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na chorahaaryaM  na cha raajahaaryaM  na bhraatRibhaajyaM na cha bhaarakaari |

vyaye kRite vardhata eva nityam vidyaadhanaM sarvadhanapradhaanaM ||

It cannot be stolen by thieves,

Nor can it be taken away by kings.

It cannot be divided among brothers.

It does not cause a load on your shoulders.

If spent... It indeed always keeps growing. 

The wealth of knowledge

Is the most superior wealth of all!

-- vidyAprasha.nsA at Sanskrit Documents

Jyotisha Topics

The 9 Planets [7 graha plus Rahu-Ketu]

The 12 zodiacal signs [rashi]

The 12 houses [bhava]

The 27 nakshatras [lunar constellations]

Graha & Chakra

Vimshottari Dasha

  • Vimshottari Dasha: Forgiveness & Closure during Final Bhukti of each Mahadasha

  • Vimshottari Dasha: Bad Angles between major timelord & sub-period lord

Upagraha - shadow planets

Varga  - divisional charts

The Four Trines: Dharma Artha Kama Moksha Kshetras

Planetary Combinations (Yogas) - traditional significations, & calculation options

Marriage & Partnership

Divorce & Separation

Children & grandchildren

Mother & Father

Brothers & Sisters

Health & Dis-ease

Leadership & Career

Wealth &Values

Politics & Theatre

Education & Socialization

Spirituality & Religion

Death & ReBirth 

Planetary Gem Remedies

Planetary Bhasman (herbal ash)

Contemporary Astrological Practice Issues - including counseling philosophy & practical psychic steps

 

"There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."

 ~~ Hamlet, I-v, 166

What is Jyotisha?

Divination is the science of symbolic pattern recognition.

Literally, "Jyotisha" is from Jyoti meaning "Light".  

Jyotisha is a vidya or body of partly mystical, partly mathematical knowledge regarding the "lights" of the Sun, Moon, planets, and stars.  

Jyotisha as it is practiced worldwide today, is an ancient prediction system rooted in the scriptures of brilliant Indo-Aryan astronomer & astrologer Vahara Mihira. Jyotisha is often called "Vedic" astrology, although the name may be a misnomer since "vaidik" priests of ancient India actually used a a particular lunar astrology in their rituals which is quite different from the solar Jyotisha we use today.

Nevertheless in my pages you will often read the term "Vedic" used as a blanket term for "scripturally traditional Indian" and referring to a large & extremely diverse lore of ancient (starting circa 1500 BC) and medieval Indian (including south-Asian, Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, and Mediterranean) astrology that far extends beyond the original portfolio of the "vaidik" priesthood.  

Skilled Vedic astrologers, or Jyotishi (daivajna), can evaluate health, wealth, love, marriage, children, career, art, and death by using a series of astrological techniques developed within the ancient Vedic traditions, over the course of the last 25 centuries (at least).

"Re-examine everything that you have been taught. 

Discard anything that is an insult to your soul and begin again."

~~ Walt Whitman

The Real Truth: It's All In There

Every person is creating their own unfolding experience of life, in every moment of every day.

The process by which life experience is generated = projecting stored subconscious images and expectations onto today's reality.

Learn to follow the inner teacher (in-tuition) who is the guide to that massive inventory of thoughts, hopes, dreams, fears, expectations, terrors, aspirations, memories, desires, knowledge, skill, and genius stored in the great warehouse of the subconscious.

You will see the Programming.

You will see the your Path. 

Absolutely no one outside oneself ever has - or ever could have - full access to your truth and your path.

 

"From the moment of birth every human being wants happiness and does not want suffering. 

Neither social conditioning nor education nor ideology affects this. From the very core of our being, we simply desire contentment. 

Therefore, it is important to discover what will bring about the greatest degree of happiness."

-- H. H. Dalai Lama, The Path to Tranquility

Jyotisha *can be* a mirror showing your Path to Enlightenment/Unburdenment

Remember: under no circumstances do things happen "to" one.

