Use Cases — Vedic Concepts Through Familiar Lenses

Vedic astrology gives you a vocabulary for analyzing a chart. The classical terms — karaka, argala, drishti, dasa, arudha — are precise but abstract. This section translates the most-used Jyotish frameworks into familiar metaphors so the rules become easier to remember.

You are currently viewing examples in the Real World lens (🏠 household, family, and everyday community examples). Switch the lens above to see the same concepts framed differently — as a household event, a software project, a film plot, or a Puranic episode. The Vedic concepts are the same; only the examples change.

1. The Project Pattern

Every life-event question follows the same template. Karaka = the responsible one, planets in the house = the team, aspects = active influencers, argala = approvers, virodhargala = blockers, upagrahas = the trigger. Generalized from PVR's marriage example.

2. Kendras vs Trikonas

Kendras (1, 4, 7, 10) are the foundational pillars — without them nothing stands. Trikonas (1, 5, 9) are the streams of grace and fortune. When to use which, and why their union is the strongest yoga.

3. Dasa Hierarchy = Nested Time-Plans

Mahadasa → Antardasa → Pratyantardasa → Sookshma → Prana = lifetime chapter → year → month → day → moment. Read every event at the level of granularity that matches your question.

More analogies (yogas as patterns, karakas as responsibility matrices, ashtakavarga as confidence scores, divisional charts as parallel realms, etc.) are tracked in docs/TODO.md for future implementation.