Glossary

Vakra

Retrograde

Vara

Day

Varadhipati

Ruler of the day

Vata

Biological air humor

Varga

Divisional or divisional charts

Vargottama

In the same sign in both the birthchart and Navamsha

Vedanta

Vedic philosophy of Self-realization

Vedas

Vedic scriptures

Vimshamsha

Divisional twentieth

Vimshopak

Varga calculation of planetary strength and weakness

Vishakha

Sixteenth Nakshatra

Vishnu

God of the Vedic trinity who preserves and maintains the creation and the cosmic order

Vrishchika

Scorpio

Vrishabha

Taurus

Yajna

Rituals to propitiate the planets, often using sacred fires, pronounced Yagya

Yantras

Mystic diagrams, used to harmonize planetary influences

Yoga

Combination of planetary influences; Sun-moon relationships in Panchanga or Astrological forecasting; spiritual practice

Yuddha

Planetary war

Yugas

World-ages