Astrology (Iksha Balan Astro)

Study Iksha Balan’s R1/R2/R3 findings in general astrology: planets in houses, house lords and the karaka—the planet representing the question. This is his own analysis, separate from the NKV-inspired techniques.

Trace how a house’s themes are expressed through the house occupied by its lord. Study its distance from its own house to understand support, delay, diversion and completion within the framework.

Read house, sign, conjunction and aspect together. Examine the dispositor—the ruler of the sign a planet occupies—to understand the support available to that planet.

Study how moving planets contact planets in the birth chart. This NKV-inspired part of Iksha Balan’s learning focuses on specific planetary contacts to interpret the question, with less reliance on Mahadasha periods.

Give particular attention to Saturn and Jupiter transits over natal planets. Study their contacts and timing carefully, including Jupiter’s amplification and Saturn’s restriction, delay and discipline, in the context of the question.

Study the transiting Moon as a temporary focus of thought. Give separate attention to the moving ascendant lord, its house and strength when interpreting what is active for the person.

Explore Saturn’s transit through a natal planet’s nakshatra, or star division. Read these contacts alongside longer-term Jupiter and Saturn influences. Mahadasha periods are covered in general astrology but receive less emphasis in this approach.

Learn the NKV-inspired idea that strong planets are reflected in the meanings of a person’s name. Use Jeeva Lagna as a name-based reference, distinct from the usual birth-chart ascendant, and explore birth-time rectification when the recorded ascendant is uncertain.

Apply the same house–lord–karaka sequence to education, work, business, marriage and home questions. Practise bringing natal support and transit timing into one clear explanation.

Learn Sozhi Prasannam—reading cowrie shells—to explore detailed questions, with the query-led reading given priority over relying only on the natal chart. Study how to form the question, interpret the shell combinations and explain the reading.

Study ribbon cutting in planetary colours and a specific sequence, alongside temple visits chosen through planetary name meanings. These traditional remedies are intended to address adverse planetary influences. In Iksha Balan’s interpretation, Velleeshwarar connects Velli (silver/Venus) and Ishwarar (the Sun).