The following is a compilation of the comments I posed in various Orkut forums against astrology and horoscopes. Since Orkut is dead for all practical purposes, I thought it would be better to store them somewhere else.
This is based on a topic 'Horoscope - How do you take it?'
Dec 21, 2009
It is really unfortunate that more and more people are falling prey to this baseless superstition. We can't deny that the percentage of people who check astrological match before marriage has increased many times during the last few decades. This is a curse of Hindu society as a whole.
Nothing exemplifies the fallacy of horoscope matching than the marriage and divorce of actress Kavya Madhavan! Her marriage was consummated with all astrological matches and after several homams at Mookambika and other temples. And what was the result?
Nothing exemplifies the fallacy of horoscope matching than the marriage and divorce of actress Kavya Madhavan! Her marriage was consummated with all astrological matches and after several homams at Mookambika and other temples. And what was the result?
Dec 23, 2009
Many people have accepted horoscope matching as a ritualistic practice related to marriage like the tying of the knot or performing three circumambulations around the kathirmandapam. People should be informed about the death trap that is horoscope matching.
People who believe in astrology always claim that most astrologers do secret fixing of the result to gain money and that's why the predictions go awry. This is not correct. Science upholds the view that astrology is absurd and ridiculous. I don't see any reason to suspect the veracity of this statement.
I'd like to bring to the attention of all astrologers, a simple challenge made by Prof. A T Kovoor in the sixties. They will be handed over the birth details of ten people accurate to the minute. They have to predict 1) whether the subject is male/female 2) whether he/she is alive or dead 3) their current professions and 4) their marital status.
Believe me, no astrologer took up the challenge to win Rs. 1,00,000 (in 1960s) offered by the noble professor!
People who believe in astrology always claim that most astrologers do secret fixing of the result to gain money and that's why the predictions go awry. This is not correct. Science upholds the view that astrology is absurd and ridiculous. I don't see any reason to suspect the veracity of this statement.
I'd like to bring to the attention of all astrologers, a simple challenge made by Prof. A T Kovoor in the sixties. They will be handed over the birth details of ten people accurate to the minute. They have to predict 1) whether the subject is male/female 2) whether he/she is alive or dead 3) their current professions and 4) their marital status.
Believe me, no astrologer took up the challenge to win Rs. 1,00,000 (in 1960s) offered by the noble professor!
May 27, 2010
http://malayalam.usvishakh.net/blog/archives/411 is an interesting link on science and astrology. Sooraj Rajan, P N Umesh and Sreehari S has categorically finished off astrology and its followers. Everyone should read this document.
