The sign of Cancer has very little to do with that prickly crustacean, believe it or not. In fact, it’s hard to pin down exactly what constitutes the Cancer personality. The ancient Egyptians perceived Cancer as the sacred scarab. It was a symbol of resurrection and immortality and they often placed a carving of a scarab in the body where the heart had been, as part of the mummification process.

Hinduism's favorite God Ganesha is depicted with a broken tusk. This article discusses three popular versions of how Ganesha acquired a broken tusk.

Kundli is an Indian (vedic) astrological chart. It plots the positions of 9 planets across a number of houses (representing the solar system) in a graphical representation

Today in the Hindu movement, there are actually four main denominations, which consist of the Shaivism, Shaktism, Vaishnavism, and Smartha.

The most prominent of them were regarded as the appointed loka palas, or guardians of the world, and as such they were made to preside over the four cardinal and according to some authorities the intermediate points of the compass.

This terrific and poignant imagery definitely reveals the real and true nature of Kali as the divine mother as she suckled the baby.

This article describes the ten incarnations of Vishnu or Ishvara. However, this does not imply that Ishvara is a kind of supreme god or lord of all the other deities. Ishvara is just the name used to refer to God in general, when no particular deity is being referred to.

Followers of Krishna believe there are different forms of deities which are used in the worshiping of their supreme being.

A introduction to the symbolism behind the physical attributes of Hindu God Ganesh