Vedic Classical
Vedic Classical
The oldest continuous astrology tradition still in active practice. Sidereal zodiac with Lahiri ayanamsa, whole-sign houses, and the classical Jyotish frame: dasha periods, planetary lordships, and a fate-coloured reading voice.
Lineage
Vedic astrology — Jyotisha, "the science of light" — traces its written canon to the Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra (~600 CE, attributed to the sage Parashara) and runs unbroken through medieval commentators such as Varahamihira and Kalyana Varma into modern teachers including B. V. Raman and K. N. Rao. Unlike Western astrology, the Vedic lineage never broke with the sidereal zodiac when the equinoxes precessed past the tropical signs — the fixed stars stayed primary.
Defaults
| Knob | Value | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Zodiac system | Sidereal | Aligned to the fixed stars; offset from tropical by ~24° today |
| Ayanamsa | Lahiri | The Indian government standard; defines the sidereal offset |
| Houses | Whole sign | Each sign = one house; the rising sign fills the entire 1st house |
| Lunar nodes | Mean Node | Vedic convention for Rahu/Ketu |
| Saturn weighting | Heavier | Shani is a primary life-shaping graha |
| Malefics | Mars + Saturn | Classical Vedic malefics (not Pluto, which wasn't known) |
| Saturn/Mars conjunctions | Challenging | Treated as harder than Modern Western reads them |
| Vertex axis | Off | Not part of the classical Vedic toolkit |
Who it's for
You want your reading rooted in the oldest tradition still practised. You're comfortable with the sidereal frame — your Sun sign in Vedic may differ from your tropical Sun by one sign. The reading voice leans more declarative and karma-coloured than Modern Western's developmental tone.
For a deeper look at the nakshatra overlay and dasha timing system that Vedic adds on top of the natal wheel, see the Vedic Astrology article in the Learn section.
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