your karma and potentials in three paragraphs or less
Sooo … if you’ve been perusing some of the pages on this website, you may have concluded by now that there’s a lot to this cosmic beastie called life and reality. In particular, your life may still seem a bit of a puzzle at times, eh? Works fine now and then … and suddenly whoa ho, zap, chaos. What gives? Shallow answers beget shallow solutions. Here’s a chance for you to sip some stronger punch for a change. The key finesse needed? A usable way to simplify all the details without totally giving away the house and its many choice goods. Where to begin? A crash course in reality according to Jyotish, the most accurate and successful astrological map on the planet … at least for the last ten thousand years.
One: You span a rainbow of energy levels from physical through emotional and mental and even up further through psychic and spiritual levels. Each level gets a color and so do you. You’re a rainbow! Jyotish (Vedic astrology) touts a model (chart) for all these levels so it proffers sage advice about everything and anything you care to ask about. Modern science (especially the social sciences and physical sciences) aid and abet the Jyotish insights. Your best bet at success follows from consulting multiple experts and not just one. Would you trust your life to the opinion of one doctor? You shouldn’t, not in this day and age of nonstop stress. Right? What’s the winning hand? Here you go:
The rashi chart (D1) and Arudha lagna (AL) (D1 chart rotated to AL) spill all the beans about ordinary concerns. That’s rather basic and cheugy, to say the least as everyone embroils themselves with, and knows about, this stuff. If you need a refresher, check any intro book or website about Vedic astrology. So, the surface level of your life is NOT the place to look for lasting answers. Where, then? Here’s the rub: NOT super deep. Taking an extreme dive in any direction reeks, doesn’t work and gets one branded delulu, for sure. Remember, in the 3D video game of life, tracking down extreme paths definitely lands you out in the sticks on a side quest and far away from the action where you can rack up more points. Okay. Winning ticket, please?
Two: Power and the sweet spot lie in the middle grounds between surface and way deep down. This corresponds to the early stages of the occult realms—the etheric level (bhuva loka) in Hindu thought. Jyotish nails this stretch of the cosmic road with a number of charts. We covered the D3J on the Level 3 Sadhana page. That explains what happens throughout your life and the missions you are on. So, check there for a sense of how fundamentally this etheric level acts: just like a puppeteer pulling your strings. Choice. What’s important here, though, targets another stream: how well do you or do you not tune into what the puppeteer drives you towards? This masterful magician wields all the strength of the universe so best you tag along and slyly fine-tune the vehicle’s direction: as if you could hack into the autopilot of an AI-powered vehicle.
The charts to study? All the standard models related to your heart and emotions and how they tie into the puppeteer’s antics: D16 (true happiness), D20 (connection to a spiritual path or teacher) and D24 (spiritual learning). Together, these concoct a dish for you to relish what real opportunities you have in this life—the fast lanes that place you in the zone and keep you there.
Three: In summary, what’s the plan? Check beneath the hood for your personal shamanic totems and power grid. Once you’ve contacted them, then cruise on with your goals, whatever they may be. There’s no right or wrong in what you pursue. Just try to be ethical and not harm others too much as you reach out for the stars. There’s more, of course, but that’s for later, when you’re ready. Just get happy, first. That is the first step on the spiritual journey.