looking into the future...is tht really possible? astrology as a science has existed from time immemorial..atleast in India it is still widely practiced and most ppl wud still believe in matching horoscopes before they get married to each other. I, for instance am not quite sure whether i shud believe in it or not. There have been moments when i think its true and moments when I think otherwise.yup, maybe I am a hypocrite but when someone predicts a "good" future I take it to be true, and when there is a bad phase etc etc I pooh pooh it.

Now, in astrology, the "horoscope" is drawn up based on the birth timing and location of birth of a person. Obviously it is done based on certain calculations. How then do these predictions fail at times? Is it that astrology is a farce or tht the person doing these predictions doesnt know how to actually do it in a right way? There are some religions tht even state that trying to predict the future is a sin. yet, we have instances of predictions being made in almost all religions. Hinduism no doubt is filled with predictions, premonitions et all. Predictions relating to the birth of Jesus Christ, the end of the world have been made in Christianity.

Then there are differences in the kind of predictions that are made. For instance, the moon sign is followed in India whereas Western astology more often uses the sun signs. I have, like many others, read and re-read Linda Goodman's sun signs. There were times when Ive actually thot tht "oh ok I am a saggi which means that this is how I shud be", which is actually nonsense. Every individual has his/her own ways and you cannot generalise the whole of the world into 12 kinds of people or 24/36, if you include the cusps.

The most interesting of these all is the "naadi joshyam". Now this is almost unbelivable. You go to a place where the "olais (leaves)” are kept. The guys who di it take your thumb impression, look through the olais and get a bunch of them which belong to people born on the same day and time as you. Then they ask you questions to which you are supposed to answer with a yes or a no and finally they narrow down to what is your olai. And with that they actually read out what you are, what you do, about your family, future , past life etc etc. The stuff on the olais were apparently written long , long ago by the sages. This means that anyone, anywhere in the world go and check out their olai, if they can find it. Couple of places you can find your olai are in vaideeshwaran temple, Tambaram, etc. Even if you don’t believe in it, you can actually check it out coz its worth the experience!

P.S. - just for some time pass,, would appreciate if eone mentions their sunsigns while commenting!..just in spirit with this post:)

P.P.S : the blog banning is crappy!...to think that the Government can actually stoop to such levels is actually getting to be funny. Wonder wht they r trying to achieve.