310terms spanning Vedic, Western, Numerology & Universal traditions — indexed A–Z.
All 310 terms
/ak-SID-en-tal DIG-nih-tee/
Accidental dignity is strength arising from a planet's position and circumstances in the chart — its…
/AIR signs/
The air triplicity — Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius — is hot and moist, masculine in nature; these sign…
/a-maa-tya-kaa-ra-ka/
अमात्यकारक
"The Amatyakaraka — the planet with the second-highest longitude — is the minister of the chart
/ah-nah-RET-ik deh-GREE/
The anaretic degree — 29° of any sign — is called the degree of fate, urgency, or crisis; a planet a…
Angel numbers are sequences of repeating or patterned digits — such as 111, 222, 333, 444 — that app…
/ANG-gyoo-lar HOUSE/
The angular houses — the 1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th — correspond to the four angles of the chart and ar…
/an-tar-da-sha/
अन्तर्दशा
"Within each Mahadasha, the nine planets divide the period proportionally — each ruling its Antardas…
/a-nu-raa-dhaa/
अनुराधा — Mitra
Anuradha Nakshatra is presided over by Mitra, the Vedic god of friendship and contracts
/ah-PLY-ing AS-pect/
A planet applies to an aspect when it is moving toward exactness — the aspect has not yet perfected …
/ah-KWAIR-ee-us/
कुम्भ (Kumbha)
Aquarius, the Water-Bearer, is fixed air ruled by Saturn (traditionally) and Uranus (modern) — gover…
/aar-draa/
आर्द्रा — Rudra
Ardra Nakshatra is ruled by Rudra, the god of storms and destruction
/AIR-eez/
मेष (Mesha)
Aries, the Ram, is the first sign of the zodiac — cardinal fire, ruled by Mars — governing the head,…
/aa-roo-dha lag-na/
आरूढ लग्न
"The Arudha Lagna is the image of the Lagna — how the native appears to the world
The Ascendant, or horoscope, is that degree of the ecliptic rising above the eastern horizon at the …
/aash-le-shaa/
आश्लेषा — Naga (Sarpa)
Ashlesha Nakshatra is presided over by the Nagas, the serpent deities
/ash-ta-ka-var-ga/
अष्टकवर्ग
"From each of the eight sources — the seven planets and the Lagna — beneficial points are assigned t…
/ash-tot-ta-ri dah-sha/
अष्टोत्तरी दशा
"The Ashtottari Dasha of 108 years, initiated from the birth Nakshatra, is applicable when Rahu occu…
/ash-wi-nee/
अश्विनी — Ashvini Kumaras
Ashwini is the first of the Nakshatras
/as-troh-kar-TOG-rah-fee/
Astrocartography maps the lines on the Earth's surface where each natal planet would be rising, sett…
/as-troh-LOJ-ih-kul AYJ of ah-KWAIR-ee-us/
The Age of Aquarius is the Great Year period when the vernal equinox precesses into the constellatio…
/aat-ma-kaa-ra-ka/
आत्मकारक
Among the seven planets from Sun to Saturn, the one that has traversed the greatest degrees in its s…
/a-ya-nam-sha/
अयनांश
"The difference between the tropical and sidereal zodiacs — the Ayanamsa — must be deducted from the…
/baa-dha-ka/
बाधक
"The Badhaka lord causes obstruction, hidden enemies, and inexplicable misfortune
The Balance number is calculated from the initials of the full birth name
/shubha/
शुभ
Benefic planets are those that naturally produce positive, helpful, and expansive results
/bhad-ra yo-ga/
भद्र योग
"When Mercury is in its own sign or exaltation in a Kendra, Bhadra Yoga is produced
/bhag-yaank/
भाग्यांक
Bhagyank (भाग्यांक) is the Destiny or Fate Number in Vedic Numerology, derived from the total of the…
/bha-ra-nee/
भरणी — Yama
Bharani Nakshatra is ruled by Venus and presided over by Yama, the god of death and dharma
/bhaa-va/
भाव
"The twelve Bhavas, starting from the Lagna, govern all aspects of human existence — from the body a…
/bhuk-ti/
भुक्ति
"Bhukti is the sub-period within a Dasha — a finer division that reveals the specific planetary ener…
कुंडली
The nativity or birth chart is a map of the heavens at the precise moment and location of birth, fro…
Birth date numerology uses the full date of birth — day, month, and year — to calculate core numbers…
The Birthday number is the day of the month on which you were born, reduced to a single digit if nec…
Lilith, as the lunar apogee, represents the raw, untamed feminine — the energy that refuses subjugat…
/bri-hat paa-raa-sha-ra ho-raa shaas-tra/
बृहत्पाराशरहोराशास्त्र
"I shall now describe the principles of Hora Shastra as revealed to me by Brahma himself, through wh…
/bu-dha/
बुध
"Budha governs intelligence, speech, learning, and the discriminating faculty
/bu-dhaa-di-tya yo-ga/
बुधादित्य योग
"When Budha conjoins Surya in the same Bhava, Budhaditya Yoga is formed — making the native intellig…
/KAY-dent HOUSE/
