Badhak Bhava: house of obstruction

Badhak Bhava: house of obstruction

In the last couple of decades, we have seen a growing trend to apply Jaimini principles to Parashara dashas, which are planetary periods in one’s life. If we ask two astrologers to analyse the same chart for a known event, we will see two distinct analyses, using...
June 2018

June 2018

Venus and Mercury both change signs.  We experience the first conjunction of Mars and Ketu in Capricorn, and Mars turns retrograde, making Mars center stage this month. Venus enters Cancer June 9 till July 5 Venus begins June in the sign of Gemini, Mercury’s air...
May 2018

May 2018

Mars enters its exaltation sign of Capricorn joining Ketu From May 2 till Nov. 6, Mars will be in its exaltation sign Capricorn, forming close conjunctions with Ketu, the headless South Node.  Mars’ transit takes place inside the nodal axis, which when joined by the...
Jupiter, why so good in Aquarius?

Jupiter, why so good in Aquarius?

Jupiter gets exalted in the sign of Cancer and debilitated in the sign of Capricorn. There is a dictum in Vedic Astrology which states that Jupiter in Aquarius gives almost as good results as it gives when situated in the sign of Cancer. Why is this the case? It is...