VEDIC ASTROLOGY
Vedic Astrology vs Western Astrology
Mankind has always been fascinated by celestial bodies and their movements. It has tried to decipher the meaning of these movements and also tried to correlate them with happenings in the life of an individual. Astrology is a science that studies cosmic objects and makes predictions about events in the lives of individuals based upon the position of sun, moon, other stars and planets. While there is western astrology that is very popular and involves the study of horoscopes, there is also Hindu astrology, also called Vedic astrology that makes predictions based upon movements and positions of celestial bodies. These two systems of astrology are quite different.
Vedic Astrology
Vedic astrology or the Hindu astrology is based upon jyotisha, or the system of calculation of position and movement of heavenly bodies. This system of astrology makes use of the real positions of planets in the backdrop of certain celestial bodies that remain fixed or permanently in the same position. This system is also referred to as sidereal zodiac. Vedic astrology is based upon the knowledge and wisdom of rishis that lived in India thousands of years ago. Their knowledge was passed down to generations orally but later some of this body of knowledge was compiled into written form, which forms the core of Vedic astrology.
Vedic astrology takes into account planets like Sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Rahu and Ketu, the two nodes of moon while deciphering the events in an individual’s life or his future predictions. It does not take into account Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto as these planets are considered too far away and insignificant as far as making an impact on the life of an individual. Jyotishis take into account the exact date of birth and time and make a horoscope of the individual. This horoscope tells all about the nashatras and the dasha of the individual and allows the astronomer to predict the beginning and end period of a good period or bad period in the life of the individual.
Western Astrology
Western astrology is a system of prediction of future events in the life of an individual based upon tropical zodiac. This system was developed by the Greeks and the Babylonians 2000 years ago. These civilizations believed that sun being the centre of the solar system asserts great influence over earth. In this system, relationship of sun with the earth’s tropics is most important. According to western astrology, heavens remain fixed in comparison to earth, but they made a mistake as earth does not come back to its original position after completing one circle of the sun.
Vedic Astrology vs Western Astrology
• Western astrology is sun based whereas Vedic astrology is cosmic astrology.
• Vedic astrology is also called sidereal zodiac, whereas western astrology is called tropical zodiac.
• Date of birth decides your sun sign in western astrology, whereas astrologer makes your horoscope based upon your date and time of birth and the nashatras and dashas.
• The chart in western astrology is circular, whereas it is square in Vedic astrology.
• Western astrology was developed by ancient Greeks or the Babylonians 2000-3000 years ago, whereas Vedic astrology was developed by the sages in India much earlier.
The Relevance of Both Zodiacs
The obvious reason why emphasizing one sign is limited is that there are so many potential configurations from which to interpret the same descriptive traits. For instance, your Sun may move from Aries to Pisces in your Vedic chart, but you also may still have three planets in Aries, or Mars in Aries. You certainly would tend to see strong Aries traits in the Vedic chart even though the Sun is not involved.
In fact, in my experience that’s always been the case when I look at both the Vedic and Western charts of a particular person. They’ve never contradicted one another when the chart as a whole is considered.
Some people say that your Western chart is more “earthy” and represents your personality and your Vedic chart is more “spiritual” and represents your soul. This makes some sense due to the relative vantage points in terms of distance. In other words, the stars are further away than our Sun, which is the closest star.
On the other hand, this seems to imply that your Western chart is more grounded in practical matters on Earth, and your Vedic chart is more spiritual and ethereal. Whereas, the opposite could be argued to be the case because your Vedic chart is related to the actual observable fixed stars and your Western chart is symbolic. This is why some argue that your Vedic chart can be so accurate for prediction with actual events on Earth and your Western chart is better for describing the psychological effects the actual events may have on your psyche.
Mankind has always been fascinated by celestial bodies and their movements. It has tried to decipher the meaning of these movements and also tried to correlate them with happenings in the life of an individual. Astrology is a science that studies cosmic objects and makes predictions about events in the lives of individuals based upon the position of sun, moon, other stars and planets. While there is western astrology that is very popular and involves the study of horoscopes, there is also Hindu astrology, also called Vedic astrology that makes predictions based upon movements and positions of celestial bodies. These two systems of astrology are quite different.
Vedic Astrology
Vedic astrology or the Hindu astrology is based upon jyotisha, or the system of calculation of position and movement of heavenly bodies. This system of astrology makes use of the real positions of planets in the backdrop of certain celestial bodies that remain fixed or permanently in the same position. This system is also referred to as sidereal zodiac. Vedic astrology is based upon the knowledge and wisdom of rishis that lived in India thousands of years ago. Their knowledge was passed down to generations orally but later some of this body of knowledge was compiled into written form, which forms the core of Vedic astrology.
Vedic astrology takes into account planets like Sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Rahu and Ketu, the two nodes of moon while deciphering the events in an individual’s life or his future predictions. It does not take into account Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto as these planets are considered too far away and insignificant as far as making an impact on the life of an individual. Jyotishis take into account the exact date of birth and time and make a horoscope of the individual. This horoscope tells all about the nashatras and the dasha of the individual and allows the astronomer to predict the beginning and end period of a good period or bad period in the life of the individual.
Western Astrology
Western astrology is a system of prediction of future events in the life of an individual based upon tropical zodiac. This system was developed by the Greeks and the Babylonians 2000 years ago. These civilizations believed that sun being the centre of the solar system asserts great influence over earth. In this system, relationship of sun with the earth’s tropics is most important. According to western astrology, heavens remain fixed in comparison to earth, but they made a mistake as earth does not come back to its original position after completing one circle of the sun.
Vedic Astrology vs Western Astrology
• Western astrology is sun based whereas Vedic astrology is cosmic astrology.
• Vedic astrology is also called sidereal zodiac, whereas western astrology is called tropical zodiac.
• Date of birth decides your sun sign in western astrology, whereas astrologer makes your horoscope based upon your date and time of birth and the nashatras and dashas.
• The chart in western astrology is circular, whereas it is square in Vedic astrology.
• Western astrology was developed by ancient Greeks or the Babylonians 2000-3000 years ago, whereas Vedic astrology was developed by the sages in India much earlier.
The Relevance of Both Zodiacs
The obvious reason why emphasizing one sign is limited is that there are so many potential configurations from which to interpret the same descriptive traits. For instance, your Sun may move from Aries to Pisces in your Vedic chart, but you also may still have three planets in Aries, or Mars in Aries. You certainly would tend to see strong Aries traits in the Vedic chart even though the Sun is not involved.
In fact, in my experience that’s always been the case when I look at both the Vedic and Western charts of a particular person. They’ve never contradicted one another when the chart as a whole is considered.
Some people say that your Western chart is more “earthy” and represents your personality and your Vedic chart is more “spiritual” and represents your soul. This makes some sense due to the relative vantage points in terms of distance. In other words, the stars are further away than our Sun, which is the closest star.
On the other hand, this seems to imply that your Western chart is more grounded in practical matters on Earth, and your Vedic chart is more spiritual and ethereal. Whereas, the opposite could be argued to be the case because your Vedic chart is related to the actual observable fixed stars and your Western chart is symbolic. This is why some argue that your Vedic chart can be so accurate for prediction with actual events on Earth and your Western chart is better for describing the psychological effects the actual events may have on your psyche.
