Other day my sister called me up to let me know that her daughter, my niece, had found a job. For obvious reasons I was very happy. And it was her dream job as well, being related to her area of interest. Everyone in the family was delighted and wished her the very best! There was yet another reason for me to be overjoyed on this happy occasion and that is going to be the subject of this blog entry.
A few weeks before, my parents being orthodox and having faith in astrology, had consulted a guru with my niece's horoscope. Looking at the horoscope and after doing all the celestial calculations, the guru had spoken. According to him, my niece had no chance what so ever of landing a job in 2009! I think this astrologer must be cursing him self for making such 'precise' prediction, rather than making some ambiguous harmless indisputable statements such as 'good times will come, you will find a job after a little struggle' as most of the seasoned professional astrologers do! And my niece finding a job and a dream job at that, and there by proving her horoscope and the astrologer wrong was in deed a double joy for me!
Most certainly, I did not really need any proof and I would obviously have not changed my opinion about astrology even if this prediction about my niece not getting job in 2009 had come true! Astrology and various other similar so called fortune telling (or lying) systems have been debunked before. How can the planets or the time of birth or place of birth or even random lines on your hand decide or provide an indication of your future!? There are a number of people who will say 'it is true, I have experienced it my self', but they are just anecdotal and purely coincidental! There is no scientific and verifiable proof and hence it is to be taken just for it's entertainment value and nothing more. I rest my case!
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I agree with you! :)
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