The cadent houses — the 3rd, 6th, 9th, and 12th — precede the angular houses, representing the disso…
/KAM-pah-nus/
The Campanus system divides the prime vertical — the great circle passing through the zenith, east, …
/KAN-ser/
कर्क (Karka)
Cancer, the Crab, is cardinal water ruled by the Moon — governing the stomach, breasts, and the prin…
/KAP-rih-korn/
मकर (Makara)
Capricorn, the Sea-Goat, is cardinal earth ruled by Saturn — governing the knees and skeleton, and t…
/KAR-dih-nul signs/
The cardinal signs — Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn — initiate each season and correspond to th…
/ka-ZEE-mee/
Cazimi (from Arabic qalb al-shams, heart of the Sun) occurs when a planet is within 17 minutes of ar…
The celestial sphere is an imaginary sphere of arbitrarily large radius centred on Earth, onto which…
/SEER-eez/
Ceres, the largest asteroid and a dwarf planet, governs nurturing, food, grief, and the cycles of lo…
/kal-DEE-an/
Chaldean numerology is one of the oldest numerological systems, originating from ancient Chaldea (mo…
Challenge numbers are four numbers derived from the birth date that reveal the specific weaknesses o…
/chan-dra/
चन्द्र
"Chandra is the mind of the Kala Purusha
/chart ROO-ler/
The chart ruler is the planet that rules the sign on the Ascendant — it governs the native's overall…
/ky-ron/
Chiron, discovered in 1977, occupies an erratic orbit between Saturn and Uranus
/KY-ron reh-TURN/
The Chiron return occurs around age 49–51, when Chiron returns to its natal position — a period of d…
/chi-traa/
चित्रा — Tvashtar (Vishvakarma)
Chitra Nakshatra, symbolised by the bright jewel, is presided over by Tvashtar, the divine architect
/as-ta/
अस्त
Combustion (asta) occurs when a planet comes within a certain number of degrees of the Sun and is sa…
The composite chart, formed by the midpoints of two natal charts, describes the relationship itself …
Compound numbers in numerology are two-digit numbers that possess their own distinct vibration befor…
/bhag-yaank/
भाग्यांक
The Conductor Number — known as Bhagyank in Vedic Numerology — is derived from the total of all birt…
/kon-JUNK-shun/
The conjunction occurs when two planets occupy the same degree of the zodiac; it is a powerful blend…
/KON-tra PAIR-ah-lel/
Two planets in contra-parallel share the same degree of declination but lie on opposite sides of the…
/KRIT-ih-kul deh-GREEZ/
Critical degrees are specific zodiac degrees of heightened intensity — including the 0° and 29° of e…
/KUSP/
A cusp is the boundary degree between one house and the next, or between one zodiac sign and the nex…
/dah-sha/
दशा
"The Vimshottari Dasha of 120 years governs the fruits of karma in sequence, as ordained by the Moon…
/dah-sha sun-dhi/
दशा संधि
"At the junction between two Dashas — the Sandhi — the energies of both periods overlap and create i…
/da-sha-mam-sha/
दशमांश
"The Dashamsha — D-10 — reveals the native's profession, deeds in the world, and the karma of action
/nee-cha/
नीच
Debilitation (नीच, neecha) is the state of a planet in the sign exactly opposite its exaltation — th…
/DEK-ah-nayt/
The decanate divides each zodiac sign into three 10° segments — the first, second, and third decanat…
/deh-SEN-dant/
The Descendant is the point of the ecliptic setting below the horizon at the moment of birth — the c…
The Destiny number, also called the Expression number, is calculated from the full birth name and sh…
/DET-rih-ment/
A planet is in detriment when it occupies the sign opposite its domicile — the sign whose nature is …
/dha-na yo-ga/
धन योग
"When the lords of the 1st, 2nd, 5th, 9th, and 11th Bhavas are interrelated by conjunction, exchange…
/dha-nish-thaa/
धनिष्ठा — Ashta Vasus
Dhanishtha Nakshatra is presided by the eight Vasus, the elemental gods of abundance
/dhar-ma/
धर्म
Dharma (धर्म) means cosmic law, righteous duty, and the principle of moral order
/dig-ba-la/
दिग्बल
"Mercury and Jupiter gain Digbala in the Lagna (East); the Sun and Mars in the 10th (South); Saturn …
/dis-POZ-ih-tor/
The dispositor of a planet is the ruler of the sign that planet occupies — it receives the planet's …
/DOM-ih-syle/
A planet is in domicile when it occupies the sign it rules — the sign whose nature is most closely a…
/drek-kaa-na/
द्रेक्काण
"Each sign divides into three Drekkanas of ten degrees each
/drish-ti/
दृष्टि
"All Grahas cast their seventh aspect fully
/moo-laank/
मूलांक
The Driver Number — known as Moolank in Vedic Numerology — is calculated from the day of birth alone…
