Vedic astrology blog

Welcome to the world of Vedic astrology. I’m Gaurav, the founder of Farfaraway, and I’ve been practising Vedic astrology for over ten years.

My learnings from those ten years

Below, you will find 170 other handcrafted articles. I hope you find the blog useful.

1. Basics of Vedic astrology

How to read your birth chart

1. Meaning of Houses, Planets, and Signs Based on Vedic Astrology
2. How to read your birth chart based on Vedic astrology
3. How to analyze your birth chart
4. How to begin reading your birth chart
5. How to visualize planetary positions in your birth chart
6. No birth time? How to still read your birth chart
7. Read your birth chart in minutes: Vincent van Gogh example
8. Should you read your newspaper horoscope?
9. How exact does your birth time need to be?
10. Why your Sun sign can be different in Vedic astrology

2. Understanding planetary time periods

Understanding planetary time periods

1. Understanding planetary time periods through Vimshottari Dasha
2. How to predict life events using dashas
3. How to read dashas and predict life events: a real example
4. The most difficult time period (dasha)
5. How to deal with a difficult time period (dasha)

3. Marriage timing and spouse

Marriage timing and spouse (seventh house lord in different houses)

1. The 7th house lord in different houses
2. How to predict your time of marriage
3. Will you marry a foreign spouse?
4. When should you consider marriage? Check for late-marriage combinations
5. The seventh house lord in the 1st house
6. The seventh house lord in the 2nd house
7. The seventh house lord in the 3rd house
8. The seventh house lord in the 4th house
9. The seventh house lord in the 5th house
10. The seventh house lord in the 6th house
11. The seventh house lord in the 7th house
12. The seventh house lord in the 8th house
13. The seventh house lord in the 9th house
14. The seventh house lord in the 10th house
15. The seventh house lord in the 11th house
16. The seventh house lord in the 12th house

4. Horoscope matching and compatibility

Horoscope matching and compatibility

1. How to match birth charts based on Vedic astrology
2. The correct way to match horoscopes: three questions
3. Who are you not compatible with?
4. 22 sure-shot signs that he or she is into you
5. Why marriage timing matters when matching horoscopes
6. Before matching horoscopes, match the person

5. Planets in houses and nakshatras

Planets in houses

1. Planets in different houses
2. Sun in different houses
3. Moon in different houses
4. Mars in different houses
5. Mercury in different houses
6. Jupiter in different houses
7. Venus in different houses
8. Saturn in different houses
9. Rahu in different houses
10. Ketu in different houses

Meaning of nakshatras

1. Meaning of all nakshatras
2. Why nakshatras matter in a birth chart
3. Ashwini nakshatra: meaning and characteristics
4. Bharani nakshatra: meaning and characteristics
5. Krittika nakshatra: meaning and characteristics
6. Rohini nakshatra: meaning and characteristics
7. Mrigasira nakshatra: meaning and characteristics
8. Ardra nakshatra: meaning and characteristics
9. Punarvasu nakshatra: meaning and characteristics
10. Pushya nakshatra: meaning and characteristics
11. Ashlesha nakshatra: meaning and characteristics
12. Magha nakshatra: meaning and characteristics
13. Purva Phalguni nakshatra: meaning and characteristics
14. Uttara Phalguni nakshatra: meaning and characteristics
15. Hasta nakshatra: meaning and characteristics
16. Chitra nakshatra: meaning and characteristics
17. Swati nakshatra: meaning and characteristics
18. Vishakha nakshatra: meaning and characteristics
19. Anuradha nakshatra: meaning and characteristics
20. Jyestha nakshatra: meaning and characteristics
21. Mula nakshatra: meaning and characteristics
22. Purva Ashadha nakshatra: meaning and characteristics
23. Uttara Ashadha nakshatra: meaning and characteristics
24. Sravana nakshatra: meaning and characteristics
25. Dhanistha nakshatra: meaning and characteristics
26. Shatabhisha nakshatra: meaning and characteristics
27. Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra: meaning and characteristics
28. Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra: meaning and characteristics
29. Rewati nakshatra: meaning and characteristics
30. Why Moola is the most misunderstood nakshatra

