The recent crisis in Dubai was somewhat over-blown; Dubai has every potential to weather the financial storm and bounce back to its former glory in business. This was revealed during the cast of the Heavens when the Blue Moon was shining as the New Year dawned. This blog post charts the day of the blue moon in December 2009 and pens the cosmic forecast for Dubai.

Introduction

Dubai, the second largest out of the seven emirates in UAE, has gone through baptism of fire recently when a debt crisis began to roast it, against the background of the baking hot air of the desert. In late November 2009 the Dubai World the Government owned Realty Company sought to postpone scheduled instalment payment on its U S Dollars 60 Billions or so debt and to re-negotiate the maturity profile. Newswires picked up this message and made it an over-blown financial crisis that saw in its wake downgrading of not only the debt instruments issued by Dubai World but others connected with banking, reality and transportation sectors in Dubai. Emaar Properties, Dubai Ports World, Dubai Electricity & Water Authority are few of the companies whose credit ratings were hunkered down to below investment grades. All these could have been expected, because the moratorium requested for the debt of the company Dubai World amounts to about three forth of the Government debt. Hence, the notion that Dubai is in trouble could easily feed into the minds of investors in particular and others in general.

In order to study the future prospects of Dubai, I looked at the Heavens on December 31, 2009 as the New Year is set to dawn and the full moon arose. Over the eastern sky of Dubai at 11.13. p.m. Dubai Standard Time, the full Moon was majestic in its light and brightness. As a blue moon (the second full moon in December 2009) its glow is fascinatingly beautiful. The Moon was almost very closest to earth, which we call Perigee and its illumination topped at 99.99%. Furthermore, the location of the Moon in the sky in Gemini constellation and the fact that afterwards the Moon was to go through a partial lunar eclipse made me to look at this phenomenon intently.

Location of the Full Moon

At this time the Moon was located at Right Ascension (celestial longitude) of 6 hours 42 minutes and 28 seconds and at Declination (celestial latitude) of 24 degree 6 minutes 18 seconds. The moon was also above ecliptic plane a line in which the Sun travels in the celestial sphere. When a planet moves beyond the ecliptical line it is called out of bound. Moreover, the Moon partially covered (called occulted) the shining Star Mebsuta at this time. To be precise Mebsuta is located at Right Ascension 6 hours 44 minutes and 33 seconds and Declination 25 degree 7 minutes and 14 seconds. Though in terms of distance Mebsuta is about 2 arc minutes away, for people on the earth it is different as we miss the light of Mebsuta during this time. Fascinatingly, The Moon was placed on a safety net in the sky chart. There are four stars forming the Arabic Letter “Lam” (English Alphabet “L”) symbolizing a baby cot. These stars are Capella on the north , Al-Betelgeuse on the south, Al-Debaran towards west and Procyon to the east.

Star Mebsuta

The name of the star Mebsuta is derived from Arabic “Al-Mabsuta” meaning “outstretched”. Astronomically known as Epsilon Gemini, Mebsuta is a double star in the Gemini constellation. The primary star has 3.2 magnitude of brightness and glows in white and yellowish colour. Its companion, however is a small 9.5 magnitude blue star. As a rare type of super giant Mebsuta is much cooler than our sun at 4,360 Kelvin. Located 900 light years away and shining some 7,600 times luminous than the Sun it must be about 150 times the size of the Sun. Indeed it is a great super giant. Mebsuta is burning helium at the core like our Sun and losing its mass steadily. Though located close to the ecliptical plane, this star is rarely occulted by planets other than the Moon. The last incident of such occultation occurred on August 4, 1976 when Mars passed by Mebsuta.

Lunar Mansion

When Full Moon arose in Dubai, it was in the Sixth Lunar Mansion (Arabic Al- Manzil Al-Qamar) of “Al- Hannah (The Mark). This Lunar Mansion is relevant for those who are born to royal lineage or to noble genes. It has a mixed bag; on one hand it makes the king to go through financial woes ; on the other hand it will preserve the dignity of the kingdom. Programmes, business ventures and any others initiated during this time would give more than satisfactory results.

