Hello all, here I come up with a new topic astrology.
Astrology consists of a number of belief systems that hold that there is a relationship between astronomical phenomena and events or descriptions of personality in the human world. Astrology has been rejected by the scientific community as having no explanatory power for describing the universe. Scientific testing has found no evidence to support the premises or purported effects outlined in astrological traditions.
Where astrology has made falsifiable predictions, it has been falsified. The most famous test was headed by Shawn Carlson and included a committee of scientists and a committee of astrologers. It led to the conclusion that natal astrology performed no better than chance. Astrologer and psychologist Michel Gauquelin claimed to have found statistical support for "the Mars effect" in the birth dates of athletes, but it could not be replicated in further studies. The organisers of later studies claimed that Gauquelin had tried to influence their inclusion criteria for the study by suggesting specific individuals be removed. It has also been suggested, by Geoffrey Dean, that the reporting of birth times by parents (before the 1950s) may have caused the apparent effect.
Astrology has not demonstrated its effectiveness in controlled studies and has no scientific validity,and is thus regarded as pseudoscience. 1350 There is no proposed mechanism of action by which the positions and motions of stars and planets could affect people and events on Earth in the way astrologers say they do that does not contradict well-understood, basic aspects of biology and physics.:
Modern scientific inquiry into astrology is primarily focused on drawing a correlation between astrological traditions and the influence of seasonal birth in humans.
According to science, it's very important and we Indians follow this since out ancient period so I suggest you people to follow our ancestors.
People started hailing him as the ultimate scholar of astrology as he would just walk across the streets, look at a person and out of nowhere seem to tell them whether the work they had set out on, would bear fruit or not. As people walked past him, as they stood by, he would just glance, make a deduction and astonish them with his predictions. So much so, that people would wait for that precise time for him to walk across their house and wait for his prediction of their day.
Is astrology true? Should we believe in it or not?
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Let me tell you a story.
About two thousand years ago, in the northern parts of India, lived a mystic. It is said that most mystics choose to remain silent. This man, an enlightened soul, was not one of those silent ones. He had grasped his life perfectly; understanding the geometry and unraveling the cosmos. Revered and respected all around, people would come to him seeking solutions to their problems. Being an astute observer of life, he would tell them exactly how to approach a situation and overcome their obstacles. He was an absolute master of behaviors and would therefore predict how and what would happen in a person’s life with just a glance. He would not see any charts, not ask them about their stars or birthdays. He would merely look and foretell.
People started hailing him as the ultimate scholar of astrology as he would just walk across the streets, look at a person and out of nowhere seem to tell them whether the work they had set out on, would bear fruit or not. As people walked past him, as they stood by, he would just glance, make a deduction and astonish them with his predictions. So much so, that people would wait for that precise time for him to walk across their house and wait for his prediction of their day.
One day, the scholar was walking the streets and the whole crowd waited, for the master would now look at someone and make his prediction. But, the masters eyes were transfixed on this stranger in town coming from the opposite direction. As they slowly approached each other, the mystic looked at this stranger right in the eye and smiled. The stranger too reciprocated his smile, nodded and walked past. The man who would predict, was silenced. The crowd was stunned.
The astrology genius, who would just need to lay his eyes on someone, stranger or friend, and make a startling revelation, stayed silent. Why? How? Was he not able to read this man? Out of curiosity, the crowd gathered around and asked him about it.
Why did you go silent?
The mystic closed his eyes, sighed and smiled. He said,” What should I say to that man? He is on his own path. He is not worried about tomorrow. He does not mind if there are obstacles. He would walk past them. He does not need solutions. He has no behavior, no pattern, no identity. What do I predict? It does not matter even if I do, there is no way to know it would turn out to be true for him. He does not need the future. He does not care about it. He is the creator of his own will. The maker of his own life”
It is said, that after this incident, the mystic choose not to talk. He had understood that by predicting, he was making all the people around him, slaves to his intelligence. They were dependent on him rather than themselves seeking solutions.
