#7 Karma
August 26, 2008
This week Penny Farrow examines the concept of karma and karma phala (the fruit or results of action) and explains how they relate to free will. The she explains how these concepts are seen in our Jyotish birth chart. Are we looking at predestination or fate, when we look at a jyotish chart and what is the difference between karma, free will and superstition?
Penny practices Jyotisha full-time and is also a teacher and tutor for the American College of Vedic Astrology. Her website is www.vedicchart.com and can be reached via email at info@vedicchart.com or Pennyaf@comcast.net
#6 Predicting Relationships
August 12, 2008
Predicting relationships is one of the most demanding tasks that a Jyotishi undertakes on a regular basis. After all, it is something that is central to most people’s life experience. This conversation with Marc Boney focuses on understanding how marriage or significant relationshis are predicted, with a focus on the incredibly accurate techniques of Jaimi astrology.
#5 The Divination Systems of India
August 5, 2008
Indian culture has nourished the integration of the subjective and objective means of knowledge. It is therefore no surprise that there are multiple divination systems – ways of accessing the patterns in nature and applying them to the destiny of man. All are organized around principles that are not easily accessible without cultivation of a Vidya. The common thread of these systems is the notion of omen. This podcasts discusses these divination systems in terms of nimitta or omen and the very concept of divination itself.
Penny Farrow practices Jyotisha full-time and is also a teacher and tutor for the American College of Vedic Astrology. Her website is www.vedicchart.com and can be reached via email at info@vedicchart.com or Pennyaf@comcast.net
#4 The Importance of the Moon
July 23, 2008
Our guest again this week is Anne Beversdorf and we discuss the importance of the Moon in Jyotish. Eastern astrological traditions place a much greater emphasis on the Moon than do western systems. This leads to an interesting examination of the differences between these two astrological traditions.
We explore the importance of the 27 Nakshatras; the vedic constellations that the Moon travels through each month. The nakshatras are used in many different ways in Jyotish; in timing events and as a representative of the mind and the emotions.
Anne’s website is www.stariel.com and her email address is anne@stariel.com.
#3 Sampradaya and Continued Knowledge
July 10, 2008
This podcast presents insights into the importance and flexibility of “sampradaya” as a living tradition for the continuation of knowledge. Together with Penny Farrow, we examine the triangle of teacher and student and text. Jyotish is defined and presented as a “vidya”, a divine deep knowledge; based on discrimination and cultivated judgment. With that in mind, can we call jyotisha a “science”?
Penny has been involved in the study of the Vedic tradition since 1971 and has studied Jyotisha intensely primarily under the expert tutelage of Hart deFouw. For the last five years, she has taught Jyotisha and Sanskrit at the Vedic Vidya Institute in San Rafael. She practices Jyotisha full-time and 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
#2 Astrology, History, and Culture
July 4, 2008
Our guest this week is Anne Beversdorf, a long time astrologer from Austin, Texas who incorporates both eastern and western astrological systems in her practice.
Anne and I discuss astrology, the history of astrological traditions, and the ways in which astrology reflects and influences the cultures that it is a part of.
Anne’s website is www.stariel.com and her email address is anne@stariel.com.
#1 The Value of Tradition
June 21, 2008
Jyotish is one of the great, and most practical aspects of the vedic system because it provides very powerful tools for understanding and improving the nature of our day to day experiences in life.
Our first guest is Penny Farrow who will be discussing these questions:
1) What is meant by Sampradaya?
2) Jyotisha is a Vedanga. What does that mean?
Penny Farrow has a B.S. and M.S. degree from Cornell University in the Biological Sciences and has had extensive career experience as a teacher, researcher and business woman. She has been involved in the study of the Vedic tradition since 1971. She has studied Jyotish intensely primarily under the tutelage of Hart deFouw and is a teacher of Jyotisha and Sanskrit at the Vedic Vidya Institute in San Rafael. She was honored with a certificate from the Institute of Astrology (Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan) in New Delhi for promoting Jyotisha in the USA. She is published author and has been asked to teach Jyotisha as Vedic Heritage at the Arsha Vidya Gurukulam in Saylorsburg, PA.
She practices Jyotisha full-time and is also a teacher and tutor for the American College of Vedic Astrology. Her website is www.vedicchart.com and can be reached via email at info@vedicchart.com or Pennyaf@comcast.net