This Course has been Archived and will be taught anew with more comprehensive tables and calculations as part of the upcoming Parashara’s Formula Course beginning in June 2013. The beginning of this course which covers the basics, will be retitled as Jyotish Building Blocks – that part of the course will be unchanged, so please do study the foundational principles that make up the first part of this course.

How to judge the Bhavas is one of the first things a predictive astrologer will want to do. The Bhavas represent the concrete, existing things in the world. Judging a Bhava allows the astrologer to do two things: The astrologer will be able to see the overall condition of the Bhava and thus inform the client about the lifelong promise of that Bhava. The astrologer will be able to determine with the help of Dasas when the client will have ups and downs, and comings and goings of those things ruled by the Bhavas and so make predictions regarding the future.

First learn the foundational principles required to judge a Bhava:

• Astronomy – One of the Astrologer’s Gurus
• The Rasi and its Purpose
• Local Space
• Planetary War
• Combustion
• Bhava Systems
• Indications of Bhavas
• How to Use Bhavas
• The Three Kinds of Aspects
• Planetary Aspects
• Planetary Relationships
• Dignities & a Planet’s Auspiscious/Inauspiscious Nature
• Saumya & Kruura Grahas
• Indications of Vargas

Then, learn the technique:

• Principles of Bhava Judgment
• Judging Bhavas in Practice
• Judging Bhavas with Vimshottari

Next Steps…
Practice, practice, practice what you have learned in this course, it will serve you well. To better judge a Bhava Lord, in fact, to judge it thouroughly, the next step in your studies should be the Lajjitaadi Avasthas Course. Between the judging Bhavas principles and the Lajjitaadi Avasthas, you will be ready to make predictions – these techniques are the heart of Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra’s predictive principles.