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Exchanges between sign/house lords (parivartana yogas) are a significant interpretive feature of any birth chart. But what of exchanges between nakshatra lords? Do they blend together the meaning of the two grahas involved like conjunctions? Can this be another way in which yogas are formed? When a person runs the period and sub-period of two planets involved in such an exchange, do these times prove significant? These are the intriguing questions explored and answered in this article using both the charts of world famous personalities and those drawn from the authors case files.

In Parashara Hora, the most complete and authoritative text on Jyotisha, there is a chapter on planetary combinations that indicates the potential karma of childlessness. This is attributed to various curses from previous birth, including one termed "The Curse of Serpents." This article explores these planetary combinations and the various results they can give, along with the remedial measures for overcoming them. The article concludes with a detailed explanation of a successful prediction of childbirth in such a case.

This article explores the relationship between the classical "Eight Limbs" of Yoga and different houses of the birth chart, and in particular, the correlation between the 3rd house/3rd lord and the physical postures that have become so popular as a form of exercise worldwide. The charts of many celebrities like Madonna and Sting who have very openly embraced yoga practice are used as illustrations, along with charts drawn from the author's case files of individuals who both practice and teach yoga asanas. The article concludes with the author speculating as to the correct birth charts of world-famous Indian teachers such as B.K.S Iyengar and Pattabhi Jois.

The Sanskrit classics of Jyotisha mentioned two ways in which planets can be connected that are often neglected in the analysis of a birth chart. This article focuses on the bond between planets that comes about when they are in either mutual angles or trines from each other.  Quoting the classical texts, the author explores the notion that significant yogas for elevating a person can also be formed in this way, particularly when two planets are both in angles from each other, fall in angle houses and are in their exaltation or own sign. Many illustrations are given using the charts of well-known personalities.

Graha Bala is a study on the important concept of planetary strength and the two quantitative approaches that exist within Jyotiṣa for measuring this. I demonstrate how vitally important it is to apply these measures when assessing the kind of results any yoga in a birth chart may bring.

Udu's Clue is not a research article per se, but a presentation and illustration of the critical importance of the nakṣatra dispositor for accurately assessing the inherent potentials of any mahadasha lord.  I show how certain events that a period brought can only be understood in the light of this interpretive principle.

In this writing on the astrology of space exploration, Where No Man Has Gone Before, I examine the birth charts of those adventuresome men who first went into space in rocket ships, including the astronauts that had the unique destiny of walking on the Moon. I wanted to discover those astrological factors that gave rise to such a special form of travel, and I share my findings here.

By The Numbers Benign is a different kind of writing. Here I am presenting and illustrating a unique interpretive concept, the application of shubha sankhya yogas in the divisional charts, particularly D-10. I illustrate how natural benefics falling in dussthana houses get redeemed by such yogas and produce very good results in their periods and sub-periods.