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The machinery, explained without mysticism or debunking — just how the calculations work.

• Sidereal vs tropical zodiac: why your sign changes
  The two zodiacs are both real measurements of different things. Here is the actual astronomy, and why Western and Vedic charts disagree by about 24 degrees.
• The twelve houses, explained without mysticism
  Houses are a coordinate grid anchored to the horizon at your birth. What each one covers and why birth time matters so much.
• Aspects and orbs: how astrologers measure angles
  Conjunction, sextile, square, trine, opposition — the five Ptolemaic aspects, what "orb" means, and why exactness matters.
• How the vimshottari dasha is actually calculated
  The 120-year planetary period system runs on one input: your Moon's exact position within its nakshatra. The full arithmetic, worked.
• How starscore keeps score
  Every starscore prediction is dated and falsifiable. The scoring rules, the chance baselines, and why we publish our misses.

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