The 12 zodiac signs are very familiar to most of us, and many people know their Sun Sign. In

India a different system of celestial signs has also been used. It is a system of 27 signs and each

sign has a length of 13 degrees and 20 minutes, rather than 12 signs of 30 degrees each. These 27

signs are known as "nakshatras".

Whereas the 12-sign zodiac is based on the yearly cycle of the Sun, the 27-sign zodiac presented

here is based on the monthly cycle of the Moon. The moon is both the largest celestial body

observable in the night sky and the closest one to earth. This makes the observation of the Moon

the most logical starting point for human understanding of the movements of the celestial bodies.

Most ancient societies had some kind of Lunar zodiac, but as societies changed, the Lunar

zodiacs were replaced by Solar ones. India is perhaps unique in that it has preserved the

knowledge of both the Lunar and Solar zodiacs. The first references to the nakshatras come from

the Vendaga Jyotisha, the Yajurveda and the Shatapatha Brahmana, ritual texts from the first

century BCE. The oral tradition associated with the nakshatras may be much older

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