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How this actually works
Written for someone who wants the mechanism rather than the mystique. Each of these explains how something is computed and says plainly where the tradition and the arithmetic part ways.
Basics · 5 min
Why your sign is different in Indian astrology
If a Western site says you are a Leo and an Indian one says Cancer, neither is wrong. They are measuring from different places.
Basics · 6 min
What a nakshatra is, and why it outranks your sign
The twenty-seven lunar mansions are older than the twelve signs in Indian practice, and most of what matters is read from them.
Matching · 7 min
How Kundali matching actually works
Thirty-six points across eight tests — and two rules that can overrule the total entirely.
Timing · 5 min
Sade Sati: what it is, and what it is not
Seven and a half years of Saturn, widely feared and routinely misdescribed. The mechanism is simple and the boundaries are computable.
Basics · 4 min
Why your birth time matters more than your birth date
The ascendant moves a whole sign every two hours. Almost everything else in the chart is arranged around it.
Timing · 5 min
Reading a dasha timeline
A hundred and twenty years split between nine planets. Where you enter it was decided by the Moon at your birth.