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In the past few decades, the introduction of modern-day technology has massively contributed to astrology’s increasing popularity. It is very unfortunate that astrology is now devoid of the human touch. These days, fortune tellers regularly use ready reckoner kundli-making computer software and smartphone apps, which lead to inaccuracies and failure. So in the business of astrology only money is growing and not science.

Think for yourself, if you are sick, would you rather visit a doctor for consultation or rely on online websites offering fallacious treatments? Or Would you rather prefer a zoom call date or an intimate screen-less meetup? The choice is obvious. We can’t deny the importance of physical presence and personal touch associated with it which the remotely working astrology applications cease to offer.

Beware of Data theft. Protect your privacy.

Online astrology applications require you to fill in a lot of personal details that are misused for the sake of business. This narrows down the user to a data point in the mystical version of big tech. The apps that claim ‘Free astrology consultation’ come at the cost of your privacy. Data theft has become another major concern while using these apps. Be it online applications or the self-made astrologers behind the screen, it is the user who is conned with inaccurate information and data theft. They sell your data to advertisers and generate revenue. So what is claimed as free is rather a way to cash you in!

Reliable. Really?

As with any other discipline, mastering astrology takes years of learning and practice. One never knows the face behind their screens. Thus, the problem also lies in the accuracy of these online astrology apps. Though astrology is a form of advanced mathematics, a soul and spirit can never be dealt with hypothetical data. A personal astrologer’s intuition acquired by years of sadhna or ritualistic looks can never be possessed by a machine or AI driven applications. These AI crafted horoscopes are a no match to private consultation with your astrologer who scrutinizes and derives the implications of your past and present to draw conclusions.

Was your online astrologer educated in astrology?

As information has proliferated online, the actual expertise someone is expected to have when identifying themselves as an astrologer or positioning them as an authority on the subject has gotten somewhat murky. One never knows the face behind their screens. The assessment of the online astrologer’s experience in the field and education is impossible. Thus, the problem often lies in the accuracy of these online astrologers. Think for yourself, would you rather trust algorithm based derivations for your life or an astrologer who studies your birth chart in detail in accordance with your past experiences and present problems?

Reduced to commercialisation

A personal astrologer is seen as a confidante, mentor and an emotional support. Unfortunately, online astrology applications have reduced your astrologer to a machine that deals with codes. For these applications, you are a mere client who pays per minute. The lack of personal touch and emotion replaced by transaction lay the fundamentals of online astrology business. Astrology is analogical and symbolic thus, best dealt with a personalized approach. Thus, astrology has been reduced to commercialisation in today’s age.

The new normal of hybrid consultations with personal astrologers tells us a lot about the balance. The world is not all virtual; humans are social animals and will always yearn for physical interaction. The ‘personal’ from Astrology is as inseparable as humans from the urge to fall back on astrologers.

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Some people want a forecast according to their whims. But seldom is any fortune teller able to meet their expectations, writes Praveen Chauhan

People come to an astrologer, fortune teller of various disciplines, with the inherent wish that he/she will foretell all about their destiny with a razor sharp precision. Beside, tragically they also desire to have forecast according to their dreams and whims. But seldom is any fortune teller able to come up to the expectation of the seeker. Resultantly, the fortune teller is ridiculed and the predictive sciences are mocked. After pondering over the causes and circumstantial facts, I reached the following conclusion:

Destiny

It may so happen that the fate of the person, who wants his future read, does not favour the person in knowing his future. This may seen farcical but it is not. Even in modern times, with all the development of science, patients keep dying of fully treatable diseases. If a person is destined to die, he will die even of a simple ailment. If fate plays a role here, why will it not play the same role regarding astrology? Here, we should be aware of the Vedic knowledge that there are three things which are predestined and can never be altered: The place, family, and the physical structure we are born with; with whom we will be married; and the way, time, and cause of one’s death. Rest is fate which we can improvise, beget, regain and alter with various methods.

Nature of future

In present times, science divides the universe into two parts — known and unknown; whatever is unknown today will become known tomorrow, everything will become known one day. Modern science believes that over a period of time, everything will become known to mankind. But our enlightened ancient rishis had affirmed that certain aspects of existence are beyond the domain of human knowledge. Even the iconic cosmologist Stephen Hawking explored that beyond a limit, nothing can ever be known; similarly, innumerable aspects of future foretelling are also beyond the human domain.

Lack of mastery

Perhaps this could be the foremost reason. Most of the fortune tellers, after learning the initials, find it difficult to resist the temptation to start foretelling. Once the clients start flocking to them, they lose the urge to keep learning further. Also, they are left with little time to make efforts to learn more. Knowledge has no boundaries and no one could ever master or can master any specific branch of knowledge; there is always scope for learning further, and astrology is such a science which has infinite and boundless realm.

Inappropriate Data

Though astrology is a form of advance mathematics, a soul and spirit can never be dealt with hypothetical data. These days, fortune tellers regularly use kundli making computer software, smartphone apps, which leads to inaccuracies, because the numerous ephemeris differ from each other so much that it seems incredible. The fortune teller should use most accurate data for calculations.

When a client comes to a fortune teller for a kundli reading, he/she wants to give them the most accurate and worthwhile prediction. Having the wrong birth time and place can also make a big difference in forecasting. A difference of 30 minutes can mislead the predictions by years. If any planet’s sign or house placement is incorrect, the forecast might make no sense at all. This would be a serious waste of the astrologer’s time and a big disappointment for the client. This is one of the vital reasons why predictive science has got a bad reputation.

Ignorance of astrology

Vedic astrology is the oldest, and most scientific based systems are immutable cosmic principals but this is not being given proper patronage by the academics and media. Astrology is even mocked at in films. Besides various other factors are responsible for the disregard of Vedic astrology. Some of the Western astrologers mislead by saying that astrology originated in Babylon, Egypt, and Rome. They are reluctant to accept that field and rishis like Aryabhatta, Varamhir, Parashara, Jaimini gave it a sound mathematical standing. The system of Vedic astrology is a far more competent system of analysing future forecast.

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