Intuition vs. Mathematics

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At 08:51 PM 2/15/04 -0800, Juan wrote:

>

> There Is no correct astrological rate or location or

>zodiac or node or technique or anything? So whats the

>point of doing it if not to discover " correct "

>measures(math)? A very good friend of mine would laugh

>at me when I would talk about charts... She was/is a

> " sensitive " (She disliked being called a psychic) She

>would say why do you do all of that mathematical stuff

>when all you have to do is " feel " it and " see " it. I

>explained to her that the importance of the

>mathematics was to demonstrate and instruct those that

>know math... Those people that build spaceships from

>their understanding of math...

 

Juan,

 

Both these approaches seem to be valid depending on what kind of astrologer

you are. For years I've been using Jyotish programs and have just installed

Solar Fire. Right away it hit me in the face how different the eastern and

western approaches to astrology are. The Jyotish programs are far more

intuitive with a minimum of math figures displayed in the wheels.

 

Solar Fire (and other western programs) have little numbers all over the

place--house cusp degrees and minutes--even TWO sets of house cusp numbers,

numerous very precise ways of progressing charts down to mili-seconds, long

lists based on precise math, etc.

 

Your friend is probably right if she is talking about consulting

astrologers. Math doesn't help much in a counseling situation. But for any

astrologer who is inclinced toward math--who is really interested, for

example, in which ayanamsa works best or which progression method give more

hits, the math is necessary. The math is the scientific side of astrology.

 

It's just as necessary " to demonstrate and instruct " as it is to have good

counseling skills and to be intuitive. We each need to find our

astrological niche. We need both kinds of astrologers. Generally if you're

good at the math, you won't make a really good counseling astrologer and

vice versa.

 

Dr. B.V. Raman, India's most famous astrologer, made amazing predictions in

his younger years. These predictions were often based mainly on intuition.

Yet, near the end of his life he founded a research organization because he

saw the need to tighten up India's casual attitude toward precision in

astrology. (Re: his predictions--if you look closely at the charts he used,

they were often inexact and sometimes outright wrong. And he used an

ayanamsa that very few now believe to be even close to correct.)

 

In India there's a belief that if you call upon psychic forces for your

astrological predictions, your family will be adversely affected. Dr. Raman

lost a beloved son at an early age. This may be why he later stopped making

predictions and concentrated instead on study and research. In India the

psychic forces can be felt everywhere.

 

Therese