Nine Planets Artwork Series | Mantra Oracle Cards Prints

All Nine Planets (Vedic Astrology) - Collection from the Mantra Oracle Artwork

9"x12" prints placed in a gold 12"x16" frames with white bevel-cut mat boards.

Envisioned by Jason Adams, the Mantra Oracle collection is a collaboration of artist Lindsay Carron and Adams. As a mantra meditation teacher, Adams created a series of artwork prints to bring the energies of a number of Sanskrit mantras to life. By infusing each oracle card/artwork with the energies of each mantra, they have created an enlivened collection of divination cards and paintings. Each print is produced with the highest quality, to resemble the original artwork with spectacularly vivid clarity and color. Each print is produced with high quality archival inks on archival paper with a Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-4100 Large Format Printer.

Where to display these in your home?
As with vastu shastra & jyotisha (Vedic astrology), each area of the home is ruled by the various planetary energies. So placing planetary yantras or these planetary art pieces in the correct areas of the home can be greatly beneficial towards improving the energetic flow of you home. If possible, here's where to place them:
Northeast corner - Jupiter & Ketu
East - Sun
Southeast - Venus
South - Mars
Southwest - Rahu
West - Saturn
Northwest - Moon
North - Mercury

About each of the Artwork Prints:

Sūrya (Sun)
Mantra: oṃ sūryāya namaḥ
Sun radiates from within his yantra, the petals like rays from his golden skin. He sits within the lotus petals of a golden chariot driven forward with determination and accuracy by seven horses and guided by Aruna. In one hand a lotus, as he is the awakener of the lotus, in another the conch, calling strongly the soul's path, the other spins the discuss of the planets around himself in the solar system, and the final hand is raised in blessing. Rays of his glory extend all the way to the edges of the page.

Candra (Moon)
oṃ candrāya namaḥ
The moon stands calmly inside her yantra, beaming out from her heart. She has a feminine feel, yet it is not overly feminine, keeping with the Hindu tradition. She wears white robes and holds a lotus in one hand, the other raised in a blessing. She is accompanied by her animal vehicle, the deer and stands on a white lotus flower over the waves of the open ocean. Her symbol is the crescent moon which is above her like a halo. Her presence invites us calmly inward.

Kuja (Mars)
oṃ kujāya namaḥ
Mars, another malefic planet, balances Venus and acts as her pole. The two together are sexual potency, cultivating an energy that is massive, and can be a creative force or a destructive one. Mars is young and confident, shown in a crown of battle with his mace and spear, yet stillness is perceived in his action, and he is confident in what he is doing. A beautiful male peacock rests upon his shoulder, the feathers trailing below. The peacock symbolizes the flaunting nature of competition that can get out of hand if not tempered by the balancing of the other planets. His yantra is met on both sides by rams launching into a battle. Direct action is sometimes necessary, and the rams show the willingness and fire of Mars to do what is needed.

Budha (Mercury)
oṃ budhāya namaḥ
Mercury is shown joyful here, showing off his humorous character and lightheartedness. The yantra emerges from his third eye to represent wisdom and intellect. He is in a relaxed meditative pose to demonstrate that this wisdom is accessed internally, and that the key is to clear the mind with practice. He is flanked by two lionesses, the lion being his vehicle. The lioness appears here rather than the lion, presenting a more relaxed and watchful, observant look, instead of fierce. Cattails and grasses surround, connecting him to the earth mother, to Tara, his mother. Finally a bow lies at his feet and an arrow in his lap, his symbol and the symbol for clarity of mind and function.

Guru/Bṛhaspati
oṃ bṛhaspataye namaḥ
Jupiter is solidly built, filled with inner knowledge, welcoming us to our own inner wisdom. He is shown in the middle of the double triangle inside his yantra. He holds a staff, mala beads, and a water pot, with his fourth hand raised in a blessing. He sits on the lush green leaves of the lotus plant, yet appears in levitation, as this gas giant of a planet invokes the lightness of being all gas, and yet the grandness of being the largest planet in our solar system. Swirling all around the deity and his animal vehicle, the elephant, are the gas clouds of Jupiter, including the swirling red eye storm below. Below Jupiter is the cube, a three dimensional rendition of his symbol, the square.

Śukra (Venus)
Mantra: oṃ śukrāya namaḥ
Venus is young, exotic, beautiful, and perfectly connected to the earth. She takes on a more feminine look, rather than masculine, to represent the luscious love present in Venus. Her dreadlocked hair intertwines in an exquisite embrace with the vines that surround her. She leans into her animal vehicle, the white horse, whose mane is tossed by the wind. She holds a water pot and the other hand is raised in blessing. Her yantra rises above her, symbolizing the blissful state of existence when connected to our inner joy.

Śani (Saturn)
oṃ śanaye namaḥ
Saturn takes on the look of a native wisdom keeper, an ancestor. The raven is at his crown and two ravens fly in the sky above him. He holds mala beads in prayer and meditation and focus on spiritual work. The ox takes a position in the background, a simple reminder of discipline. Saturn is the pole of Jupiter, as as Jupiter is expansion, Saturn is contraction. Coming back in and greeting the aspects of self that must be released. He knows so well as Saturn is solitude. His hands beckon us in to see these buried mysteries, his cloak unveiling a body of stars and galaxies unknown before. He is crowned with black raven feathers, the Lord of Death. A raven departs out of the right corner of the piece, a signifier of moving between spaces, of physical and etheric, of life and death. Saturn's yantra is encircled by the rings of the planet itself. He carries a bow and four arrows, four directions, ready to quell the aspects of self that need extinguishing. He is flanked by the ox, his vehicle, also representing the cultivation and discipline of attention. Saturn is our guiding ancestor, our grandfather, our way of knowing death as the ultimate reflection of life and destiny.

Rahu (Lunar North Node)
oṃ rahave namaḥ
Rahu, the North Node of the Moon and the severed head of the demon Swarbhanu rises from his serpent body carrying a sword, a trident, and a shield. The skeleton of the serpent winds around him as a reminder of the process of death and rebirth. His power is convincing, as his vehicle, the lion, emerges from his core. He reminds us that his power can eclipse the Moon, the mind, with shadow, obscurity, and darkness. The moon, eclipsed, is shown around his yantra above his head.

Ketu (Lunar South Node)
oṃ ketave namaḥ
Ketu, the South Node of the Moon, and the severed tail of the demon Swarbhanu, has a thin and winding body and five serpent heads. He is shown with a head out of respect, and is bowed inward, eyes closed, demonstrating the inward nature that can border on alienation, isolation, and lack. His shadow is powerful, powerful enough to eclipse the sun, and the five serpent heads emerge from the eclipsed darkened sun above him. Through the darkness comes liberation, and this is demonstrated in the aerial view over the canyons where he hovers. The heightened view is only achieved by moving through these darker aspects, represented by the nodes of the Moon.