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Guides to reading a jathakam: the South and North Indian chart formats, what the navamsa adds to the rasi chart, and how the Vimshottari dasa balance and your current period are worked out.
- South Indian vs North Indian chart: how to read both jathakam formatsWhich cell is the lagna, which number is a sign, and which way do you count? One example chart drawn both ways.7 min read
- Rasi chart and navamsa chart: what the D9 adds to your jathakamEach sign cut into nine parts of 3°20'. Convert your lagna, Moon and planets to the D9 by hand and see why 13 minutes can change it.7 min read
- Vimshottari dasa: balance at birth and your current periodMoon in Pushya, 8 years 3 months 9 days of Saturn left: the balance and the running antardasa worked out with the formulas, step by step.7 min read