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Light On Vedic Astrology December *Light On Vedic Astrology* Newsletter
In This Issue: December 7, 2004 
•   The Five Foundations of Jyotish
•   Science: The Power of Thoughts
•   December Printable Ephemeris
•   News: India's Spiritual Leader in Crisis
•   Holiday Special: Art Print with Life Reading
•   Namaste and Happy Holidays
The Five Foundations of Jyotish
Namaste Friends,
Over the years I've heard many teachers of jyotish or Vedic astrology talk about what is necessary to practice jyotish successfully. I have been especially influenced by K.N. Rao and Hart DeFouw who are, in my opinion, the two most accomplished teachers today. I realized that it would be helpful to gather a list of these essentials to help students develop a solid foundation.

This is a short version of a much longer article. To read the entire article click below.

There are five essentials:

1) Technical Proficiency:
Jyotish is a science that has its own set of academic requirements. For instance, it requires the memorization of a large body of technical information. There's no way around it. Just like the pianist needs to memorize scales until they become second nature, the jyotishi or astrologer needs technical information at the forefront of his or her awareness when analyzing a chart.

2) Continual Practice:
It's not enough just to memorize technical information - it must be applied over and over to as many charts as possible. No matter how many workshops one attends or theoretical books one reads nothing can replace experience in chart interpretation.

3) Jyotish Guru:
Inevitably while studying jyotish questions arise that can only be answered by someone with more experience. The jyotishi needs a teacher or jyotish guru available for this purpose. A guru is someone who dispels confusion and brings clarity. "Gu" means "darkness" or "ignorance," and "ru" means "one who removes."

4) Spiritual Practice:
Jyotish is a spiritual science that cannot be learned only through technical academic study. At some point in one's development the jyotishi needs to combine both intuition and intellect in order to interpret the symbolic language of astrology correctly. Intuition is developed through spiritual practices.

5) Ethical Orientation:
The jyotishi can experience inner light while doing spiritual practices but if his or her actions are not ethical then the clarity of mind suffers. Jyotish was brought forth by great sages for the welfare and benefit of humanity. When the jyotishi has the same attitude, and their primary motivation is to benefit others, then he or she can be the most effective. The Dalai Lama says, "The key to ethical behavior is the concern for the welfare of others."

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December Printable Ephemeris
Here's this months printable ephemeris. This gives you everything you need in order to see exactly where the planets are on any day of the month so that you can follow the transits in your own or oher people's charts.

PLANETARY INFO:

FULL MOON (Purnima):
Dec 26 3:07 pm GMT
Dec 26 10:07 am EST

NEW MOON (Amavasya):
Dec 12 1:30 am GMT
Dec 11 8:30 pm EST

Mercury Retrograde
Dec 1-20

December 21st
Winter Solstice
Winter Begins 7:43 am EST
Shortest day of the year

Holiday Special: Art Print with Life Reading
We're offering a special between December 14th and January 15th. If you purchase a life reading and mention this newsletter special you can choose from one of six latest and best selling watercolor prints from Eleykaa, Vaughn Paul's fiancee. The print comes fully matted in a standard 8" x 10" size. Shipping included ($25 value).

Science: The Power of Thoughts
In recent years a Japanese scientist Dr. Masaru Emoto has discovered that our thoughts are so powerful that they actually effect the molecular structure of water. Dr. Emoto's research has made international news and his books entitled "The Hidden Messages of Water" have sold over 1/2 a million copies.

Essentially, Dr. Emoto captured water's 'expressions.' He developed a technique using a very powerful microscope in a very cold room along with high-speed photography, to photograph newly formed crystals of frozen water samples.

By producing different focused intentions through written and spoken words and music and literally presenting it to the same water samples, the water appears to "change its expression". For instance, when loving thoughts were presented to the water it formed beautiful crystal patterns. On the other hand, when hateful thoughts were presented it didn't form crystals and looked more like a mass of mud.

The implications of Dr. Emoto's work is immense because it proves that our thoughts literally affect physical reality. I highly recommend buying one of his books. The visuals of the water crystals are stunningly beautiful. Read more - www.whatthebleep.com/crystals

News: India's Spiritual Leader in Crisis
On of the evening of November 11th the Shankaracarya of Kanchi Peeth, Sri Jayendra Saraswati, one of the most respected Hindu spiritual leaders was arrested and jailed on suspicions of implication in the murder of a former devotee, A. Sankararaman, 52, in September.

There have been public protests by many respected holy men and Hindu nationalist as well as staged fasts and sit-ins, while the nation has been startled by the news. Many conjecture that the seer, 71, was a victim of a conspiracy by anti-Hindu politicians, and government officials coveting the spiritual institution's abundant assets.

The link below takes you to K.N. Rao's website where he's written a detailed analysis of the Shankaracharya's birth chart. Read K.N. Rao's chart analysis of the Shankaracharya - www.journalofastrology.com/ARTICLES/shankaracharya.htm

Namaste and Happy Holidays
Wishing you a Happy Holidays and a Blessed New Year!

Thank you for reading this newsletter. I enjoyed sharing it with you. If you want to share this with friends please feel free to do so. To forward this you can click on the "Forward" link below. If you have any comments I'd love to hear from you.

Namaste,

Vaughn Paul Manley, M.A.

(808) 573-6577
vaughnpaul@yahoo.com

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