Guest guest Posted November 4, 2005 Report Share Posted November 4, 2005 Dear rohini, That was an interesting note. Thak you. Love, Sreenadh "rohiniranjan" <rrgb Thu Nov 3, 2005 6:36 am Re: To all GURUS: Is Interpretation a personal choice? rohinicrystal Offline Send Email Jyothi ji, If my two cents be tolerated and of use to you, I think that astrology is primarily a technical pursuit. There are techniques and the techniques are transferable and teachable and usable by others. If this were not the case, schools and lists of jyotish would not have much of a raison d'etre. Nor would articles and books of this or that astrological technique to be used by all and sundry. Mind you, I am not denying that there is need for discretion, intelligent application and so on which will separate the ordinary technicians (quite useful, by the way!) from the experts and teachers -- perhaps! Medicine starts out very much the same. Initiatlly it is about techniques and material that needs to be memorized and all that still provides a good level of success and one feels accomplished. However, some of the doctors then through their absorption into their work and tapasya and dedication in a sense, reach a different level, a level where the knowledge does not go away but is utilized in a more seamless manner and synthetically and with that special something that gets added to the mix. Patients still die in such hands, and wrong diagnoses do occur but less than a technically inclined intern would commit, maybe the same tapaswi doctor would have when he was an intern! Unlike medicine, despite claims and beliefs -- astrology has less of a technical basis, so most jyotishis are plunged into that realm where technique must meet with that something else. It could be intuition, it could be tapasya, it could be the engagement of the mind at different levels simultaneously. It is almost like a whole brain engagement one may put. The process is difficult to define and describe through words or other left-brained media. Perhaps someone more capable can do a better job than I can in this matter. Going with my premise, when a reading is reverse engineered as happens when we take a complex reading and try to describe and separate the elements that led us to that synthesized conclusion, it is is hard not to miss some of the nuances and even large chunks -- particularly if they were not noted down right away in details or regurgitated right away. I am talking about detailed readings and not snippets we see on lists (no offence intended towards anyone!). Some individuals manage to do this better, the post hoc description of how they arrived at a certain astroconclusion. I have personally seen only two people who could do it really superbly -- PVR Narasimha Rao and Marc Boney. I would however venture to comment that even they must be missing a few things astrological that they considered, consciously or sub-consciously during the original reading! I think one of the members mentioned 'vak siddhi'. Mr. KN Rao has at times written about jyotishmati nadi which gets activated in experienced jyotishis. These types of individuals have paid their dues and what gives most of us headaches in terms of balancing astrological equations and umpteen factors are just sand under their feet. And if the sand shifts a bit, such is the power and spring in their step that they can render that flying jump anyway and hit the predictive bull's eye anyway -- which is what accomplishment in astrology is all about! RR vedic astrology, "jyothi_lakshmi_b" <jyothi_lakshmi_b> wrote: > > Respected Sirs, > > > I happened to read BV Raman's "HOW TO JUDGE HOROSCOPES' > recently (I know it is too late to read as the members of this groups > might have already read the book a number of times.) > > In both the volumes, he had just used the Rasi and Navamsa chart to > interpret the charts. (Over 200 charts had been interpreted). > > I noticed, being such a renowned astrologer how come he never ever took > into account the retrogression of planets while judging the horoscopes. > > What I have come to understand from the various discussions that > appeared in this group is that retrogression of planets has a great > impact on ones life. (I remember the series of threads that used to > appear in this group regarding retrograde planets and their affects on > a person's life.) > > > But why then Shri BV Raman never mentioned about it in his above book?? > > Is it because that retrogression of planets is not at all affecting > a person's life? As a scholar he might have known about retrogression > and its impacts. Isnt it? > > Or is it that BV Raman could interpret charts successfully without > necassarily checking the retrogression of planets? > > I am forced to think as to what all factors should > one "REALLY/CLASSICALLY?" take into account while interpreting a > horoscope. > > Or is it that one can interpret a chart with whatever tools one > knows,irrepective of what is said in classical texts? > (Like very knowledgeable ones -who had gone in-depth, can use > sophisticated tools like D-charts, vargas..etc, less knowledgable ones > ordianry tools, just a rasi chart etc :-)No offense meant to BV Raman > or anybody, pls). > > Or is it that whatever tool you use the prediction should be correct > even if not mentioned in texts? (But now, I think importance is just on > how deep and vast you knwo about the classical texts a > > Really confused... > > I would like to know the respected group members' opinion on this. > > Regards, > Jyothi > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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