UPDATE as of APRIL 19th, 2015 – Due to time constraints coupled with very heavy inflow for reading requests, I am unable to accept anymore reading requests for the time being. Please note if you are sending a request after April 19th, it will not be responded to.
“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime”.
Hence I am going to focus on the Lessons portion and encourage the readers to learn this art themselves. The Lessons are still here and still Free and I will keep adding to them as time permits.
For all those who emailed before April 19th, there is quiet a backlog and I will respond to you eventually, so hang in there and I greatly appreciate your patience.
Instructions for submitting data-
Please send your birth details (date, time and place) to theartofvedicastrology@gmail.com
Like the past 20+ yrs., I don’t do this for money as of today. That said, I have replied to hundreds over the years in different astrology forums and people who came to me referenced by others.
I can’t promise any timelines as I have a busy schedule, but will revert when I can. Also if possible, please try to keep questions to max 2 or 3 and keep them precise/ concise. In general I prefer to respond to those in more severe/ urgent need/ crisis in their professional/ personal lives as opposed to individual’s asking out of curiosity.
On an average, I am receiving anywhere between 20 to 50 requests in a day, which is overwhelming for me. Please be patient and when you do get a response to your query, please abstain from requestioning further and starting a never ending loop. Only the initial 2 or 3 questions will be answered.
Exact time (or as accurate as possible) is needed. Remember a few minutes can make a big difference.
-If you are unsure of your time outside of plus or minus 15 minutes, then I might not be able to help you.
-If you are unsure within plus or minus 15 minutes then also send 5 significant events in past with exact dates of the events. These are significant events like graduation, job startings, promotions, marriage/ child birth, accidents/ surgeries, tragic events in family, birth of sibling, etc. – anything which stands out as a significant as opposed to a day-to-day event.
This helps in BTR (Birth time rectification. Or essentially fine tuning the time of birth by reverse engineering known past dates with events. Once the time is set, the horoscope is set for future reading)
Hi Vivek,
Your prediction regarding my job prospects came true. I got a very good job in another MNC. Thanks for the help extended. God Bless.
Best Regards,
Umesh
Dear sir,
first of all thank you very much ! No one is doing this service as free service, you are a great person indeed.
When I asked some websites, they charged more and gave me wrong time for c section – April 24th 10 am. Which falls in gemini lagna/raasi. When I asked clarification, they said its their intellectual property so they dont share !
You replied all my mails which shows you are genuine person. People like you are very rare in this materialistic world and I will take you as an example to give some thing for helpless people.
There are rains which is just because of you kind of people.
I hope your generations will be very good and long live !!!
Rishikesh, Muscat.
Dear Vivek,
A little note to thank you. We as humans tend to turn towards astrology in times when we are looking for answers to situations beyond our control.
To help such people and also to give your free service to them is a very noble gesture. You were very patient to answer all the queries I had and also gave some practical advice which was beyond vedic astrolgy
Sincerely thank you very much for your good deed
I am truly impressed with the considerable insight you’ve displayed in reading my basic chart, actually showing how things are and what to look for. My familiarity of terms and symbols is just adequate to appreciate your skill in extracting the meaning correctly from the entire interwoven picture. I had been through it with a book some years ago and understood the gist of it in a very low-res sense, but the author of the book had no way to tie everything together, only presenting some possibilities of each element in isolation. So yes, it’s very good indeed!
Dear VS,
I have found your way of explalining complicated astrological principles very helpful. The contents given by you are also not generally made known by the experts in the field. Kindly let me know any books written by you on the subjcet.
Thanks for everything.
Dinesh Maini
Hi Dinesh
Thanks for the kind words.
As I mention in my Blog portion, writing a detailed treatise on the subject is definitely on my list and I will eventually get to it, sooner rather than later.
However the material presented here even in the “Lessons” articles which are designed chronologically for a beginner of the subject will encompass nuggets and vital points from – Parasara, Jamini Sutras, Phaladeepika, Jatak Parijata and Deva Keralam. In other words would be precise and powerful lessons for the learner of this vast subject.
Meanwhile for the intermediate & the advanced user, I am adding articles in the “Advanced topics” section which will contain research oriented material and food for thought for various astrologers with different levels of experience.
Do not wish to set timelines I dont meet and hence will not quantify the book timing but hope to do it within a yr or so
Thanks,
Vivek
Dear Sh. Vivek, Pl. inform if you have published the book and if yes, its details (e.g. name and how we can get it). If not, pl. do let us know whenever you publish.
regards
Hello Sir, I have not published any book yet. Unfortunately my banking job has kept me busier than usual in the last couple of years. My intention is-
1. to revamp this website, add new articles
2. release a book on astrology for beginner/ intermediate level
I would focus on 1. first and then the 2nd
plan to add many more articles and case studies on this site and revamp it in the coming 2 to 4 months. Thanks to all for your interest!
