How does Vedic Astrology differ from Western Astrology?
Perhaps one of the most surprising aspects of Vedic Astrology is that the Signs in one’s chart may vary from the Western Chart. In Vedic Astrology the Sun enters as new sign on the 15th rather than the 21-22 as found in Western Astrology. Thus, unless you are born between the 15th and the 22nd, your Sun sign shifts to the previous sign in the Zodiac.Perhaps one of the most surprising aspects of Vedic Astrology is that the Signs in one’s chart may vary from the Western Chart. In Vedic Astrology the Sun enters as new sign on the 15th rather than the 21-22 as found in Western Astrology. Thus, unless you are born between the 15th and the 22nd, your Sun sign shifts to the previous sign in the Zodiac. Vedic Astrology is based on the Sidereal Zodiac as opposed to the Vernal Zodiac of Western Astrology. Vedic/Sidereal Astrology uses the fixed observable stars in the sky whereas Western Astrology is more time based, determining the beginning of the zodiac as corresponding to the start of the Ve
