Astrology Course — Foundation

Bheem opens the course with the place of jyotisha within the Vedic tradition — its four branches, the lineage of the eighteen rishis, and where Parashara's Hora Shastra still sits at the centre. The lesson closes with the chart-making software and the study habit the course expects of you.In this lessonPlace Vedic astrology within its lineage and textsGenerate a birth chart on a standard astrology appSet the study rhythm the course is taught in

The grammar of the chart. Bheem walks through the twelve bhavas one by one, then the twelve rashis with their numbers, ruling planets, elements (fire, earth, air, water) and natures (movable, fixed, dual) — and how the male and female signs read on a person in the room.In this lessonRead what each of the twelve houses signifiesIdentify the twelve rashis and their lordsUse element and nature to read temperament

How Aries and Scorpio differ even though Mars rules both. Bheem combines element with movable/fixed/dual nature to read the first six lagnas as actual people — energy level, temperament, the work they gravitate to, where Mars-energy turns aggressive and where it sits still.In this lessonDistinguish two signs sharing the same lordRead energy and temperament from elementAnticipate career direction from the lagna

Bheem completes the lagna readings — Leo, Virgo, Libra, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces — and gives the first portrait of each of the nine grahas: who they are in plain terms, the king, the queen, the prince, the general, the guru, the labourer, the courtesan, and the two shadow planets.In this lessonRead the remaining seven lagnas in detailPlace each of the nine grahas as a characterMatch a person's bearing to a likely lagna

The Kaal Purusha chart and the working tables every reader uses daily. Bheem explains why a planet is exalted in one house and debilitated in another, gives the directional strength (digbal) of each graha, and walks through the natural significations house by house.In this lessonKnow each planet's exaltation and debilitationApply directional strength in any chartRead the natural significator of every house

The simplest serious way into chart analysis. Bheem teaches the Ashtakavarga point system house by house — how points above 28 strengthen a bhava, how the 9th/10th/11th totals predict wealth, and the rules he uses to spot government employment, wealth and weak houses at a glance.In this lessonRead an Ashtakavarga sheet from a chart appApply the 15 rules of point-based judgementIdentify wealth, weakness and work potential

Three frameworks every reading rests on. Bheem teaches the friendship chart of the nine grahas — Jupiter-Sun-Moon-Mars on one side, Venus-Saturn-Rahu-Ketu on the other — the special aspects of Jupiter, Mars, Saturn and Rahu, and the kendra, trikona and upachaya groupings.In this lessonRead which planets help and harm each otherApply the special drishtis of Jupiter and MarsUse kendra, trikona and upachaya in judgement

The first detailed planet-through-the-houses session. Bheem walks Jupiter — saumya, sattvic, guru — through every bhava: where it raises the chart, where it sits weakly in the tenth, and the daughter-in-law trouble that the seventh-house Jupiter quietly produces in a woman's chart.In this lessonRead Jupiter's effect in every houseAnticipate marriage timing from JupiterSpot where Jupiter strengthens versus weakens

Mars across the chart, with the long detour into mangalik dosha that the topic demands. Bheem covers the five houses (1, 4, 7, 8, 12) that classical readers call mangalik, the South-Indian addition of the second, and where Mars sits well — the third, sixth and tenth.In this lessonRead Mars house by house with confidenceIdentify mangalik placements correctlyDistinguish mangalik from genuine difficulty

Three planets in one sitting. The Moon as the mind and the mother, exalted in Taurus and weakest in Scorpio. Venus as the luxurious life, the entertainer and the spouse — strongest in the fourth and twelfth. Mercury as the prince, the businessman, the speech.In this lessonRead Moon placements for emotional patternUse Venus to read marriage and luxuryRead Mercury for speech, trade and intellect

Saturn as the labourer, the judge, and the slowest of the planets. Bheem reads Shani in every bhava — the lagna-Saturn who is forced into hard work, the second-house Saturn who finances quietly, the depression and isolation patterns, and the discipline Saturn requires of a chart-holder to lift its results.In this lessonRead Saturn's slow effect in each houseRecognise the disciplines Saturn asks forIdentify depression and isolation patterns

The three remaining grahas. The Sun as soul and authority, exalted in Aries and weakest in Libra. Then the two shadows: Rahu the illusion, Ketu the flag — read here as a pair that always sits seven houses apart, multiplying the bhavas they shake.In this lessonRead Sun placements for authority and egoUse Rahu-Ketu as a pair across the chartRecognise the shadows' multiplying effect

