya to be reduced as mere shadow.

5/n
Surya did not suspect anything and Sanjana had a son ( Yama )and a daughter ( Yamuna). Shani grew up feeling neglected .
Lesson : shani and surya do not get along for family matters and have difference of opinion.

6/n
Surya announced Yama as dharmraj, one who will uphold the dharma and gave Yamuna the responsibility of washing away the sins of people who comes to her.
Lesson: Sun can award you with power and authority . Makes one responsible.

7/n
In above episode Shani felt dejected and humiliated.
Lesson - Sun Saturn combined influence can give the feeling of dejection/ humiliation in those matters initially.

8/n
Sandhya later told the truth regarding Shani's birth to Surya. Surya got very angry causing the glare to intensify and Sandhya could not bear it any further.
Lesson: Surya promotes Satya and can be unforgiving to liars.

9/n
Surya gave #Shani the status of navgrah and gave him the duty of delivering the karma phala to natives.
Lesson : Surya is fair and Sun and Saturn promote justice. They are friends for this matter.

10/n
Sanjana left surya once again as she was not able to bear the heat of Surya
Lesson : surya here again hint towards #marital issues.
Sanjana disguised herself as a mare so that Surya cannot discover her.

11/n
After Surya's anger came down , Vishwakarma told him about the whereabouts of Sanjana and asked him to reduce his glare. Surya then took the form of stallion and wooed Sanjana. #Ashwinikumars are born out of their meeting.
Lesson: Surya has procreative powers and 12/n

12/n
#Surya is very essential for begetting progeny. Even in jaimini astrology Arudha padas from surya are given importance to check child birth. Surya is also very important for healing / medicines.

Learning #astrology through #stories can be easy and fun . Also it helps us get our facts right.
I pay my respect to my gurus who taught me . Mistakes are only mine 🙏