it is the same point in the sky that was rising at the time of your birth but the indian system would label it taurus as the star constellation of taurus was rising at the time . western astrology would label that same point in the sky gemini as the western zodiac is not based on the ancient zodiac of stars as everyone believes.its starting point 0 degree aries is fixed by the position of the sun at spring equinox .nowadays at this date the sun is alligned with pisceswhich is why this is called the age of pisces.using this zodiac you are of course called gemini rising in western astrology. i try to avoid this discussion as it confuses a lot of people but it seems to be your interest.
If the indian system would label it Taurus there is definately a difference of rulerships. Venus rules Taurus and Mercury rules Gemini. Let us fisrt address this difference. Then we can address the procession of the equinoxes. My goal is to clear up the confusion and have understanding. i do think it is possible and would be a noble ambition. Since we are talking about a spiritual science here we should not ignore the facts or skirt them.
Secondly the first point of Aries in Spring has definately changed. Anyone practicing either method knows this. This accounts for the procession of the equinoxes which is part of both the western and eastern approaches. The first point of spring is now some where in Pisces. Yet in the tropical appraoch we say that the Sun has its place in Aries as designated by the time of year but not it's true placement in the sky. i do not know any astrologers of the western approach who believe that they can account for the procession of the equinoxes with the true placement of the Sun and our solar system. This would be tantamount to saying the Sun circles the earth. Observation has clearly showed us that the placement of the Sun is not at the first point of Aries in the Spring . What we can say though is that the Sun crosses the equater at the spring equinox. This is designated as the first point of Aries by the tropical approach which is part of the old school. Yet we also know that the Suns' postion in the sky relative to the stars puts it not in Aries but in Pisces. The Suns' position relative to the earth puts it in Aries because of factors which as yet is beyond the scope of this most fascinting subject.
In the spirit of true science we seek the truth where there is confusion. Let us do this together. Then we can understand God's wonderful plan for us. There is a way. It just takes the spiirit of inquiry and an undaunted desire to cast aside superstition and find understanding. Though i truly believe that just becuase there are seeming contradictions in the tropical approach does not make it unfeasable. There are contradictions in human nature and in science today. We are beginning to understand that there can be two explanations of the same phenomena. This does not take away from the validity of what we observe. Only that the intellect and science can not put all our explanations in neat little categories with black and white explanations.
Steve Hydonus
