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Astrology. Hindu astrology, also called Indian astrology, Jyotisha ( Sanskrit: ज्योतिष, romanized : jyotiṣa; from jyót 'light, heavenly body') and, more recently, Vedic astrology, is the traditional Hindu system of astrology. It is one of the six auxiliary disciplines in Hinduism that is connected with the study of the Vedas .
The basic concept of Nadi Astrology is "Nadi" ( nāḍi ). There are 150 Nādis in a sign or Rāshi (Rāsi); one sign is 30 degrees of the zodiac 360. Twelve signs of the zodiac are grouped into three categories: Moveable (Chara), Fixed (Sthira), and Dual (Dvisvabhāva) signs. The nomenclature of 150 Nādis is peculiar to each of these three ...
Kundali (astrology) Kuṇḍali (also called janmapatra) is the Indian term for the astrological chart or diagram representing the positions of the navagraha -s of Indian astrology at a particular moment like the moment of the birth of a child. The navagraha -s are the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, and the two nodes of ...
Tajika Jyotish. The tājika jyotiṣ, or tājika śastra, that is, the tājika system of astrology, is one of the three systems of Indian astrology as applied to individual charts (horoscopes). [1] The other two systems are the Parāśari and Jaimini systems. The word tājika means an Arab or a Persian [2] [3] and it indicates the history of ...
Katarchic astrology – Historical form of electional astrology. Horary astrology – Form of astrology for answering questions posed. Judicial astrology – Form of astrology for forecasting events. Locational astrology – Astrology that factors in locations on Earth. Medical astrology – Astrology of the human physiology.
Ayanāṃśa. Path taken by the point of vernal equinox along the ecliptic over the past 6000 years. Ayanamsa ( ayanāṃśa: from Sanskrit ayana 'movement' and aṃśa 'component'), also ayanabhāga (from Sanskrit bhāga 'portion'), is the Sanskrit term for many systems used in Hindu astrology to account for the precession of equinoxes. [ 1 ...
The term Varga ( Sanskrit varga, 'set, division') in Indian astrology ( Jyotisha) refers to the division of a zodiacal sign ( rāśi) into parts. Each such fractional part of a sign, known as an aṃśa, has a source of influence associated with it, so that these sources of influence come to be associated with collections of regions around the ...
Hora (astrology) Horā ( Sanskrit: होरा) [1]) is a branch of the Indian system of astrology known as Jyotiṣa. It deals with the finer points of predictive methods, as distinct from Siddhānta ( astronomy proper) and Saṃhita ( mundane astrology ). The various aspects of hora are: Jātaka Shāstra ( Natal astrology ): Prediction based ...