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Tajika

Also called Varshaphala

An Indian annual-chart tradition using solar returns together with distinctive aspect and timing rules.

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Word origin · etymology

Sanskrit borrowing through Persian.

Tājika derives from Persian tāzīg, Arab, ultimately associated with the Arabic tribal name Ṭayyiʾ. Indian usage designated Perso-Arabic people and astrology.

Martin Gansten: Samarasimha and the Early Transmission of Tajika Astrology ↗

How we know · epistemology

Historical annual-chart method

A solar return provides the astronomical anchor, while Tajika supplies its own aspects and judgment rules. A natal interpretation or generic transit reading cannot stand in for that method merely because the same planets appear.

P. V. R. Narasimha Rao: Jyotish teaching notes, volume 1 ↗

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  1. P. V. R. Narasimha Rao: Jyotish teaching notes, volume 1 ↗
  2. Martin Gansten: Samarasimha and the Early Transmission of Tajika Astrology ↗