Why do predictions go wrong?

They have to, when self-styled astrologers with superficial ideas shoot predictions from the hip or when those with incomplete knowledge and the intention to extort money, predict with nefarious and commercial motives. Astrology is growing in popularity; the media reflects, magnifies this trend. Big money is to be had from telecast of hyped up programs of predictions. People are waylaid and made to believe what, in a true sense, is not astrology. Wrong predictions are being unleashed on the gullible.

Predictions also go wrong when even the serious astrologer, at best, reaches a sketchy picture of things in store. We can perhaps with sincere study, arrive at a range of eighty percent knowledge of the subject. The balance twenty percent needs to be achieved by an astrologers' intuition and insights acquired through spiritual practices. The dasha of the astrologers at the time he is predicting is also important. Wrong predictions could also result from incorrect birth data provided by the client. And even a well-meaning astrologer could go wrong through an inadvertent manipulation of facts or principles.

In view of this, before announcing predictions, it is the moral duty of the astrologer to make his client aware of these limitations. This advice may appear unviable for the commercially inclined astrologers, but it makes for sustainable and credible astrology, and is an essential statutory warning for our trade for, like nuclear buttons and surgical instruments, some astrological predictions too leave deep scars. Astrology should therefore be allowed to be practiced by only those who are conscientious and have the stamp of qualification from a recognized training school.

Evidence of existence of Astrology

The evidence of it can be inferred from the great epic Ramayana where astrology is a continuing theme. Lord Rama some claim lived 900,000 years ago.  We have historical evidence of mundane astrology learning dabbled in during the times of Varahamihira, sixteen hundred years ago and in the court of Mughal Emperors Akbar and Jehangir 450 years ago.   

Good Fortune is ensured by good Karmas

The Gyan (Knowledge)- truth can be had from religious literature spread all over the world and accessible on the net too. Additionally astrology with its capacity to predict correctly brings conviction that it is the karmas alone that make or mar a destiny. A person with both spiritual advancement and astrological insight can decipher the design of destiny better than a person with one of them.  

Choice of Paths 

The course of destiny does not alter much. One can at best minimize or maximize the preordained by exercising free will. The agami (current) good karmas can minimize suffering and the bad ones maximize even the predestined. The jolts of sufferings of worldly life prompt many to switch paths. Some choose spiritual life when unable to cope with torments of the worldly life.

Astrology can make you responsible

By demonstrating correct horoscope readings astrology can make people realize that there is a destiny at work. When convinced  that every act gets registered with the power that make the  destiny, corrective steps can easily come  and make people  more responsible towards the society  Wisdom is born from objectively assessed mistakes. History too makes a person ise.  Astrology not only helps one to reflect on the past, present and future but also explains the cause of bliss and suffering.

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