3figures which the stars form in each division. Since zodiacconsists of 360
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, each sign will consist of 360
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/12=30
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. Thesigns are known as Rasis.Our sages identified twelve group of stars seperatedappox.30
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each in the 360
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celestial sphere. Thus we have12 Rashis. They divided the celestial sphere in 12 partsbecause moon moves around the earth 12 times during thetime earth revolved round the Sun.
Nakshatra
Looking at the daily movement of Moon, sages also identified27 constellations around the celestial called Ashwini, Barnietc. They are seperated by 360
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/27= 13
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20'. Every day Mooncrosses over one constellation.Start of Ashwini match withthe start of first sign Aries.From earth we see a celestial body passing over a sign, thishelps us know the location of that body.In astronomy we define planet as a celestial body whichrevolved round the Sun and a body which revolves around aplanet is called a satellite. Sun is termed as a star.In astrology planet is defined differently. Since man lives onearth and we want to studies effect of celestial bodies onhuman being, we study the motion of celestial bodies withrespect to earth i.e. we take earth in centre and measureposition of bodies around it, including. Sun, Moon and otherplanets. To measure the position we take far placed stars as
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