Planetary Dignity and the Zodiac Debate
Perhaps the single most challenging difference to deal with when seeking to reconcile Western and Vedic astrology is the Zodiac Question: Tropical or Sidereal? If this issue was not in
The Bhava Chalit House System
What are the houses of an astrological birth-chart? In very simple terms, the houses of the horoscope divide the space around the earth into twelve slices, so to speak, each
The Yogas of Jyotish
One of the most intriguing and valuable features of Jyotish is it’s vast canon of ‘Yogas’ and associated aphorisms. The word ‘yoga’ essentially means to ‘join’ or ‘unite’, and here
The Trials and the Triumphs of Sade Sate
Vedic astrology singles out transiting Saturn’s Conjunction to the natal Moon as a particularly ominous event that brings about a host of calamitous developments in a person’s life. To make
The Symbolism of Exalted and Fallen Planets
There is an important principle in horoscopic astrology which states that planets are Exalted or in their Fall in certain specific signs of the zodiac. The premise is, on the
The Four Aims of Life and the Houses of the Horoscope
Jyotish, or Vedic Astrology, divides the twelve houses (or ‘bhavas‘) of the horoscope into four groups, each associated with one of the ‘puruṣārthas‘, or the Four Aims of Life. Dharma
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A Time to Die: Death Charts Cosmic Obituaries
“To every thing there is a season,and a time to every purpose under the heaven:A time to be born, a time to die…” -Ecclesiastes As astrologers we agree that the
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