Jyotish
Learn astrology properly, from the beginning
A structured course in Kundli reading, an encyclopedia of the world’s astrology systems, a cross-linked glossary, and free chart tools. Written for someone who knows nothing yet.
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Introduction to Astrology
What astrology actually claims, where the different traditions diverge, and how to read the rest of this encyclopedia without being misled by it.
8 min read
History of Astrology
From Mesopotamian omen lists to the newspaper horoscope: four thousand years, three major transmissions, and one decisive split.
10 min read
Types of Astrology
Four different things get called "types of astrology", and confusing them is why people end up mixing incompatible systems. This page separates them.
9 min read
Indian systems
Indian (Vedic) Astrology
Jyotish — the sidereal system of classical India, with nakshatras, whole-sign houses and the dasha time-systems that no other tradition has. This site's main focus.
11 min read
Nadi Astrology
The palm-leaf tradition of Tamil Nadu, where a reading is claimed to be located rather than calculated. The most unusual claim in Indian astrology, and the hardest to check.
8 min read
KP Astrology
Krishnamurti Paddhati — a twentieth-century Indian system built on nakshatra sub-lords, Placidus houses and its own ayanamsha. The clearest case of a tradition being founded within living memory.
8 min read
Lal Kitab
A Punjabi tradition from a set of Urdu volumes published in the 1940s, distinctive for a fixed-house chart and remedies that cost almost nothing.
7 min read
Prashna Astrology
A chart cast for the moment a question is asked, not for a birth. The branch that exists because most people's birth times were never written down.
7 min read
Muhurta
Choosing an auspicious moment to begin something. The most widely used branch of Indian astrology in daily life, and the one with the clearest practical logic.
7 min read
Panchang
The Indian almanac and its five limbs. The most verifiable thing on this site — every element is an astronomical quantity you can compute and check.
8 min read
Browse all 18 systems
Western, Chinese, Egyptian and Tibetan astrology, plus numerology, palmistry, face reading and Vastu.