Counting from a sign
Count the 4th, 7th or 12th sign from any sign, and find the sign opposite it.
- 6-minute lesson
- Basic course: Jyotish Shishya
- Vedic astrology
- The sign itself is 1
- Round past Pisces
- The 7th is opposite
A first look at the lesson
Jyotish keeps saying things like "the 4th from Leo". To count from a sign, call that sign 1 and go forward in order.
The wheel has no end. After Pisces the count carries on from Aries.
Words in this lesson
More lessons on this subject
- The 12 rashis in orderLearn the 12 signs in order, with their numbers, Sanskrit names and what each name pictures.
- The four elementsFire, earth, air and water: every sign belongs to one, in a pattern that repeats every four signs.
- Movable, fixed and dualEvery sign is movable, fixed or dual, in a pattern that repeats every three signs.
- The lords of the signsEach sign is ruled by a graha: the Sun and the Moon one sign each, five grahas two signs each.
Your first lesson takes about five minutes
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