Southern Hemisphere Astrology - How It Resembles Northern Hemisphere Astrology

Astrology in the Southern Hemisphere has constantly been a topic of contention amongst scholarly astrologers. The Western and Vedic astrological traditions have been created in the Northern Hemisphere, and it is from that point of view that we interpret the movement of the planets (grahas), homes (bhavas), and indicators (rashis). For the most portion, astrologers have interpreted the movement of the planets in the Southern Hemisphere the very same as in the Northern Hemisphere. But most critical-minded persons come across this unsatisfactory. How can we apply the identical interpretations when, at the exact same point in time, one particular hemisphere is beneath the winter solstice, and the other below the summer season solstice?

By analyzing planets, homes, and indicators in detail, we can ascertain how these ideas really should be applied to Southern Hemisphere horoscopes. We discover that planets and homes can be interpreted just about the exact same as in the Northern Hemisphere. But indicators (rashis) really should be absolutely redefined. We go over the planets and homes here.

The planets/grahas exert the similar influence in the Southern Hemisphere as in the Northern Hemisphere, except for the Lunar Nodes. To adapt the Nodes to each hemispheres, we really should interpret the Nodes as ascent toward and decent from the polar regions, not as ascent toward and descent from the North Pole especially. In the Northern Hemisphere, the north is observed as the height, the south as the depth. This sense of path is reversed in the Southern Hemisphere.

In Western astrology, in the Southern Hemisphere, we would interpret the North Node as the comfort zone or impediments to be overcome, and the South Node as what we need to attain in life. This is the opposite of the Northern Hemisphere interpretation. In Vedic astrology, in the Southern Hemisphere, the North Node would be interpreted as Ketu, the worldly misfortune that brings enlightenment. The South Node would be interpreted as Rahu, the supply of frenzy and addiction.

The which means of the homes/bhavas remains the exact same (first = self, 2nd = cash, 3rd = neighborhood... ). The temporal order of the homes remains the exact same. But the spatial position of the homes is reversed. They are a mirror image about the vertical axis. When we view the celestial equator and ecliptic from the Southern Hemisphere, we see that the eastern horizon (the Ascendant) is at our correct, not our left. The indicators/rashis ascend or cross the Ascendant moving counter-clockwise, not clockwise. In Western and Vedic astrology, the homes/bhavas are assigned their meanings according to their temporal sequence, the order in which they cross the eastern horizon. This which means is retained in the Southern Hemisphere. The temporal sequence is the exact same as the North. But the spatial sequence is a mirror image. The initial home (bhava) is beneath the horizon on the appropriate (not left). The seventh home is above the horizon on the left (not ideal).

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