Aashish Malik

Aashish has been studying Vedic astrology, KP paddhati and Chaldean numerology for over 12 years. He founded AstroFuture AI to make classical Jyotish accessible without the roughly $24 consultation fee. Every article on this blog is written or reviewed by him personally.

My story

I started learning Vedic astrology and numerology more than twelve years ago, the traditional way — sitting with printed charts, cross-checking planetary positions by hand, and comparing predictions against real outcomes in my own family and circle of friends before I trusted a rule enough to use it on anyone else's chart. That habit of checking a rule against real life before repeating it has stayed with me, and it's the same standard I hold every article on this site to.

I founded AstroFuture AI because a proper consultation with an experienced astrologer in India typically costs ₹1,500–₹2,500 (~$18–$30) and requires booking a slot and waiting days for a reply. Most people only want a quick, honest answer about a specific question — a dasha period, a name spelling, a mobile number — not a one-hour session. Astro Futures exists to apply the same classical rule systems instantly, at a fraction of the cost, without pretending a computer replaces a thoughtful human reading for complex life decisions.

Credentials

• Trained in Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra (BPHS)
• KP Paddhati (Krishnamurti system) practitioner
• Chaldean numerology (Cheiro & Dr. K.T. Chaudhry lineage)
• Founder, AstroFuture AI

Experience

12+ years in Vedic astrology & numerology

The methods I work with

Everything I write or review traces back to one of four classical systems, never a generic horoscope template:

• Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra (BPHS) — the foundational Vedic astrology text. I use its rules for house lordships, planetary strength (shadbala), yogas and the overall chart reading that everything else builds on.
• KP Paddhati (Krishnamurti system) — for timing-specific questions like "when will this event happen", using sub-lord analysis and the 4-step rule rather than broad dasha predictions alone.
• Chaldean numerology — in the Cheiro and Dr. K.T. Chaudhry lineage, for name correction, business names and number compatibility work.
• True Moon Sign Dasha — for Chandra-based (lunar) dasha sequencing where a reading calls for Moon-anchored periods rather than the standard Vimshottari start point.

How I review articles on this blog

Every article on AstroFuture AI is either written by me or passes through a review step before it's published. In practice that means: I check that the astrological or numerological rule cited is actually from one of the four systems above (not invented or borrowed from a generic horoscope site), I verify the worked example matches what the rule would actually produce for that chart or number, and I remove any claim that reads as a guarantee rather than a tendency — classical texts describe likelihoods and patterns, not certainties. If I'm not confident a rule is applied correctly, the article doesn't go live until it is.

Two illustrations of how the rules apply

The two examples below are illustrations to show how a rule is typically applied — they are not real client case studies, and no identifying details are used.

Illustration 1 — KP sub-lord timing. Say someone's 10th cusp sub-lord is signified by a planet connected to the 2nd, 6th and 11th houses. Under KP rules, that combination is commonly read as supporting a job change or new income source during that planet's active dasha or transit period — not as a guaranteed event, but as a window where the chart's own significators line up with that theme.

Illustration 2 — Chaldean name correction. Say a business name reduces to a Chaldean compound number traditionally associated with obstacles and delays. A name correction, in this lineage, means adjusting the spelling (not the pronunciation) so the resulting number aligns with the owner's birth-number compatibility chart — a classical technique, applied the same way regardless of which business it's used for.

Learn more about how AstroFuture AI combines these classical systems with AI on the editorial policy page, or read the blog for articles written and reviewed by me.