Vedic astrology in plain words

Short articles for someone new to the subject. Each explains one idea and nothing else.

• What is a Kundli? Your Vedic birth chart explained

  A Kundli is a map of the sky at the moment you were born. Here is what goes into it, what it shows and how to start reading one.

• How to read a North Indian chart

  The diamond chart looks confusing until you know one rule. The houses never move. Here is how to find the houses, the signs and the planets.

• The 12 houses in Vedic astrology and what each one covers

  Each house is one area of life. Here is what all twelve cover, how they are grouped and how to read a house that has no planets in it.

• The nine planets (Navagraha) and what each one is in charge of

  Vedic astrology works with nine planets. Here is what each stands for, which signs it owns and where it is strong or weak.

• Mahadasha and Antardasha explained: how Vimshottari Dasha divides your life

  The Dasha system says which planet is leading each period of your life. Here are the nine Mahadashas, their lengths and how the periods inside them work.

• Sade Sati explained: what it is, how long it lasts and how to find yours

  Sade Sati is the seven and a half years when Saturn passes over your Moon sign. Here is how it is worked out, its three phases and what Dhaiya means.

• Vedic vs Western astrology: why your sign is different

  Most people find their Vedic Sun sign is one sign earlier than their Western one. The reason is a gap of about 24 degrees between two ways of measuring the zodiac.