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Re: Difference between Indian Astrology and Western Astrology
There are many similarities between Indian and old time (Greco/Roman and Traditionalist) astrology, both conceptually and in a variety of similar practical applications; however, the fundamental difference is relative to the zodiacal background used: Vedic astrology follows a starry zodiacal constellational basis, which "moves" every year relative to the spring equinoctial point, which many refer to as the "sidereal zodiac of constellations", whereas Western astrology uses a division of space-zodiacal SIGNS (named after zodiacal constellations but which are NOT those actual starry constellations), which SIGNS remain fixed relative to the equinoctial point, and which is called the "tropical zodiac of signs"...
Indian astrology uses the 7 traditional planets and gives a good deal of attention to the 2 lunar nodes, which they call Rahu and Ketu, and treat almost as if these nodes were actual planets; Traditionalist Western also uses only the 7 planets, but does not pay as much attention to the lunar nodes as Indian astrology does; Modernist Western astrology uses 10 planets (adding the outers-Uranus, Neptune and Pluto), and many Modernists also include various horoscopic points (such as asteroids, shadow planets, etc) in delineations as well as the 10 planets and 2 lunar nodes.
These, I believe, are the major differences between the Indian and Western astrological traditions.
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