There are 12 signs in the zodiac and therefore everyone is born is divided into 12 equal division according to their date of birth in the other branches of astrology.

CHECKING OUR horoscope every morning is almost a habit with some us. The popularity of horoscopes can be gauged from the fact that in almost all newspapers, magazine and, websites, search engines and portals a section is dedicated to daily, weekly or monthly horoscopes.

Horoscopes are an important element of the science of astrology. It is significant because people from different countries, beliefs and cultures read it all over the world every day and some even follow it in their daily life in everything they do. Horoscope is the interpretation of the chart that represents the planets and their positions in the solar system at the time of our birth.

There are different types of horoscopes based on different branches of astrology, and they may have different meanings because of a number of ways of presenting them or studying them. While the ones based on sun signs is probably the most commonly found and the most popularcurrently, we will discuss Indian Vedic Horoscopes today. Vedic Astrology on which Indian Vedic horoscopes are based is not only older but more accurate.

It is estimated that the system of Indian Vedic astrology is almost 5000 years old today and has been carried down from generations. It is perhaps the oldest method of foreseeing into the future known to us today. Indian Vedic horoscope has helped many people predict their future events and incidents, happy and difficult periods and take remedial action wherever and whenever possible.

Many ancient scriptures like the Vedas and Puranas written thousands of years ago mention Vedic Astrology. A unique system of predictions and calculations is followed by Vedic Astrology to Create the Horoscope. Western or sun sign astrology takes into account the position of the sun at the time of your birth and the predication are based on this system .

However in Vedic Astrology predictions are based on the Moon sign that leads to a much more wide-ranging, personalized and precise Horoscope or prediction of the future.

There are 12 signs in the zodiac and therefore everyone is born is divided into 12 equal division according to their date of birth in the other branches of astrology. This leads to a more generalized and less accurate horoscope. In Vedic Astrology  the moon sign is used as a basis to divided people into 12 different section and this is further sub divided into 9 sections thus making the calculations more fine tuned and accurate. Not only are the zodiac signs classified according to constellations or 'Nakshatras' as it is called in Sanskrit, The placement of the planets is also considered from these constellations.

If  you would like to ascertain your moon sign you will need to know your date of birth, along with the time you were born and where you born. The moon sign is generally different from the sun sign and there an Indian Vedic Horoscope will vary form the sun sign prediction considerably.