Let's start with an understanding about birth charts, why we need one and how to cast or create one.
In this article, a brief introduction of the astronomical elements needed for the Astrology. History of Astronomy is also very old. Without any special instruments,just by looking at the sky from evening to morning,it is possible to recognize groups of stars,and also the appearance of these groups in the Eastern horizon,rising just before the Sun rise,varies gradually over the period of one year,and then the cycle repeats. This we know is due to the Earth going around the Sun periodically,with a period of one year. The groups of stars on the path of Sun's apparent motion( we know that earth is moving around the Sun,so the Sun appears to move in the sky,with the stellar groups at the background) is along a path,a circular path called Zodiac(technical name Ecliptic),which being a full circle,is of 360 degrees of angular distance.The time for one cycle being one year,(12 months),the stellar constellations are divided into 12 parts,so that the Sun spends one month in each of them.The first division is called Aries. The choice of this as the first division,is astronomical, and we need not go into it.
The other parts in clock wise order, are named respectively,Taurus,Gemini,Cancer,Leo,Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces. When a child is born,note the point on the Zodiac sign rising at the eastern horizon(this can be done using the time of birth,at the place of birth,the latitude and longitude of the place,and using a special table for this calculation).Noting this point and the sign in which it is at the time of birth, we note down this sign as the Ascendant, or in Sanskrit, Lagna (लग्ना ) and is counted as the first house,or in Sanskrit,first Bhava. Then going clockwise,count the Zodiac signs,next to the Ascendant,as the second,the next third etc houses or Bhavas. This is marked on a circular map in which the Zodiac signs are marked,or in any other convenient way. This chart is the Horoscope. in Sanskrit,Lagna Kundali. The next step is to take the Almanac for the year of birth and from it note the positions of the Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter,Venus, Saturn,the ascending node (Rahu),and the descending node (Kethu), for the month and he date of birth,and the time of birth.The angular distance of each of these,measured from the very beginning of the Zodiac constellation Aries,called the first point of Aries (why we count from this point is for Astronomical reason),is called the Longitude of these heavenly bodies. They are noted for each planets (Sun,and Moon, are called planets in Astrology!!) in a tabular form. This table will be used for further calculations. We note that each Zodiac sign will be of angular distance, 30 degrees each,12 of them making a full circle of 360 degrees. The positions as marked now in the Lagna chart, will not tell us where exactly within the sign it is.This of course is given in the Table as Longitude,which is the exact position. For Astrology, we need not know the exact position for the predictions. The Zodiac signs are divided in 16 different ways,First into two,this division is called Hora in Sanskrit (we shall use only the Sanskrit names here after),and the next division is into three parts,called Drekkana and then into other types of divisions, into which we need not go now.The only division that we need is the division into nine parts,called Navamsa. Usually the two charts, Lagna Kundaly, the very first primary chart and the Navamsa chart, alone are exhibited and used for common predictions. The others are used for special purposes,and only by the experts.
Now we are ready for the predictions. We start that in the next article.
In this article, a brief introduction of the astronomical elements needed for the Astrology. History of Astronomy is also very old. Without any special instruments,just by looking at the sky from evening to morning,it is possible to recognize groups of stars,and also the appearance of these groups in the Eastern horizon,rising just before the Sun rise,varies gradually over the period of one year,and then the cycle repeats. This we know is due to the Earth going around the Sun periodically,with a period of one year. The groups of stars on the path of Sun's apparent motion( we know that earth is moving around the Sun,so the Sun appears to move in the sky,with the stellar groups at the background) is along a path,a circular path called Zodiac(technical name Ecliptic),which being a full circle,is of 360 degrees of angular distance.The time for one cycle being one year,(12 months),the stellar constellations are divided into 12 parts,so that the Sun spends one month in each of them.The first division is called Aries. The choice of this as the first division,is astronomical, and we need not go into it.
The other parts in clock wise order, are named respectively,Taurus,Gemini,Cancer,Leo,Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces. When a child is born,note the point on the Zodiac sign rising at the eastern horizon(this can be done using the time of birth,at the place of birth,the latitude and longitude of the place,and using a special table for this calculation).Noting this point and the sign in which it is at the time of birth, we note down this sign as the Ascendant, or in Sanskrit, Lagna (लग्ना ) and is counted as the first house,or in Sanskrit,first Bhava. Then going clockwise,count the Zodiac signs,next to the Ascendant,as the second,the next third etc houses or Bhavas. This is marked on a circular map in which the Zodiac signs are marked,or in any other convenient way. This chart is the Horoscope. in Sanskrit,Lagna Kundali. The next step is to take the Almanac for the year of birth and from it note the positions of the Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter,Venus, Saturn,the ascending node (Rahu),and the descending node (Kethu), for the month and he date of birth,and the time of birth.The angular distance of each of these,measured from the very beginning of the Zodiac constellation Aries,called the first point of Aries (why we count from this point is for Astronomical reason),is called the Longitude of these heavenly bodies. They are noted for each planets (Sun,and Moon, are called planets in Astrology!!) in a tabular form. This table will be used for further calculations. We note that each Zodiac sign will be of angular distance, 30 degrees each,12 of them making a full circle of 360 degrees. The positions as marked now in the Lagna chart, will not tell us where exactly within the sign it is.This of course is given in the Table as Longitude,which is the exact position. For Astrology, we need not know the exact position for the predictions. The Zodiac signs are divided in 16 different ways,First into two,this division is called Hora in Sanskrit (we shall use only the Sanskrit names here after),and the next division is into three parts,called Drekkana and then into other types of divisions, into which we need not go now.The only division that we need is the division into nine parts,called Navamsa. Usually the two charts, Lagna Kundaly, the very first primary chart and the Navamsa chart, alone are exhibited and used for common predictions. The others are used for special purposes,and only by the experts.
Now we are ready for the predictions. We start that in the next article.
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