Ramadan 2009 begins on a very auspicious moment. The Planet Jupiter harbinger of wealth and fortune sings the praise of the Lord in chorus with other bright stars in the sky. Not only that, Jupiter casts its benign eye on the earth. For many of you this marks a turning point for a better life. In this blog post, I describe the event in terms Astronomy, Stars and Cosmics to improve your lifestyle.

1. Positional Astronomy

Observing from Colombo, Sri Lanka at 8.00 p.m. on Friday, 21 August 2009, the sky chart gives the following astronomical position of the planet Jupiter and its companions:

1. Jupiter is in the south-eastern sky in the Capricornus constellation located at right Ascension (RA) 21 hour 35 minutes and in Declination (Dec) of 15 degree and 30 minute South. Capricornus constellation is historically depicted as a Sea –Goat and on this date Jupiter is on the curled tail of the Sea-Goat. Jupiter is on its last leg of a year long journey through the Capricornus constellation beginning on 4 January 2009, and ending on 9 February 2010.

2. On the day 21 August, Ramadan 2009 begins and Jupiter sings the praise of the Lord in chorus with planet Neptune and stars Nashira and Deneb Algedi. The other members of the choir include stars Mu Capricorni along with stars 42, 44 and 45 Capricorni, all in the Capricornus constellation.

2. Stars

1. Nashira: Astronomically known as Gamma Capricorni, Nashira is a white colour star with a spectral class of A 7 and with a visual magnitude of 3.65. It is located approximately 139 light years away. Celestially its position is on Right Ascension (RA) 21 hour 40 minutes and Declination (Dec) 16 degree 39 minutes. The star is located in the curled tail of the Sea-goat. The word “Nashira” means “Fortune” in Arabic. A well meaning star it signifies position of wealth along with political and business patronage. It also marks social status.

2. Deneb Algedi: Similar to Nashira, Deneb Algedi is a white colour star with a spectral class of A 5 and with a visual magnitude of 2.85. It is located approximately 39 light years away. Celestially its position is on Right Ascension (RA) 21 hour 47 minutes and Declination (Dec) 16 degree 04 minutes. Deneb Algedi is also located at the curled tail of the sea-goat like Nashira. The name Deneb Algedi is derived from Arabic “ Al-Dhaneb Al-Jady” meaning “ tail of the goat” given by Ulugh Beg, the Mongolian Emperor and Astronomer. A fascinating star and brighter one than Nashira due to its closeness to earth, Deneb Algedi signifies wisdom and wealth in equal measure.

Both stars are considered as an excellent pair. Arab astronomers coined the word “Muhibbeen” meaning “Loving Friends” to indicate their companionship. Both stars are located in the Lunar Mansion (Arabic: Manzil Al-Qamar) of “Al- Saad –Al Suud” which means “The Fortune of the Fortunate”. Stars located in this lunar mansion such as Nashira and Deneb Algedi and planets traversing the lunar mansion, that is, Jupiter and Neptune right now, are considered as harbingers of good fortune. This lunar mansion signifies the Hebraic/Arabic alphabet Yod/Ya and relates to the wheel of fortune turning to better times.

3. In addition to the Stars, Jupiter is having the friendship of the planet Neptune. Significantly the planet Neptune was discovered on 23 September 1846 by Johann Galle, a German Astronomer in the Berlin Observatory. At the time of discovery Neptune was located in space between Deneb Algedi and the Star Mu Capricorni. Right now after 163 years Neptune is in the same location between the stars Deneb Algedi and Mu Capricorni. I give you the location of all three: Deneb Algedi, Neptune and Mu Capricorni as on 21 August 2009 for your attention:

Celestial Body  Right Ascension       Declination (South)

Deneb Algedi   21h 47 minutes        16 degree 04 minutes

Neptune           21h 49 minutes        13 degree 35 minutes

Mu Capricorni  21h 53 minutes        13 degree 30 minutes

Neptune is the furthest planet in the solar system and is very similar to Jupiter in terms of icy clouds and storms lashing on its surface. Neptune emits a bluish tint and located 29 Astronomical Units from the earth (One Astronomical Unit equals to the distance between Earth and the Sun and given as 149.6 million kilometres). Neptune joining Jupiter in the lunar mansion “Al- Saad –Al Suud“signifies the turning to better times.

3. Cosmics

Make a date with the planet Jupiter in the early night say between 7.00 to 9.00 p.m., to improve your family life and business life. Look at the sky and observe the brilliance of planet Jupiter. Due to brightness of Jupiter you will not be able to see the stars Nashira, Deneb Algedi or planet Neptune with the naked eye. It does not matter. Fix your eyes on Jupiter. Stay for few minutes in this position. You will observe passing clouds sometimes obstruct your view. Never mind. Take a bath in the brilliance and glory of Jupiter. Now invoke the blessings of the Planet Jupiter on you. Your outstretched palms in prayer and incantation will receive the cosmic energy. Now take a step back and fondly massages your body with your palms. You will see a feeling of elation running up in your spine.