/dush-tha-na/
दुःस्थान
"The 6th, 8th, and 12th Bhavas are known as Dusthana — inauspicious places
/ERTH signs/
The earth triplicity — Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn — is cold and dry, feminine in nature; these sig…
/gra-han/
ग्रहण
An eclipse occurs when the Sun, Moon, and Earth align along the plane of the ecliptic near a lunar n…
/ih-KLIP-tik/
The ecliptic is the apparent annual path of the Sun through the sky — the great circle on the celest…
An ecliptic degree is a unit of angular measure along the ecliptic — the Sun's apparent annual path …
/eh-LEK-shun-al/
Electional astrology selects the most auspicious moment to begin an important undertaking — a weddin…
/tat-tva/
तत्त्व
The four classical elements — Fire, Earth, Air, and Water — are fundamental qualities that group the…
/eh-FEM-er-iss/
An ephemeris is a table showing the daily positions of the celestial bodies for a given period — ess…
/EE-kwul house SIS-tem/
The equal house system divides the chart into twelve houses of exactly 30° each, beginning at the As…
/ev-oh-LOO-shun-air-ee as-TROL-oh-jee/
Evolutionary astrology reads the natal chart as a map of the soul's evolutionary journey — using Plu…
/uch-cha/
उच्च
Exaltation (उच्च, uccha) is a state of heightened planetary strength
The Expression number is calculated from the full birth name and reveals the natural gifts, abilitie…
/FAWL/
A planet is in fall when it occupies the sign opposite its exaltation — a condition of weakness wher…
/FY-nul dis-POZ-ih-tor/
The final dispositor is the planet at the end of the dispositor chain — the planet in its own sign t…
/FY-er signs/
The fire triplicity — Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius — is hot and dry, governed by masculine active qua…
/FIKSD signs/
The fixed signs — Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius — occupy the middle of each season, when that s…
Fixed stars are stars outside the solar system that appear stationary relative to one another (as di…
/FIKSD starz/
The fixed stars are distant stars of significant magnitude whose conjunction with natal planets or a…
/poor-ni-maa/
पूर्णिमा
The Full Moon (पूर्णिमा, Purnima) occurs when the Moon is directly opposite the Sun in the zodiac, r…
/ga-ja-ke-sa-ree yo-ga/
गजकेसरी योग
When Jupiter is in a kendra from the Moon at birth, it creates Gajakesari Yoga
/gun-daan-ta/
गण्डान्त
"At the junction between water signs and fire signs — at the boundary of Jyeshtha-Mula, Ashlesha-Mag…
/JEM-ih-nye/
मिथुन (Mithuna)
Gemini, the Twins, is mutable air ruled by Mercury — governing the arms, hands, lungs, and the facul…
/jee-oh-SEN-trik/
Geocentric astrology uses an Earth-centred perspective, measuring planetary positions as seen from E…
/go-char/
गोचर
"The current positions of the planets as they move through the zodiac — the Gochar — act upon the na…
/gra-ha/
ग्रह
"The Grahas — Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu — are the prime movers…
/gra-ha drish-ti/
ग्रह दृष्टि
"The sight of the planets — their Graha Drishti — falls on the 7th from their position with full pow…
/grand KROSS/
The grand cross — four planets forming two oppositions and four squares in a cross shape — is the mo…
/grand TRYNE/
The grand trine — three planets forming an equilateral triangle of mutual trines in the same element…
/goo-roo/
गुरु
"Guru is the Deva Guru, the most benefic of all Grahas
/hun-sa yo-ga/
हंस योग
"When Jupiter is in its own sign or exaltation in a Kendra, Hamsa Yoga is produced
/har-MON-ik chart/
Harmonic charts are derived by multiplying each natal planet's longitude by a harmonic number — reve…
/has-ta/
हस्त — Savitar (Surya)
Hasta Nakshatra, symbolised by the open hand, is presided by Savitar the sun god of skill and craft
The Heart's Desire number — interchangeable with the Soul Urge number — is derived from the vowels o…
/hel-eh-NIS-tik as-TROL-oh-jee/
Hellenistic astrology is the astrological tradition of the Greco-Roman world, flourishing from rough…
/ho-raa chaart/
होरा चार्ट
"The Hora — the D-2 chart — is the second divisional chart
/HOR-air-ee/
Horary astrology is the art of answering specific questions by casting a chart for the moment the qu…
/jan-ma-kun-dali/
जन्मकुण्डली
The word horoscope derives from the Greek horoskopos — 'hour observer'
/EE-mum CHAY-lee/
The Imum Coeli is the lowest point of the ecliptic, directly opposite the Medium Coeli — the nadir o…
/IN-gress/
An ingress is the moment when a planet enters a new zodiac sign
