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Many of my relatives and friends are interested in Vedic astrology and they used to ask how the gaze of planets affect the mortals like us.And now Dec 26th Solar eclipse has kindled all kinds of predictions incl. earth shattering apocalypses and highly disturbing personal experiences. Is there any scientific basis for this.?
Even those who are otherwise theists, do not believe in this planetary influences as there are no direct scientific proof or evidence for this. However many of them from their personal experiences know that Moon/Lunar movements cause disturbances on the mental health of some of their well acquainted persons. Of course they all have witnessed the rising tides in the sea depending on lunar positions which has scientific proof .
I used to explain them vedic astrology on the basis of both observations i.e pramana as well as inferences i.e anumana. My explanations are like this: 1) Your horoscope is like your SSLC mark sheet. It shows how well or bad is your accumulation of past karma and reveals the structure of your personality based on this.Like saying that in your SSLC exam if you had scored high marks in say English, it would be good if you pursue your higher studies in English, your astrology chart shows the tendencies for future course depending on your karma accumulation. This is the simple way of explaining the horoscope.
2)Also one should remember the interplay of karmas that we continuously accumulate from our 12th year. So, these should be taken in our strides and when there is confusion we can consult our birth horoscope and understand the tendencies projected by planetary positions.
3)there are many permutations and combinations of planets ,their houses, rules for interpretations and exceptions etc. described in our vedic texts,many schools of vedic astrology have come up and , therefore, no one person can claim himself a master of all.
Final caveat: As the sanskrit sloka on astrology says, noone except Brahma,the Creator, can make cent percent accurate predictions. An astrologer who has recited Gayathri mantra regularly, who does not take money for astrological consultations and who leads a pious life can be 2/3rds accurate in his predictions, according to the dictum of our rishis.
Many of my relatives and friends are interested in Vedic astrology and they used to ask how the gaze of planets affect the mortals like us.And now Dec 26th Solar eclipse has kindled all kinds of predictions incl. earth shattering apocalypses and highly disturbing personal experiences. Is there any scientific basis for this.?
Even those who are otherwise theists, do not believe in this planetary influences as there are no direct scientific proof or evidence for this. However many of them from their personal experiences know that Moon/Lunar movements cause disturbances on the mental health of some of their well acquainted persons. Of course they all have witnessed the rising tides in the sea depending on lunar positions which has scientific proof .
I used to explain them vedic astrology on the basis of both observations i.e pramana as well as inferences i.e anumana. My explanations are like this: 1) Your horoscope is like your SSLC mark sheet. It shows how well or bad is your accumulation of past karma and reveals the structure of your personality based on this.Like saying that in your SSLC exam if you had scored high marks in say English, it would be good if you pursue your higher studies in English, your astrology chart shows the tendencies for future course depending on your karma accumulation. This is the simple way of explaining the horoscope.
2)Also one should remember the interplay of karmas that we continuously accumulate from our 12th year. So, these should be taken in our strides and when there is confusion we can consult our birth horoscope and understand the tendencies projected by planetary positions.
3)there are many permutations and combinations of planets ,their houses, rules for interpretations and exceptions etc. described in our vedic texts,many schools of vedic astrology have come up and , therefore, no one person can claim himself a master of all.
Final caveat: As the sanskrit sloka on astrology says, noone except Brahma,the Creator, can make cent percent accurate predictions. An astrologer who has recited Gayathri mantra regularly, who does not take money for astrological consultations and who leads a pious life can be 2/3rds accurate in his predictions, according to the dictum of our rishis.
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