You can sign up for classes, webinars and conferences to attend live, or receive recordings and extensive handouts (within 48 hours of order) as listed below if they are ordered directly from me. Past workshops and classes are available below as well. Order other lectures directly from sponsoring conference or group. Bookmark this page and keep checking back for additional dates as confirmed. If you are interested in arranging a talk or class, please email your request.
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Date: December 14, 2025. 11:00-5:00 PM EST. With half hour break for lunch. Short breaks in morning and afternoon. Includes power point presentation with many charts and tables, MP3 and MP4 recordings, plus reduced rate for follow-up webinars. Introductory recording sent prior to webinar and recording of forecasts for each sign sent after the webinar. Presented in tropical and sidereal (Indian) zodiacs.
Fee: $95. Registration closes December 13. After that date, you may or may not be able to sign on live but will get recording.
This year should be a very intense year, both continuing many of the ingresses and aspects that began in 2025, retrograded, and will now go direct for a final time. This includes the Saturn-Neptune conjunction, which is viable according to tropical and sidereal zodiac, and of course Saturn and Neptune finalizing its move into tropical Aries and Uranus finalizing its move into tropical Gemini. Wild ride that began in 2025, plus new events, that could be life-changing. Format will be similar to previous years, though there might be new features. Some (but not all) planetary signatures we will cover are as follows:
- Brief recap of 2025 as it leads into 2026.
- Ingresses. When each planet enters a new sign. his year in addition to the usual Sun through Mars in multiple signs, the planets will enter the following signs. Tropical. Jupiter enters Leo June 30; Saturn enters Aries Feb. 13; Uranus enters Gemini April 25; Neptune enters Aries Jan. 26; Nodes enter Aquarius/Leo July 26. Sidereal. Jupiter enters Cancer June 1. Jupiter enters Leo October 30. Nodes enter Capricorn/Cancer November 25.
- Lunations. (New and Full Moons) including Metonic cycles and overview for each lunation.
- Four eclipses: February 17. (annular solar). March 3 (total lunar). August 12. (total solar). August 28. (partial lunar). Saros Cycle of 2008. Metonic cycle of 2007.
- Astro*Carto*Graphy Maps of Eclipses and other events
- Planetary Stations and Annual retrograde cycles of Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. This year Venus will retrograde October 3-November 13.
- Notable aspects.
- Overview month to month of lunations and each sun/rising sign.
- More time for questions and answers.
- Reduced Rate for Follow up Webinars
- 50-Plus Page Powerpoint
- And much more.
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Vargas (āṃśas), or Divisional Charts. Ten virtual classes.
Date and Time: Wed. evenings 7-9 PM Eastern Time. Sept. 17, Sept. 24, Oct. 8, Oct. 22, Nov. 5, Nov. 19, Dec. 10, Dec. 17, Jan 14, Jan 28.
Presented as a live class for ten Wednesdays. Everyone receives the recording the next day if you cannot make the live class. Discussion board will be open for Q and A and review in between classes. You can purchase any time.
Fee: $320. This class is appropriate for those with basic knowledge of Jyotiṣa. Email me if you wish to confirm if you are at the correct level. Register here. You can also pay in installments through paypal online.
Syllabus below. Some of the Navāṃśa portion may be review but I am sure that I will add information that is new to you or looked at from a different angle since every teacher draws on different texts as well as information culled from their own teachers. We will focus on interpretation and forecasting through vargas, though we will go into some more thoroughly than others. We will always relate each chart back to the rāśi chart and show many different chart examples.
Weeks 1 and 2. Overview of 16 ṣoḍaśavargas plus 4 Tājika Vargas; General concept of ṣadvargas (6 vargas: rāśi, horā, dreṣkāṇa, navāṃśa, dvadasāṃśa, and triṃśāṃśa), saptavargas (7 vargas: plus saptāṃśa ), and daśāvargas (10 vargas:plus daśāṃśa, śodasāṃśa, and śastiāṃśa), and their importance in ṣadbala; Constructing Navāṃśa, vargottama, and correlation with Nakṣatra Pādas and sounds, Interpretation of Navāṃśa for dharma and marriage and timing of events; Ātmakāraka and kārakāāṃśa (where Ātmakāraka is placed in Navāṃśa); Chart examples.
