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What Does the 2nd House Actually Preserve?
This week’s Panchanga, the beginning of Navarātri, the second house of kundali and why wealth, family, food and speech all belong to the same house.
Ketu Beyond “Detachment”
This week’s Panchanga, the close of Pitṛ Pakṣa, Indirā Ekādaśī, Amāvāsyā, and a different way of understanding Ketu through precision, specialisation and instinctive skill.
Pitṛ Pakṣa begins today + what does vargottama mean
This week’s Panchanga, Venus turns retrograde, and what it means when a planet repeats its sign in D1 and D9.
Exalted Doesn’t Always Mean Beneficial
This week’s Panchanga, the major movements in the sky, and why an exalted planet isn’t automatically a good planet.
Bādhakeśa + Padminī Ekādaśī and what one daśā change taught me
I missed last week. Here is what the past fortnight has taught me. Plus: Bādhakeśa, Padminī Ekādaśī and your replies to last week's question.
Bādhaka, Śani Jayantī + an Āmāvasyā worth observing
Daśā timing, Kālaṣṭamī + a quiet week
This week: a quieter sky after last week's Pūrṇimā, and the one concept that explains why your chart activates when it does: Vimśottarī Daśā.
Pūrṇimā + Digbala: the direction a graha calls home
This week: Mohini Ekādaśī, Buddha Pūrṇimā, Narasimha Jayantī and one idea that changes how you read every planet in a chart.
Akṣaya Tṛtīyā this week + the concept of Cārakāraka
The week holds Akṣaya Tṛtīyā, Śaṅkara Jayantī, Guru Pūṣya Yoga, and Sītā Navamī. And the Jaiminī concept that shows what the soul came here to learn.
Pañcāṅga: the five things that define the quality of any day
Tithi. Nakṣatra. Yoga. Karaṇa. Vāra. This week: what each one actually governs, and why the calendar you use every day is only telling you half the story.
Śiva's aṣṭamī + Maharṣi Parāśara's Ṣoḍaśavarga
The week is alive. And this issue is about the sixteen divisional charts you probably haven't used yet.
Hanumān Jayantī this week + a Lagna nobody talks about
The Jaiminī system has a rising point that speaks directly about your career and social role.
Venus enters Aries + what is “graha yuddha”
Graha Yuddha is one of the most misunderstood concepts in Jyotiṣa.
Mercury turns direct + the lesser known art of Nimitta Shastra
There is a branch of Jyotiṣa most astrologers never study properly.
Jupiter goes direct this week + What "benefic" actually means in Jyotiṣa
PS - Jupiter isn't always the good guy.
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