Rafał Gendarz, MA.
Reading birth charts in the classical Jyotiṣa tradition since 1998. Consulting one-on-one and teaching online, from Berlin.
A philosopher’s path
into Jyotiṣa.
In 1998, I was a philosophy student practicing Western astrology when Gaudīya Vaiṣṇavism and meditation opened the door to Indian thought. The encounter with Jyotiṣa, the forecasting system rooted in Vedic astronomy, changed everything I thought I knew about charts. Its timing systems were more precise, its philosophy deeper.
In 2004 I met my teacher Visti Larsen and was accepted into the Śrī Jagannāth Center, a school known for its methodical, text-based approach to event forecasting. Its teachers carry a line passed down from the royal astrologers of Odisha.
There I completed the full arc of classical training: the Parāśara Horā Śāstra and a three-year Mantra Śāstra program under Paṇḍit Sanjay Rath, and the Jaimini Upadeśa Sūtra under Visti Larsen, with whom I still compare charts almost daily.
I keep a vegan and drug-free lifestyle, which I find in sync with the practice.
Teaching the tradition.
Conference lectures, online courses, software, and chart breakdowns, all in service of the next generation of students.
Speaker · Divination Bhārat Conference, London
Three online lectures on the Jyotiṣa of rise, fall, and bankruptcy, alongside Visti Larsen, Paul Barker, Andrew Foss, and Marc Boney. Organised by Sonal Sachdeva.
Guest lecture · Polskie Towarzystwo Astrologiczne
Online lecture on the Vedic sidereal zodiac, hosted by Piotr Piotrowski.
Lecturer · Leeds Conference
Jyotiṣa techniques for an international audience, alongside Visti Larsen and Sarbani Rath.
Teaching · Economy School, Poland
A program on Vedic astrology in practice, including lectures on the link between Āyurveda and Jyotiṣa.
A complete three-module foundations course in English and Polish, and a Nārāyaṇa & Audāyika daśā program.
A local-first chart-reader’s workbench built around daśā and divisional analysis.
@RafalGendarz · 500+ videos
Chart breakdowns, classical techniques, and conversations on Jyotiṣa, free to watch.
A living
tradition.
The Śrī Jagannāth Center preserves astrology as a branch of the Vedas, inseparable from mantra, mudrā, and spiritual practice. Four generations of teachers stand behind every reading I give.
Jagannāth Rath
Royal astrologer (Rāja Jyotiṣi) of Odisha. Known for austerity, deep scholarship, and the title Jyotish Ratna.
Kasinath Rath
Custodian of the Horā Śāstra tradition, shaping the next generation through oral transmission.
Paṇḍit Sanjay Rath
Trained from childhood by his uncle and grandfather. Founded the Śrī Jagannāth Center, joining Jyotiṣa with mantra-śāstra, prāṇāyāma, and Sanātana Dharma. My teacher of Parāśara Horā Śāstra and the three-year Mantra Śāstra program.
Visti Larsen my direct teacher
Author of Jyotish Fundamentals. Teaches worldwide, grounding Jyotiṣa in classical sources and daily spiritual practice. Under him I studied the Jaimini Upadeśa Sūtra, and for more than twenty years we have compared charts and classical principles almost daily, from Yahoo Groups in the early days to Telegram now.
Rohinaa · Rafał Gendarz
© Est. 1998 · Berlin · Jyotiṣa