Knowledge

  • The Sacred Language of the Ṛṣis
    What Has Been Said About Vedic Astrology — the testimony of the great sages Nārada, Parāśara, Kaśyapa, and Vaśiṣṭha on the nature, branches, and supreme dignity of Jyotiṣa Śāstra.
  • Bhāva Lords and Kāraka
    Just as the Rāśis correspond to the parts of Kāla Puruṣa, the Bhāvas correspond to our attitudes and experiences. A study of the three Kārakas and how the lord of a house carries the inner qualities of its Kāraka and the outer qualities of its natural ruler.
  • Yoga Kāraka
    Yoga Kāraka means ‘the giver of unity’ — the unity between a person’s path (Kendra) and their spiritual practice (Koṇa). A complete survey of which Grahas become Yoga Kārakas for each of the twelve Lagnas.
  • Sir Winston Churchill – Ṣoḍaśottarī Application
    A detailed analysis of Sir Winston Churchill’s birth chart using Ṣoḍaśottarī Daśā — childhood, marriage, profession, and the Second World War through the lens of Jyotiṣa.
  • Guru Bhakti in the Ninth Bhāva
    An exploration of Guru Bhakti — devotion to the spiritual teacher — through Jyotiṣa: the five Bhāvas of Bhakti, the nine forms of devotion, the determination of Iṣṭadevatā and Guru Devatā, and case studies of meeting and receiving Dīkṣā from one’s Guru.
  • Kaṇṭaka Śani
    Kaṇṭaka Śani — Saturn behaving like a thorn in one’s life, disrupting career, finances, and well-being. A study with seven historical examples including Milošević, Šešelj, Napoleon, and Ceaușescu, and the protection of the Dharma and Siddhi Bhāvas.
  • Live fast…
    An astrological analysis of musicians who lived brilliantly but briefly — the role of Śukra, Maṅgala, and the burnout of Ojas in the charts of Layne Staley and Amy Winehouse.
  • Śāradā Tilakam Alphabet
    ॐ – AUM or OM. The 51 sounds of the Sanskrit alphabet mapped to their planetary rulers, presiding deities, and esoteric Śaktis, following the Śāradā Tilakam.
  • Karma Focus
    How to identify the focal point of karma in a birth chart by mapping the Navāṁśa Lagna back into the Rāśi chart, with case studies including an engineer-turned-astrologer, Svāmi Rāmakṛṣṇa Paramahamsa, Śrīla Prabhupāda, and a chart on care for children.
  • Kāla Chakra basics
    Kāla Chakra, the Wheel of Time, and the soul’s attachment to material creation through eight directions. A study of Kāla Chakra, Dig Chakra, the Digpāla, the Praśna Marga method for drawing the Chakra, and the placement of the Tithis.
  • Upapada Lagna
    A comprehensive study of Upapada Lagna — its calculation, its relationship to Dharma and the Navāṁśa, the sustaining second house, and seven case studies including Bhagavan Śrī Rāma, death of a partner, and divorce.
  • Aṣṭa Siddhi
    The eight renowned accomplishments of ancient India — the Aṣṭa Siddhis, their planetary rulers, directions, and presiding deities, the eight bridges to God, the eight Vasus, and how they manifest in the chart, illustrated by Mahaṛṣi Mahesh Yogi.
  • What is Jyotiṣa Śāstra?
    An introduction to the Vedic cosmos — Bhū, Bhuva, and Svarga — the role of karma in how the planets filter divine light, the 27 Nakṣatras and their rulers, the five elements, and the nature of the Grahas, luminaries, and nodes.