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: