>>Since Astronomy is a science of studying celestial bodies, any subset of it >>is also a _science_
>>Are you claiming that astrology is a science? IMO and AFAIK , In ancient days before the advent of modern science , The Science to study/know about heavenly bodies and its relevance on the ground is called the Vedic Astrology which had 3 major ingredients in it , The Sidhanta , The Samhita and The Hora. While the first one Sidhanta was about the fundamentals and facts of astronomy, The Samhita is all about the relevance /effects of heavenly bodies and its relevant position to that of earth and its impact on the polital/geographical and culture aspects of the world. This deals in predicting about War/power change overs in a country/Natural disaster/Vaastu/ Living beings and assests While the third one is Hora, which is telling/selecting the right(auspicious) time to do things. The parent of the current day astronomy is Vedic astrology, The current day astronomy only talks about sidhanta, While Samhita was practiced by people who mastered astronomy,science ,geography, commerce, economy for forecast management of events.Samhita is often called as the compilation of knowledge from different disciplines of education. There is no good person to tell us the outcome of events by correlating Samhita's, on the contrary there are many touts who occupy television and fooling people around saying they are astrologers and ready to deliver solutions to get out of the mess.As of today is concerned majority of Astrologers cash in peoples insecurity. In all counts , Astrology is a science. 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
