Alternative healer, Syed Hamraz Ahsan shows how to change the patterns of your birth chart through a simple meditation called Star Therapy.

There is an ancient belief that everything on heaven and earth is connected and influences each other. The Sufis call this 'Unity of Being' (wahdat al wujud). It's an idea which also appears in the bible, and indeed in modern science: a butterfly flapping its wings on one side of the world is said to cause a storm on the other. The Star Therapy meditation is based on this principle. It is a way of using the positive energies of stars to dissolve any limitations or negative influences in your life. So you can improve your experience of life down here on earth through a re-adjustment and revitalisation of your horoscope on a spiritual plane.

For beginners you don't need to know the ins and outs of the planets you were born under. You can simply use the illustration to find out which stars you need to focus on. Alternatively you can do this meditation for general health and happiness without needing to combat a particular problem.

The positions of the stars and planets in the sky at the moment you were born is what makes up your birth chart, also known as the natal horoscope. The vibrations of all the stars (including planets, satellites and fixed stars) and particularly those within our solar system show your personality traits and possible reactions to situations, and possibly even when you'll meet a tall dark handsome stranger. But more than this, your natal chart is the most important indicator of your life-time karma.

All the stars have their own particular energies, both positive and negative, which are reflected in a natal chart. For example, Venus' positive energies represent love, friendship, harmony, sympathy, a social life, an artistic nature etc. However if Venus is sitting in an uncomfortable place in the birth chart or Venus is afflicted (which means if other planets are sitting opposite or at right angles to it in the sky), then it may manifest itself as over-sensitivity, laziness, superficiality, a false self-image, arrogance, indulgence, excessive sexuality, extravagance etc. Using this meditation you can learn to turn such unlovely traits into positive ones.

How to do the meditation

Start the meditation on a Sunday because Sunday is ruled by the Sun, which plays the central role in Star Therapy. Also start during a waxing moon when it's on its emerging journey as this is good for starting anything new. This is a 49 day practice, split into seven day sections to enable you to take time away from the meditation if you need to. You shouldn't however stop in the midst of the seven day cycle as you will have to go back to the beginning of that cycle before you can continue with the meditation. This initial practice is based on seven stars (actually six planets and one satellite, the moon, but let's not quibble).

Make sure you are sitting comfortably and that you won't be disturbed for at least 30 minutes. Get as relaxed as possible. Ensure your spine is straight, either sitting or lying down, and take 11 deep breaths. Close your eyes, Imagine that at your solar plexus, within your body, there is a space. Once you can visualise that, think about the Sun. Imagine that from your crown all the positive energy, orange light and colour of the Sun is coming down through you to your solar plexus. Increase that energy, really visualise it and gather it up. Once it forms a critical mass, it will become a small sun based at the point of your solar plexus.

This internal sun will then be giving energy to your entire body. Feel that energy coursing through you. Imagine that the light from this sun is dissolving your internal complexes, inhibtions and worries. The build up of light and energy should be so great that it begins to come out of your pores and into your aura. Anything dark in your aura is evaporated by this internal light. After this, ask the sun to stay with you forever and thank the sun for being within you. Finish the meditation and rise relaxed and full of energy. You need to do this entire process for seven consecutive days. If, when you're not meditating, you require more energy, imagine a positive vibration from your internal sun giving you power and energy.

The next 'star' you'll need to draw down is the moon. You do the same meditation, this time altering the colour you imagine to the white of the moon. When the energies of the moon are coming down from your crown, imagine that they are flowing into your internal sun. When they mingle, it is not a crash but a relaxed, happy and positive union of colour and energy. When you speak to the moon at the end of the meditation, request that it stay with you forever and thank it as well. The body of light you have in you now contains sun and moon energies. If during the meditation you feel a tickling sensation or shudders, this is a sign that energies are entering you and you should not be alarmed.

You then go through each of the following stars for seven days each, mixing the colours and energies of each star within your internal ball of light. See the list below for the colours of the stars and their respective areas of influence.

The Sun

The Sun governs sunlight and all vital forces that stem from it and flow through the solar system, allowing life to exist.
Colour: Orange
Stones: diamonds, ruby, carbuncle
The Sun signifies power, authority, pride, ambition, will and desire.
Health: it rules the heart, circulation, arteries, eyes, spinal cord and the vital life force.

The Moon

The Moon signifies mothers and women generally. Water and liquid are governed by this star too.
Colour: Silvery white
Stones: moonstone, opals, milk-white stones
The Moon governs feelings, sensations and instincts.
Health: stomach and digestion, bladder, breasts, womb, child-bearing, the female cycle, the nervous system.

Mercury

Mercury signifies schools and places of learning. It governs the intellect and education.
Colour: yellow
Stones: topaz, agate, marble
Mercury rules thought and reason, all intellectual faculties including articulation and communication.
Health: the brain and nervous system, the tongue and organs of speech, hands.

Venus

Venus signifies beauty, love, luxury, wealth and pleasure.
Colour: indigo
Stones: jade, lapis lazuli, beryl
Venus governs the emotions and affections, particularly romantic love. Venus also governs good taste and aesthetics.
Health: throat, kidneys, generative system, indirectly physical beauty.

Mars

Mars signifies war, courage and strength.
Colour: red
Stones: ruby, bloodstone and red jewels
Mars governs strength, courage, bravery, passion, self-reliance and anger.
Health: the external head, the nose and smell, the generative system, the gall bladder, fevers, high temperature, infectious disease, eruptions, burns, scalds, bloodshed, sharp pains.

Jupiter

Jupiter signifies wealth, benevolence, philanthropy and sociabilty.
Colour: blue & purple
Stones: turquoise, amethyst
Jupiter governs harmony, wealth and benevolence. Good nature and a love of order.
Health: feet, thighs, liver, blood, muscles, growth and digestion.

Saturn

Saturn signifies those aspects that relate to the earth, including mountains, hills, caves and even corpses and graves.
Colour: green
Stones: Sapphire, obsidian, garnet
Saturn governs the will and manifests as self-control, patience, reserve, austerity, chastity and practical ability.
Health: bones, teeth, the spleen, diseases brought on by cold, rheumatism, falls, accidents, depression.

After you have successfully completed the 49 days of this meditation, you will have an internal solar system (at your solar plexus) to call upon in times of need. The solar plexus is the seat of your basic self and this constant source of light and energy will enable you to see any situation more clearly and will give you the strength to deal with that situation, resulting in more inner confidence and more control over outer situations. You can continue to use this as your daily meditation to concentrate on a specific element in your life, alternatively you can manifest the energies of all seven planets by imagining the ball radiating all their colours and energies outward throughout your body, giving you a rainbow-coloured aura. If you need the energies of a particular planet, concentrate on its colour and you will find that the energies of the other six stars will help you manifest that particular energy.

To find out more about Star Therapy, you can email Syed Hamraz Ahsan at hamraz@starmeditation.com