Reality is being created by a mechanism of projection of accumulated expectations, many of them fear-driven, upon the blank screen of consciousness.

The privilege to have such a blank screen is indeed a great gift!

The priceless opportunity of a human birth is the privilege to even have:

  • the possibility of learning what's in the inventory (skanda)

  • seeing the cycle of subconscious projection in action 

  • learning to manage it (with compassion and skill)

  • and eventually to unload all of the fear and desire 

    • which provide the fuel that keeps the incarnational recycling machine (samsara) going!

    • that keeps us recycling through endless heavens and hells of "experience"

 

"We are not human beings, having a spiritual experience.

We are spiritual beings, having a human experience."

~~ Pierre Teillard de Chardin

Why the Vedic perspective?

 

The modern Jyotisha philosopher Bepin Behari says: 

"The relevance of Vedic knowledge has greatly increased with the rapid growth of modern science & technology.  

Knowledge of the expanding universe, the development of international communication, and the spread of a materialistic way of life are modern developments that have stimulated insecurity and caused people to lose faith in life.  

The individual human being has become indistinct, having lost his uniqueness.  

Man faces a dilemma in that traditional values no longer satisfy modern emotional and intellectual needs while the human mind has developed to a point where it cannot blindly accept just any philosophy.  

The Vedic concept of life - the identity between the individual and the universe, the possibility of an unlimited growth and expansion of human faculties -- couched as it is in a different symbolism or abstract philosophy, transcends the understanding of most people. 

Unless such inner knowledge can convincingly demonstrated to the inquiring mind, it will not be accepted.  

Yet, with an objective study of the principles of Vedic astrology, it is possible to demonstrate that an individual's personal life, in spite of innumerable frustrations and immense complications, is looked after and guided by natural forces and cosmic intelligence."

~~ Bepin Behari, preface to Myths and Symbols of Vedic Astrology

 

The Twelve Houses (Bhava)

In Brihat Jataka, Varahamihira says, "The nature of the twelve houses commencing with Lagna or the rising sign is thus described:  

  1. The Lagna or the first house governs body

  2. the second house governs relatives

  3. the third house governs brothers

  4. the fourth house governs friends

  5. the fifth house governs sons

  6. the sixth house governs enemies

  7. the seventh house governs wives

  8. the eighth house governs death or terminus vitae

  9. the ninth house governs auspicious qualities & the general state of the moral conditions

  10. the tenth house governs profession, honors, & dignity

  11. the eleventh house governs income & finance

  12. the twelfth house indicates expenditure. 

The sixth, tenth, eleventh, & the third houses are called Upachaya (improving) houses although some authors say that they are not always improving." 

 ---Brihat Jataka, Ch.1 Shloka 15 

House 1 = (ascendant,  lagna)  physical appearance, social personality body image:  vitality, overall temperament, stigma, constitution, basis of material life, 

House 7 = Contracts, agreements, Marriage, partnerships:  first marriage, business partnerships, contracts, genitals, law courts, contracts & agreements

House 2 = Values, money, food, speech:  senses, wealth, death, food, mouth, teeth, face, sight, opinions, second spouse, family of origin, traditions, oral history  

House 8 = Secrets, life-span, emergencies:  taboo sexuality, circumstances of death, healing,  divorce,  inheritance,  insurance, sudden changes 

House 3 = Your Communications, courage, mental health: hands,  writing,  siblings, neighbors, teamwork, business administration, media work, sales, marketing, training

House 9 = ceremonial religion, priests, philosophy, wisdom, moral & spiritual teachers: father, guru, temple, university, liturgy, worship traditions, good fortune, third marriage 

House 4 = Security, roots, home, shelter: mother, parents, kitchen, landed property, vehicles, basic formal education, emotional security, heart. Fourth marriage.

