It is estimated that for 1000 years and longer, ancient and huge Hindu Kingdoms ruled over various parts in Indonesia and South East Asia. This was prior to the arrival of Islam and also prior to "VOC" - the Dutch East India Company, which then continued to colonize and rule for 350 years over Indonesia, until her independence in 1945 (except for a brief stint by the Japs in WW2).
These ancient Kingdoms developed a very unique Hindu & Buddhist culture with a spiritual understanding far different than the standards of today (for example the largest Buddha temple in the world "Borobudur" [
link to en.wikipedia.org (secure)] - has been built in this period). Nowadays sadly, only 1 small island among 18,000 + islands here, is officially practicing this culture and knowledge, which is Bali - the island of the thousand gods and temples.
In this post i would like to introduce a tiny aspect of that culture with its unique astrological system from which "
Kejawen & Primbon" is derived. Even though the country with the most Muslims in the world is Indonesia, "
Kejawen" and to some extend "
Primbon" are such powerful and peaceful philosophies that many Javanese and Indonesian Muslims also adhere to it. Sadly again, Saudi Arabia is pouring huge amounts of money since many years, to radicalize Indonesia towards Wahhabism and to get rid of any traces of other local religions which mixed with the arrival of Islam... but that is another topic in itself (writing this could land me in Jail here actually).
Primbon is a book of Javanese heritage that is oriented towards the relationship between human life and the universe. Primbon serves as a guideline for determining attitude in an action in life. [1] According to the .... primbon is defined as a book containing prophecies, books that collect various Javanese knowledge, contain magic formulas, complex number systems to calculate lucky days, and take care of all kinds of important activities- about "
Primbon" heritage (use translate): [
link to id.wikipedia.org (secure)]
- about "
Kejawen" philosophy (use translate):
[
link to id.wikipedia.org (secure)]
Anyway to get back on topic, specifically, about the "Guardian God" of each person, which is based on the birthday of the person. The aspects of this god corresponds to the character of the person, and also has some effect on many aspects in life, such as money, love, power.
The Hindu Bali (or ancient Java) Calendar is based on Cycles of 30 weeks or 210 days. Each of the 30 weeks corresponds to a "Wuku" of 7 days. Each "Wuku" has a unique Guardian God (among other aspects such as Unique Tree, Animal, type of house, etc etc). Each Guardian God has a different "personality" and the person's luck, character and way of life, born within the unique part "wuku" of the cycle is heavily influenced by his/her corresponding Guardian God.
- about "
Wuku" (use translate) : [
link to id.wikipedia.org (secure)]
- about javanese/ bali hindu calendar: [
link to en.wikipedia.org (secure)]
Do you want to find out about your Guardian God?Browse to this website TBA and enter your birthday in the top section. After clicking "
hitung" (calculate), scroll down to the table and look for the row that starts with "Wuku". Next to it is the name of the "Wuku" and its corresponding Guardian God.
Just look up your "wuku" and Guardian God in the
next post. I am compiling a quick summary explanation taken from various sources, usually taken from ancient texts (referenced at the end of the post) of each of the 30 "Wuku" and the corresponding Guardian God.
Have Fun!
