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Foundations of Jyotisha

The Sun Through the Houses

Sūrya, significator of the self, read through the twelve bhāvas. A course in the classical manner, begun at the beginning.

Taught by Raman Suprajarama

Begin with Part 1 → A new teaching appears each Sunday
A student of Jyotisha drawing a South Indian horoscope chart beside an open almanac, morning sunlight on the page
FoundationalNothing is presumed
Thirteen parts9 published so far
Ten minutes eachComplete in one sitting
WeeklyA new teaching each Sunday

Who this is for

A young student at her desk in early morning light, working through a printed lesson with a notebook
The new studentNothing is presumed. Terms are defined where the tradition first requires them.
The hands of a practising astrologer drawing a South Indian square chart in violet ink beside a palm-leaf manuscript
The practising astrologerThe Sun's significations as the śāstras give them.
An older reader with the magazine in a veranda armchair at dawn, chai beside him
The readerOne teaching a week, complete in itself.

What the course teaches

What the Sun signifies: self, vitality, will, authority.
How each bhāva alters its expression.
How a Sun placement is read, from first principles.
Why the houses mean what they mean.

The thirteen parts