5/3/04 Jyotish Review & Questionnaire g4sf

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Jyotish Review

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Questionnaire

Dear Friends:

I thought it might be helpful to review with you the experiences and progress

we've had this last year, together and especially reflect upon this, for this

up-coming year.

I've been producing these Star Reports for almost 2 years, now, though the

Daily, Star Reports since only July of 2003. I have to say, I've been very

impressed and pleased with how much people seem to get out of them.

Also, this year, I started teaching my first Internet Jyotish/Astrology courses,

and I'm even more surprised and happy with the results. We had over 40 course

participants and though my Jyotish/Astrology courses before; were all in-person

I've been very happy with how much people got out of the courses even being

completely over the net!

Now,......

In my mind there are 2 great aspects to Jyotish/Astrology.

#1 There's the Understanding of our Charts. When you have your Astrology

charts, 'read', or 'done', it's always an amazing experience, realizing that

our Charts, fit us!

This experience, itself, is life changeing!

To 'Know Thyself', is a great and ancient Truth, and is as important today as it

was in Ancient Greece.

This particular Astrological knowingness that comes to us even when we just have

our charts read, is extremely important.

A few years ago, in fact, this occured to me so strongly that my whole

Jyotish/Astrology book, that I'm writing; is based on this idea. I call it

'finding the 1to1 Correspondences between all the myriad of qualities,

tendencies and characteristics of our lives and the specific details or

configurations in our charts.

In fact this is the #1 thing that you experience when you have your charts,

read, and also, the predominant quality that really starts blossoming inside,

when we have our charts, read or even start understanding our own Astrological

Charts.

Now, today....

This is an absolutely unheard of development in the field of Astrology; that for

the first time, literally millions of people are deeply involved in learning

their own Astrologys.

However, in the Vedic tradition, this notion that each person is meant to be the

'knower' of their lives; is very well developed.

So, strongly is this, that it's not surprising that people are encouraged to

practice their own meditation, vs. only going to church or temple and also to

feel their own pulses, in the avenue of Ayurveda and now, especially, 'learn

their own Astrologys'.

One Vedic Scholar in fact, said to me, when I was in India, in 1988; "You, all

will be your own best Jyotishee."

And though, I'd like to take this personally like he was talking to me; in fact

he was addressing about 450 of us, at an International conference on Ayurved.

So, this experience of helping people learn their own unique Astrologys is very

important to me, too.

#2 .... Secondly, there is this very special and yet, uniquely modern seemingly,

aspect of Transoformative Astrology.

When I first started studying Jyotish over 16 years ago, now, all the books that

were available would have approximately 195 pages on the Jyotish and 5 pages on

Remedial Measures, tacked on on the back.

Even way back, when, it occured to me this was very lopsided. Now, today, I'm

happy to report I think it should be much more like 50/50, or even 30% about

the details of our charts, & 70%! on what we can do about it!

But, some very great modern Vedic Scholars point out the fact that Vedic

Knowledge has been ruled by fate and determinism for a very long time, and that

is not the 'right' way to view Vedic Wisdom.

Iit occurs to me, though Vedic knowledge and Jyotish may have been ruled by

Saturn! And, now, we may be moving into a period of great Jupiter expansion,

and transformation.

Certainly this has been my experience. Understanding my chart was great but

when I started to learn, innocently how I might be able to improve my chart,

then I really felt like I began benefiting from this knowledge.

So, this is the second, though just as important area of Jyotish/Astrology. How

to improve, transform and change ourselves.

Now:

Back to our review.....

Other Developments in our Starlight Unlimited, Jyotish/Astrology business are a

rapid increase of Subscribers to the Star Reports, Newsletters.

In this last year we've seen an increase from about 100 to now, over 500!

Also, I've noticed a rapid increase in membership in our Nature's Astrology

Message board, group, which after sending our a timely Invitation in

early April, now after only 30 days, that membership, too, has increased from

12 to now, over 100!

So, where do we go from here?

I have some interesting ideas as to what I'd like to see happen; but thought

this might be a good time to get some Feedbacks from you all.

I'm going to try and get back to many of you in both Memberships, to ask you

your private individual comments but because I've been so busy I thought this

might be a good way to collectively talk to you all.

