Astrological Knowledge for better and meaningful life

Ah, interesting post, JG...but that is hardly surprising now is it?

There may be truth in astrology...but as I said earlier, it is only for those curious and lazy ones that wish to peek into the future and hope things fall into their laps without effort.

It may be a science, but is it a necesary science? That is the most reasonable question I would like to ask. My own personal answer would be, as JG has opined, a big NO.

Why? Following reasons:

a) If I am a fatalist, then there is no point in depending on astrology. what is bound to come to me will anyway come. So why bother.

b) If I am a great believer of self-effort, then why bother with astrology when I can make my own destiny.

c) If I am a great believer in God, then why bother with astrology, as I am sure my God will take care of me

d) If I am a Vedanthin, then when nothing matters, neither does astrology, so why bother

Any other possibilities??? Oh yeah, I could always be the confused man, running around, "Yethha thinna pitham theliyum" (What can I eat to get rid of this disease) Then and only then is astrology actually useful for me.

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Science is purely based on evidence. Science is reproducible at all circumstances.

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I will have to contradict that a little bit. For all the avances of modern science, it is still not that advanced to say that it is reproducible in all circumstances. If you take a look at modern science closely, you will understand that whatever you observe is only because you are in this earth , in this part of the universe which is relatively 'colder' and because leading all this is a probability of a particular cosmic dust 'cooling off' and trapping 'primitive' fundamental particles of the 'big bang'. Now big bang itself is a "theory" as good as any astological postulates. So is modern science all that credible? How many patients have doctors said "gone case" yet have recovered fully. Even science has only a good "probability" of explaining things around us. However Science and common sense is a better substitute to astrology IMHO. Now can science predict the future? well It can. It can give you precisely the same stack of probability that any astrologer can give you. Again as expressed by you in the previous post, it is the individual who has to take the chance and make a choice in fashioning the result. So IMHO science and astrology are both mechanisms to furnish choice to the individual, science has a better "feel" to it as it accepts the equal probability of all events while elements of astrology claim an unequal probability or a biased outcome if certain planets are made happy by doing "parikaarams" or "pleasing the planets rituals".

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A good astrologer never gives an overridingly imposing order to prevent a future eb\vent. He only provides tendencies of events and their probablity. It is up to the consumer to interpret it as good or bad.

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True,Astrologers are only consultants... consultants never take desicions for their clients... :) Likewise,astrology is a guide...It helps Us to be better prepared for our future... This is what my personal opinion is...

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Originally Posted by dev

True,Astrologers are only consultants... consultants never take desicions for their clients... :) Likewise,astrology is a guide...It helps Us to be better prepared for our future... This is what my personal opinion is...

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And the funny thing is, for such half-truths, these opportunistic hawks charge money - Frauds like Bejan Daruwalla stay in 5 star hotels and charge Rs.500 per question. How cheap! If I knew my friend were in trouble and I charge him a few hundreds for warning him, how cheap would that be!

Anyway, as long as e-vaayans continue to patronise these fellows, they will continue to push india back by 200 years into the dark ages, call it "progress/scientific thinking" or whatever you wish :D

:lol: My astrologer doesn't charge me anything when we r abroad... Only when I go to India,I pay him... & that too he doesn't demand any fixed fees... So,as long as I can find astrologers like him,I can continue with astrology... :D

Hi Mr.Sudhaama,

Have you read about Vedic mathematics?...I once found a book when in India... It was so very interesting... Had I learnt atleast 1/2 of what was given in that book,I would've been a good mathematician now... But unfortunately,I couldn't do it so far....I'm planning to bring tht book when I go to India next...

If U know any book for vedic mathematics,pls let me know...

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Originally Posted by dev

Hi Mr.Sudhaama,
Have you read about Vedic mathematics?...I once found a book when in India... It was so very interesting... Had I learnt atleast 1/2 of what was given in that book,I would've been a good mathematician now... But unfortunately,I couldn't do it so far....I'm planning to bring tht book when I go to India next...
If U know any book for vedic mathematics,pls let me know...

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I have a book in India, dont recollect the author. Its from a Delhi publishing company.

I have gone thru the math shastras. The only useful thing is speed multiplication. For higher branches of mathematics, it is hardly applicable - For new unexplored areas like Discrete Mathematics, Number theory it is of no use. Thats why Newton, Pascal and the modern mathematicians rejected it. Since calculators are legal in all institutions, there is no use for it. Even the thousands of Indian researchers in Math based in Brit and American universities hardly found it as a beneficial tool in research, since its functionality is restricted to number crunching.

Hmmmm...The book that I read covered a lot more topics... I too don't remember the author... Will let U know abt it in a couple of months time( if u r interested)...

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Originally Posted by dev

Hmmmm...The book that I read covered a lot more topics... I too don't remember the author... Will let U know abt it in a couple of months time( if u r interested)...

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I guess you are talking about square root, polynomials, factorization stuff. Higher mathematical research is mostly to do with Set theory line, and nothing to do with numbers. Hence the neglect of vedic math.

I C... I just want to make myself stronger in high school maths...that's it... Not very bothered abt mathematical research stuff... :)

Check the examples on this one. Its more than enough, since websites have more than 80% of material present in books!

http://www.sanalnair.org/articles/vedmath/intro.htm