curious whether western astrology and western astrologers not predict at all accidents, murders, assassinations, earthquakes, doom, etc etc
what do they then predict?
regarding inter-personal relations vedic has its own detailed methodology of the synastry system for marriage matching, which most indians follow carefully before marriage, keeping the divorce rate low.
vedic has it's own therapeutic approach through remedial measures, wearing gems, visiting temples, performing charity, prayers etc etc; at times we may not be able to predict exactly what will happen out of the so many possibilities, but remedial measures can overcome the negativity of time and prevent or limit negative incidents.
vedic has it's elaborate elective system to benefit from positive configurations for construction of house, starting business, studies, marriage, swearing in ceremony, operation, etc etc
vedic astrology is enabling integrate dharma-artha-kama-moksha for holistic living achieving vision and mission-economic well-being-desires fulfillment and achieving spiritual liberation - houses and signs are classified and interpreted accordingly, vedic esoteric astrology.
the moon constellation-nakshatra defines the DNA of the person in terms of his personality, temperament, talent, luck, negativity, etc etc; the planetary periods start from the lord of the moon nakshatra of the person, each sign consisting of some 2 and a half nakshatras with four divisions each, going to the micro level, each division having it's own elaborate variations again within each nakshatra for further micro-fine tuning/micrometer.
vedic and western may have different sign placements, but the house placements are same or similar, with no change in the trine, square, sextile, positions etc for consideration.
western has uranus, neptune, pluto, asteroids; vedic too has it's upagraha sub-system which are mathematical points and transits of upagrahas over natal upagrahas can make great predictions, which may not be visible purely based on the natal preliminary chart, but not popularised and not discussed, handled by the scholars.
vedic has the ashtakavarga system to quantify the benefic-malefic impact of a planet and house; also has the system of shadbala to quantify the strength of the planet how well it will fructify positively or negatively, this apart from the vedic harmonics defining the strength of the planet in relation to health, marriage, spirituality, etc etc where planets can be defined in terms of their sign propensity to 150th degree too. while there are various dasa systems-planetary periods, becoming complicated ofcourse for a beginner.
vedic has its house systems, though not exactly alike the placidius system,
defining the asc deg as the mid-point of the houses, equal-unequal options etc etc. sign placements define the nature of the planet and it's overall behavioural impact, and the house placements of planets define what matters will be affected by the placement of the planet in the sign.
astrology is about psychology, spirituality, success-failure, health, preventive or remedial measures, enhancing personal strengths, overcoming weaknesses and failures etc whether western or eastern astrology. tools and techniques and expressions may differ.
today we have western astrologers applying vedic principles over a tropical chart, and vedic astrologers adopting western techniques, adopting outer planets, etc etc ready to learn and adapt from each other.
for some the mere mention of nomenclature like rahu-ketu for the north-south nodes puts them off calling it a vedic reading of the western chart, and close their minds to the content of the reading, the interpretations, the predictions/prospects, not having the patience to examine if at all how true-untrue-relevant-useful-insightful etc in a personal reading offered having posted and invited a reading on these forums, ignoring the astrology report and remedy provided.
hope this note and rambling offers to build further perspectives into astrology, which experts here may help further define and articulate and enlighten further ahead.
humble regards, kshantaram
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