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Muthu Ashraff

Cosmic Adviser

(Originally written on Tuesday, February 17, 2009)

President Barack Obama signed the U S Dollar 787 Billion Economic Stimulus Package into law with the official title “the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act” on Tuesday February 17, 2009 in Denver Colorado. He called this law “the most sweeping economic recovery package in our history.” The legislation will save or create 3.5 million jobs. There has been intense debate about the Package in the television and newspapers before it became a law. Will it succeed? What happens if it fails to deliver? Where is the B plan if the package fails? These questions kept propping up in the discussion. You saw eminent economists, financial experts expressing their doubts about this plan.

What do the Cosmos says? Nobody asked this question. What is magical about the number 787 in this package? As Barack Obama signed the Plan into law something happened in the sky. That is, Mars Conjuncts Jupiter at that moment. At 9.30 a.m. UTC/GMT on Tuesday February 17, these two celestial bodies came so close for the pleasure of all viewers on earth. In this blog post, let me give you a brief note on the Mars – Jupiter Conjunction, mystical feature of Denver Colorado, the Number 787 and Cosmics regarding the success of this plan.

Positional Astronomy

1. The conjunction took place in between two stars Upsilon Capricorni and Eta Capricorni both in the Capricornus constellation. This constellation is historically depicted as a Sea –Goat. On the celestial sphere the conjunction took place at Right Ascension (RA) 20.82 hours. At this point Jupiter is at Declination 18.04 south and Mars at Declination 18.56 south. To put it another way Mars is 33 minute below or south of Jupiter.

2. Mars entered the Capricornus constellation on February 3, whereas Jupiter is already there from January 4. After this conjunction, Mars would leave the constellation on March 11, while Jupiter continues its stay till early February 2010.

3. The previous Mars – Jupiter conjunction took place on December 2006; the next is due May 2011

4. Simultaneously, the Moon, which is on 22.5 days old, has just entered the Sagittarius constellation whose occult ownership is ascribed to Jupiter. Moreover, on this date the Moon is in the 19^th Arabic Manzil (Lunar Mansion) of Al-Shaula, a fortunate and auspicious time to make new beginning or planting new trees. It also symbolizes pumping of air.

Capricornus Constellation

This conjunction took place in the mane of the sea-goat Capricorn. Originated from Babylonia the sea- goat personifies” EA” or “ENKI”, the God who educates and rewards; god of intelligence and intuition. EA often appears on earth pre-warning calamities and educating how to save from these. In one instance EA has taught people to make an ark during a deluge. God Ea can be compared with God Osiris in Egyptian mythology – a do-gooder and educator. You can read about Capricornus constellation in my blog post “Jupiter- Sun Conjunction in January 2009”.

Denver, Colorado

The Colorado state is located south west from the central point (meridian) of United States. South-west is the cosmic direction for Barack Obama.

The Number 787

This number springs the picture of Boeing 787 Dreamliner, a passenger aircraft of novel design and master craftsmanship, made from brittle carbon compounds rather than flexible aluminium. It is the most fuel-efficient passenger plane. Though many were sounding about the safety of the design, it became the most successful project in Boeing’s history. So far 895 planes are in the order book. Now the stimulus package comes with the same figure of 787 Billion U S Dollars. What this number signify? It stands for the Arabic prayer “Bismillah –ir – Rahman- ir- Raheem”, which means “I begin In the name of God, the Beneficent, and the Merciful”. So anything done invoking the name of God receives the blessing of the Lord.

Cosmics

This stimulus package will succeed’; there in not an iota of doubt about that. The following are in support of my cosmic conclusion:

1. The signing of the Law coincides with Mars- Jupiter conjunction, where Mars represent energy and enthusiasm while Jupiter represents willingness and capacity

2. Mars and Jupiter put together, you get the energy and willingness to give a big try, make it succeed, assert power, ready for action , implement plans, do everything possible to alter the event. Succinctly, you can reverse the financial recession

3. But Mars and Jupiter together mean lot of hard work, you are not going to get it over the plate; you have to find ways and means of doing your actions. You have to start low and go up gradually.

