Astrology, explained honestly
Kundli, panchang, nakshatras and numerology - what the tradition actually says, and where it stops.
Guru (Jupiter) Transit and Its Effects
Jupiter takes about a year to cross a sign and twelve to circle the chart, and it aspects three houses from wherever it sits. Here is what Guru gochara does in each house from the Moon, and why expansion is not the same as improvement.
Shani (Saturn) Transit: What to Expect
Saturn spends about two and a half years in every sign, so its transits are felt as conditions rather than events. Here is what gochara really says, house by house from the Moon, and how to read it honestly.
What Is Sade Sati, and What Does It Really Do?
Sade Sati is Saturn moving through the three signs around your birth Moon, roughly seven and a half years. Here is what the tradition claims it does, how often it recurs, and how not to be frightened into paying for remedies.
Antardasha and Pratyantardasha: Reading Sub-Periods
Vimshottari dasha divides into antardasha, pratyantardasha and finer levels by the same proportional rule. Here is the arithmetic, the judgement, and how deep it is honest to read.
Vimshottari Dasha: The 120-Year Cycle Explained
The full Vimshottari system - the 120-year sequence and its nine period lengths, how the janma nakshatra fixes your starting dasha, how the balance at birth is calculated, and how to read a mahadasha without leaning on a graha reputation.
Gajakesari Yoga and Other Wealth Yogas
Gajakesari yoga means Jupiter in a kendra from the Moon - a configuration present in roughly one chart in three. Here is what it really signifies, how the genuine dhana yogas work, and why wealth yogas so often fail to deliver.
Pancha Mahapurusha Yogas Explained
One of five grahas in its own sign or exaltation, and simultaneously in a kendra from the Lagna. That is the whole rule. Here are the five yogas, what weakens them, and the arithmetic showing roughly one chart in three carries at least one.
Raja Yogas: The Combinations for Success
Raja yogas are the named combinations that classical Jyotisha links to status and success. Most charts contain several. This guide explains the real definition, the main types, and the strict conditions under which one actually delivers.
What Is Pitra Dosh?
What Pitra Dosh is said to be, the chart signatures practitioners cite, and how the shraddha and Pitru Paksha tradition stands entirely apart from it. A clear account of where the doctrine came from and where it does harm.
Combustion (Astangata): When a Planet Is Burnt
Combustion or astangata is what happens when a graha stands too close to the Sun to be seen. This guide covers the orbs each authority gives, why Mercury is combust so often, how to read a burnt graha and what combustion does not do.
Shadbala: How Planetary Strength Is Measured
Shadbala is the six-fold calculation Jyotisha uses to measure how strong each graha really is: positional, directional, temporal, motional, natural and aspectual strength, added up in rupas.
What Is Ashtakavarga, and How Is It Used?
Ashtakavarga is the closest thing Jyotisha has to a quantitative model. This guide explains bindus, Bhinnashtakavarga, the 337-point Sarvashtakavarga total, the kaksha refinement, and where the numbers stop being evidence.