House 10 = Reputation, vocation, profession: career,  prestige, public approval, social position, leadership responsibilities, father's values, hierarchical rank 

House 5 = Creativity, authorship,  children of body, mind, & spirit:  books, art-works, graduate school, theatre, politics, drama, dance, self-expression, romantic love 

House 11 = Community, income, friendships: earnings, salary, friends, income, networks electronic & social, gains & accomplishments,  large groups, social activism 

House 6 = Poverty, exploitation, argumentation & conflict, enemies, disease: servitude, ministries of service, debts,  chronic health conditions, animals/pets, clinical medicine, poisons & drugs, police, indebtedness, divorce.

House 12 = Sanctuary, meditation, losses:  privacy, trance, withdrawal, hospitals, monasteries, ashram, retreats, prisons, pilgrimage, charity, loss of identity, bed pleasures, spying.  clairvoyance
 

The Nine Planets (Graha)

Sanskrit initial syllables for nama-graha - Barbara Pijan Lama, Jyotisha

~~ http://www.nineplanets.org/days.html

Surya-Sun: Divine Love, Reason & Soul 

Chandra-Moon: Ocean of Feelings, Whole Mind 

Kuja-Mars: Animal Body & Competitive Strength

Budha-Mercury: Mentality & Connection

Guru-Jupiter: Children, Expansion, & Wisdom

Shani-Saturn: Karma, Rules, & Structure

Shukra-Venus: Sensual Love & Indulgence

Rahu-Ketu: Detachment & Desire

 

The Nine Planets (Graha)

Surya-Sun: Divine Love, Reason & Soul 

Chandra-Moon: Ocean of Feelings, Whole Mind 

Kuja-Mars: Animal Body & Competitive Strength

Budha-Mercury: Mentality & Connection

Guru-Jupiter: Children, Expansion, & Wisdom

Shani-Saturn: Karma, Rules, & Structure

Shukra-Venus: Sensual Pleasure and Balanced Agreements

Rahu-Ketu: Detachment & Desire

 

All meaning is determined by the method used to derive it.

Twelve Zodiacal Signs (Rashi/Raazi)

Readings for Rashi Lagna & Chandra Lagna

1 Mesha [Aries] 

Kuja lagnesha for Mesha lagna

Vimshottari dasha for Mesha lagna

2 Vrishabha [Taurus]

Vimshottari dasha for Rishabha lagna

3 Mithuna [Gemini]

Vimshottari dasha for Mithuna lagna

4 Karka [Cancer]

Vimshottari dasha for Karka lagna

5 Simha [Leo]

Vimshottari dasha for Simha lagna

6 Kanya [Virgo]

Vimshottari dasha for Kanya lagna

7 Thula [Libra]

Vimshottari dasha for Thula lagna

8 Vrischika [Scorpio]

Vimshottari dasha for Vrischika lagna

9 Dhanus [Sagittarius]

Vimshottari dasha for Dhanau lagna

10 Makara [Capricorn]

Vimshottari dasha for Makara lagna

11 Kumbha [Aquarius]

Vimshottari dasha for Kumbha lagna

12 Meena [Pisces]

Vimshottari dasha for Meena lagna

 

"Hoarding and expenditure, elevation and degradation, meeting and parting, life and death, all are akin. "

~~ Ramayana Ayodhya Kanda Ch. 105.16

Twenty-seven Nakshatra

  1. Asvini

  2. Bharani

  3. Krittika

  4. Rohini

  5. Mrigashira

  6. Ardra

  7. Punarvasu

  8. Pushya

  9. Ashlesha

  1. Magha

  2. Purvaphalguni

  3. Uttaraphalguni

  4. Hasta

  5. Chitra

  6. Swati

  7. Vishakha/Radha

  8. Anuradha

  9. Jyestha

  1. Mula

  2. Purvashadha

  3. Uttarashadha

  4. Shravana

  5. Dhanishtha

  6. Shatabishak / Shatataraka

  7. Purvabhadrapada

  8. Uttarabhadrapada

  9. Revati
 
 
 

"Know that this universe is nothing but a dream bluff of nature, to test your consciousness of immortality."

