TIPS FOR THE JYOTISHI

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ANCIENT INDIAN ASTROLOGY
EYE OF THE VEDAS
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BY VENO
1.Without understanding nakshatras one will never see the chart properly. Observing sign placements
is too general. There is a vast difference between nakshatras in same signs. Nakshatras and their
dispositors indicate where the journey is taking the person.
2.Ancient knowledge relied on oral transmission between guru and disciple. In Kaliyuga there is a
reliance on books. Books will not replace the presence of a living teacher. If one has fully awakened
their kundalini, genuine knowledge can be accessed through one's own being. When the jyotish vidya
lives inside one without dependance on books, one has graduated as a jyotishi.
3.Ganesh is the presiding guardian of jyotish or astrology and is to be worshipped by astrologers.
Ganesh is also ruling the muladhara chakra showing the importance between kundalini awakening and
development in proficiency at jyotish. A jyotishi who relies solely on mental acumen, is not a graduate
in the science. One cannot impart sacred knowledge unless they are in tune with their own sacred
connection to divine.
4.No knowledge and no spiritual awareness can be reached without humility.No complicated
techniques are required to read a chart perfectly. Humility to divine is what is required to be good at
jyotish.
5.Varga charts are given alot of attention these days. The rasi chart itself can take a lifetime of practice
to read properly, so there is no need to dabble in vargas unless one is thorough with the natal chart.
6.Many transit enthusiasts give bad rap to planets passing through their debilitation signs even when
retrograde. Most ancients agree that debilitated retrograde can give some opposite results almost like
its exaltation placement, so is a good thing to pay attention to when observing transits.
7.Things cannot be looked at in isolation in the chart. Just as one cannot really see a person if they
just look at an elbow, one cannot give conclusions in the chart based on a single planet. Conclusions
about individual effects can only be given after looking at the portrait in its entirety.
8.Vedic astrologers are likely to have limitations in their abilities to read the chart in today's age. In
ancient civilizations in more advanced age, a king required a score of astrologers to study one event
alone or predict a single outcome with real precision. Today, clients should not place unrealistic
expectations on the astrologer's ability, nor should astrologers place unrealistic expectations on
themselves. Humility and a brahminical approach to life and practice will safe guard astrologers in
today's climate, and at least the quality of their work.
9.Some astrologers criticize other astrologers for naming a fee for their work and not just asking for
donations.In today's age, there is a lack of universal sense amongst people generally so there is no
point expecting the donation to be given appropriately alot of times. One is ready to pay a doctor $100
for writing a prescription for the common cold, or a high class model $2000 for walking 10 metres
across a carpet a few times. A good jyotish reading has no price attached to it. To peer into the soul
destiny of another human being is a priceless artform. The types of fees astrologers in modern day are
charging for their work, is always a donation and cannot be considered otherwise.
10.A natal counselling jyotishi needs power of advisory talent (5th house, jupiter), ability to see (2nd
house), patterns in logical manner ( mars and mercury), communication skill (3rd house, mercury),
natural talent (moon rules jyotish), higher or intuitive energies working into the equation (ketu, 9th
house,8th house, 12th house involvement) and 7th house (ability to relate to others on one to one).
Combinations involving these factors are hard to list individually because combinations can be infinite
given the uniqueness of human beings, but these parts of the horoscope combine to produce
astrological talent, merit, proficiency. When the 5th house, its lord or 2nd house and lord are involved in
inimical or debilitated aspects, it indicates problem with jyotishi's seeing or advisory proficiency. Even if
a jyotishi does not have trouble free predictive or visionary skills (say some imperfections with 2nd
house, mercury, mars), at least a quality 5th house/7th house combination will encourage one to give
advice which is not detrimental to the client. Finally it is that advice, impression which the client will
retain from their reading and follow as guidance, which is the most important part of it.
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