Episode 5 – The Vedic Astrology Podcast
sits down with Michael Reed
0:00 Introduction and Welcome
· Michael Reed
· pulseoftheuniverse.com
01:47 How Did you Get into astrology?
· Astrology finds the Astrologer
09:11 Humans feel like problems take too long and life is too short
· Times of difficulty
· Transitory nature of time
· You are not ‘the doer’
· You are not being punished
14:02 What is the role of astrology?
· Vedic Astrology as a ‘yoga’
· Tool for union
· The five koshas
· Cessation of the modulations of the mind
· The job of the astrologer is to stop time
· When a client’s life is out of alignment
· Symptoms and root causes
· Trusting life and being in the flow
21:24 The astrologer and “The Doer / not the doer” paradox
· When I am I going to be happy?
· What are the responsibilities of the client?
· Is it helpful for the astrologer to tell a client WHAT to do?
· “The free will of the individual and God’s will are really one in the same”
28:54 Have you ever consulted an astrologer?
· General discussion
31:40 The importance of how the astrologer communicates with the client
· “Tell the client exactly what you are seeing”
· Contradictory indicators
34:25 What’s your current favourite ‘thing’ in astrology?
· Nodal axis, D60, D1, Shastiamsa deities, Nakshatras
· Human story through astrology
· Sarvatobhadra Chakra
· The story teller and the story listener
36:32 What has changed most in your time in astrology?
· Nakshatras
· We all have something to share with each other
· So many ways to look at astrology
· Using our positive discriminatory mind and clear away from the prejudice mind
· Is there only one way to approach things?
42:55 Discipline and duality in astrology
· Constant movement
· What is the origin?
· What is the resolution?
· Varuna – split Heaven and Earth asunder
46:11 Technique and Intuition
· Tarot
· Confluence in astrology
· Riding a bicycle
· When detail becomes crippling
50:36 Favourite part of your job
· Seeing people changing their life
· Seeing progress
· The astrologer is ‘doing’ nothing and the client is ‘doing’ nothing
55:42 Future?
· Pulse of the Universe Online Academy
· Working with clients
· The five koshas and ‘how astrology works’