This volume is a general study on Shukra (Venus) based on ancient, Vedic Scriptures, approached as a "Graha" (complex network of energy which is more than "a planet") going further than understandings of the "modern" astrology. The contents of the book are spread across 16 revealing chapters, as follows: (1) Shukra: nature and houses; (2) Rashi Drishti and Arudhas; (3) Exaltation; (4) Debilitation; (5) Shukra and other Grahas; (6) Taurus and related Nakshatras: Krittika, Rohini, Mrigashira, Bharani, Purva Phalguni, Purva Ashadha; (7) Libra and related Nakshatras: Chitra, Swati, Vishakha, Nava Tara Rules; (8) Friends and Enemies of Signs; (9) Purva Bhadrapada - special case; (10) Some Yogas involving Venus; (11) Venus Mahadasha; (12) Venus, Marriage, Pregnancy; (13) Venus & Panchanga: introduction; (14) Venus & Muhurta: introduction; (15) A few specifics of Venus in Nadi System; (16) Venus in Lal Kitab: introduction.
The legitimate functioning of Vedic System towards a full, worldwide recognition as a Science is certain, as soon as sufficient practical demonstration comes to fully prove its tremendous value, in human life. The axioms given by the Great Rishis must be tested in practice, to a sufficient and representative level, before them being recognised as "scientifically valid", in our times. In our era, with the support of Artificial Intelligence and huge data processing power, offered by the new technologies (e.g. Quantum Computing) we can truly estimate that, in a few years from now, we can access the necessary tools to finally validate the correct and complete set of Vedic Methods, by filling the scientific gaps and discarding everything that has been either written in unintentional error or in bad faith, paving the path towards True Knowledge.
This author is not a very advanced expert in Vedas, nor pretends to have found all the answers, however she has a unique understanding of what has been presented to her analysis, so far, discovering some new missing pieces from the great puzzle of Jyotisha, during her individual research, some of which you will find in this book. Her analytic and interpretation skills became activated under the peak of an intense Sade Sati period of her life, unveiling the true passion of the Hermit, ultimately sharing with the world valuable pieces of Knowledge, arranged in a rigorous order, analysed throughout thousands of pages of relevant bibliography as well as revealed through the impeccable grace and generosity of an advanced mentor. The author is also a native with a very high call, since young age, for study and research in the field of Human Knowledge, Social Sciences and Humanities, academically recognised with a PhD in the fundamental field of social and political sciences, from one of the highly respected universities in Eastern Europe, teaching Philosophy, for hundreds of years. The early call for research activities, the inherited love for truth and wisdom, the deeply rooted moral and ethical concepts of Orthodoxy and a very disciplined rational guidance, from excellent professors in the prestigious Faculty of Philosophy, offered the author not only a solid academic background to translate ancient concepts into scientific indicators of our modern days, but also a very pragmatic direction in research, which decodes, for the public, a series of strong system of mysteries/codes, which has not been decoded, so far. With a solid understanding of concepts, with newly created methods and tools, the author builds more capacity for the Vedic System to become a recognised science, serving the betterment of human individual, evolution of human society and for a better, dignifying future of human species, on this planet.