Different Ayanamsas - Part 2

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At 08:21 PM 12/29/03 -0000, Average Man wrote:

 

>2. If the tropical longitude of a planet is known, then simply the

>self-calculated value of the ayanamsa is substracted to get the

>sidereal longitude of the same planet! It means: different values

>of ayanamsa by different schools of sidereal astrology!

 

The ayanamsa isn't exactly 'self-calculated' since there are mathematical

tables for the different ayanamsas.

 

>3. Why isn't there a universally accepted ayanamsa value among

>sidereal astrologers?

 

Because no one has done enough research to prove that one ayanamsa works

better than another. Perhaps Mr. K.N. Rao and his students have done more

research than anyone else, but their methods need further development.

Examples given in TIMING EVENTS THROUGH VIMSHOTTARI DASA deal with the

position of planets in the divisional charts, but each chart is unique and

much more research is needed.

 

Also Rao's books suffer from lack of good English editing. Mr. Rao may be

correct in his approach, but the planets in divisional charts need to be

organized into a system. For example, rather than citing one or two charts

in the death of a parent, 20 or 30 charts are needed (as a beginning) with

the appropriate death pattern showing consistently in the parental chart,

the dwadasamsa. However Mr. Rao and his students are to be commended for

their dedication to study and research. They don't take astrological tenets

for granted.

 

>4. I am concerned that the predictive portion of astrology will be

>affected on account of the different values of the ayanamsa!

 

The predictive portion of astrology as reflected in the dasas is nebulous

at best with or without the 'right' ayanamsa. Often there is as lot of

overlap in the dasas and sub-periods with different ayanamsas.

 

The Fagan-Bradley ayanamsa isn't used for Dasa calculation. Solar returns

(varshaphal charts) are the same with any ayanamsa and seem to be easier to

interpret than dasas and sub-periods.

 

Sincerely,

Therese