This will cover basic steps that one could follow to read a Vedic chart. It includes the major differences between the western and eastern (Vedic) charts, traditional and contemporary Vedic charts, Vedic chart formats as opposed to western chart format, a detailed natal chart analysis that includes houses, planets and the zodiac signs, and their interactions, the concept of ninefold (navamansha) chart and its application to assess the overall planetary strength of the natal chart. (Houses, planets and zodiac signs and their interrelationships).