/in-ter-SEP-ted sign/
An intercepted sign is one that falls entirely within a single house without touching either cusp — …
/jai-mi-ni jyo-tish/
जैमिनि ज्योतिष
"Jaimini, the great sage, composed the Sutras that govern a unique system of Vedic astrology based o…
/jan-ma nak-sha-tra/
जन्म नक्षत्र
"The Nakshatra occupied by the Moon at the moment of birth is the Janma Nakshatra — the birth star
/JOO-noh/
Juno governs committed partnership, marriage contracts, and the principle of equality within relatio…
/jyesh-thaa/
ज्येष्ठा — Indra
Jyeshtha Nakshatra is the eldest, the chief
/jyo-tish/
ज्योतिष
"Jyotisha is the eye of the Vedas
/kab-AH-lah/
Kabbalah numerology is rooted in the Jewish mystical tradition and uses a system called Gematria, wh…
/kaa-la-chak-ra dah-sha/
कालचक्र दशा
"Kalachakra Dasha is unique — it flows forward and backward through signs in a wheel of time, govern…
/kaal-sar-pa yo-ga/
कालसर्प योग
When all seven planets are hemmed between Rahu and Ketu on one side of the horoscope, the native exp…
/kaa-ra-kaam-sha/
कारकांश
"Place the Atmakaraka in the Navamsha chart
/kar-ma/
कर्म
Karma (action) binds the soul through the three-fold law: Sanchita (accumulated), Prarabdha (activat…
Karmic Debt numbers — 13, 14, 16, and 19 — appear in the core numerology positions and indicate spec…
Karmic numbers in numerology include both Karmic Debt numbers (13, 14, 16, 19) and Karmic Lesson num…
/ke-ma-dru-ma yo-ga/
केमद्रुम योग
"When no planet is placed in the 2nd and 12th from the Moon, and no planet aspects the Moon, Kemadru…
/ken-dra/
केन्द्र
"The Kendra Bhavas — 1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th — are the pillars of the horoscope
/kay-too/
केतु
Ketu, the tail of the serpent, is spiritual and gives liberation
/KYTE/
The kite pattern adds an opposition to the grand trine, with one trine-point planet opposing a fourt…
/COKE house SIS-tem/
The Koch house system divides the semi-arc using the birth time at the specific latitude of birthpla…
/krish-na pak-sha/
कृष्ण पक्ष
"From the full moon to the new moon — the Krishna Paksha — the Moon wanes in light
/krit-ti-kaa/
कृत्तिका — Agni
Krittika Nakshatra, presided over by Agni, the god of fire, bestows the power to burn away impurity …
/kun-da-lee/
कुंडली
The Kundali (horoscope) is the circular or square diagram showing planetary positions at birth from …
/lag-na/
लग्न
The Lagna is the sign rising on the eastern horizon at the moment of birth
/LEE-oh/
सिंह (Simha)
Leo, the Lion, is fixed fire ruled by the Sun — governing the heart, spine, and the principle of cre…
/LEE-bra/
तुला (Tula)
Libra, the Scales, is cardinal air ruled by Venus — governing the kidneys and the principle of balan…
The Life Path number is derived by reducing the full birth date to a single digit or master number
/loh-shoo/
The Lo Shu Grid (洛書) is an ancient Chinese magic square in which the numbers 1 through 9 are arrange…
/LOO-mih-nair-ee/
The luminaries are the Sun and Moon — the two brightest bodies in the sky and the most fundamental p…
/chan-dra gra-han/
चंद्र ग्रहण
A lunar eclipse (चंद्र ग्रहण, Chandra Grahan) occurs at Full Moon when Earth passes between the Sun …
/raa-hu ke-tu/
राहु केतु
The lunar nodes are the two points where the Moon's orbital path crosses the ecliptic
/LOO-nar reh-TURN/
The lunar return is a chart cast for the moment the transiting Moon returns to the exact degree and …
/ma-ghaa/
मघा — Pitrs (Ancestors)
Magha Nakshatra is ruled by Ketu and presided by the Pitrs, the ancestral spirits
/ma-haa-da-shaa/
महादशा
The Vimshottari system assigns each planet a major period (Mahadasha) of fixed duration
/maa-lav-ya yo-ga/
मालव्य योग
"When Venus is in its own sign or exaltation in a Kendra, Malavya Yoga is formed
/paa-pa/
पाप
Malefic planets are those that naturally produce difficult, challenging, or contracting results
/mun-gal/
मंगल
"Mangal is cruel and fierce
/maa-rak/
मारक
"The lords of the 2nd and 7th Bhavas are Maraka — death-inflictors
Master number 11 is the most intuitive of all numbers
Master number 22, known as the Master Builder, combines the intuition of 11 with the practicality of…
Master number 33 is called the Master Teacher — the highest of the three master numbers
The Maturity number is the sum of the Life Path and Expression numbers, reduced to a single digit
/MED-ih-kul/
Medical astrology correlates the planets, signs, and houses with the human body and its health — eac…
