02-08-2005, 09:26 AM
Since I am a student of Vedic astrology, I would like to add something to this topic - my 0.2 cents
Before becoming a student, I was a staunch believer of "free will". I believed that with free will you could run your life, without being tied to a destiny and then say that is my fate and sit down and brood. Until I was really convinced that Vedic astrology has free will imbibed in it in its substratum level that I started observing it. I went to numerous astrologers, had discussions with them. Many genuine astrologers do exist, especially in the little state of Kerala where I was born and brought up. Genuine ones do explain the ideas behind it and they expect you to be strict students.
In one particular instance I had gone to an astrologer and he was deciding if a particular chart is genuine or not by just looking at it. This system of self check exists, I believe, only in Vedic astrology. I was absolutely stunned to learn how deep and logically structured is the Vedic astronomy and astrology. It is a precise science, but it tests the astrologers judgemental skills too.
My dad had taken my chart to an astrologer, and he said that I should be careful with my words, since there is some yoga in chart that if I say something from my instincts, it may well happen. When I started predicting something purely on judgemental and intution skills I found that many of what I said happened. I stopped predicting because of that. Many of the astrologers I believe provide problems than solutions. The idea of astrology was solution centric, not problem centric. If you read our puranas, you can understand what I mean by solution centric. These days it is problem centric. Create a problem, and provide solutions to it and earn money seems to be the motto.
Eswar
Before becoming a student, I was a staunch believer of "free will". I believed that with free will you could run your life, without being tied to a destiny and then say that is my fate and sit down and brood. Until I was really convinced that Vedic astrology has free will imbibed in it in its substratum level that I started observing it. I went to numerous astrologers, had discussions with them. Many genuine astrologers do exist, especially in the little state of Kerala where I was born and brought up. Genuine ones do explain the ideas behind it and they expect you to be strict students.
In one particular instance I had gone to an astrologer and he was deciding if a particular chart is genuine or not by just looking at it. This system of self check exists, I believe, only in Vedic astrology. I was absolutely stunned to learn how deep and logically structured is the Vedic astronomy and astrology. It is a precise science, but it tests the astrologers judgemental skills too.
My dad had taken my chart to an astrologer, and he said that I should be careful with my words, since there is some yoga in chart that if I say something from my instincts, it may well happen. When I started predicting something purely on judgemental and intution skills I found that many of what I said happened. I stopped predicting because of that. Many of the astrologers I believe provide problems than solutions. The idea of astrology was solution centric, not problem centric. If you read our puranas, you can understand what I mean by solution centric. These days it is problem centric. Create a problem, and provide solutions to it and earn money seems to be the motto.
Eswar