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Rāśi

A rāśi is a zodiac sign measured against the fixed stars. There are twelve, each spanning 30°.

What the word means

Rāśi means heap, group or quantity: a gathering of stars.

How it is calculated

Subtract the ayanāṃśa (about 24° today) from a tropical position to find the sidereal sign.

History

Scholars generally trace the twelve-sign zodiac's arrival in India to exchange with the Hellenistic world in the early centuries CE. It was woven into the older nakṣatra system.

Energy

Signs are grouped by element (fire, earth, air, water) and by mode (movable, fixed, dual).

Physical description

Twelve bands of sky along the Sun's path, loosely matching the constellations they are named after.

Interpretation

A graha's sign shows how comfortably and in what style it expresses itself.

Vedaz's interpretation

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