Dear Vivek,
Please make comments about the following horoscope.
a. Name: Krishna
b. DOB: 08th July 1959
c. TOB: 8:51
d. POB: Melbourne, Australia
He keeps talking a lot when he talks. Otherwise he may not talk for a while. His IQ is also low. Can you let me know what can be done to improve his situation?
I know your cut off date is 19th April. This horoscope has few twists and turns. I appreciate if you can address those after you clear your back log.
Thanks
Rao
Hello Sir,
My birth detail is-
DOB- 21-January-1979
time- 13.43(01.43pm)
place-dhanbad (jharkhand,india)
Kindly request you to please look into my birth chart.Below is my 2 question:-
1) I am jobless now. when can i get a good salaried job..??Faced lots of problem in Jupiter major period.
2) How will be my Saturn major period like Worst, Bad, Average,Good,Best??
Thank you so much!!
Hi Sanjiv
Unfortunately I dont give personal readings. Just dont have the time for it.
Good luck!
sorry to bother you. if you can tell me when I should resign from my present job…it will be great. I am not looking for any new job….just want to do my own things.
TOB : 7 APRIL 1965, 19:20, DELHI,INDIA
thank u.
unfortunately, like I have mentioned multiple times on this site before, I do not do personal readings as I get hundreds of requests and this is not my full time job or even part time job
Vivek-ji,
Good day to you.
Will you start doing paid reading service/ or personal horoscope reading at some point of time? If so when?
Thank you.
Hi Vidya
Not sure when. I have done astrology 23 years now without chargine money. However every single day I have to ignore/ delete 100s of emails and comments asking for readings. So perhaps at some stage, I will charge for these, else I have no time to respond to 99.9% of them
You would have to file a 1099 VS and 40% is taken by taxes on 1099, so you’d have to charge fees + 40%. Good wishes, I hope you do. I don’t mind paying.
Dear Sir,
May I request you to look into my email dated 15.February.2018 and please reply me…
Hi CS, I am sorry I don’t know which email you referring to. I get doznes, at times hundreds of emails and I cant respond to most as they are personal reading requests or poorly structured questions
Hi VS,
I will be really thankful if you do personal reading. Following is my birth detail:
Jaidev Sharma
03/08/1978
19:45 (07:45 PM)
Ludhiana, Punjab
Please suggest me how I can be more successful and what business I should do?
Would somthing related to Cinema (Film editing) help me ?
Thanks and regards,
jaidev Sharma
Sorry Sir, I do not do personal readings for anyone currently. Good luck!
I am very impressed with your knowledge, sophistication and professionalism. I hope you will be able to do readings for a fee some time in the near future when you find time. In the meantime, could you recommend someone really insightful and knowledgeable to do a reading for me and give me information on some issues that are causing me a great deal of anxiety? I have accurate birth details.
May God bless you in every way.
Mrs. Das
Hi Vivek,
Do you any articles on how to interpret Dasa Sandhi? I would love to read your explanations on them?
Thanks – Jayaraman
my target is to revamp the site and add more stuff dynamically by the end of this year. Till then I have personal and professional commitments. After that, I can make this more upto date and frequent
how to consult ?
Hello
unfortunately, I do not do personal consultations right now. If that changes in the future, I will let everyone know
thanks
Can you suggest some body who can do personal reading and is know to you.
with regard
contact vinayak badoni. you can find him on facebook as well. he really knows what he is doing and not misleading people
Hello sir,
Good day !!!
Impressed going through your articles.
I have one question for my present career.
presently I am facing extremely difficulty in continuing my present job . So could you
kind enough to check if I can continue with present job? Or I will get good job in India
or abroad? Presently I am working in a textile manufacturing unit in Indonesia since Jan-2012.
My name is Arindam/ DOB- 9th August 1965/ place of birth- Kulti ( Dist-Burdwan , West Bengal )
Time of Birth- 05:50:00 AM. Best regards Arindam Mukhopadhyay
thanks for the nice words Arindam, however I do not currently provide individual readings.
Thank you sir,
Could you please advise the effect of Cancer ascendant’s present overseas career prospects , undergoing Rahu MD & Sun AD , Rahu (16*), Mars (29*) positioned in 11th & 3rd house respectively in natal chart?
