The recently discovered outer planets (Uranus, Neptune and Pluto) play a peripheral role at most in Indian astrology, although some astrologers include them in their calculations. But beforehand the dragon had drunk from the immortal nectar and so the head became immortal. The attempt failed because the Sun god decapitated the dragon. In mythology the Moon's Node was a dragon that wanted to overthrow the gods. The North Node is called Rahu, the South Ketu. Great significance is also attributed to the Moon's North and South Nodes. Put simply, the waxing Moon is considered to be beneficial and the waning Moon detrimental. The Moon's house position has a particularly important influence on terrestrial life.
On its journey it becomes ever weaker till it reaches the lowest point at which it recovers and its energy increases. In Indian mythology, the Moon is wed to 27 sisters and visits a different one each day. The length of a Moon house is exactly equal to the average movement of the Moon during the course of one day. These are poetically described as the " 27 Women of the Moon". Indian astrology could even be described as lunar astrology because of the tradition to divide the zodiac into 27 Moon houses of 13 degrees 20 minutes each. It is not just one among many celestial bodies that make up the luminaries but the most essential one. The Moon has particular significance in Indian astrology. Which are closely linked to the theory of Karma. The most significant differences to Western astrology lie in the role of the Moon and the Moon's Nodes, the use of the sidereal zodiac, the order and numbering of the houses, the further division into numerous segments and planetary periods together with individual methods of prognosis and interpretation The unique form of Indian astrology has been strongly influenced by Hinduism, but also by other, older traditions.
This is where the similarity with Western astrology ends. Indian astrology also uses a system of twelve houses and their rulers and the aspects between the planets.
The planets are associated with the same days of the week as in Western astrology. This results in nine important points, an especially popular number in Indian mythology. In addition, they use the seven (classical) planets and the rising and descending Moon's Nodes. In contrast to the other main Asiatic system, Chinese Astrology, Indian astrology is based on the well-known zodiac signs developed by the Babylonians. These pre-Aryan peoples had a well-established Moon cult however, little else is known about their astrological system. When they conquered India, the Aryans came into contact with a high culture of Dravidian peoples in the Indus valley and the descendants of prehistoric nomads known today as the Adivasi (= indigenous people). This also influenced the development of Indian astrology. The belief that an individual's fate was the result of past deeds and had to be fatalistically accepted became widespread. Central to this belief were the ideas of Karma, the belief in reincarnation and a hierarchical caste system. They called themselves Aryans (= noble ones) and were the founders of the Hindu religion. Indus led to the development of a different system that at first glance seems foreign to Europeans.Īround 1500 BCE Indo-Germanic peoples populated the North-West part of the Indian subcontinent. But the completely different cultural and religious environment that confronted the Babylonian star gazers East of the They therefore have a similar basis to Western astrology. Indian astrology is a unique synthesis of Babylonian and Hellenistic elements combined with elements of the Hindu religion as handed down in the Vedas. Synonyms: Vedic astrology, Hindu astrology, Jyotish He can overcome any limitation, because he created it by his own actions in the first place, and because he has spiritual resources which are not subject to planetary pressure. None other than himself was the instigator of the causes of whatever effects are now prevalent in his life. Jyotish chart of George Bush (sr.) The message boldly blazoned across the heavens at the moment of birth is not meant to emphasize fate – the result of past good and evil – but to arouse man’s will to escape from his universal thralldom.