On Prasna, or Vedic Horary Astrology - Comments?

April 26, 2005

3:23 PM 4/26/05 Tue

In the years since I was first indtroduced to Vedic Astrology, May

1998, I have studied mainly natal horoscope applications. This is due

mainly to the fact that I have not been able to gain access to a wide

degree of the literature available on Prasna, as I have on Jatak, or

Natal Astrology.

Moreover, it seems that there are as many different approaches to

Prasna as there are different approaches to Vedic Astrology itself.

Of the books I have read, I have found such varied and different

approaches coming from B.V. Raman (who's methods closely mirror

Western Horary), Krishnamurti (who seemed to advocate using a number

method and applying it to the naksatra rising at the time of

question), VK Choudry's " System's Approach " method, which seems to

focus on his 6, 8 and 12 House functional malefic system, along with

Ketu, whom he considers to be more malefic than Rahu) and Hart deFouw

(who, in the book " Hindu Astrology Lessons " advocates a " four

cornerstone approach " where the angles of the chart are focused on in

terms of the various questions that are asked and are to be answered.

No doubt these are but a few of the methods that can be and most

likely are employed by Vedic astrologers worldwide and especially in

India.

Because I love horary so much I would really love to learn more about

how some of the readers actually use prasna; perhaps I can pick up on

some really good hard and fast rules. In particular I'm very

interested in learning the more " Vedic " principles instead of merely

aping the Western methods (no disrespect to the great William Lilly);

I guess I'm something of a purist at heart.

Right now I'm finding that the method advocated by deFouw seems to

work best but I'm still seeking and learning.

Any ideas or input on this?

Thanks

Salaam,

Mu

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