Astrology is based on celestial houses (Raashi), planets, Nakshatras,
and their combinations. Ancient sages studied all these celestial houses and
established rules of their movement through specific calculations besides
depicting their celestial shape by instruments of observation about which some
people have doubts. They claim that it
is impossible to be so. However, their view is not sound as the seers have
established the shape of a celestial house as formed by clusters of stars duly
observed by then. If one casts a probing look into the darker side of the sky, one
will wonder to see different shapes being formed there with the combination of many
stars. Hence, objections become baseless due to sterling evidence,
clear experience, and exact observation.
In this visual circle of heaven, all moving stars are
floating on a destined route from which they never deviate. After rigorous study, astrologers have divided this route into twelve stages and named every stage the house and the circle of twelve houses as the
zone of houses (Zodiac). For example, the reason for depicting the houses in
the shape of a ram, lion, and Scorpio is that establishing the limits of the
twelve celestial houses of twelve visual portions with the help of clusters
known as fixed or motionless stars has been imagined on speculation. They are
known as imaginary and have speculative names to distinguish all these parts of
heaven from each other.
Dr. A. Shanker
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