~~ Paramahamsa Yogananda

Yoga = Planetary Combinations

Karaka = Traditional Significators

Ayanamsha, etc. = Calculation Options

  • Arudha Lagna  [the public's illusory perception]

  • Argala [impact of 2nd,  5th, & 11th from bhava]

  • Guna (subtle properties of reality)

  • Karakamsha

  • Karakatwa (significators of the bhavas) 

  • Karakas [significators of life activities]

Comments on "Guna" and other Marriage Compatibility Assessments

Some of B.V. Raman's 300 Important Yogas

Vimshottari Dasha

 

"He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end."

-- Ecclesiastes, 3:11

Jyotisha Best Practice Guidelines
 

"Wherever we go, whatever we do, self is the sole subject we study and learn."

~~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

All the mystical jargon got your head spinning?  For some sensible answers :) read up on  How to Talk New Age 

Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.

- Carl Jung

The trick is to have positive intention during the dream.

-- Chagdud Rinpoche

Be in the center of your head.

~~ Lewis Bostwick

 

If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.

~~ John 20:23 (New International Version)

Barbara Pijan Lama  

Barbara was educated under Passionist priests of the Immaculate Conception Monastery in Chicago, and the Benedictine nuns at St. Mary's Academy in Nauvoo, Illinois.  

Barbara's formal education includes:

  • B.A. in Philosophy of Religion from Reed College

  • M.A. in History of Religions from the University of Chicago

  • M.A. in Applied Linguistics from Portland State University.

Barbara has offered astrological readings & divinations since 1984.

Barbara's astrology uses traditional Jyotisha techniques from the Sanskrit traditions. Her readings are philosophically influenced by classical Western thought as well as Tibetan Buddhist precepts.

  • Born 24-Aug-1956 in Resurrection Hospital, Chicago IL, at 12:12 p.m. *Central Standard Time* (Illinois births rule, 1956)

Are you a Real Lama?

So many people have asked me this question that it's good to be clear:

I am neither a Tibetan priest (bLama) nor the Peruvian animal (llama). :-)

As you may know, "Lama" is a common family name amongst Sherpa, Tamang, & Tibetan folk in Nepal. Through the auspices of Rahu, I married into the Lama family of Zhung Gompa, Nepal, many years ago. 

This family's lineage traces back to the priestly caste of Kham (far eastern Tibet).  However, they prefer to live in a simple & unassuming fashion, as farmers & working people. 

In this life I am merely "Mrs. Lama". With one child still in school, I use my married name for family ease.

Namaste devanagariYou always say "Namaste".  What does "Namaste" mean?

In Nepal, "Namaste" is a universal greeting which is offered by all castes & ages.  Namaste can be understood to mean, "I recognize your light".  

'Namah' = the holy name of the Light + 'te' = you

Namaste means essentially the same as "hello".  (English "hello" is a form of "halo" or  'I see your light'.)

Here is what Wikipedia says about Namaste.

Compliments and comments:

"The reason I want a reading from you specifically is because your material on your website is so academic and comprehensive. I can't believe what I have learned as a Jyotisha student. You have definitely been given the proper knowledge and you are blessed with Satya. There are very few books out there that compare to your site. I look forward to the reading."

"I am very impressed with your website .... The contents are very elaborate and detailed, indicating the high level of research that should have gone into documenting ... coherently and logically by topics."

"I am only a beginning student of Jyotisha.  I think I have learned more from reading your website than from many books.  I really appreciate your viewpoint and all the helpful case studies."

"I found your website last year (via Google of course) and have learned a lot about Vedic astrology from your website.  I especially appreciate the sensitivity and spiritual perspective with which you write. "

"I was really impressed by and resonated with your insights (and ability to express them so well) on your website... I am thinking maybe I should get a reading from you to see what the ‘true’ picture of my chart is ... or at least get a clearer one so that I really understand what I am dealing with in this lifetime."

"... I also wanted to offer my compliment for your helpful website. ... I am a student of Jyotisha. Unfortunately in my country it is almost impossible to find printed books on Jyotisha ... and I am not having a good luck to find  e-books. ... your case studies are quite helpful for me. Thank you Barbara."

"That is wonderful site! So much to learn! Thanks for your work."

