Aries = Dragon Taurus = Snake Gemini = Horse Cancer = Goat Leo = Monkey Virgo = Rooster Libra = Dog Scorpio = Pig Sagittarius = Rat Capricorn = Ox Aquarius = Tiger Pisces = Rabbit Chinese signs are tropical, but the spring equinox is the center of the first sign. This is one of the varieties of the...

Yes, according to the historical mainstream, the original and most ancient Zodiac was among the Babylonians. This Zodiac was sidereal (Aldebaran 15°, Antares 15°). Their spring equinox was located far inside Aries, and not at the beginning. However, you must keep in mind that that ancient Babylonian...

Horā is a multivalent Sanskrit word (borrowed from Greek), but in the 35 years I have spent studying the tradition, I have never seen or heard it used to signify a class or category of texts. This means that you have studied very poorly all these 35 years. There is no historical foundation to your ...

Indians usually use 27 Nakshatras, not 28. They start with Ashvini because they have long since shifted from their position in the Vedic era. Nakshatras have been sidereal from the very beginning. Therefore, an amendment was needed. But this does not change the essence of Nakshatras and the Hellenes...

Porphyry is the basis of SriPati quadrant houses of course. The issue here is not about Sripati at all. The point is that the original sources of North Indian Jyotish (Horas, Samhitas and Siddhantas) themselves are extremely contradictory. After a very long and deep study of the primary sources of ...

Martin Gansten wrote: Sat Dec 23, 2023 7:44 amIf what is confirmed, exactly?

Dating of zodiac petroglyphs.

If you want to refer to traditional texts (I assume that's what you mean by Horas?), actual references/quotations would be useful, so that others can examine the evidence for themselves. If you don't already know anything about "Horas" used in classical Jyotish, all of which are listed in...

Bhava Chalita is prescribed in Surya Siddhanta and Soma Siddhanta. But the problem is that this is contrary to the instructions in Horas itself. According to the North Indian Horas as well as the South Indian Naadis, the natal chart should be viewed exclusively according to the equinomous system. Al...

If all this is confirmed, then we will have to bury the theory of the Indians borrowing the zodiac from the Greeks, with the Yavana Jataka.

Furthermore, when Rev. E. Burgess follow the rules to cast an example chart (1st jan, 1860, if I remember correctly), if fits Lahiri. Conclusion: it is not possible to assume the standard was always Revati... Ayanamsha Lahiri has no historical basis at all. And in Surya Siddhanta there are no direc...