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The Four Aims of Life in the Horoscope

14. Dharma, Artha, Kama, Moksha In Vedic philosophy, human life is guided by four great purposes, and they can be analysed through your chart: Dharma (duty, spiritual path): 1st, 5th, 9th houses Artha (wealth, livelihood): 2nd, 6th, 11th houses Kama (desire, relationships): 3rd, 7th, 11th houses Moksha (liberation, inner freedom…

More Secrets of Ashtakavarga: What Bindu Counts Reveal

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…

Ashtakavarga in Action: Reading the Strength of Houses

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…

Building the Ashtakavarga Chart: A Practical Guide Using the Sun

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…

Understanding Ashtakavarga: The Eightfold Web of Planetary Strength

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…