"Respected Madam, Namashkar, 

Thankz ... this is Truly God's Ray of Hope coming thru Generous and Kind Pandits and Astrologers. 

You have been personally very helpful thru your readings, it did give me a good feeling and satisfaction. I have strong believe in God's management and thru astrology i have been able to give hope several times to my friends and family members, and it is bcoz of your practical experience and hard work, the concepts and methods you have used in the very precious and knowledgeable website. 

There are many books of astrology in Market but your contents tell the application techniques, very rarely found in even Good Books. Your Work is The Gift of God to you, and may God give more Grace so that many benefit from you.

Jai Ganesha."

"Dear Barbara, 

Thanks for creating this wonderful site and the loads of insightful knowledge that one can assimilate. I hunger for this stuff and it gives me joy to devour every morsel if it available anywhere. ... 

I wanted to say thanks for this wonderful site and for giving explanations that quench one's soul as it were and give hope. I am sure many admirers of Jyotisha have benefitted from it. ... You are doing a great service to seekers of truth ...

Keep up the good work, I have spent several hours soaking up the knowledge here on your site several times and each time come out with a new understanding. Hope to see more material as updates. If I have your permission, can I mention this link on some of the astro forums that I regularly visit and take part in.

~~ Gratitude and love 

Hi Barbara,

Your site is fabulous! I'm a French Vedic astrologer (it's rare) and I love your rich site! What great work! I am impressed. How long do you have to realize this site ?

... Congratulations!

"Respected Madam,  Namaskar, 

Thankz for the knowledge given by you. I have learnt most of astrology from your golden wisdom site. It has helped me to clearly understand how astrology works and by your precious knowledge I have been able to help many others.

Credit is all your hard work in the form of your site. No books till now I have seen who give such a logical reasoning to astrology as you have given. It's like the planets unfolding their own story of life, the work is not only of knowledge but also very interesting to read. Shri Bepin Behari books are also of same category.  

Hoping to see more of work which will help many more. I simply apply your logic/concepts to understand astrology and it truly works.

 Jai Ganesha."

Dear Ms. Barbara,

I was very honored to see your work on my chart. Thank you so much for your kindness.

I enthusiastically pursue your site for a long time. You are an excellent astrologer with a wonderful web page that introduces the subject excellent.

Furthermore, I will be so happy if I could help a little on my own terms. I am Turkish and live in Turkey. I would be appreciated if I could introduce you here in Turkey to those who are inclined towards astrology, so in this context, I can translate some parts of your pages into Turkish so to add them as a link in Turkish.

While offering my sincere thoughts of myself, again thank you very much for your work and may God bless you..

~~ Best Regards

"... have been reading your website for a quite a while now. Started reading about Vedic Astrology two years ago. Read a lot of books, websites, forums, etc. But you seem to stand out ... 

I am  ... Brahmin. Astrology was something that was scorned at in my family. Had been skeptical about this ... all my life. But your website changed it. Very impressive."

~~ Australia

Namaste! I was much impressed. I got what I expected, a realized, considerate, intuitive grasp of my horoscope. You are well qualified for this service and hope you spend many more years doing it.

~~ Florida

Namaste. Thank you for making your Jyotisha teachings available to all seekers through your website.

My business is based in India but I was educated in Britain, and I travel the world. In my  spare time, I have been studying your pages. Your Jyotisha view of modern personality is most engaging and I feel quite accurate.  

The Jyotisha that has been practiced in my family for generations is IMO badly poisoned with superstitious fear. It is another link in the slave's chain of dark magic and abuse. 

Therefore I am especially happy to see that you promote charitable service to others as a primary Jyotisha remedy. You are helping to bring some bright light into this world, and I thank you.

~~  Mumbai, London, and Dubai)

"The more I read on your site, the more I feel grateful for your help. I have a religious nature and I meditate daily, but am also trained in western science. I am attracted to astrology. I have studied with teachers here in Europe ... but in my culture astrology is seen as a parlor game and very foolish. Anyway it has never given much satisfaction .... always just a hunger, and hope, that some day astrology would "make sense".  

