Vedic astrology, also called Jyotish, is the South Asian astrological tradition that’s built to answer a slightly different question than most modern Western astrology. Western astrology (the way most people practice it now) often emphasizes psychology, narrative, and meaning-making. Vedic astrology emphasizes structure, timing, and “what cycle am I in” pattern recognition. It’s less “who am I” and more “what’s the weather system around my life right now.” What Vedic astrology is The big...

Human Design is a modern self-inquiry system that mashes together a few older frameworks (astrology, the I Ching, chakras, Kabbalah) plus some newer language (like “type” and “strategy”). You plug in your birth date, exact time, and place, and it generates a “BodyGraph” chart that claims to show how your energy is designed to operate: how you make decisions, how you interact with people, what drains you, what you’re here to master, and what patterns you’re likely to get stuck in.

Mars is how you act, fight, pursue, and protect. Pluto is where you purge, intensify, obsess, regenerate, and reclaim power. When they conjunct, the volume gets turned up. Desire becomes mission. Anger becomes fuel. Willpower becomes a laser. And anything false in your life starts to feel unbearable.