Analysing the natal chart

Analysing the natal chart 

The nakshatras are the key to Jyotish as they combine the solar and the lunar influences. Nakshatras represent the lunar mandala, and rashis, the solar Zodiac. What the combination of these two reveal is the essence of analysis. 

Knowing the nakshatra placements of your Ascendant and grahas is very important in Jyotish. The study of the nakshatra placements are very personal and understanding their points in your natal chart will lead you to a much deeper understanding of your inner motivation and tensions. They are best reached through their symbols: meditate on them and on their meaning. Their study, even in your own chart, is the work of a lifetime; they work on many different levels and their full meaning is only revealed over time. The nakshatras show the complex working of the mind and the underlying emotional energy behind every planet. In natal chart analysis, there is static and dynamic analysis: 

In static analysis, we study the nakshatra to ascertain the quality of the mind, not just from the position of the Moon but also for all the other planets. We want to know gandanta positions, ashtamamsha, vargottama, pushkara. There are certain nakshatras that are difficult by nature, so we need to know how to deal with them if we have planets in them. The Moon nakshatra gives us the auspicious name consonant or vowel. 

The dynamic analysis includes the mahadasha pattern and the transits that we will experience. In Jyotish, one human lifetime falls into a series of phases, the dashas, each one ruled by a particular graha. Calculation of which dashas you will experience in your life (you will not live through them all) and the timing of these life phases, is taken from the exact nakshatra position of the Moon at birth. 

The position of the Moon at birth will indicate how the dasha pattern will unfold the soul purpose and timing of events.