Vedic Astrology
Plain, everyday explanations for the astrology terms you keep running into.
What is Ashtakavarga?
Ashtakavarga is the Vedic scoring system that rates each house in bindus. Bhinnashtakavarga, Sarvashtakavarga and transit reading, explained with Moon Shine AI.
Read the term → Vedic AstrologyWhat is the Atmakaraka?
The Atmakaraka is the graha at the highest degree inside its sign. How the Jaimini ranking works, the special rule for Rahu and the Karakamsha step, explained.
Read the term → Vedic AstrologyWhat is the Ayanamsha?
Ayanamsha is the angular gap between the sidereal and tropical zodiacs, now near 24 degrees. Lahiri, precession and why your sign shifts, with Moon Shine AI.
Read the term → Vedic AstrologyWhat is a Bhukti?
A bhukti, or antardasha, is the subperiod inside a mahadasha that sharpens Vedic timing. How its length is worked out, and why it matters, with Moon Shine AI.
Read the term → Vedic AstrologyWhat is the Dasamsa (D10)?
The Dasamsa or D10 is the Vedic divisional chart for vocation, work and public standing. How it is built and read next to the rasi chart, with Moon Shine AI.
Read the term → Vedic AstrologyWhat is a Dasha?
The Vimshottari dasha is the Vedic system of planetary periods totalling 120 years, opened by the Moon's birth nakshatra. Explore yours with Moon Shine AI.
Read the term → Vedic AstrologyWhat is Gandanta?
Gandanta marks the three water to fire junctions of the sidereal zodiac, 3 degrees 20 minutes on each side. The pada arithmetic behind it, and a calm reading.
Read the term → Vedic AstrologyWhat is Gochara?
Gochara is the Vedic transit, counted from the natal Moon rather than the ascendant. How that changes a reading, and what Sade Sati is, with Moon Shine AI.
Read the term → Vedic AstrologyWhat is a graha?
Graha names the nine celestial actors of Vedic astrology, including Rahu and Ketu, which are nodes rather than planets. What each one means, with Moon Shine AI.
Read the term → Vedic AstrologyWhat is the Hora (D2)?
The Hora is the D2 divisional chart of Vedic astrology, splitting each sign into a solar and a lunar half to read wealth. How it works, with Moon Shine AI.
Read the term → Vedic AstrologyWhat is Ketu?
Ketu is the south lunar node, always facing Rahu across the chart. Its three nakshatras, its 7 year dasha and what the tradition asks of it, with Moon Shine AI.
Read the term → Vedic AstrologyWhat is the Lagna?
The Lagna is the sidereal rising sign, the anchor of every Vedic chart. Why it usually differs from your tropical ascendant, and what the lagna lord adds.
Read the term → Vedic AstrologyWhat is a Nakshatra?
Nakshatras are the 27 Vedic lunar mansions, each exactly 13 degrees 20 minutes wide. Their rulers, their padas and their link to the dasha, with Moon Shine AI.
Read the term → Vedic AstrologyWhat is the Navamsa (D9)?
The Navamsa or D9 is the Vedic divisional chart that tests the rasi chart, read for marriage and dharma. How it is built and used, with Moon Shine AI.
Read the term → Vedic AstrologyWhat is Rahu?
Rahu is the north lunar node, a shadow graha with no body at all. Its 18 year dasha, its three nakshatras and how the tradition reads it, with Moon Shine AI.
Read the term → Vedic AstrologyWhat is the Rasi chart?
The Rasi (D1) is the main birth chart of Vedic astrology, cast in the sidereal zodiac. Grahas, bhavas and the root of every varga, explained with Moon Shine AI.
Read the term → Vedic AstrologyWhat is Sade Sati?
Sade Sati is the seven and a half years Saturn spends crossing your sidereal Moon sign and its two neighbors. The arithmetic, the three stages, no fear talk.
Read the term → Vedic AstrologyWhat are Vedic yogas?
A Vedic yoga is a combination of grahas that marks power or wealth in a birth chart. Raja yoga, Dhana yoga and Gaja Kesari, explained with Moon Shine AI.
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