Jyotish Academy
Level 1

Jyotish Foundations

From zero to reading a chart — signs, grahas, houses, nakshatras, chart construction and planetary strength. Eight modules, thirty-two lessons, each module traced to a classical text.

1

Introduction to Jyotish

What Jyotish is — and what it is not · Free preview

The three branches — Siddhanta, Samhita, Hora · Free preview

The tradition of classical texts · Free preview

Sayana and Nirayana — the Ayanamsha

4 lessons
2

The Zodiac

The twelve signs and their lords

The four elements

Movable, fixed and dual signs

Sign natures and body parts

4 lessons
3

The Nine Grahas

Surya and Chandra

Mangal, Budha, Guru

Shukra and Shani

Rahu and Ketu

4 lessons
4

The Twelve Bhavas

What the bhavas are — Kendra and Trikona

Houses one to six

Houses seven to twelve

Trika, Upachaya and Maraka houses

4 lessons
5

Constructing the Chart

Birth details and local time

Determining the Lagna

The Bhava Chalit chart

Reading North and South Indian charts

4 lessons
6

The Nakshatras

The twenty-seven nakshatras

Padas and their link to Navamsha

Nakshatra lords and the basis of Vimshottari

Janma nakshatra and the name syllable

4 lessons
7

Planetary Strength

Exaltation, debilitation, Moolatrikona, own sign

Friends, enemies and neutrals

Directional strength, combustion and retrogression

Shadbala — an introduction

4 lessons
8

Your First Reading

The order in which to read a chart

The position of the Lagna lord

Reading from the Moon as well

Full practice — one complete chart

4 lessons

Video lectures are in Hindi with English subtitles. Notes, PDFs and quizzes are available in English.