Learn Jaimini Jyotisha!

Course Description:

This course will give students a very thorough, systematic understanding and strong foundation in all the essential interpretive concepts of Jaimini, as given in Maharishi Jaimini's legendary Upadesha Sutras.

The course delivery model consists of a combination of video presentation, extensive written material and online webinars. Each week students will receive a lesson in the form of a one-hour video presentation, along with written material that fully articulates all the learning points with the example charts used to illustrate these. This will be followed by a live, online webinar each week to further clarify and illustrate the learning, and to provide an opportunity for question and answer. The webinars will take place on Sundays at 7:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time (-7). These webinars will be conducted using the video conferencing software, Zoom, and will be recorded for distribution subsequently.

In total student will receive:

• 8 hours of video presentation
• 300 pages of written material, including an original translation and commentary on a portion of the Jaimini Sutras
• 8 hours of interactive online instruction via webinars

Students will also have the option of participating in a closed Facebook group for weekly discussions and exercises aimed at solidifying learning. There will also be an optional final examination that gives students an opportunity to test their knowledge. At the end of the course all participants will receive a certificate of completion.

You Will Learn:

• Special karakas based on degrees of planets, and how they are used in natal chart analysis and prediction
• Sign aspects
• Argula, a very unique but often misunderstood interpretive principle in Jaimini
• Padas and their use in prediction
• Special lagnas such as karakamsha, swamsha, and arudha
• Jaimini's Chara Dasha as calculated by K.N. Rao, and a systematic methodology for utilizing it
• Jaimini Raja, Dhana, and Arishta Yogas
• Jaimini methods for predicting such important life events, as career rise, marriage, birth of children, and more.
• The use of K.N Rao's "composite technique" for improving predictive accuracy in timing events by combining both Jaimini and Parashari methods.

View this 15 minute introductory video to learn more about the Jaimini system of Jyotisha.

For those who have mastered the basics of Jaimini-style chart analysis, this 8 weeks course is designed to take students a step further and expand their interpretive and predictive repertoire.

You Will Learn:

• The concept of "yogada" planets and their formation in Jaimini raja yogas
• Unique Jaimini methods for determining strength of planets and signs/houses
• Effects of planets from karakamsha and arudha lagnas
• Advance use of Chara Dasha
• Nirayana Shoola Dasha specifically for seeing misfortune
• Mandook Dasha for charts with four or more planets in angle houses
• Special Jaimini navamsha dasha

In total students will receive:

8 hours of video presentation
12 hours of interactive online instruction via webinars
Over 200 pages of written material, including an original translation and commentary on a portion of the Jaimini Sutras

Advanced Studies in Jaimini

This 8-week course is designed to deepen and expand students' predictive proficiency in this unique system of astrology through instruction in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th parts of the 1st chapter of Maharishi's Jaimini's Upadesha Sutras.

You Will Learn:

• Effects of planets from pada lagna and assessing the career pattern from this point.
• Assessing karmic potentials in spousal and family relationships using upapada lagna.
• The application of Jaimini's sign-based dashas to divisional charts.
• More on the use of yogadas in prediction.
• More on the effects of planets from karakamsha/swamsha lagna.
• Timing major life events including educational achievement, purchase of a home and real estate, periods of spiritual initiation, potential times of marital estrangement, and more.

You Will Receive:

12 hours of interactive instruction via webinars
Fully articulated written lessons, including original translation and commentary with illustrations of padas 2, 3, and 4 of the 1st adhyaya of Maharishi Jaimini's Upadesha Sutra.

Course Delivery Model:

The course delivery model will consist of weekly webinars and extensive written material. The written material will contain original translation and commentary with illustrations on relevant Jaimini sutras.

Webinars will be one and a half hours in length and will be conducted in a lively, interactive manner using the video conferencing software, Zoom. Each session will be recorded and subsequently distributed to participants. Students will also have the option of participating in a closed Facebook group for weekly discussions and exercises aimed at solidifying learning.