Reading the Sacred Sky
Essays on Jyotisha — the ancient Vedic science of light — and the timeless conversation between the heavens and the inner life. A growing collection.
The planetary combinations — from Gaja Kesari and Budha-Aditya to the five Mahapurusha, Raja, and Dhana yogas — that lend a chart its particular gifts.
Read articleThe map of the sky at the hour you were born — your lagna, moon, and birth star, the nine grahas, the twelve houses, and the dashas, read as a lamp rather than a fate.
Read articleA beginner’s guide to Jyotisha — the ancient science of light. Meet the planets, the signs, and the nakshatras of the world’s oldest astrological tradition.
Read articleA closer look at the nine planetary forces of Vedic astrology — their qualities, the days they govern, and the stories they tell.
Read articleThe lunar mansion the moon was passing through at your birth — one of the most personal and revealing points in the entire chart.
Read articleThe bhavas of a Vedic chart — the twelve fields of life where the planets do their work, from the self and home to partnership, career, and release.
Read articleVedic astrology’s clock — the planetary “seasons” that reveal when a life shifts, and how to find the chapter you are living now.
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