Core Yogas

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Summary: Professional is Blown Away By Core Yogas
Review: As a professional, Intuitive Vedic Astrologer, I am entirely blown away by "Core Yogas." A "yoga" is an unusual combination of planets in Vedic Astrology that somehow defies the normal rules of astrological interpretation.
Many, many books on yogas exist and most of them are useful, but it seems like one book is enough. If you own more than one, the others seem repetitious. "Core Yogas" is in a class by itself.
First of all, Mr. Wilhelm has done fresh translations from the Sanskrit of the yogas themselves. Second, he gives plenty of real life example charts for each yoga so that the astute student of Jyotish cannot fail to see exactly how each yoga works. Third, his use of the English language is clear, concise and rather delightful! Fourth, he gives some seldom-seen but very useful yogas that I, as an eighteen-year veteran of doing Jyotish charts, have never seen, but that are very practical in real life chart interpretations. Fifth, there is a very nice 'Index of Yogas' in the back of the book. And, sixth, there is an exceedingly useful 'Quick Search Yogas List' just preceding the index. SEVENTH, Mr. Wilhelm has turned over a new (beautiful) leaf of the theory and practice of Vedic Astrology in the West in the 21st century.
Buy this book. It is recommended for all students (other than rank beginners) and practitioners of the Divine Science. I consider it the most useful book on Yogas that I own (other than the classics).

Rating:
Summary: Professional is Blown Away By Core Yogas
Review: As a professional, Intuitive Vedic Astrologer, I am entirely blown away by "Core Yogas." A "yoga" is an unusual combination of planets in Vedic Astrology that somehow defies the normal rules of astrological interpretation.
Many, many books on yogas exist and most of them are useful, but it seems like one book is enough. If you own more than one, the others seem repetitious. "Core Yogas" is in a class by itself.
First of all, Mr. Wilhelm has done fresh translations from the Sanskrit of the yogas themselves. Second, he gives plenty of real life example charts for each yoga so that the astute student of Jyotish cannot fail to see exactly how each yoga works. Third, his use of the English language is clear, concise and rather delightful! Fourth, he gives some seldom-seen but very useful yogas that I, as an eighteen-year veteran of doing Jyotish charts, have never seen, but that are very practical in real life chart interpretations. Fifth, there is a very nice 'Index of Yogas' in the back of the book. And, sixth, there is an exceedingly useful 'Quick Search Yogas List' just preceding the index. SEVENTH, Mr. Wilhelm has turned over a new (beautiful) leaf of the theory and practice of Vedic Astrology in the West in the 21st century.
Buy this book. It is recommended for all students (other than rank beginners) and practitioners of the Divine Science. I consider it the most useful book on Yogas that I own (other than the classics).