THE JYOTISH PROJECT
A Study Space for Jyotish
THE JYOTISH PROJECT · STUDY SPACE

Study Jyotish in its full depth.

A complete study environment bringing courses, Sanskrit sources, chart work, psychological inquiry and personal reflection into one continuing practice. Learn with Sachin Sharma, explore the relationships for yourself, and build a body of understanding you can return to.

INSIDE THE STUDY SPACE

Explore everything your study can draw upon.

Each part has a practical purpose. Open a section to see the tools, the material and the ways you can work with them. Both membership plans provide the same Study Space access.

01Courses and guided readingFollow a course, study the books in depth, and test your understanding.

Structured courses

Move through courses such as Parashara Graha Sutras in teaching order. Expand a module to see its lessons, watch published lectures, keep lesson notes and record completion. Return to a particular topic whenever your study requires it.

Book Studies

Study The Ologies of Jyotish and The Stages of Life through chapter guides, conceptual explanations, tables and reflective questions. Open the original pages alongside the study material to examine how an interpretation develops from the text.

Assignments and evaluations

Work through sets of 20 questions, including direct questions and completion-style choices. Move forward, revisit answers, or save and exit. Submitted evaluations provide scores and explanations and become available to your teacher.

02A substantial Jyotish referenceExplore Grahas, rashis, bhavas, sutras and the conditions that shape interpretation.

Grahas, rashis and bhavas

Read organised reference entries covering classical correspondences, symbolic functions and psychological interpretations. Bhava Yogas extends the study into lordship and the relationships between areas of life. Contextual reference cards clarify selected terms as you read.

Lajjitādi Avasthās

Study 49 Graha-specific readings, formation conditions, causative relationships and interpretive nuances. Compare underlying experience, habitual patterns, defensive expressions and reflective questions across the avasthās, with Svastha included as an expanded teaching category.

Natural Relationships

Select a receiving Graha, examine the influences it receives, then reverse the relationship. The interactive tool makes asymmetry visible and connects the technical table with detailed interpretive study.

Sutra Library

Browse works, chapters and individual sutras. Bring Sanskrit and available translations and commentary into your study. The depth of translation and commentary varies across the collection.

Study Companion

Search available reference material, sutras, lecture transcripts, book-study guides and psychological concepts. Compare relevant passages and save a reading trail. You can choose to include your own notebook in a search.

03Chart work and interpretive practiceCast a birth chart and develop a reading with its calculation conventions in view.

Chart Laboratory

Enter birth details, cast a chart, save it and reopen a name from your organised collection. Examine Graha degrees and sidereal nakshatras in a clear table, then record observations. The project uses tropical rashis and explicitly stated calculation conventions.

Transit Observatory

Explore changing Graha positions and step through time. Compare the geometry at different moments and use observations to develop a more careful account of timing.

Avasthā practice and interpretive frameworks

Work through formation conditions and the influences behind them. Use guided frameworks to connect function, condition, bhava, relationships and lived circumstances, while keeping your evidence and interpretive proposals legible.

04Interactive models and mental mapsMake abstract relationships visible, test an idea, and strengthen recall.

Astronomical models

Explore the nodal axis of Rahu and Ketu, rashi and nakshatra divisions, the local sky and lunar illumination. Change controls, rotate views and observe how the geometry responds. These are labelled teaching models with stated simplifications.

20 mental maps

Follow guided sequences on rulership, Graha condition, bhava axes, element and mode, timing, maturation, Sanskrit interpretation and consultation. The collection brings 12 concept maps together with eight interpretive frameworks. Save a framework to Notebook and work through it in your own words.

Memory practice and guided inquiry

Use flashcards, explanations and review prompts to revisit what you have learned. Check understanding through short questions, then record an observation, an interpretive proposal and a question for further dialogue.

The Jyotish Journey

A solo board game with two learning routes, saved turns and 86 challenges. Roll, answer, examine the explanation and collect stars, counters and study badges. Return to your review trail and revisit the rules that need attention.

05Your personal study practiceKeep your reading, notes and reflections organised as your understanding develops.

Private Book Reader

Upload several books, search titles and organise your collection in folders. Return to your saved reading position, use bookmarks and notes, and read the shared project books alongside your own collection. PDF, EPUB and Word documents are supported through the reader’s format-specific workflows.

Notebook

Organise pages in folders, add tags and favourites, and write with headings, lists and checklists. Preserve lesson notes, passages and your own interpretive work. Search your pages, archive older work, and restore pages from Trash.