4. Mars and Jupiter together is creative power; there are jobs to be saved or created; the ambitious plan need to be put in action with this as a major goal

5. The conjunction taking place in Capricornus constellation indicates that there is intervention by God through Barack Obama, modern day God Enki. It is great victory for a man who is in office less than a month. It is also a great victory for the world, because this will lead many nations to unveil their stimulus plan and already some of these are operational

6. The Moon in the Arabic Manzil (Lunar Mansion) of Al-Shaula is indeed very rewarding; it heralds the time for a new beginning; besides this the time you have to pump air. A good coincidence, because the economy needs lot of air to be pumped into. Besides, Moon in Sagittarius, just –in-time is another plus point.

7. Denver, Colorado in the south-western region fits rightly in the Obama administration, because for Barack Obama, this direction to start his Big Bang in his career as President is very auspicious.

8. The mystical feature of number 787 showers more grace than anything else. The U S Dollar 787 Billion may be a small and inadequate figure for the current financial hole. But the number is precise, the setting is excellent, the action is sincere, and the result will be marvellous.

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Muthu Ashraff

(Originally written on Blgspot on Friday January 16, 2009)

Bang! Bang ! Bang ! Bank. Straight to the Bank. We must thank 50 Cent for the number “Straight to the Bank “ this is what came to my mind when analysing the Jupiter – Sun Conjunction taking place on Saturday, January 24 this year. When Jupiter bangs upon the Sun ( not physically anyway ) it presages that only banks including the often maligned World Bank can salvage you and many others out there from this economic recession. This conjunction gives more weight to banks, financial ministries and presidencies of many countries across the globe in their goal of reversing the economic recession.

At 7.00 UTC/GMT time on January 24, the Jupiter- Sun Conjunction of January 2009 takes place with both good and bad news. Good news is….. You guessed it right, the economic recession is slowly winding-up. The bad news is everyone is conserving cash that the economic engine is out of gas. This is where the banks can come in, provided they have the tenacity to weather the crisis and governments have the willingness to lend these institutions capital and bailouts. In this blog I write about the Jupiter – Sun Conjunction January 2009 in terms of positional astronomy, stars, constellation and cosmic interpretation.

1. Positional Astronomy

1. The conjunction takes place in-between two stars Pi Capricorni and Rho Capricorni both in the Capricornus constellation. This constellation is historically depicted as a Sea –Goat. On the celestial sphere the conjunction takes place at Right Ascension (RA) 20.42 hours and on the Declination (DEC) at 19.44 degrees South. As a result, the planet Jupiter would be in total eclipse and thereafter could not be viewed from the earth till end of this month

2. Sun enters the Capricornus constellation on January 20, whereas Jupiter has already entered it on January 4. Sun would leave the constellation on February 14, while Jupiter continues its stay till early February 2010.

3. The previous Jupiter- Sun conjunction took place on December 23, 2007; the next is due end – February 2010

4. Simultaneously, the Moon, which is on 27.9 days, almost at the end of its lunation cycle, occults (over-shadows) the Star Nunki (Sigma Sagittari) in the Sagittarius constellation.

2. Stars

1. Pi Capricorni : this star is called “Oculus” ( Latin – Eye), located in the right eye of the sea-goat. A triple star system with close companions these star showers blue to white colour lamination. It is a bright giant, approximately 670 light years away, classified as B8III star with a visual magnitude of 5.0. It is located at RA 20.43 hours

2. Rho Capricorni : this star is east of the previous one by 0.03 hours, about 27 minutes apart. Called as “ Bos “ ( Latin – Bull) it is located on the right side of the face little away from the right eye. A binary star with a visual magnitude of 4.78 it is classified as F2IV, a yellowish- white sub-giant and approximately 98 light years away from the earth. This star is located at RA 20.46 hours

Both stars are considered to be a good pair. A sketch of the stars is shown below; see right just above the minus 20 latitude:

Courtesy : http://www.astrofilitrentini.it/mat/costell/cap_e.html

3. Capricornus Constellation

One of the ancient and mysterious constellations, Capricornus is celebrated as God in many cultures. In Greek mythology it is “Pan” the god of flocks, shepherds, hunting and rustic music. Often the god is presented with human legs and with goat’s horns. Pan is very lustful and at the same time has a helpful disposition. For all his misdemeanours, the gods are pleased with him as he forewarns dangers.

But the Babylonian had another version of the constellation. In Babylonia he is” EA” or “ ENKI” , the God who educates and rewards; god of intelligence and intuition. This god was depicted to have human upper part lower part of a Fish. In Hindu mythology, Lord Vishnu is said to have taken an incarnation called Matsaya ( Fish ) to save the Hindu sacred books of Vedas from deluge that threatened the entire humanity. EA often appears on earth pre-warning calamities and educating how to save from these. In one instance EA has taught people to make an ark during a deluge. This story is comparable with the Noah’s Ark in the Bible. For more than 15,000 years the Babylonians have been celebrating god EA donning goat’s skin. God Ea can be compared with God Osiris in Egyptian mythology – a do-gooder and educator. In early times, the December solstice was marked in the Capricornus constellation. Due to precession of earth , this is now in Sagittarius constellation. However, many systems such as astrology still use Capricornus as a sign for winter solstice.

