Astrological Significance of Vasant Panchami: Saraswati Puja (12th February, 2016)
iZofy 10.02.2016
The glorious day of Saraswati Puja or Vasant Panchami is on 12 th February this year. Spring bids a goodbye to winter and bows its head this time. We get blessed with wisdom by goddess Saraswati. Let’s have a discussion to know how we cherish the dual celebration this day and what the astrological significance of this auspicious day is.
Spring season or Vasant has a special significance among all seasons. This season’s arrival brings enthusiasm and gaiety. You can feel a special energy in the circumstance and your mind keeps on controlling with its tender and soft nature. This festival of spring begins with the arrival of Sun in Aquarius. For two reasons, this festival stays in limelight. The reasons are that this season is also named as Madhumaas and Rati-Kaam Mahotsav. Spring has an impact on Venus as the planet Venus is known as the signifier of charm and sensuality. According to Indian Vedic Astrology, Hindu month Maagh’s bright half’s 5th day is named as Vasant Panchami. As this month is the month of Gods, in this month you can see Sun’s Uttarayan. This is a universal fact that Uttarayan is Gods’ day and Dakshinayan is Gods’ night. The auspicious moment of Vasant Panchami is the moment to all the Astrology believers. Events like Griha Pravesh, Naming ceremony can be performed on this day without making any detail with Astrological recommendation or Panchang. The festival of Vasant Panchami will be celebrated on 12th and 13th February this year. The next day will be Valentine’s Day. The main deities of spring season are Kamdev and Rati. Alongside, in this season of love, Lord Krishna has also a special significance. Thus, this day, Rati and Kamdev are worshipped. While considering it a deity, Indian Philosophy has also worshipped Kaam or carnality as human’s life is stagnant without it. Thus, it is followed by the Vedic scriptures’ rules. This arrangement of modification is named as Grihasthashram. Therefore, this festival’s motive is to live life on the commands of dignity and scriptures. The second prime reason behind Vasant Panchami is Goddess Saraswati’s (the Goddess of knowledge, speech, wisdom and education) birthday. Thus, in Indian culture this Puja has also significance. Vasant Panchami or Maagh Shukla Panchami offers the opportunity to worship the
Goddess of music, knowledge and art, i.e. Goddess Saraswati. In childhood, we even used to study the Mantra of Goddess Saraswati in our school syllabus. Every child worships this Goddess to overcome every obstruction in education and to get blessed with knowledge forever. The 4th and 5th houses of birth chart are education’s natural houses. Thus, these houses’ position fixes the study of a person. Worshipping Goddess Saraswati on the Prakatchya festival, brain becomes sharp. Children get blessed by this Goddess on this day’s worshipping. How about we now know as indicated by signs that how understudy ought to love Goddess Saraswati: Understudy under Aries sign ought to love Goddess Saraswati with red blooms particularly Hibiscus, Oleanders and Marigold. Understudies of Scorpio and Libra sign ought to love Goddess Saraswati with white blossoms. Gemini and Virgo ones ought to love utilizing Lotus blooms. Cancerians can either go for white Lotus or whatever other white bloom, while individuals under Leo sign can get advantages by loving with red Hibiscus. Sagittarians and Pisceans ought to love Goddess Saraswati with yellow blooms. Understudies under Capricorn and Aquarius ought to venerate with blue blooms. Upon the arrival of Vasant Panchami, Goddess Saraswati is offered yellow shaded nourishment. At homes additionally individuals cook yellow sustenance. Particularly on this day sweet rice is cooked, in which almonds, raisins, cashews and partnered stuff are added to make porridge. It is served in evening. Relatives and guests are offered yellow sweet bar. Saffron porridge is the universally adored. The happiness of this celebration broadens more with the uncommon occasions such as singing. Upon the arrival of Vasant Panchami, all lovers love the Goddess as well as this day has uncommon hugeness for craftsmen. At a few spots, craftsmen venerate their musical instruments. Then again, lovers vow for more practice and devotion. Training, insight, discourse and learning must be gotten by means of the endowments of Maa Saraswati. Writer Kalidas could gain name and popularity by the finesse of Goddess as it were. Incredible sages like Valmiki, Vashishtha, Vishwamitra, Shaunak and Vyas could get to be fruitful just by the love of Goddess. In this manner, we ought to likewise put endeavors to get the favors of Goddess Saraswati.