Considering a particular place is important as it influences the position of ascendant in a particular chart. Considering the national capital as the birthplace, charts are prepared for the times of ingress, lunation or eclipses and predictions are made according to the respective charts. The solar ingress, lunation and eclipses are the cardinal celestial events that are regarded as the reference time in mundane astrology for predicting the national and international affairs. The 1889 flu pandemic, Spanish flu (1918), Asian flu (1957), Hong Kong flu (1968), Swine flu (2009) and the current COVID-19 will be taken into account to determine the common astrological factors that can potentially cause the onset of a severe influenza pandemic. The instances of pandemics that are recognised by Monto and Fukuda are chosen for the present analysis. In the present work the influenza pandemics in last 130 years are analysed through the principles of Vedic astrology that are applicable to an individual. However, such claims also have been questioned by others. Efforts have already been made to correlate sunspot activities and influenza infections earlier. This calls for the formulation of new forecasting strategies. As a result of fast transportations from one continent to another, it is much easier for a local communicable disease to spread beyond the boundaries of a particular continent and become a worldwide pandemic within a few months. However, there is no detailed discussion about global situations like pandemics, which itself is a recent experience of modern human society. The mundane astrology talks about national events like natural calamities, wars, epidemics, revolutions etc.
However, the forecasting methods for collective life is not mentioned in that much details. The life events of individual have been treated in thorough depth in Vedic astrological texts. Abheek Bardhan Ph.D., (IISc, Bangalore) CeNSE, IISc, Bangalore, Karnataka, India Introduction Astrology deals with forecasting the events in human life, based on the planetary positions at a particular point of time.
Keywords: Pandemics, eclipse, vedic astrology, mundane astrology Correspondence Dr. On the basis of this prediction technique two probable future events are also anticipated. The present work aims at developing a forecasting methodology by interpreting the correlation between influenza pandemic outbreak and the Close Eclipse Pair in last 130 years in the light of Vedic astrological principles that are applied to predict the ailments of an individual. However, the situation of pandemic that is spread globally is not discussed exclusively in classical texts of Vedic astrology. The mundane astrology has been traditionally exploited to forecast such disasters, usually for a particular country. physical, mental, social, financial, educational etc.
Abheek Bardhan Abstract A pandemic is a situation where the human society all over the world are forced to face multifaceted challenges in different spheres of life, e.g. Abheek Bardhan Ph.D., (IISc, Bangalore) CeNSE, IISc, Bangalore, Karnataka, India Correlation between eclipses and the outbreak of influenza pandemics: through the lens of Vedic astrology Dr. 1 : 2020 5(2): ISSN: Impact Factor: RJIF: 5.11 Jyotish 2020 5(2): Jyotish Received: Accepted: Dr.