A man, who made fortunes within a very short span of time, having lost his ground, came asking the other day: “What is in store of my destiny, which earlier gave me such an easy success, but took away everything even fasterIJ Is there any scope for me to bounce back in all strength once againIJ”
Well, “driven by gambling spirit”, if you mindlessly jumped into action in a flash, you had to end in a crash. For, the probability of gain and loss in any blind game remains equal. In the beginning, being new to the game, you worked conscientiously. For, at this stage you could not afford to take things to chance. Your sharp intelligence then allowed you to learn the art of the game fast, and act smartly, which made you pick up early leads. The taste of success for a continued stretch of time that firmed up your base, brought into your young buoyant mind the feel of being an invincible doer. That is when you mindlessly got into blind games, and with obvious consequences,” I explained.
This is not to suggest that there is nothing like destiny as such. Destiny does have a role to play in life, but not something as would necessarily bind you to its limits. let us now try to understand what destiny actually means and how does it work. To put it in simple terms, it primarily points to the reflection of memory imprints carried over from the previous birth, which invariably drives a being. And that defines the unique way one would negotiate the callings of life. These memory imprints, have in store all about one’s inlaid potentials, desire-trends, habits, and attitudes. Now, as would be the desire trends, mind excites related thoughts, which when gravitate in the laboratory mind, finally translate into actions. And would evidently resonate the way one’s habits and attitudes would influence the actions defined by the character and content of those desire-trends. So, at the end of the day, it is the inherent mind-trends that would define the quality of fruits of efforts one would enjoy.
It is pertinent to note here that human beings are armed with the power of freewill, which is duly aided by faculty of discriminate-intelligence. Applying this exclusive human preserve, one could identify, acknowledge, and rectify negative mind-trends if any. That would set the course of mind right to facilitate the inlaid potentials with congenial ground for playing to their optimum best. Here, astrology can serve as a very good diagnostic-tool. Evidently, if we fail to make use of such a valuable empowerment tool, it will simply mean mindlessly falling into the trap of self-undoing act.
This man has been a victim of this order. During the early phase, his craze for making it big in life made him work tirelessly with single pointed attention towards his dream destination. At this stage, his negative mind-trends never got time and space to raise their head. The moment, he felt becoming firm in his base, he became complacent and relaxed, when he lost his alert. His negative mind-trends then, patiently waiting for a congenial ground thus far, grabbed the opportunity and made inroad. As a consequence, his mind lost track of sense of direction, and with obvious consequences.
let us not look at the astrological pointers of the man’s negative mind-trends that marginalised his potentials, and with disastrous consequences. The prime markers are: First, Moon posited in fiery and aggressive sign Aries, and locked in adverse formation to debilitated Mars and Mercury. Second, the Sun though well aligned to Moon, but adversely disposed off to Uranus. The implication is that he would be impulsive, aggressive, haughty, irritable, emotionally touchy and sensitive, moody, intolerant and impatient. He would be head-strong driven by the instinct: “May way is the only way.” He may jump to conclusion and action without applying proper forethought. He has a fragile high-strung mind unable to remain focused for long. When in action, he may work tirelessly. But once things begin moving smooth, he may become complacent losing his sense of alert. He is self-willed, tactless, and erratic, at times becoming over-confident, when his gambling-instinct would tempt him to play blind games. He thus became a victim of his own making. To sum up, we are not just slave to our destiny. We are also empowered to fine-tune it to our advantage.
The good thing in the man’s chart is the exchange of sign by Moon and Mars, which may prompt him to take corrective initiatives, and bounce back in all strength.
The writer is an astrologer, vastu consultant and spiritual counsellor. Write to him at G-5, Basement, Jungpura Extension, New Delhi 14 Tel: 9818037273/ 24310031 Email: pioneerqueries@bharatastro.com Website: www.bharatastro.com