Learn
Latest articles, page 2.
Articles 21–40 of 53
- Venus in 12th house in Vedic astrology: how you love, spend and let goVenus in the 12th house, read from a centuries-old Sanskrit text: why it reads both ways, what decides yours, your Venus years, and what the book never says.
- Moon in 12th house in Vedic astrology: what decides itIs the Moon in the 12th house good or bad? A centuries-old Sanskrit text says the Moon's strength decides. The verses, a worked chart, what isn't there.
- What is a nakshatra? Your birth star in Vedic astrologyA nakshatra is one of 27 star segments, and your birth star is where your Moon sat. How to find yours, and what a centuries-old Sanskrit text does with it.
- Sidereal vs tropical: why your Vedic sign is differentYour Vedic Sun sign is usually the one before your Western sign. What a centuries-old Sanskrit text counts the signs from, verse by verse.
- Which planet rules your sign in Vedic astrologyVedic astrology gives Scorpio to Mars and Aquarius to Saturn, and has no Uranus, Neptune or Pluto. All twelve rulers, verse by verse.
- Planet friends and enemies: the table, and what it's worthA dignity table covers four signs out of twelve. This centuries-old Sanskrit text grades all twelve by friendship, and prices every grade.
- Retrograde planets in Vedic astrology: strong, not brokenA centuries-old Sanskrit text gives retrograde motion the top score for strength, then reverses the result in a planet's years. Both are in it.
- Mercury mahadasha: your 17 Mercury years and how you thinkSeventeen years ruled by Mercury, the planet you know for mind and speech. A centuries-old Sanskrit text reads them by Mercury's dignity and house.
- Jupiter mahadasha: the 16 Jupiter years people call luckySixteen years ruled by Jupiter, the planet you know as luck. A centuries-old Sanskrit text makes those years conditional, and says when they open hard.
- Venus mahadasha: your 20 Venus years and how you loveTwenty years ruled by Venus, the longest any planet gets. A centuries-old Sanskrit text reads them by Venus's sign, house and the houses it rules.
- Ketu mahadasha: your 7 Ketu years in Vedic astrologySeven years ruled by the South Node. A centuries-old Sanskrit text gives those years an arc, and conditions every line of it on where Ketu sits.
- Rahu mahadasha: your 18 Rahu years in Vedic astrologyEighteen years ruled by the lunar node. A centuries-old Sanskrit text reads them by Rahu's house, sign and company — and gives those years a shape.
- Saturn mahadasha: your 19 Saturn years, read two waysSaturn rules 19 years of your life. A centuries-old Sanskrit text reads them as standing and gain for a strong Saturn, and as hard years for a weak one.
- Mercury in the 9th house: learning, writing and fortuneA centuries-old Sanskrit text reads a 9th-house Mercury as one of its best seats: learning, a byline, and the sign that turns it.
- The North Node (Rahu) in Vedic astrology: strong or bad?The North Node as a centuries-old Sanskrit text reads it: the signs and houses where Rahu is strong, the ones it calls hard, and what is not in it.
- Sun in the 12th house: the Vedic reading of a hidden SunA centuries-old Sanskrit text reads a 12th-house Sun by the father, the year chart and the conditions that change it.
- Is Saturn bad in Vedic astrology? What the text saysNo. A centuries-old Sanskrit text calls Saturn a giver of sorrow, then reads its years as honor and gain when it stands well. How to tell which yours is.
- 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.
- Neecha bhanga raja yoga: what the BPHS actually saysThe term neecha bhanga is not in the BPHS. What the text does say: a debilitated planet that aspects the lagna gives raja yoga. The verses, cited.
By chart
By planet
By topic
Newsletter
One verse, explained, in your inbox.
New articles on what the Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra actually says. No predictions for sale, no spam, leave any time.