Video Link: The Yogas in Vedic Astrology
Here is the link to my video presentation of the yogas in Vedic astrology that i made as part of my practicum with the Asheville Vedic Astrology Apprenticeship Program:
Yoga is the Sanskrit word for yoke or union. In astrology, Yogas are planetary combinations that yoke a person with the events of their life experience, with their fate or karma. They are combinations that, through their union, bring about events we are meant to experience in this present life. For good or ill.
How weak or strong a karma will be in a person’s life depends on the strength of the planets that are bringing that yoga into fruition.
Studying yogas is important because yogas are the fruit of a person’s life experience. Some of these yogas bear their fruit as characteristics and qualities of a person’s life path. Others bear their fruit during a time period when the planets involved are poised to bring the effects of that yoga into the person’s life.
Some fruits are good, others are bad, and most are a mix of good and bad. The role of the astrologer is to analyze a yoga and determine the ratio of good and bad effects it has the potential to give. Giving the astrologer valuable insights into what kind of fate the universe has in store for the person as they travel down their path in life.
