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Auspicious and Forbidden Nakshatras for Important Activities
Yajnavalkya catalogues all 27 nakshatras and identifies which activities each one favours, citing Pushyami as suited to performing ceremonies.
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Planetary Evils and Remedial Measures
The article explains how astrology offers remedies for adverse planetary indications, drawing on five functions of forces or energies described in the Upanishads.
Sahams in Vedic Astrology
Agastya argues that sensitive points called Sahams each rule a department of life, much as the ascendant rules the body.