Horoscope
The Word horoscope is derived from horoscopos, a combination of two words HORA + scopos. Hora signifies the hour and scopos the watcher. Horoscope is the chart of heaven or a diagram in which twelve houses of the heavens is depicted. It shows the sign of Zodiac and the relative position of planets and nakshatras posited in them. This map of the heavens is required for the precise moment of birth of a child or for that matter any incident, thought or query (Prashana).
Forms of Horoscopes
There are various forms of horoscopes chart in vogue in different part of the country and abroad, which may be different in their form but distinctly similar in their character. Some of them are follows:
The astrologers in the western countries use this type of chart. It is round chart with 12 house marked in it. The Cusp of the first house or the ascendant is consider to be the beginning of the first house where as in Hindu astrology the cusp of the first house is consider as the middle of the first house or the Bhav madhya.
2. The North Indian Chart
The chart has 12 houses marked I to XII in the diagram. The Ascendant is always in the first house at the top and order of the sign follow the anti clock wise direction.
3. The South Indian Chart
In this type of chart mostly followed in the eastern states of India e.g. Bengal, Bihar etc. It is a combination of the north Indian and south Indian charts in which rashi's are fixed and counting is done anticlockwise order.
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