Category: Astrology

Most people want to know what their chart says about them. The more important question is what their chart says about how the world sees them. These are two different things and Vedic astrology has a specific construct for the second one: the Arudha Lagna. The Arudha Lagna, also called the Pada Lagna, is a…

There is a saying in classical Jyotish read loosely that the Rashi chart is what you are born with, but the Navamsa is what you become. This is not poetic. It is technical. The Navamsa, or D9, is the ninth divisional chart. Each sign of 30 degrees is divided into nine equal parts of 3…

Most people who come to me with their horoscope show me a Rashi chart — the D1 and expect a complete reading from it. And most astrologers oblige. That is the first mistake. The Rashi chart tells you where planets sit in signs. The Bhava chart tells you where planets sit in houses. These are…

Astrology is not just about predictions. The sages were practical. They knew that life brings suffering, and they gave us remedies to soften the blows of karma. One of the richest sources for these remedies is the Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra (BPHS), the cornerstone text of Vedic astrology. While modern practitioners often emphasize chart-reading, Parashara…

Below are paraphrased descriptions of nakshatra (moon) based on Classic texts and observations.