I am officially hopping onto the sidereal/vedic side of astrology. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💚" title="Green heart" aria-label="Emoji: Green heart">Here& #39;s a thread of the difference between western aka tropical astrology VS Vedic/sidereal:

The astrology most people talk about is Western astrology which relies on the tropical system of the stars. Vedic astrology is used in India based on the sidereal system of the stars.

You choose what you want to work with! Your chart, your narrative, your process, your choice.

This thread explains it better than I ever could:

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The stars have shifted with time, so what was a 0deg Aries back many many years ago is now 24degrees Aries.

ex: if you are 25 deg Aries sun with tropical, you are likely a 0 degrees Aries in sidereal.

Sidereal is considered to be the astrology of the soul, with the soul being defined as fixed no matter what year it is. So some say we should use the fixed star (aka sidereal) system when trying to learn about our nature.

One easy way of calculating your sidereal chart is with astro-charts but choosing sidereal instead of tropical: