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Why Astrology Can't Be Mastered 
March 27, 2010 |
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Astrology Diary Archives |
By Vaughn
Paul Manley, M.A.
Last October I had the great privilege of spending two weeks
with K.N.
Rao, my Jyotish guru, who graciously let me pester him with
questions every day for several hours. At one point, I did an
interview with him for the CVA Journal that I will post soon
on this website. During the interview he said, "No single astrologer can answer all questions put to them. It is impossible."
K.N. Rao, October 2009
That struck me as a very honest and humble thing to say by someone
who's so widely respected to be a foremost astrologer in the
world today. It made sense though, since astrologers typically only
develop proficiency in answering questions in a few areas: career,
finances, relationship, health, childbirth, etc.
However, astrology encompasses every aspect of life. What if
a person asks, "I want to get a pet. What kind of pet
is most suited for me?" If the astrologer is lucky,
he may at least know some basics about analyzing pets in a horoscope,
like the 6th house and Venus. But does he know the planetary
combinations representing all the various household pets available?
Unlikely. How many astrologers have the ability to look at a
chart and say, "Your chart says that you're obsessed
with poodles, but they're really not good for you. The best
pet for you is a gerbil!" Are there planetary combinations
that represent all these various creatures? Yes. But an astrologer
won't find many books on them, if any. The astrologer is left
to research it themselves, and study hundreds of charts of pet
owners. This alone could take years, but could result, at least,
in the astrologer becoming knowledgeable in Pet Astrology!
Every conceivable question put to an astrologer is a whole study
in itself: Career Astrology, Financial Astrology, Medical Astrology,
Relationship Astrology, etc. Then there are sub categories within
these major areas. For instance, just under Career Astrology,
there is Legal Astrology with its own sub categories like, Civil
Law Astrology, Family Law Astrology, etc. It goes on and on,
and is endless.
Astrology is as vast as life itself, which is why it can't be
mastered. To master astrology is to become omniscient, all-knowing.
We can only specialize in certain areas and gain some level
of proficiency, but never mastery.
Yogi Bhaskaranandji
K.N. Rao's Jyotish guru Yogi Bhaskaranandji once said:
"Never think that you can ever master astrology. You discover
week after week that there is so much to learn, and there is
so much to re-learn from what you have already learned!"
On my first trip to India in 1992, I studied with R. Santhanam,
the translator of many classic Jyotish texts. The first thing
he said when I entered his house was, "Why are you
here?" I said, "I want to learn Jyotish."
He immediately shook his head and said, "Jyotish is
a vast ocean. No one can master it in one lifetime. It takes
many lifetimes. Even then, there will always be more to learn."
K.N. Rao put it in a similar manner when he said, "Astrology
is a super science with unfathomable depth. No one can ever
master it. It is an ocean which sometimes resembles a rivulet
and sometimes a mighty river in flood, when it actually is a
vast ocean."
Copyright 2010. Vaughn Paul Manley.
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