Guide to the Jyotish Basics Videos

 Guide to the Goravani Jyotish Software Instructional
Videos

 Basics Jyotish Learning Materials
by Das Goravani

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Video Guides
The following video guides are intended as Table of Contents for the Videos we make
and sell. The first three tapes are called Jyotish Basics 1, 2, and 3, then theres two on
our software program .
These lists are chronological listings of the topics covered. The times listed down the
left side are the hours and minutes of tape time, at which you will find the listed
subjects. If when you start the tape, you make sure your video counter is on the tape
time mode, usually shown like 00:00:00 then you can watch the minutes go by, and fast
forward to a desired topic if you like.

Jyotish Basics Tape #1

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Solar System and how astrology works

Ascendent and Midheaven
Moon and other planets
The Houses
Planets in houses
Chart display styles, glyphs, planet names and karakas
glyphs, signs, interactions of planets in signs and houses
aspects of planets
Northern verse Southern style charts
Signs rulership
Duality of planet rulership qualities
Story of Rahu and Ketu
Lordships
Benefic and Malefic Lords, Konas, Kendras and Dusthanas
Natural Benefics and Malefics
General effects of planets, natural verse ascendent related
Examining chart from the Moon as opposed to the Lagna

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Jyotish Basics Tape #2

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Characteristics of the planets, names, sex, caste, etc

Characteristics cont., body part, color, element, etc
Characteristics cont., psychology of the planets
The houses, significations in depth
The signs, significations in depth
Review of signs main significations
Pictures from real life for understanding the planets
Example chart for using above principles- Sri Chaitanya
The houses types- konas, kendras, dusthanas
Lordship readings
Parivartan and Raja Yoga concepts
More on reading lordship placements
Raja yoga concept shown on the chart of Sri Chaitanya
Yoga Karakas concept

Jyotish Basics Tape #3

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Introduction
History of Jyotish- the Sampradaya
Exaltation, Multrikona, Debilitation, Varga Charts
Shad bala, Vimshopak, Ashtaka Varga
Bhava charts, combustion, friendships, enmities, avastas
Different names for the houses, karaka planets for houses
Dasha system introduced, Nakshatras, Lengths of Dashas
Drekkana chart
Famous charts used as examples of reading charts
0:38 Vivekananda, Hindu Religious Leader
0:42 Richard Alpert (Baba Ram Dass), Author
0:45 Sri Aurobindo, Hindu Religious Leader
0:52 Saint Bernadette, Catholic Saint of Lourdes France
0:55 Carlos Castanada, American Indian Mysticism Author
0:56 Edgar Casey, Psychic, Astrologer
0:58 Cesar Chavez, Mexican American Labor Party Leader
1:02 Aleistar Crowley, Occult Leader
1:05 Billy Graham, Christian Preacher
1:09 Martin Luther King, Civil Rights Leader, Assasinated
1:13 Yukio Mishima, Japanese Cultural Leader, Suicide
1:16 Nostradamus, Middle Ages Psychic
1:18 Bhagwan Rajneesh, Hindu Offshoot Religious Leader
1:21 Madonna, Modern Rock Star, Sex Figure
1:22 Brigitte Bardot, Female Actress
1:23 Ingrid Bergman, Female Actress
1:25 Farrah Fawcett Majors, Female Actress
1:26 Bo Derek, Jane Fonda, Jodie Foster, Female Actresss
1:28 Woody Allen, Male Actor
1:31 David Berkowits, Son of Sam, Mass Murderer
1:34 Nazi Party, The declaration chart of the party itself
1:36 William Calley, Mass Murderer
1:37 Admiral Canaris, Military Leader
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1:38 Adolf Hitler, Fascist Military Leader

1:39 Bruce Lee, Karate Champion
1:40 Charles Manson, Cult leader, Murder Orchestrator
1:42 Benito Mussolini, WWII Fascist Leader of Italy
1:43 Richard Nixon, infamous politician US President
1:45 Robert Oppenheimer, Inventor of the Nuclear Bomb
1:46 Jimi Hendrix, Rock Star, Drug Overdose death
1:48 Janis Joplin, Rock Star, Drug Overdose death
1:49 John F. Kennedy, US President, Assasination
1:51 Robert F. Kennedy, Presidential Nominee, Assasination
1:54 Summary- how to blend and use all factors of the chart

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Goravani Jyotish Software Training Tape #1

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Introduction
Installation on Macintosh
Installation on Windows
How to use Adobe Acrobat
Change Datafile
Run Program-basic chart windows
Single charts verse groups of charts
Entering a chart
Preferences window
Searching for famous charts
Window Style B-customizing a window
Colorizing windows
Style S Window
Open Charts Window
Vchart viewing options
Print choices
Planet List-switching to different views
Readings and Yogas
Backing up
Manipulating chart lists
Group charts by characteristics
Research feature (chart comparison)
Referrence Library
Varshaphal
Dashas and Readings
The File Menu
Defaults include. default city
Exploring the other menus
Creating an output template
Graphs and output listing
Output a cycle
Launch program, enter chart, quick save
Panchang
Word Processor, drag and drop, Email
Concluding Tips

Goravani Jyotish Software Training Tape #2

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Charts List as heart of program

Saving a list of selected charts
Creating a report set
Batch printing
More on managing charts
Seeing the other data in the chart list
Study Feature- for studying charts and tagging system
Printing out the word processor contents
Screen report copy and paste
Minimizing and moving windows, saving positions
Managing chart lists
0:25 Search for charts with certain attributes
0:29 Sorting
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0:32 Grouping by characteristics

Details reg. chart save options
How to use the Links feature
Index list, finding words in readings
Editing the readings
Email readings in word processor
Compatibility Feature
Prasna Now Feature
Transit Window Feature
Ashtaka Varga
Watching the dynamic transit window and controls
Movements of Planets (Entries/Exits) feature
Ephemeris Feature
Planet Rising Times
Karaka list window
Kaksha Tranits Window
Vedic Wheel Charts, Western Charts, Asteroids, Heliocentric
Readings Database-Entering, Editing, Exporting
Benefic and Malefics Assignment Table
Your address on printouts
Other dasha systems
Rectification
Batch entry of charts
Quitting properly to save charts list
Creating output templates
Tags- creating a book for referrence
Other referrence books, online manual
Changing settings may not affect what you see
Readings for a western chart or chandra chart
List/Find charts by attributes
Using Biographical and Puranic Encyclopedias

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and you count from there Clockwise for the rest of the houses. On the Northern chart (left) you
can see that you count the houses counter clockwise. On northern, the signs move. On Southern,
the Houses move. Northern is preferrable overall because it emphasizes houses over signs.

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