When Mercury appears to move backward in the heavens, matters of writing, contracts, and commerce ar…
/MID-heh-ven/
The Midheaven (Medium Coeli) is the highest point of the ecliptic above the horizon at birth — the c…
Missing numbers in numerology are the digits 1 through 9 that do not appear in a person's birth date
The three modalities — Cardinal, Fixed, and Mutable — group the twelve zodiac signs into three quadr…
/mok-sha/
मोक्ष
Moksha (मोक्ष) is liberation from the cycle of birth and death (samsara)
/moo-laank/
मूलांक
Moolank (मूलांक) is the Driver Number in Vedic Numerology, derived from the day of birth reduced to …
/mool-tri-ko-na/
मूलत्रिकोण
"The Mooltrikona is the primary portion of each planet's own sign — higher than Swakshetra but below…
/chan-dra raa-shi/
चंद्र राशि
The Moon's sign at birth governs the mind (manas), emotions, and the native's instinctive nature
/mri-ga-shi-raa/
मृगशिरा — Soma (Chandra)
Mrigashira Nakshatra, symbolised by a deer's head, is presided over by Soma the Moon god
/mu-hoor-ta/
मुहूर्त
"The Muhurta is the chosen moment — a window of time selected for beginning an activity so that the …
/moo-la/
मूल — Nirriti (Alakshmi)
Mula Nakshatra is presided over by Nirriti, the goddess of dissolution and calamity
/MUN-dane/
Mundane astrology applies astrological principles to nations, world events, and collective phenomena…
/MYOO-tuh-bul signs/
The mutable signs — Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces — fall at the end of each season, embodyi…
/MYOO-choo-ul reh-SEP-shun/
Mutual reception occurs when two planets each occupy the sign of the other's rulership — they suppor…
/MIS-tik REK-tan-gul/
The mystic rectangle consists of two oppositions whose endpoints are connected by sextiles and trine…
/nak-sha-tra/
नक्षत्र
The Moon's position at birth in a Nakshatra determines the native's Vimshottari Dasha sequence and t…
/nak-sha-tra paa-da/
नक्षत्र पाद
"Each Nakshatra is divided into four equal parts — Padas — of 3 degrees 20 minutes each
/nam-aank/
नामांक
Namank (नामांक) is the Name Number in Vedic Numerology, calculated from the full name as used in dai…
/nam-ank/
नामांक
Name numerology uses the numerical values assigned to the letters of a person's name to calculate co…
/naa-raa-ya-na dah-sha/
नारायण दशा
"Narayana Dasha is the primary Rashi Dasha of Jaimini — the wheel of Vishnu turning through signs, m…
Natal astrology is the branch of astrology concerned with interpreting the positions of the planets …
/NAY-tal chart/
The horoscope is a figure of the heavens at the moment of birth, showing the positions of the planet…
/na-va-gra-ha/
नवग्रह
"The nine Grahas — Surya, Chandra, Mangal, Budha, Guru, Shukra, Shani, Rahu, and Ketu — are the lord…
/na-vam-sha/
नवांश
The Navamsha chart is the ninth divisional chart
/nee-cha/
नीच
"In its Neecha sign, a planet loses its strength and becomes unable to deliver its significations — …
/nee-cha bhun-ga raa-ja yo-ga/
नीचभंग राजयोग
"When debilitation of a planet is cancelled by specific conditions — its lord in Kendra, exaltation …
/NEP-tyoon/
Neptune dissolves boundaries and governs the realm of dreams, illusions, spirituality, and the ocean…
/a-maa-va-syaa/
अमावस्या
The New Moon (अमावस्या, Amavasya) occurs when the Sun and Moon align in the same zodiac sign and deg…
/ni-ra-ya-na/
निरयण
"The Nirayana sphere is fixed to the stars and does not move with the solstice points
राहु
The North Node marks the point where the soul crosses from its past into its evolutionary future — t…
Number reduction is the process of adding the digits of any number together until a single digit or …
In numerology, each number carries a specific vibration or energetic quality that influences people,…
A numerology chart is a complete profile of all the core numbers derived from a person's birth name …
/PAL-us/
Pallas Athene governs wisdom, strategy, pattern recognition, and creative intelligence — the capacit…
/pan-cha ma-ha-pu-ru-sha yo-ga/
पञ्च महापुरुष योग
"When Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, or Saturn is in its own sign or exaltation and occupies a Kendr…
/pan-chan-ga/
पञ्चाङ्ग
"The five limbs — Tithi, Vara, Nakshatra, Yoga, and Karana — together constitute the Panchanga, the …
/PAIR-ah-lel/
Two planets are parallel when they occupy the same degree of declination — either both north or both…
/pa-ri-var-ta-na yo-ga/
परिवर्तन योग
"When two planets are each placed in the other's sign — a mutual exchange — Parivartana Yoga is form…
/part of FOR-chun/
