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Astrology works in such mysterious ways that it had once been considered a science. It is believed that the exact position of the heavenly bodies with respect to your birth date, birth time and location can result in a comprehensive analysis of one’s life. The position of the planets in the zodiacs and their aspect to each other translates into one’s personal natal chart.

The natal chart goes beyond finding your life themes, your destiny and even your future. While most believe that it is divinatory in nature, a person’s natal chart can actually be used to understand one’s past life as well.

Past life experiences are said to carry over to our present lives which manifests as intriguing interests, habits and phobias that cannot be explained by conventional methods.

In using astronomy to determine one’s past life, the reader can look at where the planet lies to uncover the hidden self. For instance, the Twelfth House represents the subconscious process where we carry karmic memories. Planets that fall in one’s twelfth house are often associated with certain characteristics that can help them better understand their past. Taking the example further, having Virgo in the 12 House cusp results in a person who is highly detail-oriented which in turn could mean connecting one’s past occupation to either an accountant, a statistician, a librarian or something in the same league.

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Yet another tradition of Astrology, Vedic astrology is also known as Indian astrology or Hindu astrology. It has three branches. Siddhanta is traditionally Indian astronomy. Samhita, is similar to the western version of mundane astrology. For this branch, the positioning of celestial bodies are used to analyse events. Hora is a predictive form of astrology that analyses the natal chart based on the moment a question is asked.

The Vedas, or the scriptures, connect the microcosm and the macrocosm. It relies on sidereal zodiac signs rather than the more frequently used topical zodiac of Western astrology.

This science-art is also known as Jyotisa, which is Sanskrit for “light, heavenly body”. It plays a very important role in Hindu culture. In fact, many babies are named based on their jyotish charts. Vedic astrology is also used to make life decisions such as marriage, moving into a new home, having children and starting a business.

Vedic astrology also has it’s version of the zodiac signs. The 360 degrees of the ecliptic are divided into 12 equal parts and each 30 degree part is called a rashi. Like it’s western counterpart, the rashi is also influenced by qualities and elements. They are as follows:

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Western astrology is significantly different from Eastern astrology. Western astrology relies heavily on the 12 signs of the horoscope and plotting the birth chart. Some concepts you may come across when studying Western astrology include the native, celestial spheres, the plane of the equator, the plane of the ecliptic, the plane of the horizon, angles, houses and much more.

When constructing horoscope using Western Astrology, one has to base the analysis on the birth of the subject. For a more detailed analysis, a natal chart can be generated using the exact time and place of birth. This is then translated as Universal Time and converted into local sidereal time. The ephemeris determines the positions of certain celestial bodies during the time of birth. Mathematical equations are used to measure angles.

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