Do
you know your destiny?
By J. P. kallikkal
The predictions
of astrologers have been viewed with awe.
Businessmen, politicians and people from every walk of life are
influenced by predictions. To find out
what future holds for us is of course an issue, which could delight anyhow,
especially if a gains are expected.
Therefore newspapers, magazines, TV channels all keep a section or time
for this in their schedules and publications. However major thrust is given to
horoscope and birth chart when advises are given. To make matters simple this is simplified
into a set of Zodiac or birth-signs, which seek to predict the future through
the position of Planets and stars.
Horoscope is thus a chart which displays the birth or natal chart of a
person. prepared keeping in mind the effect of heavenly bodies in his life
during the time of his birth.
Astrologers
basing their logic that sun passes through the twelve constellations of the
zodiac during the course of a year have divided up a calendar year into twelve
sections, which have come to be accepted as the zodiac signs. Whereas each House represent and reflect a
constellation, some planets rule more than one constellation and are believed
to have strong or a weak influence on a person's life. The signs of the zodiac
are also supposed to bear a relation to the human body parts and also the
elements viz. Earth, Air, Fire and Water.
The zodiac, are also named on the names of animals. Some people are said to be born on a ‘cusp’
or a ‘point’, signifying that he has been born at a time when the sun sign was
changing from one to the next. Thus he
bears the characters to two adjacent zodiac signs.
Atheists and
non-believers regard Astrology as a non-science and superstition. However a significant section of population
in each country are big believers of astrology and related forms of
pseudo-sciences.
Though
spirits, occult, magic and astrology has been part of every civilization the
anxiety of knowing the future made many persons dwell deeper into this field of
study and practice. Though all major
religions including the Hinduism have in some way give a nod to astrology
because it rationalizes the logic that irrespective of what is foretold ‘what
will be will be’. However, Hinduism also
places its logic of life on one’s ‘Karma’ or deeds of the previous birth and
relies on astrology to also alter the course of events through series of vedic
rituals.
Astrology has
been traced back to many civilizations including Greek, Indian, Egyptian and
Chinese. However, Horoscopes and charts
have today embedded themselves into the psyche of individuals all around the
globe. Computerization and use of
electronic aids have added up to the scope of practice and use of this practice
not only to predict the future but also for many social ceremonies including
naming, match making etc.
A horoscope
basically consists of three sections i.e. The Zodiac, The House and The
Planet. Astrologers include Mercury,
Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune ,
Pluto, Sun and the Moon amongst the Planets.
Each planet interestingly also depicts and represents unique
characteristics and traits. Though many
forms of fortune telling and future prophecies are relied upon depending upon
the geographic and knowledge bases, the mainstay of Astrology across the globe
is the Horoscope. In India Horoscope is
relied heavily upon for many matters of life.
These very behavior patterns are used by astrologers and fortune-tellers
to co-relate with the personality of individuals and thus predict their lives. A typically prepared horoscope enables an
astrologer to decipher various patterns of character predictions. These include the nature, health, wealth,
luck and other factors or significantly the twelve House in the Horoscope are
also believed to reflect twelve important factors in a human being life which
include:- Health, Personality, Ideals, Family, Parents, Career, Travel,
Possessions, Marriage, Children, Diseases and Death.
So, if you wish
to have a road map of the future, a horoscope might just come handy and perhaps
show you a glimpse of that path, to your destiny!
