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Symbols for the classical planets, zodiac signs, aspects, lots, and the lunar nodes appear in the medieval Byzantine codices in which many ancient horoscopes were preserved. [1] In the original papyri of these Greek horoscopes, there was a circle with the glyph representing shine for the Sun; and a crescent for the Moon. [2]
Hindu astrology, also called Indian astrology, jyotisha (Sanskrit: ज्योतिष, romanized: jyotiṣa; from jyót 'light, heavenly body') and, more recently, Vedic astrology, is the traditional Hindu system of astrology. It is one of the six auxiliary disciplines in Hinduism that is connected with the study of the Vedas.
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Symbol : Horse's head; Deity : Ashvins, the horse-headed twins who are physicians to the gods; Indian zodiac: 0° - 13°20' Mesha; Western zodiac 23°46 Aries - 7°06' Taurus; 2 Bharani - भरणी "the bearer" 35, 39 "Lilii Borea", and 41 Arietis: Lord: Shukra (Venus) Symbol: Yoni, the female organ of reproduction; Deity: Yama, god of death ...
Chart showing the 24 cardinal directions and the symbols of the sign associated with them. In Chinese astrology, the zodiac of twelve animal signs represents twelve different types of personality. The zodiac traditionally begins with the sign of the Rat, and there are many stories about the Origins of the Chinese Zodiac which explain why this ...
Hindu natal astrology originated with Hellenistic astrology by the 3rd century BCE, [104] [105] though incorporating the Hindu lunar mansions. [106] The names of the signs (e.g. Greek 'Krios' for Aries, Hindi 'Kriya'), the planets (e.g. Greek 'Helios' for Sun, astrological Hindi 'Heli'), and astrological terms (e.g. Greek 'apoklima' and ...
There are 150 Nādis in a sign or Rāshi (Rāsi); one sign is 30 degrees of the zodiac 360. Twelve signs of the zodiac are grouped into three categories: Moveable (Chara), Fixed (Sthira), and Dual (Dvisvabhāva) signs. The nomenclature of 150 Nādis is peculiar to each of these three types of signs. There are 1,800 Nādis in 360 degrees.
The term Varga (Sanskrit varga, 'set, division') in Indian astrology refers to the division of a zodiacal sign (rāśi) into parts. Each such fractional part of a sign, known as an aṃśa, has a source of influence associated with it, so that these sources of influence come to be associated with collections of regions around the zodiac.