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 Vedic Astrology And Western Astrology 

 Vedic astrology holds its roots to the ancient times, more precisely supported by the Vedas, the

ancient spiritual texts of the Hindu religion and probably the oldest texts of the world as written

about 5000 to 8000 years ago, which mentions about it. Western astrology is said to be developed at

around 2000 to 3000 years ago by the Greeks and Babylonians.

Western Astrology is based on the relationship shared between the Sun and the Earth. This

approach is based on the belief that since Sun is the centre of the Solar System, therefore Sun is

more important to Earth than any other mystical body. Western astrology makes astrological

predictions on the basis of the relationship as measured between the Sun and the tropics of the

Earth, which are Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn. March 22 is said to be the date on which

day and night are of equal durations. This date also marks the beginning of the spring. Western

astrology credits this date as the beginning of the year, unlike January 01 which has been the Roman

date of the beginning of the year. Being considered as the first date of the beginning of the year,

Western astrology states Aries to be the sign starting from this time of the year, with other signsfollowing it.

 Vedic astrology or Indian astrology is

completely different from Western

astrology. Vedic astrology does not

have any standard to be put into use

for depicting starting and end of a

 year. Vedic astrology is based on the

positioning of stars and planets, as well

as the interrelations shared by them. It

does not solely rely on the relationship

in between the Sun and the Earth on

its reason that Earth is rotating as well

as revolving, which results in a change

of its equinoxes (the time of equality

between day and night) by around 50

seconds in a year, which makes it to an

impact Gemstones Universe of a shift

of a day in every 72 years. In that case,

this relationship gets naturally

affected. The signs are required to be

shifted one day back in order to sustain

the logic of astrology. This aspect

makes Vedic astrology much more

accurate and precise than Western astrology.

 Vedic astrology is comparably more deep, wide, and accurate than Western astrology in execution of 

its function of astrology. Western astrology is more about accentuating the psychological traits of an

individual, and less or almost negligible about predicting future events. However, Vedic astrology isalso about accentuating the psychological aspects of an individual, but also scores equally effective

in forecasting the events of the coming time. Also, it gives a more transparent view of an individual's

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possible Karmic tendencies, i.e. whether he will engage in Paap (sins) or Punya (virtues). Vedic

astrology also intimately tells about the different situations which are possibly going to arise at

different points of time in a person's life.