Astronomically, this constellation is very significant. It braces the Tropic of Capricorn , an imaginary line on 23 degrees and 30 minutes South of Equator. Furthermore, the planet Neptune was discovered in 1846 traversing within the Capricornus constellation.

4. Cosmic Interpretation

The following are highlights of the cosmic interpretations, though does not form an exhaustive list :

1. Whenever the Sun traverses through Capricornus, it mixes cold with warmth. The cold wintry air which has less humidity is heated with cosmics to make people from falling sick. Chronic ailments such as rheumatism would generally be relieved. More minerals such as potassium and magnesium are stored in the sun-light that is showered all over the earth. Sun goes on to patch-up things; make peace between warring enemies; brings end to sufferings; harmony would be restored. Before it leaves the constellation Sun makes things happen around you

2. As the conjunction takes place in a very auspicious location of the “ pair” , that is two stars that are considered so, economic and political leadership would be very much balanced. The good indication was how the Gas Row between Russia and Ukraine was resolved recently.

3. This conjunction taking place in the first week of Obama Presidency itself is remarkable. Barack Obama has a full plate of problems both domestic and international, which he and he alone can handle. In doing so, he would combine political and economic acumen and resourcefulness. He will complete the Herculean tasks of Un-doing of actions by despots, Establishing peace, Stabilizing the world economic system & Investing in prosperity and growth( Read details in my blog post “ Mars- Sun conjunction in December 2008” ).

4. Barack Obama’s priority would be two-fold; one is to reverse the Economic Recession. The burden of stabilizing the world economy will be shared by USA, European Community, Japan and China as I mentioned in my blog post “ Forecast 2009 ”. The Jupiter – Sun Conjunction reinforces this point. My prediction of bloodletting continuing in the Middle –east, Afghanistan, Kashmir and Palestine and peace prevailing in countries bordering East and South China Sea and the Caucasus is also lent credence. ( Read details in my blog post “ Forecast 2009 ”). Knotty issues such as Cuba and Venezuela would be gradually eased

5. Good time for politicians, commanders –in chief of countries but bad for commanders-in chief of armed forces. Church and business leaders gain respect while trigger –happy men would be perished.

6. Diplomacy is in the fore-front; we see a United Nations where consensus reigns rather than cold war brinkmanship

7. Services such as education, shipping would grow; entertainment industry would be driven by music and videos rather than big budget films. Manufacturing industries that cater to the civilian needs would rise; arms and ammos would, however , plummet. Technology takes the back-seat; computers and software dwindle. Gas, oil and other cartels would see trouble; all these reinforcing my comments made in 2009 Forecast

8. Health wise it is bad for people suffering from chronic ailments and those connected with liver and head; ailments in the heart and hands abate; the ones affecting legs would be stagnant. Those who are obese run big risk

9. Serious incidents in the oceans are forecast; while Somali piracy goes down major accidents would occur; climate would also prove to be nasty

10. The danger of an asteroid hitting the Earth is a possibility. The Asteroid Belt between Mars & Jupiter needs more study than it receives now

11. Those who are born under stars of Sagittarius, Capricornus and Pisces constellations would do very well. Spotlight is turned on the following stars in these constellations:

· Sagittarius : Ascella ( zeta) Nunki (sigma) Kaus borealis ( lambda) tau & phi

· Capricornus: Algedi(alpha) Dabih(beta) Nashira( gamma) Deneb Algedi ( delta) , sigma, pi, rho & upsilon

· Pisces : Gamma, Beta ( Fom-Al- Samakah ) , theta, iota, lambda kappa & 19 piscium

12. Those who have 6 & 3 in their number combinations would excel

13. This is time for expansion and not contraction; lot of energy cascading; intelligence combined with money should see an end to financial downswing. But as stated in “ 2009 Forecast “ expenditure overall would be curtailed. That begs the question who and what can be done to reverse this trend.

14. Now we go back to the beginning of this blog post. Yes it is the Bank; Barack Obama has to convene a meeting of big industrialized nations and the representatives of the big banks and chalk out a plan immediately. Recession that kept everyone to bow his head would be over. As the first quarter ends on 31^st March, there would be a sigh of relief throughout the world. My best wishes to the leaders of nations across the globe for making peace and prosperity a reality.

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Muthu Ashraff

Cosmic Adviser