Hi Lis, those are indeed very difficult placements, having astrology to make sense of it is very healing, I think, I'm glad you found the time of birt...

@mitryendra80 Hi! Yes, you can use gems for vargas. A good strategy is to begin with the most important planet for the varga (Moon in D2, Mars in D...

@ernst I'm curious as to why we have to worship the deity and not the planet itself? Would it not work if we chanted a mantra to the Sun instead of Sh...

Thank you so much Ernst.

@kam I think what you're describing is due to Mars being starved in Virgo in the lagna. Virgo is our discriminating capacity, to know when things work...

@kam hi! being articulate is not the 3rd house, it's Mercury. The 3rd house is "vikram" which is like raw power, which for humans is mental prowess, b...

@ernst oh ok thank you! I love the nabhasa akriti yogas. For other yogas, is the course "Parashara's Formula for Yoga Judgment" the best place to le...

@mitryendra80 I don't know which style is best, I haven't read Ernst recommending one in particular. I like the ones Ryan Kurzack has on his youtube...

@mitryendra80 Ernst said that washing the gemstone with water and chanting the mantra (108 times) for the planet the gemstone is for was enough as a c...

@brooke Thank you Brooke! sorry for the super late reply. I thought this account was not working for me anymore, so I hadn't logged in. It's funny ...

@mona Mars in Cancer is a strange placement because Mars is DB, which hurts Cancer and Moon like things like getting one's needs met. But Ernst doesn'...