Halloween day --- Western way of Shradh & Astrological solution to exorcism

Refer to the Scottish phrase “All-Hallows-Even” which means the night before the “All hallow Day” or the evening of all saints. This day is celebrated for honoring many different beliefs like festivals of the dead, paying respect to the goddess of fruits and seeds ,celebrating summer end or celebrating the end of the “lighter half" of the year and beginning of the "darker half", and is also sometimes regarded as the "Celtic New Year".

The main reason of celebrating this day is driven by the belief of ancient Celts people, who thought that border between this world and the other world (the world where the dead go) gets thinner on this day i.e Samhain, allowing spirits (both harmless and harmful) to pass through. The family's ancestors were honored and invited home while harmful spirits were warded off. It is believed that the need to ward off harmful spirits led to the wearing of costumes and masks. Their purpose was to disguise themselves as a harmful spirit and thus avoid harm. In Scotland the spirits were impersonated by young men dressed in white with masked, veiled or blackened faces.

Samhain was also a time to accumulate food supplies and slaughter livestock for winter stores. Bonfires played a large part in the festivities. All other fires were doused and each home lit their hearth from the bonfire. The bones of slaughtered livestock were cast into its flames.

This Halloween day can be equated to the Shradh ceremonies observed by Hindus where loving homage is offered to departed souls of the family members and the departed family member is fondly remembered. The Ancient Hindu scriptures like the Veda and the Purana like the Agni Purana, Vayu Purana the Garud Purans explain the significance of these ceremonies. Shradh is performed every year on the anniversary of the death of the person as per the Hindu calendar (Panchang). Mahalaya shradh is performed during a fortnight called as the “ Pitru paksha” in the month of Ashwin of the Hindu Vikram Samvat.

Shraddh must be performed with faith, devotion and reverence. The son who does not perform Shraddh and Tarpan is an ungrateful son. The sacred scriptures declare: "He who does not perform Shraddh will lead a miserable life and suffer from poverty". The ceremonies performed during Pitr-Paksha have very special effects. According to a legend, the offerings of libations of water-tarpan, arghya etc. to the departed reach the Pitris immediately, due to a boon from Lord Yama (the God of death).

So we can deduce that the Halloween day is the western way of paying respect to the departed and keeping the bad spirits at bay whereas the Shradh ceremony is the eastern way of doing the same thing, but the methodology is entirely different.

We can not help wondering that in spite of living in such a technological and scientifically advanced world, we still some times intuitionally believe in spirits, ghosts and exorcism. Astrologically also we cannot prove the existence of these super natural things. The solution to the entire quiz relating to spirits etc can only related to the placement of moon in one’s horoscope and the amount of affliction it has. If the moon is afflicted with Rahu-Ketu than the belief in these concepts shall be there and also the scare related to it. If the amount of affiliation is more then not only will the individual be affected but also the people living with him. Mind you, it is all in the mind, by the mind and for the mind and nothing else.

So, if it is a belief for fun then be merry, but if the problem has entered your head and it is constantly nagging you, get your horoscope shown. You will definitely find a solution.

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