Psyche and Interpretation

Study psychoanalytic and psychotherapeutic schools, terminology and core concepts through definitions, readings and reflective exercises. Explore their relationship to the project’s Jyotishic vision and keep a private reflection journal.

Meditation

Prepare for study with a timer and optional continuous background sounds. Choose a short pause or a longer practice, including 10, 15, 30 and 60 minutes.

06Live study and conversationBring your questions into a shared space and continue the discussion over time.

Events and recordings

View scheduled sessions, RSVP, consult the calendar and open the published joining link. Return to recordings as they are added. Session dates, meeting links and recording availability follow the published teaching schedule.

Community discussion

Discuss material with the study community, ask questions and respond to one another. Shared threads give an observation room to develop through different readings and experiences.

Member profiles and recognition

Add a name, description and profile picture, with artwork available as a starting point. Earn study badges through the defined activities and review your collection as your learning develops.

Private messages and shared files

Continue a conversation directly with another member. Messages stay saved and support file attachments, so you can return to a passage, document or exchange that matters to your study.

07Sanskrit, Vācaspatyam & NiruktaTrace a term from its dictionary record to a careful reading of a passage.

A substantial Sanskrit dictionary

Search all 50,135 records in the imported Vācaspatyam transcription by headword, prefix or contained letters. Read in Devanagari, IAST or original SLP1, compare entries side by side, and retain the printed page and source identifier. The dictionary is Sanskrit-to-Sanskrit; generated transliteration supports reading without claiming an automatic English translation.

Word Study and clickable terms

Open Sanskrit terms in context. The editorial studies bring together meanings, formation, usage and cautions. Move from a concise explanation into the full dictionary when a question needs closer investigation.

The Nirukta workbench

Develop a word inquiry through its observed form, proposed root, formation, attested senses and contextual meaning. Keep linguistic evidence, alternative explanations and Jyotishic reflection distinct. Save a working draft on your device and a lasting copy in your private Notebook.

A translation workshop for teaching

Teachers can prepare word analysis, syntactic order, literal translation and a reviewed working translation beside a sūtra. Drafts, source checks and revision history support editorial work. Translations become visible when published; the complete corpus is not yet translated.

08Board games for inquiry and connectionLearn through a solo challenge, a strategy expedition or a table shared with fellow members.

The Jyotish Journey

Move around a twelve-space board, answer questions on foundations or relationships, ask for a hint and review the explanation. Saved progress, reference links, revisit lists and earned badges support continued study.

Rashi Expedition

Gather Observation, Text and Reflection across twenty-four turns. Build stations and observatories, complete elemental trios, modal crosses and opposition pairs, and examine the patterns that are one station from completion.

Constellation Commons

Two to six members can share a saved multiplayer table. Play cooperatively toward a shared discovery goal or compete for the highest score. Travel, gather, build, develop, exchange and share resources. Open tables, private invitation codes, readiness controls and a table journal make it easy to organise a game. Game titles celebrate play; they are separate from professional qualifications.

09A considered teaching workspaceA connected set of tools for creating, publishing and sustaining the teaching.

Lecture Studio

Record presentations, screen content and webcam layouts, use a prompter and annotations, and save scenes for quick changes of framing. Select devices, record in landscape, portrait or square format, and import existing video takes. Split, duplicate, trim and reorder segments, adjust their speed or audio, then export at 720p or 1080p. Reorder segments, preview the sequence and export a video for your chosen hosting workflow. Recording and export depend on browser support; this is a teacher tool.

Courses, recordings and live sessions

Publish lessons into collapsible course modules, organise monthly sūtra and Q/A recordings separately, and schedule events with calendar views, RSVPs and joining links. Availability follows the published teaching schedule.

A clearer Admin Console

Grouped controls and task search bring together members, invitations, teaching, events, reading, evaluations and activity. Teachers retain the detailed controls while students see a focused study interface.

Recent additions include Vācaspatyam, a Nirukta workbench, shared strategy tables and a dedicated Lecture Studio with expanded recording and editing tools. The tools are available within the Study Space. Courses grow as lectures are published; live sessions and recordings follow the teaching schedule. Personal books, notebook pages and reflection journals are private to your account.

HOW IT COMES TOGETHER

One question can become a course of inquiry.

Suppose a lecture raises a question about Saturn’s relationship with the Moon. You can pursue it through several kinds of study, preserving what you learn along the way.

