Horoscopes tomorrow

Most daily horoscopes are written by hand, and many are recycled. These are not: each one starts from the Moon's actual position, calculated for tomorrow from the same astronomical formulas this site uses for moon phases. The Moon is the fastest-moving body astrologers use — it changes sign about every two and a half days — which is why both Western and Indian traditions use it for day-to-day readings.

For each sign we count which house the Moon falls in, taking your sign as the first house (the "whole-sign" or "Chandra lagna" method). The Moon passing your 11th house is traditionally the most helpful of the month; passing your 8th — Chandrashtama in Tamil and Telugu almanacs — the most testing. The text for each house follows its classical meaning: the 2nd is money and family, the 7th partners, the 10th work, and so on.

Western or Vedic? Western astrology uses the tropical zodiac, tied to the seasons; Vedic astrology uses the sidereal zodiac, tied to the stars. Today the two are about 24° apart, so the Moon is often in different signs in each system. Western readers usually go by their Sun sign; Indian readers by their Moon sign (rashi). The astrology guide explains why.