Dubai Cosmic Forecast

The location of the Moon and the Star Mebsuta together give positive and negative cosmics. I elaborate the cosmic forecast of this phenomenon in relation to Dubai as follows:

1. Dubai changes gear: From top gear Dubai goes on low gear to wade through the muddy water of debt crisis. Once it is out of this crisis it would be on cruise gear

2. Changing Direction: Dubai undergoes change in focus and approach from a city state mentality to a country state mentality

3. Dubai must develop in the lines of a six pointed star, known as Star of David. In addition to Realty and Trade sectors, other lines of economic activities could develop. Being outstretched in one or two areas is too risky and this fact is now clearly understood

4. The year 2010 marks fire-fighting and at the same time setting in motion future oriented programmes. The knee jerk response by the international financial community and the aftermath portray the fire fighting scene, while the recent opening of the “Burj Khalifa” the World’s Tallest Tower with 160 floors and 2,716 feet in height is an harbinger to the futuristic programmes

5. Dubai continues to be the standard bearer as a financial centre and as a trade centre. The role model it seeks incorporates features of Singapore and Tokyo

6. Dubai has not reached its potential yet. It has notched about 25 %. So far. Hence the remaining 75 % of growth potential need to be scaled by the emirate

7. Dubai needs to go for high profile marketing with strategic depth

8. Safety net in and around Dubai would be almost intact

9. In summary, Dubai Bounces Back in Business in matter of time.

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Muthu Ashraff

Cosmic Adviser

Van Helsing pulls down the curtain and let the sunlight comes in; feet of Dracula are caught in the ring of the sunlight; Dracula crumbles into dust and blown away…………..so runs the final scene of the 1958 horror film “Dracula”. Sunlight can do more than that. In this blog post I am arguing why you should let sunlight come into your life, home and office. I am also elaborating cosmics of sunlight so that you will use it for improving your life and lifestyle.

What is Sunlight?

Sunlight is an electro magnetic radiation coming from the Sun consisting light and heat. Sunlight is filtered through the atmosphere surrounding the earth as well as the clouds in the sky. Though electromagnetic radiation has several aspects; let me deal with the Visible Spectrum and the Ultra Violet Rays of the sunlight in this blog post.

Visible Spectrum

A visible spectrum is what your eyes can see in the sunlight. You can do this by looking at a rainbow or see the sunlight through a prism. You will see several colours continuing in a spectrum. Traditionally, the number of colours was fixed as seven. This is because of cultural and occult reasons. The Hindus ascribed Sun as Lord Vishnu who rode a carriage driven by seven horses implying seven colours and seven days in a week. Sir Isaac Newton on examination of the white sunlight through a prism found six colours: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue and Violet. Being an occultism he added one more colour “Indigo” by splitting the Violet colour. In fact indigo colour is formed by the mixture of more blue with less red.

Ultra Violet Rays

The Sun sends down ultra violet (UV) rays. Depending on the wavelength the UV rays are divided into three categories: UVA, UVB and UVC. The wavelength of the individual UV rays is given below:

UVA – 315 to 400 nanometers

UVB – 280 to 315 nanometers

UVC – 100 to 280 nanometers

The last one UVC is more damaging than the rest but is prevented by earth’s ozone layer from penetrating down on the surface of the earth. The human body produces Vitamin D through the intervention of the UVB of the sunlight. UVA is most beneficial with proper mix of radiation with the light

Positive Cosmics of Sunlight

1. Sunlight drives away vampires or simply destroys them. The visible spectrum of six colours Viz: red, orange, yellow, green, blue and violet transforms into the Star of David with miraculous power. It acts as a shield against evil spirits. Judeo-Christian-Islamic theocracy has accepted the existence of spirits and genies, which may be good or evil. You can check this aspect easily by going into your basement or attic that was never exposed to sunlight and sense the shrill silence and evilness pervading there. Neglected buildings are often haunted by genies of sorts

2. Sunlight brings blessings of the God, or the nature if you are not accepting the existence of God. In Hindu tradition Sun is Lord Vishnu and his concert is Lakshmi who is the Goddess of Fortune. When sunlight comes into your house it brings you glad tidings. In my practice, I have advised clients who suffer from financial mishaps to let sunlight come into their houses and offices, with good result. If you have your main door or windows facing eastern direction, keep these open as sunlight breaks in the dawn. Pharaoh Ramses II usually opens the doors and windows in the morning to allow sunlight in, a fact that made him wealthy and later a formidable opponent to Moses. In your office pull down shutters, binds and curtains to allow sunlight to come in with boons for you. You may continue to use the glass of the windows so as to protect from any ultra violet rays as glass does absorb these rays effectively