Which planets help a particular chart, which harm it, which sit neutrally. Bheem walks all twelve lagnas — Aries through Pisces — and names the karak, sam and marak grahas for each, with the small Mercury-Sun exception that the Leo chart carries.In this lessonIdentify karak and marak grahas for any lagnaApply the rule for second and seventh lordsRecognise the Leo Mercury exception

The working ruleset. Bheem lays out fifteen rules — a planet in its own sign, in its friend's sign, aspecting its own house, the kendra-lord shubha rule, the trikona-lord rule, debility cancellation, combustion near the Sun, retrogression — and shows how a lagnesh strengthens or weakens every other house.In this lessonApply the fifteen rules of planetary strengthTrack a lagnesh through the twelve housesSpot combustion and retrogression effects

The grammar of relationships between bhavas. Bheem teaches the dvitya-dvadasha pair, the 11-3 sambandh, the 9-5 trikona link, and the 7-7 opposition — and how to read a lord landing twelve houses away from its own seat as a quiet loss.In this lessonCalculate 11-3, 9-5, 7-7 and 5-9 relationsRead every twelfth-from rule across the chartUse bhava-to-bhava relations in interpretation

Shashthesh — the lord of the sixth — in every bhava. The sixth house holds illness, debt and enemies but is also the house of competition; Bheem reads where its lord turns a chart competitive, where it brings legal trouble, and where the viparit raja yoga of 6-8-12 quietly works in a person's favour.In this lessonPlace the sixth lord across all twelve housesIdentify when viparit raja yoga is formingRead illness, debt and competition patterns

Karmesh through the houses, and the old question of whether karma or destiny is greater. Bheem reads the tenth lord in every bhava and uses the chart to make the case that karma — what the hands actually do in this life — is the part still in the chart-holder's hands.In this lessonRead the tenth lord in any houseFrame the karma–bhagya question with a chartIdentify government work and public-life lines

The Moon read sign by sign. Why a Taurus Moon is exalted and steadies the chart, why a Scorpio Moon is debilitated, why a Gemini Moon makes a person talkative and restless. Bheem uses each rashi's element and ruler to read how the moon-mind actually behaves.In this lessonRead the Moon in each of the twelve signsUse sign rulers to refine moon-mind readingRecognise weak Moon as a root of problems

The Sun in every rashi — exalted in Aries, debilitated in Libra, the trend-setter Sun in Taurus, the logical Sun in Gemini. Bheem reads each placement through the lens of the soul, authority and self-respect that the Sun stands for in jyotisha.In this lessonRead the Sun in each of the twelve signsTie authority and ego to the Sun's placementSpot trend-setting and attention-seeking Suns

An introduction to the lunar mansions — twenty-seven nakshatras of thirteen degrees twenty minutes each, four padas to a mansion. Bheem teaches the nakshatra lords, the three classifications of deva, manushya and rakshasa gana, and where Abhijit sits as the auspicious half-mansion used in muhurta.In this lessonIdentify a nakshatra and its ruling planetRead deva, manushya and rakshasa ganaRecognise Abhijit's use in muhurta work

How Bheem actually reads when a person sits in front of him — Moon first (35% of problems), Sun next (25%), then Saturn's saade sati. The lesson introduces the gochar (transit) chart alongside the birth chart, and the houses to consult for any question put to you.In this lessonOpen a chart in the order a reader actually doesBuild a transit chart for the current dayMatch a client question to the right house

The three stones every lagna can wear — the life stone (first-house lord), the wealth-and-progeny stone (fifth-house lord), and the fortune stone (ninth-house lord). Bheem walks all twelve lagnas, names the stone, the metal, the finger, and the mantra that empowers it.In this lessonChoose the three stones for any lagnaSet each stone in the correct metal and fingerChant the mantra that consecrates the stone

Three remedial threads in one session. The sixteen kinds of rudraksha and the planet each one calms; the full set of mangalik dosha remedies (Tuesday fasts, Hanuman Chalisa, sundoor at the Hanuman temple); and the working of Saturn's seven-and-a-half-year saade sati with its remedies.In this lessonChoose a rudraksha for the planet to be calmedPrescribe the mangalik dosha remediesCalculate saade sati from moon or lagna

The closing session brings the practical and the classical together. Bheem teaches the four kinds of upai (water-offering, donation, gemstone, recitation), the planetary remedies graha by graha, the major yogas (raja, dhana, gyana, arishta), the retrograde planets and the choosing of an ishta deva from the fifth lord.In this lessonChoose the right remedy for any difficult grahaRecognise the major yogas in a chartRead retrograde planets and find an ishta deva