  1. Establish the relationship

    Use Natural Relationships to examine each direction of influence. Read the relevant formation conditions in Lajjitādi Avasthās.

  2. Deepen the interpretation

    Compare the Graha readings and psychological concepts. Ask which claims follow from the chart and which require further observation.

  3. Examine a particular chart

    Open a saved chart and study the configuration in its wider context. Record the details that support or complicate your initial reading.

  4. Develop your own understanding

    Bring the observation into Notebook, discuss it in a live session, and return to the original material with a more precise question.

Over time, your lectures, sources, chart observations and reflections form a connected record of study. The space gives that continuity a practical structure.

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THE JYOTISH PROJECT APPROACH

Technical precision, philosophical inquiry and lived observation.

Created by Sachin Sharma, this space brings the astronomical, textual, psychological and contemplative dimensions of Jyotish into sustained conversation. Its purpose is to support careful judgment, intellectual independence and an increasingly articulate relationship with the subject.

Where should I begin?

Begin with a published introductory course and use the reference material when a term needs clarification. Add chart work, interactive studies and personal reflection as your questions develop. You can move through the space at your own pace.

Which calculation approach does the project use?

The project uses tropical rashis, sidereal nakshatra calculations and stated bhava conventions, including Campanus in chart work. Formation rules and teaching models include method notes so you can examine the basis of an interpretation.

Can I bring my existing study into the space?

You can upload personal reading, organise notebook pages, save charts and use the reference tools alongside your existing learning. Your collection can develop around the questions and materials that matter to you.

How do Classic, Rainbow and Celestial work?

Classic offers the restrained palette and serif typography. Rainbow brings a vivid spectrum across the page. Celestial combines a starry midnight setting with gold details and light reading surfaces. Use the visible Appearance selector to change your choice at any time.

MEMBERSHIP

Join The Jyotish Project Study Community

One membership, two billing options. Both give the same Study Space access.

MONTHLY

$69 / month

14 days free, then $69 per month.

  • Published courses and lectures
  • Jyotish Reference, Sutra Library and Book Studies
  • Chart tools, interactive models and mental maps
  • Private Book Reader, Notebook and reflection
  • Assessments, community and scheduled live study
Payment details required. Your plan renews automatically after 14 days. Cancel in Account → Manage Billing before the trial ends to avoid a charge.
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THE JYOTISH PROJECT
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SANSKRIT AND TRANSLATION

Sutra Library

Navigate a work by chapter and verse, then build your own study around the Sanskrit.
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KNOWLEDGE INDEX

Subject Index

A growing encyclopedia connecting concepts, Sutras, lectures, Grahas and research across the Study Space.
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Book Reader

Books for every member, alongside PDFs only you can access. Private uploads: up to 50 MB.
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OBSERVANCE · KĀLA

Transit Observatory

Follow the changing positions and motions of the Navagraha as an ongoing field of observation. Move through a day, a week or a month, notice what actually changes, and keep a private record of what you observe.

Tropical Zodiac Geocentric Mean Rahu & Ketu
NORTH INDIAN OBSERVATORY

Transit Chart

Watch the Grahas move through a North Indian chart. Rāśi view keeps Aries fixed in the first field; Bhava view fixes the twelve Bhavas and calculates tropical Campanus cusps for the observer location.

Labels are grouped within their rashi or bhava. Degrees give the precise position. Select a Graha, rashi or bhava for a reference popup. Close it to continue from the same chart.

THE RĀŚI FIELD

Where the Grahas Are

CURRENT FIELD

What to Notice

NAVAGRAHA

Current Transit Positions

Longitude, Rāśi, degree, motion and daily speed.
CHANGE THROUGH TIME

Movement

Choose Day, Week or Month to compare movement.

Changes Detected

SVĀDHYĀYA

Observation Log

Record what you actually notice before reaching for an explanation.
PRIVATE ARCHIVE

Past Observations

CALCULATION NOTE
Planetary longitudes are calculated geocentrically in the tropical zodiac. Rahu and Ketu use the mean lunar node, with Ketu exactly opposite Rahu. The Observatory separates the Rāśi field from the Bhava field. Rāśi view shows sign placement directly. Bhava view uses the observer's latitude and longitude to calculate a tropical Campanus framework, allowing the student to compare the sign-field with the changing spatial field without conflating the two.
NATURE, FUNCTION AND INTERPRETATION

Grahas

Nine chapters for studying the Grahas through classical descriptions, technical conditions and psychological inquiry.

