Astrology for Personal Growth: The True Purpose of Jyotisha

Hari Om Namo Narayana!

Astrology can be used for personal development in the same way that any science or theories of personality analysis can be put to use for personal advancement.

See the point of ‘Jyotisha’ is to light the ‘Jyoti’ within.

That’s why it is a part of the ‘Vedas’.

And the ‘Vedas’ are ‘apurusheya’ i.e. they are considered to have originated somewhere in the astral plane (or another dimension?) and only the knowledge has been passed on to humans.

The beauty of the Sanskrit language is that even if a single ‘maatra’ is off, it will upset the entire ‘shloka’ and the entire flow.

It’s called a ‘check-sum’ system.

And, we can be 100% sure therefore, that ‘Vedic’ knowledge has not be tampered with. It has been passed on generation after generation and what you read today (Guarantees only for the Sanskrit version), is exactly what was being read thousands of years ago.

So therefore, ‘Jyotisha’ was never witchcraft, hocus pocus or ‘entertainment’ as it is being made out to be today.

This was a very serious science meant to help people discover about themselves.

And it’s saddening to see so many people running around with such little knowledge and trying to act like they know everything.

This isn’t that kind of a subject.

You can’t just read the BPHS and say “Oh I know everything!”

That’s just 1%

There’s the ‘Jaimini Sutras’, the ‘Surya Siddhanta’, the ‘Vedas’ themselves and among the many treatises about these subjects such as that of ‘Varamihira’, there’s a different way to look at every aspect.

I mean, you read the ‘Shrimad Bhagawatam’ and you’ll look at things differently.

Read the ‘Shiva Purana’ and voila! Whole new perspective.

Essentially, the more you read about all of these other subjects that most people don’t even think are related directly to astrology, the more you are able to discover new things and crack the code of present things.

For example I try to close all arguments by giving references from the ‘Bhagawad Gita’ and ‘Tantra’.

Why?

Because I’m a Life Coach.

My ideology is that.

I will tell you 1000 things about the stars planets and creation, destruction et all and in the end I will tell you to move your butt and get to work.

(Please forgive me if what I’m about to say sounds like a ‘Holier than thou’ perspective.)

This is the way ‘Jyotisha’ was always meant to be practiced.

It is supposed to help you guide the native and show them the path towards liberation.

For god’s sake it was not meant to be a competition between astrologers around the world and across fields of thought on ‘whose predictions are more accurate’!

C’mon!

When I see a debilitated Sun conjunct Venus in the fourth house, I don’t see the need to predict to the native that this means he will always have trouble at home however it is because of this that he will work more and eventually save more.

No. What good does this serve?

• If I tell the native that you will have to compromise on your values to be able to earn the money the recognition and the accolades that you need.
• That it will be because of your low confidence that eventually you will end up working and achieving a lot.
• That it will be because of your unhappiness in being restricted to home and not having the kind of recognition you want, that you will actually develop your skills and get the kind of gains you want.

If I tell the client these things, these are actually things that help him.

I can make 10 more (general) predictions just by this single placement. I’m not kidding. In fact, let me do so just for illustrative purposes:

1. Shows that the native’s father probably had difficulties in work of some sort when the native was 1 year old.
2. Shows that the native probably dropped an year in college.
3. Shows that the native met his wife because of some financial help that was needed.
4. Shows that the native’s wife probably is a teacher or that the native met his wife through education or some sort of institution.
5. Shows that the native probably bought a car or some sort of conveyance at the age of 23/24. This car or conveyance was probably white in color or possibly red/maroon.
6. Shows that the native likes to keep a safe in the house where they store cash. Storing cash just makes them feel more confident.
7. The native could also have bought a house at the age of 24/27 and/or taken student loans for getting into a prestigious college.
8. The native could work in hotel management, have a home based business or also work in banking.
9. The native’s job involves forging important partnerships and close relationships. The native could be a relationship manager, meditator, concierge or client servicing professional.
10. The native’s family or the native alone, could have left their palatial home or family home to settle elsewhere at the ages of 1,13,18, 25.

Obviously now, these are general predictions. Exact ones will vary depending on the exact placements of other planets in the chart.

Tell me though, if you have this placement, did any of the points from 1–10 help you in any way whatsoever, develop personally?

But, if you read and imbibed those 3 points given in bullets right above this list, that is something that can actually help you grow.

Let’s say then, I looked closely at your ‘nakshatra’ and notice finer patterns, that point out towards your psyche and your mental state in general.

I give you a ‘mantra’ practice for the same.

Then I look deeper at the ‘taara’ placement and give you more inputs wrt how to best express yourself and constructively channel your assertiveness to build healthy self esteem in addition to keeping the peace in relationships.

That’ something that actually helps you grow.

Thing is, it takes more effort and it takes more work.

But that’s the price of growth man.

Discomfort.

I hope this answer helps.

Hari Om Namo Narayana!