The Moon, symbolizing the mind, is Vedic Astrology's primary planet. The
Moon's brightness and its placement in a
person's Vedic chart is tremendously important. The Vedic Moon has its own zodiac, the twenty-seven lunar
mansions, (Nakshatras) signifying the primal influences of individual
stars in deep space. The Vedic Moon's
position
determines
the Vedic Dasas, the planetary cycles that are
basic to its famed predictive quality.
For
the
earth, the Moon brings the ocean tides
and its cycles are used by organisms to time mating, navigation, see at
night... The Moon intercepts asteroids headed for earth. With
these and many other influences on the earth making it the primary
celestial body, shouldn't the Moon also have this value in
astrology?
Vedic
Astrology
uses
the
star-based Sidereal Zodiac, which positions the
planets signs and houses in their actual astronomical positions.
This is a primary feature in making this astrology uniquely
predictive. The familiar Western Astrology, by contrast, employs
the Tropical Zodiac, which is based upon the seasons and 24 degrees
advanced beyond the positions of the planets and signs. That
astrology offers a psychological profile, not one that divines the
future.
