16. Clarifying the 4th House To determine what exactly the 4th house signifies in your chart, you’ll need to look at its representation in the Bhinna Ashtakavargas of different planets: Real estate or land is shown in the Bhinna Ashtakavarga of Mars. Vehicles and comforts are seen in the…

The Direction of Your Fortune The highest total of bindu across the four elemental directions can show you the direction in which your luck is strongest. But there’s another way to calculate this: group bindu by specific houses. East: 1st, 12th, 11th houses South: 10th, 9th, 8th houses West…

1. What Sarvashtakavarga Reveals The Sarvashtakavarga chart shows the strength of each house, which allows astrologers to make far more accurate predictions when interpreting a birth chart. In contrast, the Bhinna Ashtakavarga charts help determine whether a particular planet and its transits are beneficial or harmful. Let’s take a…

1. Starting with Bhinna Ashtakavarga of the Sun To understand how the Ashtakavarga chart is constructed, let’s walk through a real example, using the Sun as our reference planet. We begin by drawing eight simple charts, each with Scorpio as the Ascendant. In the first chart, we mark the…

1. What Is Ashtakavarga? To truly grasp the essence of Ashtakavarga, one must understand that as planets journey through the zodiac, they cast different aspects—energetic influences—not only from their own natal position, but also toward the positions of other planets. Depending on these relationships, a planet can act…