Can a Yagya Solve Your Problems?
If you spend a lot of time visiting astrology sites, you might run into the word 'yagya'.
Probably not in the site's main body, but in some of the accompanying adverts.
A yagya is a Hindu religious ceremony, that can supposedly boost your luck.
It's a ceremony that you don't have to attend, which can be based on one's Hindu horoscope.
The word 'yagya' is cognate with the English word 'ignite' - so it's connected with fire.
One makes an offering to the gods, and fire consumes it.
In terms of Hindu astrology, a yagya is aligned to our horoscope - so if we're going through a bad patch, that can be linked to astrology, we can have a yagya done to sort the problem out.
To understand the linkage between astrology and yagyas, you have to understand that Hindu astrology can be very deterministic.
Planets can be good or bad.
And if you're in a period of life ruled by a badly placed planet, then you're luck could be damaged.
If one takes an example, albeit an extreme one, let us say that you're going through a period of life ruled by the Moon, and your life is falling apart.
Your Moon is in Scorpio, the sign of its fall, and it's also aspected by Mars and Saturn.
We can therefore say, all things being equal, that the Moon is terribly weak, and needs to be helped.
One way of helping the Moon is to have a yagya done.
So you get in contact with a Hindu priest, or some religious or spiritual organisation, and you get them to do a yagya for you.
The yagya will be focused on the person's Moon.
It will typically start on a Monday, which is the day of the Moon, and mantras will be recited, and offerings made, that have relevance to this planet.
The yagya could last for a day, but it may be longer, for example a whole week.
Although you don't have to be present when the yagya is taking place, you must make sure that while it's happening you lead a moderate and well-balanced life.
You shouldn't drink, smoke or eat excessively.
Also, you shouldn't have sex.
You can understand how powerful a yagya can be.
Priests are intervening on your behalf, and they are directly addressing the source of your bad luck.
However anyone considering having a yagya performed needs to be very careful.
An astrologer, or a priest, will decide which yagya should be done.
If a yagya is designed to strengthen a planet, will this strengthening be beneficial? If we're going through a Saturn period, and we're feeling frustrated, then a Saturn yagya might make us feel even more frustrated.
In other words, a yagya could actually increase the malefic potential of a planet, unless it's carefully chosen.
Yet there's another problem with yagyas.
If they are done properly, they're going to be expensive - because they're a labour-intensive activity, where a priest, or sometimes a group of priests, will have to focus on your horoscope for a lengthy period of time.
In other words we're talking about a price tag of hundreds of dollars.
Now if you're going to a reputable provider, that's linked with a mainstream spiritual organisation, you'll know that a yagya is being done on your behalf, with a high level of care and attention.
Whether or not the yagya will work is another matter, but at least it's being performed, to a minimum standard.
However if you get a yagya done by someone who you don't know, who doesn't have a reputation, then you'll have no idea what's going on.
You might be told that a ceremony is being done on your behalf in a temple in India, but how do you know? It's quite possible that someone is taking your money and doing nothing.
Even if they are doing something, the yagya might be incorrectly performed.
We therefore have the basis of a major rip-off.
People who are going through difficult times will often trying anything, and they could pay money they can't afford to an unscrupulous provider, for a useless service.
Yet I'm not saying that you should never have a yagya done.
Instead I'm saying that if you make the decision to have a yagya, you should firstly be ready to pay hundreds of dollars for the service and secondly you should do a lot of research, and this includes talking to providers on the phone, and establishing that their temple or religious grouping really is reputable.
Probably not in the site's main body, but in some of the accompanying adverts.
A yagya is a Hindu religious ceremony, that can supposedly boost your luck.
It's a ceremony that you don't have to attend, which can be based on one's Hindu horoscope.
The word 'yagya' is cognate with the English word 'ignite' - so it's connected with fire.
One makes an offering to the gods, and fire consumes it.
In terms of Hindu astrology, a yagya is aligned to our horoscope - so if we're going through a bad patch, that can be linked to astrology, we can have a yagya done to sort the problem out.
To understand the linkage between astrology and yagyas, you have to understand that Hindu astrology can be very deterministic.
Planets can be good or bad.
And if you're in a period of life ruled by a badly placed planet, then you're luck could be damaged.
If one takes an example, albeit an extreme one, let us say that you're going through a period of life ruled by the Moon, and your life is falling apart.
Your Moon is in Scorpio, the sign of its fall, and it's also aspected by Mars and Saturn.
We can therefore say, all things being equal, that the Moon is terribly weak, and needs to be helped.
One way of helping the Moon is to have a yagya done.
So you get in contact with a Hindu priest, or some religious or spiritual organisation, and you get them to do a yagya for you.
The yagya will be focused on the person's Moon.
It will typically start on a Monday, which is the day of the Moon, and mantras will be recited, and offerings made, that have relevance to this planet.
The yagya could last for a day, but it may be longer, for example a whole week.
Although you don't have to be present when the yagya is taking place, you must make sure that while it's happening you lead a moderate and well-balanced life.
You shouldn't drink, smoke or eat excessively.
Also, you shouldn't have sex.
You can understand how powerful a yagya can be.
Priests are intervening on your behalf, and they are directly addressing the source of your bad luck.
However anyone considering having a yagya performed needs to be very careful.
An astrologer, or a priest, will decide which yagya should be done.
If a yagya is designed to strengthen a planet, will this strengthening be beneficial? If we're going through a Saturn period, and we're feeling frustrated, then a Saturn yagya might make us feel even more frustrated.
In other words, a yagya could actually increase the malefic potential of a planet, unless it's carefully chosen.
Yet there's another problem with yagyas.
If they are done properly, they're going to be expensive - because they're a labour-intensive activity, where a priest, or sometimes a group of priests, will have to focus on your horoscope for a lengthy period of time.
In other words we're talking about a price tag of hundreds of dollars.
Now if you're going to a reputable provider, that's linked with a mainstream spiritual organisation, you'll know that a yagya is being done on your behalf, with a high level of care and attention.
Whether or not the yagya will work is another matter, but at least it's being performed, to a minimum standard.
However if you get a yagya done by someone who you don't know, who doesn't have a reputation, then you'll have no idea what's going on.
You might be told that a ceremony is being done on your behalf in a temple in India, but how do you know? It's quite possible that someone is taking your money and doing nothing.
Even if they are doing something, the yagya might be incorrectly performed.
We therefore have the basis of a major rip-off.
People who are going through difficult times will often trying anything, and they could pay money they can't afford to an unscrupulous provider, for a useless service.
Yet I'm not saying that you should never have a yagya done.
Instead I'm saying that if you make the decision to have a yagya, you should firstly be ready to pay hundreds of dollars for the service and secondly you should do a lot of research, and this includes talking to providers on the phone, and establishing that their temple or religious grouping really is reputable.
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