Vedic Astrology “Basics” Videos By Howard Beckman

Howard Beckman generously created the following videos exclusively for Sign Show. For more information on vedic astrology, please contact http://www.vedicworld.org

Vedic Astrology Basics
by astrologer Howard Beckman
* How The Tropical Zodiac & The Sideral Zodiac Are Different
* Why Vedic Astrology Uses The Sidereal Zodiac

Vedic Astrology Basics – Part 2
by astrologer Howard Beckman
* Knowledge of the Soul
* Science of Timing

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Barbara Goldsmith – 2009 Horoscope Review By Amber Gooding

Amber Gooding

Sign Show would like to thank Amber Gooding for writing the following review. Amber is the creator of the Facebook Group “Proud To Be A Scorpio”.

Video Review: Barbara Goldsmith

Barbara was very knowledgable about predictions, and she explained everything very well. The sound quality wasn’t so good, but I kept watching because I was drawn to her words and her confidence. It was slightly distracting that there was so much space above her head in the video, but at least the background looks nice and comfortable.

I also thought it was wonderful how energetic she was about Scorpio predictions. It made me smile. She touched so many areas of 2009 that I feel confident in her words, and wouldn’t mind watching her forecasts again.

– Amber Gooding

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Web Reviews: Cainer.com & FreeWillAstrology.com

Website Reviews By Ann Clark: Cainer.com and Free Will Astrology

Editor Note: Ann Clark is becoming one of our most consistent contributors to Sign Show. This is part of a series on Ann’s favorite web sites.

Two astrologers who specialize in Sun Sign forecasts feature in this week’s review: Jonathan Cainer at cainer.com, and Rob Brezsny’s Free Will Astrology. As it happens one is based in the UK, the other in the USA, but that’s coincidental, not a deliberate decision.

http://www.cainer.com/

http://www.freewillastrology.com/

Some people like to scoff at Sun Sign astrologers, I prefer to defend the good ones. These are two of the best.

I’ll try to differentiate between Jonathan Cainer’s approach and that of Rob Brezsny. Both are what I’d term as “thinking persons’ Sun Sign astrologers”, and no, that is not any kind of oxymoron! They offer something different from common expectations. Both astrologers clearly realize the limitations yet attraction of Sun Sign astrology, and because they are highly experienced and qualified in astrology proper, they seek to satisfy the reader whilst not selling astrology down the river. Each does have a slightly different approach.

Jonathan Cainer appeals to a readership of all ages, from the very young to the elderly, some of whom come cold to the subject, knowing nothing of the depths and finer points of astrology. He writes in simple clear English, and though his points may often seem oblique and need further thought to extract the kernel, his writing is some of the most accessible of any astrologer, both in his forecasts and his books.

Rob Brezsny will, I suspect, appeal to a rather more sophisticated and experienced readership, yet that ought not to dissuade anyone from sampling his style. From being an acquired taste initially, it can quickly become addictive.

Cainer.com has been on-line from the mid-1990s, probably one of the first ever astrology websites. Jonathan Cainer has written forecasts for newspapers and magazines in the UK and in several other countries since the 1980s. I’ve been reading him from the start. His forecasts have always been different from the norm, they can be mysterious, oblique, funny, but always contain wisdom. There is, too, always optimism – a sense that even the bad times can be for the eventual good.

Cainer.com offers more than free daily, monthly and yearly forecasts. A glance down the sidebar to the left reveals links to useful items including a list of the day’s planetary positions, and a collection of Jonathan’s articles on the natal charts of some current celebrities. There’s a forum called “Astrochat” attached to the site, accessible from a link at the foot of the Home Page.

Each day, as well as a forecast for each zodiac sign, Jonathan writes a brief piece of general astrological interest on the site’s Home Page. Sometimes this piece will answer a reader’s comment, sometimes it includes information and comment about current events and related planetary positions. A delightful daily illustration by artist Sally Fisher decorates this opening page. An archived collection of these “Thoughts for the Day” can be accessed via a link in the sidebar.

For more in-depth forecasts there’s a “Five Star Service” at very reasonable cost. After submitting birth data access is provided to Jonathan’s weekly expanded spoken forecast and a bi-weekly one based on Moon sign.

Jonathan also offers full personal chart interpretation, with forecasts based on actual time, date and place of birth, again at reasonable cost. These are available immediately, and therefore have to be computer based – but they are written by Jonathan himself, and the best of any I’ve read.

Tarot and I-Ching readings are also available.

Rob Brezsny at Free Will Astrology offers weekly Sun Sign forecasts, again, forecasts with a difference. He’ll often refer his readers to literature or the arts in order to illustrate a point about prospects for the coming week. I find his writing intriguing, thought provoking, and well worth pondering upon if at first it seems to make no sense. Rob uses illustrations from the cards of a tarot-like deck designed by astrologer Antero Alli and his wife to illustrate the forecasts.

Expanded versions of Rob’s forecasts are available by web streaming or telephone for a modest subscription fee. There’s an annual forecast available on similar terms.

Additional items at the Free Will Astrology Home Page include a letter from Rob to his readers, and all manner of interesting snippets and links. Some of Rob Brezsny’s other writings are featured at “The Beauty and Truth Lab” with an excerpt from his book “Pronoia”.

A full site map is available via a link right at the foot of the Home Page.

I’m borrowing two lines from reviewers of Rob’s book “Pronoia” at Amazon.com to finish. Although these relate to his book, they can be applied equally to the weekly forecasts and to his writing in general:

“……. The prose is still poetic, circular, almost dancing…… ”
-Rain Taxi

” …. Rob Brezsny writes with devilish humor, spiritual audacity, and erotic intensity.”
-Jay Kinney, author of Hidden Wisdom.

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