Educational Counselling “Saraswati mahabhage vidye kamlalochane, Vidya rupe vishalakshi vidyamdehi namastute.” Education is the platform for profession, We are living in a world where competitions are becoming more and more demanding and tougher by the day. Education prepares a child to face the world with competence and courage. Education is the best gift parents can give to their children. Astrology. is a proven tool whereby the parents can assess the potential of their child and can get a reasonable idea of the field in which this potential of their child can best bloom. With the reservations of jobs for the undeserving, the fierce competition for the dwindling vacancies by increasingly larger number of well-qualified students makes it mandatory that efforts be optimized. Astrology harmonizes the efforts with the planetary strengths to obtain best results. The parameters for assessing the potential for education and the most suitable subjects are as given below: ®@ Houses @ Planets © Divisional charts © Yogas @ Dasha and Transit Houses The three main houses that are required to be studied to assess educational potential and its likely areas are: 33Educational Counselling Astrology of Professions @ The Second House. @ The Fourth House. ®@ The Fifth House. These houses are now discussed in detall: The Second House It Is the house that Indicates education at home. This education at home generally, for 75 to 80 percent people, means the environment at home in very early years till the age of 5 years or so, We can rightly call this as our “Sanskaras,” for 20 percent people who may not have had an exposure to formal education but run successful enterprises, this is the house that ..:dicates their non formal education. Remember the horoscope of Indira Gandhi. Her 2nd lord Mars has exchanged houses with her 5th lord the Sun and both are friends. Her education was at home by the governesses. Bill Gates is a school dropout who heads the technical giant, the Microsoft. The Fourth House It is the “Sukhsthan.” Sukh means happiness. Education, in the early years is happy education. A person neither has the choice of, nor the responsibility to, give results. The education where no choices are exercised by the Individual Is in the 4th house. Astrology has earmarked subjects for each ©. the planets; it is in this area, that astrological guidance can be a boon. Venus in it would indicate music, fine arts, theatre and the same Venus with Sun would indicate political instincts. ft is here that the first bricks are laid for a smooth “education- profession” link up. This house is the umbilical chord feeding the growing child called profession in the womb of school and college education. Education done primarily to become literate also is this house’s domain. The Fifth House It is the primary house for education. The cholces are the prerogative of this house. Astrologers read Inclinatlons from this house. The inclinations, in a supportive dasha sequence at the appropriate chronological age, blend harmoniously with the cholce. This harmonious blend leads to fruitful merger of the education and the profession producing a person who has total job satisfaction. If one was to holistically view these three houses 10-15% of education would go to the 2nd house 25 to 30% would go to the 4th house and 5th, the primary house would get 55 to 60% share. 34Astrology of Professions Educational Counselling The Planets The planets controlling the education in a horoscope are Jupiter and Mercury. The placement of these two in a Kendra or Trine augurs well for education. The interaction of these two with the SH/lord and lagna/lagna lord adds further gloss to education. The Divisional Charts The divisional charts associated with education are the Navamsha and the Chaturvimshamsha (D/24). One word of caution is necessary. The use of Chaturvimshamsha needs to he restricted to those horoscopes that have reliable and accurate birth time. Use the Divisional Charts in the following manner:- @ Friendship between the Lagna lord and the lord of the divistonal chart's lagna promotes the signification of the divisional chart in the life of the individual. Therefore friendship between lagna lords of, the Natal chart and the Chaturvimshamsha chart would spell good times for education. © Analyze the Natal 5th house and the natal 5th lord in the divisional chart(s). Analyze the divisional chart as an independent chart. See the interaction of houses and planets concerned with education in this chart. ®@ The good placement in the natal chart of the lords of the signs in which the Sth lord, Jupiter and the lagna lord of the divisional chart are placed improves the educational prowess of the native. @ Mercury's association with 5th house/Lord in the divisional charts, D-9 & D-24 also improves education. Dasha and Transit It is this factor that makes a native lucky. A matching dasha at the time which is chronologically correct is a lucky break. The commencement of an adverse dasha would obviously frustrate educational efforts. The dashas of lagna lord, 4" lord, 9% lord, 5® lord and 10" lord are good for educational progress. If at the time of the 12th class final examination the student gets the dasha of lagna lord, AD of 5® lord and PD of 10* lord he should get what he desires. Yogas For education a few prominent yogas that add lustre to it are:- ® Budh-Aditya Yoga — The yoga formed by Sun-Mercury combination. 35