Vedic Astrology Chart

Vedic astrology (Jyotish) is the ~3000-year-old astrology of the Hindu tradition. Its core difference from Western astrology: it uses the sidereal (star-based) zodiac instead of the tropical, with Lahiri Ayanamsa giving a ~24° shift. So your Western Sun sign is usually the previous sign in Vedic. Other uniquely Vedic features: 27 nakshatras (lunar mansions) — a finer-grained reading beyond the 12 signs; the dasha system (planetary time periods used for prediction); divisional charts (Navamsa = relationship chart, etc.). David Frawley's Astrology of the Seers (1990) and Hart de Fouw's Light on Life (1996) are good entry points. Vedic isn't 'real astrology'; it's a different astrology. Both systems share a common (Babylonian) root but diverged.