3. Sunlight aids in photosynthesis: a process of converting carbon dioxide into organic compounds using the energy from the sunlight, which is necessary for life on earth

4. The human body produces vitamin D from the sunlight; vitamin D plays a pivotal role in maintaining several organs and systems in your body

5. Sunlight avoids you falling into “Winter Depression” a condition where people who are not exposed to sufficient sunlight gets into mental lows during winter

6. Sunlight also avoids “Multiple Sclerosis”, a condition arising at fairly advanced age of life, when the ability of cells in the brain and spinal cord to co-ordinate with each other falters

7. Sunlight gives you the zing and zest and makes you a virile person. Just check your condition after warming with sunlight for few moments

8. Tanning of your skin in correct measure during sunbath gives your skin longevity and wrinkle free appearance throughout your life

9. Dermatological disorders such as eczema can be treated with a combination of medication and measured exposure to the morning sun

10. A ride in a train travelling south to north or vise versa during dawn would give you a pleasant awareness of the sunlight. You will see the Sun in all six colours sequentially as I did on the other day when I travelled in a train. In the eastern horizon sun rose and within few minutes I had the chance of seeing red, orange, yellow, green, blue and violet sun, an invigorating and memorable scene chiselled in my life.

Negative Cosmics of Sunlight

On the fillip side, too much of sunlight can cause few problems:

1. Your skin produces Melanin in order to off-set the ill effects of UVA or UVB rays. If you have any melanin deficiency sunlight my cause you harm; your skin ages faster or is full of wrinkles

2. You could possibly get sun burns which can develop into mild or severe inflammation of the part of the skin that is exposed to excessive sunlight

3. During bright sunshine, sunlight can counteract with the workings of certain medication such as antibiotics

4. In some instances sunlight is devilled by doctors as causing skin cancer; however the instances and the exclusivity of sunlight causing such malady need to be evaluated.

As the positive cosmics over weigh negative cosmics of the sunlight the universal advice is: Let the Sunlight Come In.

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Muthu Ashraff

Cosmic Adviser

To succeed in everything you just need to focus yourself. Lack of focus not only ruins you but ruins everyone connected with you. In modern history a glaring example of a man who lacked focus is George W Bush who caused immense loss to the United States. How can you focus yourself in order to succeed? This blog post enumerates the steps you should take to build your ability to focus yourself. I am also sketching the birth characteristics of those who can focus well. For those who have difficulties in focussing I am penning few cosmic recommendations. After reading this you will be able to improve your focus; harness your cosmics to work for you; enhance your personality; improve your lifestyle; and finally succeed in your life.

How to Focus Yourself

The following are the steps you should adopt to focus yourself in any matter:

1. Vision & Mission: What do you want? Is the question you have to ask yourself first? You may have a task in hand, an assignment to be completed or a piece of work to be done. Whatever it is you should immediately put it in a written or mental statement. You must quickly get at the vision and mission. Your vision is the broader picture while your mission is narrower picture

2. Plan & Schedule: What do you have? How do you move? These are the next two questions you have to ask yourself. The answer has to do with planning and scheduling your activity. You can plan and schedule either mentally or in written form

3. Build Momentum: You build your focus by developing clarity of thought, instilling in you a high degree of self- confidence, obtaining from the environment the right information and supporting yourself with zing and zeal

4. Maintain Focus: You can build momentum easily but you find it difficult to keep it up or take it to the next level. This is where you have to train yourself to maintain focus. There could be several bulls against you when you arrive at this step. Distraction will take your attention elsewhere; disturbance will sap your enthusiasm. In order to avoid both distraction and disturbance you should be prepared to make adjustments on your focus. It is done in two ways. First is to get feelers and feedback from others; secondly you can ask your inner mind to speak about your focus activity. The Americans call this “gut feeling”. Once you have the external and internal info you can quickly adjust your focus once again

5. Glide Smoothly: You have heard about aeroplanes gliding smoothly in the sky. Likewise you must float in the air without unduly straining your focus or allowing any matters to spoil your engines. At the beginning many of you would get into initial failures and start to worry about your inability to focus on anything. This is known as “self-pity”. You must not unduly worry about your inability to cope up with challenges from the environment, a mundane matter such as telephone interruptions to serious matters such as a jealous colleague of yours in the next desk passing nasty comments

6. Enjoy yourself: Even though your task in hand is still to be completed go for your coffee break; get little rest; plant a kiss on the cheeks of your colleague who is celebrating her nineteenth birthday for the nineteenth time.

Some Can Focus Better.

It is true that some people have inert ability to build and maintain focus till they succeed in their tasks. Those who are born under the following birth characteristics possess ability to focus well:

1. Born during the waxing gibbous Moon, that is during 11.1 to 14.8 of the Moon days; they have singular ability to focus well and put matters together easily

2. Born during waning gibbous moon, that is during 16.2 to 22.2 of the Moon days; they have singular ability to focus well and analyse matters easily

3. Born under the Lunar Mansions Al-Sheratain, Al-Simak and Al-Fargh Al-Thani; they have ability to focus on matters involving smart work

4. Born under the Lunar Mansions, Al-Thurayya, Al-Jabbah and Al-Saad Al-Dhabih; they have ability to focus on matters involving hard work

5. Born with earth as predominant element; they have the ability to focus on constructive stream of thoughts; fire element on other hand provides the ability to focus on destructive stream of thoughts

6. Born during the peak days of the Leonid Meteor Showers taking place in the sky. The Leonids are divided into five different streams. Alpha Leonids peak between 24 to 31 January; Delta Leonid peaks on 22 February; Sigma Leonid peaks on 25 March; Beta Leonid peaks between 19 to 21 March; Rho Leonid peaks on 14 & 15 March

7. Born on a dates with 4, 6 and 8 Numbers.

Cosmics to Improve Focus

1. Star of David: Keep an emblem of Star of David on your table and concentrate on it. The Star of David is significant in many aspects. One is the manner in which the Star of David harnesses the six senses: sight, hearing, taste, smell, touch and intelligence. It is recommended that you get the background colour in Blue

2. Black Colour: Black enhances your ability to focus very well. Any black colour Images in picture or small ceramic statuette be kept close on your table for you to look at it should you need it

3. Gems & Crystals: These gems & crystals act as a storage and conveyor medium for cosmic energy. Gems & crystals receive, hold and transmit energy on one hand and heal, supply and uplift internally on the other hand. Furthermore, gems & crystals function as guardians for you against any negative cosmic vibrations arising from the ambience. Though determining the Gems & Crystals for a particular individual requires his birth characteristics, generally the following are recommended: Agate, Emerald, Lapis Lazuli, Opal, Tiger Eye and Topaz.

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Muthu Ashraff

Cosmic Adviser

Star of David is significant in many aspects. A key significance is how this six pointed hexagram is related to the six areas of your body. In this blog post, I am sketching the six areas of your body and how these relate to Physiognomy as well as Cosmics in terms of the Star of David.

Six Areas of Your Body

The areas are: Head, Hand, Chest, Waist, Genitals and Legs. Let me describe each area consisting different parts classified under different segments as far as possible. Each area has significance in terms of Physiognomy and Cosmics.

1. Head

Segments

Head Segment: Head, Hair, Forehead, Ears

Face Segment: Eyebrow, Eyes, Nose, Philtrum

Mouth Segment: Lips, Teeth, Tongue, Palate

Others: Chin, Cheek, Neck

Physiognomy: The fifteen body parts are broadly divided into four broader segments. Head segment goes round the body whereas face segment shows the front upper parts ending with the philtrum, a vertical groove above the upper lip but below the nose. Mouth segment delves deep from the outer lips to get inside the mouth to observe teeth, tongue and palate in a row. Chin and cheek are more connected than eye and eye-brow. Neck stands out; moreover it connects the head to the torso. The head segment conveys about the person, his beliefs, attitudes and conduct. It also details his position, power, fortune and sex.

Cosmics: The head is what a man is; your head is pitched towards the north hence in the Star of David it occupies the first and top point looking north.

