| India has always been known as a country with unity | | | | of the various bandhu of the Vedas or scriptures, |
| in diversity, a country that one of the most | | | | which is the connection between the microcosm and |
| extravagant history and definitely for being a country | | | | the macrocosm. Its main purpose is to offer |
| with lots of knowledge and heritage. Indian astrology | | | | humanity a means to understand the role and |
| and Indian astrologers along with Indian pilgrimage | | | | expression of karma in individual and collective life. In |
| locations have tremendous influence on people in | | | | fact, a major belief among Hindus is that humans |
| India and worldwide. Indian astrology is more | | | | have fortune and misfortune in life because of the |
| famously known as Jyotish or Jyotisa. These words | | | | kind of karma or in other words, deeds that they do |
| have been derived from the Sanskrit term from | | | | in their present lives. Many use Jyotish to understand |
| jyótis, which means light, heavenly body. | | | | the various setbacks in life due to the influence of |
| Astrology is known to have tremendous affect on | | | | planets and thereby, perform different religious |
| people all around the globe. In fact, the advent of | | | | ceremonies to mitigate or avoid the pain of |
| science has also not been able to demean the | | | | separation in life. |
| position of astrology and astrologers. Different | | | | The practice of Indian astrology has been done for |
| countries have different methods of astrology but | | | | over hundreds of years. In fact, the very history of |
| the main point about astrology is to have faith in it. | | | | India shows the various involvements of Vedic |
| One needs to have faith in the concept of astrology | | | | astrology and how people tend to believe in it and |
| to witness the miracles of it. | | | | how they led their lives as directed by astrologers. In |
| Indian astrology is also referred to as Vedic | | | | fact, the very practice of Vedic astrology primarily |
| astrology. The Vedic system of astrology is one of | | | | relies on the visible zodiacs, which is highly different |
| the six disciplines of Vedanga, which are the | | | | from the tropical zodiacs that are used in Western |
| secondary disciplines of Vedic religion. As such, | | | | astrology in that an ayanamsa adjustment is made |
| Jyotish has historically been part of a continuous | | | | for the gradual precession of the vernal equinox. The |
| holistic approach to living and an integral practice | | | | zodiacs that are used in Vedic or Indian astrology are |
| based on the ancient spiritual tradition of India. The | | | | used to compute the ascendant, although the end |
| foundation of jyotish or Indian astrology is the notion | | | | results are converted to sidereal ascendants. |