Indications From Houses

Notes: It is not enough if the house concerned as counted from the ascendant is strong and well disposed for the prosperity of the house. Such a house from the signifying planet should also be strong. For example, one will…

Sign Aspects

Moveable signs are: Aries, Cancer, and Libra. Fixed signs are: Taurus, Leo, and Scorpio. Dual signs are: Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces.  Every moveable sign aspects the 3 fixed signs leaving the fixed sign adjacent to it. Every fixed sign…

Gayatri Mantra

ఋగ్వేదం – Rig Veda 3.62.10 ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वःतत्सवितुर्वरेण्यंभर्गो देवस्य धीमहिधियो यो नः प्रचोदयात् ॥ ఓం భూర్భువస్సువఃతత్సవితుః వరేణియంభర్గో దేవస్య ధీమహిధియో యోనః ప్రచోదయాత్ Om Bhuur-Bhuvah SvahTat-Savitur-VarennyamBhargo Devasya DhiimahiDhiyo Yo Nah Pracodayaat || వేదంలోని ప్రతి మంత్రానికి ఒక దేవత, రుషి, ఛందస్సు యుండును. Every Veda Mantra has got a Devatha, Rishi and Grammar.…

Planets and Diseases

If the ascendant is occupied by the lords of the 6th and 8th along with the Sun, the native will be afflicted by fever and tumours. Mars replacing Sun will cause swelling and hardening of the brood vessels and wounds…

Myth Buster – 33 Crore Devathas

In Sanskrit, Devatha means Divya Padarth and Koti means Supreme. The numerical term “Crore [10 million]” bears no similarity to “Koti.” In total there are 33 devathas: 8 Vasu’s + 11 Rudra’s + 12 Aditya’s + 1 Indra + 1…

Vimshottari Dasa Periods

In Kaliyuga the natural life span of a human being is generally taken as 120 years. Therefore, Vimshottari Dasa is considered to be the most appropriate and the best of all Dasas. According to conception of Dasas in the Hindu…

Zodiacal Signs Described

The word Hora was derived from Ahoratra after dropping the first syllables. Thus Hora (ascendants) remains in between Ahoratra (i.e. day and night) and after knowing Hora, the good and bad effects of a native be known. Shri Vishnu, the…

Natural Benefic and Malefic Planets

Jupiter and Venus are benefics while Moon is mediocre in the beneficence. Mercury is neutral (i.e. a benefic when associated with a benefic and a malefic when associate with a malefic). Malefics are Sun, Saturn, and Mars. Full Moon, Mercury,…

Planetary Characteristics

Out of the many luminous bodies sighted in the skies, some are stars; yet some are planets (Grahas). Those that have no movements are the Nakshatras (or stars / asterisms). Those are called planets (or Grahas) that move through the…

The Sixteen Divisions (Vargas)

Varga Influence Description Rasi (D1) Body and Physical matters The Rasi owned by a planet is called its kshetra (one sign). Hora (D2) Wealth, Family The 1st half of an odd sign is called Hora ruled by Sun, while second…