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Shri Muhurta, from Geovision Software, is now available in an upgraded version, priced at $250. I'm told that the new version is much more accurate in finding the best date(s) for the beginning of activities. Neat Stuff I just received an excellent book on "Vedic Astrology for the Counseling Astrologer -- Part 1 Fundamental Principles" by Ernst Wilhelm. This $20.00 spiral bound book covers all of the basics, including the myths for each planet, the signs, dignities, planetary relationships, states, houses, house lords, shadbala, navamsa, aspects, vimshottari dasa, and more. The best part of the book is the in-depth look at all of the planets -- for each rising sign. The detailed descriptions for each of these goes into superb detail about the effect of ruling the specific houses, and even includes a symbol for each combination. The planetary states are also explored more completely than other books, e.g. how each planet expresses itself when combust. "Vedic Astrology for the Counseling Astrologer" is very worth reading by both beginners and advanced students of Vedic astrology. You can order a copy by contacting the author: 1-760-839-1406 or go to his website: vedic-astrology.net. Copy Protection, Bugs, and other Issues As I continue to learn Vedic astrology, I become even more aware of the reasons why one should never rely on Vedic astrology software for interpretations. As I've mentioned elsewhere, Vedic software quotes classical texts that are very extreme in their delineations ("your mother will die young", "you will die by age 32", "this period will be extremely painful") that are taken completely out of context and are completely inaccurate -- wrong -- as a result. It takes a very well versed Vedic astrologer to be right even the majority of the time, and the astrologer is weighing every factor in the chart in relationship to every other factor in the chart systematically. No Vedic astrology program does any systematic organizing, synthesizing, or prioritizing at all. In a word, their interpretations are worthless. Unfortunately, unscrupulous people actually sell the printouts to novices, who end up becoming terrified by the gloom and doom delineations and/or misled into fatuously thinking they will become rich and famous, by the favorable delineations. The only value to Vedic interpretations is for the serious student of Vedic astrology, who can take each interpretation and its source, and examine all of the factors that support or weaken it, thereby determining whether there is any likelihood that anything will actually manifest. Important Notes Some really great software will be released soon. Keep watching this column for updates. Discounts on Software When you purchase astrology software through me, you will get: 1. My free expert guidance in choosing the right program. 2. The best pricing distributors are allowed to offer. 3. Free U.S. shipping (and for some programs, free Express shipping Worldwide). 4. Additional benefits. E.g. I offer a free transit report program for purchasers of Sirius, over 60 beautiful extra artistic wheels for Solar Fire Gold, etc. 5. You are supporting my website, allowing me to continue posting astrology tutorials, software reviews, and much more. 6. Your software is fully registered to you and shipped to you directly from the manufacturer, with their full customer support as well as mine. To go to my secure astrology software order form, click here. You can support SoftStar News by: Telling others about our website. Sending us your insights and feedback on astrology software, Alerting us to new programs and astrological resources, Linking your website to ours, and by purchasing your astrological software through this site. Click to Return to Send e-mail to Hank Friedman by clicking here Copyright © 2000 Hank Friedman |
