Astrology is the study of the positions and aspects of
celestial bodies in the belief that they have an influence on the course of
natural earthly occurrences and human affairs. Astrology is believed to help
in predicting various life events on the basis of the placement of stars and
planets at the time of birth of an individual or occurrence of the event.
The curiosity to know one's future has, over the years, lead to the
emergence of many schools of thought or rightly, the cultural branches of
astrology such as the Western Astrology, Indian Vedic Astrology etc, which
are mentioned below: