Questions:

• Single mahadasha or single bhukti analysis?

• Readings via telephone?

• No credit card?

• 5-10 Questions can be answered after the reading is completed?

• Answers to many, many more questions available on this page: How Readings Work

Q: Respected Mrs. Lama,

I just loved your site , it is enriching , educative and simple to understand , many inhibitions were cleared . I don't have a Credit Card , I want to know the Vedic Gems I need to wear , how to send payments to you , can you guide please .... I also wish to talk to you before , I send you the payments , hope you don't misunderstand me, will appreciate your revert at the earliest .

Regards and Cheers ,

A: Namaste

Thanks very much for your compliments. I am delighted to know that the materials on www.barbarapijan.com are helping your study of the vidya of Jyotisha.

All of my Jyotisha readings are offered pre-recorded, in MP3 format downloadable from the internet.

Gem recommendations are provided via PDF attachment to email.

I do not offer in-person readings or telephone readings. In fact, I do not usually even answer my telephone! (Except for calls from my children.) This practice is necessary for my own psychic sanctuary. Thanks for your understanding.

• If you are looking for a telephone consultation:

  • my good friend, master teacher, and senior psychic reader John Huddleston in Berkeley California USA offers clairvoyant telephone readings.

  • John's consultation phone = (800) 891-2599.

  Right now, PayPal the only mechanism by which I can accept payments for gem recommendations. I do appreciate that not everyone has a credit card, but unfortunately this is a requirement for my business at the moment.

  I hope that some of the sample gem recommendations offered at www.barbarapijan.com will assist students of the vidya of Jyotisha to learn to make their own decisions about which gems are appropriate for which nativities, and why.

  • Here is a Sample Gem Recommendation Report similar to the one you would receive by ordering the Gem Recommendation Item #3 above.

  Also please consider a very effective alternative to wearing a gemstone, which is "Seva " = "conscious service to others".

  Charitable service = "Seva" can achieve exactly the same goal as gemstones.

  • The regular practice of Seva is ideally targeted to serve those who have one's own problems but in a worse degree of severity (e.g., one who has anxiety of financial problems should serve the truly destitute poor).

  • Seva will quickly amplify one's most compassionate and creative thoughts, and easily produce a more positive material outcome.

  • And Seva is free!

  Thanks again for your compliments, and best wishes.

  Sincerely, Barbara Pijan Lama, Jyotisha

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  Q: Namaste Barbara

  If I choose 2 hour Jyotisha reading, can I ask 5 - 10 question within a year period? and for future year If i have any question how much I have to pay and how many question can I ask? I already received gem recommendation chart from you and I am very happy for this.

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  A: Namaste,

  I am delighted to know that you are enjoying your Jyotisha gemstone recommendation.

  The 5-10 questions requested from the querent will be answered during the 2-hour reading. One follow-up or clarification question, which should be directly related to the issues discussed in the reading, is included in the price of the reading. That follow-up question may be sent to me at any time following the reading. (Even several years afterward is OK, although quite rare!) The answer to that follow-up question is provided via a brief email.

  If a question arises regarding the Jyotisha nativity which is not directly related to the initial reading but which does refer to the charts (including varga) and Vimshottari dasha and that question arises within a year or so following the initial reading, the price for answering that single additional question is found under "item 8  additional questions for those who have completed the 2-hour reading".

  Wishing you success in your Jyotisha studies,

  Sincerely, Barbara Pijan Lama, Jyotisha

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  Q: ... Can you please confirm as to whether it is possible for you to give Rahu dasha analysis as I am going through one. I just wanted to know how much you will charge for this. I have just started Rahu -Jupiter ...

  A:Namaste,

  Yes I do often focus Jyotisha readings on one particular bhukti. A person who is familiar with the details of one's own Vimshottari Dasha and who can formulate specific questions regarding expectations and concerns for the bhukti effects, may derive great benefit from an evaluation of a single period of the lifetime.

  The cost for all initial readings is the same. In the space of 2 hours, I do an extensive analysis of the Jyotisha radix and navamsha nativity, and if the questions require looking into the varga charts, I do that too.