2. Hand

Segments

Shoulder Segment: Shoulder, Upper-arm

Elbow Segment: Elbow, Fore-arm

Hand Segment; Wrist, Fingers, Nails

Physiognomy: The seven body parts are broadly divided into three broader segments. Shoulder segment is connected to the torso; shoulder generally implies the upper area but should also cover the arm-pit as well. Extension from the shoulder to the elbow is the upper arm which in the case of men builds up their biceps. Upper arms end with the elbow. Both elbows and fore-arm are in the elbow segment. Elbow is a key as it tells about a person’s ability to move vertically, horizontally and laterally in given situation. The phrase “elbow room” originates from this aspect. Fore-arm is the lower version of upper arm and is very important to evaluate women and their ability in house keeping. The hand segment contains wrists and below. Wrist, fingers and nails betray the nature and fortune of a person. In Tamil culture, a lady is defined as Fortunate Housewife (Gruha Lakshmi) by her hands. Overall hand segment conveys how a person goes about in family and society.

Cosmics: The shoulder signifies work and toil; every human being born in this world must work for himself, for others and for the God. On the Star of David, the shoulder occupies the second point anti-clockwise.

3. Chest

Segments

Front Segment: Chest for Men / Breast for Women, Stomach

Back Segment: Spine, Back

Physiognomy: The four body parts are divided into two segments. Front Segment has Chest and Stomach. The word chest is used for men and the word breast is used for women. Masculinity is defined when a man has broad chest and hair over it. Femininity is defined with rounded and voluptuous breasts without any hair. Chest is the centre of breathing with heart and lungs located within. Stomach on the other hand incorporates the digestion function and show the level of contentment and fortune or in some cases poverty. Back segment has Spine and Back. Spine is cosmic centre for men because the God created Adam and from whose rib he created Eve, so goes the scripture. We always describe a coward as “spineless”. Although back is vertical and in unison for purpose of analysis we differentiate between upper back for breathing and lower back for digestion.

Cosmics: The chest signifies the service function; internally a person breathes and processes the food and water intakes; milk of kindness is seen in the chest; in the case of women it transforms into milk for the baby. On the Star of David, the chest occupies the third point anti-clockwise.

4. Waist

Physiognomy: Waist is in a single segment consisting two body parts: waist and Navel. Waist is the junction between stomach and genitals. Hence it forms an important area. Though men are not concerned with bloating waist women need to have narrow and soft waist. For men waist gives a bill of health; for women a certificate of beauty. Navel like waist is the junction between stomach and genitals and conveys the memory of the umbilical cord. Navel indicates the genetics of a person.

Cosmics: The waist signifies the centre of body frame and on the Star of David it occupies the fourth point anti-clockwise. In fact, the waist is perpendicular to the head in terms of this positioning.

5. Genitals

Physiognomy: Though the word Genitals is used, this segment erects downward with four body parts: Hips, Genitals, Booty and Thigh, all of these located below diaphragm, popularly known as solar plexus. A hip is again a junction separating upper torso from the lower body. Wide and curvy hips in women are marks of femininity, fertility, sexual potency and fortune. Genitals are unique as this area covers sexual orgasm and urinary tracts. Buttocks go in steps with genitals as excretory organ and facilitating human beings to sit upon. For women on the other hand booty gives beauty and signs of wealth. Of late women’s booty has become a sexual play as well. Where thighs fit in this scheme you may ask me. Thighs and buttocks go together. For both men and women strong thighs indicate physical strength. For women thighs enhance their beauty too.

Cosmics: Genitals are to do with procreation and excretion; hence on the Star of David it occupies the fifth point anti-clockwise. In fact genitals are perpendicular to the chest in terms of this positioning.

6. Legs

Segments

Knee Segment: Knee, Shank

Feet Segment: Ankles, Feet Uppers, Heels, Soles, Toes, Toenails

Physiognomy: This area stretches from the knee downwards. The eight body parts are divided into two segments. Knee Segment has knee and shanks; both are important in analysis. The knee is a junction that connects the thigh bone and shin bone popularly known as shank. The shank can be straight, curved or crooked. Both keep a person agile and alive. Feet segment has Ankles, Feet Uppers, Toes and Toenails all are on the surface whereas Heels and Soles are underneath. The feet segment indicates sex & marriage, failure & success, fame & notoriety etc.

Cosmics: Legs signify agility and activity. The knee downward to the foot is a source of basic cosmic energy that keeps a person agile and alive. Hence, on the Star of David legs occupy the sixth and last point anti-clockwise. In fact, legs are perpendicular to shoulders in terms of positioning.

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Muthu Ashraff

Cosmic Adviser