Therese Hamilton wrote:
The only Dasa system that has received timing research is Vimshottari Dasa. Where did the dasa planetary lords come from?? As is true of much of India’s astrology we simply don’t know. How can these be checked? The only research that looks at these planets belongs to K. S. Krishnamurti (and more recently S.P. Khullar’s Kalamsa and Cuspal Interlinks Theory). This is the only micro research I’ve ever seen coming out of India, and the only type of research that can rival even in a small way harmonics research.
It is true , and who has decided that these rulers are right ?
There are so many assertions, that are almost not checked but accepted.
Why are 28 nakshatras in Ashtottari Dasa but in Vimshottari Dasa 27 ?
Why are 8 planets used in Ashtottari Dasa (without Ketu) but 9 planets (including Ketu) in Vimshattori Dasa ?
Many questions but no plausible answers.
Krishnamurti system is based on Placidus house system and it is also controversial whether Placidus system is correct.
For the Krishnamurti system because of sub-sub or sub-sub-sub division must be the birth time very accurate.
Because the birth times are not exact, the birth times may be corrected according to the Krishnamurti system so that everything fits.I mean, you have to be very careful.
How would you even begin to compare these two nakshatra systems even if the software was available?
I'd look out for progressed planets in the events, whether corresponding planets for the event operate on Nakshatra borders,because in two different nakshatra system also the borders are different.
Let's say father got sick in one day.
I would look to see if Jupiter had on that day entered into new Nakshatra, and if so, which Nakshatra system ?
It could also be other people in the family.Then one would have to watch out that planet for which the person is responsible.
The important thing is to start researching.
It could be ,that during the research ,we discover other ways.
Before the small puzzles are not solved, the big puzzles cannot be solved either, so we have to solve one after the other smaller puzzles.Father,mother,sister,brother are the smaller puzzles.Nakshatra and Ayanamsa are big puzzles.
The fact is that if we’re staying with the historical use of the sidereal zodiac (which means India and the East), there aren’t any 28 nakshatras that can be measured. Al Biruni is the very best source we have on India’s astrological use of the nakshatras, and he writes that he never found anyone in India who could recognize the stars of the nakshatras. He also writes that the Indian lunar stations were of unequal length as their making stars are at various distances from each other. (There is on-going debate about which stars mark each of the mansions as they aren't mentioned in ancient texts.)
In my opinion, it is important that we control the statements.
Whether an assertion or astrological text written sooner or later is not important.It doesn't mean, that if it's written earlier, it's more true.
The equal 28 lunar stations came into being during the medieval Arabic period when Persian astrology was becoming wholly tropical. So the equal 28 division of lunar mansions is used only in the tropical zodiac and was never used in India for astrology.
We can't say 28 lunar stations are not correct, because they are not used in India. We must be prepared for surprises.We have to be open to everything and not limit ourselves with new-old, vedic-western discussions and let take the right ,drop the wrong , if we want to do scientific research.
Amen to that! And if no one replicates or tests research that has already been done for peer review...
Of course, I expected at least a few astrologers to test my claims and contact me or write their opinion here on the forum, because the topics I have researched and published are very important and affect many people.
Except one astrologer, no one has ever written whether my claims are true or not.There are of course many reasons for this.
For tropical astrologers, the reason I work sidereally.
For sidereal astrologers it is reason that I work with harmonics.
For the Hamburg School of Astrolgy it is reason that I do sidereal calculations and use harmonics higher than 16.
I am very open to criticism and would also be glad to answer any questions that may arise.
I've started to do this myself. For example, I have two siblings younger than myself who suffer from Alzheimer's disease.
if you have any questions or if you have any points, that are not clear,
you can always ask me publicly or privately.