Questions About Sidereal Nakshatra w/ Tropical Rashi

Here is full information about the system I use, which utilizes both the tropical and sidereal conceptions by taking tropical signs (rāśī) and sidereal stars (nakṣatra): vicdicara.com/tropical The information there is very long. A very short synopsis is this: Indian tradition anchors the zodiac signs to the stars (“sidereal”), even though their source texts (the Purāṇas and Siddhāntas, etc.)…

A More Reasonable and Complete History of Astrology and the Zodiac

  1. Oldest Known Forms of Astrology Siderealists assert that the earliest form of the zodiac was sidereal, and it later became tropical. The measure of any account of history is how well it accounts for all the available fact. The siderealist interpretation of history does not take into account all the historical facts we…

Dr. Foss’ Article Against Rashi / Nakshatra Independence, Part 2

Dr. Foss Edited his article after my critique (Andrew Foss’ Attempt to Debunk the Tropical Zodiac). Here are the new portions with my critique: “Why are the fire signs associated with Dharma, the earth with Artha, etc.? “ I answer this question in the first class in my 102 course on the signs. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XnnAc4b2Ss….

Andrew Foss’ Attempt to Debunk the Tropical Zodiac

Dr. Andrew Foss wrote an article appearing in the March 2017 edition of Gocara, the Journal of BAVA (British Association of Vedic Astrology) in which he attempts to debunk the use of a tropical zodiac in Vedic astrology. The complete article is here: http://www.vedicsoftware.com/zodiacs1.php. I will quote relevant portions and reply directly. He writes: In…

Basic Birth Chart Analysis – Donald Trump

His birthtime is June 14, 1946 at 10:54am in Jamaica, Queens, New York. Here is the Chart as a wheel:   And here it is in the square form: Our calculations are not finished. We must now calculate the raw strength of each planet, and the positivity as well. We can get these values from…

Sidereal vs. Tropical: A Case In Point (Me)

This is my chart according to the typical modern Indian (sidereal) system: Debilitated Mars with a fairly undignified Sun in the 7th house. This would mean uncontrolled aggression primarily vetted on my spouse. And would also mean that a somewhat weak self-esteem (sun without dignity in a house that drains its dig-bāla) vets itself by…