Unique features of a twin's chart

(published in Saptarishis astro magazine Aug. 2008 issue)

Charts of twins have challenged astrologers since ages. It has been observed that many twins have lived quite different lives over time. People talk about looking into either varga charts or cuspal links to understand the differences in their charts as well as in their lives. However, the focus of this research is not on that but something even more basic. The purpose was to check if the planets leave any specific foot-prints in the charts of twins. Some basic questions that came up were – what are the special characteristics of a twin’s natal chart? Is it possible to know through astrology whether the twins are identical or fraternal? and what the sex of the babies could be? The search for answers began. What was found may not necessarily be the complete blueprint of a twin’s chart. At the same time, it is believed that some clear watermarks could be found in such charts.

Some Basics of Astrology Revisited - I

After I started learning Astrology, I came across many assumptions like twelve signs and what they represent in our lives and their classification, nine planets, their properties and how they affect our lives etc. But, there was no real reference to explain why 12 houses represent what they represent and why these planets affect us the way they affect us. The general belief is that this is the knowledge handed over to us by our sages and we follow them. And, this knowledge was handed over to our sages by none other than Brahma himself. All that is fine. But, my problem was that I could not find the basis for all these assumptions on the physical plane. As these planets affect us on the physical plane, there should be some way to explain their properties on the physical plane. Because, everything that exists in this universe – stars, planets, us, all objects… are all energy forms and energy forms constantly interact with each other in this universe through radiation. Each and every object in this universe emits radiation. There should be a logical method to explain the effect of planets on us. Only, we don’t know it very well today. It is a humungous task to find plausible explanation of each and every assumption that we make in Astrology. It could consume the time of many over many births to find all answers. Nevertheless, I wanted to make a start and see what is that I can discover during my lifetime.