Thanks for your generous materials. The case studies are very helpful .... You seem to possess a rare competence ... please let me know when my reading is complete."

~~ L. S., Copenhagen, Denmark

""Thank you Thank You Thank You" for waking this up for me." 

~~ A. de A., Pacific Palisades, California

"I appreciate your kindness, spirit and teaching abilities. (I read from your website which is practically helpful, enlightening and in some ways empowering too.)

"... First I am expressing my heartly blessing, for the great work of Jyotish, about third sense of Vedas. I am thinking some body helping to world, who is that, and today by luck I find site on google search, I find some thing new, out from genral thinking, and after working from 1982, in this field, like a astrologer, I find a person, having knowledge, like Saraswati (Saraswati is Goddess of Knowledge, and by the Lalkitab the image of Rahu).

The name Barbarapijan Lama, (baar baar aapi jana lama) people re-enter in meditation, meaning is suitable, and words like a Goddess expressing to human kind. I am not perfact in English, and I did not find my date of birth, but by your kind blessing, if some words I find from you it means I have full blessing of Goddess Saraswati. "

Respected Madam, Namaskar,

Again and again I read your website, and every time my heart just pours appreciation for the hard word you have done, the work is incredible...

I am so much touched by the efforts,  can see the pains and endless work of hours you must have done to write for humanity. May God's grace shine always on you.

~~ Jai Ganesha.

Your reading really was quite affirming for me on a number of levels. The most amazing thing is that it really captured the internal psychology quite accurately I would say! 

I am impressed. I was impressed by your website, too. Thanks.

~~ New York

loved your site. appreciate the effort you have taken for spreading the light. may God bless you.

Dear Ms. Lama -- 'Praise and Gratitude for your website' --

Thank you very much for constructing your excellent website !

Wishing you every happiness always !

Hello Barbara - I have been referencing your website for about a year now and must say it is one the most authentic and accurate Vedic Astrology resources on the web or otherwise.

Dear Barbara Thank You...

Thank you for... Your insights Your positivity Your knowledge Your hard work

I am a person who has received above gifts from you through your website. Your website is like this: "If a person comes and asks for a fish, he is taught fishing itself."

Information on your website and your 'personal' presence in your website through your style, tone and insightful writing has helped me understand my horoscope.

Wanted to acknowledge you & your efforts (astrology & website). Please keep the great work going.

I really appreciate the details you have gone into ,with the explanations also with them, and it is with much relief that I now begin to understand so much more about life and my own relationships. 

Yes, nothing is so bad after all, all that one needs is an understanding, of which I am more than willing to give my all. This understanding helps me too along my own spiritual path.

I want you to know that I think all that you wrote and spoke were perfect words for me to take in at this point in time, and I am grateful that you had the courage to speak the truth.

Thank you for your great article on Kuja Dosha. You have explained things very clearly and logically. In fact, your whole website is a great repository of Jyotisha knowledge. These days your website has become a favorite haunt for me, because it not only offers a lot of information about Vedic astrology, but also the right perspective.

Your wisdom is incredible. The words you use to describe the characteristics of the nakshatras are very very true. When I read your descriptions, I can almost completely apply them to the people whose company I have had to suffer all my life.

Thank you very very much for your generosity and free-sharing of your wisdom with us.

I have been reading your website for almost a week now and i am still reading, there is so much information. Can't find these kind of detailed information on Jyotisha  these days online, even if I do find some, they are either limited in knowledge or verbiage (not in terms of present day) and do not cover related scenarios or areas with respect to a particular topic. 

Thanks to you for this, knowledge needs to be shared and thanks for sharing it well.

I am so overwhelmed to see your website .. bundle of knowledge arranged in such a specific way that if one enters will never wish to sign off .... thank you so much that even though am just a curious follower of Jyotisha, it was so enlightening for me to go through your website. Please keep up the good work. May God bless you with Health and wealth ... I could not leave without writing to you ... I am a law student from Kerala, India. Nice to see the analysis of Amritandamayi Devi chart as I do hail from a place near from her Ashram.

