Sunday 8 November 2015

Astrology in a different Paradigm!



Is Astrology a word or a myth?  No matter what, it attracts everyone. If you are an Astrologer, people want to know about their future. It is possible that someone may be testing you, and is hard to ignore an Astrologer right in front of you.
                                         A couple of months ago, an article on Astrology was written by one of my friends. It was published, and there were tons of questions raised by readers about Astrology.  The writer had not given the right answer to satisfy the appetite of those hungry questioners and in result, I was also one of the predators of that hunt. Readers concluded that Astrology is something that is not reliable and is also not an exact science.  

                          One day something happened, that made me change the way that I was viewing astrology. I took a 180 degree turn in order to rethink my view on astrology and was ready to take a trip from Delhi to Agra. In the past we had concluded that his journey would take about 215 km or in other words, approximately 3.0to 3.5 hrs. Considering the fact that the speed is 70-80 km/hr. and you would take two breaks of 10/15 minute each.
                                     If you ask someone how much time it will take to reach Agra from Delhi, do you know what the answer will be. I am sure that anyone who has common sense will ask you to tell them what the mode of the transportation is; whether you would like to go by flight, train, car, bus or may be by cycle.

                            It is obvious that we usually talk about something that looks visible and has been used in the past. But the same question asked to an Astrologer will be like my son/daughter’s future when he/she will grow up. After this, what answer will we expect? An absolute answer, the limited knowledge of that Astrologer or not knowledge at all, to ask you back, such as “what environment you are going to provide him/her?”

                  In the consideration of journey outcome, if you don’t know the mode of transportation, how would you suggest when will be the person reach? It might take hours, days, or weeks.

                    Astrologers generally predict the future on the basis of time of birth and the place that you were born. This place in all the cases have been used for preparing your “Janm Kundli” by some “Pundit” or astrologer at the time of your birth. But those things were good only for a certain period of time, so your kundli might be useful only for a small period of time after your birth for correct prediction of your future.
                            If you have moved from your birth place (change of city or country) or if something has drastically changed in your surroundings, it will make an impact on you future prediction. Because this change will change the influences of your stars and planet, these may affect in a very different way. To understand this better, let us take a real life example.

                                    I have to drive from Delhi to Agra using a car. For this purpose, I used a GPS and put my destination in it. The GPS then takes my location and address’ coordinates.  It tells me a reliable driving route and a distance. (For example it will take around 125 miles and the approximate arrival time is 3.0hrs.) The GPS will consider the average speed, speed limitation, and standard route.
                            You can validate this information from another travel website too. Most of the websites will give you the same route, distance, and time. Maybe some websites have different routes to calculate your distance and time for your journey. However, all the results will be pretty much the same.

                   How can someone predict that you will reach in 3.0 hrs?  How someone is able to predict the time about this journey and what the factors that they consider, are made to claim about these prediction.
                              I am sure that many of you will say, it is not a big deal. It is a pure mathematical calculation; The “GPS” will use some kind of software to calculate the travel distance, speed, and route of your journey. This is agreed, but can I take this arrival time for granted? Now, if I start asking this question to ten different people, I am sure I will get ten different answers.

                                             Some will say, if you will not take a break, you may reach with in time. If I would ask same question to another person, his answer could be, it all depends on you and your route situation. Do you know why?  It is because no one can tell you about the things that may cause your arrival time to change. It is possible that there could be an accident on the road or a Traffic Jam. Your car could get a mechanical problem, you may drive very slowly, or you may change your mind not to go for that trip at all.

                                But, when an astrologer predicts about someone future, Why can’t they consider the facts, which may cause to change someone future? I am not sure, what I think is right or wrong but in the end; it’s an effort to set a correlation between sciences of two different paradigms.
“By just seeing a handful of seeds, Can you guaranteed, all the seeds will turn in to the same exact plant”.
My perception says an “Astrologer” should consider two things:

1. Fixed Parameters
The fixed parameters are the place of birth& time, and mother& father, and blood related siblings of this person.
2. Variable Parameters
In the variable, parameters are a current place of living, beliefs, attitude, and actions. By just looking at some patra (Kundli) of someone that was prepared years back, you can only get a glimpse of his/her future.

                      When we consider these many parameters for a small journey then how can we predict someone journey of life with so little and fixed information? 
                        My theory says that an astrologer should give you an idea of your future only by considering all the facts are pretty much same as that were at the time of your birth. An absolute declaration will be no good since parameters are changing on daily basis.
If an astrologer wants to give an absolute declaration of someone, he/she should consider followings facts:-
1.     The differences of planet positions as on today vs. at the time of birth
2.     Change of place
3.     Change in family situation(birth & death)
4.     Current education level
5.     Any illness or diseases(person)

These are my thoughts; I am not sure how much validity they have/had in the sense of an astrology perspective.
                        When , I use a GPS for my trip , I see an astrologer in my car window, which remind me our future that could be predictable, if you have an absolute information, variables and a good software. I am sure that you could definitely see you future much clear by adopting these facts.
“Everyone life is bind with a wheel of fortune, which controls by the gear of their actions”.



Note: “Opinions expressed are those of the authors, and are not official statements. Resemblance to any person, incident or place is purely coincidental.' ”

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