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AstralMath

Western (Hellenistic → Modern)

The tropical system most of the world knows: sun/moon/rising, aspects, and transits, traced from its Hellenistic roots to the modern chart.

Tropical · Tropical zodiac, Placidus/whole-sign houses, aspects

How the math differs

The Western system is tropical: 0° Aries is pinned to the northern vernal equinox, so the zodiac is defined by the Sun–Earth geometry rather than the fixed stars. No ayanamsa is applied.

Houses are usually resolved with a time-based division such as Placidus (or whole-sign), which needs an exact birth time and latitude — the ascendant and midheaven come straight from sidereal time and the local horizon.

Relationships between planets are measured as Ptolemaic aspects — conjunction, sextile, square, trine, opposition — each with an orb, so an aspect is a precise angular separation, not a vibe.

What you can compute

Tropical natal chart

Planets and points against the equinox-based zodiac

Placidus / whole-sign houses

Cusps from sidereal time, latitude and birth moment

Ascendant & midheaven

Exact rising degree and MC from the local horizon

Aspect grid with orbs

Ptolemaic angles measured and tolerance-checked

Compute your chart in the Western system

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