Level 3 advances the curriculum into the deeper and more specialised doctrine of classical Vedic astrology (Jyotiṣa) — the third of a four-level programme. Across all twenty-one streams it takes up divine cosmology, advanced calculation, the symbolism of the Grahas and Rāśis, the full nakṣatra treatment, higher house and kāraka doctrine, further divisional charts, the major yoga systems, the complete Ṣaḍbala, longevity and rāśi daśās, Bhṛgu transits, Aṣṭamaṅgala praśna, and the ethics of the practitioner — carried alongside a deepening practice track. The curriculum follows the classical tradition, whose principal reference is the Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra.
Curriculum
- 21 Sections
- 52 Lessons
- 10 Weeks
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- Module 1 — Sṛṣṭi Kāraṇa & Brahma VidyāThe cosmological stream turns to the divine incarnations (avatāra) — full and partial — and their relation to Yuga, Aṁśa, Iṣṭa and Dharma.3
- Module 2 — GaṇitaFurther calculation of the daśās and of the rāśis, consolidating the computational skill.2
- Module 3 — GrahaThe symbolism of the planets, the Graha Kālādiga (directional/temporal scheme), and the calculation of eclipses and their cycles.3
- Module 4 — RāśiThe derivation of the rāśis and the Dvādaśa Āditya (the twelve solar forms).2
- Module 5 — NakṣatraA full descriptive treatment of the 27/28 nakṣatras, the Janma nakṣatra and the individual nakṣatra descriptions.3
- Module 6 — BhāvaAdvanced house doctrine: the Catur Āyana scheme, Kendrādhipatya Doṣa (the blemish of angle-lordship for benefics), and the Māraṇa Kāraka Sthāna.3
- Module 7 — Bhāva AssessmentJudgment through navāṁśa and nakṣatra dispositors, and an introduction to Argala (the intervention/lock of one house upon another).2
- Module 8 — KārakaKārakāṁśa in depth, the cāra kāraka replacement rule, and the Kāraka Kendrādi Daśā (KCD).3
- Module 9 — Viśeṣa LagnaFurther special lagnas — Varṇada Lagna, Prāṇapada Lagna, Lagnāṁśaka, Kāraka Lagna — and the results of the other Upagrahas.4
- Module 10 — VargaMore divisional charts — D7 (children), D16 (vehicles/comforts), D20 (spiritual practice), D24 (education) — and dignity within the aṁśas (Aṁśa dignities).4
- Module 11 — YogaThe Vividha (miscellaneous) yogas (BPHS ch. 36), Rāja-sambandha yogas, and the Mahā Puruṣa yogas.3
- Module 12 — BalaThe first source of strength completed, and the full Ṣaḍbala computation.2
- Module 13 — AvasthāThe Lajjitādi avasthās — the states of shame, pride and the like.1
- Module 14 — ĀyurLongevity through Mṛtyupada and the longevity daśās — Brahma daśā, Sthira daśā and Yogārdha daśā.4
- Module 15 — DaśāThe sign-based (rāśi) daśās — Nārāyaṇa, Cārādhi and others.3
- Module 16 — GocaraThe foundations of Bhṛgu gocara (the Bhṛgu transit method).1
- Module 17 — PraśnaAṣṭamaṅgala praśna — the classical eightfold auspicious horary method.1
- Module 18 — MuhūrtaPañcāṅga Śuddhi — the purification/qualification of the five limbs for electing a time.1
- Module 19 — AṣṭakavargaThe Vāstu and predictive applications of Aṣṭakavarga.2
- Module 20 — Special TopicsThe ethics and qualifications of the Jyotiṣī — the character and standards required of the practitioner.2
- Module 21 — Spiritual Practices of Jyotiṣa — Level 3Practice continues with prāṇāyāma, āsana and dhāraṇā, pūjā, mudrā, and the Level 3 mantra practice.3
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