Rashis in Horoscopes

Astrology is a science, which explains the events that have happened and going to happen in a person's life. In the basis of date and time, the vedic astrology explains the events in the persons life, who is formed by the combination of a body made of the of Panchabhoothas, mind, senses and soul. Not only the events in the life of a man, but also each and every happenings in this universe can be explained on the basis of astrology.Thus there is nothing in this universe which can not be explained by the great science of astrology.

I think from the previous lesson you would have understood that the Rashi is the unit used to divide both space and time into twelve equal parts.Each of the twelve division is called a Rashi. Each rashis are given specific names for convenience. The names given to the twelve rashis are 1) Mesha(Aries) 2) Vrushabha(Taurus) 3)Mithun(Gemini) 4)Kark(cancer) 5)Simh(Leo) 6)Kanya(Virgo) 7)Thula(Libra) 8)Vrishchik(Scorpio) 9)Dhanu(Sagittarius) 10)Makar(Capricorn) 11)Kumbh(Aquarius) 12)Meen(Pisces)

It is the first steps in this astrology to learn these names fluently if you do not know them. It should be such fluent that if I say 6 th rashi you should understand it is Kanya.

In the vedic astrology we consider a circle of 360 degrees around the earth which extends to the whole universe, which can be divided into twelve parts or rashis. Now you know the names of rashis as well. When We know that the planets are not static and they are revolving around the sun. Thus in a specific point of time, each planets will be in one of these Rashis. It is the basic principle of astrology. When an incident takes place the planetary positions in the rashis are considered and the whole incident can be explained with the help of these planetary positions in the Rashis.

Same is in the case of the birth time of a child. At the time of a particular child birth, the positions of the planets in the various Rashis are noted and this data is used to predict the future of the child. This is called a horoscope.

You may have seen the natal charts in the horoscope. It shows the positions of the planets in various rashis. There are many styles to draw the natal charts. But they all show the position of planets in various Rashis. The main style are north Indian and south Indian styles of chart making. Now each column in these charts represents a rashi and the planets in this rashis are shown in short forms of their names. Do not panic if you are not able to understand. This is just to show how these look like. We will explain it in detail in the coming lessons. To learn more also view :Basics of Rashi

A chart of North Indian style :


A chart of South Indian style :


A table showing the names of the rashis in Hindi, Malayalam, and English are given below for easy learning :

ENGLISH	MALAYALAM	HINDI
ARIES	MEDAM	MESHA
TAURUS	EDAVAM	VRUSHABH
GEMINI	MIDHUNAM	MITHUN
CANCER	KARKIDAKAM	KARK
LEO	CHINGAM	SIMH
VIRGO	KANNI	KANYA
LIBRA	THULAM	THULA
SCORPIO	VRISHCHIKAM	VRUSHCHIK
SAGITTARIUS	DHANU	DHANU
CAPRICORN	MAKARAM	MAKAR
AQUARIUS	KUMBHAM	KUMBH
PISCES	MEENAM	MEEN