Insights & Inspiration

This article appeared in The CVA Journal – Spring/Summer 2009
By Vaughn Paul Manley, M.A. 

 THE DISPARAGED 8TH HOUSE

The 8th house has earned the dubious reputation as the ugliest house in the Jyotish neighborhood. It’s the one capable of wrecking the most damage, even death, and it’s hard to get m...

By K.N. Rao 

What we teach in the classes we run at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (astrology school in New Delhi, India) is a plain approach to predictions first based on the birth horoscope and mainly springing from the birth horoscope. The varga charts are referred to for confirmation not for the main p...

What are the effects of a retrograde exalted planets? What is Dasha Pravesh and how can it be used for greater predictive accuracy. Watch this video and find out. 

When learning Vedic astrology, as with any discipline, it’s important to apply the principles you learn with many practical examples. This article presents a very useful and reliable chart interpretation method, involving the transits of Jupiter and Saturn, which you can immediately apply to any cha...

Vaughn Paul Manley, M.A.

There are several heated debates among Vedic astrologers, and one that hovers near the top of the heat index is, “Which is the primary house of education?” Generally, north Indian astrologers attribute the 5th house, while south Indians give the 4th house. I’ve addressed this...

Vaughn Paul Manley, M.A. 

THE DHARMA HOUSES

The dharma houses 1, 5, 9 are the houses of meaning, purpose, and inspiration. They can be also considered ‘fire houses’ since they correspond to the fire signs Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius. When we are living in harmony with the dharma houses in our char...

By K.N. Rao

All that has been said here forms the background for the discussion of the horoscope of my Guruji, late Swami Paramananda Saraswati. He was like any true and genuine saint of India encouraging the study of astrology, not for any mercenary motives, but for the twin purpose of keeping ali...

A video class on KRS Channel about the fluctuations in career that happen under certain planetary influences. 

This article appeared in Express Star Teller July 2007
Vaughn Paul Manley, M.A. 

A successful psychic friend of mine in Hawaii once said to me:In dasha analysis the extra step of analyzing the past is often overlooked. We usually fall into the habit of analyzing the current or upcoming dasha in tota...

This article appeared in the KRS Magazine - July 3, 2014
Vaughn Paul Manley, M.A. 

By Vaughn Paul Manley, M.A. 

Our Vedic astrology chart reveals our karma as expressed through the planets. When a planet is strong by sign placement, house placement, house rulership, and aspects then it suggests someone who has developed positive or sattvic qualities of that planet. For instance, if...

By Vaughn Paul Manley, M.A. 

The 2nd house and the 7th house are considered maraka or ‘death inflicting’ houses. The logic behind this rather morbid side to these two otherwise benign houses is that the 8th house is the house of longevity. Based on the principle of bhavat bhavam, or house to house re...

This article appeared in The Mountain Astrologer – Feb/Mar 2006
By Vaughn Paul Manley, M.A. 

Learn how to predict the timing for foreign residence in Vedic astrology. 

Learn how Rahu and the influences of eclipses can lead to sudden dramatic change, particularly if the eclipse takes place on or near key degree points in the natal chart. 

Here's a class on the double transit effect of Jupiter and Saturn with Kapiel Raaj on KRS Channel. 

How is career effected when there are influences of the dusthana houses or house lords 6, 8, 12? In this video we discuss this in depth and show examples. 

Learn key methods for predicting marriage in Vedic astrology. 

Learn key methods for predicting childbirth in Vedic astrology. 

Learn the importance of using alternate ascendants, also called alternate lagnas, to increase predictive accuracy as well as accuracy in describing character traits and karmic  patterns in the  natal chart.