Modern (Western, tropical) astrology describes the Sun, Moon and Rising signs as three lenses on a birth chart: core motivation, emotional habits and the manner in which a person meets the world. The guides below explain each in plain English, attributing every claim to the tradition.
Start with a sign
- The twelve Sun signs: dates, element, ruler, myth and the Vedic difference for each.
- Moon signs: the Moon in each sign.
- Rising signs: the Ascendant in each sign.
Tools
Every page here will say plainly that astrology is a tradition for reflection, will attribute claims to that tradition rather than state them as fact, and will link to the matching Vedic page where one exists, so the difference between the two zodiacs is explained rather than hidden.