Vedic astrology, written for thinking seekers

Karakamsha is the sign the Atmakaraka occupies in the Navamsha, and Jaimini astrology reads it for the soul's direction rather than the personality. One classical technique built on it points toward a personal deity. Here is the method, and the dependency chain that makes it fragile.

Chara Dasha runs the twelve rashis as dasha lords instead of the nine planets Vimshottari uses. Here is how the sequence direction is set by the Lagna, and how each sign's length is actually computed, the part most summaries get loosely wrong.

Argala is Jaimini's term for how planets in specific houses intervene on a house's promise, for better or worse. Most explanations stop at the favorable count. The cancelling half, virodha argala, is what decides whether any of it actually stands.

Upapada Lagna is the Jaimini technique for reading marriage: the arudha of the twelfth house, paired with the Darakaraka. Here is how it is derived, what malefics and benefics around it classically mean, and where practitioners genuinely disagree.

Arudha Lagna is a Jaimini technique for how a life is seen, not who is living it. Here is how to calculate it, why the 1st and 7th results are thrown out, and why a strong image sitting over a weak Lagna is a common, honestly readable pattern rather than a chart error.

The Darakaraka is the lowest-degree planet in a chart and the Jaimini significator of the spouse. Here is how to find it and read it.

Jaimini astrology, attributed to the sage Jaimini, runs parallel to the Parashari system. Its chara karaka (movable significators) rank the planets by degree to reveal your soul-priorities. Here is how to calculate them and read the Atmakaraka.

The planet with the highest degree in your chart is treated by the Jaimini system as the significator of your soul itself. We unpack what that actually means, how to find it, and why this single placement reorganises the whole reading.