Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Vedic Astrology

Indian astrology has a vast background and it contains numbers of branches. Vedic astrology is also one of those branches.Vedic Astrology is that branch of astrological science which deals with the planetary motions, movements and their positions with respect to time and their effect on human beings and other objects present on earth.

This type of astrology can be traced thousands of years back. Earlier, Vedic astrology was only confined to the movement of the planets with respect to the stars, but later it also had the zodiac signs included. Well, according to Vedic astrology, there are 27 constellations in the universe made of 12 zodiac signs, 9 planets and 12 houses with each house, planet and zodiac sign revealing some aspect of human life. Depending upon when a person is born, the 12 signs of the zodiac are distributed among the 12 houses and 9 planets are placed in various houses.

Vedic astrology is also a part of astrological science which is used in palm reading astrology. Vedic astrology is also divde in some parts they are following:

  • Siddhanta

  • Samhita (Mundane astrology)

  • Hora (Predictive astrology)