THE MYASTRO7 JOURNAL

Serious writing on Vedic practice.

Muhurta, jyotish, ritual and decision-making — explained plainly, by people who practise it.

105 essays · six subjects · written by named practitioners

Decision Guidance

Astrology and Mental Health: Clear Boundaries

Jyotish can offer reflection and a sense of rhythm. It cannot diagnose or treat anxiety, depression or crisis, and a good practitioner will say so plainly.

MyAstro7 Editorial · 3 min
Jyotish

Gemstones: A Careful Approach

A ratna is not a lucky charm to be bought in a hurry. How gemstones are traditionally chosen, when they are not advised, and why caution comes first.

Jyotish Harish Chandra Pandey · 3 min
Jyotish

The Twelve Houses, Without the Jargon

A birth chart is divided into twelve houses, each describing an area of life. A plain-English tour of what each covers and how astrologers read them together.

MyAstro7 Editorial · 3 min
Decision Guidance

Business Partnerships and Compatibility

Chart comparison can open a useful conversation between future partners. It cannot replace a shareholders' agreement. How to use it well.

Jyotish Radhika Iyengar · 3 min
Ritual

Shraddha and Pind Daan: Remembering Ancestors

Shraddha is less about appeasing the dead than about a family deliberately remembering them. What the rite involves, and what it does not claim.

Pandit Suresh Tripathi · 3 min
Family

Naming Traditions Across Regions

From the nakshatra syllable of the north to the grandparent's name of the south, how Indian families choose a child's name, and why the customs differ.

Pandit Mahesh Joshi · 3 min
Family

Hosting a Puja at Home: A Practical Guide

From choosing the day to seating the guests and feeding the priest, a Varanasi acharya walks through the practical work of hosting a puja at home.

Acharya Ramesh Shastri · 3 min
Jyotish

Rahu and Ketu: The Nodes, Explained

They are not planets at all, yet Rahu and Ketu carry some of the strongest meanings in a chart. Here is what the lunar nodes are, and what they are not.

MyAstro7 Editorial · 4 min
Ritual

Upanayanam: The Sacred Thread

The thread is the visible part. Upanayanam is really about a student being brought to a teacher, and the discipline that follows.

Acharya Vishwanath Iyer · 3 min
Muhurta

Abhijit Muhurat: The Midday Window, Explained

Around local noon sits a short window the tradition treats as broadly favourable. Here is what Abhijit is, how it is calculated, and where its limits lie.

MyAstro7 Editorial · 3 min
Vedic Knowledge

The Navagrahas: Nine Influences

Two of them are not planets and two have no physical body at all. A plain account of the nine grahas and what jyotish means by them.

Acharya Vishwanath Iyer · 3 min
Decision Guidance

The Value of a Second Opinion

Two honest jyotishis may read the same chart differently. That is not a flaw in the tradition, and knowing why helps you weigh any reading wisely.

Jyotish Kavita Sharma · 3 min

Read by subject

Muhurta 18 Timing, and what it can and cannot do. Jyotish 18 Reading a chart, without the jargon. Ritual 18 What happens, and why it is done that way. Vedic Knowledge 17 The ideas underneath the practice. Decision Guidance 18 Using guidance well — and knowing its limits. Family 16 Rituals and timing across generations.