Best Regards,
Arindam Mukhopadhyay
unfortunately, can not be answered in a generic sense
Sir,
For cancer ascendant , which are marak & atmakarak planets and why so? And if any atmakarak planets sits on dustasthan , then if we wear stones to increase power then it will increase negativity instead of positivity? Thanks.
atmakaraka planet is dependent on the degrees of the planet and not the lagna. Any planet can be the AK for cancer depending on which planet has the 2nd highest progressed degrees in a given sign
Thank you VS ji, suppose Jupiter ( < 5 degree )sits on 12th house ( which is dustasthan) for Cancer ascendant , then if native wears (sapphire or yellow beryl , then does this stone negatively affect the native?
strongly or not is always relative and for this particular case, yellow sapphire might not be suitable
Thank you V.S ji. Some says as 12th house is for luck,fortune and as well as loss , expenditure then both will increase if we strengthen the planet. And some says it will benefit the Native if he/she wears yellow sapphire. I am totally confused. I am sure people like you only throw light one it. Regards,
Dear VS,
If anyone want to analyze career, then what are the factors to be looked into?
Lagna chart (D1), D10 , Gochar?
D1, chart considering Saturn as lagna (as karaka for career) and D10
Gochar and dasas are predictive tools for timing and not related to just career or any one aspect of life, rather to all aspects of life
Thank you
thanks for sharing such a valuable knowledge, sir, i am confused towards the role of nakshatra in prediction ,can u throw light on this aspect,as for example what result can be predict from fuctional benefic jupiter in the nakshatra of malefic rahu ? I shall be grateful for ur valuable guidance .
nakshatra is 2nd level in importance after rashi
one has to see the dignity and placement and yogas of the nakshatra depositor very much like rashi depositor. also each of the 9 nakshtras from moon have a meaning which can be learnt
Vivek sir
R u talking about DHRUB NADI concept?can you refer some books for dhrub nadi?
please requote the sentence on which you ask the question, thanks
Vivek sir
Each of nine nakshatra from moon have a meaning that sampat tara vipat tara ……….mitra adhimitra.sir , i think this is dhrub nadi concept.
this is mainline Parasari concept as well. Might be in Dhrub nadi as well, which is fine
sir if i am not wrong it means that jupiter in gemini sign will have more impact on the life of native than jupiter in the nakshatra of rahu in the same horoscope .that is we should concentrate more on sign of planet than the nakshatra in which it is placed.
sign > nakshatra > Navamsha
thank u sir for clarification,one more thing if a functional malefic like saturn is in rashi sandhi say in magha nakshatra ,will it be considered too weak to give any results .What type of result will it give?
that is just one consideration. Saturn can still have a strong shadbal. if this is say in 7th bhaav then also great directional strength etc. so only sandhi can not conclude anything
Sir
Which ascendant do you use for steve job’s birth chart?leo ascendant or virgo ?
Virgo
Around the time he was diagnosed in 2003, he was in Sun dasa/Rahu bhukti.
Natally, Sun is in Aquarius and dispositor saturn in 2nd (FM in maraksthana) aspecting Mars (5 deg) in 8th., Rahu in 4th is trinal to Mars. Rahu transitted in 8th at 27 deg which means the disease set it earlier when it was closer to Mars.
Death in Oct 5, 2011 in Moon dasa, Guru bhukti. Moon (a FM) in maraka sthana is in Saturn’s star activating it. Maraka lord venus was also in the 2nd. Guru, 7th maraka lord and a FM (kendriatipati dosha) was in the 8th.
I think he survived from 2003 to 2011 due to 8th lord in swasthana.
thanks for prompt reply,sir,all the events of a native is happening according to chandra kundli ,in such case what would be importance of lagna kundli?
cant comment as i havent seen the chart. when moon is very strong and especially when it also coincides with arudha lagna etc then it will dominate over lagna especially if lagna/ lagnesh are weaker
Nasmaste Shri VS,
I am looking at how to learn to study career. Could you point me to links on your site that will help me analyse charts in order to help them with their career. I am looking for step by step instructions on how to go about reading a chart to determine career
Thank you
Hello, the articles here don’t mean to dive too deep into any particular area. this is for relative beginners to then branch out deeper via other means and books. I would recommend to you – ‘Vedic Nadi Astrology & Career’ by V. Raghuraman as an example to dive deeper only into career analysis
Wish you happy holi sir
I went to mr vinayak badoni at his vikasnagar dehradun office.he looked at my chart and ask me to start my own company.he gave some remedies to be performed and i have performed all remedies.i have heard that his remedies work excellently.sir i want your opinion about his remedies.he also told me that i can rise in any profession.
Good for you Rahul. I havent been in touch with him since a couple of years now. I am busy with my work on wall street and he is in India but I have heard also traveling quiet a bit to australia these days as he has opened big business ventures there like yoga and health wellness ashrams etc. either way, I feel that he has good astro knowledge but has now become a celebrity of sorts and focussing on money and business, so not sure how much time he spends to do the real predictive part. thanks
You are right sir.he is focusing more on money and his celebrity status
Sir
A very prominent astrologer claims that if atmakaraka is associated with ascendant the person will be a king .i dont want to take his name ..this question might irritate you but i think the chart must have good rajyog and strong lagna along with strong atmakarka associating with lagna to make the native a king
yes you are right. No one rule can generalize results. The position of AK in the chart, its yogas, its divisional placements etc. All are important to come to any conclusion
Dear VS,
I am Aries asc with retrograde Jup in 11th house (Aq) and Saturn in 3rd house (Ge).
I have heard that retro nature of Jupiter lessens its benefic nature significantly. Separately, I have also heard that Jupiter causes negative impact due to its location in badhak house or due to it being lord of 12th. Someone even quoted that per Bhavarth Ratnakar Jup in 11th house for Aries asc behaves as malefic.
Likewise, I have heard that being a malefic and badhakesh for Aries asc, Saturn as lord of 10th/11th will make career progress very difficult and also cause health issues.
What is your view of these interpretations and implications for career prospects? Esp during dashas/bhuktis of Jupiter and Saturn.
while some of the points might be partially true, I have to caution astrology students from taking rules too literally. It does not work in that manner in real life. every chart is different. when you consider a planet, you have to see its overall dignity in respect of strengths, yogas, divisional placements, partial aspects on it, various arudha pada assessment etc. jupiter in 11th for Aries will have a completely different effect with respect to how other 8 planets are placed and their degrees, aspects, yogas and divisionals etc
Hello VS,
I had written to you on the Contact page. Was not sure if you received the message–so writing here. Hoping you can help. My recorded birth time/place is May 2nd 1975, 15:30 in Mumbai. The ascendant falls on the cusp of Simha and Kanya. While the horoscope made at birth assumes Simha lagna, one astrologer had suggested that I had more of a Kanya personality (and I agree). I am unsure which ascendant to use to assess my horoscope/predictions. Please guide. Thank you!
Hello Aditi, Unfortunately I get dozens, even hundreds of emails and requests for chart reading everyday via email and here on comments. Most I ignore or delete as I have made ample clear that I do not do personal readings
However I am happy to post it here as sometimes other astrologers might be willing to respond. thanks
If you are Kanya, with Rahu sitting in the 3rd, you will have bold and somewhat a tendency to be flamboyant in your writing/speech, you will like to write using words that show your vocabulary. If you are Leo, you will have love cars, a nice home with decoration, would want your mom to be with you since she would contribute to your inner peace, since the 4th lord Mars is also posited in the 7th. Your lagna changes in 2 minutes with the time you have given
Correction to my earlier post:
In the Bhaav chart, Rahu sits in Libra since it is 22 degrees below Lagna degree (29:25). Lagna changes after 2 minutes to Kanya. If you are Leo, things I mentioned for Kanya before would hold good. If Kanya lagna, Rahu in the 2nd can give you unusual feelings/tastes for clothing, jewelry etc.
Thank you, VS and Sundar.
I have tried to look at this from different angles and I always find it to be a mixture of personality traits. Past life events can also be explained through both lagnas. One significant life event that makes me believe that I was born in Kanya lagna is that I have an adopted daughter. Which apparently can be explained by Moon in the 5th in a Saturn or Mercury sign. But beyond that not much is clear. Will stop here… before this becomes too much of a personal reading. Thanks again.
Hello VS,
In your experience, how one can go about analyzing horoscope where lagna in Rashi sandhi? As in from 29.5 to 0.5 degrees.
Only thing certain here will be planets affecting houses but if we don’t get the ascendent right benefic/malefics will change and so on..
I wish to know have you found any rules from your experience about such charts? Also, can we say in general these people will have some kind of dual personality and such charts are hardest to predict?
Thanks in advance.
Best regards,
Mrugesh
you have to do rectification based on significant past events. that is the only way to rectify to the correct lagna. Also keep in mind that while the lagna might change, the bhaav position of planets will not likely change at all
Dear Sir
Many thanks for the information shared in your website and appreciate your exceptional service of analyzing charts without charging money.
I request you to write articles about Sarvatobhadra chakra, Kala chakra and paribrahman paddathi, as these are very useful for making accurate predictions.
Thank you
hello, thanks for the kind words. I will write articles on them at some stage. I consider them as advanced topics which add a subtle touch to predictions and not many know/ understand them and so didnt write on them yet
Sir,
You won’t see horoscope and now it looks as if we can’t go to anyone else.
Anyway, we ll wait if you start someday.
Amazed to see your knowledge and passion.
Regards
PD
thanks for nice words