Articles on Vedic Astrology

By Dr David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri) Karma, meaning action, is a term in yogic spirituality for explaining the soul’s …

Many of us are looking with deep concern about the current state of the world and what 2020 will bring. …

All great ancient civilizations centered their cultures on profound systems of astrology, connecting conditions and events on the Earth with …

The following article proposes a Vedic rationale for the nature and sequence of the twelve signs of the zodiac. It shows how the zodiac could have been invented as a form of Vedic sacrifice (Yajna) following the Vedic view of the Gods, the worlds and the elements. While the complete logic may not be worked out, enough has been revealed to show the probable main aspects of the system. Using this model many secrets of the zodiac are uncovered.

Each Nakshatra has its particular power or Shakti. These are also the powers of the Devatas or the deities that …

Vedic Astrology and Self-knowledge   Vedic astrology or Jyotish  is an integral part of all Vedic teachings as it is …

  This is one of several articles by David Frawley on the Vedas, Vedic Astrology and the Nakshatras. It reflects …

From the Classic Text “Astrology of the Seers” by Dr. David Frawley Astrology should be a spiritual science. Our birth …

Some scholars have claimed that the Babylonians invented the zodiac of 360 degrees around 700 BCE, perhaps even earlier. Many claim that India received the knowledge of the zodiac from Babylonia or even later from Greece. However, as old as the Rig Veda, the oldest Vedic text, there are clear references to a chakra or wheel of 360 spokes placed in the sky. The number 360 and its related numbers like 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 108, 432 and 720 occur commonly in Vedic symbolism. It is in the hymns of the great Rishi Dirghatamas (RV I.140 - 164) that we have the clearest such references.

Dr David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri) The Vedas show a division of the zodiac into 27 Nakshatras or lunar mansions. …