Will I get astrology into my head?

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Sarvebhyo Gurubhyo namaha.

 

Dandavat pranaams.

 

I'm fully conscious of my unfitness to open my mouth in such a

learned assembly. But still I want to raise an important question.

Over a year ago I developed an interest in astrology, due to my

cousin who was kind enough to give me an introduction to the subject.

Since then I have purchased and read a number of books including

Sanjay ji's Crux of Vedic Astrology, which I found to be very

advanced. So, my condition now is that I have a number of facts

collected in my head with near zero ability to read a horoscope - and

this after a year of effort. I have great respect for astrology. I

have seen with awe some things, which could never have been guessed,

being read from a horoscope.

 

In his book 'My Experiences in Astrology' (and else where too), the

late Dr. B V Raman stresses the importance of intuition in making

correct predictions. He says knowing a lot of techniques is fine, but

intuition is the key. In fact, too heavy a reliance on mathematical

techniques may mar the intuition. Even in his books, he relies almost

solely on the Vimshottari dasa system and on Rasi/Navamsa charts -

without recourse to Jaimini techniques or referring to shadbala etc.

He however doesn't say anything about how to develop intuition -

except to say that practice of 'certain' (he doesn't specify) mantras

will help the process.

 

Additionally, I have also read from his books that Mercury should be

strongly placed to gain knowledge of astrology. He says that Me

should be placed in a quardrant. Or Su/Me conjunction in the second

house.

 

I finally come to the question. Given my horoscope, do I have any

chance of developing this intuition? As you will see, Me is in 12

house in both rasi and navamsa.

 

14/11/1977

Place: Udupi, Karnataka (74 E 23, 13 N 13)

Time: 10:35 am

 

I apologize for the rambling nature of this mail. I will be blessed

by any guidance.

 

Warm regards,

Prashanth