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The terms and guides of financial astrology, in plain language.

Guides

• How to Read AstroFinex Market Weather — What the weather icons, the stance and the gauges on AstroFinex mean, and what they do not mean.
• How to Read the Sky Calendar — A walk through the events in the AstroFinex sky calendar and how the tradition reads each of them.
• Mercury and Venus Retrograde: A Market Guide — What happens during Mercury and Venus retrograde, how often they occur, and how the tradition reads them for markets.
• Vedic vs Western Astrology: Why AstroFinex Uses the Sidereal Zodiac — The difference between the tropical and sidereal zodiacs, why dates differ by about 24 days, and why AstroFinex chose the Vedic system.
• What Is Financial Astrology? A Plain-Language Introduction — Where financial astrology comes from, how it reads markets, and what it can and cannot tell you.

Glossary

• Ashtakavarga — Ashtakavarga is a Vedic point system that scores how supportive each sign is for each planet's transits.
• Aspect (Drishti) — An aspect is the angle relationship between two planets; in Vedic astrology it is called drishti, the planet's 'glance'.
• Ayanamsa — The ayanamsa is the angle between the tropical and the sidereal zodiac, about 24 degrees today.
• Benefic and Malefic — Benefics are the planets the tradition reads as helpful (Jupiter, Venus, often Moon and Mercury); malefics as challenging (Saturn, Mars, Rahu, Ketu, Sun).
• Combustion — A planet is combust when it comes too close to the Sun and is, in the tradition, 'burned' by its light.
• Conjunction — A conjunction is when two planets sit at nearly the same point of the zodiac.
• Dasha — A dasha is a planetary period: Vedic astrology divides a life or a chart's timeline into chapters, each ruled by a planet.
• Dignity (Exaltation and Debilitation) — Dignity describes how comfortable a planet is in a sign: strong in its own or exaltation sign, weak in its debilitation sign.
• Eclipse — An eclipse is a New or Full Moon that falls close to the lunar nodes, so the Sun, Moon and Earth line up exactly.
• Financial Astrology — Financial astrology applies the methods of astrology to markets, prices and economic cycles.
• Full Moon — The Full Moon is the monthly opposition of the Sun and the Moon, when the Moon is fully lit.
• House (Bhava) — The houses are twelve areas of life in a chart, such as wealth, gains and losses, counted from the rising sign.
• Ingress — An ingress is the moment a planet moves out of one zodiac sign and into the next.
• Jupiter — Jupiter signifies wealth, growth, banking and optimism; it is the greatest natural benefic.
• Karaka — A karaka is the planet that naturally signifies a theme, such as Jupiter for wealth or Venus for luxury.
• Market Weather — Market weather is AstroFinex's one-glance summary of a period: a weather icon for the direction the tradition reads, plus gauges.
• Mars — Mars signifies energy, drive, conflict, oil and metals; it is a natural malefic.
• Mercury — Mercury signifies trade, communication, contracts and technology; its retrograde is the best-known in market folklore.
• Moon — The Moon signifies the public mood, liquidity and short-term sentiment; it is the fastest-moving body in a reading.
• Moon Phases — The Moon's phases are the stages of its monthly cycle, from New Moon through Full Moon and back.
• Mundane Astrology — Mundane astrology reads the sky for collective life: nations, economies and markets rather than individuals.
• Nakshatra — The nakshatras are 27 star segments of the zodiac, each 13 degrees 20 minutes wide, used heavily in Vedic astrology.
• Natal Chart — A natal chart is a map of the sky at a moment of birth; for a market instrument, its launch or first trading date.
• New Moon — The New Moon is the monthly meeting of the Sun and the Moon, when the Moon is dark.
• Opposition — An opposition is when two planets stand on opposite sides of the zodiac, 180 degrees apart.
• Orb — An orb is how far from exact an aspect or conjunction can be and still count.
• Outer Planets (Uranus, Neptune, Pluto) — Uranus, Neptune and Pluto are modern additions; AstroFinex shows them but they have no sector rulership in the Vedic system.
• Rahu and Ketu — Rahu and Ketu are the two points where the Moon's orbit crosses the Sun's path; Vedic astrology treats them as shadow planets.
• Retrograde — A planet is retrograde when, seen from Earth, it appears to move backwards through the zodiac for a few weeks.
• Saturn — Saturn signifies time, structure, scarcity and raw materials; it is the slowest classical malefic.
• Sector Radar — The sector radar reads each market sector through its ruling planets and shows which the tradition sees supported or pressured.
• Sector Rulership — Sector rulership links each market sector to the planets that traditionally govern it.
• Sidereal Zodiac — The sidereal zodiac measures the signs against the actual star background; AstroFinex uses it throughout.
• Stance (Higher, Lower, Level) — The stance is the direction the tradition reads for a period: clearly higher, higher, level, lower or clearly lower.
• Station — A station is the moment a planet appears to stand still before it turns retrograde or direct.
• Sun — In financial astrology the Sun signifies authority, governments, gold and the overall vitality of a market.
• Transit — A transit is the current position of a planet, read against a natal chart or against the market as a whole.
• Venus — Venus signifies value, pricing, luxury and consumer spending; it is a natural benefic.
• Volatility Gauge — The volatility gauge shows how active the sky is: how many tense configurations are in play, not which way prices go.
• Zodiac Sign (Rashi) — The zodiac signs are twelve 30-degree sections of the sky; in Vedic astrology they are called rashis.