How to Read  a Vedic Chart

North Indian Style

The North Indian style astrology chart above depicts the 
same thing as a round Western style chart, but its 
orientation is different. Rather than the rising sign (the ascendant) being shown on the left as in a circle chart, it appears at the top middle diamond (marked with the turqoise star.) This would be the zodiac sign just rising on the Eastern horizon at the time of birth in that location on Earth, and is also called the 1st House. The signs then follow in ascending order to the left (indicated by the arrows) as do the houses, ending in the 12th House marked by a purple oval. The two gold stars mark the 5th and 9th Houses, called luck houses or Kendras.