Indian Vedic Astrology: Intensifying Through Roots of Vedas

Indian Vedic Astrology, in its simplest of identities, can be drawn as the picture of the ancient Indian system of astrology or ancient astrological system. It is as old as hills, and more precisely is of an age of around 5000 years, which makes it oldest among all systems of astrology. Principles of Indian Vedic astrology rise from nowhere, but the great sacred Vedas. Indian Vedic Astrology derives itself from the adjuvant disciplines of the Vedic religion of ‘Vedanga’, which further has its own six disciples. Indian Vedic astrology derives itself from one of them.

Jyotish as Indian Vedic Astrology

Indian Vedic astrology is also referred as ‘Jyotish’ or ‘Jyotisa’. The term of ‘Jyotish’ has also been derived from the language of Vedas, i.e. Sanskrit; in which ‘jyoti’ refers to light and ‘ish’ refers to God, which mutually defines ‘Jyotish’ as the ‘Light of God’. Therefore, Jyotish, or Indian Vedic astrology is a divine light with which one can liberate oneself from the state of ignorance, and drive oneself to the state of awareness. It has been an intrinsic, inherited, and ancient spiritual practice of the Indian society, and of late it has earned its own share of followers outside India as well.

Basis of Indian Vedic Astrology

The basic notion of Indian Vedic Astrology talks about the relationship of the life of a person with the time, date, and place of the birth of that person. It believes that the way with which one is going to spend his life, the way with which one is going to develop himself by nature and character, and the way with which one is going to earn his Karmas entirely depends on the planetary positions as at the time and date of the birth of that person. It is also a reflection of the Vedic belief that it is one’s Karmas that play the decisive role in designing one’s individual life as well as collective life, marking if one is destined to have auspicious moments or inauspicious moments in different points of life, as well as in the life as a whole.

Significance of Indian Vedic Astrology

On the basis of this, Indian Vedic Astrology predicts and draws the way of the life of a person. Birth charts are the most common and popular tool of Indian Vedic Astrology and almost everyone in an Indian society gets it done as soon as someone is born in the house. Most of them follow Indian Vedic Astrology and birth Nakshatra to decide the name of a newborn in the family. Also, Indian Vedic Astrology and its impact is persistent in all major decisions from deciding the aspects of marriage, the dates of festivals, as well as minor and major decisions related to one’s day to day life as well as life as a whole.

It is on the basis of this birth chart and the knowledge of Indian Vedic Astrology, that astrology intellectuals or astrologers make almost precise predictions for a person’s life as well as different aspects of one’s life, like love, career, money, family, health, etc. It is also the basis to draw one’s horoscope for the upcoming day, week, month, year, or entire life. Indian Vedic Astrology makes one understand the planetary influence and Karmic influence on one’s life, and also suggests useful remediation for the inauspicious moments which one can have by performing certain ritualistic ceremonies.

Indian Vedic Astrology and Western Astrology

The prominent and primary practice of Indian Vedic Astrology relies on the use of one’s visible or sidereal Zodiac Sign. This aspect is one of the basis on which Indian Vedic Astrology differentiates from Western Astrology, as Western Astrology makes use of tropical Zodiac Sign. Though tropical Zodiac Sign is not absent from Indian Vedic Astrology in absolute terms, as it is used at the time of the enumerating Lagna (or Ascendant). Consideration of Nakshatras (lunar mansions), which is a cycle of the natal positioning of the moon, is also one differentiating factor. Indian Vedic Astrology makes use of Nakashatras in order to derive accurate predictions for the causes of the intrinsic nature of humans and events, as well as to derive the nature of a certain time, i.e. whether it is auspicious or inauspicious. This aspects of following of sub-systems of predictions and interpretations is also absent from Western Astrology system.

The Highly Reliable Indian Vedic Astrology

Among all systems of astrology, it is considered to be more precise and reliable in its predictions and results. The large following of the Indian Vedic Astrology and their firm belief on it further strengthens the value and efficacy of it. For the fact, Indian Vedic Astrology is the widely used system of astrology in the world.