The Lot of Fortune is derived from the Ascendant plus the Moon minus the Sun by day, or the Ascendan…
/PAR-tyle/
A partile aspect is one where the two planets occupy the same degree number in their respective sign…
/PAIR-eh-grin/
A planet is peregrine when it has no essential dignity in its current sign — no domicile, exaltation…
The Personal Month number is found by adding the Personal Year number to the current calendar month …
The Personal Year number is calculated by adding the birth month, birth day, and the current calenda…
The Personality number is derived from the consonants of the full birth name
Pinnacles are four major life phases derived from the Life Path number, each representing a distinct…
/PIE-seez/
मीन (Meena)
Pisces, the Fish, is mutable water ruled by Jupiter (traditionally) and Neptune (modern) — governing…
/PLAS-ih-dus/
The Placidus house system divides the semi-arc of each planet — the time it takes to travel from its…
A planetary return occurs when a transiting planet returns to the exact zodiac degree it occupied at…
/PLOO-toh/
Pluto represents the principle of transformation through death and rebirth — it destroys what is no …
/POR-fih-ree/
The Porphyry system trisects the arc between each angle — dividing the arc from Ascendant to Midheav…
The Power number in numerology is the combination of the Life Path and Expression numbers and descri…
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प्रश्न
"When a sincere question is asked and the moment is recorded, that moment becomes the Prashna Lagna …
/preh-SESH-un of the EE-kwih-nok-sez/
Precession of the equinoxes is the slow westward shift of the equinox points along the ecliptic — ap…
Predictive astrology uses techniques such as transits, progressions, solar returns, and planetary pe…
/PRY-mair-ee dih-REK-shunz/
Primary directions are based on the diurnal rotation of the Earth — the movement of the celestial sp…
/pro-FEK-shun/
Annual profections advance the chart one sign per year from the Ascendant, activating a new house an…
/pro-GREST chart/
The progressed chart is the natal chart advanced by secondary progression — each day after birth rep…
/sy-koh-LOJ-ih-kul as-TROL-oh-jee/
Psychological astrology applies the insights of depth psychology — particularly Jungian analysis — t…
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पुनर्वसु — Aditi
Punarvasu Nakshatra, presided by Aditi the mother of the gods, bestows the power of renewal and retu…
/poor-vaa-shaa-dhaa/
पूर्वाषाढा — Apas (Water deity)
Purva Ashadha Nakshatra is presided over by Apas, the deity of cosmic waters
/poor-va bhaad-ra-pa-daa/
पूर्वभाद्रपदा — Aja Ekapada
Purva Bhadrapada Nakshatra is presided over by Aja Ekapada, the one-footed serpent of the deep
/poor-va faal-gu-nee/
पूर्व फाल्गुनी — Bhaga
Purva Phalguni Nakshatra is presided over by Bhaga, the god of delight and marital bliss
/push-ka-ra na-vam-sha/
पुष्कर नवांश
"Certain Navamsha positions called Pushkara bestow auspiciousness and nourishment
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पुष्य — Brihaspati
Pushya is considered the most auspicious of all Nakshatras
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Pythagorean numerology assigns numbers 1 through 9 sequentially to the letters of the Latin alphabet
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राहु
Rahu, the head of the serpent, is a shadowy planet whose influence is felt intensely
/raa-ja yo-ga/
राज योग
When lords of a kendra and a trikona conjoin, exchange signs, or mutually aspect each other, they pr…
/rah-shi/
राशि
"The twelve Rashis, beginning with Mesha, are each thirty degrees in extent
/rah-shi drish-ti/
राशि दृष्टि
"Fixed signs aspect Movable signs except the adjacent one; Movable signs aspect Fixed signs; Dual si…
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The Regiomontanus house system divides the celestial equator into equal 30° arcs, then projects thos…
Repeating numbers are numerical patterns — such as 11:11, 333, or 4444 — that appear with unusual fr…
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वक्री
A planet in retrogression (Vakra) is said to be powerful, giving results with unusual intensity, oft…
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रेवती — Pushan
Revati Nakshatra, the last of the 27, is presided over by Pushan, the nourisher and guide of souls
The rising sign colors the body, appearance, and manner of the native, shaping how they are perceive…
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रोहिणी — Brahma / Prajapati
