Comprehensive Jaimini Course
Course Description
The Jaimini branch of Jyotiṣa is a brilliant form of the astrology that is a specialty of my guru, Śrī K.N. Rao. At times, events in this system come out in a startling straightforward way that I have referred to as “elegant simplicity.”
This self-study course takes students on an exciting journey beginning with the very basics of the Jaimini system through to very advanced Jaimini methods of birth chart interpretation and the timing of major life events using multiple sign-based daśās.
The content of this course covers all of what I use to teach in four separate courses, which is why I have labeled it “comprehensive.”
The course consists of eight recorded webinars of two-hours duration from when it was taught live in 2024. Included in these are the typical questions that are asked and answered.
Students absorb extensive written instructional material associated with each lesson containing all the learning points and hundreds of illustrations. This comes in the form of PDF files of all four books on the Jaimini system that I have published:
The Essentials of Jaimini
Predicting with Jaimini’s Cara Kārakas
Gems of Jaimini: The Effects of Planets from Kārakāṃśa Lagna
Jewels of Jaimini
These books contain my original translation and commentary with illustrations of key portions of the Jaimini Sūtras and amount to over a thousand pages of instructional material.
No prior knowledge of Jaimini is required to take this course, but students should have a good understanding of the basics of astrology, including significations of the planets, signs and houses.
Your Instructor
Marc Boney M.A. is an internationally renowned astrological teacher, writer, and consultant. He has been involved since 1974 with the integration of the ancient wisdom of astrology with the counseling arts. He received his training in Jyotiṣa primarily from K.N. Rao, one of the world’s foremost Vedic astrologers. His focus is on using the Vedic system to help guide people in their lives, as well as training others.
Marc has been a featured speaker at international conferences, is a faculty member of the American College of Vedic Astrology, and was the main presenter on Jyotiṣa at the Chopra Center for Well-Being from 2000 to 2002. He is the author of over 90 articles on this topic and 35 books.
The Institute of Astrology, Bharatiya Vidya Bhāvan, of New Delhi, India honored Marc with a Distinguished Service Award for his contributions to the advancement of Vedic Astrology in the West.
In December of 2024 The American College of Vedic Astrology awarded Marc the prestigious Jyotish Navaratna Award in recognition of his outstanding contributions of Vedic Astrology.
Marc founded the Pacific Institute of Vedic Science, which offers quality educational programs in Yoga, Ayurveda, and Jyotiṣa in the San Diego area where he lives.
Prior to his current full-time involvement with these Vedic sciences, Marc held positions in the corporate world as a Director of Human Resources, Outplacement Consultant, and Leadership Consultant.
Marc holds an MA in Counseling Psychology and a BA in English Literature from Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois.
He is a practitioner of Transcendental Meditation since 1971 and later trained as a teacher and taught TM in the late 70s.