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The Vedic astrology Primer

The science of light, studied properly.

Thirteen chapters — enough to read your own chart, enough to follow a classical text without a translator at your elbow. Written to be durable, not introductory: we don't patronise and we don't paraphrase away the rigour.

01Foundations
What Vedic astrology actually is

Vedāṅga origins, the three skandhas (Siddhānta, Saṃhitā, Horā), and the anatomy of a chart.

02Reference frame
Ayanāṃśa — sidereal, not tropical

Precession, the Lahiri offset, and why the same birth moment produces different charts in each system.

03Nine lights
The Grahas

Seven luminaries plus the two lunar nodes. Each with karakatva, rulerships, aspects, and behaviour.

04Twelve signs
The Rashis

Element, modality, gender, and lord for each sign. How planets behave as their tenant changes.

05Twelve houses
The Bhavas

Whole-sign houses, functional groupings (kendra/trikoṇa/upacaya/dusthāna), and the bhāvat-bhāvam principle.

0627 lunar mansions
The Nakshatras

Pādas, deities, lords, and the link to the Vimshottari dasha seed.

07Planetary timing
Dasha systems

Vimshottari (120-year cycle), Chara, and how a dasha interacts with transits to produce events.

0816 refinements
Divisional charts (Vargas)

From D1 to D60. How each varga is computed, what it resolves, and what vargottama means.

09Combinations
Yogas

Pancha Mahāpuruṣa, Rāja, Dhana, Viparīta, Nīcabhaṅga, Nabhasa — formation, cancellation, activation.

10Points of auspiciousness
Ashtakavarga

Bindu allocation, BAV / SAV, reduction (trikoṇa and ekādhipatya), and the shodhya pinda.

11Six strengths
Shadbala

Sthāna, Dig, Kāla, Cheṣṭā, Naisargika, Dṛk. Rūpa values, requirements, and Ishta/Kashta phala.

12Parallel tradition
The Jaimini system

Kārakas, chara dasha, arudha padas, argala, and sign-based aspects.

13Primary sources
Classical texts

BPHS, Phaladīpikā, Sārāvalī, Jaimini Sūtras, Uttara Kālāmṛta, Jātaka Pārijāta — what each is good for.