Even to me, a believer in selected principles of astrology, something looks wrong as I switch on the TV and see a group of people fearing planetary phenomena in the sky. A typical astrology show, intending to solve our problems, leaves me with the thought, “Does any planetary transit or combination in a chart need to be so horrifying?”
For believers, the location of planets in our birth chart is correlated with our past karma; Nature has supposedly sent us on earth at the right moment. While we maintain faith in the Lord’s behind-the-universe calculations, we should remember that the motion of planets is fixed and predictable for millenniums to come. Both an astronomer and astrologer can “predict” where planets will be positioned after a given number of years though their calculations will differ due to the difference in the ephemerides used. If there is anything predestined in astrology, it is the positioning of planets in the solar system; all future transits are natural, preset, and calculatable from our first day on earth. So the next time you hear an astrologer talk about a fear-provoking “unforeseen” planetary pattern in space, you do not have to panic but can peacefully listen to its effect in your horoscope. God knows how each planet revolves, for he has placed them there.
Furthermore, true Vedic astrology has never been fatalistic. The presence of remedies itself proves that karma is considered quite powerful in Indian thought. One-to-one mappings do not work for the most commonly used rashi chart, which remains static for a two-hour interval (approximately): Even if people with similar behavioral traits demonstrate similar combinations in their rashi charts, all individuals with a similar placement in their rashi charts are not expected to face the same influences in life because their divisional charts (like the Navamsa) almost always differ. Most astrologers understand this and use divisional charts, which divide the rashi chart into finer intervals, to solve a problem; however, the correct usage of divisional charts is still under study. Under such a scenario, with enormous amounts of traditional knowledge lost, even experts cannot be very certain in this field. For optimism, we should remember that a weak rashi chart can be countered by beneficial combinations in the divisional charts.
Also, to cope with astrological anxiety, we should leave some scope for the present in our mind: There is more to occult than astrology, more to destiny than occult, and more to future than destiny.
For believers, the location of planets in our birth chart is correlated with our past karma; Nature has supposedly sent us on earth at the right moment. While we maintain faith in the Lord’s behind-the-universe calculations, we should remember that the motion of planets is fixed and predictable for millenniums to come. Both an astronomer and astrologer can “predict” where planets will be positioned after a given number of years though their calculations will differ due to the difference in the ephemerides used. If there is anything predestined in astrology, it is the positioning of planets in the solar system; all future transits are natural, preset, and calculatable from our first day on earth. So the next time you hear an astrologer talk about a fear-provoking “unforeseen” planetary pattern in space, you do not have to panic but can peacefully listen to its effect in your horoscope. God knows how each planet revolves, for he has placed them there.
Furthermore, true Vedic astrology has never been fatalistic. The presence of remedies itself proves that karma is considered quite powerful in Indian thought. One-to-one mappings do not work for the most commonly used rashi chart, which remains static for a two-hour interval (approximately): Even if people with similar behavioral traits demonstrate similar combinations in their rashi charts, all individuals with a similar placement in their rashi charts are not expected to face the same influences in life because their divisional charts (like the Navamsa) almost always differ. Most astrologers understand this and use divisional charts, which divide the rashi chart into finer intervals, to solve a problem; however, the correct usage of divisional charts is still under study. Under such a scenario, with enormous amounts of traditional knowledge lost, even experts cannot be very certain in this field. For optimism, we should remember that a weak rashi chart can be countered by beneficial combinations in the divisional charts.
Also, to cope with astrological anxiety, we should leave some scope for the present in our mind: There is more to occult than astrology, more to destiny than occult, and more to future than destiny.
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