Vedic birth chart
Astrology by date of birth, the Vedic way: see where the Sun, the Moon and all nine planets stood when you were born, with their signs, houses, nakshatras and condition, drawn as a wheel or as a North or South Indian chart.
Date and place of birth. Add the exact time for your rising sign and houses.
What a Vedic birth chart is
A birth chart is a map of the sky at the moment and place you were born: where the Sun, the Moon and the planets stood, and which sign was rising in the east.
Vedic astrology draws nine planets: the seven you can see, and Rahu and Ketu, the two points where the Moon’s path crosses the Sun’s. With an exact birth time, each planet also falls in one of twelve houses, each house a part of life.
Why it looks different from a Western chart
Vedic astrology measures the zodiac against the fixed stars (the sidereal zodiac). Western astrology ties it to the seasons (the tropical zodiac). Today the two sit about 24 degrees apart.
So most planets land one sign earlier in a Vedic chart: a Western Sun in Leo is often a Vedic Sun in Cancer. Neither is wrong. They count from different starting points.
Three ways to draw it
The wheel is how most Western apps show a chart. The North Indian chart is a square of diamonds with the rising sign at the top. The South Indian chart keeps each sign in a fixed box.
All three hold the same positions. Switch between them under your chart and keep the one you find easiest to read.
How to read it
Start with three things: your rising sign, the frame of the whole chart; your Moon sign and nakshatra, since classical astrology names the Moon as the mind; and any planet marked exalted, in its own sign or debilitated.
Classical astrology reads those conditions as a planet’s strength: strongest when exalted, at home in its own sign, weakest when debilitated. A retrograde planet is one that appeared to move backwards from Earth at your birth.
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Open the sample readingDo I need my exact birth time?
For the planets’ signs, no: the date and place are enough, except for the Moon on some days. For the rising sign and the houses, yes. They change about every two hours, so a guessed time can move every house.
Can I see my astrology by date of birth alone?
Yes. With the date and place you get every planet’s sign and nakshatra (the Moon’s can depend on the time on some days). Add the time for your rising sign and houses.
Why is my Sun sign different here?
Because this chart uses the Vedic, sidereal zodiac, which sits about 24 degrees behind the Western one. For most people that moves the Sun, and most other planets, one sign back.
What are Rahu and Ketu?
The two points where the Moon’s path crosses the Sun’s path, always exactly opposite each other. Vedic astrology counts them among the nine planets, as the two shadow planets, though there is nothing there to see.
Which chart style is correct?
All three. The wheel, the North Indian and the South Indian chart draw the same positions. Pick the one you find easiest to read.
Is this the chart the reading uses?
Yes. The free reading starts from this same chart, finds the planets with a say in the part of life you choose, and lets you check them against your own life.
Is this a kundli?
Yes. Kundli, or janam kundali, is the Hindi name for a birth chart. This is the same chart, in English.
The chart is the map. The reading shows where to start.
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