Scribd is a great source of astrological material, articles, tables, and even full books. If you want to go right to the source texts, you’ll want to read Parashara’s Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra (the basis of much modern practice) and other classic scripture. Narasimha Rao has this excellent book, Vedic Astrology, An Integrated Approach. Definitely worth a read, stuffed with technical Jyotish.
I also totally overquote her here in my posts (hope she doesn’t mind…) I have learned a tremendous amount by scouring her fantastic site. It feels more like how a western astrology book ‘works’, so that could be an advantage to anyone coming from a western astrology background.īarbara Pijan’s site is, in my view, the best single site for Jyotish on the web. which is very useful for the beginning student. I recently had the chance to review William Lavacey’s book, Under a Vedic Sky. It may be more accessible than the other two books, and, unlike them, offers specific interpretations of planets in houses, signs, conjunctions, rulers in houses etc. It’s always good to have a few different perspectives on the same material. Frawley’s book is a bit more digestible in my opinion, but I probably refer to Light on Life more often. Light on Life feels drier and more technical.
I am lucky enough to own both books, and both see constant use. Neither of these is a complete guide to Jyotish, but either would be a fantastic start. Light on Life by Hart de Fouw & Robert Svoboda Of the printed books I’ve read, I would recommend I taught/am teaching myself with a few books, and a lot of internet resources. Personally, I’ve not been able to avail myself of any of them so far, so I cannot make any recommendations. You could always take one of the many courses out there. I’m leaning towards purchasing Kala at some point It has some really useful features that aren’t in Jagannatha Hora. If you’re not totally impoverished, like I am, there are good reasons to invest in one of the following, worth checking out Personally I’ve not felt the need to splash the cash yet, since the free Jagannatha Hora does so much. I am weighing up the commercial offerings. There are several very good commercial software offerings out there. I don’t know about you, but my math is weak and I’m very prone to making calculation errors, and I’d rather spend time reading charts than making them.
You can cast the charts by hand (I’ve done so in the past), but the computers make it so much more convenient and accessible. To avoid typing the same few things over and over, I’ll make a short post here we can all refer to, and save us all some work. I am often asked how to go about learning Jyotish (AKA Indian, Hindu, or Vedic astrology).
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