[Pradeep, Sreenadh OG]
Pradeep:
Many of us have a fairly good grounding in the basic principles of astrology though most of it is not well digested. There is a lot of confusion while attempting to interpret the birth charts or Prasna - correlating all the divisional charts and judging them to arrive at a proper conclusion.
This is a skill many members would be grateful to acquire from the learned and experienced amongst us if charts are discussed systematically and logically with explanation why a particular judgment is arrived at.
We would also be happy if some good books and/or websites are suggested to us to augment our practical knowledge.
Sreenadh:
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Boldly spell out your requests and suggestions sir! Don’t put the wait on others. In a previous mail Pandit Arjunji termed it, “changing hands”. Who are these we? Is there another team around? Be bold and put forward your requests and suggestions. If others are interested for sure they will respond. By the way, learning is an individual process, so normally statements about doubts will have a tone of individuality with them, but discussion is a group process. The relation between the two is that discussion, aids learning. Knowledge or no knowledge, learning or teaching, it is our group - sir, with equal rights to all to express their INVIDUAL opinion. So you can stand straight and ask.
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Many of us have a fairly good grounding in the basic principles of astrology though most of it is not well digested.
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I won’t say that I have a good grounding in the basic principles! But rather would like to say that I am still trying to grasp the essence of the basic principle and still a learner.
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There is a lot of confusion while attempting to interpret the birth charts or Prasna - correlating all the divisional charts and judging them to arrive at a proper conclusion.
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Sir, the problem for me is that I am totally against Divisional charts, I don’t know about others. There is a lot of confusion out there and that is why we are starting at the BASICS and trying to solve at least some. I am and many of us are still kinds and is just playing with the BASICS. Look at the query of Vijayadas pradeep! – He is still playing with the word Navamsa and trying to figure out how it is related to spouse. I don’t know anything about it, and how am I going to say that “I have a good grounding in basic principles”!
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This is a skill many members would be grateful to acquire from the learned and experienced amongst us
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There is no such among us – if some body says he is – then he is NOT! It is just discussion between friends.
Pradeep:
Just to get an idea of judging a horoscope I shall be grateful if the learned members just provide me the guidance about how to go about it from the following example.
“Mars is posited in Pisces lagna whose lord Jupiter is retrograde in cancer and aspects Mercury in 11th house and Venus in 9th house which is hemmed between malefics in 8th House (Sat) and 10th House (Sun and Rahu)”
How does one go about it step by step to arrive at conclusions? Please assume any dasa and bhukti - since my objective is just to get the feel of the art of interpreting a birth chart. Thank you.
Sreenadh:
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Mars is posited in Pisces lagna whose lord Jupiter is retrograde in cancer and aspects Mercury in 11th house and Venus in 9th house which is hemmed between malefics in 8th House (Sat) and 10th House (Sun and Rahu).
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First answer these questions,
1) Mars is posited in Meena (Pi) what will you predict?
2) What will you predict if the Lagna lord is in 5th house?
3) What will you predict if Ju in Cn?
4) What will you predict if Lagna lord is in exaltation?
5) What will you predict if the 10th lord is in 5th?
6) What will you predict if the Karaka for 5th house (Ju) is in 5th ? 7) What will you predict if Me is in 11th house?
8) What will you predict if Me is in Cp?
9) What will you predict if the 8th lord is in 11th?
10) What will you predict if Me is aspected (Drishti) by Ju?
11) What will you predict if Ve is in 9th house?
12) What will you predict if Ve is in Sc?
13) What will you predict if the 3rd lord is in 9th?
14) What will you predict if the 8th lord in 9th?
15) What will you predict if Ve is aspected (Drishti) by Ju?
16) What will you predict if Ve is between 2 malefics?
17) What will you predict if Sa is in Li?
18) What will you predict if Sa is in 8th house?
19) What will you predict if the 12th lord is in 8th house?
20) What will you predict if the 11th lord is in 8th house?
21) What will you predict if Su is in 10th house?
22) What will you predict if Su is in Sg?
23) What will you predict if the 6th lord is in 10th?
24) What will you predict if Ra is in 10th house?
25) What will you predict if Ra is in Sg?
26) What will you predict if Su is with Ra?
27) What will you predict if a good planet is in Vakra (retrograde)?
28) What are the general predictions for Pi lagna or the nature of Pi lagna?
29) What will you predict if Su has Vasi Yoga?
30) What will you predict if Ju in exaltation and Sa in exaltation in mutual Kendra exchange/imparts significance (Paraspara Karakatwa)
31) What will you………
The list seems to be too long? But I should ask some more questions- 32) Do you want us to analyze a whole horoscope?!
33) If genuinely for the purpose of learning how many parameters one is supposed to introduce?!
34) Do you know answer to all the above questions?
35) If so just tell us one answer for each – only that would make it a both sided conversation. So can you give at least a single line answer to each of those questions?
Then I am ready to analyze this data in detail, otherwise not.
36) The whole life is told based on a horoscope – So what is that you really want to ask? Or is it a hit and run method, to make all the others worry.
It is not with any ill intention that I am posting this message - but to direct the genuinely interested individuals to the correct path. Even the questions, should follow some system, if it is intended for a learning process. But if it is discussion between people who already know the answers, then hinting at the idea that needs to be clarified and hinting at the direction of answer would be enough.
[Editor: The thread ended there abruptly – with know answer coming-up to the questions put forward. Even though no new astrological information came up – the importance of having an approach even in asking questions came into lime light with this thread]