Planets & Grahas

The nine grahas of Vedic astrology, from the Sun through to Ketu: their dignities, house effects, and role in reading a birth chart.

4 articles

Rahu and Ketu: The Lunar Nodes in Vedic Astrology

What the lunar nodes are astronomically, what they signify, and why the Rahu-Ketu axis is read as the karmic spine of a Vedic chart.

KarmaInsight EditorialJuly 13, 20264 min read

Saturn's seven-and-a-half-year passage around your Moon: the three phases, what it does and does not mean, and how to read it without fear.

KarmaInsight EditorialJuly 13, 20264 min read

Shani's significations, dignities and house effects, plus what Sade Sati and a Saturn Mahadasha actually mean for a Vedic birth chart.

KarmaInsight EditorialMarch 1, 20259 min read

The Navagrahas of Vedic astrology, one at a time: each graha's natural domain, its dignities, and the classical character it carries.

KarmaInsight EditorialJanuary 10, 20257 min read