Learn Vedic astrology
Clear, short guides written for beginners. Each page starts with a direct answer, then explains the detail.
- What is Vedic astrology?Vedic astrology (Jyotish) explained simply: the sidereal zodiac, the Moon sign, nakshatras and dashas, and what it can and cannot tell you.
- Vedic vs Western astrologyVedic and Western astrology compared: sidereal vs tropical zodiac, the Moon sign, houses, dashas, and why your sign can differ.
- Lahiri ayanamsaThe Lahiri (Chitrapaksha) ayanamsa is the angle between the tropical and sidereal zodiacs, about 24 degrees today. What it is and why it matters.
- How to read a Vedic birth chartA step-by-step beginner's guide to reading a Vedic birth chart (kundli): rising sign, houses, planets, Moon sign, nakshatra and dasha.
- Sun, Moon and rising signThe Sun sign, Moon sign (rashi) and rising sign (lagna) compared in Vedic astrology: what each is, how it is found and which matters most.
- The 27 nakshatrasAll 27 nakshatras of Vedic astrology: where each starts in the zodiac, its ruling planet and deity, and how the nakshatra sets your dasha.
- Vimshottari dashaHow the Vimshottari dasha works: the 120-year cycle, the nine planetary periods in years, and how your birth nakshatra sets where it begins.
- The nine planets (Navagraha)The nine grahas of Vedic astrology: Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu, their traditional themes, signs and exaltation.
- The twelve houses (bhavas)The twelve houses (bhavas) of a Vedic chart and the life areas they traditionally represent, with how whole-sign houses are counted.
- Sade SatiWhat Sade Sati is in Vedic astrology: Saturn's roughly 7.5-year transit over your Moon sign, its three phases, and how to think about it calmly.
- Is Vedic astrology accurate?An honest look at how accurate Vedic astrology is: the calculations are precise, the interpretations are tradition, and the evidence for prediction is weak.