Guides

Start with a chart-reading walkthrough, then explore settings, planetary conditions and timing.

How to read your birth chart
A practical path from the birth details to planets, houses and timing.
Ascendant and whole-sign houses
Why the rising sign sets the house sequence and needs a birth time.
Why charts can differ
Compare time, zodiac, ayanamsa, nodes and house settings before comparing meanings.
Dignity, retrograde motion and combustion
Three different kinds of information in the planetary table.
Understanding Vimshottari dashas
Read planetary periods, nested subperiods and the birth-time limitation.
Understanding yoga results
What formed, not formed and undetermined tell you about a planetary combination.
Reading transits to your chart
Distinguish the current sky, natal placements and whole-sign aspects.