These days, the Facebook and News papers carry lots and lots of advertisements by astrologers and many give free readings on daily basis or weekly, monthly and annual forecasts for the twelve zodiac signs. But in England they say there are thirteen! What is this? Let alone, know our own, can any human being forecast the future happenings of others. Great Sage Bhrugu Muni is known for forecasts and he was cursed for defying Yama's authority to conceal the secret! It so happened that the Sage told that a certain person is due to die on such and such a day at such and such a time. That person took shelter under the sage and the Lord of death could not touch him. So the Lord Yama cursed him. The curse is very clear. Whatever the astrologers forecast that should not materialize! This makes any accurate forecast null and void!
It is interesting here to note that there was a discussion on TV Show regarding Astronomy and Astrology and the accuracy of Forecasts. The experts included the Scientist from the Nehru Planetarium, editor of the Astrological Magazine, and another astrologer. The scientist specialized in astronomy was emphatic about the inexact science of astrology. He did not find any meaning in the forecasts on the basis of the movement of stars and planets, particularly on different age groups over vast regions! He ridiculed that the astrologers treat the Sun, the Moon and the Planets on the same plane. However, the astrologers were vehement in their arguments that the twelve Houses (Gruuha) occupied by the Planets (Graha0 decide the benefits or adverse effects on the person born under a particular Star (Nakshatra) and the Constellation (Rashi). This is person specific and the date, time place should be very accurate. There isa compendium of a thousand horoscopes (Brihat Jataka) bySage Bhrugu Muni for reference.
Now, the problem is that of fixing the correct date and time, Latitude and Longitude of the place. Astrologers who predict forecasts should not generalize and give the readings. If they say, a person of a certain Rashi is getting job or getting married shortly and the person is either a child of five or six years or aged more than 80 and lying in ICU? Similarly, the astrologers should remember that except the Moon all other planets have their movements of different speed and distance from the Sun and the earth. Moreover, the Stars are so far away that their distance is calculated in terms of Miles traversed in a year (Light Year)@ 186000 Miles per sec during a year!
Hence, it is better to take the astrological predictions with 'pinch of salt', as they say? It is better to ignore, or at best take it as a sort of pre di(re)ction?
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