Rohini is the most beloved of the Moon's 27 wives
The root number is the single digit (1–9) that results from reducing any larger number through digit…
/ru-cha-ka yo-ga/
रुचक योग
"When Mars is in its own sign or exaltation in a Kendra, Ruchaka Yoga is formed
/swaa-mi-tva/
स्वामित्व
Planetary rulership (domicile) assigns each planet a sign — or two signs — over which it has natural…
/SAY-bee-un SIM-bols/
The Sabian Symbols are a set of 360 symbolic images — one for each degree of the zodiac — channeled …
/saa-dhe saa-tee/
साढ़े साती
When Saturn transits the sign preceding the natal Moon, over the Moon, and the sign following, the n…
/saj-ih-TAIR-ee-us/
धनु (Dhanu)
Sagittarius, the Archer, is mutable fire ruled by Jupiter — governing the hips and thighs, and the p…
/sap-ta-mam-sha/
सप्तमांश
"The Saptamsha — D-7 — reveals all matters related to progeny, children, grandchildren, and the crea…
Saturn completes his orbit in approximately 29
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वृश्चिक (Vrishchika)
Scorpio, the Scorpion, is fixed water ruled by Mars (traditionally) and Pluto (modern) — governing t…
/SEK-un-dair-ee pro-GRESH-uns/
Secondary progressions advance the natal chart by the rule of a day for a year — one day of real pla…
/SEM-ee-skwair/
The semisquare (45°) is a minor hard aspect, half a square — it produces friction and irritation les…
/SEP-ah-ray-ting AS-pect/
A planet separates from an aspect when it has passed the point of exactness and is moving away — the…
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The sesquisquare (135°) — one and a half squares — is a minor hard aspect producing persistent agita…
/SEKS-tyle/
The sextile — 60° between two planets — is a minor harmonious aspect indicating opportunity, ease of…
/shad-ba-la/
षड्बल
"The six-fold strength — Sthana, Dig, Kala, Cheshta, Naisargika, and Drik Bala — when summed, gives …
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शनि
"Shani is the son of Surya and the slowest of all Grahas
/sha-sha yo-ga/
शश योग
"When Saturn is in its own sign or exaltation in a Kendra, Shasha Yoga is formed
/shash-tyam-sha/
षष्ट्यंश
"The Shashtyamsha — D-60 — is the most powerful of all divisional charts
/sha-ta-bhi-shaa/
शतभिषा — Varuna
Shatabhisha Nakshatra is presided over by Varuna, god of the cosmic ocean and divine law
/shra-va-na/
श्रवण — Vishnu
Shravana Nakshatra is presided over by Vishnu, the preserver
/shuk-la pak-sha/
शुक्ल पक्ष
"From the new moon to the full moon — the Shukla Paksha — the Moon waxes in light and strength
/shoo-kra/
शुक्र
"Shukra bestows beauty, luxury, vehicle, spouse, sexual pleasures, poetic ability, and the finer thi…
/SOH-lar ark dih-REK-shunz/
Solar arc directions advance every planet in the natal chart by the same arc as the progressed Sun —…
/soor-ya gra-han/
सूर्य ग्रहण
A solar eclipse (सूर्य ग्रहण, Surya Grahan) occurs at New Moon when the Moon passes between Earth an…
The solar return is the chart cast for the moment the Sun returns to its exact natal degree each yea…
The Soul Urge number is derived from the vowels in the full birth name and reveals the innermost des…
केतु
The South Node represents accumulated past experience — the soul's comfort zone, its familiar reposi…
/SKWAIR/
The square — 90° between two planets — is a hard aspect representing friction, challenge, and the cr…
/STEL-ee-um/
A stellium is a grouping of three or more planets in the same sign or house — creating an intense co…
/suk-SEE-dent HOUSE/
The succedent houses — the 2nd, 5th, 8th, and 11th — succeed the angular houses and represent consol…
/soor-ya raa-shi/
सूर्य राशि
The Sun, as the soul of the cosmic person, occupies a sign that defines the native's core identity, …
/soor-ya/
सूर्य
"Surya is the soul of all beings, the king among the Grahas
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स्वक्षेत्र
"A planet in its own Kshetra (Swakshetra) is in its own home — comfortable, powerful, and capable of…
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स्वाती — Vayu
Swati Nakshatra, symbolised by a young sprout blown by the wind, is presided over by Vayu, the wind …
/sin-as-tree/
The comparison of two nativities by laying one chart upon the other reveals the nature of the relati…
/TEE skwair/
The T-square — two planets in opposition with a third squaring both — creates a powerful tension tha…
/TAW-rus/
वृषभ (Vrishabha)
Taurus, the Bull, is fixed earth ruled by Venus — governing the neck, voice, possessions, and the en…
