Very Good day to you,
you wrote.
OK HERE IS WHAT i FEEL AFTER READING UR POST ABOVE :
* Aishwarya rai was not at all good looking in her early teens, now does it mean dat if an astrologer sees her chart at dat time, he shd predict the raj-yogas are weak ?, & if he sees it wen she is 24 & beautiful..he shd say her chart is strong ?
I said that physical features are one of the main pillars upon which a horoscope rests. you will see this reality one day. It's been proved that good looks do give you a edge in the corporate world.
* If the chart depends on how the person will look & his/her physical nature, den no chart prediction can turn out right before the age of 21 or 22, ie : till the body fully matures
the Genetic factors deciding ones physical features are already ingrained before the child is born. and there is no connection between the predictive part of a horoscope and looks. all I said was looks can over come a weak Raja yoga in a horoscope.
* I dont agree with the logic of free will, if a prediction goes true, it is said the chart indicated it, & if it goes false, we say free will changed it
If every thing is destined before hand, where is the concept of Kriyamana and Agama karma ? there would be no rebirth then, you just come here, pay as per what the horoscope dictates and since we did not make any new karma's, attain Moksha. how sweet that would be, I wish there was a concept like that.
* 80 % people are to weak to exert any free will strong enough to avert the planets effects, only 20 % may be dat strong willed to exercise free will to tide over strong effects of planets, hence shd 80% predictions not come true ?
To our good fortune, yes we can sometimes predict events with 100 pct accuracy provided the Astrologer is competent enough. please remember that Astrology as a science is never wrong, when we fail we have to realise that we are not competent enough to figure out it's secrets. You cannot blame medical Science if the Doctor is incompetent. Did the USA shut down NASA because of the space shuttle Challenger's disaster ? they did not, they learnt from their mistakes and became better. Astrology is in need of research and people have dedicated their life towards making it a perfect science.
* this free will concept has only come nowadys to mask errors, if u read ancient stories, say for example dat of Angulimala who was born in magadha, the moment the child was born , his chart was cast & d astrologer predicted that this baby will grow to be a anti-social killer, his father said he will bring up the child such that he will grow up a decent citizen, the child was given good education & upbringing, & upto the age of 17, he was a sober learned man, his father thought maybe the astrologer's prediction has been diverted, howver, within the next 2 years, such things took place that the sober young man turned into the dreaded killer " Angulimala ", where are such astrologers today ?
Good question. we dont have Angulimala's horoscope to give our comments , but it might be a case where the child had little free will and was destined to be a killer.
* also there must be some concensus among what various astrologers say about the same chart, one says there is a raja yoga, other says it wont activate due to some reason, then soemone else says that it will activte in so & so dasha.
Take a Medical report and go to two doctors, they will have 2 opinions about it. Medical science is Highly specialized field with rigid rules laid down, and at the end of the day you will find conflicting opinions with the same report. Can we stop going to doctors because there is no unanimity in their opinions.
* see my own case, 1st people told me dat i have a great chart & will be successful, when I told them that i have faced many failures till now, they said oh yes in ur divisional charts there is a problem, so within a matter of minutes they predicted both success & failure for me, now ordinary laymen like Me will get very confused.
I completely agree with you, this is the reason I took up the study of astrology. I started out as a skeptic and sometimes I still am, but I cannot say that astrology is a false science because everytime astrology has failed me, i have realised that because of my own Incompetence.
* The problem is that today astrology has become a commercial profession more than a sacred art, I see many astrologers demanding thousands of rupees for readings, however shd they not be held responsible if they give wrong predictions ?, does anyone think about how middle class people gather money to pay high fees & only get disappointment ?
Agree with you completely
* yes there are good analytical astrologers on this forum like Astroboy , Aseem & few others, & That is what keep the faith of laymen like Me still strong....!, we shd encourage such sincere upcoming astrologers & hope that they are able to keep away from the commercial lure..
Thank you for the compliment *
all said & done we must admit that the astrologers of today are far lagging behind the ancient masters who would predict events by the exact date & venue, There is nothing wrong in admitting that we have a long way to go before we reach that level of expertise, this is only possible if the astrologers in this forum & elsewhere practise astrology in a sacred & holistic way, & think of it as a sacred art to help people, rather than a profit making business
Agree with you 100 pct. there has been no concrete research done since BHPS and the 15 other classical texts were written, It's only in the past 100 years that intellects have taken the study up. I feel people like P.V. Narasimha Rao, Robert Svoboda, Sanjay Rath, Mridula Trivedi, Prash Trivedi, Vaughn Paul and others esteemed astrologers Astrologers will take this Science foward.
Trust this helps, thank you for taking the time out to indulge me in a healthy debate.
Through hard work and spiritual practices, a person gets honor and dignity. The lazy one who puts in no efforts is like a fool who allows salt to be spilled on the wounds of his misfortunes. The idler depending only on fate, achieves nothing. - K.N.Rao ji