Integrative Vedic Astrology Counseling, Level 1

Course Includes:

• Before Your Future - Companion Book to the course

• 25 hours of Video lectures with easy to follow PowerPoint presentations.

• Step by step knowledge of how to read your chart.

• A workbook with exercises for each chapter.

What is Integrated Vedic Astrology Counseling?

• Authentic Vedic Astrology teachings made accessible to 21st-century spiritual seekers and Yogis.

• Introduction to all the foundational principles of Vedic Astrology and Vedic philosophy, with emphasis on counseling rather than prediction.

• Integrating Vedic Sister sciences: Ayurveda and Yoga with Vedic Astrology.

• Integrating Western models of knowledge that support Vedic psychology and philosophy, such as Jung and Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey.

• Weaving both western and eastern mythology and storytelling, as well today’s classic films to deepen our knowledge of life and astrological principles.

• Looking for overlap of Vedic knowledge with present-day scientific understanding of physical, mental, and spiritual problems.

• Intersecting the divine planetary cycles of the Vimshottari Dasha with Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey template to uncover the broad outline of our life’s story.

Why should Vedic Astrology be integrated into Yoga practice & trainings?

Classical Yoga contains vast knowledge of human psychology and puts a great deal of emphasis on mental and spiritual health counseling. While Yoga and Ayurveda offer the remedies, Vedic Astrology, is the primary diagnostic tool of Yoga psychology. Called Jyotish in Sanskrit, or the “eyes of Vedas, it serves as the guide to all the Vedic branches of knowledge because it reveals the hidden dimensions of our psyche, as well as the hidden planetary periods (dashas) of our life’s journey.

Course Outline

Lecture 1: Structure of the Universe and the Mind

• Ten Principles of Integrative Vedic Astrology Counseling (IVAC).

• Who Am I?

• Samskara, deeply embedded paradigms of belief driving our life’s story.

• Behavioral Epigenetic inherited influences on our psyche, health, and behavior.

• The cycle of birth and rebirth and the law of karma, the engine that guides our destiny.

• Shiva/Shakti, the Sun and Moon, as the eternal and perishable aspects of creation, the existence of these symbiotic divergent principles in our body, mind, and spirit.

• Ramayana, the timeless epic that has built the cultural, spiritual, and ethical consciousness of India and South Asia over thousands of years. Lord Rama the highest manifestation of the Sun in our consciousness, the ideal Hero. Sita, the highest manifestation of the Moon in our consciousness, the ideal Hero Support. 

Lecture 2: The Five Elements
Our Physical, Psychological, Spiritual Inclinations

• The practice Dharma can help modify karma at the body, mind, and soul level.

• The Five Elements, their distribution in our body, mind, and soul; their relationship to the Planets,
  Houses, and the Zodiac.

• Four Yogic Goals of Yogic Life: (Purushatra): the drivers of our destiny and how they relate to
  the Planets, Houses, and Zodiac:
  Dharma (Higher Purpose/Meaning), Artha (Certainty/Security), Kama (Pleasure/Connection) and Moksha (Spirituality/Liberation).

• Vedic Astrology intersection with other Vedic Sciences, including Ayurveda and Yoga.

• Mastery of the Five Elements.

Lecture 3: The Mind as Composed of a Team of Rivals, Part 1
Mars, Venus, Jupiter

• The planets as organs of knowledge and archetypes of our Hero’s Journey.

• The planets as forces that exist in nature, as well as the impulses in our mind that make up our personality and as a result our destiny.

• The three Gunas, Planets, and the Triune Brain in Evolution: Reptilian, Paleo-mammalian, and Neo-mammalian.

• Weaving ancient and modern mythological characters, the planets reveal the Hero’s superpowers and his kryptonite and translate to characters like the dragons, villains, friends, and mentors the Hero will encounter on his journey.

• Mars, the war we wage with our enemies, which is ultimately our own ignorance.

• Venus, indispensable “Hero support” that brings joy, balance, and beauty into our life.

• Jupiter, the guides mentors, and supernatural aids, the quality of our inner guidance.

• The body’s physiological processes, including neurotransmitters, gut biome, fight and flight response, and our brain’s established neural networks explain the functioning of the planetary forces in our lives.

• Mahabharata the great Hindu epic battle of good and evil. Bhagavad Gita, Arjuna as Mars, and Krishna as Jupiter.

• Ayurveda, Yoga, Medical Astrology.

Lecture 4: Five Planets, Part 2,
Saturn, Mercury Survival and Strategy
Rahu and Ketu ( A House Divided )

• Saturn, and Mercury, the forces of survival and strategy. Saturn, our soaring spirit held down by the demands of the body, the Hero’s insecurities, obstacles, and obligations.

• Mercury the anti-hero, discriminating, reasoning, conceptual part of the brain, approaching life without bias, especially our own true motivations.

• Rahu and Ketu, forces that disrupt the natural order of life, to create chaos and change that propels our evolution.

• Hanuman, the beloved Hindu deity as Saturn, carrying the burden for Lord Rama. Mercury, the illegitimate child of Emotional intelligence (Moon) and cosmic intelligence (Jupiter).

