While Prasanna ji was very kind in her post which I am responding to, where she pointed towards a few recent articles the following is what I would sincerely recommend to beginners with the oft-repeated CAVEAT. None or even all of these will not make you an accomplished jyotishi or predictor and more hard work and constant practice will be involved!

The farther away you move from the original words that form the basis of jyotish, the more you would risk becoming influenced with interpretations and understanding of whoever tried to interpret things for you (all translations suffer that glitch and scotomata).

There is hope, if you are sincere and not easily stressed out or get upset

Read the following books:

Brihat Parashara Hora Sastra
Phaldeepika
Uttarkalamrita
Muhurta Chintamani
Laghu/Madhya Parashari
Chandra kala Nadi (Devakeralam)
Bhavratnakara
Brihat jataja (and samhita if you are brave and into things mundane)


And as you absorb these, do not get into the mindset that you are sitting at the feet of Gangotri and all shall be revealed unto you!

Try to see what you read and learn in charts and lives that you must collect and acquire (internet helps). This part must be done critically and rationally and wisely.

Do read but not religiously what modern book and article writers write for free or profit giving ten line excerpts of lives and horoscopes that take a LIFETIME to unfold!

Like medical education, astrology can at times get too clinical and capsulated and morbid! Despite all the pressures no doctor should ever ignore that while lives can be summarized in a page or two they can only be lived over a lifetime. A similar consideration must ALWAYS be given to the nativities who under the guise of seeking help from us, are really sent to us so that we could LEARN!

It is very similar to being a parent! Who teaches whom? The child or the parent? Depends on who is really paying attention and as Rhutobello the wise grandpa rightly asked, "whose shield is down?"

Kaun seekhaygaa jyotish?

thank u very much rrji, it is nice to see ur reply, it proves that u really care for others, that too , by giving various materials , u have encouraged me to go deep into this field.

I alrady follow the books of sage aghasthiyas, all naadi jothish sootras regarding all lagnas, varahamihiras brihathjathaka suthras, super sidha sri Pulipaaniji who is the followe of great sri Bohar siddha, these sidhass are very famous in south indian astrolgy, more than 500 principles are writen by sri pulipaniji, i love to read them all, thy were all in poetic version of tamil, each and every priciples are given in one stanza

I will try to read the books u have given above, i thank u on behalf of beginners in this field, i too would like to take part in medical astrology field, i know ,no doctor can cure any diesease how tallented he may be, we see doctors saying ,everything is left on hands of God.This proves that our poorvakarmas plays vital role at this crucial times , we wounder when miracles happen, i saw many miracles in my dads real life, those days i do not know anything about astrology, but i saw my grandpa saying that this period is good to  my mom,and told my mom,if my dad undergo heart operation during this particlar period chances are bright for his survival , and that really happened and he survived for another 15 years. My grandpa's  (my mothers father)quote was on the basis of My mothers manglaya bhagya, he said it is srong during that particular time  and my dad accepted for open heart surgery having faith on joyothis.During that time i was only 18 years old. From those days i wanted to learn astrology , but i think this is the rite time for me to learn certain things and it is my fortune that i am able to see this mystic forum and i am proud to have u my guru in this field RRji

thank u very much once again

prasanna