We all have our own song to sing, many different forms of life in the jungle, none of them are wrong
So far what I have found from our talks is that the Vedic approach takes the Ascendent so very importantly. At least from a astronomical view, there is a 23 degree difference in the signs from the eastern approach and western. The eastern approach has the actual constellations behind the signs. Those constellations are said to have a certain affect on us. In that sense the ascendent would carry a much different meaning and look to a person having Gemini ascendent in a tropical approach and a Taurus rising in a Vedic/sidereal approach. An observation and incongruity that cannot really be ignored in comparison.
The traditional approach of the Vedic is to ignore planetary and celestial objects not visible to the naked eye; an approach I find very limiting in scope, since it is quite obvious Pluto is a very important influence in a persons natal chart and even more noticeable in transit!
There may be many sounds and songs in the jungle but when they come close to one another they also can become a cacophony to the ears … making it difficult to distinguish one from the other. Meaning is difficult to find when one language is indistinguishable from another yet carries different meanings. So we make attempts to compare and find what makes most sense and is most applicable in the comparison.
