# February 2016 · The Astrological eMagazine

Published 1 February 2016. Print edition.

## Contents

- **Auspicious and Forbidden Nakshatras for Important Activities** - Yajnavalkya
  Yajnavalkya catalogues all 27 nakshatras and identifies which activities each one favours, citing Pushyami as suited to performing ceremonies.
- **Planetary Evils and Remedial Measures** - Yajnavalkya
  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
  Agastya argues that sensitive points called Sahams each rule a department of life, much as the ascendant rules the body.

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