The stranger was Gautama, the Buddha. As I said, the mystic chose to become silent. We do not know who he was.
Do you get the point?
The planets, the stars, the Sun, the solar system, even the object next to you do have their influence on you. Heck, the clouds that bring rain have an influence on your plans, don’t they? It is up to you to let them influence you. It is up to you to let them get to you.
If you are on your path, if you have chosen to be true to yourself and not associate with the morality or ethics or whims and fancies of the society, not be influenced by the factors that are not in your hands, not get carried away by wins or failures, and maintain a sensible balance of life, then what do you need any prediction for?
If you dig a bit deeper, you will understand that astrology was not introduced to predict a person’s future. It was it encourage a person on his/her endeavor in life. It was to help aid someone finding oneself. Your chart, your birthday, your stars and planets do not define your future, but, they were to help you mentally and psychologically go and achieve your goals.
You do not see the chart and decide what you have to do. Find what you want to do and then, look at the charts and find your motivation to keep at it. If someone tells you that you cannot do something or you will not gain something or you will not be happy with someone, they are plain wrong. They have no way of telling you what your happiness is. If your chart does not encourage you into going and finding your own happiness in life, well, then it has been read wrong. If your chart does not match your aspirations, it has been read wrong. It is not the other way around. Period.
Whether you choose to believe or not to believe, you have to work in life.
So create your own path, find your happiness, work on things you love and you will never need astrology. If you really still want to make it a part of your life, then go to it so it can encourage you to meet your ambitions.
Is astrology true? Let me tell you with a real life story ….
My parents are hard believers of astrology, even though we come from a well educated Catholic family, when I was 15 years of age, a famous astrologer visited our home. I don't want to specify his name but he has been awarded recognition from the Indian president for his works on astrology, and other humanitarian works. He wouldn't drink tea from anyone's house as he believed someone would put dark magic on his drink.. (Yeah lol…) So as usual he declined the tea made by my mother and left her disappointed. (As it's rude to decline a beverage drink in India) ..
So coming to the interesting part of the story. My father asked him to look into our family's future and tell us if all was well.. He turned to his bag, picked up a small magnifying glass and took turn looking at our palms. He first looked at my father's hand for 3 minutes said his prediction, then my mother's hand for next 3 minutes, then came me …
He took my hand and looked for a second then dropped my hand with force looking frustrated, I was shocked, what did I do? Is my future bad? My parents looked startled as well. Then he went for my brothers hand and smiled … I had no idea what was going on.. Something is not right. I always did good at school and stayed away from trouble. I always listened to my parents and did what they told me.. What would have gone wrong .. After that he called my father and started talking to him outside our home. My father returned both happy and disappointed. The Astrologer left we sat on our living room to discuss what happened.. My father wouldn't tell me what the astrologer said about me, but he said my brother would be a good lad and take care of the family..
Years passed …
I'm now 24 years of age, working in a reputed company, till to this day my father won't tell me what happened that day, even when I ask both my parents, they would simply change the topic , but i knew what happened, they might not say it verbally but their actions speak louder ..
They would be easy to get angry towards me, call me certain things that i have never heard before, compare me with my brother and saying that i dont love my parents (yeah wtf… I live for them , I give 80% of my salary to feed the family) , they say sometimes that the astrologer was right about me, but wont tell me what he said, my life was easier before that astrologer came into our house, now I'm getting blamed for something that i am not (just because some old guy with his magnifying glass said something). If u know where I'm getting at, it's easy to understand what I'm saying.. Don't be fooled by this mockery of astrology, it's a scam developed by your grandparents to survive during the old age .
I still survive the hatred and sometimes gaslighting from my family. But i have learned to ignore them. Astrology tried to destroy me, but i survived, as the old saying says : Astrology is not a science its a stupidity that people posses irrespective of their education level.