• The story of the Buddha, as the highest manifestation of Mercury.

• Snakes, eclipses, the elixir of immortality, and the myth of Rahu and Ketu.

• Maya, or simulation hypothesis, the phenomenal world as an illusion. Rahu, the direct line to illusion, and Ketu, the direct line to the source.

• Rahu Ketu, integrating polarities..

Lesson 5: Departure, Initiation and Return:
The Twelve Houses and Zodiac Signs, Part 1

• The Zodiac - a circular framework of the Hero’s Journey.

• The Twelve Houses - the archetypical path of the Hero as described by Joseph Campbell, from the “Call to Adventure” in the First House/Aries and the return of the Hero transformed and transcended in the Twelfth House/Pisces.

• Samkhya Philosophy, Purusha and Prakriti.

• Angular, Trines, and Dhusthana (enemy) Houses.

• Planetary dignities, Exaltation, Own House, Mulatrikona, and Debilitation.

• Physical, mental, spiritual, and social significations of the First, Second, and Third House. First House, the soul’s container or vessel to interact with the world as the “ride” of our life. Second House, primary needs of safety and sustenance. Third House, interactions and exploration that builds dexterity of the mind.

• Physical, mental, spiritual, and social significations of Aries, Taurus, and Gemini. Aries as the “Call to Adventure”, Taurus as “Supernatural Aid”, and Gemini as “Crossing the First Threshold”.
  

Lesson 6 - Departure, Initiation and Return:
The Twelve Houses and Zodiac Signs, Part 2

• Physical, mental, spiritual, and social inclinations of the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth House. Fourth House retreat into the night, which makes the Hero faceless, invisible, and unnoticed. The audacity and muse of the Fifth House and our ishta devata (inspiration). The ordinary Sixth House of routine, ritual, and connection to nature’s rhythms.

• Physical, mental, spiritual, and social inclinations of Cancer, Leo & Virgo. Cancer as “the Belly of the Whale”, Leo as “Road of Trials/Initiation”, and Virgo as the “Meeting with the Goddess”.

• DNA and Karma, Genetic debts, MTFHR Mutations, mental and physical health.

• Dinacharya, Ayurveda daily health protocols, and the Sixth House.
  

Lesson 7 - Departure, Initiation and Return:
The Twelve Houses and Zodiac Signs, Part 3

• Physical, mental, spiritual, and social inclinations of the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth House. Seventh House or the descendant, integration with our opposite. Breaking open in the Eighth House and potential to rise from the ashes. The fortunate Ninth House and our search for meaning and higher cosmic purpose to our existence.

• Physical, mental, spiritual, and social inclinations of Libra, Scorpio & Sagittarius. Libra as the “Atonement with the Father”, Scorpio, “The Ordeal” and Sagittarius as “Magic Flight”.

• Hindu wedding season based on Astrological indications, Mahurta.

• Evolution and completion of the Fire Signs, Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius.

• Sagittarius and the Galactic Center.

• Hellinger’s Family Constellation Therapy, the horoscope as the consciousness of our family at the time of our birth.

• The myth of Sati Savitri, Venus fighting the good fight without losing sight of beauty and justice.

Lesson 8 - Departure, Initiation and Return:
The Twelve Houses and Zodiac Signs, Part 4

• Physical, mental, spiritual, and social indications of the Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth House. Tenth House, the highest point of the ecliptic, social status, and prestige. Eleventh, the fulfillment of desires, and Twelfth the losses that follow.

• Physical, mental, spiritual, and social indications of Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces. Capricorn as “Crossing the Return Threshold”, Aquarius as “Mastery of the Two Worlds” and Pisces as “Freedom to Live”.

• Evolution and completion of the Earth, Air, and Water Signs.

• Duryodhana, the ultimate villain and social climber of the Hindu epic Mahabharata.

• Dopamine, the reward superhighway, and the horoscope.

• The myth of Yudhishter and the Dog, from the Mahabharata. The final journey to the summit of Mount Meru and Enlightenment.
  

Lesson 9: Vimshottari Dasha Planetary Periods and Timeline
Albert Einstein Case Study

• The ancient Vedic algorithms of the 120-Year cycles of the Vimshottari Dasha System forecast our destiny decade by decade, year by year, and month by month. Each individual horoscope contains a general outline and the blueprints of the archetypal focus for this life, as well as the distinct rhythm and timing of the sequence of events. 

• Albert Einstein’s horoscope reveals a mystic, scientist, pacifist, and father of the nuclear bomb.

• Step by step interpretation of Einstein's horoscope and the timeline of events through the Vimshottari Dasha.

• Einstein’s influence on World War II and karma of the world, as shown in his horoscope.

• Planetary Yogas
  

Lesson 10:  Interpreting a Horoscope
Tell Your Story

• Using the content of the course for prediction, guidance, and counseling.

• Witnessing our Myth, striving for the highest manifestation of each House, Sign, and Planet.

• Prediction and Interpretation of each House, Sign, and Planet as auspicious, afflicted, or weak, using Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey template.

• Sample chart reading of Dr. Phil and Carolyn Myss.

• Interpreting your own horoscope and writing your life story.

Please reach out if you have any questions