  If the reading is focused on a single bhukti, it is nevertheless absolutely necessary to examine the entire nativity -- since the results of any planetary period are determined by the angular relationship between the period lord (bhukti pati) and the sub-period lord (antaradasha pati). The relationships between all the nava-graha and the bhava lordships must be articulated in order to develop a conclusion as to the predicted effects of interaction within that relationship.

  • I recently did a reading focused entirely on a Ketu bhukti in the mahadasha of Shukra. The client tells me he was very pleased with the insights.

  Typically, I evaluate the spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical effects of each graha, and then consider those effects as they operate in any specific period. Therefore a period which may have unfavorable physical auspice, may indeed offer spiritual achievement. A period which is emotionally exhausting (for example, a Shani bhukti simultaneous with Sade Sati) may indeed result in mental strength and clarity formed in response to the emotional challenge (if for example Budha "filled the vacuum" while Chandra was compromised during the Sade Sati).

  • In the Ketu case, I was able to verify that Ketu was well-supported by other graha. In that favorable setting, even the normal exhaustion and excessive detachment of Shukra/Ketu, where Ketu as the final bhukti of a 20-year mahadasha simply "runs out of gas" - even that great tiredness would not cause the native to lose his bearings in life, lose his property, etc. (all common and natural concerns with the Shukra/Ketu period.)

  I hope this response is helpful. The short answer is that yes, for a client who is generally familiar with the sequence of one's Vimshottari Dasha, to focus on a single Vimshottari period is a good way to structure the reading. To address as many outstanding questions and anxieties about the period as possible, most client questions should be focused on the anticipated results of the planetary period.

  However a full reading is always required to achieve an adequate analysis of any period, long or short, and produce a viable prediction.

  After the initial reading, Annual updates (or every two years or every three years) may be valuable as the mahadasha progresses. Clients often request an update reading at the onset of each new bhukti within the mahadasha period that they are currently working to optimize.

  Wishing you best success in your Jyotisha studies,

  Sincerely, Barbara Pijan Lama

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  Question: How much background information should I provide? I don't want to tell you so much that you figure out who I am from my background info.

  A:

  The amount of detail provided by the client usually covers 2-3 double-spaced typed pages submitted via email (consisting of 5-10 questions). To make better vocabulary choices, I appreciate data timelines that describe a sequence of important life events. Also it helps my analysis to know some background for each of the questions.

  For example

  • if a person asks whether it can be predicted that one will marry during the coming year, it is very helpful for me to know if the native has not yet married or if one has already been married and divorced three times.

  • Also, although I appreciate that this is very private information, if I may be informed whether a pregnancy has occurred (even if it was not carried to term) in any previous non-marriage relationship, that fact can be critically important to the correct counting of the relative bhava to predict a wedding ceremony. Naturally, I treat all readings with confidentiality and pass no moral judgment upon any event, since in the larger scheme all events are produced according to the higher law and it could not be otherwise. For a Jyotishi there is no good and no bad - there are only personalities, expectations, environments and events.

  • If a person already has a medical condition it is crucial to mention that reality when asking about health; otherwise instead of vocabulary targeted to their specific condition (heart, lungs, kidneys etc.) the querent will receive only a general vocabulary of wellness and predisposition to disease among the various lords of bhava-6. Keep in mind that the number of factors that are "readable" in any Jyotisha-mapped environment is classically tallied at 144,000. You will receive a better reading if you disclose the material facts of your environment, because the Jyotishi will be able to select the environmentally appropriate vocabulary.

  Background info helps narrow in on the specific interpretations of the broad terms used in the Jyotisha Sanskrit scriptures. Additional knowledge of the client's material situation is not a trump for a parlor guessing game. It is to make the reading more valuable by using the most specific interpretive vocabulary possible.

  Identity protection:

  Your specific social identity will probably not emerge from the nativity unless you mention your specific job or rank (e.g., "I am presently the chairman of XYZ corporation"). If privacy is important you might want to consider using a false name, but please do not falsify the birth date, time, or place. With false data,  the reading would be useless. I have some high profile clients who use false names for many of their service relationships including with their healthcare providers and of course their astrologer.

  ~~ BPL

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