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Sidereal floor, tropical door
Vedic is the default sky in this house. Western is acknowledged, then left as a door.
sidereal · tropical · western
1 min read
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When a Nakshatra Spans Two Signs
Nine lunar mansions begin in one rashi and finish in the next. Sign lord and mansion lord then part company — a common source of mixed readings.
nakshatra · rashi · foundations
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Navatara: Counting Nine from the Birth Star
From the janma nakshatra the twenty-seven mansions fall into nine repeating taras. The count is a transit and muhurta tool — a second use of the birth star, after Vimshottari.
nakshatra · navatara · tara
6 min read
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What a Nakshatra Adds to a Chart
Each lunar mansion spans 13°20′. That finer grain changes planetary flavour, dasha seed, and matching work — without replacing sign, house, or lordship.
nakshatra · moon · foundations
5 min read
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Gandanta: The Three Water–Fire Junctions
Revati–Ashwini, Ashlesha–Magha, Jyeshtha–Mula. Classical lists treat those knots as sensitive. The name records a junction; it travels badly as a curse.
nakshatra · gandanta · foundations
5 min read
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When the Ascendant Sits on a Sign Boundary
A few minutes can move the rising from one sign to the next. House-level claims should shrink when the hour sits on that edge.
lagna · ascendant · birth time
2 min read
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Makara and Dhanu: the house’s own names
CapSage is Capricorn + Sagittarius — earth and discipline, fire and quest.
capricorn · sagittarius · capsage
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