In this episode Penny Farrow describes the different limbs of Jyotish and how each measures and gages karma. Topics include the three skandas or major divisions; astronomy, mundane for nations, hora for individuals. There are also six limbs of jyotish which further divide the knowledge of jyotish; observational astronomy (gola), calculations (ganita) , natal astrology (jataka), answering questions (prashna), choosing beginnings (muhurta), and interpretation of omens (nimita).
Also Penny, who is a wonderful and very precise sanskrit scholar, wanted me to mention that kriyamana has the long a on maana not kriyaa. In sanskrit precision is everything!
Penny practices and teaches Jyotisha full-time having been trained primarily under the expert tutelage of Hart deFouw. She is also a teacher and tutor for the American College of Vedic Astrology. Her website is www.vedicchart.com and she can be reached via email at info@vedicchart.com or pennyaf@comcast.net.
