Astrology is Science

1. Argument: Sun & Moon are not grahas..

Ans: Here the key lies in the origin of meaning of "graha". In the vedic astrology realm, definition of graha is a object of celestial realm related to Ascendant. Thats it. Please dont add any words to this definition or do not confuse with other definitions from other branches of study.

For example: The meaning of word "SET" changes with the context/subject in which it being used.

2. Nava-grahas & Stars are material objects and do not have life

Ans: For ants and bacteria- the humans are also large objects that move. They cannot understand rocket science and they cannot understand our communications and sophistications.

Ofcourse, Like celestial objects - You, me and every living thing also being material objects made up of millions of chemical material compounds. At our core, the central part of us is "Hypothalamus" which is also a chemical compound and holds the millions of feelings in chemical form of neuro-transmitters and receptors.

Like a child who takes birth from mother's womb and essentially a separated form of physical object from another physical object - all celestial objects take birth from another celestial object. This includes SUN who took birth from a greater source of galactic material- which one call it as mother of SUN. In this case, the stars in near by celestial spectrum can be classified as siblings of SUN.


3. Predictive Astrology is against Life Dynamics

Ans: Life is dynamic process, Agreed. Vedic astrology is not a time table of a fixed/Static Life process.
Astrology is only one side of the coin.. the other side is Karma.

Let me explain. You play a game, say cricket. Each instance of this game is called match.

a) But there is a framework to this match (KUNDALI) - called game rules of 'that day', weather of 'that day', umpires of 'that day', pitch report of 'that
DAY', players of 'that day' that influence the game's result.

b) Then there is actual WORK (KARMA).. playing which depends upon the player's abilities & weak points (past karma), player's performance (present karma on that instance) which gives match results that day. Not only that, it determines the ranking for next match (result of current karma).

Now- do the comparison:
The entire class of Cricket represents living SYSTEM Each instance of the game, match represents one LIFE Each framework for each life represents KUNDALI for that particular instance Each actual Work done in the past, being done during the match and effect on next coming up matches represents KARMA.


4. Predictions are most of the time inaccurate

Ans: First of all, the Birth details, esp- exact time of birth has to accurate, Which is prone to mistakes.

Then, second point - Predictions are to get category classification of result... not the result it self. No predictive system gives actual result.. it gives you a range of results.


5. Vedic Astrologers are cheaters

Ans: Every human being can be a cheater regardless of profession.


-By Raj Upadhrasta