Archive for July, 2018

Vedic Astrology – Natural Benefics and Natural Malefics

Continuing our discussion from the previous post about the Navagraha family, let us, now, look at the nature of the grahas. Grahas are natural benefics or natural malefics. Natural benefic grahas bring out growth and natural malefic grahas restrict growth. In keeping with the vedic tradition, the Ministers (teachers) are benefic. In fact, Jupiter and […]


Navagraha family – friends and enemies

It is important to understand the nature of the grahas and the role they play in the navagraha family to infer the results of many things in vedic astrology, like strengths, combinations, aspects… We will exclude Rahu and Ketu in the navagraha family because they are not real entities. Analysis of Rahu and Ketu is […]


Is Scorpio lagna at a disadvantage?

Is it desirable to be born in one lagna over another? This is a tough question and, yes, there are successful and unsuccessful individuals in all lagnas. However, does having a particular lagna increase or decrease the probability of success? To analyze this question we will look at a few dimensions and evaluate each lagna […]