Category: Jyotiṣa

Śukra as the Lord of Jala Tattva Venus is the significator of desire and rules love, affection, marriage, and romantic…

  एकोऽव्यक्तात्मको विष्णुर्नादिः प्रभुरीश्वरः। शुद्धसत्व जगत्स्वामी निर्गुणास्त्रिगुणान्वितः॥ eko’vyaktātmako viṣṇurnādiḥ prabhurīśvaraḥ| śuddhasatvao jagatsvāmī nirguṇāstriguṇānvitaḥ||              …

Parāśara, in his monumental work, the Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra has identified two categories of celestial bodies, moving (cara) and…

Introduction The Sun, resplendent and glorious in his twelve forms, as the ruler of the day and the lord of…

Divisional charts are the keys to understanding horoscopes as they unlock that hidden door which refuses to open, even after…

लाभभावफलाञ्चाथ कथयामि द्विजोत्तम। श्रुयोताम् जातको लोके यछुत्भत्वे सदा सुखी॥ lābhabhāvaphalāṣcātha kathayāmi dvijottama | śruyotām jātako loke yachutbhatve sadā sukhī || …

Introduction Abhiśāpa or ­śāpa, otherwise known as a curse, is an invocation to the superior powers, in order to cause…

Sandhi or the transition zone between one bhava and another and between two rāśis, is a problematic field of study…

Ārūḍha and Māyā[1] Definitions Ārūḍha means to mount, rise, bestride, like mounting a horse or to ascend, or elevate. In…