Vedic Astrology Consultancy & Research

The present state of affairs in the life of a human being is obviously judged from the changeable and dynamic factors in the horoscope. When we ask ‘how are you’ or ‘how are things’, these parts or constituents of the horoscope come to the forefront. In Vedic astrology, the foremost amongst such factors is the Dasha, and more particularly, the lord of the Dasha. This planet is called the Dashanatha in Jyotisha.   The Dashanatha is far more important than is ordinarily thought. He is the temporary Lagna during the course of the entire Dasha. Suppose someone has Virgo Lagna and Venus is placed in the 10th Bhava from the Udaya Lagna in Gemini. When Shukra/ Venus Dasha commences, the Lagna or the Dasha Lagna is determined by Shukra and Gemini acts as the active Lagna during the Dasha.  The reason why the Dashanatha is more important that might appear to be the case at first glance is that He rules the life of the individual during the Dasha. What could be more important.  ...

A frequent mistake which is often made in Jyotisha thought is to consider events in Vedic astrology charts as complete or absolute or all encompassing . These words and phrases may not accurately capture the essence of what is being communicated, and so illustrations follow.   The first and foremost mistake is to consider the horoscope as containing everything . One has an erroneous  conviction that everything that happens in life must show up in some way in the horoscope, and even more acutely, something that appears to be indicated in the horoscope must happen, otherwise something is wrong.  In the Ramayana, why was the Vanavasa or Agyatavasa not predicted by the great astrologers of the time, especially in the incarnation of Sri Rama Avatara. It could not have been that it was not known. One may conjecture but it is certain that there was no prediction. Still, Moola Dasha system which is used to  time  curses in the charts, effectively indicates the 14 ye...

One of the entities one encounters in spirituality a lot is the soul. On the rare occasion, one would encounter the funny man, invariably in western philosophy who would scoff at the notion of the soul. And why not- if you are going to go primarily by empiricism and so on, then where is the proof of the soul in thought systems across the world. These disciplines are founded on the belief that all knowledge is sensory. We are not really on these systems, but we are brushing past them merely to found this discussion regarding testing the reality of the existence of the soul on the seeming solidity of this plain jane proposition.   While the soul is beyond the Manas or the mind and the Tanu or the body and its senses, in Vedic astrology the  existence of the soul is proved as being self-evident because of the measurable performance of the Atmakaraka, the significator of the soul in Jyotisha; measurable, as in capable of being directly perceived by the mind and the senses, since...

One wants to understand the unfolding of Karma through Vedic astrology, once it becomes clear that surprising though it is to the modern, uninitiated mind, you could readily say, broad brushes, that everything happens as indicated in the horoscope; barring minor irritants such as wanting things to happen at a particular time and in a particular way, but then what is actually happening is very much in conformity with what a well-versed person would fathom from the various combinations formed by the Grahas, Rashis and any number of Jyotisha parameters.   So, suppose one is at a crucial juncture in life for example, and either has sufficient knowledge of the Vedanga or is in a position to consult a Jyotishi, what could some of the more important areas of scrutiny be, so as to get a firm grip on the prospects. These need not be discussed in any particular order since quite obviously the meaning is that they ought to all be considered, apart from any other areas that come to mind, for...