Essentials of Medical Astrology [English]

ESSENTIALS OF MEDICAL ASTROLOGY

The Essentials of Medical astrology  is the standard book on Vedic astrology which lays down detailed principles relevant to the analysis of a horoscopic chart, with disease and its various aspects as the main focus of attention. Some of the prominent features of this work are:

·        Standardisation of approach to analysis of a chart related to disease.

·        Use of four vargas, or divisional charts, and two dashas to ensure an accurate assessement  of the chart.

·        Discussion of principles of sound and unsound health.

·        Indications for congenital ailments.

·        An elaborate approach to ensure accurate timing of onset of disease and its outcome.

·        Hints about the possible site of disease as well as the nature of disease using the significations of houses and planets, and the Drekkanas.

·        A detailed account of the principles of Balarishta and Arishta- Bhanga.

·        The use of such subtle principles of Vedic astrology as the twenty- second Drekkana, the sixty- fourth Navamsha, the Sarpa Drekkana and Gulika  or Mandi to decide on the onset and outcome of illness.

·        Classical combinations indicating some of the common ailments, and the scientific approach to application of these principles to actual horoscopic charts.