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Chara Kārakas: Your Soul Planet and Its Ministers

How Jaimini astrology ranks your planets by degree to find your soul planet (ātmakāraka) and the six planets that serve it.

Oct 13, 2026
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Ārūḍha Lagna: The Image the World Sees

The ārūḍha lagna shows how others perceive you: your image, standing, gains and spending. How it is found and how to read it.

Oct 13, 2026
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Upapada and Dārapada: Marriage and Partners

Jaimini reads marriage from the upapada (UL) and partnerships from the dārapada (A7). What each shows and how they are found.

Oct 13, 2026
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Kārakāṁśa: Your Soul Planet's Navāṁśa

The kārakāṁśa is the navāṁśa sign of your soul planet. Jaimini reads vocation, learning and devotion from it. Here is how.

Oct 13, 2026
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Reading a Chart from Several Starting Points

Lagna, Moon, Sun, ārūḍha, upapada, kārakāṁśa and more: which question each starting point answers and how to count houses from it.

Oct 13, 2026
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Sign Aspects and Argalā: How Jaimini Sees Influence in Your Chart

How signs "look at" each other in Jaimini astrology, and how argalā (the door bolt) lets planets hold a house — with a worked example.

Oct 13, 2026
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Two Clocks: Vimśottarī and Chara Daśā, and What It Means When They Agree

How the planet clock (Vimśottarī) and the sign clock (chara daśā) are set, why the site uses solar-return years, and how it reads their agreement.

Oct 13, 2026
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Divisional Charts (Vargas) and Viṁśopaka: Zooming Into Your Chart

The sixteen divisional charts of BPHS, what each is for, what vargottama means, how the 20-point Viṁśopaka score works, and why birth time matters.

Oct 13, 2026
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Planet Strength: Ṣaḍbala, Iṣṭa and Kaṣṭa, and the Avasthās

How strong is each of your planets? Six-fold strength and its minimum, iṣṭa and kaṣṭa, and the "age" and "awake / dreaming" states explained.

Oct 13, 2026
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Tārās and Navatāra: The Nine Stars Counted From Your Birth Star

How the nine tārās are counted from your birth star, what the classical texts actually say about them, and how the site uses them in the month verdict.

Oct 13, 2026
Advanced12 min read

Understanding the Dasha System: How Vedic Astrology Predicts Life Timing

Learn how the Vimshottari Dasha system in Vedic astrology reveals the timing of major life events, opportunities, and challenges with remarkable precision.

Jan 2, 2025
Comparison10 min read

Vedic vs Western Astrology: 7 Key Differences You Need to Know

Explore the fundamental differences between Vedic (Jyotish) and Western astrology, from zodiac calculations to predictive techniques and philosophical foundations.

Dec 20, 2024
Fundamentals8 min read

What is Nakshatra? Understanding the 27 Lunar Mansions in Vedic Astrology

Discover the ancient wisdom of Nakshatras - the 27 lunar mansions that reveal your soul's deeper purpose, personality traits, and life path in Vedic astrology.

Dec 15, 2024

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