![]() ![]() Apart from the obvious utility of having various special indications in a chart 'cononized' and memorized, through studying the yogas the more general rules and principles of Jyotish are further elucidated for the student. These will modify the strength, texture and specific zones of influence of the yoga. Of course all yogas are not of equal significance and import, and even when the criteria for a given yoga are met in a chart, there is further refinement in analysis for the astrologer to undertake in the consideration of the finer specifics of the chart in hand. These yogas are therefore a type of analytical tool, or a means to inculcate certain analytical habits that can reveal the presence of notable patterns in a chart. Others are a lot more complex, and may involve linking or synthesizing factors in the chart that a superficial analysis would easily overlook. ![]() Some are simple, and yet useful, and their purported meaning would be unsurprising and even familiar to a western astrologer, due to all the DNA shared by western and vedic astrology. The Yogas of Jyotish are the fruit of centuries of observation, codified into a rich body of lore regarding the effects of several hundreds of possible permutations of the heavens. The word 'yoga' essentially means to 'join' or 'unite', and here can be translated as an astrological combination or 'union of factors' with specific implications. One of the most intriguing and valuable features of Jyotish is it's vast canon of 'Yogas' and associated aphorisms.
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