The Arcanastra guides

Understanding your astrology

Where to start? These guides explain, piece by piece, what your birth chart reveals. Read them before or after calculating yours, to understand what you see.

Your chart, piece by piece

Rising signThe sign rising in the east at your birth: how you approach the world, and the starting point of your houses.Read →Moon signYour birth Moon: your inner life and emotional needs, distinct from your Sun sign and your Ascendant.Read →Astrological housesThe twelve areas of your chart: where each energy plays out, and why birth time matters.Read →Astrological aspectsThe angles that connect your planets: agreements, tensions, dialogues, and why no aspect is read alone.Read →

The Vedic layer and the method

Rahu and KetuThe lunar nodes axis: two calculated, opposite points, always read together in the Vedic approach.Read →NakshatrasThe twenty-seven lunar sectors of the sidereal zodiac, your chart's Vedic layer, read on the fixed stars.Read →Tropical-Vedic methodElvira's approach: the depth of Vedic knowledge set on the precision of the tropical calendar.Read →

Go further: your Sun and Moon pairing →