Hindu astrology and the Zodiac

Traditional Hindu astrology has a sidereal coordinate zodiac system with twelve signs. The names of the Hindu zodiacal signs, or rasis, are similar to Graeco-Babylonian signs, apparently as a result of Indo-Greek contact. Following are the Astrology Horoscope Zodiac which is Use in the India astrology:

Mesa "Ram" (Aries)
V??abha "Bull" (Taurus)
Mithuna "A pair" (Gemini)
Karka "Crab" (Cancer)
Si?ha "Lion" (Leo)
Kanya "Girl" (Virgo)
Tula, from Tula "Balance" (Libra)
Vrushchik “Scorpion" (Scorpius), also Kaurpi, loaned from the Greek
Karmuka, Capa, dhanus "bow, arc", capin "armed with a bow" (Sagittarius)
E?a, m?ga "antelope", also makara "sea-monster" (Capricornus)
Kumbha "pitcher, water-pot" (Aquarius)
Matsya "fish", also Jha?a, timi, mina after specific kinds of fish (Pisces)

This "Hindu zodiac" (adhvan, rasi) thus has similarities to Greek zodiac. The Graeco-Babylonian system of twelve signs overlays the native Hindu system of nine grahas or houses. The difference between the timing of Hindu rasis sidereal and the Western zodiacal signs is due to the sidereal coordinate system used by the Hindus, fixing the signs to the celestial sphere rather than to the Earth.

 
 
 
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