I am learning astrology through books and reading various articles published in the web.

I find your web site very good and the way you have put it across is very easy to follow.

Hi Barbara,   Thank you so much for the Reading ...   Very well done! ... Am very grateful.  ...Namaste in the truest sense.

I am just soooo impressed with the information available on your web-site -- it is amazing! Your efforts at bringing the classical interpretations to modern context are really worth praise and I feel must be shared ... I hope the researchers in Jyotish are getting benefit from you.

I just loved your site , it is enriching , educative and simple to understand , many inhibitions were cleared. 

... your wisdom, dedication and amazing ability to communicate just shine through. I have listened to your reading a few times now and I continue to be impressed each time. You have taught me to look at Vedic astrology in a completely new light, provided a road map and have helped me immensely to prepare my mind for whatever happens. 

I also find a very high level of correlation between your life/atma philosophy and what I am beginning to learn through the Gita. Finally there is hope for the jig-saw puzzle pieces to come together.

Thank you, Barbara and thank you for being one of my anchors and guide. I am grateful.

I have been a regular visitor of your Jyotish site for nearly three years now and I am amazed by the sheer amount of energy, time and work you have must have put to achieve this feat of such voluminous writings on Jyotisha. Your passion of Jyotisha is evident from the depth of your writings...

I wanted to thank you so much for your website. I am a student of Vedic astrology, and I have found your site to be an absolute God-send. Your depth and breadth of knowledge is so beautiful. And your language is so clear. I was wondering if you were able to make a hard copy of all the pages in the site, and somehow put them together like a book. I would love to purchase a hard copy. It would be really helpful for me. The site is so vast and wonderful, I think it would be great to have all the information (the way you have expressed it) in a hard copy form. (Or if there is some place that we can access in the site that will allow us to print the whole thing in some order and context? ) Kindly let me know if it can be made available.

A: Thanks so much for your compliments! Numerous readers of the website have requested paper editions, ideally books divided by topic. I wish I had the time to do the necessary editing in order to produce books! Right now my teaching schedule and family life are so demanding that books seem a bit out of reach. The material is here, but the time to re-arrange it in book form? Sometime in the future perhaps! It's a good goal to keep in mind, and I am grateful for your encouragement.

... your articles have been very helpful especially for my understanding of the tricky Rahu-Ketu dynamics ...

"MAY THE MOTHER SARASWATI (GODDESS OF LEARNING) ILLUMINE YOUR MIND SO THAT YOU CONTINUE ON THE GREAT PATH OF DISSEMINATING VEDIC JYOTISHA KNOWLEDGE THAT MAY BEING SOLACE TO MILLIONS ON THIS PLANET."

I have been practicing Jyotish for quite some time now and been doing research on certain less-explored areas in this science.

The content composed by you on your website is highly appreciable. I have a request for you regarding additional content on this subject. The effects of planets in various Nakshatras is one area where there is not much text and research work has not been seen. If you can include this content in your website, it would be fabulous.

I am currently doing some research on the same and would like to invite you to share your opinions on this area of research. Also, if you know some books or online sources with this content of Graha effects due to placement in the 27 constellations, kindly give me the list of such.

Looking forward to receive positive response.

Q: Namaste,

As so many have said before me, your website is most wonder full, Thank you. I am a student of Jyotish since one year and I have a few questions for you. May I ask with whom you studied and where? Do you offer yourself as a tutor or do you teach Jyotish? Purely out of curiosity, where in the world (approximately) are you living? ...

Thank you again for a most informative and wonderful website and sharing of your knowledge. With Love and Light,

A: 

Great "social identity" questions! I'll answer in a public venue, since probably others are interested too. 

