[Jagannath] Clashes Between My Three Gurus

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Pranaam Sanjay,

 

> Your father belongs to the East-India tradition that

> florished in the

> coast of the Bay of Bengal from Bengal to Andhra. That is why

> we (He & I)

> have similar views in so many matters. There are some small

> differences in

> the D-Charts etc as used in Karnataka, Rajasthan etc, but then

> these are not

> exactly important from Parasara's 16 Div-chart perspective and

> do not alter

> the content of basic jyotish. I guess it's OK. To each his own.

 

I wasn't taught this ashtamsa by my father.

 

However, what you said is correct. Overall, I did not have much

clash between the teachings of my three gurus. The only main

clashes in the teachings are:

 

(1) My father taught me that each rasi is a house. If lagna is at

1 deg in Li and Jupiter is at 29 deg in Vi, he still considers

Jupiter to be in 12th. My father told me that this is very very

basic. He said that there is no ambiguity in the teachings of

maharshis in this matter and he told me ignore later day

additions like Sripathi house division etc.

 

Dr. Raman's stand on this is tough to gather from his books, but

he seemed to go with Sripathi's house division method. Though my

father respects Dr. Raman, he told me very confidently that each

rasi is a house.

 

Later, your teachings also matched my father's on this one.

 

(2) My father is thoughly convinced about savana years. In

aharganas, varsha, masa and vara balas of shadbalas, we take

years of 360 days (360 normal days). My father thinks that the

same year should be used in Vimsottari dasa.

 

Those who argue that " 360 days " has no astro-significance will do

well to note that 1 year = 360 normal days (where a new day

starts at a new sunrise) in calculating varsha bala ( " year

strength " ) of shadbalas. Savana years are not without a strong

astro-basis.

 

Now, the teachings of my third Guru - you - suggest 365.2425 day

years. I decided to go with my father's teachings.

 

(3) In prasna (horary), you suggest casting a chart for the

moment when the astrologer answers the question. My father taught

me to cast the chart for the moment when the queror formed the

question in mind. I intend to give a couple of examples for this

approach today or tomorrow.

 

But for a few differences like these, the teachings of my 3 Gurus

do not clash. The good thing is that all my teachers are flexible

and do not take offense if I question them or take a different

stand.

 

Your sishya,

Narasimha