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Learn Jyotish: the course

Jyotish in a hundred lessons, in order, from the foundations to yogas, dashas, transits, compatibility and muhurta. Each in-depth lesson has key points, tables, worked examples, common mistakes, how to see it on your own chart, and sources.

1. Foundations

  1. What is Jyotish? Vedic astrology explained from the ground up in depth
  2. Sidereal vs tropical zodiac: why Vedic signs differ in depth
  3. What is the ayanamsa? Lahiri, Raman and KP compared in depth
  4. What is a kundli? The birth chart and how to read its layout in depth
  5. What is the Lagna? The rising sign and why it matters in depth
  6. Why birth time matters so much
  7. What is a graha (planet) in Jyotish?
  8. What is a rashi (zodiac sign)?
  9. What is a bhava (house)?
  10. What is a nakshatra (lunar mansion)?

2. The nine grahas

  1. Surya (Sun) in Jyotish: soul, authority and father
  2. Chandra (Moon) in Jyotish: mind and emotions
  3. Mangal (Mars) in Jyotish: energy and courage
  4. Budh (Mercury) in Jyotish: intellect and speech
  5. Guru (Jupiter) in Jyotish: wisdom and dharma
  6. Shukra (Venus) in Jyotish: love and the arts
  7. Shani (Saturn) in Jyotish: discipline and endurance
  8. Rahu: the north node in Jyotish
  9. Ketu: the south node in Jyotish
  10. Exaltation (uchcha) and debilitation (neecha) explained
  11. Planetary friendship table (naisargika maitri)
  12. Graha drishti: planetary aspects
  13. Vakri (retrograde) grahas: what it means
  14. Combustion (asta) of planets near the Sun

3. The twelve rashis

  1. Mesha rashi (Aries): ruler, element and keywords
  2. Vrishabha rashi (Taurus): ruler, element and keywords
  3. Mithuna rashi (Gemini): ruler, element and keywords
  4. Karka rashi (Cancer): ruler, element and keywords
  5. Simha rashi (Leo): ruler, element and keywords
  6. Kanya rashi (Virgo): ruler, element and keywords
  7. Tula rashi (Libra): ruler, element and keywords
  8. Vrishchika rashi (Scorpio): ruler, element and keywords
  9. Dhanu rashi (Sagittarius): ruler, element and keywords
  10. Makara rashi (Capricorn): ruler, element and keywords
  11. Kumbha rashi (Aquarius): ruler, element and keywords
  12. Meena rashi (Pisces): ruler, element and keywords

4. The twelve bhavas

  1. First house (tanu bhava): self and body
  2. Second house (dhana bhava): wealth and speech
  3. Third house (sahaja bhava): effort and siblings
  4. Fourth house (sukha bhava): home and mother
  5. Fifth house (putra bhava): intellect and children
  6. Sixth house (ripu bhava): service and challenges
  7. Seventh house (yuvati bhava): partnerships
  8. Eighth house (randhra bhava): transformation
  9. Ninth house (dharma bhava): fortune and teachers
  10. Tenth house (karma bhava): career
  11. Eleventh house (labha bhava): gains
  12. Twelfth house (vyaya bhava): losses and moksha
  13. House lords explained
  14. Kendra and trikona houses

5. Reading a chart

  1. How to read a birth chart: a step-by-step guide
  2. The order to read a birth chart
  3. Reading a graha in a house
  4. Conjunction (yuti): two grahas in one sign
  5. Chandra lagna: the chart from the Moon
  6. North and South Indian chart styles

6. Nakshatras in depth

  1. Nakshatra padas (quarters) explained
  2. Why the nakshatra deities matter
  3. Gana classes of nakshatras
  4. Nakshatra timing for daily activities

7. The panchang

  1. Tithi explained: the lunar day
  2. Shukla and Krishna paksha
  3. Karana explained: the half tithi
  4. Yoga in the panchang (not the same as yoga practice)
  5. Vara: the weekdays and their rulers
  6. How to read a daily panchang
  7. Choghadiya: the eight-part day
  8. Rahu Kaal: what it is and how it is calculated

8. Divisional charts and strength

  1. Divisional charts (varga): an overview
  2. Navamsha (D9) chart explained
  3. Dashamsha (D10) chart explained
  4. Ashtakavarga: an overview of the bindu system

9. Dashas

  1. Vimshottari dasha explained
  2. Dasha balance at birth
  3. Mahadasha and antardasha
  4. Yogini dasha: an 36-year cycle
  5. How to read a dasha timeline
  6. Dasha and transit (gochar): how they work together

10. Transits

  1. Gochar: what a transit is in Jyotish
  2. Sade Sati: Saturn's transit over the Moon sign

11. Yogas

  1. What is a yoga in a birth chart?
  2. Raja yoga: the general term
  3. Dhana yoga: the wealth combinations
  4. Pancha Mahapurusha yogas
  5. Gaja Kesari yoga
  6. Viparita Raja yoga
  7. Neecha Bhanga Raja yoga
  8. Kemadruma yoga
  9. Kaal Sarpa yoga in the classical sense

12. Compatibility

  1. Ashtakoota (guna milan): the eight kutas
  2. Nadi dosha: what the tradition says
  3. Bhakoot kuta in guna milan
  4. Gana kuta in guna milan
  5. Manglik (Kuja) dosha explained
  6. Rules that cancel manglik dosha
  7. Matching, consent and the decision to marry

13. Muhurta and the calendar

  1. What is muhurat?
  2. Abhijit muhurat: the midday window
  3. Adhik maas: the extra lunar month
  4. How festival dates are fixed by the panchang

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