Re: Soma the Deity of the Mind

Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna!

Dandavats and obeissances.

Dear Swami Gaurangapada,

To me it is amazing how thoroughly people’s bodies and minds are controlled by planetary forces. I was wondering just how much one can get away from these planetary influences if one takes to devotional service? I am assuming that the more one is sincere and receives mercy from pure Vaisnvas, the more the negative aspects of these influences cease to act. Can someone who has a somewhat bleak and overall inauspicious astrological birth chart still override that by devotional service to the degree that he pleases the Lord and the Vaisnavas? Maybe someone isn’t supposed to live long as per his birth chart, with the Lord’s help can he live to be 120, or is there always some inherent truth in the astrological birth chart of a soul?

These planetary effects are extremely strong and implement our karma, God is the only one strong enough to nullify their effects for us if he so chooses, but would he completely alter things and why wouldn’t that be reflected in one’s chart when one is born since the Lord ultimately knows what is going to happen? Let's say per one's birth reading, one is predicted to be reborn as a human being, can he take to devotional service and go to the spiritual world immediately after his death?

Sorry for so many questions.

Sincerely

Jagannatha Gauranga dasa

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