Saptāṁśa and Children[1]
Pregnancy is seen from the 5th house as it is the fruit of marriage. Fruits or lābha of any bhāva…
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Suryamaṇḍalāṣṭakam
यन्मण्डलं द्वीप्तकरं विशालं रत्नप्रभं तीब्रमनादिरूपम्। दारिद्रदुःखक्षयकारण्ञ्च पुनातु मां तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यम्॥ yanmaṇḍalaṁ dvīptakaraṁ viśālaṁ ratnaprabhaṁ tībramanādirūpam| dāridraduḥkhakṣayakāraṇñca punātu māṁ tatsaviturvareṇyam|| यन्मण्डलं…
Tara Mantras
Tarini Dhyana ॐ कृष्णां लम्बोदरीं भीमां नागकुण्डलओभितां॥ रक्तमुखीं ललजिव्हां रक्तांबरधारां कटौ॥ पीनोन्नतस्तनयुगां महानागेन वेष्टितां॥ शबस्योपरि देवेषीं तस्योपरि कपालके॥ नासाग्रध्याननिरतां…
Mantra Śāstra: A Few Principles for Remedies[1]
A Study of Rāvaṇa’s Uḍḍiśa Tantra Gati: The Direction of the Mind (Moon) Once upon a time, many eons ago,…
Venus in Relationships
sukhī kāntavapuḥ śreṣṭhaḥ sulocano bhṛgoḥ sutaḥ| kāvyakartā kaphādhikyo’nilātmā vakramūrdhajaḥ|| Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śastra, Grahaguṇasvarūpādhyāya The King of the Watery…
Mantra Bhāva
The Fifth House yantra-mantrau tathā vidyāṁ buddheścaiva prabandhakam| putrarājyāpabhraṁśādīn paśyet putrālayād budhaḥ|| —-BPHS, Bhāvavivekādhyāyah, Shl. 6 putrādaivamahīṣaputrapitṛdhīpuṇyāni sañcintayet… …
The Moon and Venus
Śukra as the Lord of Jala Tattva Venus is the significator of desire and rules love, affection, marriage, and romantic…
Foundation of Jyotiṣa I: Guṇas
एकोऽव्यक्तात्मको विष्णुर्नादिः प्रभुरीश्वरः। शुद्धसत्व जगत्स्वामी निर्गुणास्त्रिगुणान्वितः॥ eko’vyaktātmako viṣṇurnādiḥ prabhurīśvaraḥ| śuddhasatvao jagatsvāmī nirguṇāstriguṇānvitaḥ|| …
Sakti: Power Immanent
The late C. V. Seshadri, while discussing the concept of energy, wrote, “many concepts that are accepted as absolutely self-evident…are…
Bhāva Kārakatva
Parāśara, in his monumental work, the Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra has identified two categories of celestial bodies, moving (cara) and…
