01
What is Astrology?
Understand what astrology studies, where the Vedic tradition begins, and how it differs from Western systems.
- Definition of astrology
- Historical background
- Vedic and Western systems
- Core principles
Vedic astrology · Start here
Learn the sky.
Read the pattern.
A calm, structured introduction to signs, planets, houses, nakshatras, and timing—built to help you understand a chart rather than memorise jargon.
- Lessons
- 08
- Reading time
- 87 min
- Level
- First principles
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The curriculum
Eight ideas.
One connected system.
Move in order for a strong foundation, or open the idea you need today. Each lesson ends with concepts you can locate in a real chart.
02
The Zodiac Signs
Meet the twelve rashis through their elements, qualities, ruling planets, and characteristic ways of expression.
- Twelve zodiac signs
- Four elements
- Ruling planets
- Sign characteristics
03
Understanding Your Birth Chart
Learn how signs, planets, houses, and the ascendant come together in the map of a single moment.
- Birth chart basics
- Twelve houses
- Planet positions
- Ascendant and rising sign
04
The Planets and Their Meanings
Explore the nine grahas in Vedic astrology and the roles they play in temperament, experience, and timing.
- Sun, Moon, and Mars
- Mercury, Jupiter, and Venus
- Saturn, Rahu, and Ketu
- Planetary influences
05
The 12 Houses Explained
Connect each house to a distinct area of life, then see how house lords and planetary placements modify it.
- House meanings
- Areas of life
- House lords
- Planetary placements
06
Aspects and Conjunctions
See how planets influence one another through conjunctions and aspects, creating the chart’s relationships.
- Planetary aspects
- Conjunctions
- Support and pressure
- Reading combinations
07
Nakshatras — Lunar Mansions
Discover the twenty-seven nakshatras and the finer emotional, karmic, and timing detail they contribute.
- Twenty-seven nakshatras
- Nakshatra lords
- The pada system
- Core characteristics
08
Dasha Systems
Begin working with planetary periods and understand how dashas help place chart promises on a timeline.
- Vimshottari dasha
- Planetary periods
- Sub-periods
- Timing events
Turn theory into recognition
Study your own chart
as you learn.
Astrology becomes clearer when every new idea has somewhere real to land. Use a saved Kundli to identify placements, then ask Tara how the pieces combine.
Keep beside you
A learner’s toolkit
Essential vocabulary
- Ascendant
- Your rising sign
- Conjunction
- Planets placed closely together
- Transit
- Current planetary movement
- Retrograde
- Apparent backward motion
Practice prompts
- Identify your Sun, Moon, and rising sign
- Locate every graha in your birth chart
- Connect each house to an area of life
- Find your current dasha period
Reference shelf
- Light on Life · Hart de Fouw
- Astrology for the Soul · Jan Spiller
- The Only Astrology Book You’ll Ever Need
- Vedic Astrology · David Frawley
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