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Karakas – the soul of Jaimini Jyotiṣa
Ātmā kāraka Just like the lagneśa the ātmā kāraka (AK) represent the soul of the native’s present incarnation. Therefore the bhāvas represented by the AK and the bhāva that is placed in represent dominant themes in the native’s lifetime. e.g. If the AK lords the 7th bhāva, the native is highly like to get married…
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The enigma of Bhavat Bhavam
The concept of Bhavat Bhavam is probably one of the most powerful and yet one of most underutilized tools of jyotiSa. The simplest way to I can think of explaning it is that it helps identify the “twin” bhaava of each of the 12 bhaava in a kundali. The “twin” house in addition to its…
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Hidden Nakshatra Gems
Ashwini The Ashwini Kumars are fabled to be chasing Usha (first rays of the sun) and therefore the first 40-45 min of the Sun’s rays are very healing since Ashwin Kumars are after all the celestial healers. Nakul and Sahadev (2 of the 5 brothers from the epic Mahabharata) are sons of the Ashwini Kumars.…
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Marakas – The killer planets in Vedic Astrology
Marakas (the killer planets) and timing of death are probably the most feared topics in Jyotish and probably rightly so. Death and dying are never a topic one seeks to ponder upon and yet it is one that most of us keep circling back to time and again. In addition to the controversial topics they…