It makes stars seem almost scanty, nicely spaced, a bit Zen as it were, but if one sees the night sky without this obstruction, a fecund glittering awaits, a carpet of twinkling jewels so thickly heaped, they can only have been strewn by an excessively generous hand. Only a few of the brightest stars bleed through the perfusion of artificial light. Today, electrical lighting means that two-thirds of the world’s population cannot see the Milky Way from home. There was no electricity so the only available light after sundown, other than a fire – a dim event by today’s night baseball standards- was the vast smorgasbord of stars overhead. Every ancient culture spent a lot of time with the night sky. To understand this (sort of) overlay we must first consider a few astronomical basics. There is actually not a terrific amount of overlay between them, but to the casual observer, it can become confusing because of the one (sort of) overlay that they do share. In order to understand the differences between gem prescription in Western Astrology and Vedic Astrology, one must first understand some of the key differences between the two systems. By Alison Bodhani, Vedic Astrologer and Guest Author for Astrological Gem International
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