--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozg...@...> wrote: > > Vaj wrote: > > > > On Feb 8, 2010, at 10:06 AM, Hugo wrote: > > > >> > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seekliberation" > >> <seekliberation@> wrote: > >> > > >> > I recommend you visiting the site of Das Goravani and read into his > >> view of Yagyas and Gems. He is a revered Vedic Astrologer, with > >> perhaps the best astrology software created as of today's date. > >> > >> I can't find any mention of it on his site but does his > >> software use all the planets in the solar system? The > >> maharishi jyotish programme only uses planets up to the > >> orbit of saturn, as the others beyond aren't visible to > >> the naked eye. And considering there are two very large > >> and heavy bodies out there must make it all a bit skew- > >> wiff in the accuracy department..... > > > > > > It has an option to either turn on or off the "outer planets". > > I know Das and he was very into Iskcon (and probably still is). He > probably put the outer planets there by demand since they aren't > traditionally used in Indian astrology. Of course they were quickly > adopted by western or tropical astrology which is always reinventing > itself adding astroid, comets, etc when their readings go wrong. ;-) >
>From what I've heard, Das Goravani is no longer active with ISKCON. He is >basically on his own.