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gert
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From: south africa
Registered: Sep 2004

posted July 31, 2008 10:03 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for gert     Edit/Delete Message
Do you guys know about the Sidereal system of interpreting a chart? I only knew about the conventional Tropical system.

I have two different signs in both systems eg:

Tropical:
Sun Sag
Moon Can
Asc Tau

Sidereal:
Sun Sag
Moon Gem
Asc Ari

Why am I only hearing about this system now? Any comments???

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amowls
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From: Richmond, VA USA
Registered: Dec 2007

posted July 31, 2008 10:27 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for amowls     Edit/Delete Message
Sidereal is what Vedic astrologers use and people say its more accurate in predictions than Tropical. I don't see how it can be more accurate since the only thing that's different are the signs (they're just shifted). But then again, I don't know much about Vedic astrology.

In any case in Vedic I am:
Sun: 25 Capricorn
Moon: 29 Virgo
ASC: 3 Gemini

I think my Vedic chart is far less interesting lol because my Venus/Saturn/Uranus are no longer at 29 degrees (although my NN is at 29 degrees Aquarius).

I don't really identify as a Cap/Virgo, though, HOWEVER if you progress my Vedic chart, it puts my Sun at 16 Aqua and my Venus back at 29 Pisces.

SOOOOOO... I guess it's hard whether to decide which system is the right system.

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katatonic
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From: ca, usa
Registered: Jan 2008

posted July 31, 2008 01:28 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for katatonic     Edit/Delete Message
it is SO hard to decide. sidereal calcs put my sun in cancer, with which i canNOT identify but funny enough that puts my vedic sun right on my ex-husband's(a soulmate) tropical sun...and directly opposite the sun of the man who is magnetizing me currently. i find it most interesting when used in comparisons like this, but frankly its a nonstarter as far as the natals go for me. i am SO a leo...!

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vesta-sister
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From: colorado
Registered: Sep 2007

posted July 31, 2008 02:33 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for vesta-sister     Edit/Delete Message
Katatonic,
I am so glad you noticed that, I have seen this play out and I truely believe there is a link between the two.
As tropical is more of our path here (earth) and the sidereal is more of the soul path. I believe we could link the two for ourselves and get some really great answers.

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ErickaF
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From: D.C.
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posted July 31, 2008 04:27 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ErickaF     Edit/Delete Message
I have heard that they both work, Vedic is more about life paths, and western is about more psychology.

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