The 27 CELESTIAL PORTALS Paperback – March 8, 2005

The 27 Celestial Portals by Prash Trivedi is an extensive treaty on the Nakshatras, or, the Constellations. Its content is so comprehensive and illuminating that one can easily spend months to read, absorb, digest, and apply the learned information to natal as well as mundane astrology. Almost every sentence is enlightening and could be a predictive gem; for instance, in the Mula Nakshatra chapter, Trivedi states that "Most prominent generals and military leaders have important planets placed in Mula." I decided to test this theory and just look up the chart of a famous general that I have heard of - retired General Wesley Clark. Sure enough, both his Sun and Mercury are placed in Mula!To really understand the true meaning and functioning of these ancient cosmic transmitters known as Nakshatras, one has to start from the beginning, including deciphering of the name, symbol, ruling deity, and nature and functioning. All of which have been generously included and clearly explained in 23 sections that also contain necessary information such as mode of functioning, caste, gender, body parts and humor, direction, padas (this might be the only book in English that has detailed information on Nakshatra padas), professions, places, guna (essence) and tattwa (element), gana (type), auspicious and inauspicious activities, esoteric, etc.In addition to the exhaustive material presented, the book incorporates stunning color illustrations of each Nakshatra by the talented Veno. These color images combine every aspect of the Nakshatras into a "picture that's worth a thousand words."The writing style is clear and contemporary, without using much archaic expressions and complicated presentation as many Indian authors tend to do. The typeset is very pleasant and easy to read, which has been greatly augmented by the double spacing and crisp printing albeit font size is not exceptionally large.Minor suggestions (which do not detract from the book's five-star quality) include incorporating a subject index, glossary (different astrologers could give different meaning for certain terms), and perhaps redeeming qualities (if any) of adverse Nakshatras.The bottom line is this book is a must-have if you really want to know about Nakshatras. Though the book is more comprehensible to the advanced Jyotisha, beginning students can also find gems throughout the book. And we owe a great deal to the author for generously revealing these treasured ancient secrets to us.

If you are interested in the Nakshatra system and you must be if you are studying or practicing Jyotish Astrology this is the book that finally makes it all clear to you. The Nakshatras are integral to doing an accurate reading of a horoscope. 27 Celestial Portal is well written, organized and understandable to people who weren't raised in the Hindu religion. This reader finds the book invaluable as a reference work and in deepening her own knowledge of Jyotisha.

I was looking for a meaningful explanation of Nakshatras rather than a 2lines on rigid effect Nakshatras. This book is very detailed on Naksthtras, it also has small Puranic stories that help understand the nature of Nasksthra more lucidly. These stories help link the symbolic significance to an apparent manifestation that can bring out of a Graha for being in a certain Nakshatra.

this is the best book i have found on nakshatras of the several out there. prash trivedi and veno(illustrator and editor) have provided great inspired intuitive insight into the 27 mansions and how they apply to character and action. the lavish color illustrations are truly magnificent and exploratory and the text can be read over and over. i refer to the book every day regarding position of moon and other planets and what they are doing (to us, to each other). for jyotish interpretation, not tropical. most excellent.

I order this book at Amazon and I receive it really fast in comparaison of the date that it was supposed to arrive at my home.And the book really respond to my expectation. So thank you for all.

Possibly the best, or at least most complete, description of the nakshatras in English. The author has some opinions about some of the nakshatras which unfortunately get in the way of his analysis. His negative comments have to be taken with a grain (fistful?) of salt. You may be put off by the illustrations done by the author's ex-girlfriend, which are fanciful, and a bit overdone. Nonetheless, this is a very useful, helpful book. I am a professional Vedic astrologer, and I refer to this book regularly.

This is the perfect reference guide as I learn to apply Nakshatras in my life. It is well written, insightful, and full of relatable material. I've been very happy with this purchase and highly recommend it.

tonne of thanks for including names of all 27 stars. Was able to trace most of them using binoculars. Very encouraging for star gazing.

This is the best book Phor Learning Vedic astrology on this whole Plane-T Earth.The acurate gnowledge ( as we can verify it by observing it in our real life ) given in this book about nakshtras are extremely exact which makes this book stand out almosT all other books on Vedic astrology.

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Great book :)

A must have :)

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