astro
Vedic Astrology, unlike western Astrology do not
take into account planets like pluto, neptune and Uranus.
The basic planets are Navagrahas or Nine planets. They are
Sun
Moon
Mars
Mercury
Jupiter
Venus
Saturn
Rahu
Ketu
Each of the planets signify certain characters which
help in determining the various aspects and events of
life while analysing one's horoscope.
Sun : It is a male planet and signifies Atma and also
called the natural Atmakaraka. Goverment positions, Father, income, power,
political influence can be ascertained from him.
Moon : This is a female planet and in the ruler of heart.
It signifies mother, wealth, music & Generosity.
Mars : Being a male planet, it signifies brothers & sister.
He is a natural malefic
Mercury : This signifies knowledge, arts maternal uncles
Jupiter : It signifies children, ministers. He is a natural benefic
Venus : It signifies sexual pleasures, clothes, jewels, business, music.
Saturn : It signifies longivity, menial jobs. He is a natural malefic
Rahu : This is one of the nodal planets. It signifies slavery, mental health,
prison, litigation and unlawful activities
Ketu : This is the other nodal planets. This signifies Moksha, occult
practices and ascetic life.
Rashis : There are 12 Rashis or houses. Each Rashi
extends to 30 Degrees [ 360 / 12 ] . The Various
houses and their lords are below
House Name
Lord
Type
Mobility
Mesham
Mars
Fire
Movable
Vrishabam
Venus
Earth
Fixed
Mithunam
Mercury
Air
Common
Katakam
Moon
Fire
Movable
Simham
Sun
Earth
Fixed
Kanni
Mercury
Air
Common
Thulam
Venus
Fire
Movable
Vrichikam
Mars
Earth
Fixed
Dhanus
Jupiter
Air
Common
Makaram
Saturn
Fire
Movable
Kumbam
Saturn
Earth
Fixed
Meenam
Jupiter
Air
Common
If you note, you will see that the type and mobility
are of three type number which come in sequence for the
Rashis.
Nakshatras : There are 27 Nakshatras and each Nakshatra
is divided into 4 Padas or divisions.
Nakshatra Name
Lord
Ashwini
Ketu
Bharani
Sukra or Venus
Karthikai
Sun
Rohini
Chandra or Moon
Mrigashirsham
Kuja or Mars
Thiruvadirai
Rahu
Punarpusam
Guru or Jupiter
Pusam
Sani or Saturn
Ailyam
Bhudha or Mercury
Makam
Ketu
Puram
Sukra
Utthiram
Sun
Hastam
Chandra
Chittirai
Kuja
Swathi
Rahu
Vishakam
Guru
Anusham
Sani
Kettai
Bhudha
Moolam
Ketu
Pooradam
Sukra
Utthiradam
Sun
Thiruvonam
Chandra
Avittam
Kuja
Sathayam
Rahu
Poorathadhi
Guru
Utthirathadhi
Sani
Revathi
Bhudha
Since there are 108 divisions, 27 * 4 padas, and
there are 12 Rashis, Each Rashi will hold 108 / 12, ie
nine padas. For eg. Mesham, will ashwini, bharani and
1 pada from kritika, while vrishabha will hold the other
3 padas along with Rohini and first 2 padas of Mrigashirsham.
Likewise it continues for the rest of the Rashis.
Significance of Houses : In Jyotish, the first house
is always the ascendent or Lagna. Each of the 12 houses
signify particular characteristic of the individual
Lagna or Ascendent : This signifies, the native's physical
appearance, color, fame and general characteristics.
This is considered to be an important house, as this
gives the overall picture of the native
2nd House : This characterises wealth, family, mind,
knowledge.
3rd House : This represents younger brothers, success in
ones's deeds, music and ears
4th House : Mother, vehicles, house,land, business, friends
are signified by it.
5th House : Children, fame, previous lives karma, paternal grandfather,
vedic knowledge
6th House : Diseases, debt, litigation, enemies and prison
term
7th House : Marriage, business, partner's characteristics
8th House : Longivity, war
9th House : Father, Dharma, Father's wealth
10th House : Career, faith, power
11th House : Elder brothers, other wives, income and
foreign visits
12th House : Moksha, spendings, maternal grandfather,
foreign travels
Related Sites
Link to Two star Astrological site. Has a Free chart calcutaing Option
Vedic Wisdom
Has Some good links and also free Vedic chart calculation
Goravani's Page
This has some good resources for basic vedica astrology and also program for
calculating professional charts
Ranjan's Page
This has some basic vedic astrology lessons and Horary Astrology. Also some reference to
books
