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The Differences Between Western and Vedic Astrology | ||
Component | Western | Vedic |
Fundamental differences | ||
Zodiac | Tropical (Seasonal) | Sidereal (Constellational) |
House System | Ascendant on First House cusp,one of many house systems selected | Whole Signs (Ascendant in the 1st)two major house systems used |
Planets | Visible plus Uranus, Neptune, Pluto | Visible only |
Planets in signs | Central to chart interpretation | Used differently, especially to assess planetary strength |
Sign rulerships | Aquarius to Uranus, Pisces to Neptune, Scorpio to Pluto | Traditional (Aquarius to Saturn, Pisces to Jupiter, Scorpio to Mars) |
Aspects | conjunction, sextile, square, trine & opposition with <10 degree orbs; aspects only to planets & angles | conjunction & opposition by whole sign, with Mars, Jupiter & Saturn having special whole sign aspects |
Differences in Approaches and Methodology | ||
Assessing Strength and Weakness | ||
Retrogradation | weakness | strength |
planet in sign opposite to ruled | weak, called debilitated | not used |
Combust | rarely used | important weakness |
strong-weak Moon by phase | unused | Dark Moon/ waning is weak,Bright Moon strong/waxing strong |
planetary war | unused | major weakness |
vargottama | unused | significant strength |
dig bala | unused | major strength |
dispositorship | sometimes used | of major importance |
mutual reception | used by some astrologers | a major yoga used in delineation |
exalted by sign | strong | strong unless sign ruler weak |
fallen by sign | weak | weak unless sign ruler strong + |
benefic/malefic planets | not used per se(although Saturn is seen as highly impactful) | Sun, Mars, Saturn & Nodes maleficVenus, Jupiter benefic & usually Moon and Mercury too |
House Meanings and Rulership | ||
good/bad houses | largely ignored | crucial to chart interpretation |
house classifications | angular, succedent, cadentfire, air, water, earth | Western types + maraka, upachaya, good/bad, kendra/trikona & more |
rulership of houses | used occasionally by some Western astrologers | deeply central to chart analysis, e.g. the formation of planetary yogas |
Additional Methods of Analysis | ||
Aspect Patterns | Grand Trine, T-Square, Grand Cross, Yod, and others used | not used |
Chart shape | Marc Edmund Jones patterns | an extensive set of yogas |
Lunar phases | 8 lunar phases | 16 Tithis |
methods of prediction | transits (especially by outer planets), progressions, directions | Vimshottari dasas, secondarily transits by Jupiter & Saturn |
lunar mansionsaka Nakshatras | rarely used | central to dasa calculation & elections, of major importance |
harmonic/Varga Charts | seldom used | used extensively in both natal and predictive work |
assessing compatibility | interaspects between charts, cross-house placement, composite charts | Kuta analysis &Navamsha assessment |
added chart points | the comet Chiron, the four major asteroids, and possibly others. | usually no extra points, but some add upagrahas and sahams. |
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