Hi, AFAIK,The distinct difference between Astronomy and Astrology is that Astronomy is a science of studying celestial bodies. Astrology is a subset of Astronomy which talks about planetary positions marking against the given instance of a time/occasion (like birth of a baby, ruthu(when a girl attains the mensuration cycle, Marriages, War, Even death of a person). I do not scout for the predictions these days what people interpret by calling them selves as Astrological pundits. I strongly urge the fellow man to be vigil about such touts.
There were broadly accepted belief like saying in tamil "Chithirai appan Thiruvillae", which means getting blessed of a baby in the tamil month of Chithirai (ie mid April to mid May in the english calender) because of the hot(sunny) season, the babies will have difficult time putting the parents in hardship. This concept was latter some how (mis)interpreted as those babies which are born in the star of Chithirai(instead of month, Astrological chart has 27 stars in which Chithirai is one of the star) , baby's father is set for a misfortune. Astrology links time and planetary position to that of Human living. There are variety of proofs for various hypothesis which has given effective results in knowing the change of seasons, happening of eclipses etc. Vaastu is a branch of architectural engineering, predominently talking about placement of assets and the comforts what one can get out of it. Placement of well,kitchen, bed room in a house. The interpretation of Non Vaastu Compliant house's misfortune has to be probed scientifically. >>Proof by counter-example: There are hundreds of cases where "Vaasthu" did not work! Assume a house which is located in the center of North/South Pole, The plane where there is only possible of one other opposite direction(North or South) and whatever said for a architectural compliance for a house else where will not fit there. So in my opinion having a standard chart of Vaastu without scientific facts compounded to it and interpreting it only through the birth chart of the land owner is of no use. Summarizing it, Astrology,Vaastu are studies in the Indian school of thought which spans through ages and cannot be discounted as a myth or rubbish, and my emphasis is that the prediction/interpretation which is the big question for examination and exploration to discover the truth in them. in short "explore astrology ignore astrologer" Cheers Thyagarajan Shanmugham _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
