the astrolife journal
astrology, explained like a friend would — where it came from, how your chart is read, and what it actually says about you. no jargon walls, real sources.
right now
what's actually happening in the stars this month — checked against the real ephemeris, updated as it changes.
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i.aug 12–28the moon just covered the sun — what's going on up there a total eclipse, the strongest jupiter in twelve years, and a saturn re-grade. this month, explained simply.
start here — the foundations
the story of astrology from the very beginning, one piece at a time. read them in order, or don't.
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i.4 minwhat vedic astrology actually is not the horoscope column — older, stricter, and it starts somewhere else entirely. the true root.
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ii.4 minbefore the zodiac, there was the moon the 27 nakshatras — the moon's mansions, and the seed of compatibility.
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iii.4 minhow the zodiac signs reached india the greek fusion that made vedic astrology what it is.
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iv.7 minthe sages who wrote it down parashara, varahamihira, jaimini — and how much of what we're handed is really theirs.
your chart, and why it's yours
the two questions people ask the moment they see a vedic chart for the first time.
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v.6 minwhy your vedic sign isn't your western sign four in five people get a different sign. the reason is a wobble in the earth, and it's measurable.
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vi.7 minwhy your birth time matters more than your birthday your sun is safe without it. your moon is a coin flip, and your rising sign is anyone's guess.
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vii.8 minwhat the twelve houses actually are the part of the chart that says where in your life something lands. and the greek words still hiding in the sanskrit.
matching two people
where compatibility scoring came from, what the eight lines actually ask, and what the number is really worth.
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i.6 minhow matching two people began not sun signs — birth stars. the moon has been doing this job for a very long time.
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ii.6 minwhy a match is scored out of 36 36 is just 1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8. and the famous 18-point pass mark isn't in any old text we could find.
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iii.9 minthe eight things a match measures each line in plain english — and the four that a missing birth time takes away from you.
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iv.8 minhow it's matched today — palm leaf to app the real numbers on who still does this — and the study nobody has ever run properly.
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v.soonwhat your score actually means how to read a 24, a 31 and an 8 — without letting any of them decide for you.
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