![]() All our scriptures deal with subjects from Sex to Space science. “Do you believe ancient scriptures are based on truth?” ![]() “You have learned sacred books – like Vedas, Puranas, Ithihas, Darshans, Upanishads, Gita and other texts, still you have not come across it?” “I have seen advertisements about it, but I do not understand it” I said. “Oh- you have not heard about Vedic astrology?” “Whats’ that? And what’s that to do with our cultural heritage?” “You have been learning and writing about Indian our cultural heritage you must be well-aware about Vedic astrology…,”he said “Oh, then what about Vedic astrology? it was there from Vedic period” The belief became common in India after 1000AD” Yes- astrology has origin, not in India, but in ancient Babylonian, Greece and Roman beliefs. ![]() Anything that is western origin, first you verify it, then accept’. Swami Vivekandand said ‘Anything that is Indian origin, first accept it, then verify it if necessary. I asked him: “Can you show me any superstitions that originated from India, that’s before 1000AD, that’s before foreign invasions?…” “India is the source of most superstitions in the world….” one of my colleagues made a sweeping statement during a meeting. No authentic Hindu scripture ever supported astrology. There is absolutely no mention of Predictive Astrology in any of the four Vedas, Upanishads or Brahmanas.
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