Vedic Astrology Digest Volume 5

Editors: Dr. K S Charak, Rajeev Jhanji, Vinay Aditya

Book 5 of 5: Vedic Astrology Digest

The VEDIC ASTROLOGY DIGEST is a collection of articles on varied subjects of ancient Indian astrology. The highlights of this fifth volume are as follows:

• An elaborate description of different signs in the lagna, the grahas in the lagna, and the interaction of the lagna and its lord on the one hand and the remaining houses and their lords on the other;
• Determination of the functional nature of the planets:
• A detailed account of the vargas or divisional charts;
• Some special lagnas mentioned by both Parashara and Jamini like Bhava lagna, Hora lagna, Ghati lagna, Pada lagna and Upa-Pada lagna, treated in some detail and their application in charts explained;
• Importance of the lagna and its lord in the formation of Rajayogas, Dhanayogas, Arishta yogas and Daridrya yogas discussed and explained;
• Sudarshana Chakra, its construction and application in order to increase accuracy in prediction;
• Adhana lagna or the lagna of conception: astrological rules to construct this important chart;
• Important astrological principles extracted from the classics and applied to charts of astrologers and women, principles relevant for speculators, and astrological rules of help to the man in search of a marriage partner;
• Principles of muhurta for oath-taking by the politicians and ministers, muhurta for launching of space vehicles, and the tragedies that can be avoided if muhurta principles followed;
• ‘Latta’ or ‘Planetary Kicks’, an interesting muhurta subject;
• A detailed description of the Vishti Karana;
• Our continued series on Pauranic stories relevant to the various nakshatras.

Contents

• THE ALL-IMPORTANT LAGNA – Dr. K S Charak
• Basic Principles of Analysis
• Interaction with the Various Houses
• Different Planets in the Lagna
• Different Lagnas and Functional Nature of Planets
• A Brief Introduction to the Vargas
• Some Special Lagnas of Parashara
• Pada or Aaroodha Lagna: The Lagna’s Chosen Station
• Upa-Pada: The Pada of the Twelfth House
• Raja Yogas and the Lagna
• Dhana Yogas and the Lagna
• Daridra and Adverse Yoga and the Lagna
• Lagna in Health and Disease
• Sudarshana Chakra: the composite View from the Sun, the Moon and the Natal Chart
• Adhana Lagna: The Lagna of Conception
• The Lagna, the Drekkana and the Body Parts
• Morphology of the Pada Lagna – Dr. S C Mishra
• Predicting Rise in Life through Yogadas – Ernst Wilhelm
• Predicting Rise in Life through Special Lagnas – Ernst Wilhelm
• Hora Lagna and Death – Sunil John
• Jyotisha for Astrologers – Dr. S C Mishra
• Jyotisha for Women – Dr. S C Mishra
• Jyotisha for Speculators – Dr. S C Mishra
• Jyotisha for the Eligible Bachelor – Dr. S C Mishra
• MUHURTA
• Muhurta: An Overview – Anshumalee Sood
• Muhurta for Oath Taking – Anshumalee Sood
• Tragedies in Space: A question of the right Muhurta! – Christine Fournier
• Who Determines the Test Timing? An Excercise in Muhurta of Launches – Vinay Aditya
• The Planetary Kicks – Dr. K S Charak
• The Invisible Effects of the Karanas – Dr. Kameshwar Upadhyaya
• STORIES OF THE NAKSHATRAS – Dr. K S Charak
• Karma Alone Reigns Supreme: Indra-Agni, the Ruling Deity of Vishakha Nakshatra
• Anuradha (Covered with 7. Punarvasu Vedic Astrology Digest Volume 3)
• Indra, the Ruling Deity of Jyeshtha Nakshatra: Moral Propriety as the Greatest Virtue
• Nirriti: The Ruling Deity of Moola Nakshatra
• Purvashadha
• Uttarashadha
• Lord Vishnu, the Ruling Deity of the Shravana Nakshatra