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What the Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra says about each placement, period and chart, with the verse behind every claim and a link to the page where it was printed. Where the text says nothing, we say so.
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- D10 chart (Dashamsa): the career chart in Vedic astrologyA centuries-old Sanskrit text reads the dashamsa (D10) for great deeds, not job titles. How to draw yours in ten slices, and why the minute matters.
- Guru Chandal yoga: not in the Brihat Parashara Hora ShastraGuru Chandal yoga is not in the BPHS. We searched all 4,197 verses: no Jupiter-Rahu yoga by that name. Here is what the text does say.
- Mangal Dosha: what the BPHS says, and what it doesn'tThe Mangal Dosha marriage rule is not in the BPHS. We searched 4,197 verses: the word appears once, about a Mars season, not a marriage.
- Sade Sati is not in the Brihat Parashara Hora ShastraWe searched all 4,197 verses and two printed editions for Sade Sati and found nothing. How the text reads Saturn's transits instead.
- How we read a Vedic chart: one text, 2,103 rulesEvery line of a reading here comes from one centuries-old Sanskrit text. Watch one verse become a rule, see what the engine weighs, and where it stops.
- D7 chart (Saptamsa): the children chart in Vedic astrologyA centuries-old Sanskrit text gives the saptamsa (D7) one subject: children and grandchildren. How to draw yours in sevenths, and what it never says.
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- Aspects in Vedic astrology: which planets see yoursAspects in Vedic astrology are looks across whole houses. Which houses each planet sees, how strongly, sign aspects and what a look does, all cited.
- Sun in 4th house in Vedic astrology: home, father, strengthSun in the 4th house in Vedic astrology: why its directional strength is at its lowest here, what it reads for home and father, and all 12 rising signs.
- Moon in 4th house in Vedic astrology: home, mother, moodMoon in the 4th house in Vedic astrology: why the Moon peaks in strength here, what it reads for home and mother, and your rising sign's version.
- Venus in 4th house in Vedic astrology: strongest at homeVenus in the 4th house in Vedic astrology: why Venus peaks in strength here, what it reads for your home, and the version for your rising sign.
- Exalted and debilitated planets in Vedic astrology, by signWhich sign exalts each planet in Vedic astrology, which one debilitates it, the exact degrees, and what a centuries-old text reads into each.
- Saturn in 10th house in Vedic astrology: career and rankSaturn in the 10th house, read from a centuries-old Sanskrit text: all 12 rising signs, your 19 Saturn years, and the one verse on losing your work.
- House lords in Vedic astrology: find and read yoursWhat a house lord is in Vedic astrology, how to find all twelve of yours from your rising sign, and which lords the text calls kind or hard.
- Sun in 11th house in Vedic astrology: what it gives youSun in the 11th house, read from a centuries-old Sanskrit text: all 12 rising signs, your six Sun years, and the named hard case, every line cited.
- Moon in 10th house in Vedic astrology: work and standingMoon in the 10th house, from a centuries-old Sanskrit text: all 12 rising signs, your ten Moon years, and why the 10th is the Moon's weakest direction.
- What is my Vedic Moon sign? Find yours and what it meansYour Vedic Moon sign is the sign the Moon stood in at your birth, counted against the stars. How to find yours, and what each of the twelve means.
- Venus in 1st house in Vedic astrology: does it mean beauty?Venus in the 1st house in Vedic astrology: why no verse says it makes you beautiful, what your rising sign changes, and Venus's 20 years.
- 10th house in Vedic astrology: what yours says about workWhat the 10th house means in Vedic astrology: your work, standing, father and time abroad. How to find yours and read its ruler in each of the 12 houses.
- Jupiter in 1st house in Vedic astrology: good or bad?Jupiter in the 1st house in Vedic astrology: why the rising sign is Jupiter's strongest direction, what each of the 12 signs changes, and its 16 years.
- Mahadasha and antardasha meaning: your years and seasonsWhat mahadasha and antardasha mean in Vedic astrology: each planet's years, the seasons inside them, their order, and how the two combine, verse by verse.
- Mars in 11th house in Vedic astrology: is it good?Mars in the 11th house in Vedic astrology: what a centuries-old Sanskrit text reads for your Mars years, all 12 rising signs, and the hard case.
- Rahu in 11th house in Vedic astrology: good or bad?Is Rahu in the 11th house good? What a centuries-old Sanskrit text reads for it: the sign test, the hard case, every rising sign and your Rahu years.
- Jupiter in 11th house in Vedic astrology: is it lucky?Is Jupiter in the 11th house lucky? What a centuries-old Sanskrit text reads for it: your Jupiter years, the sign that decides it, and the hard case.
- Vedic rising sign (lagna): what yours meansYour Vedic rising sign, the lagna, sets every house in your chart. How to find yours, and which planets help or test each of the twelve.
- Moon in 11th house in Vedic astrology: gains and good yearsIs the Moon in the 11th house good? A centuries-old Sanskrit text names the 11th for a strong Moon. What it reads, sign by sign and year by year.
- How to read your Vedic birth chart: a beginner's guideRead your Vedic birth chart step by step: your rising sign, the twelve houses, each house's ruler and your years, from a centuries-old Sanskrit text.
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