Category: Vedic Astrology

Subha Kartari Yoga

Subha Kartari Yoga forms when natural benefics surround the ascendant. In other words, the 2nd and 12th houses from the ascendant are occupied by natural benefics. For this yoga, there should be benefics in both the 2nd and 12th houses. The idea is that your neighbors or neighborhood influence your behavior. A positive surrounding leads […]


Mahabhagya Yoga

Mahabhagya yoga is one of the rare yogas where the combination is different for men and women. For men, the person is born during the day and the Ascendant, Sun, and Moon are in odd signs. For women, the person is born during the night and the Ascendant, Sun, and Moon are in even signs. […]


2020 – Year of Leo (Simha) Rasi

2020 is the year for Leo! 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 maha dasa is the most important. Dasa analysis […]


Vasumati Yoga

Vasumati yoga forms when the natural benefics are in upachaya houses. Position of the natural benefics is very important in vedic astrology. Jupiter and Venus are always benefics. Mercury is benefic when it associates with other benefics. Moon is benefic when it is waxing. You can follow this link to learn more about natural benefics […]


Dhainya Parivartana Yoga

Dhainya Parivartana Yoga is one of the three types of Parivartana Yogas. You can follow the link to read more about Parivartana Yoga. Parivartana yoga is formed when two lords of different houses mutually interchange places. That is they occupy the house of each other. If one of the lords is the lord of the […]


Maha Parivartana Yoga

Maha Parivartana Yoga is one of the three types of Parivartana Yogas. You can follow the link to read more about Parivartana Yoga. Parivartana yoga forms when two lords of different houses mutually interchange places. That is they occupy the house of each other. If both the lords are lords of positive houses, it forms […]


Kahala Parivartana Yoga

Kahala Parivartana Yoga is one of the three types of Parivartana Yogas. You can follow the link to read more about Parivartana Yoga. Parivartana yoga is formed when two lords of different houses mutually interchange places. That is they occupy the house of each other. If one of the lords is the 3rd lord and […]


Parivartana Yoga

Parivartana yoga is formed when two lords of different houses mutually interchange places. That is they occupy the house of each other. There are twelve houses in a vedic chart. So, the possible combinations are 66 in number. The first house can exchange with 11 other houses, second can exchange with 10 other houses…, the […]


What is wealth? A Navaratri Perspective

The navaratri season is in full swing. The festival respects and worships the female form. Navaratri lasts for nine days and families worship Saraswati, Lakshmi, and Parvati, 3 days each. Families pray to the devine godesses to grant wealth and prosperity. In that context, what wealth are they referring to? The first thing that comes […]


Rasi Characteristics

The key components for vedic astrology are rasis, nakshatras, houses, and grahas. In the vedic astrology landscape, firstly, the rasis and nakshatras represent the background. Secondly, the houses represent the themes and finally, the grahas represent the actors. Each of these dimensions has multiple options. There are 12 rasis., 27 nakshatras, 12 houses, and 9 […]