/da-shaa-dhi-pa-ti/
दशाधिपति
A time lord (chronocrator in Greek, dashanath in Sanskrit) is a planet designated as the ruler of a …
/ti-thi/
तिथि
"A Tithi is the time taken for the Moon to move 12 degrees ahead of the Sun
/trah-DISH-un-al as-TROL-oh-jee/
Traditional Western astrology refers to the pre-modern astrological systems of the Hellenistic, Medi…
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Transits are the ongoing movements of the planets through the zodiac, measured against the natal cha…
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त्रिकोण
"The Trikona Bhavas — 1st, 5th, and 9th — are the most auspicious, associated with Lakshmi and the f…
/trim-sham-sha/
त्रिंशांश
"The Trimsamsha — D-30 — reveals misfortune, disease, evil deeds, and the quality of affliction
/TRYNE/
The trine — 120° between two planets — is the most harmonious of aspects, connecting planets in the …
/trih-PLIS-ih-tee/
Each of the four elements — fire, earth, air, and water — contains three signs; the element is calle…
/TROP-ih-kul ZOH-dee-ak/
The tropical zodiac begins at the vernal equinox — where the Sun crosses the celestial equator going…
/uch-cha/
उच्च
"In its Uccha (exaltation) sign, a planet attains its highest strength and delivers its significatio…
/un-AS-pek-ted PLAN-et/
An unaspected planet forms no major aspects to other planets in the natal chart — it operates with a…
/UN-der the BEEMZ/
A planet is under the beams when it is within 17° of the Sun but beyond 8°30' — it is weakened by so…
The Universal Year Number is calculated by reducing the digits of the current calendar year to a sin…
/u-pa-cha-ya bhaa-va/
उपचय भाव
"The 3rd, 6th, 10th, and 11th Bhavas are Upachaya — houses of increase
/u-pa-pa-da lag-na/
उपपद लग्न
"The Upapada Lagna is the Arudha of the 12th house — revealing the nature of the spouse and the qual…
/YOOR-ah-nus/
Uranus rules sudden change, revolution, and the breaking of outworn structures — its discovery in 17…
/ut-ta-raa-shaa-dhaa/
उत्तराषाढा — Vishvadevas
Uttara Ashadha Nakshatra is presided over by the Vishvadevas, the ten universal gods
/ut-ta-ra bhaad-ra-pa-daa/
उत्तरभाद्रपदा — Ahir Budhnya
Uttara Bhadrapada Nakshatra is presided by Ahir Budhnya, the serpent of the cosmic deep
/ut-ta-ra faal-gu-nee/
उत्तर फाल्गुनी — Aryaman
Uttara Phalguni Nakshatra is presided by Aryaman, the god of contracts, friendship, and social order
/vak-ri/
वक्री
"When a Graha appears to move backward in the zodiac — Vakri — its energy is intensified
/var-ga/
वर्ग
"The Vargas — divisional charts — reveal the detailed results for specific areas of life that the Ra…
/var-got-ta-ma/
वर्गोत्तम
"A planet occupying the same Rashi in both the Rashi and Navamsha charts is Vargottama — it gains ex…
/ank jyo-tish/
अंक ज्योतिष
Vedic Numerology (Ank Jyotish) assigns each number 1–9 to a planet: 1 to the Sun, 2 to the Moon, 3 t…
/VER-tex/
The Vertex is the westernmost intersection of the prime vertical with the ecliptic — a point associa…
/VES-tuh/
Vesta governs focused devotion, the sacred flame of commitment to a higher purpose, and the principl…
/vim-sho-ta-ree da-shaa/
विंशोत्तरी दशा
Vimshottari Dasha spans a total of 120 years across nine planetary lords, each period commencing fro…
/vi-pree-ta raa-ja yo-ga/
विपरीत राजयोग
"When lords of Dusthana Bhavas — 6th, 8th, 12th — are placed in each other's houses or conjoin each …
/VER-go/
कन्या (Kanya)
Virgo, the Virgin, is mutable earth ruled by Mercury — governing the intestines and the principle of…
/vi-shaa-khaa/
विशाखा — Indra-Agni
Vishakha Nakshatra is presided over by Indra and Agni jointly
A planet is void of course when it has completed its last major aspect to another planet before leav…
/WAH-ter signs/
The water triplicity — Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces — is cold and moist, feminine in nature; these si…
/HOLE sign HOW-zes/
In the whole sign house system, the entire sign rising at birth becomes the first house; each subseq…
/YODE/
The Yod — two planets in sextile with a third quincunx to both — is called the Finger of God or Fing…
/yog kaa-rak/
योगकारक
"A planet that rules both a Kendra and a Trikona Bhava simultaneously is a Yoga Karaka — the single …
/yo-ga/
योग
"When planets combine through conjunction, mutual aspect, or exchange of signs, they produce Yogas —…
/yo-gi-ni dah-sha/
योगिनी दशा
"The Yogini Dasha of 36 years proceeds through eight Yoginis — Mangala, Pingala, Dhanya, Bhramari, B…