Hollywood actress Lesley Ann Warren believes in Indian astrology.

Indian astrology: Hollywood actress is a fan

While the denizens of Hollywood are known for being a little more open-minded when it comes to metaphysical and New Age topics, one actress in particular has not only embraced astrology, but specifically Indian astrology. Actress Leslie Ann Warren, star of “Jobs” and “Desperate Housewives,” is a devout follower of Indian astrology. In fact, Warren confesses to a love for the song and dance numbers in the Hollywood tradition as well as the countries take on astrology.

Leslie Ann Warren is an Academy award-nominated actress, and also a Golden Globe award winner, who has performed in a variety of international films in her career. While she’s had a varied career on the small and big screen, he still says she hopes to someday conquer the world of Bollywood.

And yet, Warren admitted to the Business Standard she’s never actually traveled to India. So why the obsession?

“Though I have never visited India, my astrologer is an Indian and I believe in Indian astrology,” reports the Business Standard.

Warren, who is 69 years old, is known for such retro TV movies as “Cat Ballou,” “Portrait of a Stripper,” Portrait of a Showgirl,” and “The Daughters of Joshua Cabe.” She also made guest appearances and many TV shows in the 60s and 70s, such as “Mod Squad,” Night Gallery,” “Columbo,” “Mission: Impossible,” and “Love American Style.” More recently, she appeared in “Will and Grace” as well as “Desperate Housewives.”

What is Indian Astrology?

Indian Astrology, also known as Hindu or Vedic astrology,is broken down into three areas:

• Indian astronomy, calculating the position of the planets and other heavenly bodies. Hindu calendar (Pānchānga) is created from that calculation. ‘Siddhāntā Sirómāni’ and ‘Sūryā Śiddhāntā’ are two main books on Hindu astronomy. According to this theory, the earth is motionless and it is not considered as a planet. Seven planets (Moon, Mercury, Venus, Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn) revolve around the earth.
• Mundane astrology, predicting important events related to countries such as war, earthquakes, political events, financial positions, house and construction related matters (Vāstu Śāstra), animals, portents, omens, and so on. It is also concerned with the calculation of Sūbhā Mūhūrtā for Brātā, pārbā and Sānskārā.
• Predictive astrology where the astrologer makes predictions about future events in a person’s life based on a birth chart (Jānmā kūndāli) which records the exact time of birth and the positions of the planets at the time.

Indian astrology remains very popular in that country, with some Indian universities offering advanced degrees in the study of it, but there has been a recent movement to possibly ban astrology shows from TV.

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