What the vyāhṛtis bhūḥ, bhuvaḥ, svaḥ are, how the Upaniṣads say they were distilled from the three Vedas, the fourth and the seven vyāhṛtis, and their place in the Gāyatrī, sandhyā and homa.

Tracing the Gāyatrī from Ṛgveda 3.62.10 through the Yajurveda, the Upaniṣads and the Smṛtis to upanayana and sandhyā — and why the mantra of Savitṛ matters to a Jyotiṣī. With an index of sources and a glossary.

How the Ṛgveda, the Pāṇinīya Śikṣā, Bhartṛhari's Vākyapadīya and the Śaiva–Śākta tradition describe the four stages of Vāk — from unmanifest Parā to spoken Vaikharī — and why it matters for mantra and Jyotiṣa.

Where the Vedic metres come from, what Piṅgala's Chandas Vedāṅga contains, how a metre is built, which great works use which metres, where to study further — and the two places the Jyotiṣa classics actually touch chandas.

A worked example: why the Sun in your Vedic chart may sit one sign earlier than in your Western horoscope If you've ever compared your Western sun sign to your...

An introduction to the D9 chart — why it matters as much as, sometimes more than, the Rāśi chart itself.

No prior knowledge assumed. If you've ever nodded along when someone mentioned their '7th house' without having any idea what that meant, this is for you. What a Horoscope Actually...