  • I am an American woman of Northern European ancestry. As an adult, I married into a family of Nyingma Buddhist lineage. I have stayed in Himalayan Nepal, and traveled throughout India.
  • I live in Portland, Oregon, where I work as a university instructor, a consulting Jyotishi, and a hands-on mom. 
  • I have not studied Jyotisha with any material-plane teachers, and I have no Jyotisha lineage credentials. My divination skills receive considerable "technical support" from the astral plane.
  • I hold BA and MA diplomas in the Study of Religion. (Plus a second MA in Linguistics.) Academic study in religion + language caused me to think about numerous belief systems, to read sacred scriptures from a variety of traditions, and to encounter various priesthoods. This study plus world travel has probably raised my inter-cultural competence.  
  • Also I attended psychic school for several years. Psychic training taught me to validate my intuition. For me, the inner teacher (intuition) serves the role of a traditional guru. Jyotisha requires both extensive, detailed reasoning capability and permission to hear the intuition.
  • Tutoring and teaching Jyotisha might be available in the future, if some nice person would like to organize the business arrangements for me. At the moment, my life schedule is very full.

I consider myself to be an earnest, but definitely international-style, student of Jyotisha. As an American with university research training, I'm not much invested the huge accrual of (largely superstitious) cultural custom which surrounds traditional Jyotisha practice. With every respect for the consolation of  ritual, I nevertheless prefer to cut to the chase, and explore the validity of pure Jyotisha - the vidya itself - by testing public and private nativities against ancient predictive principles. 

As a point of character, I  like to test things! The writings on www.barbarapijan.com serve my need to write out case studies (as time permits). Writing up case studies and "rules" pages, plus relevant quotations from some easily-available Jyotisha authorities/commentators, are my own [western academic] way of organizing the information I need to analyze nativities. The case studies especially help me prove - to myself - that the canonical Jyotisha rules are giving the predicted results. 

Over time, I hope to provide a body of case studies that may be useful in elucidating the simplest level of Jyotisha: Vimshottari dasha and varga confirmations. I publish the studies and my reflections as an offering to other students of the vidya, in case they should find it useful.

Q. Subject: amazing site

Amazing site barbarapijan.com! I found honest predictions here. I'm also an astrologer here in India, in Chandigarh. I like your site so much !! Very good site !!! You have worked so hard. Where have you have learned it from? India? 

A. Namaste,

Thanks very much for your compliments on www.barbarapijan.com . I am delighted to know that you find the materials useful in your study of the vidya of Jyotisha.

In answer to your question, I learned the basic principles of Jyotisha while residing in Nepal. However most of my learning has come from reading books (mainly the classics, plus some great modern commentaries in English, such as B. V. Raman and Bepin Behari). And also, my practice is helped by several decades of reflective meditation upon those basic principles in context of divine goodness and human nature. 

I have always enjoyed Jyotisha, because practice of the vidya requires both reason and intuition to be fully & constantly engaged.

Thanks again for your support.

Best wishes for success in your own astrology practice,

Sincerely, Barbara Pijan Lama, Jyotisha

Q. Dear Madam,

Thank you so much for uploading an extensive collection of vedic astrology notes in your website for many to benefit. I am an Indian studying in Swiss. I am an hobbyist astrologer--who learned astrology from beloved Guru Dr. A.P. Rao. ...

I would like to donate some amount (not much being a student though!) for your project of bringing the Vedic astrology learning material on the web in a lucid and well classified manner. Would it be possible to buy the material in a CD form you?

I appreciate your selfless work again and thanks for helping many to grow in the vast field of Vedic astrology learning!   ...

A. Namaste,

Thanks very much for your compliments on the Jyotisha learning materials at www.barbarapijan.com 

It is a great idea to put some of the website pages on a CD. As of yet,  I am not that organized : )  Readers have also asked me to produce e-books and paper books for purchase. I would be happy to produce the information in those media if I had time! 

Unfortunately my teaching schedule is demanding and it seems like just a dream to get the materials edited & published in other media. (In addition to Jyotisha practice, I teach in a university linguistics dept.)

Thanks for your suggestion. If I ever find time to produce a CD I will certainly let you know! I appreciate your support, and wish you best success in your Jyotisha studies.

Sincerely, Barbara Pijan Lama, Jyotisha

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