Planets in nakshatras

1. Planets in nakshatras
2. Planets in Ashwini nakshatra
3. Planets in Bharani nakshatra
4. Planets in Krittika nakshatra
5. Planets in Rohini nakshatra
6. Planets in Mrigashira nakshatra
7. Planets in Ardra nakshatra
8. Planets in Punarvasu nakshatra
9. Planets in Pushya nakshatra
10. Planets in Ashlesha nakshatra
11. Planets in Magha nakshatra
12. Planets in Purva Phalguni nakshatra
13. Planets in Uttara Phalguni nakshatra
14. Planets in Hasta nakshatra
15. Planets in Chitra nakshatra
16. Planets in Swati nakshatra
17. Planets in Vishakha nakshatra
18. Planets in Anuradha nakshatra
19. Planets in Jyeshtha nakshatra
20. Planets in Mula nakshatra
21. Planets in Purva Ashadha nakshatra
22. Planets in Uttara Ashadha nakshatra
23. Planets in Shravana nakshatra
24. Planets in Dhanishta nakshatra
25. Planets in Shatabhisha nakshatra
26. Planets in Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra
27. Planets in Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra
28. Planets in Revati nakshatra

Rising nakshatras

1. Ashwini rising (ascendant) explained
2. Bharani rising (ascendant) explained
3. Krittika rising (ascendant) explained
4. Rohini rising (ascendant) explained

6. Career

Career choices and working life

1. What's the right career for you?
2. Should you run a business? Vedic astrology
3. Your natural duty (profession)
4. When not to quit your job
5. Career change possibility in Vedic astrology
6. Is your career driven by past-life skills?

Tenth house lord in different houses

1. The 10th house lord in different houses
2. The 10th house lord in the 1st house
3. The 10th house lord in the 2nd house
4. The 10th house lord in the 3rd house
5. The 10th house lord in the 4th house
6. The 10th house lord in the 5th house
7. The 10th house lord in the 6th house
8. The 10th house lord in the 7th house
9. The 10th house lord in the 8th house
10. The 10th house lord in the 9th house
11. The 10th house lord in the 10th house
12. The 10th house lord in the 11th house
13. The 10th house lord in the 12th house

7. Education and foreign relocation

Education

1. Everything about education astrology
2. Signs of a mathematical genius in a birth chart

Travel and relocation

1. Everything about relocation astrology
2. Foreign relocation combinations
3. Signs you might be a digital nomad in Vedic astrology
4. Is travel or relocation coming up? Look at the dashas

8. Birth charts of famous people

Learning astrology through their birth charts

1. Albert Einstein's birth-chart analysis
2. Warren Buffett's birth-chart analysis
3. Frédéric Chopin's birth-chart analysis
4. Donald Trump was born to lead: a birth-chart analysis
5. Narendra Modi's birth chart: why is he so widely followed?
6. Elon Musk's birth chart: what's next?
7. Steffi Graf's birth chart: why did she quit at 30?
8. Taylor Swift's birth chart: Purva Ashadha and star power
9. Why was Nelson Mandela so courageous? A Vedic astrology view

9. Other topics

Other topics

1. Vedic astrology versus Western astrology
2. Divisional charts: the D-9, D-10 and more
3. Types of bosses
4. What chess players have in common as per Vedic astrology

Astrological tips and life questions

1. 101 astrology tricks that always work
2. 37 life questions astrology can answer

10. Meaning of houses, planets and signs

Meaning of houses and planets

1. Meaning of the third house
2. Meaning of the fifth house
3. Meaning of the seventh house
4. What Moon represents in your birth chart
5. What Mars represents in your birth chart
6. What Jupiter represents in your birth chart
7. What Venus represents in your birth chart
8. How Moon affects your thinking as per Vedic astrology
9. Signs of maturity in a birth chart: Saturn’s role
10. Signs you understand people
11. What should you focus on in life? Look at Saturn and Rahu

Planets in signs

1. Planets in different signs
2. Sun in different signs
3. Moon in different signs
4. Mars in different signs
5. Mercury in different signs
6. Jupiter in different signs
7. Venus in different signs
8. Saturn in different signs
9. Rahu in different signs
10. Ketu in different signs