Category: Vedic Astrology

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 […]


How to analyze yogas in vedic astrology?

Every vedic chart will have many yogas. However, most lives are average at best. How do you account for this contradiction? How to you analyze yogas? Let us take the Budha-Aditya yoga, for example. It forms when Sun and Mercury are conjunct in a rasi. A person with Budha-Aditya yoga will be very intelligent. Given […]


2018 Best year for Aquarius

2018 is the best year for Aquarius or Kumbha Moon sign. Dasha vs Transits Vedic astrology uses dasas and transits to determine good and bad periods in a person’s life. In the dasa system we look at grahas at three levels – maha dasa, antar dasa, and pratyantar dasa. Among these, the graha running the […]