First Principles of Vedic Statistical Astrology
The paper that sets out how a claim, its window and its outcome are written down so that the practice can be checked against itself.
METHODPARASHARIFOUNDATION
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Founder Archives
The papers of Dr. Armaan Sharma, written for Astro River from 2008 and restored here in his own words, with modern tools used for structure and editing.
— Astro River Institute, est. 2008
This is a living collection. Papers are added as each one is completed, and some are marked "in progress" where the work is still growing.
4 papers
4 papers
Papers
Dasha Systems Revisited: Vimshottari and Yogini
Two timing systems compared as tools — where each sharpens a reading and where each misleads.
DASHASVIMSHOTTARIYOGINI
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On the Nature of Nakshatras
The twenty-seven mansions as a working vocabulary for temperament and timing, not as personality types.
NAKSHATRASTEMPERAMENTTIMING
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Jaimini Sutras and Modern Practice
Chara karakas, sign aspect, argala and rasi dasha, read for consultative use.
JAIMINICHARA DASHAKARAKAS
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Paper E
Reading the Navamsa Beside the Birth Chart
The ninth-part chart read beside the rashi: what it adds, and where it decides.
In progressNAVAMSA
Paper F
Muhurta: Choosing a Time
How a moment is chosen for a start, and what a chosen moment cannot do.
In progressMUHURTA
Paper G
The Rahu–Ketu Axis
The nodes in the birth chart and in their periods.
In progressRAHUKETU