So,....... What have you liked about the Star Reports, so far?

We now, have daily and if I can keep them up even, the Weekly Star Reports.

And, I've tried to not keep the focus just on the flavor of the day's or even, Weekly Transits.

Because, as significant and powerful as the Transits are, in Jyotish/Astrology,

however, they do only represent about 1/3 of our total Astrological Reality.

Experience shows that people experience their Charts as about 50% of their

overall, personal reality. The Dasas, then, which are the flavors of our

charts coming to us in the future, represent about 25 or 30%. The Transits,

for most people, then, represents the final 20 or 25 %!

So, why have we spent so much time with the daily Star Reports, Transits?

Because there's a great need in really true and Natural Astrology to learn to

'feel' your Astrology.

Astrology's not meant to be just an idea or belief, but give us a tremendous

insight into our very lives.

The Transits really fulfill that. To be able to literally, 'feel' the Stars

cursing through our veins, is a great benefit of these Transits.

It's also very hard to talk generally, to everyone, when the details of each of

our charts is so individual and specific.

So, I try to remind us to remember and combine your Charts & Dasas, with these Transits.

Now, What would you like to see happen over this up-coming year?

These are some of my ideas and I'd love to hear about yours, too!

Jyotish Questionnaire:

What have you liked about the Daily and Weekly Star Reports?

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What would you like to see different?

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Also, we've begun a few other Jyotish/Astrology Newsletters, and already you've

done me what topics you'd like to hear about regarding these.

Some other Questions:

What kinds of Jyotish/Astrology courses would you like to see in the future?

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So, far we've had some very basic courses, going into the very important fundaments.

But, we've also had some more advanced courses, including some of the more

abstract and even esoteric subjects.

So, what other kinds of emphasises are you interested in?

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For example, one thought that comes to mind for me, is how important it would be

to be able to more easily, find the solution to any problem in our lives.

For example, one can look at any area of life, and by knowing how to look at the

Particular Planets, & Houses, which are reflective of that area of life; then,

we should be able to get more insight in our lives....

We've had one Advanced Newsletter, about this, regarding 'Life Purpose' or 'Career'.

So, whole courses could be done, learning how to focus on Career, or Making More

Money, or Health or Relationships, or Spirituality....

The possibilities are endless.

So, now you get to help choose what courses and programs would you like to have, more.

The other thing I'm already deeply committed to are developing programs that

will focus on particular areas.

For example, I love doing Jyotish/Astrology for Parents.

It's so fulfilling to be able to help Parents or Educators understand very

quickly what their children or students are really life!

Imagine if you could know more clearly the basic Astrological mind-set that was

there in your children or students.

How wonderful would that be, to instead of spending 5 years getting to know

them, better; imagine if you could quickly develop the subtle perception to

literally, 'see', what they're really life!

Then, your time could be much more well spent, figuring out how to help them

grow into that person, that there charts, represent!

Like this, I'm thinking how to develop an Astrological program that will make

dating, and relationships a lot more understandable and profound.

Jyotish/Astrology is already extremely well advanced at knowing what constitutes

a great relationship!

Let me know if any of you would especially be interested in studying all the

different facets of 'compatability'.

And finally, the other area of Jyotish/Astrology which I consider, even the most important; is....

the ability to improve, transform and even change our Stars!

This is undoubtably the most significant aspect of my own particular insight

into Astrology, and I'm happy to say, also very easy.

My most profound insight into Astrology is...that not only are the Malefics in

our charts, symbolic of our challenges and problems;....but...

these same malefics are also symbolic of our Jyotish/Astrological solutions that

we've literally come to learn!

Also, how to un-due very powerful bad habits, compulsions and even addictions

are possible to unwind, due to this approach of Astrology.

So, let me know...

What you think?

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What you've enjoyed the most?

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And, especially what emphasises, what interests, what courses, would you be the

most interested in ...this next year!

Aries is coming to an end...and now, during the Sun's transit through Taurus;

this will be a great time, to start to focus on more practical solutions ...to

our life's situations!

Take care

And thank you all so much,

for enjoying with me, this great Wisdom and Knowledge!

Sincerely,

Mark Kincaid