Golden Keys to Jyotiṣa: Volume Eighteen

This volume of articles on Vedic Astrology by Marc Boney includes a variety of topics. The first article, The King of Kārakas, is about predicting with Jaimini’s Ātma Kāraka, the planet in the birth chart with the highest degrees in any sign, excluding Rahu and Ketu. In Bad Moon Arising Marc shares his observations about what kind of results ensue when the Moon is in a gaṇḍānta position, the very last degrees of the waters signs, Cancer, Scorpio, or Pisces, or the very early degrees of the fire signs, Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius. The Black Dog is about those factors in a horoscope that show the potential for depressive tendencies within an individual. In Planetary States students will learn about the balādi avasthās of Jyotiṣa, five conditions of planets based on their degrees within a sign which can provide an important clue as to how fully they will give their results. In Vulnerable Planets Marc illustrates the seven ways that a planet can be associated with the ominous 8th house, and thereby take on a potentially unfavorable quality. The last article in this volume is entitled Dots of Destinyand is about predicting with the transits of planets and the importance of qualifying these with the unique Aṣṭakavarga system of Jyotiṣa. View Less