Compare two Grahas
THE STUDY OF AVASTHĀS

Lajjitādi Avasthās

A reference for the conditions of each Graha, their formation and their psychological interpretation.

DIRECTIONAL NATURAL RELATIONSHIPS

Who helps, hinders, or remains neutral to whom?

Rows are the subject Graha. Columns are the influencing Graha. Click any cell for the directional relationship and the Lajjitādi exceptions that can override the ordinary relation.
CLASSICAL TEXT AND INTERPRETATION

The Lajjitadi passages

BPHS 45.11–29, with the Svastha passage at 45.8 as a supplement. Each passage includes Sanskrit, IAST transliteration, a working translation and commentary.

Formation, strength and mixed results must be considered together. The historical passages on illness, children and spouses require particular care. Their literal wording and contemporary psychological commentary are presented separately.

THE JYOTISH PROJECT

Search and explore

Study the principles, read the texts and follow a question across the Grahas, rashis, bhavas and avasthas.

Search chapters, avastha entries and currently loaded sutra and subject records.

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PRACTICE

Lajjitādi Avasthās · Practice

Study a configuration, establish each cause and preserve your observations.

ONE-GRAHA FORMATION STUDY
Aspect qualifications

Enter these qualifications when the relevant Graha aspects the subject. Unconfirmed nature is excluded from confirmed relief. The workbench implements the Masters Course’s named cruel-enemy routes; additional Mercury-cruelty agitation interpretations require manual study.

How to enter this configuration
Seven subject Grahas, nine-Graha fieldThe formation engine studies Sun through Saturn as subject Grahas. Rahu and Ketu remain available as causative Grahas because they are central to Lajjita formation.
Degree-specific dignityThe workbench uses BPHS 3.49–54 to distinguish exaltation, mulatrikona and own-rashi portions. Enter the tropical longitude within the rashi.

Relationships to this Graha

Choose the actual relationship to the subject Graha. Same-lord links remain visibly weaker than actual conjunctions.
View the relationships diagram
SYSTEM VIEW

Avasthā Ecology

No final score
PRIVATE OBSERVATION

My Avasthā Records

RECOGNITION DRILL

Find every condition before interpreting

Recognition
The exercise rewards formation logic rather than speed. A student should be able to say exactly which Rāśi, conjunction, same-lord link, or aspect creates each condition.
TEACHER VIEW

Student Avasthā Reasoning

Review the causal chain students actually saved, then respond to their reasoning rather than replacing it with a final reading.
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144 LORDSHIP COMBINATIONS

Bhava Yogas

Study how the concerns of one bhava enter another, and how the condition of its lord shapes their expression.

Compare the two directions
Browse all 144 combinations or search a theme

Chart Laboratory

A teaching workspace for observation, reasoning and assignments.

Assignments

Student view

Ask The Jyotish Project

The Study Companion searches the Study Space archive. The later semantic layer will answer from lectures, Sutras and approved texts with related readings.

Results

My Jyotish Notebook

Study Community

Questions, reflections and conversation with fellow students.

Start a conversation

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TEACHER STUDIO

The Jyotish Project Teacher Studio

Publish lectures into real courses, embed video links, bulk-import a series, and manage what students can see.
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Publish a Lecture

Paste a normal YouTube, Vimeo, Google Drive, Loom, or embeddable video link. The Study Space converts common links into embedded players automatically.
Live database

Bulk Add a Lecture Series

For your Rahu–Ketu Files, paste many lectures at once. One lecture per line.
Format: Title | Video URL. A URL can be left blank and added later.
YOUTUBE COURSE IMPORT

Bring an Entire Video Series into the Study Space

Use public or unlisted YouTube videos. Import a playlist in one step, or paste many video URLs. Existing lecture numbers and matching titles are updated in place; unmatched videos become new lectures.
Unlisted works
If YouTube changes its playlist page and this fails, use the URL importer beside it.

Lecture Library

Drag lectures within a module to reorder them. Move up and Move down also work on touchscreens. Changes save immediately.

CORE LIBRARY

Permanent Reference Texts

Core texts are database-backed, protected from accidental deletion, and can be attached to Supabase Storage. Publish only material you have the right to distribute.
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CHAPTER MAINTENANCE

Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra · Refresh Chapters

Refresh Sanskrit and transliteration while preserving translations and commentary.
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