I have come to embrace the conclusion that the 12 sidereal signs of modern Indian astrology are not in line with the classical Indian definitions of the 12 signs, and have therefore adopted a somewhat unique system of calculating the 12 signs tropically, but calculating the 27 stars (“nakshatra”) sidereally. Many people have kindly read [...]
Here is a NEW READING ($10) Your Signs ~~~~~~ … Calculating your chart using my personal system of astrology, I put your planets in order of their prominence and recount to you the essential destinies announced by each planet being in the sign it is in. I conclude by doing the same for your rising [...]
Smoking causes cancer, period. Now that doesn’t mean that everyone who smokes actually gets cancer, nor does it mean that everyone with cancer smokes. Why? Because we do other things in life besides just smoking or not smoking. Similarly, a planet in a sign causes some specific effects, period. However, that doesn’t mean that the [...]
Question: Is there a 3-month period before the start of dasa/subdasa which can be considered as starting or ending of the respective dasa..something called “Kari ” period where the influences would have already started. I am of two minds on this. One mind says that the world is analog, not digital. Things blur into [...]
Let’s start by defining classical. Classical – 1. Having the form used by ancient standard authors; 2. Being of recognized authority or excellence. Now let’s define vedic, which is a form of the word veda. Veda – 1. Knowledge 2. Written compilation of knowledge Something is vedic if it is directly related to this [...]
At any given point in my life, I am experiencing a moment within a minute within an hour within a day within a week within a month within a year within a decade within a century. Vedic astrology reflects this reality by deliniating 5 levels of cycles within cycles within cycles, and refering to the [...]
Oftentimes a single horoscope will have some placements that indicate one outcome, and some placements that indicate an opposite outcome. For example, a single horoscope may have several factors in it indicating poverty, while several other factors indicate wealth. How do you read this? Some think that opposites “cancel each other out.” So that if [...]
Here is the draft of the preface to a new book I am working on, called Career Astrology. Astrology of Career By Vic DiCara Preface In this compact book I will explore the nitty gritty details and techniques involved in accurately assessing the difficult task of determining a person’s most ideal career from their horoscope. [...]
Every horoscope has a timeline, called the “dasha” cycle. This timeline defines when something seen in the horoscope will unfold. Thus a single horoscope can show indicates for both extreme poverty and extreme wealth. Mapped to the dasha cycle timeline, the planets causing the poverty will bring financial hardship during their cycles, while the planets [...]
There are three houses particularly important for spirituality; these are the 4th, 8th and 12th houses. The 4th represents the inner spiritual self, the “heart” or “soul” which is full of emotions and feelings (path of feeling, bhakti). The 8th represents the metaphysics which enliven and enable all spiritual paths. From this house comes the [...]