Weeks 3, 4, and 5. Construction and deeper interpretation and forecasting techniques using horā, dreṣkāṇa, dvadasāṃśa, triṃśāṃśa, saptāṃśa, daśāṃśa, śodasāṃśa, and śastiāṃśa with numerous chart examples. In terms of health, we will look at the importance of the Sarpa (Serpent) Dreṣkāṇas, the lord of the 22nd Dreṣkāṇas, and the lord of the 64th Navāṃśa in terms of health.
Weeks 6 and 7. Construction and deeper interpretation and forecasting techniques using the balance of vargas, focusing on the tājika vargas (Pañcāṃśa, Saṣṭāmśa, Aṣṭāṃśa, Ekādaśāṃśa), caturthāṃśa, Viṃśāṃśa, caturvimsāṃśa, Bhāṃśa, khavedāṃśa, Akśavedāṃśa,
Week 8. Preliminary research on twins; their relationship to vargas in ways you may not consider. People are under the wrong impression that twins only show up in the śastiāṃśa (D-60), which is NOT true at all. It can show up in any of the other divisionals and we will look at examples of this. This is important for practicing astrologers since in the era of in vitro fertilization, many multiples are being born.
Weeks 9 and 10. Review and wrap up. Lots of chart examples using all we have learned.
My lecture. Sunday. January 4. 10:30-11:30 PST. 2026 Eclipses and their Impact.
Information and Registration. Fresh Talents of Jyotish.
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Thursday April 16, 2026.
Two two-hour sessions. Plus two-hour review class. Wednesday. March 5, 2025.
Plus discussion board, additional recordings, many handouts and ongoing contact with instructor. Prepare for ACVA certification if you wish to get certified.
Rates. $300.
History and Development of Jyotisa; Concept of Karma and how it applies to Jyotisa; Overview of Days of Week, Nakshatras (Moon Mansions), and Tithis (Lunar Days); Indian sidereal zodiac; ayanamsha; Drawing the chart and moon chart (North v. South Indian); Introduction to planets, lunar nodes, signs, houses; Aspects, Combustion, planetary war; Moon Chart (Candra Lagna); Moon’s Nakshatras; Planetary Friends and Enemies; Yogas (Special planetary combinations); Keys to Chart Interpretation; Forecasting techniques: Dashas and Transits. and much much more. If you need more information please feel free to email me.
This series of classes is NOT a crash course even though when you complete it you will have rudimentary tools with which to start analyzing the chart. This class incorporates basic tools for beginning chart interpretation and forecasting including history, some Sanskrit meanings and pronunciation of concepts, and supplemental reading material and videos, and discussion group in between classes. Everyone will receive recordings and power point presentation the next day, whether you attend live or not. If you sign up for the entire series you will thoroughly learn Jyotisa and even some Sanskrit. After taking Level One and Level Two you will be prepared to take the test for Certification Level I of ACVA (American College of Vedic Astrology), if you choose.
This class is appropriate for those who are starting at the beginning, or for those who have learned in the past, and want to refresh your knowledge. We will start with the basics of the chart, so that you have all the tools you need to begin to tackle chart interpretation. But do not expect to finish the course and be able to read a chart. You will be able to learn techniques that will help identify themes in the chart. We hope to cover everything as laid out.
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Sanskrit for Astrologers. A two-part Webinar. with Martin Gansten (www.martingansten.com)
Presented on Saturday. August 17, 2024 and Saturday. August 24, 2024. 5 hours total. Fee: $175.
- A historical overview of Sanskrit, its importance for Indian culture and relation to other languages worldwide (including English), and the European ‘discovery’ of Sanskrit beginning in the 18th century
- A comprehensive introduction to the speech sounds of Sanskrit and the script systems used to represent them, with a focus on teaching correct pronunciation
- Sanskrit terms for common Jyotiṣa concepts such as planets, signs, houses, etc.
- An outline of common meters, with practical demonstrations of traditional styles of recitation/chanting of mantras such as the Navagraha-stotra (hymn to the nine planets or grahas)
- An explanation of how Sanskrit forms compound words, which are frequently challenging to beginning students
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