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About Astrology |
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Astrology is the study of human behaviour
and experience on the back drop of time and
space. Astrology is a scientific study and
application of the language of the heavenly
bodies(planets and stars). These heavinely
bodies are determined on the basis of
astronomy and mathematics, are mapped in the
form of a horoscope. Their specific position
in the horoscope indicates specific
happenings in the case of individuals. The
main factors affecting the horoscope of any
individual are Date of birth, Place of birth
and exact time of birth. Whether the sun,
the moon, the planets and stars themselves
influence the terrestrial phenomena, or they
only indicate such phenomena by their
various dispositions, is immaterial. What is
important to us is that variation in their
disposition determine variations in the
events on the earth, the correlation are
very strong. Actually Astrology starts where
Astronomy ends. As far as human experiences
are concerned both studies are complementing
to each other. Astrological findings are
based on the Astronomical and mathematical
and biological principles. Astrology is
widely used all over the world. People use
it in different forms according to region
and culture of the area. In Hindu Astrology,
this system has been explained as space time
connection. Within the space, there are four
elements Air, Fire, Water and Earth each is
therefore attributes, sattva , Raja and
Tamasa and make up 12 divisions in the
nature. So the zodiac in which earth and all
the planets are imprisoned by gravitation
and revolve around the sun is divided by 12
clusters of stars or signs of the zodiac. In
Vedic astrology it is founded that nothing
in the universe is stationery. In any case
we consider ourselves in the central point
with rest of universe in the constant motion
around us. We, therefore, consider the
position and movement of all the heavinely
bodies in relation to earth itself. The
Indian Astronomy and Astrology considers
earth as the centre, and all other heavenly
bodies moving around it in one manner or the
other. The Indian astronomy is thus
geocentric, and not heliocentric which
latter considers sun as the centre. The
zodiac forms the reference point for fixing
up position of any planet or star in the
sky. Since it encircles the earth, it is
comprised of 360 degrees. The twenty-seven
nakshatras being evenly distributed on it
each having the span of 13°20’ arc. The
various nakshtras are numbered from one to
twenty-seven. Apart from it Vedic astrology
recognises nine grahas. They are the Sun,
the Moon, the Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus,
Saturn, Rahu & Ketu. Of these the Sun is
star, the moon is a satellite of the earth,
Rahu and Ketu are mere mathematical points
on the zodiac. While the remaining ones are
planets. When the zodiac is divided into
twelve equal parts, each such part has an
extension of 30 degrees of the arc. Such a
division is called Rashi or Sign . A sign
consist of two and a quarter nakshtras. Each
sign has a certain specific influence of its
own. All the planets as they travel around
each zodiac sign, exert an influence
according to their separate nature and in
accordance with the quality of aspect which
they form. More about principles of
Astrology As we know that there are twelve
signs of the zodiac. One of sign rising
happens to be the sign rising at the eastern
horizon at the time of birth. This rising
sign is called as lagna or Ascendant. The
lagna happens to be the first house of
horoscope. This means that signs and houses
donot coincide. The first house has the
label of sign rising at the time of birth,
the second bears the label of sign that will
rise next, and so on. The nine grahas(from
the sun to ketu) are the occupants of these
houses. Each house represents certain
characteristics. The sign falling in these
houses also represents certain
characteristics. Horoscopic Chart Before
going further it is important to understand
how a horoscopic chart looks like. Vedic
Astrology has three major facets. |
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Detailed mathematical calculations. |
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The rules and the information based on these rules to
predict the influence of planets. |
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