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The Rahu–Ketu Axis: The Six House Pairs, and What Changes the Reading

You never read one node. You read a pair six houses apart, usually doing opposite jobs — and what the nodes sit with matters more than the houses they land in.

19 September 2026 · 6 min read

Your Lagna Lord's House: All Twelve, From Raman and PVR

The planet ruling your rising sign describes where your energy keeps going whether you plan it or not. Here is what the classical texts say for all twelve houses, cited to the page.

17 September 2026 · 5 min read

What the Chart Says About Your Spouse: Three Lookups You Can Run in a Minute

The house your 7th lord sits in, the planet sitting in your 7th, and your Darakaraka. One line each, from B. V. Raman's map — with the page, and with the gaps named.

13 September 2026 · 6 min read

When Will I Get Married? What a Chart Can Time, and What It Cannot

The classical method gives windows, not dates. Here is K. N. Rao's parameter approach to timing marriage — dasha, double transit, and the lagna-lord connection — with the natal promise read first.

12 September 2026 · 8 min read

Love Marriage or Arranged Marriage: What a Vedic Chart Actually Says

The classical texts never use the words love marriage or arranged marriage. They describe how a partnership forms — and that maps onto the modern split more precisely than you would expect.

10 September 2026 · 8 min read

B. V. Raman's Planet-to-Profession Lists, All Seven, Word for Word

Most career astrology online is mush. Raman wrote down the actual job list for every planet in How to Judge a Horoscope Vol 2, pp. 277–278. Here are all seven, unedited.

25 August 2026 · 5 min read

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