Link between Astrophysics and Astrology:

It was the astronomical necessity, to formulate an easily appreciable calendar with visible waxing and waning of the Moon compelled the Vedic sages to accept synodic month where the Moon transits 29 Naksatras in one cycle, and it was the astrological

requirement to find the 'auspicious time', that is in practical term, to select a compatible energy regime for a particular type of job, the ancient priests had to follow siderial month where the Moon transits 27 Naksatras in a single cycle. The number of Naksatras 27, is exactly same as the number of days the Sun requires to revolve round its own axis (specially the sub-equatorial part, the region where from most of the solar wind is emanated). Equality of numbers made it imperative that on the average the Moon will traverse one Naksatra per day and in a siderial calendar month with 27 Naksatras, passage from one Naksatra to another Naksatra will represent a 24 hr. long terrestrial day, and indirectly a definite segment of solar surface which will cover 1/27 part of the sub-equatorial Sun. As the level of solar wind emitted from different segments of the equatorial Sun would be different, each (stellar) day on the Earth and thereby indirectly each Naksatra will represent a different level of energy cycle. The Vedic diviners found this linking absolutely essential and could not abandon the number 27, and after using 33, 24 and 28 Naksatras still had to revert back to 27 Naksatras.

The solar particles and plasma thrown out to interplanetary space from the coronal part of the Sun will be linked by numerous magnetic filaments and be radiated in all directions, moving in series of Archimedean spirals. An infinitesimal part of this solar wind will reach our Earth. Though there are minor disagreements, all astrophysicists agree that as the solar wind enters into the sphere of Earth's magnetic field, the solar charged particles will be repulsed and this confrontation will result in the formation of a 'collision free shock front' which is known as magnetosheath.

Not being able to penetrate the magnetic force shield of the Earth, major part of the solar wind will fly past the Earth in the form of wavy lines of slip-stream. These streaming energy line termed as magnetopause after crossing the Earth will converge behind the Earth, (that is, in the opposite direction where the Sun is located) forming the magnetotail, and at some point located nearer than the distance of the orbit of the Moon there will be reversal of polarity. Majority of astrophysicists believes that the energy streams forming magnetotail will get ultimately lost in the space. A minority group thinks that after certain distance there will be change of polarity and at a greater distance that is after crossing the lunar orbit there will be a reversal of direction and the energy flow may ultimately return to the Sun facing hemisphere of the Earth.

This pear shaped magnetic field around the Earth is known as the magnetosphere and the part of space between the two converging streams of magnetotail is termed as the neutral sheath.

The magnetosphere around the Earth is not totally impervious. Though the Earth's magnetic poles will repulse most of the solar and cosmic charged particles forcing them to slip past as magnetopause, a small portion of the charged particles and most of the neutral protons will be able to penetrate the magnetosheath and reach the upper atmosphere of the Earth. The amount of solar wind entering into the Earth's atmosphere will depend upon the quantum and speed at which the solar wind was traveling. (It is generally accepted that the solar wind maintains its initial speed throughout its journey in the interplanetary space. Theoretically the gravity should have both direct and indirect effects on the speed of solar wind but little is known about this aspect, whereas, this information is vital to correlate astrology with astrophysics).

Relatively small quantity of charged particles, which can penetrate the magnetosheath, will be gravitated towards the Earth's two magnetic poles. Once they reach a 'point' in the sky over any of the two poles, they will be repulsed or 'reflected' to the other pole and will get continuously bounced to and back from pole to pole forming magnetic field lines.

S.I. Akasofu one of the pioneer workers on astrophysics believes that from the solar flux, neutral hydrogen atoms would freely penetrate the geomagnetic sheath and reach the atmosphere where they get charged due to collision with the atmospheric particles (1963). After thirty years of study, majority of the workers believes that the primary inter-planetary solar and cosmic particles do not make into the Earth's surface. Primary particles crash into air atoms, ions, cosmic dust (meteorite, comet or other cosmic sources), even fine terrestrial dust (volcanic) on upper atmosphere and break into a shower of secondary particles. Secondary particles colliding with more nuclei will create a few million more tertiary particles and they will descend as "ever enlarging pancake". Effects of energetic rays will reach the earth's surface in a few millionth of a second, covering 100 sq. meters in diameter and will contain many billions particles. Most will be electrons, but some will be muons, highly penetrating particles similar to electrons but 200 times massive and can penetrate soil, rocks or cement concrete slabs (G. Taubes. Discover. 1989. Sept.).