Astro Isha

Significance Of Pitru Dosha      Check bad yogas in your horoscope: Astro Yoga Calculator      In hindu culture there is a tradition that has been going on for ages called Pitru Shradh. There are sixteen days from Full Moon (Purnima) to No Moon (Amavasya) in Bhadra month of the hindu calender. Normally devout Hindus of...

Buying Lucky Charms      Many people bring items like Laughing Buddha, Shree Yantra and Chinese Bamboo without knowing what they are and what is their purpose. Someone advised them it would bring good luck and that is enough for them to spend a fortune on it. Let me start by saying these remedies for good luck actually work but only when you know what they mean and what is their importance. If you jus...

     Numerology today has started to gain a lot of popularity in astrology. People change their names from "Sunil" to "Suniel" or from "Punit" to "Puneet" hoping that adding that extra i or e would really change their luck.      But facts speak otherwise. Just like a naming someone Alexander doesn't make a person Alexander The Great. A number...

     Most Hindus speak some or other vedic mantras in the morning. People of other faiths often try some or other sort of prayers.  But do we actually know what we are doing? Most would say it is to please God and ensure a fruitful day. But it would give more benefits if people try to know the reason for existence of such mantras.    There are many different sort of mantras some of which exists to bring inner peace and equil...

  Rahu and Ketu Illustration Rahu and Ketu are north and south nodes No Mention in Old Texts      Kaal Sarp Yoga(KSY) doesn't find a mention in old texts. But in modern day it has gained considerable notoriety. Some prominent...

  Dushamsthana is a term used to describe the sixth house, eight house and twelfth house in vedic astrology. The word dusham means polluted in sanskrit and sthana means house. So the word dushamsthana roughly translates to polluted houses. Sixth houseis the house of debt, disease, enemies and struggles. Eight house is the house of transformation, despair, divorce and death. While twelfth house is the house of los...

     In vedic astrology the term Purushartha means karma(work) done by an individual. It is the driving force and the foremost reason why astrology gets it wrong in terms of forecasting future of the native. Just like there are variants and pie values in mathematics, friction in physics and worst case scenarios in programming which cause fluctuations in results there is purushartha in astrology which puts all the calculations as meaningless a...

     In Vedic Astrology there are concepts of prarabdha and purushartha. Prarabdha in english means fate.      The fate of an individual plays a big part in shaping his/her life. If an individual is meant to rise from rags to riches than fate pushes him in that direction. If he is meant to fall down from a top position in life than fate pushes him in that direction. It all depends on karma of an individual or in other words ...

      Check out how four stages of your life would shape out using our new software: Four Stages      Vishnu Sthanas also known as kendra sthanas are the quadrant of first house, fourth house, seventh house and tenth House respectively. Each of them rules an important aspect of life's goal. First house provides dharma, tenth house provides artha, seventh h...

     Laxmi Sthanas are the trine consisting of first house, fifth house and ninth house. They are also known as Trikon Sthana (Triangle Houses). Ironically all the three concerned houses rule dharma. Goddess Laxmi is the wife of Lord Vishnu and goddess of wealth and prosperity. She is also the overseer of fortune and luck.       There is a catch to the name Laxmi Sthanas. First house represents character and moral values, Fifth ho...