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several ways. Though he is susceptible to outer influences, yet he has much
capabilities by which he impacts the surrounding world.
In predictive astrology, Swati produces self-centeredness. Under every
impulse the individual is motivated by the goal of personal gain. Even when
the individual is undergoing pain and deprivation, the feeling that these
conditions will lead to some kind of spiritual or material reward is always
present. There is intense passion in every act. The complete personality is
engrossed in every action pursued. Such an intensity of involvement is not
necessarily due to the work in progress but because of the feeling that the
individual engaged in it that he is important. Generally, it is the pleasure
principle in life which is important for the person, but to say that the person
is pleasure seeking is not entirely correct. What is most characteristic is the
desire to have a long lasting condition of achievement. Often the emphasis
on personality is so deep and hidden that it has to be inferred from action,
the way of performing it, or the experience gained from it.
Swati is an asterism that transforms the psychological orientation of the
person concerned but after bestowing upon him a condition of affluence. In
order to lead to this transformation, psychological dissatisfaction occurs. The
person feels that he deserved more success, more happiness, greater
recognition and so on. If he manages to get these things, he feels that they do
not give him the necessary satisfaction that he should derive from them.
There remains a kind of airiness in life, expressed as a vague
discontentment; not knowing what one wants, feeling unfulfilled with
everything one gets.
16 VISHAKHA
Vishakha extends from 200° 00' to 213° 20' of the zodiac. Three quarters of
it lie in Libra, ruled by Venus, while the last quarter falls in Scorpio under
the sway of Mars. The asterism itself is governed by Jupiter. Its primary
motivation is Dharma, honor or principle, Tamas or inertia is the primary
attribute flowing through it, while its secondary attribute is Sattwa or
harmony and its tertiary attribute Rajas or activity. A unique feature of this
asterism is the dual rulership of it; the two Vedic deities associated with it
are Indra, the lord of the gods, and Agni, the God of fire. The symbol
assigned to it is that of a potter's wheel, but sometimes in ancient texts it is
indicated by an archway. Saturn is exalted here.