Since the mid-1990s, the so-called Vedic astrology has experienced a remarkable boom in America and, with some

delay, also in Europe. Indian Gurus and their western followers not only imported the Hindu sidereal Zodiac to the west, but also other techniques of Hindu astrology and even spiritual concepts of the Vedic culture. By designating this astrology as Vedic, i. e. connecting it wit h the sacred writings of Hinduism, the Vedas, they allege that this astrology has a spiritual background, and ultimately goes back to divine revelation. Also, they tend to teach this Astrology within a guru-disciple relationship, where the authority of the teacher and tradition plays a much bigger part than in common western teaching. Accordingly, Vedic astrologers appear very self-confident and claim of superiority of their teachings over Western astrology. In the present article, I want to critically investigate what is behind such claims.