Rta: The Cosmic Rhythm & Its Vedic Astrology Connection

Rta/Rita (ऋत) is the first and foremost Vedic concept, which seems to predate the whole of Rigvedic thought. Not to forget that Rigveda is the first and foremost Veda. This word Rta (ऋत) is featured in Rigveda around 390 times. It is so ancient that it is also mentioned in Avesta, which is the prime … Read more

Rahu and Ketu Transit 2022; Important Transit Secrets and Avakahada Chakra

6th of March 2022; 14:36:30; Dehradun, India time is when Rahu and Ketu change their Rashi from Taurus to Aries. To know how this transit impacts you there are some major rules which I am going to talk about, this can be used to check any transit though. First of all, remember that the transits … Read more

Shiva: The benefactor God

Shiva, as per Amarkosha (a Sanskrit dictionary) the meaning of the word will be स्यादानन्दथुरानन्दः शर्मशातसुखानि च |श्वः श्रेयसं शिवं भद्रं कल्याणं मङ्गलं शुभम् ||२५|| It means Shiva is beneficial, auspicious and does the good for living beings, as Shivaratri is approaching closer, this year it is on 1st March 2022, in this article I … Read more

Determining Profession

Introduction The profession is defined in dictionaries as “a paid occupation, especially one that involved prolonged training and a formal qualification”, our sages talked about it in a different sense, they termed it as Karma which means work. I will quote a shloka from Bhagwad Geeta which will help us understand what Karma is. All men … Read more

Shasti-Hayani Dasha: Confusion and Application

Introduction As per Sage Parashara’s instructions, I am of the opinion that when special Dasha’s are applicable in a Horoscope one must use these Dasha’s over Vimshottari. Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra “Sage Parashara said – O learned of Brahmins, There are many Dasha’s. Between them, for common people, Vimshottari Dasha is the main, and for … Read more

Srsti and Avatar : Chapter 1 and 2 of Parashara Hora

दिनेशं च गणेशं  च परेशं च पराशरंप्रणम्य तत्कृते शास्त्रे कुर्वे तत्त्वर्थ्बोधिनिम्!! Ninth lesson of my course “Jyotish Prarambha” is Srsti and Avatar. This lessons includes in-depth study of Chapter one and two of Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra. These two chapters are considered to be most difficult to understand even by scholars. Here I have attempted … Read more