The Astrology Book

VEDICASTROLOGY(HINDUASTROLOGY) Hindu astrology, or Vedic astrology, as it is more commonly referred to by its practition- ers, h ...

ness.” The jyotishi or Vedic astrologer can be viewed as a priest or priestess, life coun- selor, teacher, and sage. As in Weste ...

Mars/Mangala:Courage, valor, energy, brothers, properties, achieve- ment, dynamism, fires, conflicts, war, enemies, oppression, ...

Fifth House/Putra Bhava:Children, love affairs and romance, creative intelligence, poorvapunya(past life credit), and wisdom. Dh ...

In Vedic astrology, the ascendant determines the harmonic pattern of house rulerships as well as how the person acts upon and pe ...

node), 18 years; Jupiter, 16 years; Saturn, 19 years; and Mercury, 17 years. The sequence repeats 3 times through the 12 signs o ...

Madonna is currently running her Rahu dasha (1994–2112) and Mercury Bhukti (March 2002–September 2004). This should reflect an i ...

The symposium was an historic event that symbolized the birth of a new era of Vedic astrology in the West. Since that time, inte ...

In 1979, he was invited by Swami Muktananda to come to the United States as an astrological consultant and has remained here sin ...

In recent years, several new books on Vedic astrology have been written. Light on Life: An Introduction to the Astrology of Indi ...

ground of the astrology should not be forgotten, particularly if one wants its spiritual benefits. Some Hindu terms like “karma” ...

moves along its orbit, it appears from Earth’s perspective to periodically slow, stop, and then move backwards. This so-called r ...

were seen in Demeter and her mythological descents into the underworld equated with Demeter’s daughter Persephone. In addition, ...

chart where it ruled all of the feminine signs: the Bull, the Crab (Cancer), the Virgin (Virgo), the Scorpion (Scorpio), the Goa ...

of Pisces (sidereal) and similarly the exact degree of debilitation of Venus is 27° of Virgo (sidereal). As it moves toward the ...

Lilly, William. Christian Astrology Modestly Treated of in Three Books.London: T. Brudenell, Reprint, Philadelphia: David McKay ...

the place to begin the zodiac (i.e., 0° Aries). Because of the phenomenon known as the precession of equinoxes, this point occur ...

women, the matron becomes the crone; in the culture of India, the householder sets out on his final spiritual journey as a monk- ...

Vesta’s priestesses represent an aspect of the feminine nature that is whole and com- plete in itself. When the old goddess reli ...

Sources: Dobyns, Zipporah. Expanding Astrology’s Universe.San Diego: Astro Computing Services, 1983. Donath, Emma Belle. Asteroi ...